News feeds from SC Center for the Book http://www.sccenterforthebook.org Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:58:14 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.sccenterforthebook.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=67&Itemid=9 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... Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:42:16 +0100 http://www.sccenterforthebook.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=66&Itemid=9 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... Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:49:18 +0100 http://www.sccenterforthebook.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=65&Itemid=9 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... Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:09:50 +0100 http://www.sccenterforthebook.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=62&Itemid=9 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... Mon, 16 Mar 2009 16:29:15 +0100 http://www.sccenterforthebook.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=61&Itemid=9 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... Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:56:32 +0100 http://www.sccenterforthebook.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=60&Itemid=9 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... Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:01:37 +0100 http://www.sccenterforthebook.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=59&Itemid=9 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... Thu, 05 Feb 2009 14:16:51 +0100