Blue Bicycle Books, Charleston, SC

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Story Hour!

Marc Hoffman, author, and Tony Waters, illustrator, will sign copies and read from their new children’s book Sleep, Little Child on Sat., Oct. 23, 11 – 12 pm. Join us on the carpet for a reading, juice boxes and goldfish. ###

Clay Rice Silhouettes, Sept. 15

Renowned silhouette artist Clay Rice is returning to Blue Bike to cut personal silhouettes and sign copies of his book The Lonely Shadow (Joggling Board, 2009, hb., $19.95) on Wed., Sept. 15, 3 – 6 pm. Taught by his grandfather Carew, Clay Rice is a 21st century folk artist and a Lowcountry treasure. Watching him cut […]

Craig Welch at Downtown Public Library

Join Craig Welch, Seattle Times chief environmental writer, Thurs., Sept. 23, 6:45 – 7:45 pm, Downtown Public Library, 68 Calhoun St., as he discusses Shell Games: Rogues, Smugglers, and the Hunt for Nature’s Bounty. Blue Bike favorite Jonathan Miles, author of Dear American Airlines, calls it a “fiercely reported and wholly captivating cops-and-robbers story about […]

Penguin Books and Sue Monk Kidd

Sue Monk Kidd will celebrate the 75th anniversary of Penguin Books at Blue Bicycle Books, 420 King St., downtown, Tues., June 22, 4 – 6 pm, featuring Penguin cupcakes, champagne, and, parked out front, the Penguin-mobile, a bright orange Mini Cooper. The Blue Bike is one of only ten stops on the tour — other […]

The Unexpected Visitor, June 18, 4 – 6 pm

Join us Fri., June 18, 4 – 6 pm for a signing with the Margaret Baroody, narrator of The Unexpected Visitor. The book features a collection of black and white photography shot by Margaret’s late husband Dr. Naseeb Baroody,  accompanied by  inspiration passages written by Margaret.  The pictures were taken over a fifty year period […]

10th Annual Piccolo Fiction Open

Join us for the 10th annual Piccolo Fiction Open June 5, 5 – 7 pm. Part of the Piccolo Spoleto Festival, the Fiction Open features short fiction on this year’s theme, present tense. The winning writers will read their pieces in the courtyard adjacent to the store: This Story Takes Place on a Ship by […]

Blue Bicycle Books Author Luncheon Series

Please join us as the Blue Bicycle Books Author Luncheon Series continues Fri., June 4, noon to 2 pm, with Lowcountry legends Louis Rubin and Ben Moïse. Louis Rubin Jr. is the co-founder of Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, author of over fifty books, and editor of several southern literature and historical collections. He returns […]

The Jazz Loft Project, June 10

The Jazz Loft Project book concerns a NYC loft building which was a legendary after-hours jazz scene in the 1950s and 60s.  Photographer W. Eugene Smith made thousands of photos and tapes in the building.  Sam Stephenson, director of the Jazz Loft Project at the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, has spent the […]

Katie Crouch, Men and Dogs, May 21

Blue Bicycle Books is delighted to welcome author Katie Crouch back to the store, signing copies of her newest novel Men and Dogs, Fri., May 21, 5 – 7 pm. Self-proclaimed southerner-in-exile Katie Crouch will be coming home and giving Blue Bicycle Books a visit Fri., May 21, 5 – 7 pm. Since her first […]

The Food, Folklore, and Art of Lowcountry Cooking, May 27

Blue Bicycle Books welcomes renowned author Joseph Dabney, signing The Food, Folklore, and Art of Lowcountry Cooking, Thurs., May 27, 5 – 7 pm. There are a lot of wonderful foodie books about this food-crazed part of the world, but this one is so fun, so all-encompassing, ranging from recipes to history to the current […]