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Perfect Day with Cokie Berenyi, Wed., June 20, 5:30 pm — CANCELLED

Join us Wed., June 20, 5:30 pm as Charleston local Cokie Berenyi, the founder and CEO of Alphavest, will be here to discuss her new book Perfect Day (Morgan James Publishing, pb., 214 pp., $17). From work with her clients over the past decade as a financial advisor, Cokie Berenyi has developed a system that is the surefire […]

Author Luncheon with Rick Bragg, The Best Cook in the World, Mon., June 25, 12 pm

Join us Mon., June 25, 12 pm for lunch at Halls Signature Events (5 Faber St.), as Rick Bragg discusses and signs his new book The Best Cook in the World (Deckle Edge, hb., 512 pp., $29). Tickets are $62 for the three-course luncheon and a signed copy of the book. Get tickets here. About the book: Margaret Bragg does not own a […]

Bring It! Book Launch Party with Ali Rosen, Sat., June 16, 12 pm

Join us Sat., June 16, 12 pm as we throw the local launch party for Ali Rosen‘s new cookbook Bring It! (Running Press, hp., 240 pp., $25). The word “potluck” may inspire memories of church dinners and mystery covered dishes. But today’s potlucks are essentially outsourced dinner parties, which make gathering around a shared table a cinch. Inside Bring It!, […]

Author Luncheon with Mary Alice Monroe, Beach House Reunion, Fri., June 15, 12 pm

Join us Fri., June 15, 12 pm for lunch at Halls Signature Events (5 Faber St.), as Mary Alice Monroe discusses and signs her new book Beach House Reunion (Gallery Books, hb., 400 pp., $26). Tickets are $32 for the three-course luncheon, or $58 to add a signed copy of the book. Get tickets here. In Beach House Reunion, Mary Alice […]

School Integration: Past and Present, Sun., May 20, 4 pm

Sun, May, 20, 4 pm, Blue Bicycle Books presents a special mini-symposium on School Integration: Past and Present. Join us for a look at five decades of integration, from groundbreaking heroes of the 60s, through busing in the 70s and 80s, to present-day schools like James Simons and Charlotte’s Shamrock Gardens. 420 King St, downtown Charleston. […]

Piccolo Spoleto Event with Ethan J. Kytle and Blain Roberts, Denmark Vesey’s Garden, Fri., June 8, 5 pm

Join us Fri., June 8, 5 pm as Professors Ethan J. Kytle and Blain Roberts will be here to discuss their new book Denmark Vesey’s Garden (The New Press, hb., 464 pp., $29). A book that strikes at the source of the recent flare-ups over Confederate symbols in Charlottesville, New Orleans, and elsewhere, Denmark Vesey’s Garden reveals the deep roots […]

Author Luncheon with Karen White, Dreams of Falling, Mon., June 11, 12 pm

Join us Mon., June 11, 12 pm for lunch at Halls Signature Events (5 Faber St.), as Karen White discusses her latest novel Dreams of Falling (Berkley, hb., 416 pp., $26). Tickets are $32 for the author talk and three-course luncheon, or $58 to add a signed copy of the book. Get tickets here. About the book: Nine years ago, a […]

Author Luncheon with Cinelle Barnes, Monsoon Mansion, Thurs., May 31, 12 pm

Join us Thurs., May 31, 12 pm for lunch at  Halls Signature Events (5 Faber St.)., as Cinelle Barnes will talk about and sign her debut memoir Monsoon Mansion (Little A, hb., 252 pp., $25). Tickets are $31 for the three-course luncheon, or $56 to add a signed copy of the book. Get tickets here. Cinelle Barnes was barely three years old […]

VeryVera Cookbook with Vera Stewart, Tues., May 15, CANCELLED

THIS EVENT IS CANCELLED

A Theory of Love — Margaret Bradham Thornton, Wed., May 23, 5:30 pm

Join us at the bookstore, Wed., May 23, 5:30 pm  as Margaret Bradham Thornton will sign her new novel A Theory of Love (Ecco, hb., 288 pp., $28).  About A Theory of Love: Helen Gibbs, a British journalist on assignment on the west coast of Mexico, meets Christopher Delavaux, an intriguing half-French, half-American lawyer-turned-financier who has come alone to surf. […]