|
CONTACT:
Jill Hendrix
Fiction Addiction
864-675-0540
info@fiction-addiction.com
http://www.fiction-addiction.com
Book Talk & Signing for Spartanburg Artist and Author Helen Scott Correll
 Greenville, SC, October 10, 2012 - Spartanburg artist and author Helen Scott Correll will be discussing and signing her new book, Middlewood Journal: Drawing Inspiration from Nature (Hub City Press, paperback, $19.95), at Fiction Addiction on Wednesday, November 7th, at 7:00pm. Ms. Correll will talk for 20 minutes, take questions from the audience, and sign books. Tickets are $5.00 but may be redeemed for $5 off any merchandise purchase made that evening. Tickets can be purchased online or by calling 864-675-0540.
Setting out from her house, fondly named Middlewood, in the Piedmont of South Carolina, Helen Scott Correll takes long, wandering walks along Meetinghouse Creek with her dogs to observe and draw the nature of her landscape. From her studio, nestled in the forest behind the house, Correll paints and writes of the day's journey, its temper and conversation.
With a foreword by naturalist Janisse Ray, Middlewood Journal gathers Correll's illustrations and writings from her hikes and blog of the same name to create a treasury of discoveries, from giant red mushrooms peeking beneath a cover of leaves to hawks on a branch so close you can hear their preening. Season to season, you will discover the miniature beauties of the South, the life that you only find by slowing, allowing the landscape to inspire: turkey tracks in creek water, persimmon trees that fool the eye, tidy little snow holes hiding the casualties of winter. Correll draws the language and color of life in the South to give breath to a poetry of names: Blue Darner dragonfly, Horse Nettle, Red Bellied Woodpecker, Tufted Titmouse, Heal All, Starlings, White Wood Aster, Rue Anemone, Wild Blue Phlox. Witness the change of seasons through the blooms, bird songs, and balance of sunlight in Correll's delicate prose and drawings in Middlewood Journal.
.jpg) Helen Scott Correll is a freelance writer, illustrator, and photographer from Spartanburg, South Carolina. She is a member of the Society of Children's Writers and Illustrators and the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators. She has published articles and illustrations in numerous magazines, including Wildlife in North Carolina, and she keeps the Middlewood Journal blog.
If you cannot make the signing, you can reserve a personalized copy of Middlewood Journal by contacting Fiction Addiction in advance at 864-675-0540 or at info@fiction-addiction.com.
ABOUT FICTION ADDICTION - Fiction Addiction is a local, woman-owned, independent bookstore established in 2001. The store carries a mixture of new and used fiction and nonfiction, including children's books, as well as gift items. We have recently moved to a new location at 1175 Woods Crossing Road (in the shopping center with Five Guys and Fried Green Tomatoes).
- END - |
