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Making Room for Wonder! 📚✨

The 49th Annual ODU Literary Festival brought our community together for four days of storytelling, creativity and thought-provoking conversations. A speaker in an orange jacket addresses the audience while seated onstage at ODU’s Literary Festival. by @oduarts

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ODU's Baron and Ellin Gordon Art Galleries will be closed during the ODU Fall Break 10/10 – 10/13/2026. We'll look forward to seeing you when we reopen on 10/14!

🖼️: Larry Heath (b. 1945 - d. 2014), "Moonbeam Home in a Jar," 2000. Cut roofing metal sculpture, 12"x8.875"x7". Purchased from the artist in 2001. 2007.77.01. by @oduarts

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🚨 WHO WILL YOU TRUST? 🚨

The dead are rising. The living are in hiding. And everyone thinks they know how to survive.

Meet the cast of ODURep’s NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD. 🧟

Eight strangers. One nightmare. A whole lot of bad decisions.

👀 Who would YOU trust to keep you alive? Drop their name in the comments. ⬇️

🩸 October 22–31, 2026
📍 Goode Theatre | Old Dominion University
🎟️ Tickets: bit.ly/ODUTheatreTix

In the Dark… We Endure.

#ODURep #NightOfTheLivingDead #ODUTheatre #MeetTheCast #HorrorTheatre by @oduarts

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Tomorrow is the final day of the Literary Festival! At 12:30 p.m., join @meccajamilah for A Conversation on Craft in the Burgess Room (BAL 9024). At 2 p.m., head to the University Theatre for an Alumni Reading featuring @etc.writes, @thevawriter, Richard Leise, and @truecaleb.

At 4 p.m., celebrate the launch of the Brackish Waters and Constellate anthologies at ODU Perry Library. At 6 p.m., see the finished games from Room to Wonder: A Game Jam in Monarch Hall, Room 2116. Finally, stop by University Theatre at 7 p.m. for a reading by Mecca Jamilah Sullivan

All events are free and open to the public. Check out the full festival schedule through the Literary Festival link in our bio 📖
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Wednesday, we are starting the festivities early at 10am with Chris Adrian, who will be leading a Workshop at Eastern Virginia Medical School.

After that, at 12pm, we have a Sculpture in Action, Curator’s Tour with Jasper Waugh-Quasebarth at @gordonartgalleries

At 2pm, we will have a Virginia Poetry Database Reading with Lesley Wheeler, Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda, and Luz Schweig at ODU Perry Library

Later that evening at 4pm, we will meet at @thesloverva for a Screening of “Once” from @narovideo_odu. At 7pm, we will have a reading from @siobhanfallonwriter.

Shuttles will be available if needed!

All events are free and open to the public 🌀 by @oduarts

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Continuing on with the schedule of events, Tuesday, October 6, at 12pm, we have a Bookbinding workshop with ODU faculty @poetslizard.

At 2pm in University Theater, we have an MFA faculty reading with @juliamaejohnso_ and @jane_alberdeston_coralin. Following that, at 4pm we have a reading from author Scott McClanahan.

Starting at 6pm, join us at Eastern Virginia medical school for a reading, workshop, and celebration with author Chris Adrian.

Shuttles are available to get you to the event should you need the assistance.

To learn more about the event, see the schedule, and/or list of authors, please click the link in our bio or visit the site: odu.edu/life/culture/arts/litfest.

All events are free and open to the public.

See you there! by @oduarts

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On my way in a couple of days and very much looking forward to reading with @luz_schweig and Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda! by @oduarts

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Continue enjoying the literary festivities on Monday, October 5, with an afternoon and evening of readings featuring local authors, ODU professors emeriti, and Edith & Forrest P. White Writer-in-Residence. Join @nicolegloverwrites and @kimberly_engebrigtsen at 2 p.m., Joe Jackson and @mikepearsonauthor at 4 p.m., and @nifmuhammad at 7 p.m., all at the University Theatre. We'd love to see you there!

All events are free and open to the public. Check out the full festival schedule through the Literary Festival link in our bio 📖 by @oduarts

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Join us as we kick off the Literary Festival at our opening reception at The Green Onion on Sunday, October 4 at 4:00 p.m.! We are beyond excited to celebrate with you, and we hope to see you there.

All events are free and open to the public. Check out the full festival schedule through the Literary Festival link in our bio 📖 by @oduarts

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Join us for the launch party for both the Brackish Waters and Constellate anthologies at 4 p.m. on Thursday, October 8! Come celebrate the authors and poets featured in these two anthologies at ODU’s Perry Library.

All events are free and open to the public. Check out the full festival schedule through the Literary Festival link in our bio 📖 by @oduarts

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Join us Monday, October 5th at 2:00pm in University Theatre for a reading by Kimbra Drake!

Kimbra Drake is the acclaimed author of Where the Heart Meets the Sea, creating emotional, character-driven narratives centered on heritage, healing, and northern European landscapes. She is also a certified book coach and developmental editor. She lives and writes in Virginia and Ireland. When not crafting stories, some of her passions include traveling, hiking in nature, photography, and watching gigs and readings at indie bookstores. Where the Heart Meets the Sea is currently being developed as a feature film with producer, writer and actress Hélène Cardona. The novel is inspired by Kimbra’s time living in Lyngør, Norway.

To learn more about the event, see the schedule, and/or list of authors, please click the link in our bio or visit the site: odu.edu/life/culture/arts/litfest.

All events are free and open to the public.

See you there! by @oduarts

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Literary Festival swag incoming! We will have merch available at select events during the festival. Visit the Arts@ODU table during the following events:

--> Monday, October 5 at 7:00 p.m.: Edith & Forrest P. White Writer-in-Residence Reading: Hanif Abdurraqib. University Theatre.

--> Thursday, October 8 at 7:00 p.m: Reading by Mecca Jamilah Sullivan. University Theatre.

T-shirts, pens, and stickers are free. Dad hats are $25 + tax and all sales support Literary Festival programming. Items available while supplies last 🎁

Literary Festival Committee left to right: Michael Weber & John McManus (Co-Directors), Evelyn Griffith, Claudia Kessel, Clara Synowiec, Caitlin Brady, Winnie Wong, Sarah Glaser

Not pictured but also on the committee is Charles Rhodes by @oduarts

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