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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 a [...]

Blue Bicycle Books Author’s Luncheon Series

The Blue Bicycle Books Author’s Luncheon Series continues Fri., Oct. 8, noon to 2 pm, with local authors Josephine Humphreys (Rich in Love, others) and Beth Webb Hart (Love, Charleston, others).
Josephine Humphreys is a native of Charleston, and her hometown is the setting for her first three novels Dreams of Sleep, The Fireman’s Fair and  Rich [...]

Michelle Zink, Guardian of the Gate, Sept. 7

Blue Bicycle Books welcomes Michelle Zink, author of the Young Adult series Prophecy of the Sisters, Tues., Sept. 7, 4-6 pm. She is touring on Guardian of the Gate, the second in the trilogy, which has been well received all around.
The series follows sixteen year-old twin sisters, Lia and Alice Milthorpe, as they continue their exploration of [...]

BAROLO, Aug. 7

Author Matthew Gavin Frank will read from and sign copies of his memoir, BAROLO, chronicling his illegal work in the Italian Piemontese food and wine industry at Blue Bike, Sat., Aug. 7, 1 – 3 pm. Barolo follows Frank during his six-month stay in the same-titled region of Italy (pop. 646), living out of a [...]

Bike Ride to honor Edwin Gardner on Saturday

On the morning of Sat. July 31, at 9 am, a short bicycle ride around Downtown Charleston will celebrate the life of Edwin Gardner, who passed away after a bicycle accident last week. The ride will start and finish at Cannon Park (Calhoun Street between Ashley and Rutledge) for breakfast and fellowship. [...]

Helping Ghosts, July 29

Please join us Thurs., July 29, 5 – 7 pm for a signing with supernatural explorer Louis Charles and his second book, Helping Ghosts. Always interested in ghosts and hauntings, Charles launched his website Angels and Ghosts in 2004, and since then, has been compiling paranormal experience submissions from around the world and comparing potential [...]

Capital BookFest, Nov. 6

Coming to Charleston for the first time, this book fest has been a huge hit in Washington, DC for five years. Sue Monk Kidd, Dorothea Benton Frank, Mary Alice Monroe are among the nearly 100 writers who will speak and sign books at the Blue Bike and the Gaillard Auditorium on Nov. [...]

Signing books while holding babies and boiling peanuts — The Lee Bros.

We don’t think we have even seen Kate Gosselin multi-task at a booksigning like this. Nice work Matt. Matt and Ted Lee are busy men but managed to squeeze in a trip to the Blue Bike during the Wine and Food fest. This peanut boil kicked off a run of great events [...]

Jason Deierlein, July 1

Join us for the launch of local author, Jason Deierlein’s new website on Thurs., July 1, 5 – 7 pm. Jason has written two books, Return from A Comatose Mind and How Education Can End the Cultural Problem.

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 events [...]