Join us for an organizational meeting to discuss upcoming events for the Hubert Creekmore Literary Society.

Join us for an organizational meeting to discuss upcoming events for the Hubert Creekmore Literary Society.

Note: The venue for this event has changed. It will be held at The Magnolia Coffee Co. in the Drawing Room.

The featured reader for this month is Neil White.

Doors open at 6:30 PM

Open mic at 6:45 PM

Featured Author at 7:00 PM, followed by Q&A

Free and open to the public!

This month, we will be reading A Good Man is Hard to Find by Flannery O'Connor.

The featured reader for this month is Exodus Oktavia Brownlow.

Doors open at 6:30 PM

Open mic at 6:45 PM

Featured Author at 7:00 PM, followed by Q&A

Free and open to the public!

Join us for an organizational meeting to discuss upcoming events for the Hubert Creekmore Literary Society.

The featured reader for this month is Caroline McCaulay.

Doors open at 6:30 PM

Open mic at 6:45 PM

Featured Author at 7:00 PM, followed by Q&A

Free and open to the public!

The featured reader for this month is Sally Lott McLellan.

Doors open at 6:30 PM

Open mic at 6:45 PM

Featured Author at 7:00 PM, followed by Q&A

Free and open to the public!

Join us for an organizational meeting to discuss upcoming events for the Hubert Creekmore Literary Society.

This month, we will be reading The Ballad of the Sad Café by Carson McCullers.

The featured reader for this month is Noreen Ocampo.

Doors open at 6:30 PM

Open mic at 6:45 PM

Featured Author at 7:00 PM, followed by Q&A

Free and open to the public!

Join us for an organizational meeting to discuss upcoming events for the Hubert Creekmore Literary Society.

This month, we will be reading Eudora Welty’s A Curtain of Green.

Join us for an organizational meeting to discuss upcoming events for the Hubert Creekmore Literary Society.

The featured reader for this month is Lauren Rhoades.

Doors open at 6:30 PM

Open mic at 6:45 PM

Featured Author at 7:00 PM, followed by Q&A

Free and open to the public!

Join us for an organizational meeting to discuss upcoming events for the Hubert Creekmore Literary Society.

This month, we are reading Matt Haig’s The Life Impossible.

The featured reader for this month is Jaime Harker.

Doors open at 6:30 PM

Open mic at 6:45 PM

Featured Author at 7:00 PM, followed by Q&A

Free and open to the public!

Y'all, are you excited for our first ever Water Valley Literary Festival?

9:00 AM – Writing Young Adult and Children’s Literature 
Amy Carlisle Deluca (pen name Amy Patrick) 
Linda Williams Jackson 
In conversation with Chris Goodwin, moderator 

10:00 AM – Writing Water Valley History 
Calvin Hawkins, author of Under the Dusty Sands, a history of African Americans in Yalobusha County, in conversation with Joseph Gurner 

11:00 AM - Hubert Creekmore’s Literary Life  
Mary Alice Welty White 
Suzanne Marrs 
Pip Gordon 
Michael Pickard 
Cynthia Kennedy 
In conversation with Annette Trefzer, moderator 

12:15 PM DECLARATION OF A MISSISSIPPI HUBERT CREEKMORE DAY 
Mayor Tommy Reynolds and Representative Sam Creekmore 

12:30 PM - Lunch Conversation 
Robert Fieseler, author of American Scare: Florida’s Hidden Cold War on Black and Queer Lives, in conversation with Jaime Harker

2:00 PM – Writing Fiction  
Sean Ennis 
Exodus Oktavia Brownlow 
Margaret-Love Denman 
In conversation with Kellene O’Hara, moderator

3:30 PM – Writing Biography 
E. Stanely Godbold, Jr. author of Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter: Power and Human Rights, 1975-2000, in conversation with Brandon Presley

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM - Reception  

Books will be for sale through Violet Valley bookstore.  Writers will sign their books. 

This month, we are reading Lauren Rhoades' Split the Baby.

Join us for an organizational meeting to discuss upcoming events for the Hubert Creekmore Literary Society.

This month, we will be reading Hubert Creekmore's The Welcome.

Join us for an organizational meeting to discuss upcoming events for the Hubert Creekmore Literary Society.

Join us for an organizational meeting to discuss upcoming events for the Hubert Creekmore Literary Society.

Have an idea for a book but no idea how to formulate your proposal? Erin Austen Abbott, author of three books, with a fourth on the way, will walk attendees through the process to stand out to book agents and publishers alike. Along with writing her books, Erin has ghostwritten three books and contributed to several others. She knows the ins and outs of what works and what doesn’t. Bring your ideas or work-in-process proposals or just come to learn. No experience is necessary.

Registration: This event is free and open to the public, but space is limited so please send an email to creekmorelit@gmail.com with your name (first and last) to reserve your spot. It is first come, first served.

About Erin Austen Abbott: With over 20 years of experience in photography, design, styling, and storytelling, Erin Austen Abbott has built her world to include freelance lifestyle, travel, food, and design writing and photography. She is the author of three creative non-fiction books, with a fourth out in the spring of 2026 on Running Press Books. Erin has contributed to several other books, including the Oxford travel guide for Wild Sam, Paris by Design, and Truth, Love, & Clean Cutlery.

Erin wrote for the blog Design*Sponge for many years and has contributed work to 20+ magazines and blogs over the years. Erin also works as a creative consultant for writers, small business owners, and other creatives. She has lived back in her home state of Mississippi since 2005.

Learn more about her here.

Join us for an organizational meeting to discuss upcoming events for the Hubert Creekmore Literary Society.

Join us for an organizational meeting to discuss upcoming events for the Hubert Creekmore Literary Society.

Join us for an organizational meeting to discuss upcoming events for the Hubert Creekmore Literary Society.

Join us for an organizational meeting to discuss upcoming events for the Hubert Creekmore Literary Society.