Center for the Book Selects SC's 2026 Great Reads from Great Places

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Cover of Backcountry Resistance and An Army of a Different Kind on a gray background.

Every year, the South Carolina Center for the Book makes an adult and a youth “Great Reads from Great Places” selection. These selections are highlighted at the annual Library of Congress National Book Festival as part of the Roadmap to Reading.

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Upcoming Event

Photo of author Mary Martha Greene in her kitchen.

Mary Martha Greene, The Cheese Biscuit Queen

November 19, 2026, 6:00 PM

Please join us for our next Speaker at the Center talk with The Cheese Biscuit Queen, Mary Martha Greene. Greene, the author The Cheese Biscuit Queen: Kiss my aspic! Southern Recipes, Saucy Stories, and More Rambunctious Behavior and The Cheese Biscuit Queen Tells All: Southern Recipes, Sweet Remembrances, and a Little Rambunctious Behavior will demonstrate preparing a champagne mustard.