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Literary Guild of St. Simons Events

September 16
The Literary Guild will show the film Chef at 7 p.m. at the Casino Theater, 530 Beachview Drive, St. Simons Island. When Chef Carl Casper faces a career crisis, he hits the road to rediscover his passion for cooking. Pay $5 at the door. Closed-captioning will be turned on. www.LitGuildSSI.org
October 13

The Literary Guild will host a Poetry Talk & Book Signing featuring Troy Jollimore at 10:30 a.m. at the St. Simons Casino Theater, 530 Beach View Drive, St. Simons Island.The author, a National Book Critics Circle Award winner, will discuss his poetry collection, Earthly Delights, a wry, philosophical meditation on film, painting, music, and poetry itself.The event is free for Guild members and $10 for non-members (annual membership is $15). Registration is encouraged via Eventbrite. For more information, visit www.LitGuildSSI.org

October 14
The Literary Guild will show the film Song Sung Blue at 7 p.m. at the Casino Theater, 530 Beachview Drive, St. Simons Island. Two down-on-their-luck performers form a Neil Diamond tribute band, proving it’s never too late to find love and follow your dreams. Starring Hugh Jackman & Kate Hudson. Rated PG-13. 1 hour and 33 minutes. Pay $5 at the door. Closed-captioning will be turned on. www.LitGuildSSI.org

October 15

The Literary Guild will host an Author Talk featuring Kelly Scarborough at 10:30 a.m. at the St. Simons Casino Theater, 550 Beachview Drive, St. Simons Island. Kelly visits to talk about her debut novel, Butterfly Games —a tragic love story about two star-crossed lovers, a countess and a prince. It’s based on real-life characters and is perfect for fans of Philippa Gregory and Bridgerton. The event is free for Guild members and $10 for non-members (annual membership is $15). Registration is required via Eventbrite. More information is available at www.LitGuildSSI.org

October 28
The Literary Guild will host an Author Talk & Book Signing featuring Emily Carpenter at 10:30 a.m. at the St. Simons Casino Theater, 550 Beachview Drive, St. Simons Island.
The author will discuss her latest book, A Spell for Saints and Sinners — an intoxicating blend of Southern suspense and modern witchcraft set amid the moss-draped, haunted beauty of Savannah.
The event is free for Guild members and $10 for non-members (annual membership is $15). Registration is encouraged via Eventbrite. More information is available at www.LitGuildSSI.org

November 10

The Literary Guild will host an Author Talk & Book Signing featuring Katherine Reay at 10:30 a.m. at the St. Simons Casino Theater, 550 Beachview Drive, St. Simons Island. The author will discuss her latest book, The Undercover Bookshop, which is set in a cozy 1950s Cotswolds village at the height of postwar tension; the novel layers its historical setting with an espionage thread.  The event is free for Guild members and $10 for non-members (annual membership is $15). Registration is encouraged via Eventbrite. More information is available at www.LitGuildSSI.org

November 24

The Literary Guild will host an Author Talk & Book Signing featuring Callie Murray at 10:30 a.m. at the St. Simons Casino Theater, 550 Beachview Drive, St. Simons Island. The author visits to talk about her debut novel, The Brunswick, a fresh spin on historical fiction set in both Norcross, Georgia, and Austria in the months leading up to World War II.  The event is free for Guild members and $10 for non-members (annual membership is $15). Registration is encouraged via Eventbrite. More information is available at www.LitGuildSSI.org

January 7, 2027

The Literary Guild will host an Author Talk & Book Signing featuring Mark Brooks at 10:30 a.m. at the St. Simons Casino, Room 108, 530 Beach View Drive, St. Simons Island.The author’s debut novel, Laying Autumn’s Dust, is a Southern tragedy set in northeast Alabama — part murder mystery, part coming-of-age story.The event is free for Guild members and $10 for non-members (annual membership is $15). Registration is encouraged via Eventbrite. For more information, visit www.LitGuildSSI.org

February 4

The Literary Guild will host an Author Talk & Book Signing featuring Gerry Wilson at 10:30 a.m. at the St. Simons Casino Theater, 530 Beach View Drive, St. Simons Island.The author’s collection, Storm Warnings, features eleven linked Southern fiction short stories set over more than a century on Georgia’s barrier islands.The event is free for Guild members and $10 for non-members (annual membership is $15). Registration is encouraged via Eventbrite. For more information, visit www.LitGuildSSI.org

March 2

The Literary Guild will host an Author Talk & Book Signing featuring Dr. Roger Newman at 10:30 a.m. at the St. Simons Casino Theater, 530 Beach View Drive, St. Simons Island.The author’s latest book, Boys, is a historical fiction novel inspired by his own family history. Set during the Great Depression, WWII, and the Civil Rights movement, it follows two brothers — one white, one Black — raised on a Southern dairy farm.The event is free for Guild members and $10 for non-members (annual membership is $15). Registration is encouraged via Eventbrite. For more information, visit www.LitGuildSSI.org

April 1

The Literary Guild will host an Author Talk & Book Signing featuring Brian Biswas at 10:30 a.m. at the St. Simons Casino Theater, 530 Beach View Drive, St. Simons Island.The author’s latest book, Floating on Air, chronicles the rise and fall of a mythical Mississippi town in the 1950s, from its founding to its cataclysmic destruction fifty years later.The event is free for Guild members and $10 for non-members (annual membership is $15). Registration is encouraged via Eventbrite.For more information, visit www.LitGuildSSI.org

June 3

The Literary Guild will host an Author Talk & Book Signing featuring Jennifer Coburn at 10:30 a.m. at the St. Simons Casino Theater, 530 Beach View Drive, St. Simons Island.The author’s latest book, The Almost Wife, is based on the experiences of the author’s mother, who posed as a fiancée and girlfriend for gay men in 1950s Greenwich Village at the height of bohemia.The event is free for Guild members and $10 for non-members (annual membership is $15). Registration is encouraged via Eventbrite.For more information, visit www.LitGuildSSI.org

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