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March 2021
Reader Meet Writer: Love at First with Kate Clayborn (Virtual)
“The most delightful cast of characters I’ve met in ages…a modern romance masterpiece.“ —New York Times bestseller Christina Lauren From Kate Clayborn, the acclaimed author of Love Lettering, comes a sparkling, tender novel, Love At First about bickering neighbors, surprise reunions, and the mysterious power of love… Sixteen years ago, a teenaged Will Sterling saw—or rather, heard—the girl of his dreams. Standing beneath an apartment building balcony, he shared a perfect moment with a lovely, warm-voiced stranger. It’s a memory…
Find out more »Booksigning: Local Author Matt Loveland with The Artist: Faith, Science and the Rest of Us
Join us for a fascinating chat and Meet the Author event with local author Matt Loveland, and get a signed copy of his new release: The Artist: Faith, Science, and the Rest of Us. About the Book: You matter because you were made.Created, on purpose, in the very image of God. And that’s not just a slogan. That’s something author Matt Loveland set out to prove.You believe the world was created. At least, statistically you do. According to a 2018-2019…
Find out more »Reader Meet Writer: When the Apricots Bloom with Gina Wilkinson
Inspired by her own experiences stationed in Baghdad during Saddam Hussein’s rule, former foreign correspondent Gina Wilkinson’s evocative, suspenseful debut is told through the eyes of three very different women in Iraq at the turn of the millennium. A secretary, an artist and a diplomat’s wife, each must confront the complexities of trust, friendship, and motherhood under the rule of a dictator and his ruthless secret police… At night, in Huda’s fragrant garden, a breeze sweeps in from the desert…
Find out more »Living Large Bookclub: MARCH Pick – The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
The Third Tuesday of this month will see us having a live and or virtual discussion of the amazing The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah. Through one woman's survival during the harsh and haunting Dust Bowl, master storyteller, Kristin Hannah, reminds us that the human heart and our Earth are as tough, yet as fragile, as a change in the wind. --Delia Owens, author of Where the Crawdads Sing From the number-one bestselling author of The Nightingale and The Great…
Find out more »Author and Speaker Chris Singleton Returns with His New Release: Your Life Matters
We're so excited to announce that speaker Chris Singleton, author of the already wildly popular Different, will be at Main Street Reads on March 20th to celebrate and discuss his newest book releasing in March, Your Life Matters. Empowering and validating, Your Life Matters teaches children of all races about Black History and reassures black children everywhere that no matter what they hear no matter what they experience, no matter what they're told, their lives matter. Written by national speaker Chris…
Find out more »Pulpwood Queens Bookclub: The Chanel Sisters by Judithe Little
Join us for an entertaining book club discussion, live or online! This month, The Chanel Sisters by Judith Little! A novel of survival, love, loss, triumph—and the sisters who changed fashion forever Antoinette and Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel know they’re destined for something better. Abandoned by their family years before, they’ve grown up under the guidance of pious nuns preparing them for simple lives as the wives of tradesmen or shopkeepers. At night, their secret stash of romantic novels and magazine…
Find out more »April 2021
Book Signing w/Beverly Bowers Jennings’ Shrimp Tales: Small Bites of History
Join us Saturday, April 3rd for a special book signing, perfect for the first farmer's market of the season and a wonderful personalized Easter gift: Shrimp Tales: Small Bites of History with author Beverly Bowers Jennings! This book portrays the history of the people, places, and boats of the commercial shrimping industry in the southern United States. 320 pages with more than 800 photos and illustrations - a gorgeous keepsake! Before the invention of refrigerated boxcars in 1875, the US…
Find out more »Living Large Bookclub: The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner
Super excited for the April book club discussion of The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner. We were honored to see an early copy and can tell you, this book DELIVERS and will make for great conversation!Named Most Anticipated of 2021 by Newsweek, Good Housekeeping, Hello! magazine, Oprah.com, Bustle, Popsugar, Betches, Sweet July, and GoodReads!March 2021 Indie Next Pick and #1 LibraryReads Pick"A bold, edgy, accomplished debut!" --Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Alice NetworkA forgotten history. A…
Find out more »May 2021
Meet the Author: Eileen Harrison Sanchez with Freedom Lessons
We're thrilled to host award-winning author Eileen Harrison Sanchez at Main Street Reads May 15th, to discuss her novel, Freedom Lessons. Told alternately, by Colleen, an idealistic young white teacher; Frank, a black high school football player; and Evelyn, an experienced black teacher, Freedom Lessons is the story of how the lives of these three very different people intersect in a rural Louisiana town in 1969. Colleen enters into the culture of the rural Louisiana town with little knowledge of…
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