“Beach House Rules” by Kristy Woodson Harvey

What is your guilty pleasure? What do you head for when you’ve had a bad day? A bowl of ice cream, a glass of wine, a bacon sandwich? Well, you can save those calories, just get a hold of Kristy Woodson Harvey’s newest of twelve novels, Beach House Rules (Gallery Books 2025), set it aside […]

Mary Ellen Thompson interviews Margaret Seidler, author of “ ‘Payne-Ful’ Business: Charleston’s Journey To Truth”

Introduction: I met Margaret Seidler at USCB in January at the opening reception for her book, “Payne-Ful” Business Charleston’s Journey To Truth. Her narrative is combined with artwork based on the advertisements for the sale of enslaved people, painted by John W. Jones. After Margaret spoke, I went right up to her and said “I’m […]

“‘Payne-Ful’ Business: Charleston’s Journey to Truth” by Margaret Seidler

Margaret Seidler’s book, “Payne-Ful” Business: Charleston’s Journey To Truth, is going to be known in the future as a pivotal point in changing history. Margaret has not written “another” book about slavery, it is not a memoir where she feels sorry for her circumstances, it is a wake-up call to embrace the kind of knowledge […]

“The Cheese Biscuit Queen Kiss My Aspic!” by Mary Martha Greene

Are you hungry? Because if you are, Mary Martha Greene will send you straight into the kitchen with her new book, The Cheese Biscuit Queen Kiss My Aspic!. You’re probably not going to get past the first couple of recipes in this book before you have to gather your ingredients and make one of them. […]

Mary Ellen Thompson interviews Mary Martha Greene, author of “The Cheese Biscuit Queen Kiss My Aspic!”

Introduction: I have known Mary Martha Greene for years and have consumed more of her famous cheese biscuits than I care to admit. If there is a cocktail party in the lowcountry of South Carolina that doesn’t have a plate of her cheese biscuits—well, I won’t cast aspersions. Mary Martha’s newest book, The Cheese Biscuit […]

Monroeville Literary Festival: Cassandra King named 2025 Harper Lee Award Recipent