Blue Bicycle Books

Join us Fri., Aug. 26, 12 pm for lunch with Harry Farthing at High Cotton (199 East Bay St.). Harry will talk and sign copies of his new book Summit (Hawkridge, hb., 494 pp., $30).

Tickets are $31 for three-course lunch and talk or $61 for lunch and book. Click here for tickets.

Summit is an action-packed mountaineering adventure in which a mysterious discovery leads to breathtaking revelations about the world’s highest peak. Beautifully written and meticulously researched, Summit follows two climbers across two continents as their stories intertwine, culminating in one final push for the top of the world.

An Englishman born in Lynton, North Devon, Harry Farthing has had a lifelong interest in exploration, archaeology, and world history. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and has travelled widely to extreme environments such as the Sahara Desert, the Himalaya, the Amazon, and the Arctic North. He is an experienced mountaineer who has climbed Mont Blanc and the Matterhorn in the Alps, Mount McKinley in Alaska, Shishapangma (the highest mountain in Tibet), and even Mount Everest itself.

Join us Fri., July 22, 12 pm for lunch with Jane Green at High Cotton (199 E. Bay St.). Jane will talk and sign copies of her new book, Falling (Berkley, hb., 352 pp., $26).

Tickets for this event, part of our ongoing Author Luncheon Series, are $56 – included are a three-course meal and signed hardback. Click here for tickets.

About the book: Falling is the first girl-meets-boy love story Jane has written since her wildly popular early novels Jemima J and Mr. Maybe. Loosely based on how Jane met her husband, the novel is an irresistible story about two people from vastly different backgrounds falling in love.

About the author: Jane Green is the author of 17 novels, 16 of which were New York Times Bestsellers, including her last novel, Summer Secrets. A former journalist in the UK, she had her own radio show on BBC Radio London, and regularly appears on “Good Morning America,” “The Martha Stewart Show,” and “The Today Show.” She now lives in Westport, Connecticut with her husband and their family.

Join us Fri., July 8, 12 pm for lunch with Marjory Wentworth, Herb Frazier and Bernard Edward Powers at HIGH COTTON RESTAURANT, 199 E. Bay St. PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE OF VENUE. They will talk and sign copies of her new book, We Are Charleston (Thomas Nelson, hp., 256 pp, $24.99).

About the book: Following the shooting of nine victims at a June 2015 bible study at Emanuel AME Church, residents of the community recognized the need to examine and learn from the events that led to the tragedy. Through in-depth interviews with the victims’ families, friends, and other community members, Marjory, with co-authors Herb Frazier and Bernard Edward Powers Jr., wrote We Are Charleston. The book explores the impact of the shooting, the role of the AME church, and the importance of awareness, action, and forgiveness.

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Join us Thur., July 14, 5 pm as artist West Fraser discusses and signs copies of his newest art book Painting the Southern Coast (USC Press, hb., 288 pp, $49.99).

About the book: From the sultry streets of Savannah to the winding waterways and unique environs of the region’s sea islands, the works included offer a view of the land West Fraser loves. Fraser augments his visual tour of the coast with original maps of the region and location coordinates of each painting, enhancing the viewer’s knowledge and appreciation of the region, as well as of Fraser’s artistic gift.

About the author: West Fraser was born in Savannah, Georgia. A true son of the Lowcountry, Fraser has dedicated much of his career to capturing the lush, primordial beauty of the Southeast’s coastal regions that have been altered by man and time.

Join us Sat., July 2, 12 pm for lunch with Bronwen Dickey at Halls Chophouse (434 King St.). Bronwen will talk and sign copies of her new book, Pit Bull: The Battle over an American Icon (Knopf, hb., 352 pp, $26.95).

Tickets for this event, part of our ongoing Author Luncheon Series, are $57 – included are a three course meal and signed hardback. Click here for tickets.

About the book: When Bronwen Dickey brought her new dog home, she saw no traces of the infamous viciousness in her affectionate, timid pit bull. Which made her wonder: How had the breed—beloved by Teddy Roosevelt, Helen Keller, and Hollywood’s “Little Rascals”—come to be known as a brutal fighter? Pit Bull is the hugely illuminating story of how a popular breed of dog became the most demonized and supposedly the most dangerous of dogs—and what role humans have played in the transformation.

About the author: Bronwen Dickey is a contributing editor at The Oxford American. Her writing has also appeared in The New York Times, Newsweek, The Virginia Quarterly Review, Outside, Popular Mechanics, Best American Travel Writing 2009, Slate, Garden & Gun, The San Francisco Chronicle, Southern Living, World Hum, Sport Diver, and The Independent Weekly, among other publications. She lives in North Carolina.