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 [...]
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Penguin Books and Sue Monk Kidd
Sunday, June 6, 2010
The Unexpected Visitor, June 18, 4 – 6 pm
Friday, June 4, 2010
Join us Fri., June 18, 4 – 6 pm for a signing with the Margaret Baroody, narrator of The Unexpected Visitor. The book features a collection of black and white photography shot by Margaret’s late husband Dr. Naseeb Baroody, accompanied by inspiration passages written by Margaret. The pictures were taken over a fifty year period [...]
Ripe: The Search for the Perfect Tomato
Friday, June 4, 2010
Blue Bike welcomes Arthur Allen, author of Ripe: The Search for the Perfect Tomato on Sat., June 19, 11 – 1 pm. Allen, a journalist, follows the history of tomato cultivation and breeding from the Chinese Army’s conquest for canned tomatoes to Italian farmers’ devotion to retaining their tomato traditions. We may even have some [...]
10th Annual Piccolo Fiction Open
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Join us for the 10th annual Piccolo Fiction Open June 5, 5 – 7 pm. Part of the Piccolo Spoleto Festival, the Fiction Open features short fiction on this year’s theme, present tense. The winning writers will read their pieces in the courtyard adjacent to the store: This Story Takes Place on a Ship by [...]
Blue Bicycle Books Author Luncheon Series
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Please join us as the Blue Bicycle Books Author Luncheon Series continues Fri., June 4, noon to 2 pm, with Lowcountry legends Louis Rubin and Ben Moïse.
Louis Rubin Jr. is the co-founder of Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, author of over fifty books, and editor of several southern literature and historical collections. He returns to [...]
The Jazz Loft Project, June 10
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
The Jazz Loft Project book concerns a NYC loft building which was a legendary after-hours jazz scene in the 1950s and 60s. Photographer W. Eugene Smith made thousands of photos and tapes in the building. Sam Stephenson, director of the Jazz Loft Project at the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, has spent the [...]
Story Time
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Join us for story hour with Michael Gibson and his book Luli Loves Lima Beans, Sat., June 12, 11 -1 pm. If you bring your best Indian-style, we’ll bring the juice boxes and Goldfish.
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New Store Hours!
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
We are now open till 7:30 pm, Monday through Saturday! (Sundays 1 – 6)
Party like it’s 1982.
Contemporary Charleston 2010: Influences
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Katie Crouch, Men and Dogs, May 21
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Blue Bicycle Books is delighted to welcome author Katie Crouch back to the store, signing copies of her newest novel Men and Dogs, Fri., May 21, 5 – 7 pm.
Self-proclaimed southerner-in-exile Katie Crouch will be coming home and giving Blue Bicycle Books a visit Fri., May 21, 5 – 7 pm. Since her first [...]
The Food, Folklore, and Art of Lowcountry Cooking, May 27
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Blue Bicycle Books welcomes renowned author Joseph Dabney, signing The Food, Folklore, and Art of Lowcountry Cooking, Thurs., May 27, 5 – 7 pm.
There are a lot of wonderful foodie books about this food-crazed part of the world, but this one is so fun, so all-encompassing, ranging from recipes to history to the current restaurant [...]