Join us for the festival’s longest-running event exclusively devoted to fiction. Piccolo Fiction, Sat., May 31, 5 pm, presents local and South Carolina authors reading brief short stories. Held in the courtyard beside the bookstore, following tradition, each story begins with “I ducked into the alley…” Since 2000, Piccolo Fiction has featured dozens of S.C. writers, with […]
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Piccolo Fiction in the Courtyard — Patti Callahan Henry, Julia Elliott, Laurie Devore, Finn Merritt — Sat., May 31, 5 pm
Monday, March 24, 2025
YALLFest — Fri., Nov. 15 & Sat., Nov. 16, 2024 — MG Highlights
Thursday, November 7, 2024
Don’t miss these middle grade panels at YALLFest! All are free and unticketed. Questions? Call Blue Bicycle Books, 843-722-2666. ICE CREAM WITH STUART GIBBS AND BRIAN SELZNICK Friday, Nov. 15, 4 pm – Off Track Ice Cream, 6 Beaufain St. Join Stuart Gibbs (Spy School) and Brian Selznick (The Invention of Hugo Cabret) for […]
Events
Wednesday, August 28, 2024
Wed., Mar. 19 — Christina Tosi, Bake Club at The Daily Fri., Apr. 18 — Sutton Foster, Hooked: How Crafting Saved My Life (Gaillard Center, concert only) Sat., Apr. 19. — Brad Taylor, Into the Gray Zone (Halls Signature Events) Tues., May 13 — Kate Fagan, The Three Lives of Cate Kay (Sightsee Shop + Coffee) Sat., May 31 — 26th Annual […]
Ryan Graudin, The Enchanted Lies of Céleste Artois, Thurs., Aug. 29, 6 pm
Thursday, August 15, 2024
Join us Thurs., Aug. 29, 6 pm for an evening with local author Ryan Graudin to celebrate the release of The Enchanted Lies of Céleste Artois (Redhook, 544 pp, $30). Graudin will be joined in conversation by Kathryn Budig of the Inky Phoenix Book Club and the Inky Phoenix Press. About the book: In this lush […]
Clay Rice Silhouettes — Fri., Aug 9
Tuesday, July 16, 2024
Renowned silhouette artist Clay Rice returns to Blue Bicycle Books, Fri., Aug. 9, 3 – 6 pm to cut children’s silhouettes. Taught by his grandfather, Carew Rice, Clay is a 21st-century folk artist and a Lowcountry treasure. Cutting a child’s silhouette in under five minutes is a performance in itself. You’ll be amazed when he captures a recognizable profile […]
Piccolo Fiction in the Courtyard — Sat., June 1 at 5 pm
Thursday, May 2, 2024
Sat., June 1, 5 pm — the festival’s longest-running event exclusively devoted to fiction, Piccolo Fiction returns to the Blue Bicycle courtyard for the 25th year! Four S.C. authors will read brief short stories: Mindy Friddle, Emilie Ross, Sara Cappell Thomason, and Susan Beckham Zurenda. The reading is in the courtyard beside the bookstore, and, following tradition, […]
Laurie Devore, The Villain Edit, Thurs., Jul. 11, 5:30 pm
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Join us Thurs., July 11, 5:30 pm for an evening with local author Laurie Devore to celebrate the release of The Villain Edit (HarperCollins, 336 pp., $28). Devore will be joined in conversation by fellow author Victoria Benton Frank (My Magnolia Summer). About the book: Emily Henry meets Fleabag…and The Bachelor! An irresistibly sharp and sexy dramedy […]
Shovels & Rope, C’mon Utah! — Fri., Apr. 19, 5:30 pm
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
Blue Bicycle Books is proud to welcome Shovels & Rope — Cary Ann Hearst and Michael Trent – as they debut their new book C’mon Utah (hb., $30), based on the song from their By Blood album. Cary Ann, Michael and illustrator Julio Cotto Rivera will be signing copies in the bookstore courtyard, Fri., Apr. 19, […]
Marcia Zug, You’ll Do, Thurs., May 9, 5 pm
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Join us Thurs., May 9, 5 pm for an evening with Professor Marcia Zug to celebrate the release of her newest book You’ll Do: A History of Marrying for Reasons Other Than Love, (Steerforth, 336 pp., $29.99). Zug will be joined in conversation by local attorney Gregory Forman. About the book: Americans hold marriage in such high esteem […]
Tommy Tomlinson, Dogland, Fri., May 17 at 5 pm
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Join us Fri., May 17 at 5 pm for an evening with Pulitzer Prize finalist Tommy Tomlinson to celebrate the release of his newest book Dogland: Passion, Glory, and Lots of Slobber at the Westminster Dog Show (Simon & Schuster, 256 pp., $29). Tomlinson will be joined in conversation by Garden and Gun editor Amanda Heckert. […]