2018 Blackburn Festival
- The Mackey Session
featuring Nathaniel Mackey - The Blackburn Tradition: Three Generations of Duke Writers
Featuring Lucy Corin, Maria Kuznetsova, and Melissa Malouf
2019 Blackburn Festival
- Poetry Series with John Peck
- Creative Prose with Verylyn Klinkenborg
- Fiction Festival featuring Caryl Phillips & Amit Chaudhuri
2022 Blackburn Literary Festival
Tracey K. Smith, Former U.S. Poet Laureate & Pulitzer Prize Winner
