Deckle Edge: South Carolina's Literary Festival 2016 by Free Times

2016 FESTIVAL GUIDE FEBRUARY 19-21

CONTENTS

3 Schedule

8 Workshops

11 Author bios

16 Festival map

23 Exhibitors

24 Special events

26 Local author showcase

29 One Book, One Community

31 Sponsors

Friends, It’s a privilege for me to welcome you to the inaugural Deckle Edge Literary Festival. This festival will continue the tradition of the SC Book Festival in celebrating the rich and vibrant literary community of Columbia and all of South Carolina.

FOUNDING BOARD OF DIRECTORS Annie Boiter-Jolley Cynthia Boiter Darien Cavanaugh Jonathan Haupt Lee Snelgrove

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It’s an exciting time in Columbia’s reading life. Be sure to read Columbia’s 2016 One Book, One Community selection, The Stone Necklace by Carla Damron, or ride the bus and read poetry on the COMET organized by our first City Poet Laureate. And, while you enjoy the festival and its many visiting authors, lively panels, exhibitors, special events, and readings, I hope that you will also enjoy the restaurants, nightlife, and cultural opportunities that our great city has to offer.

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It’s a pleasure to welcome you. Thank you for your support of Columbia’s literary tradition. Read on.

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SCHEDULE This printed schedule is subject to change without notice. Please visit deckleedgesc.org for the most up-to-date scheduling information.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19 Editing Literary Anthologies 5:30 p.m.-7 p.m.

1216 TAYLOR ST. Ray McManus, R. Mac Jones, Nicole Seitz, Aïda Rogers, Meg Reid, Cynthia Boiter; with readings by select authors

Opening Party 7 p.m.

COLUMBIA MUSEUM OF ART, 1515 MAIN ST.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20 9:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m.

Writing Mysteries COLUMBIA MUSEUM OF ART AUDITORIUM, 1515 MAIN ST. Sasscer Hill, Tom Turner, C. Hope Clark Moderated by Hank Phillipi Ryan

Literature & Poetry Journal Editors Roundtable JASPER BEER HALL AT 1216 TAYLOR STREET Samuel Amadon, Liz Countryman, Justin Brouckaert, Jonathan Bohr Heinen, Chris Koslowski

Ron Hogan AGAPE CONFERENCE CENTER, 1620 MAIN ST.

Poets Respond to Race 1216 TAYLOR ST. Al Black, Len Lawson

11 a.m.-noon

SC First Novel Contest Winners COLUMBIA MUSEUM OF ART AUDITORIUM, 1515 MAIN ST. Matt Matthews, James E. McTeer II, Susan Tekulve Moderated by Betsy Teter

Novels of New Orleans TAPP’S ARTS CENTER, FOUNTAIN ROOM, 1644 MAIN ST. Elise Blackwell, Julie Cantrell

Children’s Mysteries with J.E. Thompson AGAPE CONFERENCE CENTER, 1620 MAIN ST.

South Carolina’s Poets Laureate 1216 TAYLOR ST. Marjory Wentworth, Ed Madden, Laurel Blossom

12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m.

Hank Phillippi Ryan COLUMBIA MUSEUM OF ART AUDITORIUM, 1515 MAIN ST. Interviewed by Cathy Pickens

The Watering Hole – “New Ground: Creative Ways to Teach the Arts” TAPP’S ARTS CENTER, FOUNTAIN ROOM, 1644 MAIN ST.

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SCHEDULE SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20, CONTINUED 12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m.

State Library Young Adult Author AGAPE CONFERENCE CENTER, 1620 MAIN ST.

3:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m.

Superstars of Southern Fiction COLUMBIA MUSEUM OF ART AUDITORIUM, 1515 MAIN ST. Dorothea Benton Frank, Mary Alice Monroe

War Stories

Writing Alternative Narratives

1216 TAYLOR ST. David Axe, Daniel Buckman, Jeff Mann

TAPP’S ARTS CENTER, FOUNTAIN ROOM, 1644 MAIN ST. Richard Dansky, Shigeharu Kobayashi

2 p.m.-3 p.m.

When You Pass Through Waters COLUMBIA MUSEUM OF ART AUDITORIUM, 1515 MAIN ST. Nicole Seitz, Julie Cantrell, Bret Lott, Marjory Wentworth

Found Anew AGAPE CONFERENCE CENTER, 1620 MAIN ST. Samuel Amadon, Laurel Blossom, Nikky Finney, Richard Garcia, Bret Lott, Susan Laughter Meyers, Mark Powell, George Singleton, Jillian Weise, Pam Durban

Place in Fiction

Moderated by Ray McManus

TAPP’S ARTS CENTER, FOUNTAIN ROOM, 1644 MAIN ST. Greg Shemkovitz, Ron Cooper, Kim Wright

Sirens of South Carolina: Songwriters and Singers from the Palmetto State

Poetry Reading AGAPE CONFERENCE CENTER, 1620 MAIN ST. Dan Albergotti, Samuel Amadon, Liz Countryman, Hastings Hensel, Emily Rosko

Crooked Letter i: Coming Out in the South 1216 TAYLOR ST. B. Andrew Plant, Ed Madden, Jeff Mann

JASPER BEER HALL, 1216 TAYLOR ST. Auntie Bellum Panelists

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 21 10:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m.

Story River Books 1216 TAYLOR ST. Pam Durban, Mark Powell, Ellen Malphrus, Michele Moore, Eric Morris

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SCHEDULE noon-1 p.m.

State of the Heart, Volume 2 COLUMBIA MUSEUM OF ART AUDITORIUM, 1515 MAIN ST. Mary Alice Monroe, George Singleton, Marjory Wentworth, Josephine Humphreys Moderated by Aïda Rogers

Writing Nonfiction TAPP’S ARTS CENTER, FOUNTAIN ROOM, 1644 MAIN ST. Joni Tevis, Thomas Hallock, Joe Ostreich

Bettina Judd 1216 TAYLOR ST.

1:30 p.m.-2:15 p.m.

The Rough South COLUMBIA MUSEUM OF ART AUDITORIUM, 1515 MAIN ST. David Joy, George Singleton, Mark Powell, Ray McManus

Historical Fiction with Ashley Warlick TAPP’S ARTS CENTER, SKYLINE ROOM, 1644 MAIN ST.

Romance Roundtable TAPP’S ARTS CENTER, FOUNTAIN ROOM, 1644 MAIN ST. Kim Boykin, Ericka Marks, Kim Wright

Watering Hole Poetry Reading JASPER BEER HALL, 1216 TAYLOR ST. Robert Randolph, Maya Marshall, Crystal Simone Smith, Candace Wiley, Jennifer Bartell, Monifa Lemons

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Monsters and Memory 1216 TAYLOR ST. Julia Elliot, Nathan Ballingrud

3 p.m.-4 p.m.

IndieSC Launch COLUMBIA MUSEUM OF ART AUDITORIUM, 1515 MAIN ST.

Carolina Writers at Home TAPP’S ARTS CENTER, SKYLINE ROOM, 1644 MAIN ST. Nikky Finney, Josephine Humphreys, Bret Lott, Ed Madden, George Singleton

WritingSC Contest Winners TAPP’S ARTS CENTER, FOUNTAIN ROOM, 1644 MAIN ST. Moderated by Aïda Rogers

The South as We Knew It 1216 TAYLOR ST. Tom Poland, Bo Petersen, Michele Moore

4:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m.

One Book, One Community Author Event featuring Carla Damron COLUMBIA MUSEUM OF ART AUDITORIUM, 1515 MAIN ST. Carla Damron, Vicky Saye Henderson Moderated by Ashley Warlick.

BOOK SIGNING

Authors will be signing books immediately following their readings or panels.

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On behalf of the

City of Columbia It is my pleasure to welcome the Deckle Edge Literary Festival attendees. During your stay, please explore all our city has to offer, including parks, restaurants and entertainment venues. It is my sincere wish that you enjoy the festival and our great city! The City of Columbia is proud to support an initiative that is focused on developing a culturally strong community.

Mayor Stephen K. Benjamin

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Novel PRIZE

2014 Winner Minnow by James E. McTeer II

Open to S.C. writers who have not published a novel. Winning novel will be published by Hub City Press and distributed nationally.

Guidelines and application: www.SouthCarolinaArts.com

Deadline: March 15, 2016

is proud to be a sponsor of Deckle Edge The mission of The Humanities CouncilSC is to enrich the cultural and intellectual lives of all South Carolinians. Literacy, literature and the appreciation of the written word have been a primary focus of our work for more than 40 years. We are pleased to support the launch of Deckle Edge, our stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s newest literary celebration.

Best wishes for a successful festival!

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WORKSHOPS All workshops are $30 per person unless otherwise noted. Tickets can be purchased at deckleedgesc.org.

Plotting Strategies for Short Stories, Novels, and Plays

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19

Consider how plot structure helps writers convey a more compelling story. Participants will learn about a variety of models that have been proposed by experts and teachers

The Principle of Minimal Departure: World Building in “Edgewater County” In this workshop participants will explore the construction of an interconnected and consistent fictional universe as understood through the concepts of minimal and maximal departure from ordinary reality. Instructor: James D. McCallister Friday, 10-11:30 a.m. USC PRESS OFFICE, 1600 HAMPTON ST., 5TH FLOOR

Top 20 “Outside the Box” Book Marketing Ideas! How Thinking About Your Readers Will Sell More Books In this workshop participants will learn how other authors have identified key marketing strategies to set themselves apart in an evergrowing marketplace of books Instructor: Shari Stauch Friday, 1-2 p.m. HISTORIC COLUMBIA’S WOODROW WILSON HOUSE, 1705 HAMPTON ST.

Instructor: Paula Gail Benson Friday, 2-3 p.m. HISTORIC COLUMBIA’S WOODROW WILSON HOUSE, 1705 HAMPTON ST.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20 Writing Memoir: The Art of Editing Your Life In this workshop participants will explore techniques for finding their own stories and choosing the best gateways to their narratives. Instructor: S. Jane Gari Saturday, 9-10 a.m. BOURBON, 1214 MAIN ST.

Storyboard America This workshop will offer pathways and creative tools to help you get to your own memories through your five senses and make you a better writer Instructor: Susan Kammeraad-Campbell Saturday, 10:30 am-noon BOURBON, 1214 MAIN ST.

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WORKSHOPS Social Media Savvy for Authors: Building an Author Platform Using the Best Social Sites for YOUR Audience In this workshop participants will learn the key social media sites they need to be on and tips for building an audience/following. Instructor: Shari Stauch Saturday, 12:30 p.m.-2 p.m. BOURBON, 1214 MAIN ST.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 21 Overcoming Creative Anxiety: 5 Steps to Jumpstart Your Writing & Remain Calm In this interactive workshop, participants will learn practical techniques to reduce anxiety about all aspects of their writing: the brainstorm, draft, completion, revision, and submission process. Instructor: Cassie Premo-Steele Sunday, 9-10:15 a.m. TAPP’S ARTS CENTER, FOUNTAIN ROOM, 1644 MAIN ST.

Shakespeare for the Pre-Teen (& Families!) Participants will be able to say “I CAN DO SHAKESPEARE!” or at least relieve some of the “performance anxiety” sometimes associated with his name. Instructor: Jeanette Arvay Beck Sunday, 10:30 a.m.-noon $15 per person or $30 per family TAPP’S ARTS CENTER, FOUNTAIN ROOM, 1644 MAIN ST.

Writing and Healing In this workshop participants will be guided through a series of writing exercises focused on writing about difficult material, drawing on research related to writing and healing. Instructor: Ed Madden Sunday, 1-2:30 p.m. HISTORIC COLUMBIA SEIBEL’S HOUSE, 1601 RICHLAND ST.

Why Book Clubs Matter: Reaching These All Important Super Fans Learn why book clubs are the golden ticket for author book sales these days, both virtual and live clubs. Instructor: Shari Stauch Sunday, 1-2:30 p.m. FREE HISTORIC COLUMBIA SEIBEL’S HOUSE, 1601 RICHLAND ST.

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See Our Featured Authors on the Deckle Edge Program and Visit Us in the Exhibit Hall

Featured Books & Authors

Bo Petersen

R. Mac Jones and Ray McManus Tom Poland

A誰da Rogers

Carla Damron Michele Moore Ellen Malphrus Eric Morris

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AUTHOR BIOS

Dan Albergotti

Dan Albergotti is the author of The Boatloads and Millennial Teeth, as well as a limited-edition chapbook, The Use of the World. His poems have appeared in The Cincinnati Review, Five Points, The Southern Review, The Virginia Quarterly Review, and two editions of Pushcart Prize, as well as other journals and anthologies. A graduate of the MFA program at UNG Greensboro and former poetry editor of The Greensboro Review, he is a Professor of English and Chair of the English Department at Coastal Carolina University in Conway, SC.

Samuel Amadon

Samuel Amadon is the author of The Hardford Book and Like a Sea. His poems have appeared recently in The New Yorker, Poetry, American Poetry Review, jubilat, A Public Space, and elsewhere. He teaches in the MFA program at the University of South Carolina, and edits the journal Oversound with Liz Countryman.

David Axe

David Axe is a journalist, former war correspondent, and founder and editor of War is Boring, a collective of national security reporters. He has written several books, including the graphic memoirs War Fix and War is Boring and the nonfiction book Shadow Wars.

Nathan Ballingrud

Nathan Ballingrud is the author of North American Lake Monsters: Stories (Small Beer Press). The book won the Shirley Jackson Award, and was shortlisted for the World Fantasy, British Fantasy, and Bram Stoker Awards. His stories have appeared in numerous anthologies, such as The Best American Science Fiction & Fantasy, The Best Horror of the Year, and Year’s Best Weird Fiction. He lives with his daughter in Asheville, NC.

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Al Black

Al Black was born and raised in Lafayette, IN. He is an administrator at the University of South Carolina. In 2014, he released his first poetry collection I Only Left for Tea (Muddy Ford Press). He has hosted the eclectic open mic venue Mind Gravy in Columbia, SC, since 2010. He has been married 42 years to his wife Carol, and they have four children and nine grandchildren.

Elise Blackwell

Elise Blackwell is the author of five novels: Hunger, The Unnatural History of Cypress Parish, Grub, An Unfinished Score, and The Lower Quarter. Her work has been translated into several languages, and her books have been named to numerous best-of-theyear lists, adapted for the stage, and served as the inspiration for a Decemberists’ song.

Laurel Blossom

Laurel Blossom is the author of Longevity and Degrees of Latitude, both book-length narrative prose poems. Earlier books of lyric poetry include, among others, Wednesday: New and Selected Poems and The Papers Said, selected as a Notable Book of Poetry by Shelf Unbound. Blossom is the editor of Splash! Great Writing About Swimming and Many Lights in Many Windows: Twenty Years of Great Fiction and Poetry from The Writers Community. She is the first Poet Laureate of Edgefield, SC, where she lives.

Cynthia Boiter

Cynthia Boiter is the editor of Jasper Magazine, The Limelight volumes I and II, A Sense of the Midlands, and Art from the Ashes, co-editor and founder of Fall Lines – a literary convergence, and the author of Buttered Biscuits and Red Social. She is the 2014 recipient of the Elizabeth O’Neill Verner Governor’s Award for the Arts.

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Soon Stories

Pam Durban

Kim Boykin

Kim Boykin is the author of A Peach of a Pair, Palmetto Moon, The Wisdom of Hair, Steal Me, Cowboy, and Sweet Home Carolina, among many others. While her heart is always in the Lowcountry of South Carolina, she lives in Charlotte, NC, and has a heart for hairstylists, librarians, and book junkies like herself.

Justin Brouckaert

Justin Brouckaert’s fiction and nonfiction has appeared or is forthcoming in The Rumpus, Passages North, DIAGRAM, Catapult, NANO Fiction, and Smokelong Quarterly, among other publications. His work has been nominated for Best of the Net and a Pushcart Prize. He serves as editor of Yemassee and fiction editor of Banango Street.

Daniel Buckman

Daniel Buckman was a paratrooper in the U.S. Army. He is also the author of the novels Water in Darkness and The Names of Rivers. He lives in Chicago.

Julie Cantrell

Julie Cantrell is the author of Into the Free, When Mountains Move, and The Feathered Bone, as well as two children’s books. The New York Times and USA Today bestselling author has served as editor-in-chief of the Southern Literary Review and is a recipient of the Mississippi Arts Commission Literary Fellowship. She received the Christy Awards for Best Debut Novel and Book of the Year in 2013, and the 2014 Carol Award for Historical Fiction.

Liz Countryman

Liz Countryman is Writer in Residence at the University of South Carolina and coeditor of the poetry journal Oversound. She is the recipient of fellowships and scholarships from the Vermont Studio Center, the Bread Loaf Writers Conference, and the MacDowell Colony. Her poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in American Poetry Review, The Offing, AGNI, Boston Review, Columbia Poetry Review, The Volta, and other journals.

Carla Damron

Carla Damron draws on her experiences as a southerner and social worker in her writings, including short stories and three mystery novels: Keeping Silent, Spider Blue, and Death in Zooville. Her short stories have appeared in Fall Lines, Six Minute Fiction, Melusine, In Posse Review, and other journals. Her most recent novel, The Stone Necklace, is the 2016 One Book, One Community selection for Columbia, SC.

Richard Dansky

Richard Dansky, a 20 year veteran of the game industry, has contributed to over 40 videogames, including Splinter Cell: Blacklist, Driver: San Francisco, and the upcoming Tom Clancy’s The Division. The author of six novels, including the Wellman Award-nominated Vaporware, he has worked on more than 130 tabletop RPG titles and published numerous pieces of short fiction. He lives in North Carolina with his wife, their library, and an indeterminate number of bottles of single malt whisky.

C. Hope Clark

Pam Durban

Ron Cooper

Julia Elliott

C. Hope Clark lives in a world of mysteries, writing them, reading them, living with a federal agent who solves them, all on the banks of Lake Murray in central SC. She is the author of the award-winning Carolina Slade Mysteries and the Edisto Island Mysteries, both set in her home state, and when she isn’t weaving a plot, she’s presenting nationally at book clubs, conferences, and workshops, as well as managing the website FundsforWriters.com, chosen by Writer’s Digest for its 101 Best Websites for Writers for the past 15 years. Her Friday newsletters reach 35,000 readers. Ron Cooper is a SC Lowcountry native. He is the author of the novels The Gospel of the Twin, Purple Jesus, and Hume’s Fork, as well as short stories and poems in a number of journals. Cooper attended the College of Charleston as an undergraduate and USC and Rutgers as a graduate student. A father of three, he lives with his wife Sandra in Ocala, FL, where they both teach at the College of Central Florida.

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Pam Durban is the author of five books: two collections of short stories, Soon and All Set About with Fever Trees, and three novels, The Laughing Place, So Far Back, and The Tree of Forgetfulness. Her work has been anthologized in The Best American Short Stories of the Century, New Stories from the South: The Year’s Best, and others, and she is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Lillian Smith Award for Fiction and a National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship. She teaches at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill where she is the Doris Betts Distinguished Professor of Creative Writing. Julia Elliot is the author of The New and Improved Romie Futch. Her writing has appeared in Tin House, The Georgia Review, Conjunctions, The New York Times, and other publications. She has won a Rona Jaffe Writer’s Award, and her stories have been anthologized in Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses and Best American Short Stories. Her

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debut story collection, The Wilds, was chosen by Kirkus, BuzzFeed, Book Riot, and Electric Literature as one of the Best Books of 2014 and was a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice. She teaches English and Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, where she lives with her daughter and husband.

Nikky Finney

Nikky Finney was born in South Carolina, within listening distance of the sea. A child of activists, she came of age during the civil rights and Black Arts Movements. At Talladega College, nurtured by Hale Woodruff’s Amistad murals, she began to understand the powerful synergy between art and history. She has authored four books of poetry: Head Off & Split, The World is Round, Rice, and On Wings Made of Gauze. The John H. Bennett, Jr. Chair in Southern Letters and Literature at the University of South Carolina, Finney also authored Heartwood, edited The Ringing Ear: Black Poets Lean South, and co-founded the Affrilachian Poets.

Dorothea Benton Frank

Dorothea Benton Frank was born and raised on Sullivan’s Island, SC. She divides her time between the New York area and the Lowcountry. She is the author of the bestselling novels: Sullivan’s Island, Plantation, Isle of Palms, Shem Creek, Pawleys Island, Full of Grace, The Land of Mango Sunsets, The Christmas Pearl, Bulls Island, Return to Sullivan’s Island, Lowcountry Summer, Folly Beach, Porch Lights, The Last Original Wife, The Hurricane Sisters, and All the Single Ladies.

Richard Garcia

Richard Garcia was born in San Francisco in 1941 and began writing in his teens. He is the author of My Aunt Otilia’s Spirits, a bilingual book for children; The Flying Garcias; The Chair; The Other Odyssey, winner of the 2012 American Poetry Journal Book Prize; and Porridge, among others. His work has been published in Ploughshares, The Georgia Review, and the Colorado Review, and his distinctions include the Pushcart Prize, Best American Poetry, and a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Thomas Hallock

Thomas Hallock teaches English at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg. He is the author of several academic books, including From the Fallen Tree: Frontier Narratives, Environmental Politics and the Roots of a National Pastoral; the co-editor of several more, including William Bartram, the Search for Nature’s Design: Selected Letters, Art and Unpublished Writings; and he is currently working on a series of travel essays called A Road

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Course in American Literature. He lives in St. Petersburg with his spouse Julie Armstrong and he is raising a teenage son.

Jonathan Bohr Heinen

Jonathan Bohn Heinen teaches at the College of Charleston, where he is the managing editor for Crazyhorse. His writing has appeared or is forthcoming in The Florida Review, Cimarron Review, Arroyo, The Boiler, Tusculum Review, and elsewhere and has received special mention in the Pushcart Prize anthology. During the summer, he serves as a staff member for the Sewanee Writers’ Conference.

Hastings Hensel

Hastings Hensel is the author of the poetry collection Winter Inlet, and the chapbook of poems Control Burn. The 2014 South Carolina Arts Commission Fellow in Poetry, he is originally from Columbia but now lives in Murrells Inlet and teaches at Coastal Carolina University, where he helps edit Waccamaw. He has published poems in The Greensboro Review, Cave Wall, 32 Poems, Gray’s Sporting Journal, Birmingham Poetry Review, among others, and he is a regular contributor to South Carolina Living, Grand Strand, and South Carolina Wildlife magazines.

Sasscer Hill

Sasscer Hill, a former Maryland racehorse breeder, trainer, and rider, uses the sport of kings as a backdrop for her mysteries. She is the author of the Nikki Latrelle novels, which have been nominated for an Agatha, a Macavity, and the Dr. Tony Ryan Best in Racing Literature Award, among others. Hill earned a B.A. in English Literature from Franklin and Marshall College and now lives with her husband, a dog, and a cat in Aiken, SC, where she still rides horses.

Ron Hogan

Ron Hogan helped create the literary Internet by launching Beatrice.com in 1995. Over the years, he’s covered the publishing industry for GalleyCat and Shelf Awareness, written book reviews for places like the Dallas Morning News and The Daily Beast, served as an acquiring editor at Regan Arts, and co-managed New York City’s first month reading series for romance fiction, among many other endeavors. His books include Getting Right with Tao: A Contemporary Spin on the Tao Te Ching.

Josephine Humphreys

Josephine Humphreys is the author of Dreams of Sleep, Rich in Love, The Fireman’s Fair, and Nowhere Else on Earth. A graduate of Duke University, she studied with Reynolds Price and William Blackburn, and has won a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Lyndhurst Prize, and a Literature award from

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Carla Damron Michele Moore the American Academy of Arts and Letters. She is a member of the South Carolina Academy of Authors and the Fellowship of Southern Writers, and lives with her husband on Sullivan’s Island and Johns Island.

David Joy

David Joy lives in a remote part of North Carolina (Webster) and has great knowledge of the area and its people, the real-life inspirations for what he’s coined an “Appalachian noir.” Born in Charlotte, N.C., in 1983, he moved to Cullowhee in 2003 to study literature at Western Carolina University under Ron Rash, Deirdre Elliott, and Pamela Duncan. He is the author of Growing Gills: A Fly Fisherman’s Journey and Where All the Light Tends to Go. His stories and creative non-fiction have appeared in Drafthorse Literary Journal, Smoky Mountain Living, Wilderness House Literary Review, Bird Watcher’s Digest, Pisgah Review, and Flycatcher.

Bettina Judd

Bettina Judd is an interdisciplinary writer, artist, and performer. She is an alumna of Spelman College and the University of Maryland and is currently Visiting Assistant Professor of Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies at the College of William and Mary where she teaches courses on Black feminist thought, creativity and culture in Black communities in the U.S., and Queer of color critique. Her poems have appeared in Torch, Mythium, Meridians and other journals and anthologies. Her collection of poems, Patient, won the Black Lawrence Press Hudson Book Prize.

Chris Koslowski

Chris Koslowski is an MFA candidate at the University of South Carolina, where he teaches writing and co-edits Yemassee. A native of Metro Detroid, he earned his MA in English and was an editorial assistant at The Cincinnati Review. His fiction can be found in Front Porch Journal and Day One.

Len Lawson

Len Lawson teaches writing at Morris College, and is the co-founder of the Poets Respond to Race initiative and Poet-in-Residence for Sumter County Cultural Commission. A Berfrois Poetry Prize finalist and a Best of the Net nominee, he has poems appearing in journals and anthologies such as pluck! A Journal of Affrilachian Arts and Culture, Diverse Voices Quarterly, Poetry on the Comet, Fall Lines, and The Petigru Review.

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Bret Lott

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Bret Lott is the author of fourteen books, including Letters and Life: On Being a Writer, On Being a Christian, and Dead Low Tide. He received his MFA in fiction from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, served as writer-in-residence and professor of English at the College of Charleston, edited and directed The Southern Review at Louisiana State University, and currently serves as the nonfiction editor for Crazyhorse.

Ed Madden

Ed Madden is the literary arts editor for Jasper Magazine, a Professor of English and Director of Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of South Carolina. He is the author of four books of poetry: Signals, Prodigal: Variations, Nest, and Ark. His poems have appeared in Prairie Schooner, Crazyhorse, Poetry Ireland Review, Best New Poets 2007, The Book of Irish American Poetry, and Hard Lines: Rough Southern Poetry. In 2015 he was named the poet laureate for the City of Columbia, SC.

Ellen Malphrus

Ellen Maphrus lives and writes beside the May River in her native Carolina Lowcountry and beneath the Madison Mountains in western Montana. She earned an MFA from the University of South Carolina under James Dickey, as well as a Ph.D. in Twentieth Century American Literature, and her fiction, poetry, and essays have appeared in such publications as Southern Literary Journal, Review of Contemporary Fiction, William & Mary Review, Haight Ashbury Review, Georgia Poetry Review, and the anthologies Essence of Beaufort and the Lowcountry and Literature: Reading and Writing with Critical Strategies. She teaches literature and creative writing at USC Beaufort.

Jeff Mann

Jeff Mann has published five books of poetry, Bones Washed with Wine, On the Tongue, Ash: Poems from Norse Mythology, A Romantic Mann, and Rebels; two collections of personal essays, Edge: Travels of an Appalachian Leather Bear and Binding the God: Ursine Essays from the Mountain South; a book of poetry and memoir, Loving Mountains, Loving Men; four novels, Fog, Purgatory, Cub, and Salvation; and two volumes of short fiction, Desire and Devour: Stories of Blood and Sweat and A History of Barbed Wire. The winner of two Lambda Literary Awards and three NLA-International Awards, he teaches creative writing at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, VA.

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Erika Marks

Erika Marks has worked as a carpenter, an illustrator, an art director for a woodworking magazine, and a cake decorator, all on the winding road to publishing. She lives and writes love stories set by the sea in Charlotte, NC. She is the author of the NAL novels Little Gale Gumbo, The Mermaid Collector, The Guest House, It Comes in Waves, and forthcoming The Last Treasure (Aug. ’16).

Matt Matthews

Matt Matthews is the recipient of the South Carolina Arts Commission First Novel Prize for his novel Mercy Creek. He is also the author of Fritz and Christine and Their Very Nervous Parents, a children’s story. For eleven years, he has been head of staff at St. Giles Presbyterian Church in Greenville, SC, where he preaches weekly and works with a creative, devoted folk.

Ray McManus

Ray McManus is the author of three books of poetry: Driving through the country before you are born, Red Dirt Jesus, and most recently Punch. He is the co-editor of the anthology Found Anew: Poetry and Prose Inspired by the South Caroliniana Library Digital Collections, and his poetry and prose have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies. Ray is an associate professor of English at the University of South Carolina Sumter, Where he directs the Center for Oral Narrative, and teaches creative writing, Southern literature, and Irish Literature.

James E. McTeer II

Born and raised in Beaufort, SC, James E. McTeer II is the winner of the 2015 South Carolina First Novel Prize. A school librarian in Columbia, SC, he is the grandson of the late J. E. McTeer, whose 37 years as High Sheriff of the Lowcountry (and local witch doctor) served as an inspiration for Minnow. His novel has received starred reviews from Library Journal and Kirkus Reviews, and was selected as one of the Top 100 books of the year by Kirkus.

Susan Laughter Meyers

Susan Laughter Meyers’ most recent book, My Dear, Dear Stagger Grass, won the Cider Press Review Editors Prize. Her collection Keep and Give Away won the SC Poetry Book Prize, the SIBA Book Award for Poetry, and The Brockman-Campbell Book Award. Other honors include Prairie Schooner’s Edward Stanley Award and poetry fellowships from VCCA and the SC Academy of Authors. A longtime writing instructor, she has an MFA degree from Queens University of Charlotte.

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Mary Alice Monroe

Mary Alice Monroe is the New York Times bestselling author of over twenty novels and children’s books. In her richly textured books, she delves into the parallels between the land and life. Her new novel, A Lowcountry Wedding, will be released nationally in summer 2016 and is a continuation of her bestselling Lowcountry Summer Series. She has received numerous awards, including several Readers’ Choice Awards; The RT Lifetime Achievement Award, the 2008 SC Center for the Book Award for Writing, the 2014 SC Book Festival Award for Excellence in Writing, the 2015 SW Florida Book Festival Distinguished Author Award, and the International Book Award for Green Fiction.

Michele Moore

Michele Moore’s The Cigar Factory: A Novel of Charleston tells a little known if not secret history of the Civil Rights anthem, “We Shall Overcome.” Moore, a finalist for a Bellwether Prize in Literature, drew on her uncanny ear for dialogue and extensive historical research, including interviews with family, to forge this novel Pat Conroy called, “Courageous and transcendent…a story in which the truth of language and the truth of lives hold equal sway.”

Eric Morris

Eric Morris, a native of Augusta, GA, is a writer, a designer, a musician, and teaches at the University of South Carolina. He holds an M.F.A. from Western Illinois University and a B.A. from Augusta College, and is the author of numerous articles for trade magazines, a collection of song lyrics, a pair of novellas and three novels, and is presently working on a new novel that explores the world of ballerinas and bluegrass players. He lives with his wife and son in Columbia, SC. Jacob Jump is his first published novel.

Joe Oestreich

Joe Oestreich is the author of two books of creative nonfiction: Lines of Scrimmage and Hitless Wonder. His essays have appeared in Esquire, Sports Illustrated, Creative Nonfiction, River Teeth, The Normal School, and many other magazines and journals. Four of his pieces have been cited as notable essays in the Best American series, and he has received special mention twice in the Pushcart Prize anthology. He teaches creative writing at Coastal Carolina University in Conway, SC.

Bo Petersen

Bo Petersen, author of Washing Our Hands in the Clouds: Joe Williams, His Forebears, and Black Farms in South Carolina, is a lefthanded kayaker who plays guitar upside down and backwards. An award winning reporter with The Post and Courier

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in Charleston, SC, he has published poetry, short stories, and essays. He is currently working on a novel and a second nonfiction book.

B. Andrew Plant

B. Andrew Plant is an award-winning writer who frequently tackles LGBTQ, health and social justice issues. For five years he wrote a slice-of-life feature column for Southern Voice newspaper and for eight years was editor at large for A&U, a monthly non-profit magazine focusing on the AIDS pandemic, interviewing luminaries from Dolly Parton to Hillary Clinton. His “day job” is as a public relations strategist. He and his husband live in a low-slung ranch house in Atlanta with a geriatric cat and two compost bins.

Tom Poland

Tom Poland has written over 1,000 columns and features and seven traditionally published books, many exploring Georgialina – his name for eastern Georgia and South Carolina. Among Tom’s books are Classic Carolina Road Trips from Columbia; Georgialina, A Southland As We Knew It; and his and photographer Robert Clark’s two volumes of Reflections of South Carolina. He earned a BA in Journalism and a Masters in Media at the University of Georgia and now lives in Columbia.

Mark Powell

Mark Powell is the author of four novels, most recently The Sheltering. He has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Breadloaf and Sewanee Writers’ Conferences, and in 2014 was a Fulbright Fellow to Slovakia. He is an associate professor at Stetson University where he directs the low-residency MFA program.

Meg Reid

Meg Reid is an editor and nonfiction writer living in South Carolina. Her essays have appeared most recently in Chautauqua and Matter Journal, and online for the Oxford American, Fringe, and the Rumpus. She is the editor of Carolina Writers at Home,

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a collection of essays and photographs from Hub City Press. Her MFA is from the University of North Carolina Wilmington, and she lives in Spartanburg, SC, where she is the Assistant Director of Hub City Writers Project and Press.

Aïda Rogers

Aïda Rogers, editor of State of the Heart, Vols I and II, is a writer and editor whose feature journalism has won national and regional awards. She has worked in newspapers, television, and magazines and has coauthored Stop Where the Parking Lot’s Full, a guidebook to South Carolina’s favorite restaurants and Tim Driggers. She lives in Columbia.

Emily Rosko

Emily Rosko is the author of two award-winning poetry collections: Prop Rockery and Raw Goods Inventory. Her honors include: the Wallace Stenger Fellowship at Stanford, a Ruth Lily Fellowship from Poetry magazine, and a Jacob K. Javits Fellowship. Her poems have been included in a variety of literary journals, such as Antioch Review, AGNI, The Beloit Poetry Journal, The Denver Quarterly, New American Writing, New Orleans Review, and Pleiades. She is the editor of A Broken Thing: Poets on the Line, and poetry editor for Crazyhorse. She teaches at the College of Charleston.

Hank Phillippi Ryan

Hank Phillippi Ryan is the on-air investigative reporter for Boston’s NBC affiliate. She has won 33 EMMYs, 13 Edward R. Murrow awards, and dozens of other honors for her groundbreaking journalism. A bestselling author of eight mystery novels, she has won multiple awards for her crime fiction: five Agathas, two Anthonys, the Daphne, two Macavitys, and for The Other Woman, the Mary Higgins Clark Award. She is a founding teacher at Mystery Writers of America University and 2013 President of National Sisters in Crime.

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Nicole Seitz

Nicole Seitz is the editor of When you Pass Through Waters, Words of Hope and Healing from Your Favorite Authors, and the author of six critically acclaimed novels: Beyond Molasses Creek, The Inheritance of Beauty, Saving Cicadas, A Hundred Years of Happiness, Trouble the Water, and The Spirit of Sweetgrass. She is a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill’s School of Journalism, and also has a degree in Illustration from Savannah College of Art & Design. Nicole lives in the Charleston, SC area with her husband and two children, and teaches visual arts to elementary and high school students at a local private school.

Greg Shemkovitz

Greg Shemkovitz lives in North Carolina and teaches writing and literature at Elon University. He holds an MFA from UNC-Greensboro. His fiction has appeared in Foundling Review, Journal of Compressed Creative Arts, Prick of the Spindle, and elsewhere. Lot Boy is his first novel.

George Singleton

George Singleton has published seven collections of stories, two novels, and one book of writing advice. His stories have appeared in Harper’s, Atlantic Monthly, Playboy, Georgia Review, and elsewhere. He’s been awarded a Pushcart Prize and is a 2009 Guggenheim Fellow. He received the Hillsdale Award from the Fellowship of Southern Writers in 2010, and was inducted into the Fellowship of Southern Writers in 2014. His work has been anthologized in New Stories from the South – the Year’s Best ten times. Singleton holds the John C. Cobb Endowed Chair in the Humanities at Wofford College.

Susan Tekulve

Susan Tekulve is the author of In the Garden of Stone, winner of the 2012 South Carolina First Novel Award and a 2014 Fold IPPY Award. She’s also published two short story collections: Savage Pilgrims and My Mother’s War Stories. Her stories and essays have appeared in Shenandoah, The Georgia Review, New Letters, Denver Quarterly, Puerto del Sol, Louisville Review, Still, and The Literary Review, among other places. An Associate Professor of English, she teaches in the BFA and MFA in creative writing programs at Converse College.

Joni Tevis

Joni Tevis, formerly a park ranger, factory worker, and seller of cemetery plots, is the author of two books of essays, The Wet Collection: A Field Guide to Iridescence and Memory, and The World Is On Fire: Scrap, Treasure, and Songs of Apocalypse. Her

essays have appeared in Orion, Oxford American, Poets & Writers, the Pushcart Prize anthology, and elsewhere. She serves as the Bennette E. Geer Professor of Literature at Furman University in Greenville, SC.

J.E. Thompson

J.E. Thompson is the author of two mysteries for middle grade readers, The Girl from Felony Bay and Disappearance at Hangman’s Bluff, as well as a number of thrillers geared toward adults, including Armageddon Conspiracy and Hong Kong Deception. Following a career on Wall Street, he moved with his family to Charleston, SC, where he writes every day and is living out his dream of becoming a writer. Girl from Felony Bay was voted the SIBA Best Children’s Book of the Year in 2014.

Tom Turner

Tom Turner, a native New Englander, ran a bar in Vermont after college, then moved to New York and spent time as an award-winning copywriter at several Manhattan advertising agencies. After years of post-Mad Men life, he made a radical change and got a job in commercial real estate. A few years later he ended up in Palm Beach, buying, renovating, and selling houses. On the side, he wrote Palm Beach Nasty, Palm Beach Poison, and a screenplay, Underwater. After falling for the charm of Charleston, he relocated to South Carolina, where he recently completed his third novel, Killing Time in Charleston.

Ashley Warlick

Ashley Warlick is the author of four novels. Her work has appeared in Redbook, The Oxford American, McSweeney’s, and Garden and Gun, among others. The youngest ever recipient of the Houghton Mifflin Literary Fellowship, she has also received a Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. She teaches fiction in the MFA program at Queens University in Charlotte, NC, and is the editor of the South Carolina food magazine edible Upcountry. She is also the buyer at M. Judson, Booksellers and Storytellers in Greenville, SC, where she lives with her family.

Jillian Weise

Jillian Weise’s The Book of Goodbyes won the 2013 James Laughlin Award from the Academy of American Poets. Earlier books include The Amputee’s Guide to Sex and the novel The Colony. Recent work appears in Granta, The New Republic, Poetry, and Tin House. Her essay, “Going Cyborg,” appeared in the New York Times. She has received fellowships from the Fine Arts Work Center and the Fulbright Program.

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Marjory Wentworth

Marjory Wentworthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s poems have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize five times. Her books of poetry include Noticing Eden, Despite Gravity, The Endless Repetition of an Ordinary Miracle, and New and Selected Poems. She is on the faculty at The Art Institute of Charleston, and is the co-founder and former president of the Lowcountry Initiative for the Literary Arts. She serves on the Editorial Board of the University of South Carolinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Palmetto Poetry Series, and is the poetry editor for Charleston Currents. Her work is included in the South Carolina Poetry Archives at Furman University, and she is the Poet Laureate of South Carolina.

Kim Wright

Kim Wright is the author of Love in Mid Air, The Unexpected Waltz, and The Canterbury Sisters as well as the upcoming Last Ride to Graceland. She is also a historical crime buff and the writer behind the six-volume City of Mystery series, which follow the adventures of the first forensics unit at Scotland Yard. Kim lives in Charlotte where her hobbies include travel, dogs, and competition ballroom dancing.

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E XHIBITORS Exhibitors will be located in the Agape Conference Center, 1620 Main Street. The Exhibit Hall is open between 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. on Saturday, February 20.

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JOGGLING BOARD PRESS

A division of Muddy Ford Press, Jasper Magazine is Columbia’s only all-arts magazine.

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA PRESS USC Press publishes regional and scholarly books as well as new original fiction and children’s and young adult titles.

ED’S EDITIONS

Ed’s Editions, located in West Columbia, SC, has a fine collection of antiquarian, out-ofprint books, and related items.

RICHLAND LIBRARY

Richland Library experts will be available to help you access thousands of library eBooks, audio books, eMagazines, music, and more.

SOUTH CAROLINA HUMANITIES

South Carolina Humanities’ mission is to enrich the cultural and intellectual lives of all South Carolinians. Established in 1973, this nonprofit organization supports humanities-based experiences that reach more than 250,000 citizens annually. Come by our booth to see collectible Archibald Rutledge books illustrated by noted artist Stephen Chesley!

SOUTH CAROLINA ARTS COMMISSION

The South Carolina Arts Commission promotes the arts statewide by providing services, grants and leadership in arts education, community arts development and artist development.

SOUTH CAROLINA CENTER FOR CHILDREN’S BOOKS AND LITERACY

SCCCBL is an examination collection including award-winning and newly published children’s titles for use by all interested in children’s literature and reading.

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WWW offers marketing, websites, resources, training, and tools for emerging authors. LILA’s mission is to nurture and promote the literary arts in South Carolina. Joggling Board Press is an award-winning publisher of fiction and non-fiction books in the spirit of the South.

SOUTH CAROLINA STATE LIBRARY

The SC State Library develops, supports, and sustains a thriving statewide community of learners committed to making South Carolina stronger.

COTTON MILL EXCHANGE

The SC State Museum’s gift shop, the Cotton Mill Exchange offers SC-themed merchandise for all ages.

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA LIBRARIES

USC Libraries will be showcasing exhibits and resources from Rare Books and Special Collections.

COLUMBIA WRITERS ALLIANCE

Columbia Writers Alliance is a community writers support group of many genres, expanding and enriching literary talent.

BOOKSELLERS BOOKS ON BROAD 1216 TAYLOR ST. Books on Broad is an independent bookstore from Camden, SC, selling books by featured festival authors.

HUB CITY PRESS COLUMBIA MUSEUM OF ART Hub City Press is an independent publisher based in Spartanburg, SC. Nonprofit Hub City Bookshop is selling books by featured festival authors.

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SPECIAL EVENTS have portrayed, the cast of BBB guarantees a tantalizing look at censorship, great literature, and the art of the tease.

Soda City Market Saturday, February 20, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. 1500 Block of Main St.

“People Reading” Exhibit Throughout the month of February, open daily 8 a.m.-10 p.m. Michael’s Café and Catering, 1620 Main St. These original works by some of the area’s top artists were created in a variety of mediums. Their commonality? Subjects in all the pieces are reading something. Most works are for sale.

The World Made Straight Film Screening Thursday, February 18, 7 p.m. 1216 Taylor St. The film, The World Made Straight, based on the novel of the same name by Ron Rash and starring Noah Wylie, Steve Earle (yes, that Steve Earle), Haley Joe Osment, Jeremy Irvine, and more. The screening will also feature a talk by Randall Wilhelm, editor of The Ron Rash Reader.

Opening Party Friday, February 19, 7 p.m. Columbia Museum of Art, 1515 Main St. Concert and Burlesque Show All the way from Tampa, Florida, Banned Books Burlesque presents literary classics in a whole new light. Bringing beloved books like Gone With the Wind, The Great Gatsby, Harry Potter, and more, to life in the naughty ways those who’d like to ban them

The Soda City market features local and regional food and craft vendors. The event is rain or shine (if it rains, meet in the Cannon Garage on Taylor Street!). Be sure to visit and find a gift, shop for clothes, enjoy breakfast, brunch or lunch, pick up your groceries, or spend time with family and friends at Soda City.

S.T.E.A.M Workshop for Kids Saturday, February 19, 9-11 a.m. Tapp’s Arts Center, Fountain Room, 1644 Main St. Cost: FREE Join The Watering Hole Poetry Organization for a Poetry plus Science. Hosted by Monifa Lemons, Candace Wiley, and Jennifer Bartell, this free workshop is part of a series of day sessions designed to holistically integrate S.T.E.A.M. (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) methods into children’s everyday lives through arts education.

Beer Hall presented by Jasper Magazine and The Whig Saturday, February 20, noon-6 p.m. and Sunday, February 21, noon-4:30 p.m. 1216 Taylor St. The Deckle Edge Beer Hall, presented by Jasper Magazine and The Whig – North America’s Greatest Dive Bar, is your go-to spot for Columbia-style hospitality. Not only can you grab a brew or a cuppa coffee, you can check on the day’s announcements, pick up festival guides, buy a book, hear a poet, listen to a songwriter, catch a lecture by a comic book writer, and more. The Beer Hall is Deckle Edge’s informal gathering space where you’ll run into an old friend or meet a new one. Visit between sessions to grab a bottle of water, see what snacks are on the counter, and catch the last lines of a

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Literary Eat & Greet with Deckle Edge Authors Saturday, February 20, 6:30 p.m. Agape Conference Center, 1620 Main St. Cost $10 Mingle with authors while enjoying heavy hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar while perusing exhibitor tables.

Richland Library Local Author Showcase Sunday, February 21, noon-3 p.m. Columbia Museum of Art, Garden Terrace, 1515 Main St. Cost: FREE Meet and mingle with 30 talented local authors during Richland Library’s Local Author Showcase. Authors will be selling and signing their works. Genres include everything from poetry to history, inspirational, and mysteries.

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Saturday, February 20, 7 p.m. Location: Secret Cost: $100 Join us for the first literary X Marks the Spot! There will be a cocktail hour followed by nine-course meal, each paired with wines & cocktails. Diners will be joined by special guests Julia Elliott, author of The Wilds and The New and Improved Romie Futch, and Ed Madden, Poet Laureate and author of four books of poetry. Dinner is limited to 40 guests and it will sell out!

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Sunday, February 21, 2:30-4 p.m. Historic Columbia’s Seibels House and Garden, 1601 Richland St. Cost: $10 Book clubs and their members are invited to attend this fun and informal gathering of area clubs to share and discuss the Structure and Mechanics of the Successful Book Club, Suggested Readings, and Innovative Book Club Design. At least three surprise authors will be on hand to mingle and talk about their books. Your $10 fee includes coffee and tea, cookies, and a complementary collector’s edition Deckle Edge mug to take home as a souvenir.

Celebrating Beverly Cleary Sunday, February 21, 3-4 p.m. EdVenture Children’s Museum, 211 Gervais St. Cost: FREE Calling all Kids! In honor of children’s author Beverly Cleary’s 100th birthday, Greater Columbia Literacy (Turning Pages) and the SC Center Children’s Books and Literacy will host a birthday celebration! The celebration will include readings from the Ramona Quimby, Ribsy and Henry Huggins books by local celebrities and book giveaways to participating children. Children of all ages are welcome.

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