Hub City Reader: John Warley, Mary Ann Claud, Summer Camps & More

John Warley, Mary Ann Cloud, Summer Camps & More

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This Week: John Warley Reads from A Southern Girl
May 21, 5 pm
Hub City Bookshop

Please join us for a reading and reception for John Warley, author of A Southern Girl.

Set against the exquisite, historical backdrop of Charleston's insular South of Broad neighborhood, A Southern Girl is a tale of international adoption and of families lost, then found anew through revelations, courage, and the perseverance of a love without bounds. With two biological sons and a promising career, Coleman Carter seems set to fulfill his promise as a resourceful trial lawyer, devoted husband, and dutiful father until his wife, Elizabeth, champions their adoption of a Korean orphan. This seemingly altruistic mission estranges Coleman's conservative parents and demands that he now embrace the unknown as fully as he has always entrenched himself in the familiar.

John Warley is a native South Carolinian, is a graduate of the Citadel and the University of Virginia School of Law. He practiced law in Virginia until 1993 when he moved to Mexico to write and teach. Now a full-time writer, Warley divides his time between Beaufort, South Carolina, and San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.

Find more info about this event here. We hope to see you there!

-Betsy, Meg, Anne & Maddi

Mary Ann Claud: Dancin' Man
May 22, 5pm
Hub City Bookshop
Note: this event was incorrectly listed in the Herald Journal as being at 7pm.

The Dancin' Man is a family saga for readers who love a multigenerational story. The backdrop is class and money in a rapidly changing south of the 1950s-1980s. It centers on the marriage of working class Ted and moneyed Virginia. Virginia's mother is the matriarch of the family as well as the head of textile company. Her death brings out the best and the worst of the generations and the traditions in transition. What and who will survive? Learn more about Dancin' Man and Mary Ann Claude.

Hub City Summer Camps Filling Up

The Hub City Youth Writing Camp is a fun, five-day immersion in creative and professional writing led by a talented team of published and award-winning writers. Students in the Greenville-Spartanburg area will be able to explore their passions for self-expression in a variety of genres, while developing creativity and confidence.

Our camps last year were a big hit and spots are disappearing fast. If your child is interested in learning more about writing in a fun and interactive day camp, be sure to register today!

More details here.

The Expecting Goodness Short Film Festival celebrates indigenous South Carolina literature and cinema, providing opportunities for community-building among writers, filmmakers, and specialists across the film industry. Culminating in an annual short film festival of new works adapted from published short fiction, the project showcases South Carolina writers and filmmakers while engaging, educating, and inspiring the community with literature and cinema. Tickets just went on sale so get them while you can!!

Writing in Place Conference Spots Filling Up Fast
Hub City will host the 14th annual Writing in Place conference on the campus of Wofford College July 11-13, 2014. This year's conference will feature a keynote address by South Carolina novelist Michel Stone, lots of new workshops, happy hour at the Hub City Bookshop, faculty readings, and more.

Registration is now open.

We are excited to announce James Yeh is our new summer Writer-in-Residence! Click here to learn more about James, who will be joining the Spartanburg community in June and living in the Writers House for the summer.