'Paper Canoe' part of first River Read festival

A reading from “Chasing the Paper Canoe” by CCU history professor Wink Prince was a featured part of Conway's first-ever River Read festival on April 20 at Riverfront Park in Conway. Copies of the recently released book were also sold at the event. 

The book, the debut product of CCU's new Athenaeum Press, revisits Nathaniel Bishop’s trip down the Waccamaw River in a paper canoe more than a century ago. Students and faculty from Coastal Carolina University collaboratively produced the project under the umbrella of The Athenaeum Press. This project also includes a companion website and augmented reality, where readers can download a free mobile app to see some of the photographs come to life as streaming video.

For more information or to purchase the book, visit  theathenaeumpress.com/papercanoe.