WMBFNews.com | Myrtle Beach/Florence, SC | News, Weather, SportsPee Dee Fiction and Poetry Festival will be held at FMU
FLORENCE, SC (WMBF) - For those looking to get in a bind, the book festival held annually at Francis Marion University is the place to be.
Four nationally known and best selling authors and poets and their avid readers will descend upon the university Nov. 5-7 at the fourth annual Pee Dee Fiction and Poetry Festival, which is free and open to the public.
The three-day festival will celebrate and promote literature and reading with authors Dorothy Allison, Joseph Millar, Jayne Anne Phillips and Natasha Trethewey. There will be readings, lectures and panel discussions with programs for mature audiences.
A number of fiction topics will be covered and opportunities for book signings. In addition, attendees can see screenings of films, Bastard Out of Carolina and Cavedweller, based on novels by Allison.
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