Plenty to unpack but first: What a wonderful time we had celebrating the release of Wuthering Heights with so many of you on Friday the 13th—thank you to everyone who came out and leaned into the gothic romance vibes.
BIG icy ditto to all of you romance readers who enjoyed the Charleston Stingrays game on Valentine’s Day – love the love for romance and our hometown team! We had a blast – and it didn’t hurt that our Stingrays won 7-5!
For those of you who haven’t celebrated with us yet this weekend, maybe today’s the day! We still have “Blind Date with a Book” free gifts to share: Wrapped. Mysterious. Carefully matched.
Available today only, while supplies last—once they’re gone, they’re gone!
Everything Happening This Week
Monday, February 16
📘 Adventures in Reading Kids Club
Hattie May Begins Again by Sharon G. Flake
🕠 5:30–6:30 pm
Free & open to all kids—and featured books are 10% off for book club families.
✍️ Main Street Writes Monday (Virtual)
🕡 6:30–8:30 pm
For the inner writer in all of us—our weekly, welcoming online writers group.
Tuesday, February 17:
☕ Peaceful Mornings: Quiet Reading Club
🕗 8:00–10:00 am
A calm, device-free morning of uninterrupted reading. (Please register only if you plan to attend.)
🎭 Mardi Gras Beads & Books Birthday Challenge Begins!
🕙 10:00 am–6:00 pm
Our festive reading challenge kicks off today and runs through Mardi Gras season—join in and let the good reads roll! Stop by and let the good reads roll as our Books for Beads promotion begins! Every book purchased earned you beads. The SEVEN readers with the most beads on March 1st (our 7th birthday!) will earn $50 gift cards! Expect festive vibes, great books, and a little extra sparkle in the shop. For more details on the promotion – CLICK HERE. For our birthday party details, CLICK HERE!
💘 Kiss & Tell Romance Book Club
The Things We Leave Unfinished by Rebecca Yarros
🕡 6:30–8:00 pm
Free, open to all, treats provided—bring your opinions and your swoons, and grab next month’s pick at 10% off!
Wednesday, February 18
📖 Stories on the Square
🕤 9:30–10:00 am
Our beloved weekly storytime for kids of all ages—stories, smiles, and morning magic.
Thursday, February 19
🎺 Third Thursday: Party Like It’s Mardi Gras!
🕠 5:30–8:00 pm
Summerville’s monthly downtown block party! Shops open late, music on the square, and a Mardi Gras theme that promises plenty of fun.
The Big One: Summerville Book Festival — All Access Passes 🎟✨
Now for the really exciting part.
The Summerville Book Festival is almost here, and All Access Passes are the ultimate way to experience everything the festival has to offer.
🎟 What an All Access Pass Includes:
- Admission to EVERY ticketed author event across the festival
- Priority seating at panels and conversations
- Signed books included with thriller, fantasy and southern panels; 20% off “readers choice” of books at romance panel
- Breakfast included with Healing w/Words panel
- Wine & Sign AND post-con VIP Authors Reception
- Outstanding value (and zero FOMO!)
If you know you’ll want to hop from thrillers to romance, fantasy to Southern fiction—this is the pass for you. If you can’t make Friday night, no worries, we’ve got a Saturday All Access pass for YOU!
All Access Passes are limited, and once they sell out, that’s it (as we do have limited priority seating and we do need to save some general admission passes for each session).
👉 Grab yours now and be part of the biggest book weekend of the year.
Thanks, as always, for being the very best reading community. Whether you’re popping in for a surprise book, joining us for book club, or gearing up for festival weekend—we can’t wait to see you on Main Street…