Join us Mon., June 17, 4 – 6 pm., to help celebrate the release of author Karen White’s first hardback novel, The Time Between (NAL, 352 pp, hb., $25.95). About the book. The Time Between follows two generations of sisters with roots on Edisto Island. Eleanor Murray, now in Charleston, is offered work as a […]
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Tickets available for Dorothea Benton Frank lunch!
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
This June, Blue Bicycle Book’s Luncheon Series continues with New York Times Bestselling author Dorothea Benton Frank. Join us Fri., June 14, 11:30 at the Charleston Marriott, 170 Lockwood Blvd., to celebrate the release of her newest book, The Last Original Wife (HarperCollins, 368 pp, hb., $26.99). Tickets are $60 and include author talk, lunch, […]
Ladies’ Night with Mary Kay Andrews
Monday, June 3, 2013
Help us celebrate the release of novelist Mary Kay Andrews’ newest book Ladies’ Night Thurs., June 6, 5 – 7 pm, at Osteria la Bottiglia. In honor of her newest book, the restaurant has concocted a special Ladies’ Night cocktail, we’ll have the new book to sell, and Mary Kay will be on hand to […]
Event Cancelled! Dean King’s The Feud, June 16
Friday, May 31, 2013
Join us Sun., June 16, 3 – 5 pm, while bestselling writer and historian Dean King discusses and signs his newest book The Feud: The Hatfields and McCoys: The True Story (Little, Brown, hb., 448 pp, $28). With years of original research, including the discovery of lost and overlooked interviews from both family members, The […]
Summer Vacationing with Blue Bicycle Books
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Though we here at Blue Bike appreciate the annual resurgence of summer road trip mix tapes, we also feel that the equally important summer road trip book mixes are often and unfairly overlooked. We plan to fix this. But please don’t read and drive. jkljkljkljkljkljkljkl;jkljkljkl;jkl;jkljkljkl;jkl;jklkljlkjkl;jl;k If you want to use your trip to read a […]
Lowcountry Artists’ Book Meet
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Eight local writers and visual artists will show their original, hand made artists’ books Sun., June 2, 2 – 5 pm. This one-day exhibition will take place at both Blue Bicycle Books and Redux Contemporary Art Center, with works ranging from collaborative sketchbooks, hand made journals with ceramic covers, and hand-bound volumes of poetry, to […]
Piccolo Fiction Open Returns!
Monday, May 20, 2013
The Piccolo Spoleto Fiction Open returns to Blue Bicycle Books Sat., June 1, 5 – 7 pm. The festival’s longest-running event exclusively devoted to the craft of fiction, Piccolo Fiction invites four writers, both local and not, to write and present a 5 minute “short short” story. The reading is held in the lush courtyard of […]
Book Signing and Drinks with Mary Kay Andrews
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Mary Kay Andrews will be joining us Thurs., June 6, 5 – 7 pm for a happy hour drink next door at Osteria La Bottiglia and will be signing her newest book, Ladies’ Night (St. Martin’s, hb., $26.99). Mary Kary Andrews is a former Atlanta Journal Constitution reporter, where she covered the real-life murder trial […]
Margaret Stohl & Friends, May 23
Friday, May 10, 2013
YALLFest: Charleston’s Young Adult Book Festival will return Sat., Nov. 9, 2013, and organizers will release the 2013 line-up very soon. But in the meantime, Blue Bicycle Books is hosting a mini-YA festival to tide over fans. Thurs., May 23, 5:30 to 7:30 pm, Beautiful Creatures co-author Margaret Stohl will bring her “YA Icons” tour […]
Pat Harris and Mark Geragos’s Mistrial
Monday, April 29, 2013
Join us Thurs., May 10, 3 – 5 pm, while author and trial lawyer Pat Harris discusses and signs his newest book, Mistrial. Historically, criminal defense attorneys were the heroes of the justice system. Atticus Finch was an icon. But that all has changed. Now defense lawyers in the media are all unapologetic win-at-all-costs characters. […]