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Submitted by The Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home
Sept. 11, 2025 – The Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home (FOCCH), a nonprofit dedicated to preserving the legacy of one of the South’s greatest writers, is kicking off spooky season with its third annual candlelight reading! Hear Moon River Opera perform haunting arias as the sun sets before settling in to listen to one of Flannery O’Connor’s darkest stories read by a local actor at The Old Dairy!
WHERE: The Old Dairy
2500 Tennessee Avenue
Savannah, GA 31404
WHEN: 7 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 28
MORE INFO: This event is free and open to the public. Please bring blankets and lawn chairs to be comfortable (and to be spooked)! *The story may not be suitable for all audiences. Content warning: violence. For more information, email info@flanneryoconnorhome.org.
ABOUT FLANNERY O’CONNOR:
Flannery O’Connor was born in Savannah, Georgia on March 25, 1925 and is the author of 31 short stories as well as the acclaimed novels Wise Blood and The Violent Bear It Away and numerous essays. Perhaps best known as a pioneering Southern gothic author who often wrote about morally flawed characters, O’Connor remains an important voice in American literature. She lived in Savannah until 1938 and drew inspiration from her childhood experiences in Georgia’s First City until her death from lupus in Milledgeville, Georgia on August 3, 1964. She won the O. Henry Award three times and received the National Book Award for Fiction posthumously in 1972 for The Complete Stories of Flannery O’Connor.
ABOUT THE FLANNERY O’CONNOR CHILDHOOD HOME:
The Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home, located at 207 E. Charlton Street in the heart of Savannah, Georgia, is dedicated to preserving the legacy of one of the South’s greatest writers. An established 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, the Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home has been meticulously restored to reflect the authentic period furnishings of a Depression-Era Savannah rowhouse and to offer insight into the years that O’Connor lived in Savannah, from 1925 to 1938. The Home proudly presents a series of free readings as well as other events throughout the year. For more information, please visit flanneryoconnorhome.org.