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Pre-Festival Writing Classes
October 17, 2025 @ 9:00 am – 4:30 pm CDT
Kick off your Southern Festival of Books weekend with The Porch on Friday, October 17. You’ll have the unique opportunity to learn from celebrated authors as they pass through Nashville before the Festival begins.
9:00 – 10:30AM – Mastering the Speculative Short Story with Ruben Reyes Jr.
10:45AM – 12:15PM – To Tell the Truth in Memoir, Study Poetry – with Jeannie Vanasco
1:00 – 2:30PM – From Frame to Fiction: Writing Stories from Visual Art with Sheree Renée Thomas
3:00 – 4:30PM – (Auto)Fiction with Hannah Pittard
$51 – $60
Price per session
