Join us Wed., Aug. 15, 6 pm, as Brooke McAlary will discuss her book Slow (Sourcebooks, hb., 288 pp., $26), hosted by the Ready Club and Jessica Murnane, author of One Part Plant. Once upon a time, it became clear to Brooke McAlary that the key to happiness was discovering a simpler, more fulfilling existence. She put the brakes on […]
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Race to Hawaii with Jason Ryan, Sun., Aug. 26, 5 pm
Sunday, August 12, 2018
Join us Sun., Aug. 26, 5 pm as local author Jason Ryan will be here to discuss his new book Race to Hawaii (Chicago Review Press, hb., 320 pp., $27). Today, a trip to Hawaii is a simple six-hour flight from the West Coast, but almost a century ago, it was a nerve-wracking and twenty-six-hour journey across 2,400 miles of the […]
Author Luncheon with Issac J. Bailey, My Brother Moochie, Fri., Aug. 24, 12 pm
Wednesday, August 8, 2018
Join us Fri., Aug. 24, 12 pm for lunch at Halls Signature Events (5 Faber St.), as Issac J. Bailey discusses his new book My Brother Moochie (Other Press, hb., 304 pp., $26). Tickets are $32 for the three-course luncheon, or $60 to add a signed copy of the book. Get tickets here. At the age of nine, Issac J. Bailey saw […]
That’s What She Said with Artist and Social Activist Kimothy Joy, Thurs., Aug. 23, 5 pm
Wednesday, August 8, 2018
Join us Thurs., Aug. 23, 5 pm as artist and social activist Kimothy Joy will be here to talk about her new illustrated book That’s What She Said: Wise Words from Influential Women (Harper Wave, hb., 128 pp., $22). Distraught by the results of the 2016 election and the realization that the nation was not ready for […]
Mightier Than the Sword with Alana Harrison and Drew Callander Fri., Aug. 10, 5 pm
Friday, August 3, 2018
Join us Fri., Aug. 10, 5 pm as comedy writers Alana Harrison and Drew Callander will be here for an interactive children’s story event with their book Mightier Than the Sword (Penguin Workshop, hb, 320 pp., $13.99). Wildly funny and inventive, Mightier Than the Sword pulls you, the reader, into the action. Yes, YOU! You wake up in […]
Author Luncheon with Kristan Higgins, Good Luck with That, Thur., Aug. 9, 12 pm
Wednesday, July 18, 2018
Join us Thurs., Aug. 9, 12 pm for lunch at High Cotton (199 East Bay St.), as Kristan Higgins discusses and signs her new novel Good Luck with That (Berkley, pb., 480 pp., $16). Tickets are $32 for the three-course luncheon, and the book will be available to buy separately. Get tickets here. About the book: Emerson, Georgia, and Marley have been best friends ever […]
Author Luncheon with Andrew Lawler, The Secret Token, Fri., July 20, 12 pm
Friday, July 6, 2018
Join us Fri., July 20, 12 pm for lunch at Halls Signature Events (5 Faber St.), as Andrew Lawler discusses and signs his new book The Secret Token (Doubleday, hb., 448 pp., $30). Tickets are $32 for the three-course luncheon, or $65 to add a signed copy of the book. Get tickets here. For four hundred years, the Lost Colony of Roanoke has consumed […]
Holy Spirits! Happy Hour with Taneka Reaves and Johnny Caldwell, Fri., July 13, 5:30 pm
Tuesday, June 26, 2018
Join us Fri., July 13, 5:30 pm as Charleston’s own Cocktail Bandits, Taneka Reaves and Johnny Caldwell, will be here to launch their new book Holy Spirits! (Evening Post Books, hb., 176 pp., $35). Holy Spirits! is the debut publication from popular beverage and hospitality bloggers Taneka Reaves and Johnny Caldwell. The book provides readers with an overview of Charleston […]
The Millennial’s Guide to Changing the World with Allison Sher, Thurs., July 12, 5:30 pm
Thursday, June 14, 2018
Join us Thurs., July 12, 5:30 pm as journalist and blogger Alison Sher will be here to discuss her new book The Millennial’s Guide to Changing the World (Skyhorse, pb., 288 pp., $15). The Millennial’s Guide to Changing the World is a one-of-a-kind ethnographic study on the spotlighted millennial generation, as told by millennials―the largest generation in U.S. history that […]
Secrets of the Southern Table with Virginia Willis, Fri., June 22 6 pm
Saturday, June 9, 2018
Join us Fri., June 22, 6 pm as chef Virginia Willis, winner of a James Beard Award, will be here to discuss her new cookbook Secrets of the Southern Table (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, pb., 336 pp., $30). In Secrets of the Southern Table, award-winning chef and cookbook author Virginia Willis takes you on a tour of today’s South—a region […]