Join us Thurs., Feb. 20 at 5:30 as Asheville-based poet Brit Washburn reads from her debut collection Notwithstanding (Wet Cement press, pb., 110 pp., $14). Through the collection, Washburn courageously ventures into the shadows of romantic love and motherhood, examining a decade of choices and their results with a clear-eyed measure. Brit Washburn’s work has […]
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I Won’t Starve with J Haleem, Sun., Jan. 26, 4 pm
Saturday, January 11, 2020
Join us Sun., Jan. 26, 4 pm, in-store as photographer, author, and speaker J Haleem discusses and signs his book I Won’t Starve (pb., 183 pp., $19.97). In I Won’t Starve, Haleem shares his life’s experiences, and the highs and the lows that not only comes from life as a convicted felon but also with […]
Hunter Killer Release Party with Brad Taylor, Sat., Jan. 18, 7 pm
Saturday, January 11, 2020
Join celebrated local author Brad Taylor at Uptown Social (587 King St.), Sat., Jan. 18, 7 pm. Brad will talk and sign copies of his latest thriller Hunter Killer (William Morrow, hb., 432 pp., $28.99). The fourteenth installment of his New York Times bestselling Pike Logan Series, Hunter Killer finds Logan and his team entangled in a byzantine scheme […]
Nian, The Chinese New Year Dragon with Timothy Banks, Sat., Jan. 25, 1 pm
Saturday, January 11, 2020
Join us Sat., Jan. 25, 1 pm as local artist Timothy Banks will read from and sign his illustrated children’s book Nian, The Chinese New Year Dragon, written by Virginia Loh-Hagan. About the Book: Mei hates springtime. Why? Because it’s only in the spring that Nian, a fierce dragon, is able to leave his mountain prison under […]
Hitting Rock Middle with Sallie Holder
Saturday, January 11, 2020
On Thurs., Jan. 16, 6 pm, help us celebrate the release of attorney-turned-speaker and thought-leader Sallie Holder’s book Hitting Rock Middle: The Roadmap from Empty Success to True Fulfillment (Advantage Media Group, hb., 160 pp., $27.95) at Hampden Clothing, 314 King Street. A nationally recognized public speaker and business coach, Sallie Holder has been helping businesses, entrepreneurs, […]
Author Dinner with Rick Reilly, Commander in Cheat, Fri., Feb. 7
Saturday, January 4, 2020
Join us Fri., Feb. 7, 6 pm, for dinner at Halls Signature Events (5 Faber St.) as acclaimed Sports Illustrated writer Rick Reilly discusses his book Commander in Cheat: How Golf Explains Trump. Tickets are $64 and include a 3-course dinner and a signed copy of the book, or $96 for 2 tickets and one book. Get […]
Say Grace with Steve Palmer of Indigo Road, Wed., Dec. 18, 6 – 7:30 pm
Friday, December 6, 2019
Join us Wed., Dec. 18, 6 – 7:30 pm, for the Charleston release party of Say Grace: How the Restaurant Business Saved My Life (ForbesBooks, 184 pp., $25) by Steve Palmer, managing partner of Indigo Road (The Macintosh, Indaco and many more). The author will talk and sign books, and Katie Daniel of Bar Mash will be […]
Ran Walker, Portable Black Magic., Fri., Dec. 13, 6 pm
Wednesday, December 4, 2019
Join us at Blue Bicycle Books, Fri., Dec. 13, 6 pm, for a reading and book signing with 2019 Indie Author of the Year Ran Walker. Walker is the author of 17 books, most recently Portable Black Magic, a collection of short stories ranging from a writer involved in a love triangle with a ghost […]
Bernie Schein and Pat Conroy: Our Lifelong Friendship, Thurs., Dec. 19, 5:30 pm
Wednesday, December 4, 2019
Thurs., Dec. 19, 5:30 pm, Bernie Schein will discuss and sign his new memoir, Pat Conroy: Our Lifelong Friendship (Skyhorse, hb., 304 pp, $25.99). Both writers and educators, Schein and Conroy were best friends from the moment they met during a high school pickup basketball game until Pat Conroy’s death in 2016. A love letter and […]
Author Luncheon with Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig, and Karen White, Thurs., Jan. 16, 12 pm
Friday, November 1, 2019
Join us Thurs., Jan. 16, 12 pm for lunch at Halls Signature Events (5 Faber St.), as Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig, and Karen White discuss All the Ways We Said Goodbye (William Morrow, hb., 448 pp., $28). Tickets are $62 for the three-course luncheon plus a signed copy of the book. Get tickets here. New York Times bestselling authors of The Glass Ocean and The Forgotten […]