Blue Bicycle Books, Charleston, SC


Bring the Kids! Blair Hahn signs My Purple Kisses , Sept. 9

Sunday, August 28, 2011

Blue Bicyle welcomes local children’s author, Blair Hahn, Fri., Sept. 9, 5-7 pm to sign My Purple Kisses and My Purple Toes (Greenleaf, hb., $15.95). These two children’s board books, illustrated by Tate Nation, tell colorful, creative stories about a mother who shares her love in a variety of purple ways. Using fun seek-and-find illustrations, the series promotes life lessons that challenge a child’s imagination and early reading skills. Written especially for ages 3-8, kids love to look for the secret ladybug hiding on each page! In addition to the booksigning, we will also have toe and lip painting at the store– purple of course! A percentage of the proceeds will be donated to Soles 4 Souls, a shoe charity for children in need.

Blair Hahn is a local attorney with a passion for children. The My Purple Toes series was first inspired by his experiences with his own teenage daughter and his desire to give back to charity. My Purple Toes was awarded a 2010 Moonbean Children’s Book Award and high approval from kids and parents alike.

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Clay Rice returns to Blue Bicycle, Sept. 5!

Sunday, August 21, 2011

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, hb., $19.95) on Wed., Sept. 5, 3 – 6 pm.

Taught by his grandfather Carew, Clay Rice is a 21st century folk artist and a Lowcountry treasure. Watching him cut a child’s silhouette in five minutes has been called performance art in itself. You’ll be amazed when he captures a recognizable profile of your squirming two-year-old in less time than it takes to get her shoes on.

His national touring schedule keeps him on the road often, cutting more than 10,000 children’s silhouettes a year, so events back home in Charleston are rare!

Personal silhouettes start at $40 for two copies. We expect slots to fill up quickly; to book an appointment, please call us at 843.722.2666.

Pictures from past years

 

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Barton Seaver signs his new cookbook, Sept. 20

Friday, August 19, 2011

Join us at Blue Bicycle Books Tues., Sept. 20, 1-3 pm to meet Barton Seaver, author of For Cod and Country (Sterling Epicure, 2011, hb., 295 pp., $30). His beautifully designed cookbook features simple seafood recipes that call for fresh, seasonal ingredients. Nearly all of the recipes are illustrated with scrumptuous color photos. In addition, it’s packed with handy sections on everything from how to select a market fresh fish to which fish are sustainably harvested to  where to buy the perfect filet knife and frying pan. Our booksigning event follows Barton’s lecture at the South Carolina Aquarium, Mon. Sept. 19, 7-9 pm.

Barton Seaver has manned the helm of many popular restaurants in Washington, D.C. He has been recognized as a leader in sustainability by the Seafood Choices Alliance, and is currently a Fellow with the National Geographic Society. His work influences large corporations and consumers toward a more responsible sourcing ethic. He currently hosts the television series In Search of Food on the Ovation Network.

 

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Cameron McWhirter signs Red Summer Sept. 28

Thursday, August 18, 2011

Blue Bicycle will welcome Wall Street Journal reporter Cameron McWhirter Wed., Sept. 28, 4-6 pm signing his new book  Red Summer: The Summer of 1919 and the Awakening of Black America  (Henry Holt, 2011, hb. 352 pp. $32.50).

McWhirter offers the first narrative written history of the deadly summer of 1919, when a wave of antiblack riots swept the country.  After World War I, black Americans fervently hoped for a new epoch of peace, prosperity, and equality, believing that their participation in the fight to make the world safe for democracy finally earned them equal rights. However, the racial unrest that rolled across the United States continued to deny them the equality they had been promised at the end of the Civil War. With a knack for story-telling and scrupulous historical research, McWhirter tells of the riots, lynchings, and public slaughters that ensued from April to November of 1919, paving the way for the American Civil Rights Movement.

 

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Blue Bike welcomes author Maurita Corcoran, Aug. 19!

Sunday, July 24, 2011

Maurita Corcoran’s new book A House Interrupted: A Wife’s Story of Recovering from Her Husband’s Sex Addiction (Gentle Path, pb., 232 pp., $16.95)  is a deeply personal memoir of struggle and hope. After learning that her husband of fourteen years, a successful physician, was a sex addict, Corcoran found herself submerged in a world of painful choices about how to rebuild a life for herself and her four children. Filled with intimate journal entries, letters and talks with her family, Corcoran’s book offers hope for overcoming betrayal, anger, and heartache.

Join us in the bookstore on Fri., Aug. 19, 5 pm, for this booksigning event!

 

 

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New York Times calls on Nathalie Dupree!

Saturday, July 23, 2011

This week, New York Times Magazine sifted through the age old battle over biscuits: where to find them, what to put in them, and who can make them. Even though there are about as many ways to mix a biscuit as there are to pull pork, some Southerners believe that a good biscuit simply cannot be found above the Mason Dixon line. Not so, says Nathalie Dupree, Charleston author of Southern Biscuits. With over 50 takes on the traditional biscuit in her book, the Times summoned her expertise. “Any biscuit is possible for a Yankee,” she said. And that’s that.

Click here to order a signed copy of Nathalie Dupree’s Southern Biscuits (Gibbs Smith, pb., 216 pp. $21.98) from Blue Bicycle’s online store.

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Marti Healy signs The Secret Child on June 18

Thursday, June 9, 2011

Award-winning copywriter and author Marti Healy will be here Sat., June 18, 1 – 3 pm, to sign her novel The Secret Child. An Okra Pick by the Southern Independent Bookstores Alliance (SIBA), the book is in turns historical and fantastical, moving between Irish clans in Boston and Carolina Bay Celtic fairies in the South.

Healy will also have her first two books, The God-Dog Connection and The Rhythm of Selby on hand to sign. Currently living in Aiken, SC, Healy is working on her fourth book with her dogs Sophie and Teddy and her cat Sparkey.

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Blue Bike Books Author’s Luncheon Series

Saturday, June 4, 2011

Blue Bicycle Books Author’s Luncheon Series
Mary Alice Monroe and Nathalie Dupree

“Butterflies and Biscuits”

The Blue Bicycle Books Author’s Luncheon Series continues Fri., June 10, 12 – 2 pm with two of Charleston’s and Blue Bicycle’s most beloved writers Mary Alice Monroe and Nathalie Dupree.

Mary Alice Monroe is the New York Times best-selling author of The Beach House, Time is a River, The Book Club and Last Light over Carolina, among others. Her latest novel, The Butterfly’s Daughter, tells the story of four women on a transformational journey that follows migrating monarchs across the United States to Mexico. In this compelling novel of self discovery, Monroe combines a finely crafted coming-of-age story with elements of environmentalism and Mexican culture.

Nathalie Dupree is a James Beard-award-winning chef and food writer, and the author of Nathalie Dupree’s Shrimp and Grits, New Southern Cooking and many others. Her latest cookbook, Southern Biscuits, was written with food writer Cynthia Graubart. Layered, fluffy, feathery, silky, soft, and velvety biscuits all come together in Southern Biscuits, a book of recipes and baking secrets.

The talk and lunch will be at Fish restaurant, 442 King St., downtown Charleston, Fri., June 10, 12 – 2 pm. A champagne and dessert book signing will immediately follow at Blue Bicycle Books.

Advanced reservations required. Tickets are $30. For tickets please call 843-722-2666 or click here to purchase online.

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Piccolo Fiction, Sat., June 4, 5 pm

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Join us for the 11th annual Piccolo Fiction Invitational, Sat., June 4, 5 – 7 pm. For 2011, this traditionally open-armed event is a special “PFX,” inviting four South Carolina writers to share new work during the festival. The four writers will read in the courtyard adjacent to the store: Lisa Kerr, assistant professor at MUSC and author of Girls vs. Bears, Stephanie Hunt, contributing editor at Skirt! Magazine and SoMa Review, Anthony Varallo, assistant professor of English at the College of Charleston and the award-winning author of Out Loud, and Quitman Marshall, author of The Birth Gift, 14th Street, and The Slow Comet.

Free and open to the public, with reception to follow.

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Jane Borden signs I Totally Meant To Do That on May 17

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Southern girl, Jane Borden will sign her quirky memoir of her life as a transplanted New York City hipster at the Allison Sprock Gallery Tues., May 17, 7 pm.

Born and bred in a proper Southern home in Greensboro, North Carolina, she attended boarding school in Virginia and went on to join a sorority at Chapel Hill. After college, she moved to New York and discovered that none of her debutante grooming meant a lick in the Big Apple. Anyone who has moved away from home or lived in (or dreamed of living in) New York will appreciate the hilarity of Jane’s musings on the intersections and altercations between Southern hospitality and Gotham cool.

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