Charleston County Receives Big Read Grant

The Charleston County Big Read is a first-time, community-wide effort to promote literacy, celebrate diversity and recognize the significance of community connections by bringing people together to read and discuss a single book. The Charleston County Big Read is Zora Neale Hurston’s 1937 book, Their Eyes Were Watching God, about a young, vivacious African-American woman struggling to find her voice, her identity and the meaning of true love.

The Big Read Project was started by the National Endowment for the Arts and is being coordinated locally by the Charleston County Library. Charleston is one of 117 communities nationwide selected by the NEA to launch Big Read projects this fall.

Events will be taking place throughout the community from September 9-October 14 to celebrate the Big Read.

To learn more visit www.ccpl.org