Kids kick off S.C. Book Festival
The S.C. Book Festival runs May 15 through May 17.
Saturday and Sunday’s programs will take place at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center and are free.
Thousands of children kicked off the festival Friday, before the opening night reception.
For more information and a complete schedule of events including authors and exhibitors, visit www.scbookfestival.org.
Saturday’s highlights
Panel: The Shark’s Tooth, with Ron Rash and Mary Alice Monroe, 10:40-11:30 a.m. Richland C.
Panel: Queens of Southern Story, with Dorothea Benton Frank, Patti Callahan Henry, Mary Alice Monroe, 11:50 a.m.-12:40 p.m. Richland A & B
Panel: “Spurrier: How the Ball Coach Taught the South to Play Football,” with author Ran Henry, 3:20-4:10 p.m., Carolina A
Panel: Southern Kitchen, with authors Griff and Cheryl Day of Savannah and James Beard award-winning cookbook author Nathalie Dupree, 3:20-4:10 p.m, Richland Meeting Room A&B
Sunday’s highights
Panel: 75 Years of Marvel Comics, with Roy Thomas, 2:50-3:40 p.m. Richland C
Event: South Carolina Writers Workshop Presents Slush Fest. Bring one printed copy of the first page of a novel to be shared with the instructors and participants. 4-4:50 p.m., Carolina A.
Event: Young adult author Meg Cabot (“The Princess Diaries”), 4-4:50 p.m., Richland A & B
Children’s programs
The book festival and Richland Library are offering performances and other programs Saturday in the Congaree Meeting Room at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center
Children’s Pavilion Stage Performances
9:30-10:20 a.m. Movers & Shakers Storytime: African Drumming
10:40-11:30 a.m. Sarah Dippity
11:50 a.m.-12:40 p.m. Columbia Children’s Theatre presents Skippyjon Jones: Cirque de Olé
1-1:50 p.m. Rockin’ & Reading with Read-a-Rama presented by Dr. Michelle Martin
2:10-3 p.m. Connecting Kids with Nature: The Great Blue Heron of South Carolina presented by photographer and author Frank Baker
3:20-4:10 p.m. AC Flora Theatre presents “The Giver”