State Library Announces Selection for 2019 Route 1 Reads

For the fifth consecutive year, the South Carolina State Library will participate in Route 1 Reads, a roadtrip-inspired reading list that explores various genres through the network of state Center for the Book affiliates located along Route 1. In 2019, the theme of the reading list will be cookbooks and other food-related books. Whether readers are at home or on the road this summer, this list of must-read cookbooks will keep everyone turning pages until Labor Day.

BibliObservatory - Episode 5 Now Available

BibliObservatory is a podcast series that is part of the South Carolina State Library's LibraryVoicesSC podcast. In this episode, Ivette and Caroline interview poet laureate Juan Felipe Herrera (Fowler, California), who came to South Carolina for the Young Minds Dreaming Poetry Celebration. He shared some of the stories that he heard when he was a child, family stories that surprised him and filled him with wonder.