Speaker Series: Jonas Pate
2021-10-21 18:00 - 19:00 UTC | SC
Calling all OBX fans! CLS is very excited to welcome one of the creators of the hit TV series Outer Banks, Jonas Pate, for a special talk on what it was like to film in Charleston, having a career as a filmmaker, and the creative process that goes into creating a show like OBX.
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Please Note: We are continuing to monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and greatly value the safety of our patrons. All events require masks for entry and are subject to change from in-person to Zoom format if safety protocols need to be amended. To stay up to date on this event’s details, we recommend you check this page regularly. All ticket sales are final.

About the Outer Banks:

Created by brothers Josh & Jonas Pate and Shannon Burke, Outer Banks is set in a coastal town along the Outer Banks of North Carolina (but actually filmed in Charleston!), where there is a stark social divide between wealthy seasonal residents and working-class locals (who have the nicknames “Kooks” and “Pogues”, respectively). The show follows a group of ‘Pogue’ teenagers who live at The Cut, and are determined to find out what happened to the missing father of the group’s ringleader, John B. Along the way, they discover a legendary treasure that is tied to John B’s father. Chased by the law and a wealthy group of Kooks from Figure Eight, the Pogues seek to overcome obstacles such as drugs, love, fighting, friendship, money, and the disenfranchisement of being an American teen.
About Jonas Pate:
Jonas Michael Pate is an American screenwriter, director and producer. He wrote and directed The Grave, Deceiver, The Take, and directed Shrink. Pate also co-created Good vs Evil, Surface and Outer Banks.

Buxton Books Presents: Patti Callahan
2021-10-22 18:00 - 19:00 UTC | SC
Buxton Books is very excited to be hosting the publication event for Patti Callahan’s newest novel, Once Upon A Wardrobe. Join us in the beautiful Main Reading Room of Charleston Library Society to hear Patti speak on the creative journey of writing a novel about C.S. Lewis’ life and writing. Tickets include a signed copy of the novel, a wine reception, and a special surprise gift from Patti to you! This will be a masked event, regardless of vaccination status.
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Please Note: We are continuing to monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and greatly value the safety of our patrons. All events require masks for entry and are subject to change from in-person to Zoom format if safety protocols need to be amended. To stay up to date on this event’s details, we recommend you check this page regularly. All ticket sales are final.
About the Book:
Megs Devonshire is brilliant with numbers and equations, on a scholarship at Oxford, and dreams of solving the greatest mysteries of physics. She prefers the dependability of facts—except for one: the younger brother she loves with all her heart doesn’t have long to live. When George becomes captivated by a brand-new book called The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and begs her to find out where Narnia came from, there’s no way she can refuse. Despite her timidity about approaching the famous author, Megs soon finds herself taking tea with the Oxford don and his own brother, imploring them for answers. What she receives instead are more stories . . . stories of Jack Lewis’s life, which she takes home to George. Why won’t Mr. Lewis just tell her plainly what George wants to know? The answer will reveal to Meg many truths that science and math cannot, and the gift she thought she was giving to her brother—the story behind Narnia—turns out to be his gift to her, instead: hope.
About the Author:
Patti Callahan Henry is a New York Times and USA Today best-selling author of sixteen novels and podcast host. She is the recipient of The Christy Award — A 2019 Winner “Book of the Year”; The Harper Lee Distinguished Writer of the Year for 2020 and the Alabama Library Association Book of the Year for 2019. She is the co-host and co-creator of the popular weekly online Friends and Fiction live web show and podcast. Patti is also a contributor to the weekly life lesson essay column for Parade Magazine. A full-time author and mother of three children, she now resides in both Mountain Brook, Alabama, and Bluffton, South Carolina with her husband.

Ambassador R. L. Walker International Relations & Diplomacy Series: Admiral Bill Ellis
2021-10-26 18:00 - 19:00 UTC | SC
More information to come!

CLS Book Club: Gertrude Bell
2021-10-27 10:30 - 12:00 UTC | SC

Performance Series: Dacre Stoker
2021-10-28 19:00 - 20:00 UTC | SC

Speaker Series: Patrice Derrington
2021-11-03 18:00 - 19:00 UTC | SC
What do a confidant of Shakespeare, a trio of financially savvy sisters, and a traitor to the court of Charles II have in common? They were all instrumental in the development of the real estate industry. Please join us for a fascinating evening lecture with Patrice Derrington, Holliday Associate Professor of Real Estate, Director of the M.Sc. in Real Estate Development (MSRED) Program, in the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation (GSAPP) at Columbia University.
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Please Note: We are continuing to monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and greatly value the safety of our patrons. All events require masks for entry and are subject to change from in-person to Zoom format if safety protocols need to be amended. To stay up to date on this event’s details, we recommend you check this page regularly. All ticket sales are final.
About the Book:

Built Up uncovers the roots of the global real estate industry in the machinations of a patron of Shakespeare, the merged lineages of business savvy women and men, startlingly innovative collaborations with the first English architect, and the radical explorations of other denizens of early modern London – and what those colorful origins mean for the practice of property development today. Uniting insights from the author’s career as an internationally recognized developer with meticulous archival research, this resource for scholars and professionals synthesizes economic history and the latest planning and finance literature. The result is an unprecedented effort to codify the principles and activities of real estate development as a foundation for future academic research and practical innovation. By tracing the evolution of property development to its earliest days, Built Up establishes the theoretical groundwork for the next phase in the transformation of the urban environment.
About the Author:

With over fifteen years of real estate experience, Patrice Derrington is currently the Holliday Associate Professor and Director of the Real Estate Development program at Columbia University. Patrice’s academic credentials include a Ph.D. from U.C. Berkeley, Harvard MBA, and B. Arch, University of Queensland, in addition to teaching awards, publications, and notable contributions to research. In their industry experience on Wall Street, they worked as an investment banker, advisor, and fund manager to major individual and institutional clients such as David Rockefeller, Keybank, and the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation. They are also a registered architect and have led numerous urban development projects in the USA and Australia.

Lunch Speaker Series: Bea Wray
2021-11-08 12:30 - 13:30 UTC | SC
Join us for a lunchtime lecture with author Bea Wray and learn and how to unleash your hidden leadership skills with this powerful, heartfelt guide, What an MBA Taught Me…But My Kids Made Me Learn. Great business schools know that connection, more than curriculum, shapes great leaders. Every aspect of the experience intentionally maximizes relationship building. What an MBA Taught Me…But My Kids Made Me Learn is a sometimes hilarious, other times harrowing journey through Harvard Business School, twenty years of business experience, and the most important academy of all: parenting. In this book, dozens of essential executive leadership lessons are carefully wrapped in humorous and heartfelt stories to inspire and encourage you.
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Please Note: We are continuing to monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and greatly value the safety of our patrons. All events require masks for entry and are subject to change from in-person to Zoom format if safety protocols need to be amended. To stay up to date on this event’s details, we recommend you check this page regularly. All ticket sales are final.
About the Author:
Bea Wray is an entrepreneur, investor, and mentor who has helped over three hundred companies across twenty-six countries. She was chair for the ForbesBooks Entrepreneurship Practice Group and executive director of The Creative Coast. Bea hosted The Front Porch podcast, Savannah’s Engage SGTV, TEDx, Geekend Innovation conference, and numerous themed and budget birthday parties. Bea is a graduate of Harvard Business School, Emory University, and Cedar Drive. She is a Fellow of the Aspen Institute, Riley Institute’s Diversity Leaders Initiative, and South Carolina’s Liberty Fellowship. More meaningfully, she is a fellow mother, neighbor, and friend.

Music Series: Admiral Radio
2021-11-16 19:00 - 20:00 UTC | SC
Join us for an evening of live music with duo/couple Coty Hoover & Becca Smith, who make up incredible folk/americana duo Admiral Radio. They pride themselves on creating music that people can “gather ‘round to”.
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Please Note: We are continuing to monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and greatly value the safety of our patrons. All events require masks for entry and are subject to change from in-person to Zoom format if safety protocols need to be amended. To stay up to date on this event’s details, we recommend you check this page regularly. All ticket sales are final.
About Admiral Radio:
In early 2018, Becca was on the hunt for a vintage radio. After a little digging, she found one tucked away in the back of a dusty antique store in Columbia, SC. As she and her dad loaded it up into the back of his pickup truck, he noticed something. It was an Admiral Radio. It didn’t mean much to her at the time, but it turns out that she had a family connection. “My dad used to work for Admiral,” her dad said. It was serendipitous. She immediately felt a connection to the radio and began doing some research on it. Founded in 1934, Admiral Corp. and was once one of America’s top producers of radios, TVs, and phonographs. At the height of World War II, Admiral was the weekly sponsor for CBS Radio Network’s Sunday evening program,World News Today. But as cheaper, foreign imports made their way into the American economy, Admiral began to crumble. They would be bought and sold to a long list of buyers, eventually fading from the U.S. market. As fate would have it, Becca’s late grandfather was actually a salesman for Admiral. In fact, he was awarded “Top Salesman of the Year” for the state of South Carolina and even won a trip to Rio with his wife through the company, pictured above. The award you see in the picture to the right sits atop of Becca and Coty’s very own Admiral radio today. How’s that for divine intervention? Although her grandfather passed away many years before she was born, Becca and Coty are proud to help him continue the Admiral legacy.

For Becca and Coty, the name Admiral Radio has acquired new significance. In today’s fast-paced world, it’s easy to get lost in the noise. When they think of their ’41 Admiral radio, they picture the folks of that era gathered around their radios at night, listening to the evening news. They think of the times those people shared as they huddled ’round together. They imagine a different place and time. And as a band, this duo has created a timeless style and classic sound that speaks for itself. In an age where adding mechanized bells and whistles are the norm, Admiral Radio opts for a more natural feel by getting back to the basics of good songwriting and music with heart. Their favorite venues are the quiet coffee shops and intimate spaces, where listeners can be still and do what they do best – listen.

Speaker Series: Kreis Bell
2021-11-18 18:00 - 19:00 UTC | SC
CLS welcomes Kreis Beall, owner of Blackberry Farms, for a discussion of her journey in owning and operating this beautiful farm. Beall was 23 years old and had one child and another on the way in 1976 when she and her husband Sandy purchased Blackberry Farm as their family home. Inspired by her grandmother’s work ethic and love for food and her mother’s sense of beauty and style, Kreis fell in love with the art of entertaining and wanted Blackberry to be an extension of her own home. Her life has always represented the same sense of southern hospitality. Kreis transformed the original nine-bedroom farmhouse into a Relais & Chateaux estate and restaurant. After retiring from the inn in 1999, she opened a photography studio and returned to Blackberry to lead various design projects. Kreis is currently working on several creative projects.
This event is in-person and ticketed – ticket prices TBA.
Please Note: We are continuing to monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and greatly value the safety of our patrons. All events require masks for entry and are subject to change from in-person to Zoom format if safety protocols need to be amended. To stay up to date on this event’s details, we recommend you check this page regularly. All ticket sales are final.

German Art Exhibit & Speaker
2021-11-19 18:00 - 19:00 UTC | SC

Zoom Speaker Series: Zibby Owens
2021-11-22 18:00 - 19:00 UTC | SC

Speaker Series: Denise Kiernan
2021-12-01 18:00 - 19:00 UTC | SC
Please join the Library Society in welcoming New York Times bestselling author Denise Kiernan for an evening of discussion on her book, We Gather Together: A Nation Divided, a President in Turmoil, and a Historic Campaign to Embrace Gratitude and Grace.
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Please Note: We are continuing to monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and greatly value the safety of our patrons. All events require masks for entry and are subject to change from in-person to Zoom format if safety protocols need to be amended. To stay up to date on this event’s details, we recommend you check this page regularly. All ticket sales are final.
About the Book:
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Last Castle and The Girls of Atomic City, We Gather Together ushers in a new way to look at American history through the story of giving thanks.
From Ancient Rome through 21st-century America, bestselling author Denise Kiernan brings us a biography of an idea: gratitude, as a compelling human instinct and a global concept, more than just a mere holiday. Spanning centuries, We Gather Together is anchored amid the strife of the Civil War, and driven by the fascinating story of Sarah Josepha Hale, a widowed mother with no formal schooling who became one of the 19th century’s most influential tastemakers and who campaigned for decades to make real an annual day of thanks.
Illuminating, wildly discussable, part myth-busting, part call to action, We Gather Together is full of unexpected delights and uneasy truths. The stories of indigenous peoples, immigrant communities, women’s rights activists, abolitionists, and more, will inspire readers to rethink and reclaim what it means to give thanks in this day and age. The book’s message of gratitude—especially when embraced during the hardest of times—makes it one to read and share, over and over, at any time of year.
About Denise Kiernan:
Denise Kiernan is an author, journalist and producer. Her latest book, We Gather Together, arrived winter 2020. Her last book, The Last Castle (Sept., 2017), was an instant New York Times bestseller in both hardcover and paperback and was also a Wall Street Journal bestseller. She is also the author of The Girls of Atomic City, which is a New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and NPR bestseller and has been published in multiple languages. She lives in North Carolina.

Speaker Series: Earl Havens
2021-12-09 18:00 - 19:00 UTC | SC

Speaker Series: David M. Rubenstein
2021-12-14 18:00 - 19:00 UTC | SC
CLS is thrilled to welcome back David M. Rubenstein, New York Times bestselling author of How to Lead, The American Story, and now the capstone book in a trilogy, The American Experiment : Dialogues on a Dream. In this lively collection of conversations from some of our nations’ greatest minds, Rubenstein explores the inspiring story of America as a grand experiment in democracy, culture, innovation, and ideas. Tickets are $30 and can be purchased with the link below or by calling 843-723-9912.
These conversations include:
–Jill Lepore on the promise of America
–Madeleine Albright on the American immigrant
–Ken Burns on war
–Henry Louis Gates Jr. on reconstruction
–Elaine Weiss on suffrage
–John Meacham on civil rights
–Walter Isaacson on innovation
–David McCullough on the Wright Brothers
–John Barry on pandemics and public health
–Wynton Marsalis on music
–Billie Jean King on sports
–Rita Moreno on film
This event is in-person and ticketed – to purchase tickets, click here.
To purchase a copy of The American Experiment, click here!
Please Note: We are continuing to monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and greatly value the safety of our patrons. All events require masks for entry and are subject to change from in-person to Zoom format if safety protocols need to be amended. To stay up to date on this event’s details, we recommend you check this page regularly. All ticket sales are final.
About the Book: Exploring the diverse make-up of our country’s DNA through interviews with Pulitzer Prize–winning historians, diplomats, music legends, and sports giants, The American Experiment captures the dynamic arc of a young country reinventing itself in real-time. Through these enlightening conversations, the American spirit comes alive, revealing the setbacks, suffering, invention, ingenuity, and social movements that continue to shape our vision of what America is—and what it can be.
About the Author: David M. Rubenstein is the New York Times bestselling author of How to Lead and The American Story. He is cofounder and co-executive chairman of The Carlyle Group, one of the world’s largest and most successful private equity firms. Rubenstein is Chairman of the Boards of Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the Council on Foreign Relations. He is an original signer of The Giving Pledge and a recipient of the Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy and the MoMA’s David Rockefeller Award. The host of The David Rubenstein Show on Bloomberg TV and PBS, he lives in the Washington, DC area.

Speaker Series: Stuart Bennett
2021-12-16 18:00 - 19:00 UTC | SC
Please join the Library Society in welcoming author Stuart Bennett into our Main Reading Room, for an illustrated discussion of his newest book, The Charleston Gambit. The presentation will focus on showing the people and places featured in the novel, which paints a romantic yet realistic picture of the Revolutionary War in South Carolina. By addressing many pressing social issues such as slavery, plantation life, and gender dynamics through the lens of a wartime love story, the novel both informs and entertains its readers from beginning to end. Tickets for this in-person event are $10 for CLS members and $15 for nonmembers, and can be purchased with the link below or by calling 843-723-9912.

This event is in person and ticketed – To purchase tickets, click here.
Please Note: We are continuing to monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and greatly value the safety of our patrons. All events require masks for entry and are subject to change from in-person to Zoom format if safety protocols need to be amended. To stay up to date on this event’s details, we recommend you check this page regularly. All ticket sales are final.
About the Author:
Stuart Bennett is an antiquarian bookseller in Charleston, South Carolina specializing in, among other things, English literature, social history, and children’s books printed before 1850. He became a Christie’s auctioneer in London in 1976, started his own rare book business in 1980, and more recently served as president of the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America from 2008-2010. In addition to his novels The Perfect Visit (2011), Lord Moira’s Echo (2014), and The Indifferent Suitor (2017) he is author of the Christie’s Collectors’ Guide How to Buy Photographs (1987), Trade Bookbinding in the British Isles (2004), and many publications on early photography, auctions and auctioneers, and rare books.
About the Book:
In the spring of 1780, Polly Cooper, a young patriot, decides to smuggle rifles to her brothers defending Charleston against the British siege. As she approaches the city, she is captured by 25-year-old Irish Colonel Lord Rawdon, who offers safe passage in exchange for three dances at the next ball to celebrate the British victory. So begins an improbable romance between rebel and redcoat as Charleston falls and Rawdon spends the next year trying to subdue the South Carolina backcountry. As the war continues to unfold, Polly finds herself struggling with social niceties and divided loyalties. As Rawdon wins a succession of battles, he begins to discover that victory in both love and war eludes him. Filled with historical detail recounting fashion trends, geographical references, the dangerous reality of battle, and the struggle with disease, The Charleston Gambit accurately captures the beauty, intensity, and heartbreak felt by the entire South Carolina Lowcountry.

Music Series: CSO Chamber Music Christmas Concert
2021-12-17 19:00 - 2021-12-18 20:00, 2021-12-18 19:00 - 20:00 UTC | SC

Music at the Library: The Yale Alley Cats - CANCELED
2022-01-09 18:30 - 19:30 UTC | SC
Due to the dramatic rise in the Omicron Covid-19 variant, and in an abundance of caution, this event has been canceled. Thank you for your understanding!
The Library Society is delighted to welcome back the Yale Alley Cats, the incredibly talented, world-renowned, all-male a cappella singing group from Yale University, making music around the world since their founding back in 1943. The group will perform classic and contemporary songs, all just with the power of their impressive voices. This event is free and open to members only, and an RSVP is required. To RSVP, fill out the form below with your full name and email address.
About the Yale Alley Cats:
On a brisk autumn night in 1943…the Alley Cats ‘founding fathers’ climbed to the top of Saybrook Tower and serenaded campus with their traditional opening number, “Sally in Our Alley.”

Since then, as Yale’s classiest a cappella group, the Cats have created over 200 original arrangements from jazz standards to Motown, from timeless oldies to contemporary chart-toppers. They’ve released several dozen albums, held seventy-four annual Champagne Jamborees, and performed for public figures such as President Barack Obama, her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Martha Stewart, and Jay Leno. In true Cat fashion, as the first Yale a cappella group to tour internationally, they bring their unique brand of refined all-male harmonies, stylistic expertise, and witty charm to destinations around the world.
Their musical repertoire, all arranged by current or former Alley Cats, reflects both their tradition and diversity. It has grown over 77 years to include a mix of everything from the Temptations and Michael Jackson to Sam Smith and Alicia Keys. They add modern pieces while staying true to their roots in jazz standards from the likes of Gershwin, Ellington, and Porter. The complex arrangements and acknowledged musicality allow them to perform for any audience, from ambassadors to elementary schoolers, making for an always exciting Alley Cat experience.

Speaker Series: Brad Taylor
2022-01-10 18:00 - 19:00 UTC | Charleston Library Society, 164 King Street, Charleston, SC, 29401, United States
The Charleston Library Society and Buxton Books proudly welcome a best-selling mega author, and Charleston local, to come speak in the beautiful Main Reading Room at 164 King Street. Taylor will be discussing his most recent release in the Pike Logan series, End of Days.
Tickets for this event are $15 (which includes a $5 off coupon) or $35 for admittance and signed book-included package.
To purchase tickets for this event, click here or call 843-723-9912.
To purchase a signed copy of End of Days, click here!
About the Book:
Pike Logan must stop a deranged killer hell-bent on igniting an international conflagration in this explosive, action-packed thriller from New York Times bestselling author and former special forces officer, Brad Taylor.
When a paragliding trip over the picturesque mountains of Switzerland results in the brutal murder of the former head of Israeli intelligence, Mossad brings in terrorist hunters Aaron and Shoshana to investigate. But they’ll need help to find out who was behind the attack and what they’re planning next. Luckily, Aaron and Shoshana know exactly who to call.
Taskforce operators Pike Logan and Jennifer Cahill have been trapped in Charleston, South Carolina during COVID-19, so when Aaron and Shoshana show up on their doorstep with Israeli passports and a new mission, they jump at the chance to assist their friends. Some suspect that Keta’ib Hezbollah, an Iranian-funded militia group operating in Iraq, might be responsible for the “accidental” deaths of key members of the American and Israeli governments. But something isn’t adding up, and Pike, Jennifer, and the two Mossad operators are determined to find the real assassins before more people are cut down.
As they stumble upon the trail of a serial killer loose on the streets of Rome connected to the deaths and follow evidence leading to the exalted Knights of Malta, they must wade deep into the contentious religious and political fractures of Israel and the greater Middle East. It’s a dangerous world where fanatics and legitimate organizations exist side by side, and it’s up to the Taskforce to determine who is really pulling the strings. What they find could have disastrous consequences not only for them, but for the entire world…
About Brad:
Brad Taylor was born on Okinawa, Japan, but grew up on 40-acres in rural Texas. Graduating from the University of Texas, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army Infantry. Brad served for more than 21 years, retiring as a Special Forces Lieutenant Colonel. During that time he held numerous Infantry and Special Forces positions, including eight years in 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment – Delta where he commanded multiple troops and a squadron. He has conducted operations in support of US national interests in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other classified locations.
His final assignment was as the Assistant Professor of Military Science at The Citadel in Charleston, SC. He holds a Master’s of Science in Defense Analysis from the Naval Postgraduate School, with a concentration in Irregular Warfare. In 2011, Brad published his debut novel, One Rough Man, which was an immediate success and launched the Pike Logan series. Now with more than 14 installments and nearly 3 million copies sold, the series has consistently hit the New York Times bestseller list. When not writing, he serves as a security consultant on asymmetric threats for various agencies. He lives in Charleston, SC with his wife and two daughters.

CLS Zoom Book Club: Klara and the Sun
2022-01-12 10:30 - 12:00 UTC | SC
This event has been moved from in-person to Zoom due to the rise in COVID-19 cases.
Beat the winter blues by joining us for a lively discussion on CLS Book Club’s pick of the season, Klara and the Sun by New York Times Best Seller Kazuo Ishiguro. This magnificent novel from the Nobel laureate and author of Never Let Me Go is “an intriguing take on how artificial intelligence might play a role in our futures … a poignant meditation on love and loneliness” (The Associated Press). Klara and the Sun has also been nominated as a Booker Prize Longlist Nominee, a Good Morning America Book Club Pick, and was on President Obama’s Summer 2021 Reading List.
This event is virtual and free, but an RSVP is required. To RSVP, fill out the form at the bottom of this page.

To purchase your copy of Klara and the Sun from Buxton Books, click here.
About the Book:
Here is the story of Klara, an Artificial Friend with outstanding observational qualities, who, from her place in the store, watches carefully the behavior of those who come in to browse, and of those who pass on the street outside. She remains hopeful that a customer will soon choose her. Klara and the Sun is a thrilling book that offers a look at our changing world through the eyes of an unforgettable narrator, and one that explores the fundamental question: what does it mean to love?

About the Author:
Kazuo Ishiguro was born in Nagasaki, Japan, in 1954 and moved to Britain at the age of five. His eight previous works of fiction have earned him many honors around the world, including the Nobel Prize in Literature and the Booker Prize. His work has been translated into over fifty languages, and The Remains of the Day and Never Let Me Go, both made into acclaimed films, have each sold more than 2 million copies. He was given a knighthood in 2018 for Services to Literature. He also holds the decorations of Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres from France and the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star from Japan.

274th Annual Meeting (Virtual Attendance)
2022-01-18 17:00 - 18:00 UTC | Charleston Library Society, 164 King Street, Charleston, SC, 29401, United States
The Charleston Library Society will celebrate its 274th Annual Meeting in 2022! Mark your calendars for this special Zoom event and RSVP today. Along with a ‘year review’ of the Library, we will be joined by Alex Moore, historian, impeccable researcher, and devoted friend of the Library’s collection. He will be presenting one of our most recently acquired treasures, a portrait of the Library Society’s 23rd president, Joel R. Poinsett!
An RSVP is required to attend – To RSVP, fill out the form at the bottom of this page. This event is open to members only.

Speaker Series: Armand Derfner In Conversation with Deborah Kennedy Kennard
2022-01-20 18:00 - 19:00 UTC | SC
CLS welcomes author and attorney Armand Derfner to discuss Justice Deferred: Race and the Supreme Court. Derfner co-authored this book with historian Orville V. Burton, and it is the first account that comprehensively charts the Court’s race jurisprudence. Derfner will be in conversation with Deborah K. Kennard, successful attorney and businesswoman with extensive experience in the nonprofit sector.
Justice Deferred dives into addressing nearly two hundred cases involving America’s racial minorities, the authors probe the parties involved, the justices’ reasoning, and the impact of individual rulings. We learn of heroes such as Thurgood Marshall; villains, including Roger Taney; and enigmas like Oliver Wendell Holmes and Hugo Black. Much of the fragility of civil rights in America is due to the Supreme Court, but as this sweeping history also reminds us, the justices still have the power to make good on the country’s promise of equal rights for all. Tickets are $10 for CLS members and $15 for nonmembers.
This event is in-person and ticketed – To purchase tickets, click here.
To purchase your copy of Justice Deferred: Race and the Supreme Court from Buxton Books, click here.
About the Authors:

Armand Derfner has been a civil rights lawyer for over fifty years. He has been counsel for, among others, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF) and the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF), and helped desegregate university systems and legislatures across the South. He argued his first Supreme Court case in 1968.
Orville Vernon Burton is the prizewinning author of several books, including The Age of Lincoln. He is Judge Matthew J. Perry Jr. Distinguished Professor of History at Clemson University and Emeritus University Scholar and Professor of History at the University of Illinois.
About Deborah K. Kennard:
Kennard is a graduate of Yale Law School and received her undergraduate degree in Political Science from Duke University, magna cum laude. She is a former managing counsel for Mobil Oil Corporation (now Exxon Mobil Corporation). In that position, she supervised lawyers located in the U.S., London and Singapore who handled legal matters related to the global supply, trading and transportation operations of the company and its affiliates.
She has served on various boards in Washington, D.C., and currently serves on the following nonprofit boards in Charleston, S.C. — Spoleto Festival USA; the Gibbes Museum of Art; WINGS for Kids; and the Charleston-to-Charleston Literary Festival. She is a member of the Executive Committee of the Gibbes Museum of Art and co-chairs the Gibbes’ Distinguished Lecture Series. She has also served on the board of the South Carolina Coastal Conservation League and the Storm Eye Institute of the Medical University of South Carolina. She is married to William E. Kennard, former U.S. Ambassador to the European Union. They live in Charleston, South Carolina, and have one son, Robert, who is a member of High Point University’s Class of 2023.

Ambassador R. L. Walker International Relations & Diplomacy Series: Belgian Ambassador Jean-Arthur Régibeau
2022-01-26 18:00 - 19:00 UTC | SC
The Charleston Library Society is honored to host Ambassador Jean-Arthur Régibeau for the second installment of our Ambassador R.L. Walker International Relations & Diplomacy Series. Amb. Régibeau represents His Majesty The King of the Belgians and Belgium’s federal government in the United States of America and in the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. He is responsible for the direction and work of the Embassy and its Consulates, including bilateral political and economic relations, visa and consular services. For this lecture, Régibeau will discuss the importance of smaller states in the EU, and how they possess a crucial role in the international relations playing field. Tickets are $10 for CLS members and $15 for nonmembers. To purchase tickets, click the link below or call 843-723-9912.
This event is in person and ticketed – To purchase tickets, click here.
About the Ambassador R. L. Walker International Relations & Diplomacy Series:
During the summer of 2021, the Library Society received a very generous gift to establish a program series honoring a South Carolina scholar and diplomat, Richard L. (“Dixie”) Walker. In 1981, Walker was chosen by President Ronald Reagan to serve as his ambassador to the Republic of Korea. After unanimous confirmation by the U.S. Senate, he served with distinction at that post until 1986, longer than any other American ambassador. Walker was on the faculty of Yale University when he was recruited by Governor Donald Russell to organize a new program in international studies at the University of South Carolina (USC) that he headed until 1972. In 1961, he founded the Institute of International Studies and headed it until 1981, as it grew into a preeminent national and international center of research, conferences, consultation and publications. In 1996, the Institute was renamed the Richard L. Walker Institute in his honor. The lecture series will cover a multitude of topics, and we hope that the viewers gain fresh perspectives on the challenges facing the intersecting spheres of international relations & diplomacy.

Speaker Series: Emmanuel Ducamp - From Western Europe to Imperial Russia: A Fair & Fruitful Transmission in Garden Design
2022-02-04 18:00 - 19:00 UTC | SC
Please join us in welcoming Emmanuel Ducamp, lauded art historian, attorney, and author, for a discussion on garden design from Western Europe to Imperial Russia. It is no surprise, as the newly built Russian capital city of St Petersburg was to be “a window on to Europe” that it would also benefit from West European garden design. Perhaps the best known example is that of Peterhof, on the Finland Gulf, where Peter the Great had cascades and water features copied from those he had seen and been impressed with during his visit of Versailles and Marly in May 1717. These precise albums of plans and views were presented to Peter Ist by the Duc d’Antin, Surintendant des Bâtiments du roi, on the occasion of his visit, or simply by drawing French talents to come and work in distant Russia with enticing salaries. Throughout the eighteenth century, the process will repeat itself, would it be in the Imperial gardens of Peterhof, Tsarskoie Selo and Pavlovsk, or in private ones, such as that of Gachina, designed for Count Grigori Orlov, favourite of Catherine the Great, by two English gardeners called in from Britain. Ducamp’s presentation will thus stress how Western sources were copied in Russia, often to find themselves adapted and reinterpreted according to local customs, climate necessities, or distinctive taste, forming altogether a new tradition which has been preserved to this day. This event is in person and ticketed – tickets are $10 for CLS members and $15 for guests.

To purchase your tickets, click here.
About the Author:
An Art historian and lawyer by training, Emmanuel Ducamp started his career as a specialist of French Decorative Arts, soon extending it to foreign countries such as Russia and Germany. He has been traveling to Russia for more than thirty years, working extensively with Russian curators to create a series of books on Russian palaces and parks, the Decorative Arts or Works of Art from Russian collections. In this capacity, he was a co-curator for the exhibition “Artistic Lyxury : Fabergé – Tiffany – Lalique” organized by the Cleveland Museum of Art and the San Francisco Legion of Honour (2009). He recently devoted his teaching at the Ecole du Louvre on Russian palaces and German royal residences, focusing it not only on décor and architecture, but including the study of their surrounding parks, gardens and pavilions. His interest in this subject was sparked by the celebrated French park “Le Bois des Moutiers”, in Normandy, on the board of which he sat for many years, and on which he published a book with the French publishing house Flammarion. He currently sits on the board of the Société des Amateurs de Jardins in Paris, and is a member of the Scientific Committee of the European Institute for Gardens and Landscapes.
Please Note: We are continuing to monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and greatly value the safety of our patrons. All events require masks for entry and are subject to change from in-person to Zoom format if safety protocols need to be amended. To stay up to date on this event’s details, we recommend you check this page regularly. All ticket sales are final.

Speaker Series: Xavier Salomon
2022-02-15 18:00 - 19:00 UTC | Charleston Library Society, 164 King Street, Charleston, SC, 29401, United States
The Library Society is delighted to welcome Xavier Salomon for what is sure to be a riveting discussion about his experience as the Frick Collection’s Deputy Director and Peter Jay Sharp Chief Curator. For this program, Salomon will focus on artist Rosalba Carriera (1673-1757), who was the most celebrated woman artist in eighteenth-century Europe. She worked in the inherently fragile medium of pastel and was always concerned for the well-being of her creations. The recent discovery of a sacred image placed by Rosalba in one of her pastels has led to discovery of a number of similar prints. We will follow in Rosalba’s footsteps, from her house in Venice to the European courts for which her pastels were destined. Tickets for this in-person event are $10 for CLS members and $15 for guests, and can be purchased with the link below or by calling 843-723-9912.
This event is in-person and ticketed – To purchase tickets, click here.
Please Note: We are continuing to monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and greatly value the safety of our patrons. All events require masks for entry and are subject to change from in-person to Zoom format if safety protocols need to be amended. To stay up to date on this event’s details, we recommend you check this page regularly. All ticket sales are final.
About the Speaker:
Salomon is the Frick’s Deputy Director and Peter Jay Sharp Chief Curator. A noted scholar of Paolo Veronese, he curated the monographic exhibition on the artist at the National Gallery, London (2014). Previously, Salomon was Curator in the Department of European Paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and, before that, the Arturo and Holly Melosi Chief Curator at Dulwich Picture Gallery, where he curated Van Dyck in Sicily, 1624–25: Painting and the Plague (2012) and collaborated with Nicholas Cullinan on Twombly and Poussin: Arcadian Painters (2011). As an Andrew W. Mellon Curatorial Fellow at the Frick (2004–6), he curated Veronese’s Allegories: Virtue, Love, and Exploration in Renaissance Venice (2006). Salomon’s other exhibitions for the Frick include Cagnacci’s Repentant Magdalene: An Italian Baroque Masterpiece from the Norton Simon Museum (2016–17), Veronese in Murano: Two Venetian Renaissance Masterpieces Restored (2017–18), Murillo: The Self-Portraits (2017–18), Canova’s George Washington (2018), Tiepolo in Milan: The Lost Frescoes of Palazzo Archinto (2019), and (with Aimee Ng and Alexander Noelle) Bertoldo di Giovanni: The Renaissance of Sculpture in Medici Florence (2019–20). Salomon received his Ph.D. on the patronage of Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini from the Courtauld Institute of Art. He has published in Apollo, The Burlington Magazine, Master Drawings, The Medal, The Art Newspaper, Journal of the History of Collections, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art Journal. Salomon also wrote (with Maira Kalman) the latest volume in the Frick Diptych series, Rembrandt’s Polish Rider (2019). He is a trustee and a member of the Projects Committee of Save Venice. In 2018, Italy named Salomon Cavaliere dell’Ordine della Stella d’Italia.

Lifelong Learning Series: Truth in Journalism
2022-02-17 18:00 - 19:00 UTC | Charleston Library Society, 164 King Street, Charleston, SC, 29401, United States
CLS is elated to re-start our Lifelong Learning Series with three incredible media powerhouses – John Huey, Former Editor-in-Chief of Time Inc., Robert Anderson, revered producer at “60 Minutes”, and Catherine Olian, “60 Minutes”, NBC, and CBS producer. The wonderful trio will be joining us for a two-day program where they will discuss their extensive experience in the media, press, broadcasting, and how these sectors shape our current social and political climate.
On Thursday night, the three experts will discuss the current climate of journalism through the lens of accuracy and truth. This eye-opening evening will be the perfect segue to the four hour symposium with interactive conversations, including a boxed lunch, on Friday morning.
There are two ticket options for this program, see details below:
TWO-DAY PASS (Thursday, Feb. 17 & Friday, Feb. 18): SOLD OUT
$100 – Includes:
-Admission into the evening discussion panel & reception on Feb. 17 from 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
-Admission into the Life Long Learning Symposium on Feb. 18 from 10:00 am – 2:00 pm, which will include group discussion and analysis of the lecture topic.
-A delicious boxed lunch!
-Click here to purchase TWO-DAY PASS tickets.
DISCUSSION ONLY (Thursday, Feb. 17)
$30 – Includes:
-Admission into the evening discussion panel & reception on Feb. 17 from 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
-Click here to purchase DISCUSSION ONLY tickets.

About The Speakers:
John Huey is an American journalist and publishing executive who served as the editor-in-chief of Time Inc., at the time the largest
magazine publisher in the United States, overseeing more than 150 titles, including Time, People, Fortune, Sports Illustrated, Entertainment
Weekly and InStyle. He previously served as the editor of Fortune, Atlanta bureau chief of The Wall Street Journal and founding managing editor, and later editor, of The Wall Street Journal Europe. After serving as a naval intelligence officer, he became a reporter for the Dekalb New Era, a local weekly newspaper in Georgia. Huey then joined The Atlanta Constitution, reporting on crime, politics and general features. In 1975, he joined The Wall Street Journal as a reporter in the Dallas bureau. In 1982, he moved to Brussels to help launch the Wall Street Journal Europe as its managing editor, serving under its editor Norman Pearlstine. Huey became the paper editor a year later. He returned to the United States in 1985 to become a senior special writer for the Wall Street Journal. He took the top editorial job at Time Inc. in 2006, becoming the company’s sixth editor-in-chief since it was founded, with oversight of 3500 journalists. As editor-in-chief, he created the CNNMoney website with Turner Broadcasting System, combining editorial content from CNN, Fortune and Money. In 2013, Huey received the Gerald Loeb Lifetime Achievement Award for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism from the UCLA Anderson School of Management. Huey served as member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the advisory board of the Poynter Institute and the Peabody Awards. He hosts the “Whole Hog” podcast about Southern culture for Garden & Gun.
Bob Anderson is an easily recognizable name to regular “60 Minutes” viewers, as it has appeared before some of the broadcast’s most indelible
stories: deep investigations, interviews with world leaders, and human-interest stories that pique curiosity and tug at the heart. It is a name that has opened more than 180 stories on “60 Minutes” — more than any other producers in the broadcast’s history. Anderson began his career as a reporter in Cedar Rapids before producing local news in Louisville and Philadelphia. He joined CBS News in 1979 as a producer in the Chicago bureau and went on to become the network’s Tokyo bureau chief. Bob Anderson joined “60 Minutes” as a producer in 1990. Following his stint in Asia, Anderson returned to the CBS News Washington bureau, where he covered the 1984 Democratic and Republican National Conventions. He moved to New York to produce for the CBS Evening News and later worked as the network’s foreign editor.
Catherine Olian is a multi-award winning television and digital producer, director, and writer. She has produced and
reported 80 stories for “60 Minutes”, as well producing for NBC News, Bloomberg TV, Retro Report/NYT, various CBS News programs, and “The Years of Living Dangerously”, a documentary series for Showtime. Olian covered stories in over 40 countries and easily works with people from all walks of life. She possesses a great talent for reporting and storytelling to produce content with impact. Olian regularly works with high profile talent such as Kate Snow, Harry Smith, Natalie Morales, Lesley Stahl, Olivia Munn, and previously worked with Morley Safer and Bob Simon. As a PR consultant, she has helped clients tell their stories and get media attention online, as well as in traditional media. She is an adjunct professor at Fordham University, teaching graduate students in Communications. Olian has won 6 Emmy Awards, a Columbia Dupont Award, 2 Peabody Awards and 2 RFK Awards for her work.

Lite Lunch with Melissa Biggs Bradley
2022-02-25 12:00 - 13:30 (America/New_York) | SC
Join us for our first installment of our Lite Lunch Series! For this premiere event, we are delighted to welcome Melissa Biggs Bradley, renowned travel entrepreneur and founder of Indagare, a membership-based luxury travel company that provides rich editorial content combined with the services of a boutique, in-house travel agency. Bradley will discuss what responsible travel looks like, sustainability, and safari as an instrument to conserve endangered areas and animals through the lens of her first book, Safari Style: Exceptional African Camps and Lodges. Ticket packages are $25 for CLS members and $35 for CLS Guests – both complete with a delicious boxed lunch!
This event is in-person and ticketed. To purchase tickets click here.
About the Book:
Safari Style unveils Africa’s new generation of camps and lodges in a lavish volume of spectacular photographs. The book captures the astonishing settings and design ingenuity of the 21st-century eco-safari destination in seven countries—from the classic lodges of Kenya to the indulgent resorts of South Africa and the inspired eco-designed camps of Rwanda.
Handpicked for their outstanding locations in wildlife enclaves, distinctly regional architecture and interiors, and their essential focus on sustainability and conservation, these special properties represent the ultimate African encounter. Drawing on the early 20th-century tradition of the safari, they have reinvigorated the experience with access to parts of Africa previously out of bounds, notably Rwanda, Namibia, and Zimbabwe. These new camps and lodges reinvent the safari and represent a fresh approach to wildlife conservation involving local populations.
To purchase your copy of Safari Style from Buxton Books, click here!
About the Author:
Melissa Biggs Bradley learned the power of travel at an early age. She spent a month in Australia when she was ten, went on her first safari in Africa at the age of twelve and lived in France with a French family for a year of high school. For twelve years, she served as the travel editor at Town & Country and launched Town & Country Travel magazine, which, under her editorship, was nominated for a National Magazine Award for General Excellence by the American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME). She founded Indagare in 2007 because she believed that creating a platform for exchange between like-minded, passionate travelers would allow for more transformative journeys and meaningful global connections. By bringing together curated content, an engaged community and the ability to book travel with experts, Indagare has established a new way to plan and book memorable experiences. Since Indagare’s founding, Melissa has been recognized as a pioneering entrepreneur in the luxury travel space, and Indagare has been named to Inc.’s Fastest Growing Companies in the US and to Crain’s 50 fastest growing companies in New York. She received her BA from Yale College and her master’s degree from Columbia University.

Amb. Walker International Relations & Diplomacy Series: Lt. General Ben Hodges & Col. Ivo Schneider on NATO
2022-03-03 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | SC
CLS is honored to welcome Lt. General Ben Hodges, former commanding general of the U.S. Army Europe, and KzS. Colonel Ivo Schneider of the German Navy for the second installment of our Ambassador R. L. Walker International Relations & Diplomacy Series! The powerful duo will discuss NATO and the seismic challenges it faces today. Discover both an American and a German perspective on the alliance and these constantly evolving risks. Tickets are $10 for CLS Members and $15 for CLS Guests.
This event is in-person and ticketed. To purchase tickets, click here.
About Lt. General Ben Hodges:
A native of Quincy, Florida, Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges graduated from the United States Military Academy in May 1980 and was commissioned in the Infantry. After his first assignment as an Infantry Lieutenant in Germany, he commanded Infantry units at the Company, Battalion and Brigade levels at the 101st Airborne Division and in Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. His most recent operational assignment was as Director of Operations, Regional Command South, in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Lt. Gen. Hodges has also served in a variety of Joint and Army Staff positions to include Tactics Instructor at the Infantry School; Chief of Plans, 2nd Infantry Division in Korea; Aide-de-Camp to the Supreme Allied Commander Europe; Army Congressional Liaison Officer; Task Force Senior Observer-Controller at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, LA; Coalition/Joint -3 (CJ3) of Multi-National Corps-Iraq in Operation IRAQI FREEDOM; Chief of Staff, XVIII Airborne Corps at Fort Bragg; and Director of the Pakistan Afghanistan Coordination Cell on the Joint Staff; Chief of Legislative Liaison for the United States Army. His last assignment was as Commander, NATO Allied Land Command from 2012 to 2014.
About Col. Ivo Schneider:
Col. Schneider began his impressive military career in 1987 when he entered the Naval Academy, and then went on to complete his education at the Federal Armed Forces University Hamburg, focusing on Naval Architecture. From 1992-93, Col. Schneider completed Basic Warfare Training at the Naval Operations School in Bremerhaven, Germany. He then spent two years as a Bridge Watchkeeping Officer (BWO) on the Sail Training Ship Gorch Fock. Furthering his military education even more, Col. Schneider studied courses in Principle Warfare and Joint Command and Staff courses as well. Col. Schneider has lead many different operations, including the Allied Joint Force Command , headquartered in Naples. Starting in 2009, he joined the Planning Division of the Ministry of Defence –
Multinational Force Planning (NATO / EU). Later he became the Commanding Officer for German Navy Task Group 2015 and Branch Head Management Training for the German Navy Headquarters. Also, from 2018 to 2020, Col. Schneider held position of Division Head Capability Development at German Navy Headquarters. In the summer of 2021, he became the Naval Attaché to the United States for the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany.

About the Ambassador R. L. Walker International Relations & Diplomacy Series:
During the summer of 2021, the Library Society received a very generous gift to establish a program series honoring a South Carolina scholar and diplomat, Richard L. (“Dixie”) Walker. In 1981, Walker was chosen by President Ronald Reagan to serve as his ambassador to the Republic of Korea. After unanimous confirmation by the U. S. Senate, he served with distinction at that post until 1986, longer than any other American ambassador. Walker was on the faculty of Yale University when he was recruited by Governor Donald Russell to organize a new program in international studies at the University of South Carolina (USC) that he headed until 1972. In 1961, he founded the Institute of International Studies and headed it until 1981, as it grew into a preeminent national and international center of research, conferences, consultation and publications. In 1996, the Institute was renamed the Richard L. Walker Institute in his honor. The lecture series will cover a multitude of topics, and we hope that the viewers gain fresh perspectives on the challenges facing the intersecting spheres of international relations & diplomacy.

March New Member's Mingle
2022-03-14 17:00 - 18:00 UTC | SC
Please join us for our New Member’s Mingle! Every second Monday of the month, we host our newest members of the CLS family. Starting our night off with a complimentary glass of wine, the evening will include an orientation of the Library and informational tour with Q & A about your membership benefit. This month, since February’s Mingle was cancelled, we’re happy to welcome in all of our newest February and March Members together!
Please RSVP with the form below. We’re look forward to seeing you then!

Middleton Place Foundation Book Launch with Virginia Beach - American Landmark
2022-03-15 18:00 - 19:00 UTC | SC
Join us in welcoming beloved author Virginia Beach for a book launch celebration of her newest piece of work, American Landmark: Charles Duell and the Rebirth of Middleton Place, hosted by the Middleton Place Foundation. When Beach undertook writing the history of the Middleton Place Foundation, she began by tracing the early life of Middleton descendant Charles Duell, who established the nonprofit foundation in 1974. Seeking to understand the importance of Middleton Place in the pantheon of American landmarks, the author also examined some 400 years of the historical record – starting with the colonial era and the American Revolution, through the Civil War and Reconstruction, and into the 20th and 21st centuries. Affirming Ralph Waldo Emerson’s thesis that “there is properly no history, only biography,” American Landmark weaves together myriad biographical stories, introducing us to an array of protagonists – both White and Black – associated with Middleton Place. Whether a president of the First Continental Congress, a schooner captain, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, or a pastry cook – the lives of numerous Middletons are intertwined with those of the enslaved men and women, and their descendants, who served them. Moreover, Middleton Place has become a nexus for truth seeking and reconciliation as Americans pursue a fuller understanding of their past.
This event is in-person, free, and open to the public, but an RSVP is required. To RSVP, please fill out the form below.
To purchase your copy of American Landmark: Charles Duell and the Rebirth of Middleton Place by Virginia Beach from Buxton Books, click here.
About the Author:

Virginia Beach writes for numerous publications on the subjects of plantation history and land conservation. She has also served on the staffs of The Nature Conservancy, the Lowcountry Land Trust and the South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium, as well as on the national editorial board of Saving Land. A native of Richmond, she earned a B.A. in English from the University of Virginia and served for two years as a Peace Corps volunteer in East Africa.Virginia’s first book, Medway, a history of a Cooper River rice plantation, was published by Wyrick & Company with photographs by Tom Blagden. Her next book, Rice & Ducks: The Surprising Convergence that Saved the Carolina Lowcountry, was published jointly by Ducks Unlimited and Evening Post Books. It chronicles the land conservation movement of Lowcountry South Carolina and won the 2015 Independent Publisher’s gold medal for best southeastern nonfiction.Virginia and her husband, Dana Beach – who founded the Coastal Conservation League in 1989 – are avid birders and nature enthusiasts, having lived in Charleston for nearly four decades and raised their two children there. In 2019, they collaborated to write a history of the Conservation League entitled, A Wholly Admirable Thing: Defending Nature and Community on the South Carolina Coast.
