Goose Creek High School teacher, Mahwish McIntosh, will sign Teaching Hope: Stories from the Freedom Writer Teachers at Blue Bicycle Books on Tues., Aug. 18, 5 – 7 pm. Two years ago, Mahwish (pronounced Meh-vish) trained with Erin Gruwell and other educators in Long Beach, Cal. Gruwell was portrayed by Oscan-winning actress Hilary Swank in the 2007 movie Freedom Writers. […]
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Laura Fogarty, Sat., Aug.15
Monday, July 27, 2009
Laura Fogarty will sign copies of her newest novel, Painted Blue, on Sat., Aug. 15, 1 – 3 pm.
Batt Humphreys, Sat., Aug. 1, 1 – 3 pm
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Batt Humphreys will sign copies of his historical novel Dead Weight, (Joggling Board, hb. $27), Sat., Aug. 1, 1 – 3 pm.
Michael Plumides, Sat., Aug. 1, 5 – 7 pm
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Michael Plumides will sign copies of his novel Kill the Music ($20), Sat. Aug. 1, 5 – 7 pm. Listen to him discuss his new book on a WNCW podcast.
Blue Bicycle Books Authors Luncheon Series
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Mary Alice Monroe and Nathalie Dupree “Consider the Shrimp” The Blue Bicycle Books Authors Luncheon Series continues this summer with a meal of and about local shrimp, featuring local writers Mary Alice Monroe and Nathalie Dupree. Monroe’s latest novel, Last Light Over Carolina (Pocket Books, July 2009) unfolds over the course of a single day, […]
A Fistfight Over Commas — Jonny Miles
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Garden & Gun Magazine hosted a party for Jonny Miles in the narrow courtyard three doors down — white wine and Red Stripes from Charleston Green Home. Jonny’s story on the Blind Boys of Alabama is in the current issue of Garden & Gun, and he spoke about his first meeting with G&G editor Sid Evans, when they were both new to the business. “Sid […]
Jonny Miles, Wed., June 10, 5:30
Friday, June 5, 2009
Wed., June 10, 5:30 – 7:30 pm, Jonathan Miles will sign copies of Dear American Airlines. (Mariner Books, pb., $14). Bennie Ford’s flight is cancelled and as he resigns himself to the truth that he’ll miss his estranged daughter’s wedding, he sits down to write a letter of complaint — this 180-page reflection on his life. Miles’ debut novel […]
Sandy Logan photography at Blue Bike
Thursday, June 4, 2009
We have covered the free wall space in the store with prints from Sandy Logan’s new book, From the Edge. Come into the store to view Logan’s industrial photography that was shot in and around Charleston.
Brian Ray, Sat., Sept. 19, 1 – 3 pm
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Brian Ray, winner of the Art Commission’s First Novel Prize (sponsored in part by Hub City Writers Project) will sign copies of Through the Pale Door on Sat., Sept. 19, 1 – 3 pm. This Southern Gothic novel about a girl who takes a job in her father’s South Caolina steel mill the summer before […]
Burke Lit Mag Release Party May 15
Saturday, May 2, 2009
The book release party for Kissing a Biting Spider, vol. 3 of the Burke High School literary magazine, part of LILA’s Poets in the Schools, is Friday, May 15th, 6 to 8 p.m., Alumni Memorial Hall on the campus of the College of Charleston (the building behind the Cistern). Join us for a reception, silent auction […]