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Our 2026 Premiums

For $150
You will be acknowledged in and receive a copy of A Carnival of Crime: Murder, Mischief and Malice in 1890s Spartanburg by Hub City Writers Project co-founder in fall 2026. Through ten interconnected true-crime stories, this historical account captures a South Carolina county’s most violent decade—a time when bullets felled a mayor, a police chief, and a beloved bookseller, each in separate shocking incidents. Illustrated with dozens of photographs, the book also delves into the exploits of a crooked local attorney who became one of nation’s most slippery con men, the controversial hanging of a teenaged girl, and the bedlam unleashed when a governor tried to crush the moonshine trade. All this chaos and more unfolds amid Spartanburg’s first economic boom, as cotton mills multiply across the county, the community becomes one of the South’s rising industrial powers, and many great fortunes are generated.

For $250
In addition to the book above, you will receive Hope House by Joe Bond. Set in 1980s Kentucky, this striking debut novel is told from inside a treatment home for teens, where lost boys become more than their pasts and discover the transformative power of hope. Hope House is a Cold Mountain Fund Series Book.

For $500
In addition to the two books above, you will receive the 40th Anniversary edition of Ritz of the Bayou. In this “unjustly neglected” masterpiece, Nancy Lemann gives an atmospheric account of the New Orleans trial of the Governor of Louisiana for racketeering, fraud, and bribery. This 40th anniversary edition features a new introduction by critic James Wolcott and an afterword by the author.

For $1000
The Flannery O’Connor Society
You receive the three books above. You’ll also be acknowledged as a key supporter on our Leadership Donor board in the Hub City Bookshop.