Thursday, December 8, 2016
Join us Tue., Dec. 13, 5 pm as Jen Snyder discussions and signs copies of the latest installment in her very popular HMS Log Book series.
This smart and beautifully organized journal is engineered to maximize your time and head space to make for efficient journaling. The “fill in the box” format invites you to log all the variables that affect the mind, body, and spirit as you journey through each day. The HMS Log Book is a powerful tool for helping bring awareness to our cycles, patterns, strengths, and opportunities for growth, as each page presents the daily moon phase and an inspirational quote from the world’s most beloved motivational and spiritual teachers.
Thursday, December 1, 2016
Join us Fri., Dec. 9, 5 pm as author Marion Lear Swaybill and photographer Scott Snider discuss their new book Oysters: A Celebration in the Raw (Abbeville Press, hb., 216 pp., $25).
Overflowing with gorgeous original photography and fascinating anecdotes, Oysters: A Celebration in the Raw is the perfect book for oyster aficionados and newbies, foodies and chefs of all stripes, lovers of photography and art, the environment, history, and the sea.
Marion Lear Swaybill is an Emmy award-winning television producer, writer, and pioneering media executive. A cook as well as a writer, her recipes have appeared in the “Great Cooks Guide” series (Random House) and New England’s “Sound Magazine.”
Scott Snider is an award-winning natural history filmmaker whose work takes him around the world as an accomplished underwater, long lens, and macro cinematographer. He is the founder of Half Moon Productions, a film and photography studio based in Charleston.
Friday, November 25, 2016
Join us Fri., Dec. 9, 12 pm for lunch at High Cotton (199 East Bay St.), as Frank Lee discusses his new book The S.N.O.B. Experience. Tickets are $76 for the author talk, three-course luncheon, and a signed copy of the book.
Get tickets here.
Shortly after opening in 1993, Slightly North of Broad restaurant became an integral part of Charleston, reflecting the city’s bright spirit, open attitude, and historic character. The S.N.O.B. Experience presents classic recipes that regulars will recognize, as well as long-running seasonal plates and many of the sauces, side dishes, and dressings from the restaurant’s popular Lunch Express and Dailies menus.
Frank Lee served as executive chef of Slightly North of Broad from 1993 to 2016. Lee been lauded in Food Arts, Food & Wine, The New York Times, Southern Living and The Washington Post, among scores of other publications. He has appeared on “ABC’s Good Morning America,” and has thrice served as guest chef at the James Beard House. His Maverick Grits earned a Golden Dish award from GQ Magazine, and he is featured on the “Great Chefs of the South” television series and cookbook.
Join us Tue., Nov. 1, 5 pm as we celebrate the release of Blood for Blood, the latest book by Ryan Graudin, a very popular young adult novelist and Charleston native.
Blood for Blood is set in a world ruled by the Axis Powers of Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan. Death camp survivor Yael, who has the power to skinshift, is on the run because the world has just seen her assassinate Adolph Hitler. But the truth of what happened is even more complicated. As Yael and her unlikely comrades dive into enemy territory to try to turn the tide against the New Order, they have no alternative but to see their mission through to the end at any the cost.
If you preorder Blood for Blood and submit your proof of purchase at wolfbywolfbook.com, you’ll get a digital short story also written by Ryan.
Monday, September 26, 2016
Tue., Oct. 18, 5 – 8 pm, Blue Bicycle Books welcomes the star chef and creator of PBS’s A Chef’s Life and now author of Deep Run Roots (Little, Brown, 576 pp., hb.).
Join us at Whole Foods (923 Houston Northcutt Blvd., Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464) for Vivian’s Food Truck Tour. Tickets include a signed copy of Deep Run Roots as well as food from Vivian’s food truck. Buy tickets here.
Deep Run Roots is Vivian Howard’s comprehensive record of modern Southern cooking, filled with stories and more than 200 recipes that celebrate the flavors of her eastern North Carolina home.
Vivian Howard is the chef and owner of the acclaimed Chef and the Farmer restaurant in Kinston, NC, fifteen miles from her home of Deep Run. She trained under Wylie Dufresne and Sam Mason at WD-50 and was a member of the opening team at Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s Spice Market in New York. The first woman since Julia Child to win a Peabody Award for a cooking program, she co-created and stars in the PBS series A Chef’s Life.
Thursday, September 22, 2016
Join us Tues., Oct. 25, 12 pm for lunch with Mary Alice Monroe at High Cotton (199 East Bay St.). Mary Alice will talk and sign copies of her new book A Lowcountry Christmas (Gallery Books, hb., 384 pp., $20).
Tickets are $61 for a three-course meal and a signed copy of the book. A portion of ticket sales will benefit Pets for Vets, a program dedicated to rescuing shelter pets and pairing them with military veterans who could benefit from a companion animal.
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About the book: In this poignant continuation of the Lowcountry Summer series, a wounded warrior and his younger brother discover the true meaning of Christmas.
About the author: Mary Alice Monroe is the New York Times bestselling author of more than a dozen novels. She has received numerous awards, including the 2008 South Carolina Center Book Award for Writing, the 2014 South Carolina Award for Literary Excellence, the RT Lifetime Achievement Award, and the International Book Award for Green Fiction. An active conservationist, she lives in the Lowcountry of South Carolina.
Tuesday, September 13, 2016
Join us Sun., Oct. 16, 3 pm as Helen Stine discusses and signs copies of her new novel The Truthful Story (Cardinal Press, hb., 220 pp., $24).
About the book: When ten-year-old Genevieve Donovan’s Nannie dies mysteriously in the Lowcountry river she’s loved and lived near all her life, Genny and her family are heartbroken. In 1960s South Carolina, new industry is encroaching on old country, and Genny fears her grandmother may have gotten in the way of so-called progress. What’s more, ever since Nannie passed, Genny has been hearing and seeing things she’s not sure she can share with anyone except her mother, whose own grief is making it harder and harder to get through to her. As Genny struggles to understand justice, healing, and a world in which Nannie is gone but still present, The Truthful Story traces a family’s journey through the pain of loss and the survival of love.
About the author: Helen grew up near Charleston, in the heart of South Carolina’s Lowcountry. After receiving an English degree from the College of Charleston, she raised a family, traveled extensively, and pursued a career in education, but she never lost touch with the powerful sense of place and family her childhood home imbued in her.
Monday, September 5, 2016
Thank you for all the well-wishes! We were very lucky; Hurricane Matthew did no damage to the bookstore.
