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Events

FEB. 23 - In the Lonely Backwater featured at Winston-Salem Book Club 

MARCH 14 - 6 pm - Scuppernong Books, Greensboro NC - with treats by Anne Robinson of The Scottish Gourmet 

MARCH 22 - Lexington Book Festival featured author (Lexington NC)

MARCH 24 - Launch party at Lucky City Brewery, Reidsville, NC, including a special Scottish ale

APRIL 9 - 6 pm - Page 158 Books, Wake Forest, with Dr. Chris Crosbie of NC State

APRIL 12 - 10 am - Burlington Writers Club workshop at Graham Public Library

MAY 8-10 - Presenter at 60th International Conference on Medieval Studies in Kalamazoo. 

Celebrations!

Maggie finally gets a birthday cake...at Page 158 Books.

Writing Workshops

Valerie Nieman conducts workshops in prose and poetry for adults and young adults.

Her fiction workshops at John C. Campbell Folk School, the North Carolina Writers Network, WriterHouse and other locations include "Who's Your Daddy: Character Building from the Cradle," "Under Pressure," and "The Role of Place."

Her workshops in poetry, include "Peeking Behind the Mask," a workshop on persona and secret identities, as well as sessions on narrative poetry and ekphrasis — writing in response to art. Her events have been described as "superlative," "delightful," "informative," and "rich."

A graduate of West Virginia University and Queens University of Charlotte who was a founding editor of two literary journals, Nieman teaches creative writing at NC A&T State University. 

Readings with Q&A are 45–60 minutes in length. Lectures and workshops are available from one hour to all day. Fees: $200–$600, negotiable, travel expenses additional. Multiday residencies are also offered. Skype chats and in-person visits are gladly offered with high school and college classes and book clubs.

For more information or to book a date, please use the contact form on this website.