2024-25 Reading Series
All events are free and open to the public. Most readings followed by a book signing. Masks will be available and are encouraged.
September 23-24: Phillip B. Williams (fiction)
November 4: Fellows Reading (fiction and playwriting)
February 19-20: Robyn Schiff (poetry)
March 19: Special Event: From Emory to the Industry (screenwriting)
March 31 - April 1: Michael J. Coren (nonfiction)
April 21: Awards Night
Fall 2024
Phillip B. Williams, fiction
Phillis Wheatley Reading, co-sponsored by the Dept of African American Studies
Introduction by Professor Tayari Jones
Monday, September 23 / 6:30pm / Presentation Room, Oxford Road Building
Colloquium:
Tuesday, September 24 / 1- 2 p.m. / Kemp Malone Library (Callaway N301)
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Fellows Reading
- Josie Tolin, Fiction Fellow
- Ryan Stevens, Playwriting Fellow
Introductions by Professors Joseph Skibell and Caitlin Hargraves
Monday, November 4 / 6:30 p.m. / Jones Room, Woodruff Library
Spring 2025
Robyn Schiff, poetry
Wednesday, February 19 / 6:30 p.m. / Jones Room, Woodruff Library
Colloquium:
Thursday, February 20 / 1-2 p.m. / Kemp Malone Library (Callaway N301)
From Emory to the Industry: Alumni in Television and Film
Special event hosted by Professor T Cooper
March 19 / 6 p.m. / Oxford Road Building
- Panel: Presentation Room
- Reception: Living Room
Panel discussion where the doors will be flung open on the television and film industry. A rare, intimate opportunity to hear directly from the inside about the current state of the industry, as well as how three alumni made their way from Emory classrooms into the writers rooms and sets of some of the most admired and ground-breaking television series of our time. Panel followed by ample Q&A, and a catered reception for panelists and guests.
Panel moderated by Creative Writing Professor T Cooper, most recently Executive Producer and Writer on The Blacklist (NBC), and director of the award-winning feature documentary Man Made (Amazon).
Michael J. Coren, nonfiction
Introduction by Professor Hank Klibanoff
March 31 / 6:30 p.m. / Jones Room, Woodruff Library
Colloquium:
April 1 / 1-2 p.m. / Kemp Malone Library (Callaway N301)
Awards Night
Monday, April 21 / 6:30 p.m. / Jones Room, Woodruff Library