Bluegrass Writers Studio

10/06/2026

Almost didn't give enough notice to locals, apologies for that.

Check out a few of our BGWS in 20 minutes if you're able! Looks like an incredible lineup!

TOMORROW NIGHT Our Kentucky Great Writers: Special Edition includes pieces from B. Elizabeth Beck (Swan Songs), Carrie Green (Studies of Familar Birds), Claudia Love Mair (Mourning Pages), Jay McCoy (The Occupation), & Eric Scott Sutherland (Awkward Scrapes)
Tuesday, October 6, 6:30 PM

The Kentucky Great Writers Series features writers with a Kentucky connection who have one or more works of high literary quality.

For more information about the Kentucky Great Writers Series, please visit: https://carnegiecenterlex.org/.../kentucky-great-writers.../

Made possible by Reitzel Cook Foundation, WUKY 91.3 FM, Eastern Standard on 88.9 88.9 WEKU LexArts and the Kentucky Arts Council

10/02/2026

One of our own, Linda Freudenberger has published with Highland Park Poetry!
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October 1, 2026 - Thank you, Linda Freudenberger

08/16/2026

Join us for Bluegrass Writers Studio (BGWS) literary open mic with featured reader Emma Hudelson! Author of "Sky Watch, Chasing an American Saddlebred Story."

August: 22nd, , doors open @6:30PM

08/15/2026

It’s Pub Day!

My novel-in-verse, Bent Cedar Mountain, is officially in the world today. I'll have a number of events this fall--readings, workshops, panels, appearances--to support this wonderful book, and I'd be happy to sign a copy for you when I see you whether you buy it today (hint, hint) or at later the event. Early Praise for Bent Cedar Mountain Julie Hensley’s…...

My novel-in-verse, Bent Cedar Mountain, is officially in the world today. I’ll have a number of events this fall–readings, workshops, panels, appearances–to support this wonderful…

08/14/2026

I’m so pleased that we’re just two days away from pub day (August 15) for my novel-in-poems, Bent Cedar Mountain (Broadstone Books). As an appetizer, three of the poems from the novel& #…

08/14/2026

New Book in Two Days; New Poems Right Now!

I'm so pleased that we're just two days away from pub day (August 15) for my novel-in-poems, Bent Cedar Mountain (Broadstone Books). As an appetizer, three of the poems from the novel--"Seepage," "West Virginia Easter," and "Spring Loaded"--were published online this past week at Salvation South. You can read all three read right now for free at the link, and there's an audio version as well....

I’m so pleased that we’re just two days away from pub day (August 15) for my novel-in-poems, Bent Cedar Mountain (Broadstone Books). As an appetizer, three of the poems from the novel& #…