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Boiling Springs...Finally

We have discussed the expansion of the Boiling Springs Library for several years and we are finally there. We broke ground today and tomorrow the contractor will begin renovating and expanding the library.

Thanks to the Scouts who came back from a Scouting trip to retire the flag. Virgil Page a long time volunteer of the community and library advocate received the flag. We should be in the library in September. In the meantime - we will run a temporary facility at KVC Plaza - on #9.

jamboread! 2008

jamboread! is March 1st at the Headquarters Library in downtown Spartanburg. Head directly to the jamboread! web page for details - click here.

For pictures from last year's event - click here.

It is a great event and has something for everyone. See you there!

Books Meet Art

Nicholas Basbanes will visit Spartanburg on March 5th and 6th. Basbanes, a true bibliophile, will attend the closing reception of the "People Reading" art exhibit at the Chapman Cultural Center on March 5th. The reception is free and open to the public.

Basbanes will speak in the Barrett Community Room at the Headquarters Library on Thursday, March 6 at 7:00pm. From Brasbanes' website:
Well known for writing about books and bibliophiles, Nicholas Basbanes has worked as an award-winning investigative reporter, a literary editor, and a nationally syndicated columnist. His first book, A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books, was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in nonfiction for 1995, and was named a New York Times Notable Book of the Year.

For more information on Basbanes you may visit: http://www.nicholasbasbanes.com/

Coffee Anyone?

The Library Store at Headquarters now sells coffee by the bag. Named "Book Junkies Java" - a bold Sulawesi blend prepared by Little River Roasting Co. in Spartanburg but with our own personal label on it.