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Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl, Beautiful Creatures, Jan. 21

Blue Bicycle Books welcomes Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl, the authors of the YA novel Beautful Creatures, on Thurs., Jan. 21, 4 – 6 pm. Set in a fictional small town near Summerville, the book is getting a national push from publisher Little, Brown and has been very well received critically. Garcia and Stohl live […]

Pat Conroy book signing, Sat. Dec. 12, 1 – 3:30 pm

Yes he said yes he will yes! Pat Conroy has graciously offered to come and sign copies of his blockbuster novel South of Broad at Blue Bicycle Books (about a mile north of Broad, for the record). This is his only booksigning on the Peninsula. South of Broad is already our all-time bestseller. We’ve received […]

Release party for Hot and Hot Fish Club Cookbook, Mon., Nov. 23, 5 – 7 pm

Join us for the release party of Hot and Hot Fish Club Cookbook by Chris and Idie Hastings on Mon., Nov. 23, 5 – 7 pm. The party is sponsored by Garden and Gun Magazine. Chris Hastings’ roots are in Pawley’s Island, where his great-great grandfather belonged to a 19th-century epicurean hunt and fish club called Hot and Hot. […]

Horace Mungin, The Devil Beats His Wife and other stories from the Lowcountry, Nov. 12

Local author, Horace Mungin, will sign copies of The Devil Beats His Wife and other stories from the Lowcountry on Thurs., Nov. 12, 5 – 7 pm.

H.A. Olsen, A Lone Palm Stands, Nov. 14

Local author, H.A. Olsen, will sign copies of his newly-released Southern fiction novel A Lone Palm Stands at Blue Bicycle Books on Sat., Nov. 14, 1 – 3 pm.  A Lone Palm Stands follows the life of a seventeen-year-old girl from Folly Beach who overcomes major obstacles (including Hurricane Hugo) to become a famous singer-songwriter.

Book-cessories

Katie Johnston Jewelry and Lauren Sanchez Purses, Thurs., Dec. 17, 5 – 7 pm Blue Bicycle Books will have champagne and snacks and feature local designers Katie Johnston (jewelry) and our own Lauren Sanchez (pocketbooks), two old friends from Auburn architecture school. Both women are taking a break, and taking cues, from their day jobs […]

Pat Conroy book signing, Sat. Dec. 12, 1 – 3:30 pm.

Yes he said yes he will yes! Pat Conroy has graciously offered to come and sign copies of his blockbuster novel South of Broad at Blue Bicycle Books (about a mile north of Broad, for the record). This is his only booksigning on the Peninsula. South of Broad is already our all-time bestseller. We’ve received […]

Abby Sallenger, Island in a Storm, Nov. 5

Abby Sallenger, author of Island in a Storm, Thurs., Nov. 5., 6 – 8 pm. Talk and reception sponsored by the South Carolina Coastal Conservation League. Sallenger, a coastal geologist for the USGS, tells the story of Isle Derniere , a Louisiana barrier island resort that was destroyed by a Category 4 hurricane in 1856. Unlike […]

Table of Contents — Oct.

Sat., Oct. 10, 11 am — Storytime with Paul Reetz, illustrator of A Granny’s Heart Thurs. Oct. 15, 5:30 – 8 pm — Upper King Design Walk.  Fri., Oct. 16, 5 pm — Kakalak Anthology of Carolina Poets, reading and release party Sat., Oct. 17, 1 – 3 pm — Emily Arsenault signing The Broken Teaglass […]

Blue Bicycle Books Author Luncheon Series

The Blue Bicycle Books Author’s Luncheon Series continues Fri., Nov. 13 with Sue Monk Kidd and Ann Kidd Taylor, discussing and signing Traveling with Pomegranates: A Mother-Daughter Story. A memoir of trips to Greece and France, Pomegranates goes back 11 years, when Sue is turning 50 and contemplating writing fiction for the first time, the […]