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Thurs., Aug. 23 — Kimothy Joy, That’s What She Said

Sun., Aug. 26 — Jason Ryan, Race to Hawaii

Sat., Sept. 1 — Ed Waldrop, Living Waters

Thurs., Sept. 6 — Author Luncheon with Karen White, Beatriz Williams, and Lauren Willig

Sat., Sept. 8 — Nicole Rivas, A Bright and Pleading Dagger

Tues., Sept. 18 — Reese Witherspoon at the Gaillard

Fri., Sept. 21 — Author Luncheon for Our Prince of Scribes: Writers Celebrate Pat Conroy

Sat., Sept. 22 — Archive: SC Poetry Since 2005

Fri., Sept. 28 — Author Luncheon with Gigi Wilson, Fun and Simple Gourmet

Sat., Sept. 29 — F. Rutledge Hammes, A Curious Matter of Men with Wings

Wed., Oct. 3 — Joyce Blaylock, Adelicia: Grace, Grit, and Gumption

Fri., Oct. 5 — Author Luncheon with Diane Chamberlain, The Dream Daughter

Mon., Oct. 8 — Elin Hilderbrand, Winter in Paradise

Thurs., Oct. 11 — Jason Ryan, Race to Hawaii at Charleston County Public Library

Sat., Oct. 20 — Busy Philipps, This Will Only Hurt a Little , Charleston Museum

Wed., Oct. 24 — Jacqueline Friedland, Trouble the Waters

Thurs., Oct. 25 — Nina Collins, What Would Virginia Woolf Do?

Fri., Oct. 26 — GennaRose Nethercott, The Lumberjack’s Dove

Sat., Oct. 27 — Author Luncheon with Patti Callahan, Becoming Mrs. Lewis

Sat., Oct. 27 — Tim Pakron, Mississippi Vegan 

Tue., Oct. 30 — Joseph Kelly, Marooned: Jamestown, Shipwreck, and a New History of America’s Origin

Fri. & Sat., Nov. 9-10 — YALLFest!

Join us Fri., Oct. 5, 12 pm for lunch at Halls Signature Events (5 Faber St.), as Diane Chamberlain discusses The Dream Daughter (St. Martin’s Press, hb., 384 pp., $28).

Tickets are $32 for the three-course luncheon, or $62 to add a signed copy of the book.

Get tickets here.

The Dream Daughter is a rich, genre-spanning, breathtaking novel about one mother’s quest to save her child, unite her family, and believe in the unbelievable. When Carly Sears receives the news that her unborn baby girl has a heart defect, she is devastated. She is told that nothing can be done to help her child, but her brother-in-law tells her there is a way to save her baby. What he suggests is something that will shatter every preconceived notion that Carly has.

Diane Chamberlain is the international bestselling author of more than twenty novels, including The Dream Daughter, Necessary Lies, and The Silent Sister. She lives in North Carolina with her partner, photographer John Pagliuca, and her sheltie.

Join us Sat., Oct. 27, 5:00 pm to celebrate the release of Timothy Pakron‘s debut cookbook Mississippi Vegan (Avery, hb., 288 pp. $35).

Inspired by the landscape and flavors of his childhood on the Mississippi gulf coast, Timothy Pakron shares 125 plant-based recipes, all of which substitute ingredients without sacrificing depth of flavor and reveal the secret tradition of veganism in southern cooking. Finding ways to re-create his experiences growing up in the South on the plate, Pakron looks to history and nature as his guides to creating the richest food possible.

Timothy Pakron is a passionate cook, artist, and photographer, and the creator of the blog Mississippi Vegan. Before devoting himself to the culinary arts, he spent time as a fine artist in Charleston, South Carolina, and New York City. He currently lives and works in New Orleans.

Since falling in love with Charleston while filming Vice Principals, Busy Philipps has returned with her family many times. Join us in welcoming her back to the Lowcountry, Sat., Oct. 20, 7 pm, at the Charleston Museum, as we celebrate the release of her book This Will Only Hurt a Little (Touchstone, Oct. 2018, hb., 320 pp).

Tickets include a hardback copy of This Will Only Hurt a Little, pre-signed by the author. 

Moderator TBA.

About the book: A hilarious, heartfelt, and refreshingly honest memoir by the beloved comedic actress known for her roles on Freaks and Geeks, Dawson’s Creek, and Cougar Town who has become “the breakout star of Instagram stories…Imagine I Love Lucy mixed with a modern lifestyle guru” (The New Yorker).

“You guys!! Busy is a legit writer with a voice as clear as a bell. This book is honest, funny, intimate, and well-observed by a person who has observed some sh*t.” —Tina Fey

“Judy Blume meets Karl Ove Knausgaard meets one brave woman from Arizona. On the page, Philipps’ toughness shines through—a rare and feminine ethical code; devoted and blunt. It’s a thrill to watch her stumble right up until the very moment she storms the f*cking gates.” —Miranda July

Busy Philipps is an actress best known for roles in cult TV classics like Dawson’s Creek, Freaks & Geeks, Cougar Town, ER, and most recently, HBO’s Vice Principals. She has appeared in fan-favorite films such as Made of Honor, I Don’t Know How She Does It, He’s Just Not That Into You, White Chicks, and The Gift. She also was one of the writers of the hit film Blades of Glory. Busy lives in Los Angeles with her husband and their two daughters.

Join us Wed., Oct. 3, 5 pm as Joyce Blaylock will be here to sign her new novel Adelicia: Grace, Grit, and Gumption (Carvyl Publishing, pb., 656 pp., $20).

Adelicia: Grace, Grit, and Gumption is an historical fiction based on Adelicia Hayes’s life and historical events of the time. Twenty-one, self-willed and ambitious, Adelicia steps into the Nashville of 1838, as it is making its transition from frontier town to enterprising city. After her first husband’s death, she arguably becomes the wealthiest woman in America. However, her wealth offers little protections against the sufferings of the human heart, and Adelicia has her share. Adelicia’s universal and timeless appeal is driven by the enthralling adventures of the compelling heroine, and the numerous sub-plots that keep both dialogue and narrative active.

Joyce Blaylock has taught English Literature at both the high school and university level. Among the numerous awards she has received are the National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for the Dante Institute, the Frist Foundation Grant to study Dante in Italy, and the prestigious Fulbright Scholarship. A lover of historical research and libraries, she serves on the board of the Giles County Public Library where she enjoys her farm in Lynneville, Tennessee. Ms. Blaylock lives in Nashville with her husband, Steve, and Gabby, the cat.

Join us Sat., Sept. 22, 5 pm to celebrate the release of a new poetry anthology called Archive: South Carolina Poetry Since 2005.

Edited by Furman faculty members Gil Allen, Jeffrey Makala and Bill Rogers, Archive: South Carolina Poetry Since 2005 anthologizes the writings of 46 contemporary South Carolina poets. The anthology’s contents were previously published in national poetry journals, chapbooks or single-authored works. As such, the anthology is the best survey and summary of the writings of South Carolina poets since the previously-published 2005 Ninety-Six Press poetry anthology.

Many of the poets selected will be here to promote the book, including: Gil Allen, Mike Bassett, Emily Davis-Fletcher, Linda Ferguson, Vera Gómez, Ann Herlong-Bodman, Ellen Hyatt, Jacquelyn Markham, Rick Mulkey, Frances Pearce, Emily Rosko, and Marjory Wentworth.

For more information about the book, or about the South Carolina poetry archives, contact Kathleen Hamlin at 864-294-2191 and [email protected]