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Charleston to Charleston Literary Festival presents History on Trial

Charleston Library Society 164 King Street, Charleston

In a history-making court case, historian Deborah Lipstadt and Penguin Books were sued for libel in an English court by David Irving for accusing him of Holocaust denial. Deborah Lipstadt won the trial and became the topic of the film, Denial,Read more

$25

Charleston to Charleston Literary Festival presents Unexampled Courage

Charleston Library Society 164 King Street, Charleston

United States District Judge Richard Gergel, renowned for presiding over some of the Lowcountry’s most contentious lawsuits, discusses his upcoming book Unexampled Courage about the pioneering civil rights decisions of Judge J.Waties Waring which challenged the segregation orthodoxy of the South.  Chaired by William Hubbard,Read more

$25

Charleston to Charleston Literary Festival presents The World Broke in Two

Charleston Library Society 164 King Street, Charleston

Marking the 100th anniversary of the Armistice, American author Bill Goldstein and English author Alexandra Harris examine the impact and aftermath of World War 1 on a range of British and US writers including Virginia Woolf, E.M. Forster, D.H. LawrenceRead more

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