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Wednesday, 25 November 2009 |
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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 crime fighter, ranging from the treacherous to the hilarious. WHEN: December 10, 2009 Noon -1pm
WHERE: 1430 Senate Street (SC State Library Administrative Building) Room 309
COST: FREE! Books will be available for purchase and autographing.
 All programs will take place from noon to 1pm in Room 309 of the Administration Building at the SC State Library located at 1430 Senate St., Columbia.
Speaker @ the Center is FREE and open to the public. Bag lunches are encouraged.
The South Carolina Center for the Book is the South Carolina Affiliate of the Library of Congress Center for the Book and is a cooperative project of the South Carolina State Library, the University of South Carolina School of Library and Information Science, and the Humanities Council SC. |
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Friday, 09 October 2009 |
Ordinary Heroes is a collection of 48 hauntingly beautiful portraits of Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients. They have been captured by photographer Tom Casalini over a year’s time and travel, and each is accompanied by his insightful observations or a shared thought from that individual. Casalini will appear for a book talk and signing reception at the South Carolina State Library, 1500 Senate Street, Columbia, on Tuesday October 20, from 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Copies of his book will be available for purchase with portions of the proceeds going to the Congressional Medal of Honor Society as well as various Veteran organizations and groups throughout the United States.
 The book opens with the stories of some of the Medal Recipients in-depth, as told to writer Tim Wallis. Throughout the telling of the stories, Wallis has woven his own childhood remembrances of growing up in middle America during the same years. It contrasts the world these men experience as they fought and won their Medals of Honor against the backdrop of the world of innocence and freedom they were fighting to protect.
Casalini tours the nation sharing a dynamic, emotional, unforgettable presentation about the recipients of our nation’s highest tribute for valor – The Medal of Honor. The uplifting message of the heroism potential in all of us is an outgrowth of his yearlong experience in 18 states and 52 cities photographing living Medal of Honor recipients. Walter Cronkite stated, “Ordinary Heroes is a brilliant title as this book speaks of the ordinary lives from which heroes emerge and to which most return. And it is a perfect oxymoron as we learn here of that extraordinary courage in combat that brought them to the nation’s highest honor.”
For more information about Ordinary Heroes, visit www.ordinaryheroesbook.com.
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Friday, 04 September 2009 |
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 The SC Center for Children's Books and Literacy and the SC Center for the Book will host a booktalk and luncheon featuring Frank Baker's newest book, Political Campaigns and Political Advertising, on October 1, 2009 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in Room 309 of the South Carolina State Library's Administrative Building, 1430 Senate Street, Columbia.
The book will be available for purchase and signing. Please call 803-734-8207 and let us know you can attend! |
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Monday, 10 August 2009 |
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Dear Educator/Librarian:
As someone who has participated in last year’s Letters About Literature (LAL) national writing program, you will be happy to know that this year’s LAL competition is now underway. The new entry guidelines are posted online at our new website www.lettersaboutliterature.org. We’ll be providing monthly contest updates throughout the school year.
Once again this year we are offering state and national prizes for children and also awarding thousands of dollars in library grants as a way to promote literacy and reader response among all young readers. The national winners themselves help to select the library that will receive the grants. What a powerful way for a young person to make a difference in his or her school or community!
Please visit our site to download the new guidelines and required entry coupon, plus take some time to explore our lesson plans and winning letters from past years. Each year, more than 55,000 young people from across the country enter LAL and what they write to authors is amazing! At this site also, you can find contact information for the LAL competition within your state!
LAL supports national standards for teaching language arts & reading as recommended by the National Council of Teachers of English and the International Reading Association. Sincerely, Catherine Gourley, National Project Director, Letters About Literature
Center for the Book in the Library of Congress
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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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