Blue Bicycle Books’ Author Luncheon Series kicks off the new year, Friday, Feb. 19, 12 pm, at Halls Chophouse, 434 King St., as New York Times best-selling author Peter Zheutlin talks about Rescue Road: One Man, Thirty Thousand Dogs and a Million Miles on the Lost Hope Highway (Sourcebooks, pb., $15). Tickets are $30 for the author talk […]
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Release party for Brad Taylor’s The Forgotten Soldier, Tues., Dec. 29!
Tuesday, December 22, 2015
Join us Tues., Dec. 29, 6 pm at Blue Bicycle Books, 420 King St., downtown Charleston, to celebrate the release of the ninth installment in the Pike Logan series: The Forgotten Soldier (Dutton, hb., $27) by Brad Taylor. A retired Delta Force operator, Brad Taylor served in the U.S. Army for over 20 years, retiring as a Special Forces Lieutenant […]
Point Suite Art Book with Annika Connor, Wed. Dec. 30
Tuesday, December 22, 2015
Artist and Renaissance Weekend attendee Annika Connor hosts a special event, Wed., Dec. 30, 6 pm, for Point Suite: Contemporary Art (Active Ideas Productions, 201 pp., pb., $35), featuring work and essays by dozens of young contemporary artists. The evening’s discussion will start with a brief presentation, projecting some of the art featured in the book, and be […]
George Singleton’s Calloustown, Dec. 3
Monday, November 30, 2015
Thurs., Dec. 3, 5 – 7 pm, George Singleton will sign copies of his newest collection of short stories, Calloustown (Dzanc Books, pb., $15.95). Calloustown, the seventh collection from the master raconteur of southern short fiction, who’s been praised by the Atlanta Journal Constitution as the “unchallenged king of the comic Southern short story,” finds […]
Carolina Writers at Home, Dec. 4
Monday, November 30, 2015
Fri., Dec. 4, 5 – 7, join us for the Lowcountry release party for Carolina Writers at Home, edited by Meg Reid, photos by Rob McDonald (Hub City, pb., $25), stories from twenty-five North Carolina and South Carolina writers about the places from which they pull their inspiration. Local authors Bret Lott, Josephine Humphreys, along […]
Author Luncheon with Brian Hicks and The Mayor, Thurs., Dec. 10
Monday, November 30, 2015
Join us Thursday, Dec. 10 at 12 pm for a special luncheon at Halls Chophouse (434 King St.) with award-winning Post and Courier columnist Brian Hicks in celebration of his newest book, the authorized biography The Mayor: Joe Riley and the Rise of Charleston (Evening Post Books, hb., $29.95). You can purchase one of two tickets: $30 for […]
Bo Petersen’s Washing Our Hands in the Clouds
Monday, November 30, 2015
Thurs., Dec. 10, 5 – 7 pm, award-winning Post & Courier writer Bo Petersen will be discussing and signing Washing Our Hands in the Clouds: Joe Williams, His Forebears, and Black Farms in South Carolina (USC Press, pb., $19.95). In Washing Our Hands in the Clouds, Peterson offers a reflection on the Civil War, Emancipation, Jim […]
Nicole Seitz’s When You Pass Through Waters, Dec. 11
Monday, November 30, 2015
Join us Fri., Dec. 11, 5 – 7 pm, to celebrate the release of the anthology When You Pass Through Waters: Words of Hope and Healing from your Favorite Authors (Water Books, pb., $11.99). In response to the “thousand year flood” of 2015 in South Carolina, eighteen beloved and bestselling authors graciously contributed a water-themed […]
Author Luncheon with James Scott, Target Tokyo , Fri., Nov. 20.
Saturday, November 7, 2015
Join us Friday, Nov. 20 at 12 pm for a special luncheon at Halls Chophouse with James Scott, author of Target Tokyo (WW Norton, hb, 672 pp, $35). You can purchase one of two tickets: $30 for the author talk and delicious three-course luncheon, $65 that includes lunch and a signed book. Tickets may be purchased online […]
Steve Roggenbuck//Hannah Edge//Sara Peck// Raena Shirali Reading, Oct. 26, 6 pm
Thursday, October 22, 2015
Join us Monday, October 26th, 6 pm as we welcome Steve Roggenbuck. He will read excerpts from his many books of poetry. Hannah Edge, Raena Shirali and our very own Sara Peck will also be reading. suggested donation of $5 to help Steve out on his cross country tour. Books will also be for sale. —- Steve Roggenbuck is a […]