Please note that there have been some minor changes to the YALLFest schedule for this Saturday. In particular, the Industry Insiders Panel at 1 pm has been cancelled, and some personnel changes have been made to the Zombie Attack Panel at 5 pm. Please click the YALLFest! link above to see the updated schedule.
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YALLFest This Saturday!
Monday, November 7, 2011
YALLFest 2011, a FREE event featuring 26 of the country’s top YA authors is Sat., Nov. 12, 10 am to 6 pm. This is Blue Bicycle Books’ largest event ever. Adding up all the volunteers/writers/donors/and more, just the number of people working alone ranks in our all-time Top Five shindigs. A spin-off of last year’s […]
Come one, Come YALL!
Monday, November 7, 2011
We are truly grateful for all the authors who are coming to Charleston this weekend just for what we think will soon be the nation’s top Young Adult book festival. It’s an amazing, wide ranging group, former soccer moms and teachers, graduates of Yale, Williams, Harvard, Brown, Columbia who love spinning rich stories, natural talents […]
Recently Acquired
Monday, November 7, 2011
A few new treasures decking our halls in time for the holidays: The Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac. First edition, first printing. Viking, 1958, hb., 244 pp., in very good dust jacket with original price of $3.95 intact, some rubbing on front and back panels, and photo of ‘Ti Jean’ on the back panel. Black cloth […]
Book-Launch for Kwame Alexander’s Acoustic Rooster Nov. 10!
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Poet and author Kwame Alexander will be signing copies of his new children’s book, Acoustic Rooster, on Thurs., Nov. 10 from 6-7:30 pm. Kwame is also the founder of Capital Bookfest, the predecessor of this year’s YALLFest on Nov. 12. Kwame’s new musically-themed book follows a jazz-loving rooster on his quest to win glory in […]
Signed Gone with the Wind
Saturday, September 17, 2011
Recently acquired! Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell, first edition, first printing, signed, $19,900. Macmillan, 1936, signed in black ink by Mitchell on the front free endpaper, as was her custom. With all first printing, first issue indicators: “Published May, 1936” on copyright page, rear panel has GWTW listed second in the right-hand column. […]
Lisa Wells signs Yeah. No. Totally Sept. 22!
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Blue Bike welcomes author Lisa Wells Thurs., Sept. 22, 5:30-7pm to sign her new book Yeah. No. Totally (Perfect Day, pb. 127 pp., $10). Her book offers a searing portait of a generation on the brink, told through a collection of overheard stories the author has been gathering for years. With a voice at once angry, soulful, […]
YALLFest 2011 Exhibitor Info
Thursday, September 8, 2011
YALLFest 2011 will feature a full day of stimulating talks by award-winning writers, live music, games, and a bustling Literary Marketplace. This fun, family-oriented, cultural event brings together hundreds of booklovers and authors of all ages. Authors, publishers, companies with book-related products, and other businesses interested in becoming a YALLFest 2011 Exhibitor should submit an […]
Marjory Wentworth signs Taking a Stand, Oct 1!
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Blue Bike welcomes back S.C. Poet Laureate Marjory Wentworth this fall to sign her new book co-authored with Juan E. Méndez, Taking a Stand: The Evolution of Human Rights (Macmillan, hb., 256 pp., $27). Join us at the store Sat., Oct. 1, 5-7pm to hear firsthand about the authors’ experiences with human rights violation and […]
Jennifer Niven signs Velva Jean Learns to Fly , Sept. 17!
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
In town for SIBA, Los Angeles author Jennifer Niven will stop by Blue Bicycle on Sat., Sept. 17, 5-7 pm to sign her new book, Velva Jean Learns to Fly (Penguin, pb. 432 pp. $15), the second installment in her acclaimed Velva Jean series. The first book, Velva Jean Learns to Drive, published in 2009, received rave reviews […]