Join us Sun., Oct. 8, 4 pm as Julie Lythcott-Haims discusses and signs her new memoir Real American (Henry Holt, hb., 288 pp., $27). Real American is a fearless and powerful memoir. Bringing a brisk, poetic sensibility to her prose, Lythcott-Haims stirringly evokes her personal battle with the low self-esteem that American racism routinely inflicts on people […]
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Author Luncheon with Arthur Ravenel, Jr., Pastor Stat, Fri., Sept. 15, 12 pm
Thursday, September 7, 2017
Join us Fri., Sept. 15, 12 pm for lunch at High Cotton (199 East Bay St.), as Arthur Ravenel, Jr. discusses his novel Pastor Stat (Evening Post Books, hb., 240 pp., $29). Tickets are $31 for the three-course luncheon and talk, or $60 including a signed copy of the book. Get tickets here. About the book: A sermon to preach, a blockade […]
Invictus Release Party with Ryan Graudin, Tues., Sept. 26, 5 pm
Thursday, August 31, 2017
Join us Tues., Sept. 26, 5 pm as we celebrate the release of Invictus, the latest novel by Ryan Graudin, a very popular young adult novelist and Charleston native. Invictus introduces us to a time-travelling bandit named Farway Gaius McCarthy. The son of a time traveler from 2354 AD and a gladiator living in ancient Rome, Far’s very existence […]
Bliss at Blue Bicycle Books, Thurs., Sept. 7, 5 pm
Wednesday, August 30, 2017
Coming up on Thurs., Sept. 7, at 5 pm we will be joined by two authors from the Bliss Spiritual Coop in Mount Pleasant. Kristy Dominiak and Christina Ann Sullivan will be here to talk about and sign their books. On the outside, Kristy Dominiak appeared to have a seemingly perfect life—a devoted husband, three healthy children, financial […]
Look & See: A Portrait of Wendell Berry, film screening at Charleston Music Hall, Tues., Oct. 3, 6:30 pm
Monday, August 21, 2017
Tues., Oct. 3, at 6:30 pm, the Charleston Music Hall, Lowcountry Local First, Grow Food Carolina, Lowcountry Street Grocery & Blue Bicycle Books are excited to present a film screening of Look & See: A Portrait of Wendell Berry. Marcus Amaker, the City of Charleston’s first Poet Laureate, will open the evening with a spoken word […]
The Best of Us with Joyce Maynard, Wed., Sept. 6, 8:45 am
Tuesday, August 15, 2017
Join us bright and early on Wed., Sept. 6, at 8:45 am, as journalist and popular fiction writer Joyce Maynard discusses her new memoir The Best of Us (Bloomsbury, hb., 448 pp., $27). You can skip breakfast, because we’ll be bringing coffee and pastries to help pep everyone up. . In 2011, when she was in her […]
BevCon Author Reading Party, Thurs., Aug. 24, 7 pm
Thursday, August 3, 2017
Join us Thurs. Aug. 24, 7 pm at Leon’s Oyster Shop (688 King St.), for an entertaining evening with some of the country’s top beverage writers as they share excerpts from their most recent or upcoming work. The inimitable Gary Crunkleton will serve as MC and drinks will be flowing. Books by the authors will also be available for […]
The Cage-maker, with Nicole Seitz, Tues., Aug. 15, 5 pm
Monday, July 31, 2017
Join us Tues., Aug. 15, 5 pm as Nicole Seitz discusses and signs her new novel The Cage-maker (Story River Books, hb., 248 pp., $28). Bringing the New Orleans of the late 1800s and early 1900s vividly to life, Nicole’s novel unfolds as a series of letters, journal entries, and newspaper articles discovered in the secret […]
Author Luncheon with Kate Fagan, What Made Maddy Run, Fri., Aug. 18, 12 pm
Tuesday, July 25, 2017
Join us Fri., Aug. 18, 12 pm for lunch at High Cotton (199 East Bay St.), as Kate Fagan discusses her new book What Made Maddy Run (Little, Brown, 320 pp., $27). Kate will be in conversation with well-known health writer and yoga teacher Kathryn Budig. Tickets are $31 for the three-course luncheon and talk, or $58 including a signed […]
Gumbo Love with Lucy Buffett, Thurs., July 20, 5 pm
Wednesday, July 12, 2017
Join us Thurs., July 20, 5 pm as Lucy Buffett tells the stories behind the recipes in her new cookbook Gumbo Love (Grand Central, hb., 336 pp., $30). Since she was a young girl, Lucy has believed in the power of gumbo–the stirring, the transformation of the roux, the simple ingredients cooking up into something much […]