SC Center for the Book News News feeds from SC Center for the Book http://www.sccenterforthebook.org Sat, 31 Jul 2010 09:47:48 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 Speaker at the Center Fall Line Up of Authors Announced http://www.sccenterforthebook.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=79&Itemid=9 The Speaker at the Center program of the South Carolina Center for the Book, in conjunction with the University of South Carolina Press, will present a series of talks on new regional history books beginning at noon on Thursday, August 19, with Allen Stokes, director of the South Caroliniana Library.... Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:31:52 +0100 South Carolina Center for the Book Awards Program Nominations Now Available http://www.sccenterforthebook.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=78&Itemid=9 CLICK HERE FOR NOMINATION FORM (http://www.statelibrary.sc.gov/docs/2010_sccftb_nomination_form.pdf)NOMINATION DEADLINE EXTENDED TO JULY 23 The SC Center for the Book Awards Program honors excellence in writing, teaching, and advocacy of the literary arts. This year, the Center seeks nominations in these three categories:1. Writing: SC writer of any... Mon, 24 May 2010 15:05:44 +0100 South Carolina Middle School Student Receives National Honor http://www.sccenterforthebook.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=77&Itemid=9 More than 69,000 young readers from across the country participated in this year's Letters About Literature writing contest, a reading promotion program of the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress, presented in partnership with Target and sponsored in South Carolina by the State Library’s Center for the... Thu, 06 May 2010 13:29:33 +0100 2009-2010 Letters About Literature Competition Award Winners Announced http://www.sccenterforthebook.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=76&Itemid=9 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... Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:11:05 +0100 Writers' Circle national Flash Fiction Contest http://www.sccenterforthebook.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=75&Itemid=9 Writers' Circle national Flash Fiction ContestThe Writers’ Circle a non-profit center for writers in Rhode Island is accepting submissions January through June 10, 2010. First prize is $500 dollars with publication in the Anthology and on the Circles’ website. Additional awards will also include Artistic Merit Nominees. Final judge is... Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:40:49 +0100 Speaker at the Center Spring Line Up of Authors Announced http://www.sccenterforthebook.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=74&Itemid=9 The South Carolina State Library’s Center for the Book is pleased to announce its spring author line up. The Speaker @ the Center program will hold free lunchtime author talks on the following dates:Tuesday, January 12*Kristina Dunn Johnson No Holier Spot of Ground: Confederate Monuments and Cemeteries of South... Tue, 05 Jan 2010 11:23:08 +0100 December's Speaker at the Center will host THREE authors! http://www.sccenterforthebook.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=73&Itemid=9 Mike Creel and Lynn KelleyThe Boykin SpanielNewly revised, the definitive guide to the state dog of South Carolina.Ben McC. MoiseRamblings of a Lowcountry Game WardenCareer-spanning tales of a coastal crime fighter, ranging from the treacherous to the hilarious.WHEN: December 10, 2009 Noon -1pmWHERE: 1430 Senate Street (SC State Library Administrative... Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:13:05 +0100