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Events

MAY 17 - Greensboro Bound, Greensboro NC

JULY 11-12 - Presenting at Grandfather Mountain Highland Games, North Carolina
JULY 18-20 - NC Writers Conference

JULY 26 - The Book Ferret with Nell Joslin

SEPT. 17 - Speaking at Highland LIT in Inverness, Scotland
NOV. 7 - Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, UNC-Asheville

NOV. 14 - Wonderland Book Club, Quail Ridge Books

Celebrations!

Launch party for Upon the Corner of the Moon with Anne Robinson of Scottish Gourmet (left) and artist Lynn Paluga

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.