Come meet local historian and columnist, Brian Hicks Thurs., May 10, 5-7 pm. Hicks will be signing copies of his new book City of Ruin: Charleston at War 1860-1865. The project began as a 20-part serial that ran in the pages of The Post and Courier from December 2010 to April 2011. For the book, [...]
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Meet Tinsley Mortimer at Hampden Clothing, May 9
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Blue Bicycle will be selling Tinsley Mortimer’s new book, Southern Charm, at Hampden Clothing Wed., May 9, 2-5 pm. Mortimer is a handbag designer and NYC style icon, who has appeared in Vogue, WWD, Harper’s Bazaar and Marie Claire. You may recognize her from TV’s Gossip Girl and High Society. Southern Charm is the story of [...]
Herb Silverman signs new autobiography, Apr. 29!
Monday, April 16, 2012
Local author and activist Herb Silverman will be at the store Sun., Apr. 29, 3-5 pm to sign his new memoir Candidate Without a Prayer. In this revealing autobiography, Silverman takes the reader from his childhood as an Orthodox Jew in Philadelphia, where he stopped fasting on Yom Kippur to test God’s existence, to his [...]
Booksigning with Michel Stone, Apr. 20!
Monday, April 16, 2012
Blue Bicycle Books will be at the Michael Mitchell Gallery, 438 King St., this Friday, Apr. 20, 6-8 pm for a signing with Michel Stone, author of The Iguana Tree. Set amid the perils of illegal border crossings, The Iguana Tree is the suspenseful saga of Lilia and Hector, who separately make their way from Mexico into [...]
Booksigning with Governor Nikki Haley, Mon., April 9, 6 pm
Thursday, March 22, 2012
S.C. Governor Nikki Haley will visit Blue Bicycle Books, Mon., Apr. 9, 6 pm to sign her new memoir Can’t Is Not an Option: My American Story (Sentinel, hb., $27.95, 256 pp.). NOTE: Signing tickets are required to meet Governor Haley! 1. Books must be purchased from Blue Bicycle Books. Each book comes with a ticket for [...]
Random Tales of a College Math Professor signing, Mar. 29!
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Professor emeritus at the College of Charleston Mick Norton will be at the store Thurs., Mar. 29, 4-6 pm to sign copies of his book, Random Tales of a College Math Professor. Many believe that math and humor must be mutually exclusive, or that the life of a college professor must be boring. Ha! Written [...]
Local Author Night, Mar. 16!
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Join us at the store for our local author night, Fri., Mar. 16, 4-6 pm. Four local and regional authors will be signing copies of their books– a great opportunity to sample the literary talent in our community. Valerie Perry is the author of Upper King Street, a sweeping love story set right in the heart of [...]
Booksigning with Tim Owens, author of The Search Committee
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Blue Bicycle welcomes author Tim Owens to the store Fri., Mar. 9, 5-7 pm to sign The Search Committee. A mismatched team of seven hit the road in an Econoline church van on a mission to find a new pastor. They don’t agree on much other than the stops at Hardee’s for coffee and a biscuit. [...]
Taylor Polites signs The Rebel Wife, Thurs., Feb. 16
Monday, February 13, 2012
Author Taylor Polites will visit Blue Bicycle Books Thurs., Feb 16, 5 – 7 pm to sign his new novel, The Rebel Wife , a story that confronts old Southern stereotypes and speaks to the profound impact the civil war had on the Southern nobility. Augusta Branson is a young widow from an elite antebellum [...]
Rusty Bradley Signs Lions of Kandahar, Sat., Feb. 18
Monday, February 13, 2012
Blue Bicycle Books welcomes former U.S. Army Special Forces Commander Rusty Bradley to sign copies of his book Lions of Kandahar Sat., Feb. 18, 2 – 4 pm. Lions of Kandahar is a first-hand account of one of the fiercest battles fought during the Afghan War. Bradley’s in-depth narrative provides a vivid glimpse of the [...]