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Speaker at the Center Fall 2012 Line Up of Authors Announced
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Columbia, S.C. – The South Carolina State Library’s Center for the Book, in cooperation with USC Press and Hub City Press, is pleased to announce its fall 2012 author line up. The Speaker @ the Center program will hold free lunchtime author talks on the following dates:
Thursday, August 16 – MAUREEN D. LEE, Sissieretta Jones: "The Greatest Singer of Her Race," 1868–1933. The engaging first biography of this distinguished African American musical pioneer
Thursday, September 20 – MICHEL STONE, The Iguana Tree. Michel Stone’s debut novel, set against the backdrop of illegal immigration, is one family’s story of fateful decisions, risky border crossings, and a struggle for humanity.
Thursday, October 25 – ANNE SINKLER WHALEY LECLERCQ, A Grand Tour of Gardens: Traveling in Beauty through Western Europe and the United States. A travelogue of elegant historic gardens on both sides of the Atlantic as viewed through the lens of Mrs. Emily Whaley’s iconic Charleston garden.
Thursday, November 15 – ELISE BLACKWELL & JANNA
MCMAHAN, Literary Dogs & Their South Carolina Writers. From bird dogs to bad dogs, wild dogs to café dogs, get to know these canines and their 25 South Carolina literary companions.
Thursday, December 6 – MARY WHYTE, Down Bohicket Road: An Artist’s Journey. A collection of vibrant watercolors and poignant tales celebrating the friendships and faith of a sea island community of Gullah women.
Books will be available for purchase and autographing. All programs will take place from noon to 1pm at the South Carolina State Library in Columbia. Speaker @ the Center is FREE and open to the public. Bring your lunch and enjoy learning more about South Carolina.
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 CouncilSC.
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About the S.C. State Library
The South Carolina State Library is the primary administrator of federal and state support for the state’s libraries. The Library is a national model for innovation, collaboration, leadership and effectiveness. The Library’s mission is to optimize South Carolina’s investment in library and information services. In 1969, as the result of action by the General Assembly, the State Library Board was redesignated as the South Carolina State Library and assumed responsibility for public library development, library service for state institutions, service for the blind and physically handicapped, and library service to state government agencies. Headquartered in Columbia, S.C., the Library is funded by the state of South Carolina, by the federal government through the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and other sources. For more information, visit www.statelibrary.sc.gov or call 803-734-8666.
About USC Press
Established in 1944, the University of South Carolina Press is one of the oldest publishing houses in the South and among the most respected in the Southeast. With more than 1,700 published books to its credit, 950 in print, and 50 new books published each year, the Press is essential in enhancing the scholarly reputation and worldwide visibility of the University of South Carolina. As the largest publisher and only university press in the state, the University of South Carolina Press furthers the central missions of the University as a whole: As part of the University’s research mission, the Press advances knowledge through the publication and dissemination of the research conducted at this and other universities. As part of the University’s teaching mission, the Press provides an outlet for research—good research leads to good teaching—and furnishes scholarly material to both teachers and students. As part of the University’s outreach mission, the Press enriches the state’s natural and cultural heritage and understanding through its extensive regional publishing program. For more information, visit www.uscpress.com.
About Hub City Press
Hub City Press is a non-profit independent press in Spartanburg, SC that publishes well-crafted, high-quality works by new and established authors, with an emphasis on the Southern experience. We are committed to high-caliber novels, short stories, poetry, plays, memoir, and works emphasizing regional culture and history. We are particularly interested in books with a strong sense of place. Hub City Press publishes five to eight books a year and our titles are distributed nationally by John F. Blair Co. in Winston-Salem, NC. We are funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, the South Carolina Arts Commission, and hundreds of donors across South Carolina. We are the publisher of the biennial South Carolina First Novel Competition, and in 2013 we will introduce the New Southern Voices poetry book prize, whose inaugural judge is poet D.A. Powell. For more information, visit hubcity.org/press.
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