Bluffton, SC –
Author Talk with Tom Poland at The Roasting Room on Monday, April 21, 2025
Featured Book: South Carolina Reflections: A Photographic Journey, Photographs by Robert C.
Clark, Text by Tom Poland, Foreword by Mary Alice Monroe
Libraries for Kids, International www.libraries4kids.org is pleased to announce an author talk
featuring Tom Poland from 10:30 to 11:30 am at the Roasting Room, 1297 May River Road, Bluffton,
SC. The event is free and open to the public; however, a $5 donation is suggested.
Following the author's talk, attendees are invited to join the author for an optional Dutch Treat lunch.
This informal gathering offers a chance for further conversation in a relaxed atmosphere.
Space is limited, so reservations are necessary, and early arrival is recommended. For more
information or to RSVP, please contact Tamela Maxim at 843.683.4100 or
tamela.maxim@libraries4kids.org.
Tom Poland is the author of fourteen books and more than 2,000 magazine features and columns. He
writes about the South, its people, culture, land, natural wealth, and beautiful detritus – ruins and
abandoned places. He travels back roads looking for forgotten places, captivating people, and
vestiges of bygone times. Much of that work finds its way into books, columns, essays, and features.
The television episode, By the River, by Tom Poland & Robert Clark, won a Bronze Telly Award in the
Television-Nature/Wildlife category.
About Libraries for Kids:
Libraries for Kids, International is a 501(c)(3) organization providing leisure and reference books to
schools in rural Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda for recreational and supplemental reading. Libraries for
Kids works exclusively with schools with little or no electricity or internet access in communities facing
significant environmental, climatic, and cultural challenges.
Contact:
Tamela Maxim, Board Member, Libraries for Kids, International, tamela.maxim@libraries4kids.org,
843.683.4100
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