Events

Updated 8/13/2026 / Check back periodically

Upcoming

Greenville, SC: Tuesday, August 18, 2026, 5:30 p.m.

M. Judson Booksellers, 130 S. Main Street
Upstate South Carolina Release of Geography of One, author Richard Allen Taylor in conversation with poet/novelist Arthur McMaster

Hendersonville, NC: Wednesday, September 9, 2026, 6:30 p.m.

Brandy Bar, 504 Seventh Avenue East
Featured Readers: Greg Lobas and Richard Allen Taylor, followed by open mic

Brasstown, NC: Thursday, September 17, 2026, 7 p.m.

North Carolina Writers Network West Reading Series at J.C. Campbell Folk School,
Keith House, One Folk School Road
Featured Readers: Jayne Jaudon Ferrer and Richard Allen Taylor

Huntersville, NC: Wednesday, September 23, 6:30 p.m.

Waterbean Poetry Night at the Mic, Waterbean Coffee, 9705 Sam Furr Blvd., Suite A
Featured Reader: Richard Allen Taylor, followed by open mic

Greenville, SC: Friday, October 2, 2026, 12:30 p.m.

Greenville CC Rotary Club Luncheon, Poinsett Club, 807 E Washington Street
Guest Speaker, Richard Allen Taylor discussing his writing and reading from his new book

Charlotte, NC: Tuesday, October 6, 2026, 7 p.m.

Troubadour Booksellers, 1721 Sardis Road North
Featured Readers: Jonathan K. Rice and Richard Allen Taylor
Hosted by Scott Tynes-Miller

Hendersonville, NC: Sunday, November 1, 2026, 9 a.m.

First Congregational Church Parrish Hall, 1735 Fifth Avenue West
The FORUM series will host guest speaker/reader Richard Allen Taylor,
author of Geography of One.
Readings and reflections on adapting to the single life after loss of a spouse

Belmont, NC: Wednesday, December 2, 2026, 6:30 p.m.

Belmont Bookshop, 7 North Main Street
Featured Reader: Richard Allen Taylor, followed by open mic
Hosted by Marlo Scheitler

Rock Hill, SC: Sunday, December 13, 2026, 2 p.m.

Afternoon of Poetry and Prose, Bakita Arts Center, 902 Crawford Road
Featured Reader, Richard Allen Taylor, followed by open mic

Pawleys Island, SC: Thursday, March 11, 2027, 10 a.m.

Litchfield Poetry Series, Waccamaw Neck Branch Library, 41 Saint Paul Place
Featured Reader, Richard Allen Taylor, followed by open mic

Chapel Hill, NC: Sunday, April 11, 2027, 2:30 p.m.

Flyleaf Books, Second Sunday Reading Series, 752 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.
Featured Readers: Richard Allen Taylor and (TBA), followed by open mic

Hickory, NC: Tuesday, April 13, 2027 6:15 p.m.

Taste Full Beans Coffee, Tea & Café, 29 2nd Street NW.
Featured Reader, Richard Allen Taylor, followed by open mic

More to come!