Tue., Oct. 21 -- Poems: Bones of the Spirit, a reading in Columbia, SC

Three women poets from the Charleston area will be heading to Columbia, SC, next week to participate in a literary salon founded and facilitated by poet Al Black. Al has long run the weekly Poetry Mind Gravy series, and now he has added this new monthly poetry salon to his schedule. He has named the October 21 event "A Visitation from the Holy City of Charleston." The program offers three poets reading and discussing their work, plus conversation with the poets.Here are the details:

Poems: Bones of the Spirit VI

Barbara G.S. Hagerty, Susan Laughter Meyers, Debbie Lawson Scott

Oct. 21

8 - 10 p.m.

Sun Spirit Yoga Wellness

735 Meeting St., West Columbia, SC 29169

Book signing following the reading

Free & open to the public

• BARBARA G.S. HAGERTY will read from her book Twinzilla (Word Press, 2014), winner of the Hilary Tham Capital Collection. 
• SUSAN LAUGHTER MEYERS will read from My Dear, Dear Stagger Grass (2013), winner of the Cider Press Review Editors' Prize. 
• DEBBIE LAWSON SCOTT is the immediate past-president of The Poetry Society of South Carolina. She'll be reading poems from her manuscript "We'll Go in a Minute." 

Sunday, Dec. 9: Annual Holiday Women Authors Book Signing

Sunday, December 9
2 - 5 p.m.
Annual Lowcountry Women Authors Book Signing
Citadel Holliday Alumni House
Hagood Ave.
Charleston, SC
Free event, free gift wrapping, free parking
60 women authors with their books -- Center for Women, Charleston, SC
Readings throughout the afternoon

Click here for more info.

Authors and Titles

Charlotte Beers - I'd Rather Be In Charge (2012)
Cindy Blackburn - Playing with Poison; Double Shot; Three Odd Balls
Avette Brown - . . . Cause I'm Me (2012)
Nina Bruhns - Shadow of the Shiek; A Kiss to Kill; If Looks Could Chill; Shoot to Thrill
Archie Burkel - The Joy of Hats
Susan Hudson Chellis - The Kitchen Table (2011)
Mary Clark Coy - Charleston, from a kid's eye view (2010); The Civil War Walking History Book (2010); The                Revolutionary War Walking History Book (2009); Charleston 101 (2003)
Katie Crouch - The White Glove War (2012); The Magnolia League (2012); Men and Dogs (2011); Girls in
              Trucks (2009)
Jan DiRuzzo -The Lost Mermaid~A Shem Creek Moonlight Jamboree (2009)
Sherry Dixon -Natural Destiny (2012)
Carol James Drolet - My White Cocoon (2008)
Nathalie Dupree and Cynthia Graubert - Mastering the Art of Southern Cooking (2012); Southern Biscuits;
               Shrimp and Grits (2011); Nathalie Dupree's Southern Memories (2004); New Southern Cooking
               (2004)
Margaret Middleton Rivers Eastman - Hidden History of Civil War Charleston; Old Charleston Originals;
               Hidden History of Old Charleston; Remembering Old Charleston
Laura Fogarty -I’m the Boss of Me! (2011); Painted Blue (2009); I Can Do Anything! (2008); Larger Than Life
               (2007)
Lisa Foster - Janie Mitchell, Reliable Cook (2011)
Linda Grabeman -No Prissy Shoes
Nathalie Gregg -Leading in Stilettos
Jacqueline Gum -Confessions of a Corporate Slut, The Accuser's Burden
Helen R. Hammond and Martha K. Graham -Standing Straight and Tall, The Charleston Light at Sullivan's
              Island (2012)
Kathleen Hegenberger - My Mimi Has Wings
Lee Heyward - Simply Effortless Style (2011)
Lynne M. Hinkey -Marina Melee (2011)
Jane Hirsch -Art is a Powerful Language: Willard Hirsch- The Man, The Artist
Sheridan Hough - Mirror's Fathom: A Novel
Trish Hutchison - Girlology's There's Something New About You (2010); Girlology: Hang-Ups, Hook-Ups &
               Holding Out (2007); Girlology: A Girl's Guide To Stuff That Matters (2005) Ann Igoe
Ann Ipock - Life is Short: I wish I was Taller; Life is Short, But It's Wide; Life is Short, So Read This Fast
Charlotte Jenkins - Gullah Cuisine: By Land and By Sea (2012 edition)
Migsie Jensen -Mommy, Where Were You?
Kate Boehm Jerome - Columbia and the State of South Carolina: Cool Stuff Every Kid Should Know (2011);
              Who Was Amelia Earhart?
Nadine Johnson -I Love (2011); I Am (2011); Last Night I Dreamt I was a Musician (2008); Last Night I Dreamt
              I was a Doctor (2008); Last Night I Dreamt I was a Teacher (2008)
Kami Kinard - The Boy Project
Ann Kulze, MD - Eat Right for Life®; Eat Right for Life® Cookbook Companion; Eat Right for Life®: On The Go
Suzette Latsko - Brides' Advixor Charleston
Nancy Lorraine -The Butterfly Adventure (2012)
Nancy Mace - In the Company of Men (2002)
Deb Mangolt - Drink Wine and Giggle (2012)
Lynne Marie (Morgan) - The Lion's Lair (2012); The Seahawk's Sanctuary (2011)
Vikki Matsis -Inside An American Hostel: A Guidebook for Managers and Aspiring Owners (2012) Terri McCrea
Dorothy McFalls - Oak & Dagger (2013); The Scarlet Pepper (2012); Flowerbed of State (2011); as D McFalls:
               The Nude
Kim McLendon - Izzy and the Crystal of Power (2012) Galactic Guerillas Saga, Book 1 (2012)
Harriet McLeod - Good Morning, Lowcountry! (2011)
Janna McMahan - Anonymity (01/2013); The Ocean Inside (2010); Calling Home (2008); Undertow (2002);
               Literary Dogs and their South Carolina Writers
Amy Mercer - The Smart Woman's Guide to Eating Right with Diabetes (12/2012); The Smart Woman's Guide
               to Diabetes (2011)
Susan Laughter Meyers - Keep and Give Away (2006)
Jennifer E. Michaels - What is Love? My Question... God's Answer (2012)
Ashley Glenn Miller - Common Senseless (2012)
Mary Alice Monroe - Beach House Memories (2013); The Butterfly's Daughter (2012); The Beach House, 10th
             ann ed (2012); Last Light Over Carolina (2010); Time Is a River (2009); Swimming Lessons (2010);
             Turtle Summer (2007); Sweetgrass; Skyward; The Four Seasons; The Book Club; Girl in the Mirror
             (1998)
Dorothy Perrin Moore, PhD - Island in the Storm (2006); Careerpreneurs (2000); Womenpreneurs (2012)
Kathy Murphy, PhD - Your Possible Life: How To Build The Life Of Your Dreams (2011)
Valerie Perry Upper King Street (2011)
Sarah Renee - Enchanted Home (2012); Hunted Home (2011); Dash (2010); The Tiger Princess (2009)
Mary Caroline (Walker) Rhea - Lose Weight, Feel Great! (Even after Kids) (2011); Managing Life with Kids
             (2007)
Pattie Simone - Big Bold Business Advice (2012)
Jo Anne Simson - The God that Says I Am: A Scientist's Meditations on the Nature of Spiritual Experience
Heather Solos - Home-Ec 101 (2011)
Shari Stauch - Pool Player's Edge (2nd Edition) (2010); Precision Pool (2nd Edition) (2007)
Stephanie Suell - I Speak Female Poetically; Songs from My Soul; Hot Water Cornbread
Barbara Jean Sullivan - Born On The Kitchen Floor
Megan Waldrep and Melissa Nelson - Spice & Little Sugar (2011) Marjory Wentworth - Taking a Stand, The Evolution of Human Right (non fiction); The Endless Repetition of an             Ordinary Miracle (poetry); Noticing Eden (poetry); Despite Gravity (poetry); Shackles (children's book)
Mary Whyte - Down Bohicket Road (11/2012); Painting Portraits and Figures in
            Watercolor (2011); Working South (2011)
Karen Spears Zacharias - A Silence of Mockingbirds: Memoir of a Murderer (2012); Will Jesus Buy Me a
            Double-Wide? (2010); Where's Your Jesus Now? (2008); After the Flag Has Been Folded (2006); Hero
           Mama (2005)

 

Sunday, Sept. 18: Center for Women book signing

The Center for Women will host its Annual Lowcountry Women Authors Book Signing on Sunday, Sept. 18 from 2 to 5 p.m. The event will feature 60 area authors and will include scheduled readings throughout the afternoon. Admission is $10. Read the full scoop here:
Center for Women Book Signing

Authors:
Ida Becker * Pat Branning * Cleo Scott Brown * Nina Bruhns * Susan Hudson Chellis * Alicia Chisholm * Maurita Corcoran * Mary Clark Coy * Julie Dash * Carol Ann Davis * Becky DeWitt * Jan DiRuzzzo * Carol James Drolet * Nathalie Dupree & Cynthia Graubart * Margaret Middleton Rivers Eastman * Carolyn Evans * Dixie Fanning * Lissa D'Aquisto Felzer * Linda Annas Ferguson * Laura Fogarty * Lisa Foster with Mary Lou Murray Coombs * Dorothea Benton Frank * Mary Edna Fraser * Nathalie Gregg * Pattie Welek Hall * Patti Calahan Henry * Holly Herrick * Tricia Hutchison * Charlotte Jenkins * Nadine Johnson * River Jordan * Corinne Koonz-Pushman * Kieran Kramer * Suzette Latsko * Kellie Lawless * Amy McCandless * Terri McCrea * Dorothy McFalls / Dorothy St. James * Harriet McLeod * Jacqueline Maduneme * Susan Laughter Meyers * Jennifer E. Michaels * Dianne Miley * Mary Alice Monroe * Kathy Murphy * Carol Oropallo * Lisa Patton * Jane Perdue * Valerie Perry * Signe Pike * Mary Caroline Rhea * Emily Rosko * Nicole Seitz * Heather Solos * Shari Stauch * Ileana & Katina Strauch * Terry Ward Tucker * Marjory Wentworth * Karen Spears Zacharias

Fri., Dec. 3, 2010 -- Leading the literary life: women authors thrive in Lowcountry

Today the Post and Courier, of Charleston, SC, featured an article in its Moxie section that I was happy to be interviewed for, along with authors Mary Alice Monroe and Cleo Scott Brown. The article was written by staff reporter Kristen Hankla. It includes information about tomorrow's book signing by area women authors, a fundraiser for the Center for Women in Charleston. Check it out here:

Leading the literary life: women authors thrive in Lowcountry.

Sat., Dec. 4: Women Authors Holiday Book Signing

Women Authors Holiday Book Signing & Tea
Saturday, December 4
2 - 5 p.m.
South Carolina Thrift & Resale
1670 Hwy 17 N, Mt Pleasant (next to new CVS)
$10 at the door
Free giftwrapping, Readings, Tea & refreshments
Center for Women
With Barnes & Noble (use your Barnes & Noble discount card)
Special Thanks to Kaminsky's


2010 Authors
Michelle Adams * Sarah Boone * Ida Becker * Sharon Becker * Cleo Brown * Nina Bruhns * Jan DiRuzzo * MaryAnn Dunham * Nathalie Dupree * Peg Eastman * Dixie Fanning * Linda Annas Ferguson * Jayne Jaudon Ferrer * Mary Edna Fraser * Rebecca Godwin * Pattie Welek Hall * The Hat Ladies * Holly Herrick * Maggie Hoybach & Joan Brown * Trish Hutchinson * Ann Ipock * Marcie Jacobs * Charlotte Jenkins * Kate Boehm Jerome * Kieran Kramer * Ann Kulze * CJ Lyons * Susan Laughter Meyers * Dianne Miley * Sheila Mills * Mary Alice Monroe * Signe Pike * Margot Theis Raven * Maryann Reid * Lisa D. Robinson & Lori Robinson * Terry Ward Tucker * Lily Herndon Weaks * Marjory Wentworth

Readings
2:00 p.m. -- Signe Pike
2:30 p.m. -- Mary Ann Reid
3:00 p.m. -- Mary Alice Monroe
3:30 p.m. -- Charlottte Jenkins
4:00 p.m. -- Ann Ipock
4:30 p.m. -- CJ Lyons

Sunday, Nov. 23: Center for Women Holiday Book Signing, Charleston, SC

Center for Women Holiday Book Signing
Sunday, November 23
2 - 5 p.m.
The Citadel Holiday Alumni House
Charleston, SC
$10 admission
Proceeds go to the Center for Women

More than 50 Lowcountry women authors will sign books at the Center for Women Holiday Book Signing. Among them are these authors: Quanta Ahmed, Carol Ann Davis, Nathalie Dupree, Linda Annas Ferguson, Beth Webb Hart, Patti Callahan Henry, Josephine Humphreys, Sue Monk Kidd, Susan Meyers, Mary Alice Monroe, Vinnie Deas Moore, Tracy Lynn Ocean, Anne Rivers Siddons, Terry Ward Tucker, and Marjory Wentworth.