Active Voice: Authors Talk Writing at the Timrod – February 15, 9:00 a.m.
On Feb. 15, the Timrod Library presents Active Voice: Authors Talk Writing at the Timrod, This Summerville Book Festival event is a panel discussion with well-known authors including NYT bestselling novelist Cassandra King, journalist and historian Brian Hicks, legal thriller author Caroline Cleveland, and crime writer Yasmin Angoe.
The authors will discuss their craft and the writing life in a discussion moderated by Dr. Scott Yarbrough of Charleston Southern University.
This intimate gathering at the Timrod Library offers a readers and writers a unique opportunity to meet top authors and hear about their lives and work in a historic literary setting. Each participant will also receive a Timrod Library book bag with writerly gifts tucked inside.
Seating is limited, so don’t wait to get your ticket to meet and hear from these accomplished authors.
Schedule:
9:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast
9:30 a.m. Panel Discussion
11:30 a.m. Q&A Session
Noon: Lunch on your own in historic downtown Summerville and attend more Book Fest events!
The Timrod Library is partnering with Main Street Reads and Summerville Dream to bring the Summerville Book Festival to our community. See the complete schedule. Additional tickets are required for some events. This ticket is for the Active Voice event only. All proceeds benefit the historic Timrod Library.
On Feb. 15, the Timrod Library presents Active Voice: Authors Talk Writing at the Timrod, This Summerville Book Festival event is a panel discussion with well-known authors including NYT bestselling novelist Cassandra King, journalist and historian Brian Hicks, legal thriller author Caroline Cleveland, and crime writer Yasmin Angoe.
The authors will discuss their craft and the writing life in a discussion moderated by Dr. Scott Yarbrough of Charleston Southern University.
This intimate gathering at the Timrod Library offers a readers and writers a unique opportunity to meet top authors and hear about their lives and work in a historic literary setting. Each participant will also receive a Timrod Library book bag with writerly gifts tucked inside.
Seating is limited, so don’t wait to get your ticket to meet and hear from these accomplished authors.
Schedule:
9:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast
9:30 a.m. Panel Discussion
11:30 a.m. Q&A Session
Noon: Lunch on your own in historic downtown Summerville and attend more Book Fest events!
The Timrod Library is partnering with Main Street Reads and Summerville Dream to bring the Summerville Book Festival to our community. See the complete schedule. Additional tickets are required for some events. This ticket is for the Active Voice event only. All proceeds benefit the historic Timrod Library.
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Meet the Active Voice panelists: Cassandra King is the author of the New York Times bestseller, The Sunday Wife, and the author of several other novels and nonfiction books, in addition to numerous short stories, essays, and magazine articles. The Sunday Wife, was a Literary Guild and Book-of-the-Month Club selection, and a South Carolina Readers’ Circle selection, among many distinctions. Cassandra appeared in the Timrod Library Author Series in 2019, to discuss her memoir, Tell Me a Story: My Life With Pat Conroy, and is among the most popular speakers in the 25-year history of the series. The widow of acclaimed author Pat Conroy, Cassandra resides in Beaufort, South Carolina, where she is honorary chair of the Pat Conroy Literary Center. Brian Hicks is a journalist and the author of multiple books about historical events, including Ghost Ship and Raising the Hunley. A senior writer with The Post and Courier, he has won more than a dozen journalism awards, including the South Carolina Press Association's award for Journalist of the Year. Hicks and his books have appeared at the Timrod Library, on National Public Radio and in major newspapers, including the Boston Globe, the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Chicago Tribune. He has been featured on the Discovery Channel, National Geographic and CBS Sunday Morning. Brian lives in Charleston with his wife and two sons. Yasmin Angoe is the author of multiple action and psychological suspense thrillers, including Her Name is Knight and her latest book, Not What She Seems. A first-generation Ghanaian American, she received the Eleanor Taylor Bland Award for Emerging Writers of Color from Sisters in Crime in 2020. Yasmin’s work has been featured as Best Book of the Month for Mystery, Thriller and Suspense, and an Editor’s Pick by Amazon. Her Nena Knight series has been optioned for a TV/film adaptation. Her Name Is Knight has been mentioned in the New York Times Book Review, OprahDaily.com, POPSUGAR, Nerd Daily, the Washington Independent Review of Books, The Guardian, and other platforms. Yasmin is a former English teacher and instructional coach, and lives in South Carolina with her husband and children. Caroline Cleveland cannot resist a character with a dark secret. She gravitates—both as a writer and a reader—toward mystery and suspense. Her debut novel, When Cicadas Cry is about a high-profile murder case in a small South Carolina town rife with racial tension. It was described by bestselling novelist, Hank Phillippi Ryan, as “John Grisham meets Harper Lee.” Caroline draws on her Southern perspective and her rich and varied life experience working in the law for her writing. Caroline is the founding member of the law firm Cleveland & Conley, LLC, where she represents private and public employers, including law enforcement. She lives in Charleston with her husband, David. |