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Download the Schedule as PDFSaturday, February 27 Festival Hours: 9:00 am until 5:30 pm
Each author will sign after each presentation in the exhibit hall with the exception of the 4:30 – 5:20 panels at the end of the day. End-of-day panels will sign outside of the presentation room. Purchase books prior to signing in the Exhibit Hall.
Program Titles and Room Assignments Subject to Change. Moderators are to be announced.
CAROLINA MEETING ROOM | LEXINGTON MEETING ROOM A | LEXINGTON MEETING ROOM B | RICHLAND MEETING ROOM A&B | RICHLAND MEETING ROOM C | CONGAREE MEETING ROOM | COLUMBIA BALLROOM | ||
10:00 – 10:50 | Children’s Authors Dinah Johnson M: Helen Fellers | Persevering to Become an Author Charlie Burnette Wilmot B. Irvin M: Fran Rizer | Fabulous Women Writers Nina Bruhns M: Paula Benson | SC History: Places in theSouth Thomas Brown M: Allen Stokes | Romey's Order Atsuro Riley I: Marjory Wentworth | Celebrate the Arts: Collections and Imagery Harriett Green | CANCELLED | |
11:20-12:10 | COLUMBIA BALL ROOMThe Last Child John Hart I: Linda Ketner | |||||||
12:40-1:30 | Memoirs Jackie K. Cooper
| Foodways Gullah Cuisine: William Baldwin | Contemporary Women’s Fiction Patti Callahan Henry | Outdoor SC Mike Creel
| Book Club Picks Gerald Duff | Back of Mount Peace Kwame Dawes I: Susan Meyers
| Faster Pastor Sharyn McCrumb | |
2:00-2:50 | The Craft of Writing for Young Adults Gigi Amateau
| Authors 'Round The South Wanda Jewell Presented by SIBA | Mysteries: James O. Born | One Night With You Francis Ray I: Pamela Davenport | The Fight for Equality: Human and Civil Rights Jack Shuler M: Shannon Furr Bobertz | Military Books & History Alexander Macaulay | Burning Bright Ron Rash I: Claudia Smith Brinson | |
3:20 – 4:10 | Civil War: Battlefronts and Homefronts Tom Moore Craig M: Eric Emerson | From Writer to Reader Heidi Durrow Craig Popelars M: Nancy Washington | Writing About People Who Make History William Ferris M: Melissa Walker | Cooking Southern Style Brian Dukes M: Jim Johnson | African American Writers Discuss Faith, Love and Story Tia McCollors
| USC Poetry Initiative Chapbooks Libby Bernardin | Dracula: The Un-Dead Dacre Stoker I: Laura Harris | |
4:30 – 5:20Free SC Book Festival DoorPrizes at Each 4:30 Session | Faith and Fiction Nicole Seitz | Book Club Picks Mindy Friddle M: Marcia Rowen | Fiction: Sweeping and Epic Tales Amy Greene M: Nonie Price | Romance Nina Bruhns M: Lisa Estes | Last Chance to Purchase Books! Hurry to the Exhibit Hall. Doors Close at 5:30 pm | Special Tribute to the late Stephen Gardner 4:30 – 6:00 | SC History: Places 4:30 - 6:00 Special Performance by Rev. Knowlin and Lighthouse of Jesus Christ Mass Choir Stanley Lanzano I: Stephanie Mitchem | |
Sunday, February 28 Festival Hours: 11:30 am – 5:00 pm
Each author will sign after each presentation in the exhibit hall with the exception of the 4:10 – 5:00 panels at the end of the day. End of day panels will sign outside of the presentation room. Purchase books prior to signing in the Exhibit Hall.
*Program Subject to Change. Other Moderators and Introducers TBD
CAROLINA MEETING ROOM | LEXINGTON MEETING ROOM A | LEXINGTON MEETING ROOM B | RICHLAND MEETING ROOM | CONGAREE MEETING ROOM | |
11:30 – 12:20 | SC Women’s History Valinda W. Littlefield | Books That Enlighten and Change Frank W. Baker | Debut Novelist Heidi Durrow | A Separate Country Robert Hicks I: Samantha Hastings | Poets Linda Annas Ferguson |
12:45 – 1:35 | Documentaries: Preserving Local History & Culture Extended Session Special Introduction by Legendary Blues Musician Drink Small William Ferris | Science Fiction & Fantasy: What’s the Difference James O’Neal | Cultural Shifts and Trends: Foodies Nancy Tringali Piho M: Jackie K. Cooper
| Return to Sullivans Island Dorothea Benton Frank I: Marjory Wentworth | Book Club Picks Patti Callahan Henry M: Margery West |
2:00 – 2:50 | USC Press Presents SC Outdoor Adventurers Tell the Tales Carl Naylor I: David Goble | Beyond the Novel: Exploring Forms of Writing Gerald Duff | Going Away Shoes Jill McCorkle I: John Lane | Poetry: USC Poetry Initiative Book Prize Winners Susan Meyers M: Carol Schenk | |
3:10 – 4:00 | Documentaries: Preserving American History Maggi Morehouse | Book Club Picks Amy Greene M: Cathy Pickenn | Book Club Picks James O. Born/James O’Neal | Uptown/Downtown in Old Charleston: Sketches and Stories Louis D. Rubin, Jr. I: Robert Brinkmeyer | Winning a Book Contest Brian Ray |
4:10 – 5:00Free SC Book Festival Door Prizes at each 4:10 Session | Film Showing 4:10–5:15 For Every Person There is a Name FREE POPCORN! I: Virginia Friedman | Film Showing 4:10–5:15 G-Man: The Rise and Fall of Melvin Purvis FREE POPCORN! I: Betsy Newman | Complete a Survey and Drop in a Box for Your Chance to Win Free Gifts! Sign up for the mailing list to keep in touch with the SC Book Festival! | Special Presentation Blues Musician Legend in Concert Drink Small I: Ben Franklin | Fine Art and Exhibit Wine Reception in the Exhibit Hall 3:30 – 5:00 pm |
Sunday, February 28
Upper Level, Board Room
11:30 – 12:30
Skip Webb, Gumshoe Books, Antiquarian Book Dealer, Booth # 316, conducts a session on “How to Start Book Collecting”. The class is sponsored and led by members of the Antiquarian Book Dealer’s Association of South Carolina (ABDASC). ABDASC is an organization that fosters the appreciation and sales of antiquarian books, prints, and manuscripts and promotes professional and ethical standards for its members. You can visit members of ABDASC on the Antiquarian Aisle in the Exhibit Hall during the book festival.
12:45- 1:15 pm
Susan Litrel, author of two books featuring Jackie Tempo, Exhibitor Booth #106, will present her books. Jackie Tempo searches for her parents across time and space. This adventure-filled series inform readers on world, history, and culture. Susan presents her books and discusses what being an author of the series entails. www.jackietempo.com
2:00 – 2:30 pm
Thomas Cooper Society, Exhibitor Booth # 415, presents a special talk about the Thomas Cooper Society at University of South Carolina. The Thomas Cooper Society is a community organization supporting USC's Thomas Cooper Library and its rare books and special collections. The Thomas Cooper Society serves as a volunteer support organization for the University's Thomas Cooper Library, encouraging community interest in the Library and promoting a fuller understanding of its purpose, programs, and potential. Opportunities for cultural enrichment are offered through a stimulating series of lectures, exhibitions, and special events. Through its generosity, the Society fosters gifts, endowments, and memorials to the Thomas Cooper Library, enabling the library to acquire distinctive and valuable materials for students and scholars. The Society publishes the Thomas Cooper Society Newsletter for members once each semester. Back issues are online on the Library Publications web site. For more information: www.sc.edu/library/develop/tcsinfo.html