Join us and Spartanburg-based bookshop and publisher Hub City on Thurs., July 9, 5 pm, for a virtual event with author Rachel Beanland to celebrate her debut novel, Florence Adler Swims Forever (Simon & Schuster, hb., 320 pp, $26). Over the course of one summer that begins with a shocking tragedy, three generations of […]
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Writing Camp goes Virtual!
Thursday, June 18, 2020
Against the odds, our writing camps are off and running this year. Session 1, for grades 3 – 6, was in the airy and spacious sanctuary of Bright City Church — thank you to Nick and Jess Connolly for generously donating use of this space. This week’s session (and the two following) are Write of […]
Open — with a twist
Thursday, May 14, 2020
We are happy to announce we’re back open to the public, but with some health-minded caveats. To keep both our employees and our customers safe, we’re taking all of the necessary precautions and enacting the following policies: Regular hours: 10 – 7: 30 Monday – Saturday and 1 – 6 Sunday. Store is capacity is […]
Fiber Fueled with Dr. B
Wednesday, May 13, 2020
We have partnered with local restaurant Verde and renowned gastroenterologist Dr. Will Bulsiewicz, better known as Dr. B, to share his new book Fiber Fueled (Avery, hb., 400 pp., $27). Dr. B’s groundbreaking book offers a plant-based gut health program for losing weight, restoring health, and optimizing your microbiome. Including a 28-day jumpstart program with […]
YALLSTAYHOME: A Virtual Book Fest
Thursday, April 23, 2020
YALLWEST, the Santa Monica sister to YALLFest, will not be in the flesh in 2020, but has been resurrected as YALLSTAYHOME, a zoomapalooza–make that, yallapazooma–coming up Friday, April 24 – Sunday, April 26. There will be virtual panels: “teanotes,” “PJ cosplay,” and “Creativity in the Time of Corona,” plus special events like Doodling with Marie […]
Jane Kleeb Harvest the Vote, Tues., Feb. 25, 5 pm
Thursday, February 13, 2020
Join us Tues., Feb 25, 5 pm for Jane Kleeb, chair of the Democratic Party of Nebraska, as she talks about her new book Harvest the Vote (Ecco, hb, 224 pp., $26.99) before the SC Democratic debate. The Democratic Party has lost an entire generation of rural voters. By focusing the majority of their message and resources […]
Jenna Bush Hager at the Gaillard Center Sat., May 2
Wednesday, February 12, 2020
Saturday, May 2, 7 pm, Today show co-host Jenna Bush Hager will be at the Gaillard Center with her new book, Everything Beautiful in its Time. Jenna will take fans behind the scenes of her life – from growing up in a political family to dating in the public eye to life on the Today show set. Through […]
Dr. Adam H. Domby The False Cause, Thurs., Mar. 5
Tuesday, February 4, 2020
Join us Thurs., Mar. 5, 5:30 pm as College of Charleston professor Dr. Adam H. Domby will be here to discuss his book The False Cause: Fraud, Fabrication, and White Supremacy in Confederate Memory (UVA Press, hb., 272 pp., $30). The Lost Cause ideology that emerged after the Civil War and flourished in the early twentieth century in […]
Author Luncheon with Lori Gottlieb, Maybe You Should Talk to Someone, March 27
Monday, February 3, 2020
Join us for lunch with renowned psychotherapist and New York Times bestselling author Lori Gottlieb, Fri., March 27, 12 pm, at Halls Signature Events. Gottlieb will discuss her most recent book, Maybe You Should Talk to Someone (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, hb., 432 pp., $28). Tickets are $64 and include a three-course meal and a signed hardback copy […]
Enough Pie’s Tales from the Manor, Thurs., Feb. 27
Monday, February 3, 2020
Thurs., Feb. 27, at 5:30, help us celebrate the release of local nonprofit Enough Pie‘s book, Tales from the Manor, a counterpart to their popular podcast of the same title. Enough Pie’s mission is to use creativity to connect and empower the community in Charleston’s Upper Peninsula. With this mission at its heart, Tales from […]