Talks & Signings
Member of the SC Humanities Speakers Bureau
Order of the Palmetto
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2019
Jan. 17, US Naval Academy Alumni Association of the Midlands, SC Country Roads, Cola
Jan 22, Newberry Opera House, Newberry, Smithsonian Exhibit “Crossroads: Change In Rural America,” 11 a.m. Kids’ Talk, 7 p.m. Adults’ Talk — South Carolina Country Roads
Feb. 28, Forest Lake Presb. Church, Exploring SC’s Back Roads, Noon
March 2, The Augusta Literary Festival, Augusta, Georgia
March 4, Dutch Fork High School, Change in the Rural South, Irmo, SC
March 7 – 10, The Starry Place Between The Stars James Dickey Festival, Cola, SC
March 14, Private Group, Augusta, Georgia
March 19, DAR Luncheon, Aiken, SC, 11 a.m.
March 27, USC Aiken, SC Country Roads, Penland Building, 1 – 2 p.m. Aiken
April 9, Bishopville, Library, Author Tammy Davis & Tom Poland, 5:00, Chamber of Commerce-sponsored event, open to the public
April 26, Fountain Inn Museum Society SC Country Roads
April 27, Irmo Branch Library, Palmetto Scribes, 2 – 5 p.m.
April 28, Edgefield Preservation Association, Abandonment Along The Back Roads, 3 pm Tompkins Library
April 29, Chapin Historical Society, Chapin Library, Back Roads of SC, 6 p.m.
May 2, SC State Library, Cola SC, South Carolina Country Roads, Noon
May 4, Arts on the Ridge 2019 in Ridgeway, SC from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
June 29, Rose Hill Plantation, SC Back Roads, 4:30 p.m., Union SC
July 3, Chapin Branch Library, Georgialina, A Southland As We Knew It, 11 a.m.
July 9, Private Event
July 16, Swansea Branch Library, SC Backroads, 5:30 p.m.
July 18, Lake City Library, The Last Sunday Drive & Carolina Bays, 11 am to 1 pm
August 15, North Augusta, SC Back Roads
September 5, USC Honors 384 Class, Horseshoe, USC, Columbia
Sept. 12, SIBA Conference, Spartanburg, 3:30-5 A “Sunday Drive” to Glendale Ruins
Sept. 20, Southern Studies Showcase, Edgefield, SC, 3:45 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.
Oct. 10, State of the Heart panel with Aida Rogers and SC Library Association, 11 am Columbia Marriott, Columbia SC
Oct. 10, Richland Ballentine Library, 1200 Dutch Fork Rd. Irmo, 6 pm to 7:30 pm, SC Back Roads
Nov. 19, Words & Wine, Lourie Center, Book Signing, 5 to 8 pm
Nov. 24, Mast General, Cola SC, The Last Sunday Drive, 1 – 4 p.m.
Dec. 11, Lexington County Master Gardeners, Carolina Bays and The Last Sunday Drive, noon, Harbison Rec. Center, Irmo, SC
2020
March 15, Hub City DELICIOUS READS Spartanburg Marriot, Carolina Bays 1-5 pm
March 20, Carolina Wetlands Association, Carolina Bays
