WHAT: Registration for the 15th Annual Spring for Literacy Luncheon
WHERE: Governors Club, Chapel Hill, NC
WHEN: Wednesday, April 22nd, 11 am – 2:00 pm
(Lunch begins at noon)
HOW: Click HERE to register
Click to print the registration form (PDF)
Just want the tote or T-shirt designed by Daniel Wallace?
Click here to download the PDF or click here to order it online.
Tickets are $125 per person; tables seat 10 people.
Author Daniel Wallace to Headline Chatham Literacy’s 2026 Spring Fundraiser
Celebrated, best-selling author Daniel Wallace headlines the 2026 Chatham Literacy’s Spring For Literacy Luncheon at Governors Club, Wednesday, April 22nd from 11:00am – 2:00pm.
Wallace will discuss his new short story collection, Beneath the Moon and the Long Dead Stars. As one reviewer said, “Few writers can make the everyday sing. Wallace goes one further: he makes it surprising.”
Daniel Wallace is author of six novels, including Big Fish (1998), Ray in Reverse (2000), The Watermelon King (2003), Mr. Sebastian and the Negro Magician (2007), The Kings and Queens of Roam (2013), and most recently Extraordinary Adventures (May 2017). His children’s book, published in 2014, and for which he did both the words and the pictures, is called The Cat’s Pajamas, and it is adorable. In 2003 Big Fish was adapted and released as a movie and then in 2013 the book and the movie were mish-mashed together and became a Broadway musical. His novels have been translated into over three-dozen languages. He is also the author of a coloring book, Roadside Attractions, co-authored by his esteemed friend Emily Wallace. A memoir, This Isn’t Going to End Well, was published in April, 2023.
His essays and interviews have been published in Slate, Poets & Writers, The Bitter Southerner, Garden & Gun and Our State magazine, where he was, for a short time, the barbecue critic. His short stories have appeared in many magazines and periodicals, including Tin House, One Story, Glimmer Train, and The Georgia Review. His stories have been recognized in Best American Short Stories, Best Stories from the South, and read by Levar Burton on his podcast, Levar Burton Reads. His fourth novel, Mr. Sebastian and the Negro Magician, won the Sir Walter Raleigh Prize for best fiction published in North Carolina in 2009. Extraordinary Adventures was chosen as the best fiction published by a native Alabamian in 2018. In 2019 he won the Harper Lee Award. The award is given to a living, nationally recognized Alabama writer who has made a significant lifelong contribution to Alabama letters.
Daniel Wallace is the J. Ross MacDonald Distinguished Professor of English at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, his alma mater.
Tickets are $125.00, tables seat 10 people.
Contact: admin@chathamliteracy.org; 919-742-0578, fill out the form below, or download the registration form (PDF) and mail it to:
110 Village Lake Road, Siler City Business Park, Siler City, NC 27344
If you want to purchase ONLY the tote bag or T-shirt designed by Daniel Wallace, click here to download the PDF or click here to order it online.
McIntyre’s Books will donate 20% of book sales to Chatham Literacy. Call the bookstore to order your copy today: 919-542-3030
All proceeds from the luncheon will support Chatham Literacy’s programs: English for Speakers of Other Languages, Citizenship Preparation, Traditional Literacy, Financial Literacy and Digital/Computer Literacy.
IF YOU ARE A TUTOR, consider taking your Chatham Literacy Learner(s) for $30 per person. Select the “Number of Chatham Literacy learners attending” option on the registration form.
CAN’T GO? Consider making your registration a donation. You will receive an autographed hardback of Beneath The Moon And Long Dead Stars. Select the “absentee registration” option on the registration form.
Don’t Forget To Choose Your Optional T-Shirt Or Tote Bag When You Register!
This fun and funky design was created by Daniel Wallace to celebrate the joy of literacy — at any age. Be sure to add one to your cart when you register. Just choose “T-Shirt” or “Tote” on the registration form and specify your size for the t-shirt.
Just want the t-shirt or tote? Click HERE or click here to order it online.
Chatham Literacy helps adults living or working in Chatham County
acquire literacy and educational skills needed to function successfully in society.
Associate's Level
High School Degree Level
Without partners like you, we cannot accomplish this mission. Chatham Literacy is entirely dependent on grants, donations, public events and business sponsorships. We hold two fundraisers each year. All proceeds fund Chatham Literacy’s free one-on-one and small-group instruction. We are proud to share that we provide adult literacy through multiple learning platforms: in-person learning, distance learning, digital learning app or a combination of these learning platforms.
Download the registration form here (PDF) or register using the form below.
T-shirt Or Tote ONLY Form — No Event Registration