Renowned silhouette artist Clay Rice is returning to Blue Bike to cut personal silhouettes and sign copies of his book The Lonely Shadow (Joggling Board, 2009, hb., $19.95) on Wed., Sept. 15, 3 – 6 pm. Taught by his grandfather Carew, Clay Rice is a 21st century folk artist and a Lowcountry treasure. Watching him cut […]
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Craig Welch at Downtown Public Library
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Join Craig Welch, Seattle Times chief environmental writer, Thurs., Sept. 23, 6:45 – 7:45 pm, Downtown Public Library, 68 Calhoun St., as he discusses Shell Games: Rogues, Smugglers, and the Hunt for Nature’s Bounty. Blue Bike favorite Jonathan Miles, author of Dear American Airlines, calls it a “fiercely reported and wholly captivating cops-and-robbers story about […]
Michelle Zink, Guardian of the Gate, Sept. 7
Monday, August 16, 2010
Blue Bicycle Books welcomes Michelle Zink, author of the Young Adult series Prophecy of the Sisters, Tues., Sept. 7, 4-6 pm. She is touring on Guardian of the Gate, the second in the trilogy, which has been well received all around. The series follows sixteen year-old twin sisters, Lia and Alice Milthorpe, as they continue their exploration […]
New Section of Long Table Poets
Friday, August 6, 2010
Richard Garcia is opening up a new biweekly class of Long Table Poets. This second section will begin with the basics: forms, both formal and informal, structures, and strategies. Each meeting features members’ poetry news, discussion of contemporary poetry, an exercise toward producing a new draft, and critique. Richard’s exercises are fun, imaginative and often […]
BAROLO, Aug. 7
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Author Matthew Gavin Frank will read from and sign copies of his memoir, BAROLO, chronicling his illegal work in the Italian Piemontese food and wine industry at Blue Bike, Sat., Aug. 7, 1 – 3 pm. Barolo follows Frank during his six-month stay in the same-titled region of Italy (pop. 646), living out of a […]
Bike Ride to honor Edwin Gardner on Saturday
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
On the morning of Sat. July 31, at 9 am, a short bicycle ride around Downtown Charleston will celebrate the life of Edwin Gardner, who passed away after a bicycle accident last week. The ride will start and finish at Cannon Park (Calhoun Street between Ashley and Rutledge) for breakfast and fellowship. All members of […]
Helping Ghosts, July 29
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Please join us Thurs., July 29, 5 – 7 pm for a signing with supernatural explorer Louis Charles and his second book, Helping Ghosts. Always interested in ghosts and hauntings, Charles launched his website Angels and Ghosts in 2004, and since then, has been compiling paranormal experience submissions from around the world and comparing potential […]
Signing books while holding babies and boiling peanuts — The Lee Bros.
Monday, June 28, 2010
We don’t think we have even seen Kate Gosselin multi-task at a booksigning like this. Nice work Matt. Matt and Ted Lee are busy men but managed to squeeze in a trip to the Blue Bike during the Wine and Food fest. This peanut boil kicked off a run of great events at the store […]
Jason Deierlein, July 1
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Join us for the launch of local author, Jason Deierlein’s new website on Thurs., July 1, 5 – 7 pm. Jason has written two books, Return from A Comatose Mind and How Education Can End the Cultural Problem.
Penguin Books and Sue Monk Kidd
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Sue Monk Kidd will celebrate the 75th anniversary of Penguin Books at Blue Bicycle Books, 420 King St., downtown, Tues., June 22, 4 – 6 pm, featuring Penguin cupcakes, champagne, and, parked out front, the Penguin-mobile, a bright orange Mini Cooper. The Blue Bike is one of only ten stops on the tour — other […]