Events

Upcoming Events

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With the publication of Anything That Happens, new events are posted all the time. Sign up for my newsletter to keep up to date.

Reading and Discussion

When: September 9 – 10, 2022, Time TBD
Where: Carolina Mountains Literary Festival, Burnsville, NC

Past Events

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NEW SEMINAR!
Poetry and Space: Poems Crafted with an Architectural Perspective

“[Wilder will] explore poetry and space—the space we live in and the space we create on the page. What happens when we think of the beginning of a poem as a threshold? A line break as a boundary—both a beginning and an end? What is ‘prospect refuge theory’ and how does it apply to poetry? We will explore poems through an architectural lens with time for questions at the end.”

When: Thursday, October 7, 2021, 6-7:30PM EST
Host: Press 53
Attend: Online

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Anthology Reading of Triad Contributors: Crossing the Rift: North Carolina Poets on 9/11 & Its Aftermath

When: Thursday, September 16, 2021, 7:00 PM
Where: Scuppernong Books, Greensboro, NC

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Anthology Launch: Crossing the Rift: North Carolina Poets on 9/11 & Its Aftermath

When: Sunday, September 12, 2021, 3:00 PM
Where: Bookmarks, Winston-Salem, NC

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Blog Book Tour

Serena Agusto-Cox of Poetic Book Tours curated a tour with passionate, dedicated readers and reviewers.

• April 1: Diary of an Eccentric (Review)
  There is something real in these poems, in Wilder’s search for “home,” something that is both haunting and cathartic.
• April 5: The Book Lover’s Boudoir (Review)
  Anything That Happens left me breathless.
• April 14: Review Tales by Jeyran Main (Interview)
  What about writing do you enjoy the most? Writing helps me process my thoughts and emotions—the core of why I write.
• April 21: Impressions in Ink (Review)
  The poems are sometimes brutal and desperate to be heard—in my face with powerful feelings.
• April 29: Jorie Loves A Story (Interview & Review)
  A wonderful pattern of choice and purpose to the ways in which this collection was arranged.
• May 3: Musings of a Bookish Kitty (Review)
  Cheryl Wilder’s Anything That Happens is a book I will not soon forget. I imagine I will carry it with me for a long time to come.
• May 4: Diary of an Eccentric (Guest Post)
  So, what do we believe in? How do we spend our time? What will we leave behind?
• May 5: Suko’s Notebook (Guest Post)
  One piece of advice given to me over the years has been to read my work-in-progress out loud.
• May 6: Anthony Avina’s Blog (Review)
  The jumble of pain, memories, and yearning in the face of great loss is not only felt in the author’s powerful writing but resonates with so many, including this author, who watched his own mother have to say goodbye to his grandmother.
• May 7: Anthony Avina’s Blog (Guest Post)
  The thing about needs is they don’t disappear. Whether I wanted to believe it or not, I was a poet, and a poet needs to write poetry. There’s no escaping it. (Oh, thank goodness.) 

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4 on 4th Local Author Event

What: Reading and Q&A
When: Wednesday, April 28, 2021 | 7:00 PM
Host: Bookmarks in Winston-Salem, NC
Attend online: Watch the recorded event

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Featured Reader
What: VCFA Virtual Alumnx Reading Series
When: Thursday, March 18, 2021 | 8:00 PM
Host: Vermont College of Fine Arts

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Workshop
The Multifaceted House: A Writer’s Exploration of Home
February 8, 2020 | 10:00 – 11:00 a.m.
Burlington Writers Club

Cheryl’s event was fantastic! She coupled valuable information, real-life examples, and the opportunity for us to participate in her presentation. She left our group inspired with a unique and renewed sense of home and the hope to have her return for a future event!

– Jean Bailey Robor, Burlington Writers Club  

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Triangle Book and Writer Conference
Poetry and Song Panel
February 16, 2019
McKimmon Center at NC State

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SistaWRITE Women’s Retreat
Writer-in-Residence
November 16 – 20, 2018
Ocracoke, NC

Listen to an interview w/ NC Poet Laureate Jaki Shelton Green and me.

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