The South Carolina State Library’s Center for the Book announces the recipients of the 2008 South Carolina Center for the Book Awards for Writing, Teaching and Literary Arts Advocacy.  This year’s award winners are noted South Carolina author Mary Alice Monroe, for Writing; Eileen Bergreen of Hilton Head Island Middle School, for Teaching; and the Arts Council of Beaufort County, for Literary Arts Advocacy.

Athens, Ga. – The Georgia Review, the award-winning literary quarterly published from the University of Georgia and distributed nationwide, announces “The Pulitzer Legacy in Georgia” program—a four-day celebration of fine writing and writers hosted by the Jekyll Island Club from October 27-30. The event features four recent Pulitzer Prize winners, all of whom have an association with the state of Georgia, the University of Georgia, and/or The Georgia Review: poets Stephen Dunn and Natasha Trethewey, journalist and historian Hank Klibanoff, and historian Edward Larson.

On Thursday, May 22, 2008, from noon to 1:00 p.m., the South Carolina Center for the Book located at the South Carolina State Library will host Bert Goolsby, author of Harpers’ Joy.  “John Grisham meets Andy Griffith a legal thriller packed with humor, heart, and a healthy dose of Southern charm.”  Bert Goolsby, a native of Alabama, is a member of the legal profession and a graduate of The Citadel, the University of South Carolina School of Law, and the University of Virginia School of Law. He has authored a collection of short stories, Sweet Potato Biscuits, and two novels, Her Own Law and Harpers’ Joy. The latter will be serialized in upcoming editions of South Carolina Lawyers Weekly.