Follow us for upcoming literary events in Knoxville, TN!
**Note: Due to the ongoing pandemic, Sundress will only be listing online activities for the remainder of 2020.
You can email us your event(s) to erin@sundresspublications.com.
July
5th @ 7PM – Poets in Pajamas Reading Series featuring Melissa Studdard
9th @ 7PM – Knoxville Writer’s Guild Cocktail Hour Open Mic, register here.
11th @ 10 AM – Knoxville Writer’s Guild In-Depth Fiction Workshop, register here.
12th @ 7PM – Poets in Pajamas Reading Series featuring Rebecca Lehmann
18th @ 10 AM – Knoxville Writer’s Guild In-Depth Fiction Workshop, register here.
19th @ 7PM – Poets in Pajamas Reading Series featuring Jessica Mehta
25th @ 10 AM – Knoxville Writer’s Guild In-Depth Fiction Workshop, register here.
26th @ 7PM – Poets in Pajamas Reading Series featuring Ansley Moon
29th @ 7PM – Sundress July Reading Series featuring Jung Hae Chae, Lexie Bean, and Esteban Rodriguez
August
1st @ 10 AM – Knoxville Writer’s Guild In-Depth Fiction Workshop, register here.
2nd @ 7PM – Poets in Pajamas Reading Series featuring Ashley Lanuza
6th @ 7PM – Knoxville Writer’s Guild presents The Music of Poetry, register here.
9th @ 7PM – Poets in Pajamas Reading Series featuring Fullamusu Bangura
9th @ 7PM – Union Avenue Books presents Storytelling in Queer Appalachia
12th @ 6PM – SAFTA presents Writing With Pop Culture Workshop, register here.
16th @ 7PM – Poets in Pajamas Reading Series featuring Kimberly Quiogue Andrews
23rd @ 7PM – Poets in Pajamas Reading Series featuring Mani Iyer
24th @ 7PM – UT Chiasmus Reading
30th @ 7PM – Poets in Pajamas Reading Series featuring Traci Brimhall
31st @ 7PM – UT Creative Writing presents Iliana Rocha
September
6th @ 7PM – Poets in Pajamas Reading Series featuring Margo Taft Stever
13th @ 7PM – Poets in Pajamas Reading Series featuring José Angel Araguz
20th @ 7PM – Poets in Pajamas Reading Series featuring Sandra Beasley
21st @ 7PM – UT Creative Writing presents Rebecca Gayle Howell
24th @ 7PM – EVEN AS WE BREATHE: Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle with Silas House hosted by Union Ave Books
27th @ 2PM – A TRAITOR TO HIS SPECIES: Ernest Freeberg hosted by Union Ave Books
27th @ 7PM – Poets in Pajamas Reading Series featuring Elizabeth Deanna Morris Lakes
28th @ 7PM – Chiasmus, UTK’s Virtual Reading Series presents Elaine McMillion Sheldon, Joshua Sorrells, and Ben Chumney-Perez
28th @ 7PM – YOU WANT MORE/SLEEPOVERS: George Singleton and Ashleigh Bryant Phillips hosted by Union Ave Books
30th @ 7PM – Sundress September Reading Series featuring syan jay, Charlotte Pence, and Alison Stein
30th @ 7PM – F*CKFACE: Leah Hampton with R.L. Maizes presented by Union Avenue Books
October
1st-11th @ Various – Humanities Tennessee presents The 32nd Annual Southern Festival of Books via Zoom
3rd @ 2PM – CATTYWAMPUS: Ash Van Otterloo with Hannah Rials hosted by Union Ave Books
4th @ 7PM – Poets in Pajamas Reading Series featuring Michelle Tong
8th @ 7PM – THE BROTHER YEARS: Shannon Burke with Christopher Hebert hosted by Union Ave Books
11th @ 7PM – Poets in Pajamas Reading Series featuring Kari Gunter-Seymour
18th @ 7PM – Poets in Pajamas Reading Series featuring Marlin M. Jenkins
25th @ 7PM – Poets in Pajamas Reading Series featuring Meryl Natchez
26th @ 7PM – UT Creative Writing presents Emily Nemens
28th @ 7PM – Sundress October Reading Series featuring Julie Marie Wade, Tamara Madison, and Robin Gow
30th @ 9PM – Electric Pheasant Open Mic Poetry: Halloween Special
November
1st @ 7PM – Poets in Pajamas Reading Series featuring Donna Vorreyer
8th @ 7PM – Poets in Pajamas Reading Series featuring Cassandra J. Bruner
15th @ 7PM – Poets in Pajamas Reading Series featuring Karolina Zapal
25th @ 7PM – Sundress November Reading Series featuring Roseanna Alice Boswell, Sabrina Sarro, and Sarah Giragosian
December
January
25th @ 7PM – UT Creative Writing presents Nafissa Thompson Spires
February
8th @ 7PM – UT Creative Writing presents Crystal Wilkinson
March
1st @ 7PM – UT Creative Writing presents Analicia Sotelo & Jose Olivarez