Gullah-Geechee Cultural Heritage Month

The days are getting shorter. The temperature is cooling off. Football is on the TV. We’ve entered the BER months! For families, the BER months mean scouts, fall sports, dance classes, holidays, chili cook-offs, festivals, and family traditions! For library life, October means cardigans, pumpkins, and of course, Halloween!

Do you write books? Have you published a book or are you working on one now? Beaufort County Library is looking for local authors to participate in our second annual local author festival: Pen & Palmetto: Write Local. Read Local. Saturday, January 23, 2027 | 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Pen & Palmetto gives local authors a chance to meet readers, connect with fellow authors, and sell their books. It's a wonderful opportunity to celebrate the wonderful and vast creativity of those in the Lowcountry!...

October is the perfect time to embrace a little fright, and what better way to get into the Halloween spirit than with a scary story? What makes a book scary? Maybe it’s a creepy story that you couldn’t put down, or one you had to put down because it was too scary. Maybe a particular scene stayed with you long after you finished the book, or maybe you read something as a child (or as an adult!) that made you think twice about turning off the lights at bedtime. We asked our library staff to...