AUTHOR SCHEDULE ••• FRIDAY (at OVERDUE ) | MARCH 28
AUDITORIUM
8 – 9 PM Wham! Kapow! Gain a superpower, fight the villain, be the hero, pick up the next issue and start it all over again. Chuck Brown, Aqua-Man, Superman, Titans, Bitterroot Chad Bowers, X-Men ‘92, Deadpool Qiana Whitted, Desegregating Comics: Debating Blackness in the Golden Age of American Comics
MAIN STAGE
SATURDAY | MARCH 29 10 – 11 AM
11:30 – 12:30 PM
1 – 2 PM
2:30 – 3:30 PM
4 – 5 PM
What’s Love Got to Do With It?
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It’s Emotionally Complicated!
Clues and Conspiracies
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Check true love off your bucket list, no matter if you find it at an amusement park, an award-winning small town, an exclusive resort or the Royal Academy of Science.
In conversation with Carla Damron.
AUDITORIUM
With all these twists and turns and a bit of betrayal, will they find love and passion in their future?
Mystery is everywhere, even in small towns and island resorts. Where will the clues take you, and what dark secrets might you uncover on the journey?
Aries Skye, Love on the Rebound
C. Hope Clark, Edisto Storm
KC Mills, You Could Do Damage
Carla Damron, The Orchid Tattoo
Kimberly Brown, Courage to Love Again
Allie Pleiter, One Sharp Stitch
Synithia Williams, Frenemies with Benefits
Patti Callahan Henry is a New York Times, Globe and Mail, and USA Today bestselling author of eighteen novels, including thirteen contemporaries set mainly in the South Carolina’s Lowcountry and, more recently, six works of historical fiction: The Story She Left Behind (March 2025), The Secret Book of Flora Lea, Once Upon a Wardrobe, Surviving Savannah, Wild Swan, and Becoming Mrs. Lewis.
Injustice in Focus
Ooh Scary!
Echoes of the Past
Experience a firsthand account of the fight for civil rights in South Carolina through Williams’s life behind the camera through his photography.
Creepy and spooky with a Southern drawl—think taxidermy, off-kilter hospitality, and melancholy. It’ll give you the vapors.
Get a true sense of the past by exploring the emotions and motivations of imagined women characters rooted in Southern historical events.
Vanessa Riley, A Wager at Midnight Amy Ratcliffe, Thrill Ride Cassie Verano, 90 Days to Love
Cecil Williams, Injustice in Focus: The Civil Rights Photography of Cecil Williams Claudia Smith Brinson, Injustice in Focus: The Civil Rights Photography of Cecil Williams
Hub City 30th Anniversary Celebrate and reflect on the first 30 years of Hub City and share the joys, challenges, and goals for the next chapter.
THEATER
Patti Callahan Henry
Betsy Teter, North of Main: Spartanburg’s Historic Black Neighborhoods of North Dean Street, Gas Bottom, and Back of the College Meg Reid, Executive Director Ray McManus, The Last Saturday in America
Julia Elliot, Hellions: Stories Emily Carpenter, Gothictown Nathan Ballingrud, Crypt of the Moon Spider
B Love, The Loyal Wife
Vanessa Miller, The American Queen Rhonda McKnight, Bitter & Sweet Diane C. McPhail, Follow the Stars Home Donna Everhart, When the Jessamine Grows
The Cheese Biscuit Queen Tells All Queen Mary Martha exclaims, “kiss my aspic!,” telling stories that some might wish were kept within the family. She’ll share recipes just as juicy and delicious as the best gossip. Mary Martha Greene, The Cheese Biscuit Queen Kiss My Aspic! Jeffrey Dale Lofton, Moderator
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DéLana R.A. Dameron DéLana R.A. Dameron is an artist whose primary medium is storytelling. Her first book of fiction is Redwood Court (Random House, February 2024), a Reese Book Club pick. Her debut poetry collection, How God Ends Us, was selected by Elizabeth Alexander for the SC Poetry Book Prize, and her second collection, Weary Kingdom, was chosen by Nikky Finney for the Palmetto Poetry Series.
Mike Curato Mike Curato is an author and illustrator of books for children, teens, and adults. He is best known for his Little Elliot picture book series and his young adult graphic novel, Flamer, which was released to critical acclaim and received several honors including the 2020 Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ Young Adult, the 2021 Massachusetts Book Award for Young Adult, and was listed as one of NPR’s Best Books of 2020.
Picturing the Past Photographs and portraits connect us to the past, demonstrate what’s important to us, and channel our affections. Explore the power of photography and the work of photographer Richard Samuel Roberts. Dianne Johnson Feelings, H is for Harlem Vennie Deas Moore, Palmetto Portraits Dr. Bobby Donaldson, Moderator
Public Poetry and Politics
Beavers and People
Over the Top, Just South
Current and former poets laureate will share their stories, poetry, and experiences promoting poetry in their home places from around South Carolina
Beavers are a vital species that can shape landscapes and build important water sources. But how can humans and beavers better co-exist?
Southern man better keep your head and deal with the long shadow of your past that’s cast over modern masculinity.
Marjory Wentworth, One River, One Boat
Cassie Premo Steele, Beaver Girl
Jennifer Bartell Boykin, Traveling Mercy Angelo Geter, More God than Dead Marcus Amaker, Hold What Makes You Whole Ed Madden, A Pooka in Arkansas
Ray McManus, The Last Saturday in America David Joy, Those We Thought We Knew Chris Koslowski, Kayfabe