Join us for a special event with former Texas Congressman Beto O’Rourke, Sat., Mar. 2, 4 pm as he visits Charleston to discuss We’ve Got to Try: How the Fight for Voting Rights Makes Everything Else Possible (Flatiron, pb., $19). This event is free and open to the public. Tickets are free, with the option […]
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Phoebe Lapine, Carbivore, Tues., Apr. 2, EVENT CANCELLED
Join us Tues., Apr. 2 at 5:30 pm for an evening with chef and author Phoebe Lapine celebrating the release of her newest cookbook, Carbivore (Hachette Go, 352 pp., $32) About the book: Diet trends come and go, but over the last decade, no one food group has been vilified and misunderstood as much as […]
Jeffrey Blount, Mr. Jimmy from Around the Way, Thurs., Jan. 25, 6 pm
Join us at the 20 S. Battery Hotel on Thurs., Jan. 25 at 6 pm for an evening with Jeffrey Blount, author of Mr. Jimmy From Around the Way (Beaufort Books, 350 pp., $25.95). Mr. Blount will be joined in conversation by Rebecca Dwight Bruff, author of Trouble the Water (Koehler, 348 pp, $19.95). About the book: […]
Kat Hastie, The Arena, Thurs., Dec. 14, 5:30 pm
Please join Blue Bicycle Books for a reception for artist Kat Hastie, Thurs., Dec. 14, 5:30 pm as she signs copies of her monograph, The Arena (hb., 198 pp., $75). (Note date change.) About the book: In The Arena, Hastie tells her life story through her paintings. Hastie contemplates the transformative nature of a life in art […]
Michael Harriot, Black AF History, Mon. Sep. 25, 6:30 pm
Blue Bicycle Books welcomes Michael Harriot Mon., Sept. 25, 6:30 pm as he discusses Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America (Morrow., 432 pp., $32.50). About the book: In Black AF History, Harriot removes the white sugar coating from the American story, placing Black people squarely at the center. Harriot speaks hilarious truth to oppressive power, subverting conventional historical narratives […]
Dan “Grossy” Pelosi, Let’s Eat, Wed. Oct. 4, 6 pm
Join cookbook author and food personality Dan “Grossy” Pelosi on Wed., Oct. 4 at 6 pm for an event celebrating the release of his first cookbook, Let’s Eat: 101 Recipes to Fill Your Heart and Home (Union Square, 288 pp., hb., $30). This event is free and open to the public. About the book: In his debut […]
Michelle Wildgen, Wine People, Thurs. Oct. 19, 6 pm
Come have a glass of wine with Michelle Wildgen, Thurs., Oct. 19, 6 pm as she talks about her newest novel, Wine People (Zibby Books, hb., $28). She’ll be joined in conversation by Charleston novelist Victoria Benton Frank (My Magnolia Summer). Can’t make it? Order a copy here. About the book: What happens when two ambitious young […]
Piccolo Fiction — Sat., June 3, 5 pm
Sat., June 3, 5 pm, Piccolo Fiction presented by Blue Bicycle Books. Blue Bicycle Books, 420 King Street. Free and open to the public. 843-722-2666. The festival’s longest-running event exclusively devoted to fiction, Piccolo Fiction presents local and South Carolina authors reading brief short stories. This year’s reading will be in the courtyard beside the […]
Anjali Tamang and Sarah Symons, Standing in the Way: from Trafficking to Survival, Tues., Apr. 20, 5:30 pm
Join us Thurs., April 20, 5:30 pm, for a special reception and talk with activists Anjali Tamang and Sarah Symons, co-authors of Standing in the Way (pb., $15), hosted by Her Future Coalition, an international non-profit organization fighting human trafficking and other severe forms of gender violence. Over the past 15 years, Her Future Coalition […]
F.T. Lukens, Spell Bound, Tues., Apr. 4, 5:30 pm
Join us on Tues., Apr. 4, 5:30 pm to celebrate the release day of the newest YA novel by F.T. Lukens, Spell Bound! (Margaret K. McElderry, hb., 336 pp., $19.99) Lukens will be joined in conversation by Corrie Wang, Charleston-based YA author of City of Beasts and The Takedown. About Spell Bound: Edison Rooker isn’t sure what […]