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  • September 2019

  • Fri 20
    September 20, 2019 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

    Speaker Series: David Stewart

    Best-selling writer, David O. Stewart, will discuss his book, The Summer of 1787: The Men Who Invented the Constitution, the story of delegates closeted through a sultry summer to create […]

  • Mon 23
    September 23, 2019 @ 10:30 am - 11:30 am

    Coffee with an Author: Ruth Miller & Alec Cooley

    Local authors, Ruth Miller & Alec Cooley, discusses their walking tour guidebook to African-American history in Charleston, Slavery to Civil Rights: A Walking Tour of African-American Charleston in this new event format. […]

  • October 2019

  • Thu 3
    October 3, 2019 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

    Speaker Series: Kate Quinn & Laura Kamoie

    Authors Kate Quinn & Laura Kamoie discuss their book, Ribbons of Scarlet: A Novel of the French Revolutions Women.Describing women who stood up for themselves, Ribbons of Scarlet illuminates the […]

  • Fri 4
    October 4, 2019 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

    Speaker Series: Dr. Andrew Jackson O’Shaughnessey

    Dr. Andrew Jackson O’Shaughnessy VP of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation, Saunders Director of International Center for Jefferson Studies, and Professor at the University of Virginia will be in town for […]

  • Tue 8
    October 8, 2019 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm

    CLS Book Club: The Furious Hours & To Kill a Mockingbird

    CLS Book Club: The Furious Hours & To Kill A Mockingbird CLS Book Club features two books this upcoming session; Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee by […]

  • Tue 15
    October 15, 2019 @ 10:30 am - 11:30 am

    Coffee with An Author: Carol Bass

    Unfortunately, Coffee with an Author featuring Carol Bass has had to be cancelled. Local author & poet, Carol Bass discusses her book, Ripple Effect. The book of art and poetry is a plea to […]

  • Thu 17
    October 17, 2019 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

    Music at the Library: Laura Ball & Friends

    Music at the Library: Laura Ball & Friends It seems like only Yesterday…Beatles and Bach returns for an evening of British Rock and Baroque hits Laura Ball & friends! Don’t […]

  • Sun 20
    October 20, 2019 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

    A Pre-Publication Book Launch with Karen White

    Charleston Library Society and Buxton Books host best-selling author Karen White for the launch of her newest novel The Christmas Spirits on Tradd Street. This pre-publication book launch will take place […]

  • Thu 24
    October 24, 2019 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

    Speaker Series: Lary Bloom

    Sol LeWitt, one of the most influential artists of the 20th century, upended traditional practices of how art is made and marketed. A key figure in minimalism and conceptualism, he […]

  • Fri 25
    October 25, 2019 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

    Speaker Series: Patricia Schultz

    Patricia Schultz curates the world. When she published the original 1,000 Places to See Before You Die, she created not only a new kind of travel book, but also a new […]

  • Wed 30
    October 30, 2019 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

    Royal Oak Foundation Presents: Sonia Purnell

    Best-selling author, Sonia Purnell will reveal the captivating story of WWII spy Virginia Hall, one of the greatest spies in American and English history, whose story remains untold while discussing her recent […]

  • November 2019

  • Mon 4
    November 4, 2019 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

    Speaker Series: Heath Hardage Lee

    In a page-turning work of narrative non-fiction, Heath Hardage Lee tells the true story of the fierce band of women who battled Washington and Hanoi to bring their husbands home […]

  • Tue 5
    November 5, 2019 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

    Speaker Series: Lynn Vincent, Sara Vladic, & James Scott

    Lynn Vincent & Sara Vladic will discuss their book, Indianapolis: The True Story of the Worst Sea Disaster in U.S. Naval History and the Fifty-Year Fight to Exonerate an Innocent Man, […]

  • Thu 7
    November 7, 2019 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Charleston to Charleston Literary Festival

    Charleston to Charleston Literary Festival

    Charleston to Charleston combines one of England’s premiere literary scene with the history and elegance of Charleston, South Carolina. This new transatlantic festival was conceived by the Charleston Library Society […]

  • Wed 13
    November 13, 2019 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

    Greystar Business & Leadership Series: Stephen A. Schwarzman

    The Library Society is honored to host Stephen A. Schwarzman as part of the Greystar Business & Leadership Series, to speak about his recent best-seller, What It Takes: Lessons in the Pursuit […]

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