Author Book Signing: Julia Nunnally Duncan
Please join us for a special book signing event with Julia Nunnally Duncan on Sunday, March 16th at 3PM! Julia Nunnally Duncan is an award-winning author of twelve books of poetry and prose, including her essay collection All We Have Loved (Finishing Line Press, 2023) and poetry collection When Time Was Suspended (Redhawk Publications, 2024). Julia is a native of Western North Carolina and has been inspired by her working-class childhood in a textile town. Her works have garnered praise from acclaimed authors, including Ron Rash, Fred Chappell, Lee Smith, and many others. Her essays frequently appear in Smoky Mountain Living Magazine and WNC Magazine. A review of All We Have Loved recently appeared in Smoky Mountain Living, Southern Literary Review, and the Spring 2024 online issue of North Carolina Literary Review. A review of When Time Was Suspended is featured in the current Winter 2025 online issue of North Carolina Literary Review. Julia lives in Marion, NC, with her husband, Steve, a mountain woodcarver.
Linocut Print Demo & Visual Presentation by Janette Hopper
Printmaker Janette Hopper will be giving a digital presentation on her art of linocut printmaking. Then she will demonstrate some of the tools and materials she uses in her process, and be available for Q&A. Afterwards, stay for the gallery’s True Home Open Mic, where performers of all skills and genres (poetry, storytelling, music, song, comedy, etc.) share their art. Janette herself will be getting up on stage again to share some of her poetry! Or stay to browse more of her print artwork: her current exhibit at Flood Gallery, “Agony and Ecstasy: Images of Conscience” which is comprised of more than 60 pieces, all for sale, and will show through June 2nd.