Vanessa Blakeslee will be at Blue Bicycle Books Wed., May 7, 5 – 7 pm. She will be giving a reading from her debut story collection Train Shots followed by a Q&A. About the author: Vanessa has had her work published in The Southern Review, Green Mountains Review, The Paris Review Daily, among many others. She earned her MFA in Writing […]
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16th Annual Bridge Run Show — Thurs., Apr. 3
16th Annual Bridge Run Show — Thurs., Apr. 3, 7:30 pm. Sara Peck, Cameron Jones and Jonathan Sanchez will each take the mic for about 5 minutes in this annual staff reading. None of us are as cute as this girl, but you get the idea. Please come join us — there will be beer […]
Author Luncheon: Barbara Hagerty & Marjory Wentworth – April 25
Barbara Hagerty (Twinzilla) and Marjory Wentworth (New & Selected Poems) will speak and sign copies of their new books of verse at a special Poet’s luncheon at Halls Chophouse (434 King St) Fri., Apr. 25, 12 pm. Tickets are $29, order them here About the authors: Barbara Hagerty is a poet, writer, photographer and visual essayist who was born in Charleston, […]
Melissa de la Cruz – April 2
Blue Bicycle Books welcomes New York Times bestseller, YALLFest hotshot, and good friend of the store Melissa de la Cruz, Wed., April 2, 4 – 6 pm. The author of more than 2 dozen books, she’ll sign copies of her latest The Ring and the Crown (Disney-Hyperion, hb., $17.99). About the book: Princess Marie-Victoria, heir to the mightiest empire in the […]
Write of Summer
Our 2014 Write of Summer dates are up and registration is now open for our twelfth summer. We have seven weeks to choose from this year, both downtown and in Mt. Pleasant. Sessions take place Monday through Friday, 9 am to noon. Each session costs $165, $175 after June 1. For more information and registration forms, go here.
George Elliot Windish – April 17
George Elliot Windish will sign copies of his book My Father’s Mansion Thurs., April 17, 3 – 5 pm. About the book: My Father’s Mansion is set in the majestic mountains of Western Maryland during the late 1940s and 1950s. Comprised of a collection of unique stories and heartfelt poems, it encapsulates the author’s formative years growing up […]
Alvin Townley Event – CANCELLED
Our event with Alvin Townley scheduled for Sat., April 5, 5 – 7 pm has been cancelled.
Kwame Alexander Event – CANCELLED
Our Kwame Alexander event schedule for Fri., March 28 at Blue Bicycle Books has been cancelled.
Patricia Moore-Pastides March 7 CANCELLED
Unfortunately our Fri., March 7, 12 pm event with Patricia Moore-Pastides, first lady of the University of South Carolina, has been cancelled.
State of the Heart
Thurs., Feb. 27, 7 pm, Circular Church (150 Meeting St.), SC Poet Laureate Marjory Wentworth will be joined by other local writers William P. Baldwin, Ken Burger, Horace Mungin, Steve Hoffius, and editor Aida Rogers for a reading from the compilation State of the Heart: SC Writers on the Places They Love. Pat Conroy writes in the forward, “State of […]