Saturday, September 14
Mississippi Book Festival in Jackson, MS
Blooms will be on a panel discussion from 12:00-1:00pm at the Galloway Fellowship Center. Blooms will speak as part of the first-ever class of South Arts Fellows for Literary Arts, discussing their works of fiction that earned them their fellowships and how living in the South has informed these works and shaped them as writers. Blooms will also be at the signing tent at 1:45pm for book signings.
Saturday, September 21
Back-to-Back Books Festival in Somerset, KY
Blooms will be at their signing table from 1:00-5:00pm. She will also take part in a panel discussion from 6:00-7:30pm at the Capitol Theater. Blooms will speak alongside Gwenda Bond and David Arnold about the importance of co-working spaces and community for writers, the writing process, getting published, and more. The panel will be followed by an informal meet-and-greet at the White Squirrel Brewery.