Blue Bike welcomes author Lisa Wells Thurs., Sept. 22, 5:30-7pm to sign her new book Yeah. No. Totally (Perfect Day, pb. 127 pp., $10). Her book offers a searing portait of a generation on the brink, told through a collection of overheard stories the author has been gathering for years. With a voice at once angry, soulful, [...]
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YALLFest 2011 Exhibitor Info
Thursday, September 8, 2011
YALLFest 2011 will feature a full day of stimulating talks by award-winning writers, live music, games, and a bustling Literary Marketplace. This fun, family-oriented, cultural event brings together hundreds of booklovers and authors of all ages. Authors, publishers, companies with book-related products, and other businesses interested in becoming a YALLFest 2011 Exhibitor should submit an [...]
Marjory Wentworth signs Taking a Stand, Oct 1!
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Blue Bike welcomes back S.C. Poet Laureate Marjory Wentworth this fall to sign her new book co-authored with Juan E. Méndez, Taking a Stand: The Evolution of Human Rights (Macmillan, hb., 256 pp., $27). Join us at the store Sat., Oct. 1, 5-7pm to hear firsthand about the authors’ experiences with human rights violation and [...]
Jennifer Niven signs Velva Jean Learns to Fly , Sept. 17!
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
In town for SIBA, Los Angeles author Jennifer Niven will stop by Blue Bicycle on Sat., Sept. 17, 5-7 pm to sign her new book, Velva Jean Learns to Fly (Penguin, pb. 432 pp. $15), the second installment in her acclaimed Velva Jean series. The first book, Velva Jean Learns to Drive, published in 2009, received rave reviews [...]
Bring the Kids! Blair Hahn signs My Purple Kisses , Sept. 9
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Blue Bicyle welcomes local children’s author, Blair Hahn, Fri., Sept. 9, 5-7 pm to sign My Purple Kisses and My Purple Toes (Greenleaf, hb., $15.95). These two children’s board books, illustrated by Tate Nation, tell colorful, creative stories about a mother who shares her love in a variety of purple ways. Using fun seek-and-find illustrations, the series promotes life lessons that challenge a child’s imagination and early [...]
Clay Rice returns to Blue Bicycle, Sept. 23!
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Renowned silhouette artist Clay Rice is returning to Blue Bike to cut personal silhouettes and sign copies of his book The Lonely Shadow (hb., $19.95) on Fri., Sept. 23, 3 – 6 pm. Taught by his grandfather Carew, Clay Rice is a 21st century folk artist and a Lowcountry treasure. Watching him cut a child’s [...]
Barton Seaver signs his new cookbook, Sept. 20
Friday, August 19, 2011
Join us at Blue Bicycle Books Tues., Sept. 20, 1-3 pm to meet Barton Seaver, author of For Cod and Country (Sterling Epicure, 2011, hb., 295 pp., $30). His beautifully designed cookbook features simple seafood recipes that call for fresh, seasonal ingredients. Nearly all of the recipes are illustrated with scrumptuous color photos. In addition, it’s packed with [...]
Cameron McWhirter signs Red Summer Sept. 28
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Blue Bicycle will welcome Wall Street Journal reporter Cameron McWhirter Wed., Sept. 28, 4-6 pm signing his new book Red Summer: The Summer of 1919 and the Awakening of Black America (Henry Holt, 2011, hb. 352 pp. $32.50). McWhirter offers the first narrative written history of the deadly summer of 1919, when a wave of antiblack [...]
Blue Bike welcomes author Maurita Corcoran, Aug. 19!
Sunday, July 24, 2011
Maurita Corcoran’s new book A House Interrupted: A Wife’s Story of Recovering from Her Husband’s Sex Addiction (Gentle Path, pb., 232 pp., $16.95) is a deeply personal memoir of struggle and hope. After learning that her husband of fourteen years, a successful physician, was a sex addict, Corcoran found herself submerged in a world of painful choices [...]
New York Times calls on Nathalie Dupree!
Saturday, July 23, 2011
This week, New York Times Magazine sifted through the age old battle over biscuits: where to find them, what to put in them, and who can make them. Even though there are about as many ways to mix a biscuit as there are to pull pork, some Southerners believe that a good biscuit simply cannot be found above the Mason [...]