Join us on Wednesday, June 10 from noon to 1:00 p.m. for Speaker @ the Center featuring Kathleen Robbins, Into the Flatland, published by the University of South Carolina Press.
Join us for an author talk and book signing on Wednesday May 20, 2015, from noon to 1:00 p.m. for Minnow by James E. McTeer II.
The South Carolina State Library is pleased to sponsor Gail Carson Levine who will be appearing at the South Carolina Book Festival on Sunday May 17, 2015 at 12:30 p.m. at the Columbia Convention Center.
Photos of this year's awards ceremony are now available on our Center’s Facebook page and on the SC State Library’s main Flickr site.
Congratulations to the 2014-2015 Winners!
The South Carolina Center for the Book is pleased to announce the nine winners in this year’s Letters About Literature contest. These outstanding students will be honored at the South Carolina State Library in Columbia at an award ceremony on Wednesday, April 29 at 10:30 a.m. Contest judges and South Carolina State Library Foundation members will be on hand to welcome attendees and present aw
Do you know individuals or groups that have had a statewide impact on literacy? Nominate them for the South Carolina Annual Literacy Leader (ALL) awards for 2015.
April is National Poetry Month. Join us at the South Carolina State Library on Wednesday, April 15 at noon to hear South Carolina poet Ray McManus discuss his latest book, Punch. Poems, published by Hub City Press. Punch. is a call for the claw-hammer, a hymn to the steel toe, and a series of lonely missives from truck cabs and office cubicles.
Join us for an author talk and book signing on Thursday, March 19, 2015 from noon to 1:00 p.m. for Sherman’s Flame & Blame Campaign by Patricia G. McNeely.
The South Carolina State Library is proud to announce award-winning authors John Rocco and Anna Dewdney will be featured at StoryfestSC 2015—the state’s summer reading kick-off event. This year’s Collaborative Summer Library slogan is Every Hero Has A Story, celebrating heroes and community heroes.
The Library of Congress Center for the Book is pleased to announce that applications are now being accepted for the 2015 Library of Congress Literacy Awards. These awards are given to outstanding organizations working to promote literacy, both in the United States and worldwide.
Many South Carolina State Library programs, resources, and services are supported in whole or in part by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services.
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