The University of South Carolina’s series of free community readings and lectures, "Caught in the Creative Act: Writers Talk about their Writing," will close with Salman Rushdie. The lineup also includes National Book Award winner Joyce Carol Oates, novelist and cultural critic Edmund White, novelist and Commonwealth Writer’s Prize winner Shauna Singh Baldwin, poet Peter Balakian and novelist, biographer and cultural critic Francine du Plessix Gray. The course will take place Mondays and Wednesdays from 5:45 to 7 p.m. in Gambrell Hall auditorium. This year’s course has two sessions: September 17-October 3 and March 17-April 9. “Caught in the Creative Act” is directed and taught by Janette Turner Hospital, a Carolina Distinguished Professor of English and Distinguished Writer-in-Residence. The course is free, but registration is required. To register, send name and address to by e-mail to jthospital@sc.edu, by fax to 803-777-9064, or by mail to Caught in the Creative Act, Department of English, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208.
Film Fanatics will discuss the 2007 version of 3:10 to Yuma, August 11th at 7pm at the Spartanburg County Public Libraries Headquarters. The library provides copies of the film for viewing prior to the discussion.
Film Fanatics will discuss the film Atonement, September 8th at 7:00 PM at the Spartanburg County Public Libraries Headquarters. The library provides copies of the film for viewing prior to the discussion. 
As part of The Big Read: Join the Hunt, Film Fanatics will view and discuss the 1941 version of The Maltese Falcon, October 13th at the Spartanburg County Public Library Headquarters.