Friends of the Waccamaw Library

06/23/2026

ANOTHER FEATURED SILENT AUCTION ITEM BEING OFFERED AT THE FOWL BOOK SALE THIS WEEK!

Place your bid on this Original Production Cel and Clean-up Drawing from the episode “The Return of Jafar” of the Walt Disney Television animated series “Disney’s Aladdin The Series” (1994-95). The image captures a tender moment between Aladdin and Jasmine. The silver Walt Disney Television Animation Art seal appears on both images. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity on the back.

06/22/2026

Join Us for our Annual Book Sale at The Waccamaw Library!
Friends Night on this Thursday.
Open to the Public Friday and Saturday.

06/22/2026

06/20/2026

🖊📖 Georgetown County Library (GCL) has officially appointed accomplished writer & educator Hastings Hensel as its second Poet Laureate. His two-year term will run from June 2026, until June 2028. Hensel earned his M.F.A. from Johns Hopkins University & teaches at Coastal Carolina University. He the author of three poetry collections & coedited the new *Winyah Bay Watershed: A Literary Field Guide*: https://winyahfieldguide.com/
🖊📖The position of GCL Poet Laureate was created in 2025 in order to enhance GCL’s literature & literacy outreach as well as to inspire a deeper knowledge & appreciation of poetry in Georgetown County.
🖊📖Hensel takes over as GCL Poet Laureate from Marlanda Dekine, a Plantersville native who earned her M.F.A. from Converse University & is the author of *Thresh & Hold*. After successfully completing her term as GCL Poet Laureate, Dekine will continue her creative writing while attending Union Theological Seminary in New York City as a James H. Cone Scholar.

06/18/2026

Here is another reason to attend the FOWL Book Sale June 25 - 27:
The Historical Atlas of the Rice Plantations of Georgetown County and the Santee River is up for Auction! This is a REAL Keeper!

It is the definitive cartographic and historical resource for South Carolina's Lowcountry. Published by the South Carolina Department of Archives and History, it meticulously documents the region's antebellum plantation landscape.

06/18/2026

Do you know the IMPACT FOWL and our Members and generous Donors make to our Waccamaw Neck Branch Library? If not, check us out. We are privileged to support and ensure free, equitable access to information and resources for everyone, regardless of background. CHECK OUT what our members and donors have supported. THANK YOU!

Email from Friends of the Waccamaw Library FOWL's IMPACT on the Waccamaw Neck Branch Library May 2026 In the last six months, the library has held 453 programs, reaching 6,877 participants! The chi

06/17/2026

PLEASE NOTE. THANK YOU!

06/16/2026

⭐️This THURSDAY, JUNE 18 at 2PM at CARVERS BAY LIBRARY, don't miss the grand finale of "A GLORIOUS CAUSE: SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION" with beloved author & cultural interpreter LEE G. BROCKINGTON on the fascinating topic of "PATRIOTS & LOYALISTS: THE BATTLE AT HOME." The Library is located at 13048 Choppee Road, Hemingway, SC 29554, & the program is free & open to all.
https://whosonthemove.com/event/a-glorious-cause-author-lee-g-brockington-presents-patriots-loyalists-the-battle-at-home/
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⭐️"A Glorious Cause" is made possible by an LSTA grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services administered by the South Carolina State Library
Many thanks also to our community partner Georgetown

06/15/2026

Join us for our Writing Workshop with GCL Poet Laureate Marlanda Dekine. THIS THURSDAY, 10 - 11:30 AM!