Last updated 08.08.08
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(by date, in reverse chronological order)
October 28
Main Branch Poetry Series
Morri Creech, Gail Peck, Deborah Lawson Scott
Tuesday, October 28, 7:00 p.m.
Charleston County Library, 68 Calhoun St., Charleston
Info: 843-805-6930 or www.ccpl.org
October 25
Take a Step in the Write Direction
Editing Workshop with Ellie Davis and Emily Avent
Saturday, October 25, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Charleston County Main Library, 68 Calhoun St., Charleston
Admission: Free and open to the public
Info and registration: 843-805-6930
September 18
Paul Allen, Elizabeth Bernardin, Linda Ferguson, Richard Garcia, Barbara G.S. Hagerty, Kurtis Lamkin, Ed Madden, Susan Meyers, Marjory Wentworth, and editor Tom Lombardo
Thursday, September 18, 7:00 p.m.
Charleston County Public Library
Main Auditorium 68 Calhoun Street
Free and open to the public
Info: (843) 805-6930
August 11
Paul Allen
Monday, August 11, 8:00 p.m.
Monday Night Blues at East Bay Meeting House
Free and open to the public
June 24
Dan Albergotti
Debra Daniel
Joanna Catherine Scott
Tuesday, June 24, 7:00 p.m.
Charleston County Public Library, 68 Calhoun St.
Free and open to the public
Info: Charleston County Library
June 6
Carol Peters
Friday, June 6, 6:30 p.m.
Piccolo Spoleto Sundown Poetry Series
City Gallery at Waterfront Park
34 Prioleau Street, Charleston
Info: www.piccolospoleto.com
June 5
Dennis Ward Stiles
Thursday, June 5, 6:30 p.m.
Piccolo Spoleto Sundown Poetry Series
City Gallery at Waterfront Park
34 Prioleau Street, Charleston
Info: www.piccolospoleto.com
June 4
Linda Annas Ferguson
Wednesday, June 4, 6:30 p.m.
Piccolo Spoleto Sundown Poetry Series
City Gallery at Waterfront Park
34 Prioleau Street, Charleston
Info: www.piccolospoleto.com
June 3
Paul Allen
Tuesday, June 3, 6:30 p.m.
Piccolo Spoleto Sundown Poetry Series
City Gallery at Waterfront Park
34 Prioleau Street, Charleston
Info: www.piccolospoleto.com
June 2
Barbara Hagerty
Monday, June 2, 6:30 p.m.
Piccolo Spoleto Sundown Poetry Series
City Gallery at Waterfront Park
34 Prioleau Street, Charleston
Info: www.piccolospoleto.com
May 31
Charleston Poetry Walk
Sponsors: The Poetry Society of South Carolina
Piccolo Spoleto Festival
This 90-minute leisurely amble through the historic district of Charleston gives guests glimpses of the lives and works of major national and regional poets with ties to the Lowcountry. Members of the Poetry Society of South Carolina offer lively readings at a dozen sites. Poets' works included on the walk are: Dubose Heyward, Janie Screven, Hervey Allen, Henry Timrod, Josephine Pinckney, Paul Hamilton Hayne, Beatrice Whitte Ravenel, John Bennett, Archibald Rutledge, William Gilmore Simms, Elizabeth Verner Hamilton and Edgar Allan Poe.
May 31 at 10 am, 10:30 am, 11 am and 11:30 am.
Starts at Washington Square, Broad and Meeting Streets.
Tickets: $10 adults; $5 seniors/students.
INformation: go to PSSC or Piccolo Spoleto
May 30
Southern Literary Festival:
Poetry and Parties in the Roaring Twenties
Harriet Rigney and Oliver Bowman speak about the exciting early years of the Poetry Society
Sponsors: Piccolo Spoleto Festival 2008, and the
Charleston Library Society
Friday, May 30, 10:00 a.m.
Charleston Library Society, 764 King St (at Congress)
Info: www.piccolospoleto.com or ticketmaster.com
May 30
Ray McManus
Friday, May 30, 6:30 p.m.
Piccolo Spoleto Sundown Poetry Series
City Gallery at Waterfront Park
34 Prioleau Street, Charleston
Info: www.piccolospoleto.com
May 29
Southern Literary Festival:
From Recipes to Restauraunts: A Look at Charleston Then and Now Through Her Cuisine
PSSC member Barbara Hagerty speaks, with Nathalie Dupree and Catherine Forrester, on Lowcountry cuisine.
Sponsors: Piccolo Spoleto Festival 2008, and the
Charleston Library Society
Thursday, May 29, 3:00 p.m.
Charleston Library Society, 764 King St (at Congress)
Info: www.piccolospoleto.com or ticketmaster.com
May 27
Donna Levine Gershon
Tuesday, May 27, 6:30 p.m.
Piccolo Spoleto Sundown Poetry Series
City Gallery at Waterfront Park
34 Prioleau Street, Charleston
Info: www.piccolospoleto.com
May 26
Laurel Blossom
Monday, May 26, 2008, 6:30 p.m.
Piccolo Spoleto Sundown Poetry Series
City Gallery at Waterfront Park
34 Prioleau Street, Charleston
Info: (803) 640-0625
May 15
Kit Loney
Bryan Penberthy
Tuesday, May 15, 7:00 p.m.
Charleston County Public Library, 68 Calhoun St.
Free & open to the public
More information: Charleston County Library
May 8
North Charleston Arts Festival:
An Evening of Poetry
Published authors from the Poetry Society of South Carolina Thursday, May 8, 6:30 p.m.
Otranto Road Regional, 2261 Otranto Road, North Charleston
Info: 843-572-4094
April 22
Warren Schlesinger
Tuesday, April 15, 8:00 p.m. Charleston County Public Library, 68 Calhoun St.
Free & open to the public
More information: Charleston County Library
April 8
Donna Levine Gershon
Tuesday, April 15, 8:00 p.m. Charleston County Public Library, 68 Calhoun St.
Free & open to the public
More information: Charleston County Library
April 8
Susan Finch Stevens
Tuesday, April 8, 8:00 p.m. Charleston County Public Library, 68 Calhoun St.
Free & open to the public
More information: Charleston County Library
March 29
Poetry Reading: The Southern Poetry Anthology
featuring the following PSSC members, and others:
Paul Allen
Libby Bernardin
Phebe Davidson
Linda Annas Ferguson
Richard Garcia
Aly Goodwin
Linda Lee Harper
Ed Madden
Terri McCord
Susan Meyers
Rick Mulkey
Harriet Rigney
Warren Slesinger
Susan Finch Stevens
Dennis Ward Stiles
Marjorie Wentworth
Katherine Williams
Saturday, March 29, 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Charleston County Public Library, 68 Calhoun St.
Free and open to the public
Info: Charleston County Library
February 26
Tim Harkins
Mary Hutchins Harris
Katherine Williams
Main Branch Poetry Series
Tuesday, February 26, 7:00 p.m.
Charleston County Library
Info: www.ccpl.org
February 8, 2008, 2:00 p.m.
Poetry Reading and Book Signing
Linda Annas Ferguson
Susan Meyers
Marjory Wentworth
Barnes and Noble Town Centre, Mt. Pleasant
January 14, 2008, 8:00 p.m.
Members of The Poetry Society of South Carolina
Featured readers, Monday Night Blues, Charleston
December 5, 2007, 6:00 p.m.
Linda Annas Ferguson
Susan Meyers
Montgomery College Cafritz Arts Center
7600 Takoma Avenue, Takoma Park, MD 20912
December 4, 2007, 7:30-9:30 p.m.
Linda Annas Ferguson
Susan Meyers
Visiting Poets from South Carolina
The Writer's Center
4508 Walsh Street, Bethesda, MD 20815
December 2, 2:00-5:00 pm
Linda Annas Ferguson
The Lowcountry Women Authors Holiday Book Signing
Presented by the Center for Women and
Barnes and Noble of Mt. Pleasant
The Citadel Holliday Alumni House
Hagood Avenue, Citadel Campus, Charleston, SC
January 16, 2008, time TBA
Laurel Blossom
The Book Stall, Aiken SC
January 11, 2008, 7:00 p.m.
Starkey Flythe, Jr. and Laurel Blossom
Traveler’s Rest Arts Mission
Leopard Forest Coffee Co., Traveler’s Rest, SC
December 9, 2007, 2:00 p.m.
Laurel Blossom
The Open Book, Greenville
December 6, 2007, noon
Laurel Blossom
The Gallery at Kershaw County Fine Arts Center, Camden
December 5, 2007, 5:00 p.m.
Laurel Blossom
The Happy Bookseller, Columbia
November 8, 5:30
Bryan Penberthy
Socastee Library, Myrtle Beach
October 30, 7:00 p.m.
Marjory Wentworth and Linda Annas Ferguson
Charleston County Library
October 24, 7:00 p.m.
Marjory Wentworth
East Bay Meeting House, Charleston
October 14, 6:30 p.m.
Marjory Wentworth
Dunleavy's Pub, Sullivan's Island
During all of October 2007
Deborah Lawson Scott
SC Poetry Initiative: Featured Poet
September 24, 8:00 p.m.
Tim Harkins, featured poet at Monday Night Blues
East Bay Meeting House, Charleston
First Wednesday of every month at 1:00 p.m.
Poetry Lecture Series
PSSC members give lectures and workshops for free
James Island Senior Center
October 26
Poetry Open Mic, hosted by Poetry Society of South Carolina
Azalea Room of Hilton Myrtle Beach Resort
South Carolina Writers Workshop
17th Annual Writers Conference
October 20
Laurel Blossom, Poetry Contest Judge
Chesterfield Middle School, Chesterfield SC