Episode 2: Literati Converge for the Annual Charleston Literary Festival

For the past several years, creatives worldwide have gathered in historic downtown Charleston, South Carolina, to share great novels, poetry, journalism, and conversations with like-minded individuals and celebrated storytellers. Sarah Moriarty, a Dublin native who became the Charleston Literary Festival’s executive director this year, joins VIE Book Club host Jordan Staggs to discuss what’s happening during the 2023 festival, taking place across venues in Charleston November 3–12. From authors including Rebecca Makkai and Margaret Atwood to Charleston’s first Poet Laureate, programming in conjunction with the new International African American Museum, and more, patrons are sure to be educated and entranced as the esteemed panelists speak to the theme of “Embrace the Conversation.”