Are you looking for books that captivated readers in 2025? Check out Charleston County Public Library’s most borrowed books for children, teens and adults! This year patrons have circulated more than 2.8 million items in both physical and digital...
In the autumn of 1775, rebellious South Carolinians raised a distinctive new flag over a waterfront fort just seized from British hands. Their commanding officer later described the creation of the state’s enduring banner in his memoir, but did not...
Want to show your love for the library? Nominations for the Charleston City Paper’s Best of Charleston Awards are now open through January 11, 2026. The awards celebrate the city’s favorite local services, places, businesses, people and experiences...
Take what you need or donate what you can to CCPL's Free and Fresh Community Fridge Program. We’re working to expand access to fresh ingredients through our community fridges and...
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Charleston County Public Library (CCPL) has been awarded three significant grants totaling more than $125,000 to strengthen adult literacy, expand access to healthy food, and provide emergency food assistance to residents across...
The enclave known as Butcher Town flourished around Cannon’s millpond until 1850, when the expansion of Charleston’s city limits propelled the slaughtering business northward. The migration of butchers’ pens across the Neck then triggered a...
The residents of early Charleston lived cheek-by-jowl with the animals they consumed, and routinely witnessed cattle, pigs, sheep, and goats trotting through urban streets to meet the butcher’s blade. Efforts to push this bloody business out of the...
The Charleston County Public Library is celebrating Native American Heritage Month throughout the month of November. We’re recognizing the contributions, achievements and sacrifices of Native American people, the first inhabitants of the United...
CHARLESTON, S.C. —The Charleston County Public Library (CCPL) will host the official launch of The Listening Booth: Stories of the Formerly Incarcerated and Their Families, a new multimedia installation and storytelling project that amplifies the...