
2025 Festival Schedule
Saturday, March 1, 2025
SCHEDULE
SATURDAY MARCH 1, 2025
Dahlonega Baptist Church, 234 Hawkins Street
(unless otherwise noted)
9:00 a.m.-9:50
“Southern Crime (Noir/Not So Noir”) – part three – Dan Leach, Meagan Lucas and Brian Panowich – Moderator: Melissa Lockaby. Rm. 28-29
“Humor in Literature” – examines some of the great comedic characters in literature and some of the best humorous authors - Jameson Gregg, author. Rm. 30
10:00 -10:50
“The Power of Poetry” – Ashley M. Jones (poet laureate of Alabama) with Bill Walsh. Rm 105
“The Fabled Earth” – a southern gothic novel with dual timelines, set on Georgia’s Cumberland Island, author Kimberly Brock – Moderator: Candice Dyer. Rm 30
“Zenith Man: Death, Love &Redemption in a Georgia Courthouse (true story) – author
McCracken Poston, Jr., Moderator: William Rawlings. Rm. 28/29
11:00-11:50
“Oglethorpe Founder of Georgia” – author Michael Thurmond – introduced by Juanita Tipton Rm. 28/29
“You’re Not a Murderer: You Have Harm OCD” – author Kim Conrey – Moderator: Jacob Appel. Rm. 105
Workshop: “Intro to Publishing” - Juliet Rose, award-winning writer and publisher, teaches you how to navigate the publishing world –traditional, hybrid, and self-publishing with heavy focus on self-publishing. Rm. 30
Lunch 12:15-1:45
Former Georgia Governor Nathan Deal, luncheon speaker
University of North Georgia Banquet Room A
404 Georgia Circle (fronts of W. Main St.)
Tickets are $27
(Ticket Sales will close on Sunday, February 23, at 10pm, so the caterer will know how many meals to prepare.)
Pitch Judging Sessions with the UNG Press. By appointment between 1:00-2:30. For Guidelines on How to Submit a Book Pitch, go to https://ung.edu/university-press/events.php. Church library, Rm. 127.
2:00- 2:50
Panel: “The Jury’s Out – Do Lawyers Make Good Authors?” – authors Jameson Gregg, Wanda Morris, McCracken Poston, Jr., Moderator: George Weinstein. Sanctuary
“Wofford’s Blood” an epic family saga saturated in Cherokee and North Georgia history based on a true story. – author Donna Coffee Little – Moderator: Stacia Pelletier. Rm. 30
“Big Cat: The Life of Baseball Hall of Famer Johnny Mize (son of Demorest, GA) -author Jerry Grillo -Moderator: Dr. Pat Conarro. Rm. 28/29
3:00-3:50
“What You Leave Behind,” the most recent novel from Morris (her first, All Her Little Secrets, is soon to be a Showtime series) by Wanda Morris, author – Moderator: Meagan Lucas. Rm. 30
“Outdoors – Fly Fishing; the Appalachian Trail” – authors Sam Johnson & John Turner. Moderator: Kelly West. Rm. 28/29
Special Presentation: “Celebrating the 80th Anniversary of Lillian Smith’s Novel Strange Fruit,” By Matthew Teutsch, Associate Professor of English at Piedmont University. Moderator: Tanya Bennett. Rm. 105
4:00 -4:50
Rick Bragg, Headliner
With Brian Panowich
Sanctuary
Tickets are $25
