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Monthly Fiction Writing Group
September 11, 2010

Monthly Fiction Writing Group
September 11, 2010

Monthly Fiction Writing Group
September 11, 2010

Monthly Fiction Writing Group
September 11, 2010

Monthly Fiction Writing Group
September 11, 2010

Monthly Fiction Writing Group
September 11, 2010

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Speaker at the Center Cecil Williams to Discuss his Books and Photography
Monday, 16 March 2009

On April 23, 2009, from noon to 1:00 p.m., Cecil Williams, Orangeburg author and photographer will discuss his books and art. Williams is the author of Orangeburg 1968 which documents one of the least remembered chapters of America's Civil Rights history; the Orangeburg Massacre. On February 8, 1968, over 150 students gathered on the campus of South Carolina State University to protest the segregation policies of the town's only bowling alley. Amid escalating tensions, students protested by building a bonfire on the edge of the campus. State Highway Patrolmen fired live ammunition into the unarmed group in an attempt to end the protest. Killed were Henry Smith, Samuel Hammond, both students at South Carolina State University, and Delano Middleton, a 17-year-old Wilkinson High School student.

 

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South Carolina Academy of Authors Announces 2009 Inductee Celebration
Wednesday, 11 March 2009
The South Carolina Academy of Authors will celebrate writers Kwame Dawes, Susan Ludvigson, and Carrie Allen McCray Nickens, inducting the three into the state’s literary hall of fame on April 25, 2009. The three will be honored in the April ceremony in Columbia. All three are poets, and April is National Poetry Month, established in 1996 by the Academy of American Poets to increase attention to poetry.
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Speaker at the Center Carmella Broome to Discuss her Memoir
Tuesday, 24 February 2009
On Thursday, March 26, 2009, from noon to 1pm, professional counselor Carmella Broome will discuss her first book, Carmella’s Quest.  Carmella, who has been legally blind since birth, has written Carmella’s Quest: Taking on College Sight Unseen, which chronicles the author's first year at North Greenville University in upstate South Carolina.
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Librarian to Speak at SC Book Festival
Thursday, 05 February 2009

Ronald M. Gauthier was a library branch manager in New Orleans before Hurricane Katrina forced him to relocate to Atlanta. In addition to working in the library, he has served as an adult literacy instructor for the prison system in Louisiana and a social services counselor. He is the author of Hard Time on the Bayou, a prison novel based on his experiences working in corrections, Prey for Me: A New Orleans Mystery and its sequel, Crescent City Countdown, which is the only work of fiction depicting the slavery reparations issue as part of the storyline.

 

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Speaker at the Center Sandra Johnson to Discuss Her Book
Thursday, 05 February 2009

Standing on Holy Ground:  A Triumph over Hate Crime in the Deep South

Columbia, SC – On February 19, 2009, from noon to 1:00 p.m., Sandra E. Johnson will discuss her book, Standing on Holy Ground: A Triumph over Hate Crime in the Deep South.  This novel powerfully narrates the true story of how two women—one white, the other black—risked their lives to lead an interracial group of volunteers to rebuild a historic black church in Dixiana, SC, that had been destroyed by hate crime.  In addition to receiving glowing reviews from O: The Oprah Magazine, USA Today, Southern Living, and numerous other publications, the book received a Christopher Award for Literature.

 

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SC Center for the Book Encourages Students to Participate in the River of Words Contest
Thursday, 15 January 2009

 River of Words (ROW), a non-profit organization, was founded in 1995 by then-US Poet Laureate Robert Hass and writer Pamela Michael. Every year, in affiliation with The Library of Congress Center for the Book, an international poetry and art contest is conducted for children in grades K-12. River of Words is an arts and environmental education program that:

•    nurtures respect for and understanding of the natural world
•    promotes literacy in all its forms
•    trains teachers how to integrate the arts into core curriculum subjects
•    gives youth a forum for expressing their creativity and concerns
•    helps children develop a sense of belonging to a particular place
•    builds community partnerships
•    leverages existing resources in support of education
•    facilitates interdisciplinary teaching methods
•    distributes, publishes and displays children's art & poetry
•    publishes an Educator's Guide and curriculum support materials

Each April, eight US winners, one international winner, and a "ROW Teacher of the Year" are honored (during National Poetry Month) at an Award Ceremony at The Library of Congress in Washington, DC. Seventeen states currently award state ROW prizes, as well. The contest is free, and every child is acknowledged with a personalized "Watershed Explorer" certificate. Children may enter on their own or through schools, nature centers, libraries, youth clubs and other organizations. Girl Scouts can earn their "Water Drop" patch by entering the contest and fulfilling other requirements (www.epa.gov/adopt/patch).  The contest deadline for North American entries is February 15.  For more information, visit http://riverofwords.org.

 
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