The 13th annual SC BookFestival will be held at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center, Columbia,SC on February 27–28, & March 1,2009. On Friday, February 27th, the festival will feature workshops at variouslocations around Columbia during the day. These workshops have a charge attached to them. If you are interested in attending call theLibrary for the fees. On Saturday andSunday of the festival all events are free. The weekend activities feature award-winning authors discussing theirworks and other interesting literary topics. The Exhibit Hall will be filled with authors autographing books. Over 100 exhibitors set up their boothspaces where you can shop all weekend long for that special literarytreat. All events are open and free tothe public, no appointment, registration or reservation required.
This year’s featured authors are ErnestF. “Fritz” Hollings, Mary Alice Monroe, Scott Turow and many, many more. Call the library, or check the Book Festivalweb page for more details.
www.scbookfestival.org. Of course, the Lee County Library is againpartnering with the Book Festival by providing volunteer services. We hope to see you there!!
The LCPL was happy to participate atthe Public Library Appreciation Day held at the SC State House on WednesdayFebruary 11th. This eventgives the state public libraries the opportunity to meet with legislators andimpress on them the importance of libraries to their constituents. We have written before how important YOURlibrary, the LCPL, is to Lee County. Weoffer unlimited service to our patrons in the form of resume help, jobplacement, hands on computer training and full research/reference service. We have noticed an marked increase in ourresume and job search inquiries and we are always happy to help ourpatrons. It is important for the publicand the legislature to be aware of these services. Cutbacks to FREE public services during a time of economichardship does not seem reasonable. Ifyou or your friends or family have made use of the Library and our services, weurge you to contact your legislator and let your feelings be known.
The LCPL would like to thankRepresentative Grady Brown (D-50th) for his past support. At the meeting in Columbia, he personallyassured me of his future support. Oneof the great things about living in Lee County is accessibility we have to ourRepresentative. Grady freely gives ofhis time, and for our part, we truly appreciate him!
Under the Heading of I can’t makethis stuff up:
Okay, we got the serious stuff covered– now on the wacky stuff. I heard thison the radio – I, of course had to check it out. It seems that Jane Austen’s masterwork “Pride and Prejudice” read(or in my case slogged through) by millions of students as required reading isno longer good enough. How could youimprove on the classic love story of Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet? Well, by the introduction of zombies ofcourse!!!
“Pride and Prejudice and Zombies”features the original text of Jane Austen's beloved novel with all-new scenesof bone-crunching zombie action. As our story opens, a mysterious plague hasfallen upon the quiet English village of Meryton—and the dead are returning tolife! Feisty heroine Elizabeth Bennet is determined to wipe out the zombiemenace, but she's soon distracted by the arrival of the haughty and arrogantMr. Darcy. What ensues is a delightful comedy of manners with plenty ofcivilized sparring between the two young lovers—and even more violent sparringon the battlefield as Elizabeth wages war against hordes of flesh-eatingundead. Complete with 20 illustrations in the style of C. E. Brock (theoriginal illustrator of Pride and Prejudice), this insanely funny expandededition will introduce Jane Austen's classic novel to new legions of fans.
I can’t improve on this – really – I amjust upset that I didn’t think of it first.
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