Join us Thurs., Dec. 14, 5 – 7, as Alabama-based historian / genealogist / writer Sharman Burson Ramsey signs her first novel, Swimming with Serpents (Mercer University Press, hb., 360 pp, $26). The result of research on late 17th and 18th century Native Americans, the novel is a quick-paced historical romance centered around the Indian […]
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Artist Luncheon with Mary Whyte — Tues., Dec. 11
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Blue Bike’s Author Luncheon Series continues with renowned local artist Mary Whyte, Osteria la Bottiglia, 420 King St. (next door to the bookstore), 12 noon, Tues. Dec. 11, 2012. Tickets are $25 and include lunch, author talk and a champagne-and-dessert reception. Ms. Whyte will be discussing her new book Down Bohicket Road (USC Press, 152 […]
Literary Dogs and Their South Carolina Writers book release!
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Thurs., Nov. 29, 5 – 7, Charleston authors and their canines will be on hand to celebrate the release of the anthology Literary Dogs and Their South Carolina Writers (Hub City Press, pb., 140 pp, &19.95) at the Charleston Library Society, 164 King St. Dorothea Benton Frank, Mary Alice Monroe, Christopher Dickey, Josephine Humphreys, Marjory […]
Sheridan Hough signs Mirror’s Fathom Fri., Nov. 23, 2-4 pm
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
This Friday, Blue Bicycle Books welcomes College of Charleston philosophy professor Sheridan Hough to sign her new novel Mirror’s Fathom (Mercer University Press, 256 pp., hb., $28.00). Though she has published several books of philosophy and history, Mirror’s Fathom is Hough’s first novel. Part love story, part mystery, part exploration of Kierkegaardian philosophy, the book sounds like the […]
Nathalie Dupree, Cynthia Graubart, Cliff Graubart
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Join us this Fri., Nov. 16, 2 – 4 pm, as master Southern chefs Nathalie Dupree and Cynthia Graubart sign their new, largest-to-date full-color cookbook, Mastering the Art of Southern Cooking (Gibbs Smith, hb, $45). With a forward by Pat Conroy and covering everything from carrot slaw to Nana Stuffie’s fried shrimp, this book may […]
YALLFest 2012 Sat., Nov. 12
Friday, November 2, 2012
The second annual YALLFest is quickly approaching! Last year, literature-lovers from here in Charleston, around the South, and across the country helped make YALLFest into one of the country’s premier young adult book festivals . YALLFest 2012 will feature 48 of the country’s top YA authors (twice as many as last year!), and all of […]
Greg Tavares signs Improv for Everyone
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Join us Thurs., Nov. 1, 5:30 – 7:30 pm for Greg Tavares signing his new book Improv for Everyone. Co-founder of Theatre 99 and the local improv troupe The Have Nots!, Greg has been teaching improv for over ten years and to over 500 classes. In an interview, he compares learning improv to learning a […]
David Porter signs In the Shade of the Mango Tree
Friday, October 5, 2012
Thurs., Oct. 18, 5 – 7pm, author David Porter will be singing copies of his first novel, In the Shade of the Mango Tree (226 pgs, pb., $20). A globe-trotting crime novel, the book follows a retired Communications professor and a former Navy Special Operations officer as they, with the help of a Lebanese ex-pat […]
David St. John and Anna Journey at the Poetry Society of South Carolina
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Fri., Oct. 12, 7 pm, California poets David St. John and Anna Journey will speak and read selections of their work at the Poetry Society of South Carolina, 164 King St. The writers of more than ten collections of poetry, David St. John is the recipient of fellowships from the NEA and the Guggenheim Foundation […]
Storytelling with Hawk Hurst
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Thurs., Oct. 4, 5 – 7, storyteller and Native American-style flute maker and player Hawk Hurst will be reading and signing copies of his educational children’s book The Way of the Forest. The book follows two tribe members on their search for a solution to their ecological woes. Hawk has been crafting flutes for over […]