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

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

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Revolutionary Ghosts with Author and Storyteller, Tally Johnson

October 29, 2026, 6:00 PM

Please join us for our next Speaker at the Center talk with award-winning storyteller, author, and folklorist Tally Johnson, who will tell ghost stories from the Revolutionary War period, covering South Carolina from the mountains to the sea. You will learn some of the hidden history of the Revolution via the rich ghostlore of South Carolina, where the Revolution was won.