This year’s FOLSOI Annual Meeting and Southport Book Festival: “Authors We Adore by the Shore,” was a success in anyone’s book! We filled the Southport Community Center with attendees intrigued to hear from award-winning local authors Teri M. Brown, John Graves, Jean...
Bienvenido to our September Newsletter! It’s time to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, which runs from September 15 – October 15. ¡Colorín colorado!, a bi-lingual site for educators and families of English learners, offers a fantastic collection of...
Greensboro, North Carolina, author Tim Swink addressed a capacity crowd at Barbee Library on Oak Island this week to talk about his life, books and craft. Introduced by FOLSOI’s Programs Co-Chair, Patty Langer, Tim described his background working first for newspapers...
For Banned Books Week (Sept. 18-24), I want to share the experiences of my mother and her parents who lived in Berlin as the Nazis came to power. The quotations below from my mother shine a light on the intellectual darkness that soon enveloped Germany. “On the night...
The Barbee Library Max and Sarah Williams Life Long Learners have once again made history with the launch of hybrid presentation capabilities offering concurrent “in-library” and “via Zoom” participation options. This week, Southport Historical Society President Dr....
(Southport) Coffee and Friends Go Together! Mark your calendar for Thursday, March 17 when you should grab a friend or two for a delicious coffee drink from the good folks at Southport Coffee, 5503 Rob Gandy Blvd in Southport. That’s because FOLSOI has been...
