Are you a writer in search of a writers group?

Look no more!

An organizational meeting for a Bluffton Library Writers Group

will be held on:

Tuesday, January 15th

1:30-3:30 pm

Small Conference Room

For more information contact Francesca Denton at 757-1537

Let's Talk About It - Women of Carolina Book DIscussion Series

Let’s Talk About It was created to promote the development of reading and discussion programs in America’s public libraries. However, it is not your average book club! LTAI provides participants with a series of books on the same topic or theme and a scholar to facilitate discussion and understanding.

The Women of Carolina Series features five of the Palmetto State’s most famous female writers, from South Carolina’s only Pulitzer Prize winner in fiction Julia Peterkin to national bestseller Sue Monk Kidd. Written about South Carolina women and by South Carolina women, these books and poems will illuminate the experience of women in our state. This series is based on the South Carolina Literary Map, created by the Palmetto Book Alliance.

This book discussion series will be held on the following Sunday afternoons, 2 – 4 p.m.:

January 13th - The Secret Life of Bees, by Sue Monk Kidd

January 27th - Bastard Out of Carolina, by Dorothy Allison

February 10th – Clover, by Dori Sanders

February 24th - Scarlet Sister Mary, by Julia Peterkin

March 9th - The World Is Round, by Nikky Finney

Everyone is welcome!

Contact Francesca Denton at 757-1537 or fdenton@bcgov.net

Author Jim Jordan Speaks About Savannah Grey

Author Talk/Book Signing

Sunday November 4th, 2 p.m.

“The Trials and Tribulations of Writing an Historical Novel

about the Antebellum South”

Local author and Savannah historian Jim Jordan will share his experiences writing this pre-Civil War saga that masterfully combines historical fact with page-turning fiction.

Finding Agent Right - Book Talk & Program

Sunday, September 23rd

2 p.m. - Library Meeting Room

Book Talk & Program...
on how to get the most out of your home buying/selling experience

Whether it’s a buyers’ or sellers’ market, you need to get the most for your real estate value. Learn how to maximize your investment in today’s real estate market from Larry Stoller, author and Lowcountry Real Estate Broker.

There will be a book signing after the program with a portion of the proceeds going to the Friends of the Bluffton Library.

For additional information contact the Bluffton Library @ 757-1537

Join the Adult Summer Reading Program

for good reads

and great prizes!

It's as simple as 1,2,3:

1. Read a book or listen to an unabridged audiobook.
2. Pick up a bookmark/entry form at the Library, and fill out the reverse side.
3. Drop the form in the crime-taped box to win weekly prizes and to be entered into the grand prize drawing.
   

Bluffton Library thanks the following local businesses

for their generous donation of gift certificates and prizes:

Belfair Fine Wine & Spirits and Truffles Cafe

Questions or Comments? Please contact Halle Eisenman, 757-1537 or heisenman@bcgov.net

Photos of Kayaking Event

John Pagkos with his 2 of his kayaks
Originally uploaded by Bluffton Library.

Photos from the Bluffton Library's "Get Started Kayaking" program held on April 22, 2007, featuring expert kayaker John Pagkos, Fleet Commander, Callawassie Island Paddlers.

Get Started Kayaking

Called “King of the Kayak” in a recent feature article in the Bluffton Today, John Pagkos will share his kayaking experience and expertise at the Bluffton Branch of the Beaufort County Library on Sunday, April 22^nd, at 2 p.m. in the large meeting room. This program, “Get Started Kayaking”, is open to anyone interested in learning more about this popular water sport. John Pagkos is an Olympian, having competed in flatwater sprint racing in the 1956 and 1960 Olympics. He is also Fleet Captain of the Callawassie Paddlers, a Callawassie community organization begun just 3 years ago and now boasting a membership of over 100 kayaking enthusiasts. John will share the fundamentals of kayaking, important safety measures, and what to know and how to handle oneself in the local waters of Beaufort County. This program provides an excellent opportunity for you to learn more about this popular Lowcountry sport with an accomplished kayak instructor. John plans to bring a kayak for display and demonstration. For additional information contact the Bluffton Branch Library at 757-1537.

Bluffton Branch History Club Book Discussion Thursday, March 29th at 2 p.m.

The Bluffton Branch Library is pleased to announce that the first meeting of the Bluffton History Book Club will be held on Thursday, March 29, 2007 at 2:00 p.m. in the small conference room. Everyone is invited to come, including all lovers of history, to talk about Joseph J. Ellis’s Pulitzer Prize winning book Founding Brothers.

The Founding Brothers is Ellis’s stirring account of six major figures that played a major role in the founding of the United States: George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, James Madison, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, James Madison, and Thomas Jefferson. In the end, the author reveals how these fascinating men were indeed the true “founding brothers” to their new nation.

The group will also discuss possible selections for future book discussions, so please come with your history book recommendations.

If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact Joe Selleck at the Bluffton Branch of the Beaufort County Library at 757-1548 or jselleck@bcgov.net..

Bluffton Branch Open House Images 24Feb07 001

Bluffton Branch Open House Images 24Feb07 001
Originally uploaded by Bluffton Library.

The Bluffton Branch of the Beaufort County Library celebrated the first annual open house and new website roll-out on Saturday, February 24th, with balloons, goody bags, entertainment, refreshments, cake, a raffle, library tours, and a good time for all.

Bluffton Book Club February Meeting with author Kathryn Wall

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The Bluffton Library Book Club meets on the third Monday each month to discuss a title selected from member recommendations. February's book club meeting hosted mystery writer and Hilton Head resident Kathryn Wall who graciously came to discuss her first mystery, In for a Penny. Kathryn entertained the audience with tales from her life of writing mysteries, and experiences maneuvering the maze of publishing.

Bluffton Library Book Club

Bluffton Branch Library Book Club

The Bluffton Branch Library Book Club meets the third Wednesday of every month at 1 p.m. in the small Conference Room (unless otherwise noted). All are welcome to attend. Participation is your choice; no pressure! A list of the 2007 book discussion selections can be found at the following web address: http://www.bcgov.net/bftlib/bookclubs2.htm#Bluffton.

The March selection is The March by E.L. Doctorow and the Book Club will meet on Wednesday, March 21st at 1 p.m. All are invited to join in the discussion.

Synopsis:

“The march in question is that of General William Tecumseh Sherman and his Union soldiers as they slash and burn their way through Georgia and the Carolinas, and the "march to freedom" as liberated slaves fall in step with the liberating army. But it is also, given the poetic depth of Doctorow's vision, the great march of time and of humanity in all its cruelty and glory. As Doctorow dramatizes the fury, conviction, and chaos of the Civil War, he portrays historical figures, as he is wont to do, most electrifyingly Sherman himself. But he focuses most on brilliantly imagined characters who embody the epic conflicts of that cataclysmic era, including Pearl, the smart and courageous daughter of a slave and slave owner; an excessively clinical military surgeon; the valiant daughter of a Southern judge; a freed slave who becomes a war photographer; and Arly, a scheming Rebel soldier who provides shrewdly comic relief. Doctorow writes with blazing clarity about the "brutal romance" of war and its gruesome realities, with lyrical splendor about nature, and with wry wisdom and nimble satire about human folly." (Booklist)
(Random House,c2005, 384 pages)