BOILING SPRINGS, North Carolina, Sept. 18 -- Gardner-Webb University issued the following news on Sept. 17, 2025: * * * Award-Winning Appalachian Author David Joy to Visit Gardner-Webb University on Oct. 2 Critically-Acclaimed Novelist to Speak and Read From his Latest Work in 7 p.m. Program Open to the Community * The Gardner-Webb Department of English Language and Literature is hosting author David Joy on Oct. 2 at 7 p.m. in Stewart Hall, Tucker Student Center. The event is part of the Da  more