At the beginning of the eighteenth century, South Carolina’s colonial government raised a fortified trace of earthen walls and moats around the nucleus of urban Charleston. These defensive works constrained the town’s growth for more than twenty y...
CHARLESTON, S.C. – A set of new Book Club Kits, featuring a fictional story centered in a domestic violence relationship, is now available for borrowing at the Charleston County Public Library (CCPL). The kits feature the best-selling novel “...
This October, The Charleston County Public Library is highlighting teen services during TeenTober! Developed by the Young Adult Library Services Association’s (YALSA), this month-long event strives to raise awareness of the importance of year-...
Maritime traffic between Charleston and various ports in the Spanish-speaking Americas was once an important part of the local economy. Prohibited by British law for most of South Carolina’s colonial century, commerce with Cadiz, Havana, Vera Cruz...
Keith Summey North Charleston Library's Adult Services Librarian Ramon Maclin interviews New York Times Bestselling Author Jonathan Eig on his latest bookA King Life. Eig is the bestselling author of six books including his most recent one. Y...
The Charleston County Public Library (CCPL) has been awarded a grant from the Public Library Association in partnership with AT&T to provide digital literacy skills training in Spanish and English. CCPL was one of 200 libraries nationwide selecte...
In September 1973, a group of preservation activists coined the term “French Quarter” to describe a single block of urban Charleston that was slated for demolition. The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places that same month, an...
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