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Tuesday, 04 August 2009 |
The South Carolina Center for the Book is pleased to announce its fall line-up for SPEAKER @ THE CENTER.
Thursday, August 20
Jackie Cooper
Author of newly released The Sunrise Remembers - a collection of stories about the author's life in the south.
Thursday, August 27
Jack Bass
The Palmetto State
A concise approach to the major themes and events that define contemporary South Carolina.
Thursday, September 24
Stephen G. Hoffius
Northern Money, Southern Land
An enchanting mix of gossip and history from the era when parts of the Old South got new owners.
Thursday, October 15
Tom Moore Craig
Upcountry South Carolina Goes to War
Civil War letters to and from Spartanburg, rich with details on the battlefront and home front.
Suzanne Stone Johnson & Robert Allison Johnson
Bitter Freedom
A firsthand account of evolving race relations during Reconstruction in South Carolina towns from Aiken to Anderson.
Thursday, November 19
Stanley F. Lanzano
True Places
A documentary photographer’s vivid study of the daily and spiritual lives of an African American coastal community.
Thursday, December 10
Mike Creel and Lynn Kelley
The Boykin Spaniel
Newly revised, the definitive guide to the state dog of South Carolina.
Ben McC. Moise
Ramblings of a Lowcountry Game Warden
Career-spanning tales of a coastal crimefighter, ranging from the treacherous to the hilarious.
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Tuesday, 07 July 2009 |
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Bringing together literary lovers of all ages from across the nation, the 2009 National Book Festival will be held on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009, on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama will serve as Honorary Chairs of the ninth annual festival. Free and open to the public, the festival is sponsored by the Library of Congress and will feature some 75 award-winning authors, poets and illustrators celebrating the joys of reading and lifelong literacy. |
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Thursday, 02 July 2009 |
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The South Carolina Literary Arts Partnership is pleased to welcome Frances Kablick as coordinator. Kablick will work on literary programs through this unique full-time position that is sponsored by the Humanities CouncilSC, the S.C. Arts Commission, and the S.C. State Library. Randy Akers, Executive Director of The Humanities CouncilSC said, “Frances’ passion for the literary arts and her excellent background experience with writing, public speaking, event coordination, and administering partnership programs, will allow her to build on the fine work of her predecessors in the position.” |
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Friday, 26 June 2009 |
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The South Carolina State Library’s Center for the Book proudly announces the recipients of the 2009 South Carolina Center for the Book Awards for Writing, Teaching and Literary Arts Advocacy. This year’s award winners are noted South Carolina author Leonard Todd, for Writing (Carolina Clay: The Life and Legend of the Slave Potter, Dave); Libby Collins of Dent Middle School in Columbia, for Teaching; and the Free Times, for Literary Arts Advocacy. |
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Tuesday, 21 April 2009 |
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On May 28, 2009, from noon to 1:00 p.m., Dr. Scott Peeples will discuss the writings and life of Edgar Allan Poe. January 19, 2009 marked the bicentennial of the birth of Edgar Allan Poe, one of America's best-known writers. He has been the pleasure of many a reader and the monster of many a critic. |
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Thursday, 16 April 2009 |
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The Letters About Literature program, sponsored by the South Carolina Center for the Book and the Library of Congress, in partnership with Target Stores, is a national reading and writing promotion contest. To enter, readers write personal letters to an author, living or dead, from any genre, explaining how that author's work changed their way of thinking about the world or themselves. |
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