by Barbara Lemos | Oct 19, 2023 | FOLSOI Organization
October 15-21 marks United for Libraries’ 18th annual “National Friends of Libraries Week.” Here in Brunswick County and across America, libraries compete for funding against other priorities. “Friends” groups help to close the gap between reality and aspiration...
by Barbara Lemos | Dec 26, 2022 | Meet the Author
Authors are often advised to “write what you know.” When bestselling author Jean Heller addressed a capacity crowd at Southport’s Harper Library on December 5th, “Meet the Author” attendees learned that her knowledge, accumulated through decades of experience as...
by Barbara Lemos | Nov 16, 2022 | Meet the Author
Parlaying his background in training and stress management and his infectious good humor, author Stephen Patterson regaled a roomful of Harper Library “Meet the Author” attendees ready to leave their cares behind and enjoy a good laugh. We had Stephen’s long-suffering...
by Barbara Lemos | Nov 6, 2022 | Meet the Author
As fog enveloped the 801 Ocean Event Center, over 130 attendees gathered for a very special “Meet the Author” program featuring New York Times bestselling author Nina de Gramont discussing her book, The Christie Affair. Blending historical fiction, mystery,...
by Barbara Lemos | Sep 15, 2022 | Events
Many of us have stories in our heads that never make it onto the printed page. Those who do complete this mysterious process – including Jeff Siebold, Jean Heller, John Graves, and Teri Brown, the “Authors We Adore by the Sea” – shared their methods at FOLSOI’s recent...
