December 1 - January 31
Soar into all the latest and greatest books this winter with Adult Winter Reading!
Stop by any library location between December 1st and January 31st to pick up your AWR card and complete any six of the challenges. Return your completed card to your local library to receive a stylish bird feeder (while supplies last) to help welcome all your winged friends this winter.
Don’t want to spread your wings to pick up your card? Click one of the buttons below to print out your own card at home or request a card be flown over to you!
To commemorate this year’s Adult Winter Reading, SCPL is hosting a variety of programs for adults at every library location, including the following events:
Lauded thriller writer Jeffery Deaver will be in Spartanburg to promote his latest novel in the bestselling Lincoln Rhyme series, The Watchmaker’s Hand. The event area will open at 6:30pm. The library will give away a limited number of copies of The Watchmaker’s Hand to celebrate, and Deaver will sign books after the event.
For more information on Jeffery Deaver and his latest novel, visit jefferydeaver.com. To register for a seat, visit the link below.
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Learn about the life of the talented military strategist and Continental Army General Nathanael Greene at SCPL winter edition of Chautauqua. The general will discuss major events of his life including his time on the front lines of the American War for Independence.
For further information about Chautauqua, visit historycomesalive.org. For more information about this Chautauqua performance, call the Kennedy Room at 864-596-3508. To register for this event, visit the link below.
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Fantasy novelist Elayne Audrey Becker is inspired by the world around her, and writes stories that merge together her passions for history, myth, mountains and magic. Becker will speak about her novel Forestborn, her writing process, and her previous work as an Assistant Editor at Macmillan.
For the newest information about Elayne Audrey Becker and her novels, visit her website at elaynebecker.com/books.
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R. F. Kuang will not be able to visit Spartanburg in January, but we are working to bring her here at a later date.
Nebula Award-winner R.F. Kuang has written historical fantasy, dark academia, and literary fiction, and was recently added to the 2023 Time100 Next list.
Her most recent work, Yellowface, is a riotous novel written in first-person that dives into questions of diversity, racism, and cultural appropriation. In addition to discussing Yellowface, Kuang will answer questions about her critically acclaimed bestsellers Babel and The Poppy War trilogy.
For the latest information on R.F. Kuang and her stories visit her website at rfkuang.com.