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SUMMARY:Booksigning: Hilary Rose Bodiford's Under the Influence
DESCRIPTION:Join us Saturday\, October 9th between 4 and 6 pm (yes\, during Flowertown Festival!) for a book-signing with Hilary Rose Bodiford\, celebrating her stunning debut\, Under the Influence. \nThree female influencers are caught in a net built by the dopamine rush that comes with every alert and ding. That is until one of them ends up dead. \nInspired by the author’s real-life experiences in the social media blogging world as @byhilaryrose\, Hilary Bodiford’s first novel explores the dark side of this enigmatic industry in which so many women are mysterious CEOs. \nIngenious mean girls\, emphasis on appearances and wealth\, and the constant need to display a picture-perfect life are realities many bloggers have faced. Under the Influence exposes how these pressures can affect mentally\, not only the content creator\, but those who are watching. \nAnd they are always watching… \nHilary Rose Bodiford is a writer and social media influencer based in Mount Pleasant\, SC. Beginning her blogging life as a southern girl with a love for etiquette and classic style\, she has since expanded her brand to include her true passion; storytelling. Combining her love of mystery with her inside knowledge of the illusive influencer industry\, she creates a world that has merged the two to develop a story so riveting no one will be able to put it down. When Hilary isn’t writing\, she enjoys life with her husband Brent\, two black labs\, and soon-to-be son! \n 
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/booksigning-hilary-rose-bodifords-under-the-influence/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Signing,Celebration
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SUMMARY:Booksigning: Grady Hendrix - The Final Girl Support Group!
DESCRIPTION:Don’t miss this chance to meet the master live and in person! Grady Hendrix\, author of Horrorstor and The Southern Bookclub’s Guide to Slaying Vampires is back on top of the review lists with his latest release\, The Final Girl Support Group. \nRESERVE YOUR SPOT/BOOK NOW BY EMAILING US – It’s free to attend but we need to know how many awesome books to have on hand – We expect this to be a sell-out and want to make sure we have enough books for all!!! \nTHE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER; A Good Morning America Buzz Pick \n“The horror master…puts his unique spin on slasher movie tropes.”-USA Today\n \nA can’t-miss summer read\, selected by The New York Times\, Oprah Daily\, Time\, USA Today\, The Philadelphia Inquirer\, CNN\, LitHub\, BookRiot\, Bustle\, Popsugar and the New York Public Library \nIn horror movies\, the final girls are the ones left standing when the credits roll. They made it through the worst night of their lives…but what happens after? \nLike his bestselling-novel The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires\, Grady Hendrix’s latest is a fast-paced\, frightening\, and wickedly humorous thriller. From chain saws to summer camp slayers\, The Final Girl Support Group pays tribute to and slyly subverts our most popular horror films—movies like The Texas Chainsaw Massacre\, A Nightmare on Elm Street\, and Scream. \nLynnette Tarkington is a real-life final girl who survived a massacre. For more than a decade\, she’s been meeting with five other final girls and their therapist in a support group for those who survived the unthinkable\, working to put their lives back together. Then one woman misses a meeting\, and their worst fears are realized—someone knows about the group and is determined to rip their lives apart again\, piece by piece. \nBut the thing about final girls is that no matter how bad the odds\, how dark the night\, how sharp the knife\, they will never\, ever give up. Learn more about Grady at http://www.gradyhendrix.com \nSee more of Grady’s titles HERE!
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/grady-hendrix-at-main-street-reads/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Signing,Celebration
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SUMMARY:Summerville Italian FEAST! All Cookbooks On Sale
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate Italian heritage at the Summerville Italian Feast from 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. — ’til the last grape is stomped! Here at Main Street Reads we’re celebrating with 10% off ANY cookbook in the store!!! Learn more details at http://www.summervilleitalianfeast.com/
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/summerville-italian-feast-all-cookbooks-on-sale/
CATEGORIES:Celebration
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SUMMARY:Booksigning: Roger Newman is Back with the Launch of Will O’ the Wisp: Madness\, War\, and Recompense
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a special booksigning with Charleston’s own Roger B. Newman\, with his newly released\, Will O’ the Wisp: Madness\, War\, and Recompense. \nPolarizing\, fire-eating discourse\, propaganda\, and aversion to reason bred secession madness in Charleston\, S.C.\, and sold rebellion to a population with virtually nothing to gain and everything to lose. \nMen who should have known better and had become inured to the abomination of human bondage failed to step up. \nAs Southern nationalists raced into Civil War\, blockade runner Jack Holmes and wealthy Charleston shipping magnate\, George A. Trenholm\, do what they can to sustain their city and the Confederacy. Their actions and experiences result in a sweeping adventure story played out on both the land and sea. With the outcome of the war obvious\, Jack Holmes and George Trenholm conspire to steal the Confederate gold as Jefferson Davis flees a burning Richmond. \nThe two men accept their responsibility for what proved to be a misguided and tragic rebellion and seek to adapt and redeem themselves in a post-slavery South. \nRoger Newman\, M.D. is a novelist\, academic Maternal-Fetal Medicine specialist\, and member of the faculty at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC). Dr. Newman is a tenured Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Maas Endowed Chair for Reproductive Sciences. Dr. Newman grew up in Columbia\, S.C. and attended Seton Hall University in South Orange\,  New Jersey. He returned to South Carolina to attend MUSC and stayed in Charleston for his residency training in Ob-Gyn. He followed his residency with a two-year post-doctoral fellowship in Maternal-Fetal Medicine at the University of California\, San Francisco and the Cardiovascular Research Institute. Dr. Newman then returned to the academic faculty at MUSC where he continues to practice. \nRoger is married and has three exceptional children. He and his wife Diane live on East Bay Street in Charleston\, South Carolina. Besides medicine and writing\, his other passion is sports and his other “job” is coaching the women’s varsity basketball team (Raptors) at the Academic Magnet High School.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/booksigning-roger-newman-is-back-with-the-launch-of-will-o-the-wisp-madness-war-and-recompense/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Signing,Celebration
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SUMMARY:Summerville Sweet Tea Festival
DESCRIPTION:The Sweet Tea Festival is a celebration of the birthplace of sweet tea\, right here in Summerville SC.  Our Historic Downtown is transformed into a massive open house / street fair with different food trucks\, artisanal vendors and entertainment.  Of course\, there is plenty of sweet tea and you can help select the Tea of the Year by sampling and voting for your favorite!    \n\n\n\nEnjoy the Fest and Stay for the Downtown  \n\n\n\nHistoric Downtown Summer is everything you imagine a small town to be.  It’s filled with quaint shops\, historic buildings\, creative boutiques and world-class restaurants.  Our business owners and their staff represent true southern hospitality with remarkable customer service and genuine care for all that visit.  Everyone feels as if they have been transported to a special place and time.  Come find out why … “it’s sweeter here”  \n\n\n\nThis event is part of historic Summerville’s annual “Sweetest Week Ever.” The Sweetest Week EVER provides a wonderful opportunity to celebrate Summerville and our history with sweet tea with events all week long. For more info visit https://summervilledream.org/sweet-tea-festival/
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/summerville-sweet-tea-festival/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art Show,Book Discussion,Book Signing,Celebration
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SUMMARY:Booksigning: Herbie Goes to School by Sherrika Myers
DESCRIPTION:It’s the culmination of the Sweetest Week Ever in Summerville and before the festival begins Saturday afternoon\, we have a sweet signing for families: Children’s book author Sherrika Myers will be joining us to sign copies of the newly released Herbie Goes to School! \nHerbie’s family has moved to another state\, and bought a new home\, and now Lil Herbie must go to a new school. He’s afraid to make new friends and doesn’t want to go. He fears all the kids will laugh at him because he stutters\, but he finally goes to school\, and soon he realizes it is not as bad as he thought. \nThe thing that you often fear the most turns out to be just in your own mind. Whatever kids are dealing with\, whether it be stuttering\, low self-esteem\, or anything else\, each child’s voice matters\, and they should always know they are special too. Herbies Goes to School is book two in the Lil Herbie Series\, aimed at children ages 4-10. \nSherrika Myers is the founder of Every 1 Voice Matters\, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit designed to help children break down communicative and social barriers\, such as stuttering\, bullying\, and low self-esteem\, to improve their quality of life. As a national speaker and certified life coach\, Myers travels the country spreading her message of hope. www.every1voicematters.org www.lilherbie.com
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/5173/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Signing,Celebration
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SUMMARY:Sweetest Third Thursday Ever
DESCRIPTION:On the third Thursday of each month Historic Downtown Summerville transforms into a special marketplace featuring local entertainment\, craft vendors and artisans\, to complement the extended hours of shops and restaurants. \n\n\n\nHere at Main Street Reads we’re offering you up not one but TWO amazing authors that night – Syril Kline (author of the award-winning Shakespeare’s Changeling) and A.F. Winter\, author of the soon-to-be-released Man in the Pandemic. \n\n\n\n1st place winner of the Chaucer Award for Historical Fiction\, Shakespeare’s Changeling is a controversial historical novel: Charged in 1616 by the Earls of Pembroke and Montgomery to edit a folio of Shakespeare plays\, writer Ben Jonson races against time to uncover the missing manuscripts by seeking out his former nemesis\, the bedridden William Shaxper. But far more worrisome is that the Earl of Oxford’s daughter\, the Countess of Montgomery\, wants the folio published as a tribute to her father. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWitty\, intriguing and suspenseful\, Syril Levin Kline’s controversial novel calls into question everything you ever thought you knew about the Bard by exploring the irony of a creative genius forced to hide behind the identity of another. Kline proudly joins Mark Twain\, Walt Whitman\, Samuel Taylor Coleridge\, James Joyce\, Charles Dickens and others in their skepticism about the Shakespeare authorship. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMan in the Pandemic offers an intimate snapshot into a recent history we all know too well: Sent to work from home and in isolation from the onset of the pandemic\, Frank Smith is losing control over his carefully constructed environment. \n\n\n\nSoon forced into unemployment\, his hyper-focus turns towards what he can control: walking endless circles in his home\, conserving toilet paper and battling pests as he struggles to hold onto his sanity. Smith tries to make sense of social unrest and systemic racism\, natural disasters and climate change as he faces personal demons of loneliness\, fear and a lifetime of regrets. Simply told yet deceptively complex\, this dark comedy will resonate with anyone questioning their place in the universe as we navigate a world gone mad…
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/sweetest-third-thursday-ever/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Signing,Celebration,Third Thursday
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SUMMARY:Memoir & Mimosas: Celebrating National Memoir Day
DESCRIPTION:Did you know that Tuesday\, August 31st\, is National Memoir Day? (Okay\, neither did we\, but it is\, and yeah\, that’s a thing!) \nTo celebrate\, we’re doing our very own Happy Hour – free mimosas and treats and the chance to meet local award-winning authors Kathryn Taylor\, who penned “Two Minus One” and Pattie Welek Hall\, author of “A Mother’s Dance.” \nCome on out and join us for some chit-chat and a memoir or two (all memoirs will be 10% off that day!)
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/memoir-mimosas-celebrating-national-memoir-day/
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Signing,Celebration
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SUMMARY:Bookstore Romance Day
DESCRIPTION:August 21st is the third annual Bookstore Romance Day and we’ll be celebrating here with some spicy treats and hot romance authors! \nHeadlining the event at Main Street Reads will be Dorothy McFalls with two stellar romance novels: The Marriage List and The Nude – don’t miss this special signing from 2-4 pm Saturday! \n   \nOfficial Bookstore Romance Day Ambassador(s):\nKit Rocha: Deal with the Devil
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/bookstore-romance-day-2/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Signing,Celebration
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SUMMARY:Third Thursday: Music and Fun for All!
DESCRIPTION:THIS MONTH: “SUMMER in SUMMERVILLE” is the theme… We’ll offer up some cooling treats for visiting readers! \nOn the third Thursday of each month Historic Downtown Summerville transforms into a special marketplace featuring local entertainment\, craft vendors and artisans\, to complement the extended hours of eclectic shops\, boutiques and restaurants. \nEnjoy partying out on the square\, sales and treats at Main Street Reads\, and singer/ songwriter/guitarist Mike Kaltofen keeping the vibe cool and festive as we enjoy our downtown community and plenty of book love. \nSee you on Main Street!
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/third-thursday-music-and-fun-for-all/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Celebration,Third Thursday
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SUMMARY:Mystery and Mimosas Anyone?
DESCRIPTION:How ’bout sparking up the start of August with some cozy mysteries and a mimosa? (Or just the OJ or just the bubbly if you prefer!) Mystery authors Linda Lovely and Dorothy St. James will BOTH be with us on Sunday\, August 1st at 2 pm to debut their newest books and bring on the dog days of Summerville summer: \nMANAGING AN HOA CAN BE MURDER: Murder victims in separate Lowcountry homeowner associations appear to have had only two things in common—they antagonized neighbors and their dead bodies were posed to shock. Are HOA feuds provoking these murders? Kylee Kane\, a retired Coast Guard investigator\, agrees to help her friend’s HOA management company find the answer. After uncovering decades-old links between the murder victims\, Kylee IDs the killer’s next target. Can she foil the third act in the killer’s death-as-theater game or will she be the next corpse on display? \nLinda Lovely has spent most of her career working in PR and advertising—an early introduction to penning fiction. With Neighbors Like These is Lovely’s ninth mystery/suspense novel. Whether she’s writing cozy mysteries\, historical suspense or contemporary thrillers\, her novels share one common element—smart\, independent heroines. Humor and romance also sneak into every manuscript. Her work has earned nominations for a number of prestigious awards\, ranging from RWA’s Golden Heart for Romantic Suspense to Killer Nashville’s Silver Falchion for Best Cozy Mystery. \nLinda lives on a lake in Upstate South Carolina with her husband\, and enjoys swimming\, tennis\, gardening\, long walks\, and\, of course\, reading To learn more\, visit www.lindalovely.com \nAnd of course many of you know Dorothy St. James\, who’s had not one but TWO wonderful signings at Main Street Reads in the past\, including headlining the town’s Friday night Dessert Walk in 2019! Her newest entry (love this cover!) is The Broken Spine: When small-town assistant librarian Tru Beckett sets up a secret book room in her newly modernized library\, she discovers that protecting the printed word is harder than she’d ever imagined. In fact\, it’s murder. \nWe’ll have plenty of copies of her popular Chocolate Shop mysteries on hand as well! \nDorothy St. James is the alter-ego of award-winning multi-published author\, Dorothy McFalls. She enjoys writing in several different genres. Her works have been nominated for many awards including: Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice Award\, Reviewers International Organization Award\, National Reader’s Choice Award\, CataRomance Reviewers’ Choice Award\, and The Romance Reviews Today Perfect 10! Award. Reviewers have called her work: “amazing”\, “perfect”\, “filled with emotion”\, and “lined with danger.”
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/mystery-and-mimosas-anyone/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Signing,Celebration
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SUMMARY:Third Thursday: Christmas in July!
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a special Third Thursday this month with a “Christmas in July” theme – we’ll have a very special local author joining us that evening\, Cindy Barrineau Curtis\, author of the recently released Living the Heart of God. \nAbout the Book: When you feel like your life is lacking something vital\, pick up this book. When you can’t see a clear direction\, let this book be your guide. When the guilt and shame of your mistakes seem to follow you wherever you go\, read this book for a better perspective. When your hope has diminished and you feel as if you are accepting that your life is as good as gets\, give this book a chance to change your mind. How do you talk to God? How do you know that our prayers are heard? How do you live your life abundantly? In Living the Heart of God\, you will explore the beauty of prayer with fresh eyes. You will be provided with what you need for self-reflection. You are offered ways to practice how to increase your quality of life through spending time with God. \nCindy Barrineau Curtis is the author of three Heart of God books includling Touching the Heart of God is a collection of poems\, scripture references\, and prayers for times of joy and sorrow and everything in between. This devotional book includes material that can be used as a small group study. \nAs always\, local guitarist\, singer and songwriter Michael Kaltofen will be playing live at Main Street Reads to set the mood for our festive evening… See you there!
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/third-thursday-christmas-in-july/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Signing,Celebration,Third Thursday
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SUMMARY:Mary Alice Monroe and Angela May: Summer Reading Spectacular!
DESCRIPTION:Join us Saturday\, June 26th for an amazing event featuring authors Mary Alice Monroe and Angela May\, debuting their middle-grade novel\, The Islanders\, available for pre-order now at Main Street Reads! \nTeachers\, students\, librarians and reading groups can also access a curriculum guide HERE. \nThe morning will feature an intro to these wonderful authors as well as free treats\, AND an open mic for middle graders to share their own writing! If you’re a middle school student who wants on stage that day\, drop us an email at mainstreetreads@gmail.com to get on the list\, or have your teacher put you on the list! Open mic readers will be given up to five minutes to read their essay\, poem or short story\, staying on key themes from The Islander: friendship\, inclusion and conservation. Students selected to read will also receive a gift from the authors! \nCo-written with first-time author and friend Angela May\, The Islanders introduces Monroe’s trademark passion for the environment to a new generation of readers as they follow eleven-year-old Jake and the summer he’s forced to spend on tiny Dewees Island with his grandmother. \nEverything in his life is turned upside down: Jake does not know anyone\, the island is a nature sanctuary with no cars or paved roads\, no stores or restaurants\, and to make matters worse\, Jake’s grandmother doesn’t believe in cable or the internet. When Jake meets new friends Macon and Lovie\, the three embark on island adventures until one mistake changes everything. Ultimately\, Jake discovers a deep love for the island and the healing power of nature. \nMary Alice Monroe has always been captivated by the beauty and fragility of the wild habitat around her. In particular\, the coastal southern landscape became a strong and important focus in many of her novels. She is the New York Times bestselling author of 27 books\, including the Beach House series: The Beach House\, Beach House Memories\, Swimming Lessons\, Beach House for Rent\, and Beach House Reunion\, On Ocean Boulevard\, and her latest book in the series The Summer of Lost and Found which will also be available for purchase/signing that day. Monroe’s debut middle-grade fiction series\, The Islanders\, releases June 15\, 2021. \nHer bestselling novel The Beach House is also a Hallmark Hall of Fame movie\, starring Andie McDowell\, Minka Kelly\, and Chad Michael Murray. \nMonroe is also an active conservationist and supports numerous conservation-focused organizations. Her work includes serving as a board member emeritus for the South Carolina Aquarium and a state-certified member of the Island Turtle Team. She lives on in Isle of Palms\, South Carolina\, which is a source of inspiration for many of her books. \nAngela May is the founder of May Media and PR and a former award-winning television news journalist who helps promote great books and share important community stories as a media specialist. She has been working with Mary Alice Monroe for more than a decade. The Islanders is their first book together! Angela’s husband is a middle school assistant principal. They have two children and live in Mount Pleasant\, South Carolina. \nAlso Appearing: Local Favorite Jewel Sweeney!\nSummerville’s own Jewel Sweeney will be on hand\, launching her two newest middle-grade books\, Blueberry Ballerina and More Than a Jock. Jewel will join the festivities at 11 a.m. after her appearance at the Summerville Farmers Market.\n \nFrom the More Than Surface Level series: More Than a Jock features Alex Findman\, the self-proclaimed “King of the Nerds” at Eastside High School. He is ready to take on the eleventh grade and reign as the top student in the entire school\, if he can handle AP Chemistry. Alex finds out that his chemistry class won’t just be difficult because of the material\, but also because the teacher has chosen their lab partners for them. Alex has been paired with a senior and varsity quarterback\, Brad. Alex fears having to do work for both of them and maintaining his soaring GPA. In just a few short weeks\, Alex begins to see that not all athletes are dumb meatheads like he thought. And Brad proves to him that he is more than just some jock. \nIn Blueberry Ballerina\, Lacey Hudson is a bright and beautiful high school dancer in the upstate. Her parents own a small farm with fruit and horses. Lacey loves her farm almost as much as she loves dancing. Lacey’s skills earn her a spot with a summer program in Kansas City to dance with a professional company. She soars above and beyond what anyone would ever expect of a small-town farm girl to overcome the jealousy of others. Lacey’s hard work and positive attitude bring her face to face with the best ballerinas with the worst attitudes. \nWe look forward to seeing you on this special Summer Reading day to get signed books from these amazing authors and enjoy treats\, aspiring young writers and community on Hutchinson Square… \nEnjoy more Mary Alice Monroe selections HERE
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/mary-alice-monroe-and-angela-may-summer-reading-spectacular/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Signing,Celebration,Reading
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SUMMARY:An Adventurous Third Thursday and Booksigning!
DESCRIPTION:We’re looking forward to an outstanding Third Thursday this month. Not only will we have Mike Kaltofen on hand\, and not only will the town square be sporting an Adventure theme (complete with zip line!)\, but we’ll be hosting an adventure of our own: the authors of the debut memoir 100 Days in Vietnam. will join us for an adventurous book launch! \nDon’t miss this chance to meet co-authors Joseph and Matthew Tallon and get a personally signed copy of this much-anticipated work! \n“Joe Tallon scratched and clawed his way through Army training\, ultimately finding himself in Vietnam by 1972. His resiliency and strength to overcome shine through in this poignant survival story told in tandem by father and son.” – Mike Krzyzewski\, Head Coach\, Duke University\, West Point Class of 1969 \n“100 Days in Vietnam offers readers both a rare window on the final days of our painful national odyssey in Vietnam and a remarkable record of an individual’s determined quest to honor a fallen comrade.” – Ken Burns\, Filmmaker and Director of The Vietnam War\, The Civil War\,  and many other films \nAbout 100 Days in Vietnam\nAs American troops continue their steady exodus on the last day of their ground war in Vietnam\, Lieutenant Joe Tallon is shot down by an enemy missile. Forced to eject at a dangerously low altitude from their OV-1 Mohawk\, Joe and his tactical observer\, Specialist-5 Daniel Richards\, land in the flaming wreckage. Lieutenant Tallon survives but Specialist Richards does not. Stateside\, Lieutenant Tallon begins to heal and proceed with his life but the loss of his tactical observer is never far from his mind. Forty years later\, Joe embarks on a quest to bring recognition to the sacrifice of Daniel Richards and secure a Purple Heart for his family. \nPainstakingly recreated from wartime letters and remembrances and contextualized by contemporary news accounts\, 100 Days in Vietnam is a collaboration between Joe and his son Matt-also an Army veteran. Here we experience the war through the emotions of the man who survived it: the drudgery and monotony of airfield life\, the heartache of a newlywed missing his wife\, the terror of combat missions\, the agony of injury and rehabilitation\, and the bittersweet relief from the completion of his final mission to bring recognition to his fallen comrade. \nAbout the Authors\nJoseph F. Tallon is a retired US Army lieutenant colonel who served from 1969 to 2007. Trained as a composite Army aviator in rotary and fixed-wing aircraft\, he flew the OV-1 Mohawk during Vietnam\, transitioning to Army intelligence after the war. A selection of his awards and decorations during his military service includes the Purple Heart\, the Meritorious Service Medal\, the Air Medal (2x)\, the Army Commendation Medal\, the Vietnam Cross of Gallantry\, the Vietnam Wounded in Action Medal\, and the Vietnam Campaign Medal. Upon completion of a master’s degree in education and supervision at The Citadel in 1981\, Joe taught high school social studies. Retired from teaching\, he has been an active volunteer and fundraiser for the local chapter of the Disabled American Veterans. Joe has been married to his wife\, Martha Anne\, for fifty years and has two sons and six grandchildren. \nMatthew A. Tallon is a former US Army transportation officer who served primarily in overseas duty assignments for five years and completed his active-duty commitment as a captain. Matt is a graduate of Duke University with a bachelor’s degree in history and a teaching certification. After completion of his military service\, Matt returned to Durham Public Schools to teach high school US history and civics. After graduating from Harvard with a master’s degree in education policy and management\, Matt currently serves as the senior project manager for the Public Education Leadership Project\, a joint education initiative between the Harvard Business School and Harvard Graduate School of Education. Matt has been married to his wife\, Lindsay\, for the past twenty years and has three sons.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/adventurous-third-thursday-booksigning/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Signing,Celebration,Third Thursday
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210528T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210528T210000
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SUMMARY:Friday: Sounds on the Square Reggae Concert!
DESCRIPTION:Join the Town of Summerville and REV Federal Credit Union for the second Sounds on the Square Concert of the 2021 series\, right across from Main Street Reads!\n\n \n\nThese shows are sure to have people of any age off their feet and dancing\, so mark your calendars and join us on Friday\, May 28th from 7:00 – 9:00pm!\n\n \n\nThis event is powered by REV Federal Credit Union. Thank you to REV for supporting this event series.\n\n \n\nABOUT THE BAND:\nSummerville is pleased to welcome Mystic Vibrations to the Hutchinson Square bandstand for an evening of Reggae Music! This group performs all over the Charleston area and is a local favorite! We cannot wait to have them in Summerville for the first time!\n\n \n\nWe’ll be open late that night with the front door open to enjoy the sounds from the square – Stop by for a relaxing read and enjoy the vibe…
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/friday-sounds-on-the-square-reggae-concert/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Celebration
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210526T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210526T200000
DTSTAMP:20260410T030221
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SUMMARY:Scholastic Parents Night: The Power of Summer Reading Sale!
DESCRIPTION:School’s out!\nAt Scholastic Parents Night: The Power of Summer Reading\, a virtual panel of Scholastic authors\, education experts\, and booksellers will give tips and book recommendations that will keep kids excited to read all summer long! \nBe sure to tune in for: \n\nA book recommendation speed-round with an indie bookseller – Ask for recommendations based on your child’s likes and needs!\nInterviews with beloved authors Varian Johnson (Twins and The Parker Inheritance) and Kelly Yang (The Front Desk series)\nTips and tricks to keep your kids reading all summer – and loving it!\nSwag! Attendees who visit the store after the event will receive a goodie bag (on a first come\, first serve basis)\, and all attendees will receive digital activities\, brochures and more!\n\nWe will joined by:\n\nModerator John Schu: Host of Book Joy Live\, author of the popular blog Watch. Read. Connect. and Ambassador of School Libraries for Scholastic Book Fairs.\nVarian Johnson: Award-winning author of several books for children and young adults\, including The Parker Inheritance and Twins\, illustrated by Shannon Wright.\nLauren Savage: Co-founder and owner of the Reading Bug Bookstore and Reading Bug Box in San Carlos\, California and narrator of the Reading Bug Adventures story and music podcast.\nLizette Serrano: VP of Educational Marketing at Scholastic\, Co-founder of the Power of Story initiative and a 2021 Summer Reading Ambassador.\nKelly Yang: Author of the award-winning Front Desk series and founder of The Kelly Yang project.\nYou can find shorter or longer panelist bios\, here\, if you’d prefer to use those instead\n\nCLICK HERE for a list of books you can purchase before or after the event. Print it\, check what you like and drop it by the store any time before May 27th and get 10% off your entire purchase! (Books not yet in stock will arrive by the following week). \nIf you prefer – you can shop from home from the list we’ve created at our BOOKSHOP page HERE! \nWe hope you’ll join us at https://www.facebook.com/events/1887833914708713 \n \n 
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/scholastic-parents-night-the-power-of-summer-reading/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Celebration,Story Time,Virtual Author Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210508T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210509T160000
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SUMMARY:Mother's Day Weekend
DESCRIPTION:We’re celebrating moms all weekend long with sales\, treats and gifts. Stop in for yours\, Saturday May 8th 10-6 and Sunday May 9th 11-4!
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/mothers-day-weekend/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Celebration
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210501T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210501T140000
DTSTAMP:20260410T030221
CREATED:20210421T180851Z
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SUMMARY:Alice: Alice Ravenel Huger Smith Charleston Renaissance Artist - SPECIAL EVENT at Public Works Art Center!
DESCRIPTION:Just in time for the perfect Mother’s Day gift! ALICE: Alice Ravenel Huger Smith\, Charleston Renaissance Artist\, has come to Main Street Reads and folks\, it is GORGEOUS! A collaboration between authors Dwight McInvall\, Caroline Palmer and Anne Tinker\, along with Middleton Place Foundation and Evening Post Books\, we’re proud to carry this valuable piece of women’s and Lowcountry history in our store AND at Public Works Art Center\, right around the corner! \n\n\n\nProuder still\, we’re collaborating on an event at the Public Works Art Center on May Day (May 1st) that will have the authors there for a chat and LIVE BOOKSIGNING! The perfect space for the perfect book! Proceeds from sales benefit both the Public Works Arts Center AND Middleton Place Foundation. And the book makes the perfect Easter or Mother’s Day gift! Grab your copy at the store early so you’ll have it to bring to the signing as we expect this to be a sell-out event. And\, if you plan on joining us (11 a.m. to 2 p.m.) on the 1st\, then email us now and reserve your spot. \n\n\n\nWant to learn more about the book\, Alice\, and the work that has endured? Check out this video from Edmunton Alston House featuring legendary Charleston artist Jonathan Green: \n 
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/alice-alice-ravenel-huger-smith-charleston-renaissance-artist-special-event-at-public-works-art-center/
LOCATION:Public Works Arts Center\, 135 West Richardson Avenue\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art Show,Book Discussion,Book Signing,Celebration,Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210501T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210501T123000
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SUMMARY:C. Hope Clark Returns with Reunion on Edisto!
DESCRIPTION:Get ready for the amazing C. Hope Clark to return to her hometown of Summerville (she graduated from SHS) when she visits Main Street Reads to celebrate the launch of her newest book\, Reunion on Edisto (Book 7 of the Edisto Island Mysteries\, April 2021 release). We’ll also have plenty of Hope’s other popular books on hand\, or order them from our Bookshop page HERE.\n\nHope is known for writing award-winning mysteries steeped in South Carolina humidity and personalities. The Carolina Slade Mysteries cover Slade’s investigations under the umbrella of Agriculture\, covering the rural reaches of SC. Crime is a completely different animal in the country! And the Edisto Island Mysteries follow the trials of a female police chief on well-known Edisto Beach.\n\nHaving grown up in Summerville\, and graduated from Summerville High School\, Hope now lives on Lake Murray in central SC and vacations on Edisto. In addition to being a mystery author\, Hope educates writers via speaking and counseling. Her website FundsforWriters.com was chosen by Writer’s Digest for its 101 Best Websites for Writers for the past 18 years. Her newsletter for writers reaches 35\,000 readers each week. www.fundsforwriters.com / www.chopeclark.com \nJoin us for this very special event and celebrate one of Summerville’s own! \nEdisto Beach Police Chief Callie Morgan has no desire to relive her senior year and the nightmare of a murder and a suicide that shook her high school to its core. But when the reunion committee convenes on Edisto Beach for a planning retreat\, she has no choice. Every person on the committee could be a suspect in the unsolved murder\, and one classmate\, now a bestselling author\, threatens to weave them into a tell-all true crime novel. Until she disappears the first night of the committee retreat. \nCallie must sort fact from fiction in a race against the clock to find a cold case murderer who may have just killed again.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/reunion-on-edisto/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Signing,Celebration
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210424T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210424T150000
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SUMMARY:Independent Bookstore Day: Book Festival on Hutchinson Square!
DESCRIPTION:One day. Hundreds of bookstores.\nFifty states. Join the celebration!\nIndependent Bookstore Day is a one-day national party that takes place at indie bookstores across the country on the last Saturday in April.  Every store is unique and independent\, and every party is different. But in addition to authors\, contests\, and other fun stuff\, there are exclusive books and literary items that you can only get on that day. Not before. Not after. Nowhere else. \nAt Main Street Reads we’ll be celebrating on the square with author chats and readings\, live music\, treats and lots of giveaways and prizes! \n \nHere’s a look at participating authors! \n\nPeter Cotton: Fred the Snake series (including When Fred the Snake and Friends Explore Charleston)\nCyndie Degnan: His Strength Made Perfect\, Michael’s Story\nMark Epstein: THEY CALL ME PATHFINDER\, Education-Basketball-Equality\nPriscilla Garatti: An Ocean Away\, Missing God\, On a Clear Blue Day\nJohn Gibson: Soul Sprints\nLorna Hollifield: An Ocean at Night\, Tobacco Sun\nAlex Lettau: Yellow Death\nMatthew Loveland: The Artist: Faith\, Science and the Rest of Us\nChristina Sinisi: Christmas Confusion and Christmas on Okracoke\nBob Spearman: Then She Was Dead\, Shrimpin’ Gold\, Turf and Surf\nJulie Packett: Science Night: The Chronicles of Ms. Clarke’s Class\nKatie Sullivan Masalin: Rocks\, Paper\, Flowers\nJewel Sweeney: The Adventures of Bugaboo and Ladybug Series (including Up\, Up and Away)\nKathleen Varn: Ameera Unveiled and Gardenia Duty\nMarybeth Wishart: Parker the Purple Penguin\nKasen Wysong: Colors of the Mayhem\n\n 
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/independent-bookstore-day/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Signing,Celebration,Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210320T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210320T120000
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SUMMARY:Author and Speaker Chris Singleton Returns with His New Release: Your Life Matters
DESCRIPTION: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. \n\nEmpowering 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 Singleton\, who lost his own mother in the 2015 Charleston church shooting\, Your Life Matters teaches kids to stand tall in the face of racial adversity and fight for the life they dream of. \nEach page depicts a famous hero from Black history mentoring a child of today and encouraging them to use their mind\, heart\, voice\, and hands in that fight. Hero-mentors in the book include Maya Angelou\, Jackie Robinson\, Martin Luther King\, Jr.\, Aretha Franklin\, Katherine Johnson\, Harriet Tubman\, Frederick Douglas\, Mary McLeod Bethune\, George Washington Carver\, and others. \n\nDon’t miss the chance to meet this local icon\, hear his words of wisdom and inspiration\, and get signed keepsake copies of his books! \nChris Singleton is an inspirational speaker and former professional baseball player who travels the country as a student achievement specialist. Chris has spoken to over 60\,000 students and teachers across the nation and has helped thousands of students and teachers overcome hardships and excel in the classroom. Chris’s speech on overcoming hate with love has been seen or shared millions of times and has gotten him featured on Lifetime\, ESPN E:60\, USA Today\, CNN\, and Fox News. Chris is a proud father of his son\, CJ\, and a proud husband to his high school sweetheart\, Mariana. \n6
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/author-and-speaker-chris-singleton-returns-with-his-new-release-your-life-matters/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Signing,Celebration,Reading,Story Time
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210301T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210307T180000
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SUMMARY:Main Street Reads Turns Two Years Old!
DESCRIPTION:Ah\, remember our first birthday? Yep\, last March 1; and just days later\, well\, yeah\, THAT happened. Because we still can’t safely jam us all in for a standing-room only super-hero party\, this year’s Anniversary Celebration is going to look a wee bit different. \nWe’ll still cut a cake on Monday\, March 1st (3 pm)\, and we’ll have lots of individually wrapped slices to pick up that day and throughout the week. PLUS\, it may be our birthday\, but we’re giving YOU the gifts – ALL WEEK LONG we’ll be giving away gift bags with some special goodies for all. \nThis way\, you can help us celebrate throughout the week\, while we continue to keep you\, our favorite readers\, safe and entertained… \nWatch our social pages on Facebook and Instagram for ongoing updates and we’ll SEE YOU ON MAIN STREET!
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/main-street-reads-turns-two-years-old/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Celebration
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210213T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210213T113000
DTSTAMP:20260410T030221
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SUMMARY:Illicit Intent Launch Party: Hot Romantic Suspense for Valentine's Day Weekend Kickoff! (Virtual Event)
DESCRIPTION:Meet best-selling author Debbie Baldwin with the virtual launch of the second in the Bishop Securities romantic suspense series\, Illicit Intent! Learn about the series and a sneak peek of what’s coming next! Books are available from either our online Bookshop (click on each image for a direct link) or at the store for 10% off the cover price. \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/86034534250?pwd=OW0xeE9xNkxWWmVRNnpENGVsZzViUT09 \nMeeting ID: 860 3453 4250\nPasscode: 340865
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/illicit-intent-hot-romantic-suspense-for-valentines-day-weekend-kickoff-virtual-event/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Celebration,Reader Meet Writer,Virtual Author Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210114T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210117T200000
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SUMMARY:Pulpwood Queens Girlfriend Weekend Zoomathon and Book Fair!
DESCRIPTION:OFFICIAL PROGRAM: PULPWOOD QUEENS AND TIMBER GUYS BOOK CLUB 2021 GIRLFRIEND WEEKEND ZOOMATHON SLUMBER PARTY JANUARY 14-17\, 2021\n \n\nEmail: thepulpwoodqueen@gmail.com Website: www.thepulpwoodqueens.com\n\n \n\nAll attendees\, including featured authors\, presenters\, special guests\, and keynotes are encouraged to wear their pajamas. Please note that Zoom meeting links will be posted and sent to each paid individual attendee’s registered email early morning prior to the launch of each day’s events and are not to be shared. At the conclusion of the event\, each paid attendee will be given access to all panels and keynotes\, which will be recorded\, so that participants can watch GFW in its entirety at their leisure. Later in 2021\, segments will be made public on Kathy L. Murphy’s Pulpwood Queen Channel on YouRube.\n\n \n\nMain Street Reads is our official independent book seller for this event. Please support independents and order our Official 2021 Book Club Selections from here. She also carries picks from 2019 and 2020. All members of International Pulpwood Queen and Timber Guys\, who order books through Main Street Reads are entitled to a 10 percent discount. Identify yourself as a member of the biggest meeting-and-discussing book club in the world\, our International Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Book Club Reading Nation.\n\n \nTHURSDAY\, January 14\, 2021\n \n\n2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m EST \nAuthor/Playwright David Valdes will be giving an Author Workshop on Writing.Three Little Words: Write Your Story in Any Genre Join me for a hands-on workshop to jumpstart your story idea\, using character\, conflict\, and motion–the three words at the heart of every novel\, memoir\,  creative nonfiction book\, play\, or movie script. We’ll play with all three concepts in writing exercises and leave with the core of a new narrative in mind. This workshop is appropriate for all levels\, whether it’s your first story or your fortieth! David Valdes is the author of three nonfiction books (Homo Domesticus\, A Little Fruitcake\, and The Rhinestone Sisterhood)\, as well as two young adult novels\, Revengers and Spin Me Right Round (coming from Bloomsbury in 2021). An award-winning playwright\, he is the author of more than 20 plays that have been produced coast to coast\, including The Mermaid Hour and Full Code. He has written columns for the New York Times\, Boston Globe\, Huffington Post\, and Medium. He teaches writing at both Tufts University and Boston Conservatory at Berklee\, and lives outside Boston with his teenage daughter.\n\n \n\nThe Pulpwood Queen Presents:\n\n \n\n 	3:15 p.m. EST Jeannette Brown “The Illusion of Leaving: A Novel”\n 	3:30 p.m. EST Joy Ross Davis “The Madwoman of Preacher’s Cove: A Novel”\n 	4:00 p.m. EST llene English “Hippie Chick: Coming of Age in the ‘60s”\n 	4:15 p.m. EST Steven Manchester “The Menu”\n 	4:30 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. EST Isla Morley “The Last Blue: A Novel” and “Come Sunday: A Novel”\n 	5:00 p.m. EST Jess Montgomery “The Widows”\, “The Hollows” and “The Stills”\n 	5:15 p.m. EST Richard Schwartz with Wendy Carter “Pearl River Mansion: A Novel”\n 	5:30 p.m. EST Mary Helen Sheriff “Boop and Eve’s Road Trip: A Novel” and “Bookish Road Trip!”\n 	5:45 p.m. EST Steve Wiegenstein “Scattered Lights”\n 	6:00 p.m. EST Marci Henna “When We Last Spoke” and “What Lies Ahead” in her Fireside series.\n\n \n\nTHURSDAY NIGHT 7:00 p.m. EST \nKim Harwanko\, author of “Novel Women\,” moderates a panel of her Just Between Friends Book Club Members\, who helped author their first book “Novel Women” and its sequel to be announced.\n\n \nFRIDAY\, January 15\, 2021\n \n\n9:30 a.m. EST\nA Royal Welcome to our IT’S ALL ABOUT THE STORY-themed Girlfriend Weekend Zoomathon Slumber Party Book Club Convention from The Pulpwood Queen KATHY L. MURPHY\, CEO and Founder of The International Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Book Club Reading Nation; author of “The Pulpwood Queens’ Tiara Wearing\, Book Sharing Guide to Life” and her latest book “The Pulpwood Queens Celebrate 20 Years” edited by Susan Cushman (published by Brother Mockingbird); and Director of Acquisitions for Lucid House Publishing.\n\n \n\n10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. EST \nKeynote Speaker/Book Club Comedian Marilyn Simon Rothstein “Husbands and Other Sharp Objects” and “Lift and Separate” with NEW book to be announced.\n\n \n\n10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. EST \nKeynote Speaker/Author Janet Skeslien Charles of “The Paris Library: A Novel” joins us from Paris\, France\, courtesy of Simon & Schuster Publishing.\n\n \n\n11:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. EST \nKeynote Speaker/Author Mary Morris “All the Way to the Tigers: A Memoir”\n\n \n\n11:45 a.m – 12:00 p.m EST \nAuthor Boo Walker “An Unfinished Story: A Novel” reports in from Spain!\n\n \n\n12:00 p.m. – 12:30 p.m. EST \nKeynote Speaker/Author Reavis Z. Wortham “Hawke’s Fury: A Sonny Hawke Thriller”\n\n \n\n12:30 p.m. EST \nKeynote Editor at Grand Cent2al Publishing/Author Lauren Marino of “Bookish Broads: Women Who Wrote Themselves into History” and “What Would Dolly Do?”\n\n \n\n1:00 p.m. EST \nKeynote Speaker Adriana Trigiani of “The Shoemaker’s Wife: A Novel”\n\n \n\n1:30 p.m. EST LUNCH INTERMISSION \n\n \n\n2:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. EST \nKeynote Speaker/Author Cary J. Broussard\, Founder of the Cinderella to CEO Awards “From Cinderella to CEO: How to Master the 10 Lessons of Fairy Tales to Transform Your Work Life”\n\n \n\n2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. EST\nModerator Susan Peterson of Sue’s Reading Neighborhood and her featured authors:\n\n \n\n 	Barbara Davis “Last of the Moon Girls”\n 	Jax Frey “The Gumbeaux Sistahs” and”Gumbeaux Love: A Novel”\n 	Marjorie Herrera Lewis “When the Men Were Gone: A Novel”\n 	Deborah Mantella\, “My Sweet Vidalia: A Novel”\n\n \n\n3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. EST \nModerator Shari Stauch of Main Street Reads and her featured authors:\n\n \n\n 	Scott Boyer “Temple of Eternity: Book 2 Bobby Ether Series” and Bobby Ether and The Jade Academy: Book 1 Bobby Ether Series”\n 	Joe Palmer “A Mariner’s Tale: A Novel”\n 	Ruthie Landis “Acting Lessons for the Living: Play the Scenes of Your Life with Intention\, Presence\, and Pure Potential: Living\, Acting and Enneagram Master Class”\n 	Gregory Enrich Phillips “A Season in Lights: A Novel in Three Acts”\n\n \n\n4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. EST \nAuthor/Blogger Eileen Harrison Sanchez “Freedom Lessons” of Prose and the Pandemic moderates this authors panel: \n\n \n\n 	Meryl Ain “The Takeaway Men: A Novel”\n 	Johnnie Bernhard “Sisters of the Undertow: Novel”\n 	Mandy Haynes “Sharp as A Serpent’s Tooth: Eva and Other Stories” and “Walking the Wrong Way Home”\n 	Debra DiFulvio Thomas “Luz: A Novel”\n 	Valerie Taylor “What’s Not Said”\n\n \n\n6:00 p.m. \nA MIGHTY BLAZE Keynote Speaker/ Author Caroline Leavitt “With or Without You: A Novel”\n\n \n\n6:30 p.m. \nA MIGHTY BLAZE Keynote Speaker/ Author Jenna Blum “The Lost Family: A Novel” and “Those Who Save Us: A Novel”\n\n \n\n7:00 p.m. EST Intermission \n\n \n\nFRIDAY EVENING 7:30 p.m. EST\nAuthor/Publisher/Moderator Echo Montgomery Garrett\, co-publisher Lucid House Publishing with her authors’ panel (15 minutes each):\n\n \n\n 	Connor Judson Garrett and Kevin N. Garrett “Spellbound Under the Spanish Moss: A Southern Tale of Magic” (the first of a trilogy)\n 	Marilyn Kriete “Paradise Road: A Memoir”\n 	G. Claire “Dreaming in a Time of Dragons”\n 	Andrea Faye Christians “Suspension: A Novel”\n 	Joseph Marshall III “The Cowboy and the Indian: A Novel”\n 	Tamra McAnally Bolton “The Art of Story Keeping: Saving History – One Family at a Time”\n 	Douglas Thompson with Echo Montgomery Garrett “Knock! Knock! Lessons Learned and Stories Shared – A Ride Along with Sales Superstar Douglas Thompson”\n\n \n\nKEYNOTE Vince Spinnato with Mickey Goodman “My Pursuit of Beauty: A Cosmetic Chemist Reveals The Glitz\, The Glam\, and the Batsh*t Crazy” (30 minutes)\n\n \nSATURDAY\, January 16\, 2021\n \n\n10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. EST \nKEYNOTE SPEAKER/Executive Director of the Pat Conroy Literary Center Jonathan Haupt with Holland Perryman\, the center’s intern and a published writer\, give a presentation on Pat Conroy’s reverence for teaching.\n\n \n\n11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. EST \nModerators Annie McDonnell of The Write Review joined by Mike Eberhardt present:\n\n \n\n 	Michelle Cox “A Child Lost: A Henrietta and Inspector Howard Novel Book 5”\n 	Bette Lee Crosby “A Million Little Lies: A Novel”\n 	Claire Fullerton “Little Tea: A Novel”\n 	Laura Kemp “Evening in the Yellow Wood”\n 	Nola Nash “Crescent City Moon: Book 1″ and “Crescent City Sin: Book 2”\n 	Patricia Sands “Drawing Lessons: A Novel”\n 	Diane Zinna “The All-Night Sun: A Novel”\n\n \n\n12:30 p.m. EST \nKeynote Speaker Julie Perkins Cantrell\, author of “Crescendo: The Story of a Musical Genius Who Forever Changed a Southern Town” and four award-winning\, bestselling novels including her debut “Into the Free\,” shares the story behind the story of her TEDTALK.\n\n \n\n1:00 p.m. EST Intermission\n\n \n\n1:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. EST \nKeynote Speaker/Author Michael Farris Smith of “Nick: A Novel”\n\n \n\n2:00 pm to 2:30 p.m. EST \nKeynote Speaker Johnnie Bernhard\, author of “Sisters of the Undertow: A Novel” reveals the story behind the story of her TEDTALK.\n\n \n\n2:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. EST \nKeynote Speaker/Actress Mary Deese Hampton speaks about her husband/actor\, film director James Hampton’s book “What? And Give Up on Show Business?”\n\n \n\n3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. EST \nAuthor Juliette Kobani Hagglund “Raising A Healthy Eater: Quick and Easy Recipes for Babies\, Toddlers and Kids” gives a cooking demonstration.\n\n \n\nThe Pulpwood Queen Presents Authors:\n\n \n\n 	4:00 p.m. EST Stephanie Chance of “Mamma Mia: Saints\, Sinners\, & Escapades” and her Decorate Ornate Tours\, the Official Tour Guide to Italy and Beyond of The Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Reading Nation.\n 	4:15 p.m. EST Sara Dahmen “Copper\, Iron\, and Clay: A Smith’s Journey”\n 	4:30 p.m. EST Richard Fifield “The Small Crimes of Tiffany Templeton”\n 	4:45 p.m. EST Carolyn Haines “A Visitation of Angels”\n 	5:00 p.m. EST Pamela Fagan Hutchins of “Live Wire\,” the first in a trilogy\, and also the Host of Wine\, Women\, and Writing!\n 	5:15 p.m. EST R.J. Lee “Cold Reading Murder”\n 	5:30 p.m. EST Leslie Lehr “A Boob’s Life: How America’s Obsession Shaped Me…And You”\n 	5:45 p.m EST Judithe Little “The Chanel Sisters”\n 	6:00 p.m. EST J.L. Oakley “The Quisling Factor”\n 	6:15 p.m. EST Kathleen M. Rodgers “The Flying Cutterbucks: A Novel”\n 	6:30 p.m. EST Rebecca Rosenberg “Champagne Widows: Veuve Clicquot and Napoleon”\n\n \n\n7:00 p.m. EST Intermission \n\n \n\n7:30 p.m. EST \nAward presenters include past recipients of The Doug Marlette Award Jonathan Haupt\, executive director of the Pat Conroy Literary Center and Marly Rusoff of Marly Rusoff Literary Agency; 2019 Pulpwood Queen Book of the Year Author Jesse Montgomery; and 2019 Bonus Book of the Year Author Michael Farris Smith. These distinguished literary figures conduct the Awards Presentation to the following:\n\n \n\n 	2020 Pulpwood Queen Bonus Book of the Year to Kim Michele Richardson “The Bookwoman of Troublesome Creek: A Novel”\n 	2020 Pulpwood Queen Book of the Year to Leila Meacham “Dragonfly: A Novel”\n 	Special Presentation: THE DOUG MARLETTE AWARD presented to an individual for the Lifetime Achievement of Promoting Literacy to Annie McDonnell of The Write Review!\n\n \n\n8:00 p.m. EST\nSilent Auction winners announced. The auction site can be accessed at www.charityauctionstoday.com/auctions/PQ-PCLC2021-19645 \,  Bids will be accepted between noon on Jan. 14 and end at 6:00 p.m. Jan. 16 CST. All proceeds go to The Pat Conroy Literary Center and all your winning bid item(s) will be shipped to YOU with the cost of shipping and handling added to the cost based on the item(s) you win.\n\n \n\nRemarks from KATHY L. MURPHY\, who will announce the theme for 2022 Girlfriend Weekend event and conclude the presentation of 2021 International Pulpwood Queen and Timber Guys Official Book Selections Authors! Congratulations to all of those whose work garnered the Pulpwood Queen Kathy L. Murphy’s 2021 Official Seal of Approval out of more than 600 books that were submitted.\n\n \nSUNDAY\, January 17\, 2021 \n \n\nAn Inside Look at the State of Publishing Today\n\n \n\n11.15 EST\, 10:15 a.m. CST\, 9:15 MST\, 8:15 PST. \nSenior Pastor Henry G. Brinton\, author of “City of Peace\,” of the Fairfax Presbyterian Church in Fairfax\, Virginia\, leads a worship service. His sermon entitled “Unexpected Calls\,” is based on God calling Samuel to lead in 1 Samuel 3:1-19. Here is the link to the church’s YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUObEveHAJhWXUVGYYv_WkQ\n\n \n\nFollowing the Worship Service is an Intermission for Sunday Lunch/Dinner.\n\n \n\n2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. EST\nKathy L. Murphy in conversation with Special Guest Robert Gray\, editor of Shelf Awareness\, the online publisher insider daily blog on the book publishing world.\n\n \n\n2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. EST\nCarol Fitzgerald of The Book Reporter interviews bestselling author Cassandra King Conroy “Tell Me A Story: My Life with Pat Conroy”\n\n \n\n3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. EST \nMarly Rusoff of Marly Rusoff Literary Agency gives a talk on the landscape of publishing today from a top New York literary agent’s perspective.\n\n \n\n4:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. EST \nAnnie McDonnell of The Write Review speaks on the importance of book reviews and how to secure them.\n\n \n\n5:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. EST \nAuthor Douglas Thompson of “Knock! Knock!: Lessons Learned and Stories Shared – A Ride Along with a Sales Superstar Douglas Thompson” gives authors advice on how to craft the perfect elevator pitch for their books.\n\n \n\n5:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. EST \nPulpwood Queen Kathy L. Murphy discusses her new partnership with Kristine “Hall” Ways of Lone Star Literary Life and their shared mission of getting great books in the hands of great readers.\n\n \n\n5:30 p.m. EST \nPublisher Echo Montgomery Garrett gives a presentation on the story behind her writer-centric\, bespoke Lucid House Publishing along with Director of Acquisitions Kathy L. Murphy; Co-Publisher/ Co-Founder Connor Judson Garrett; Director of Design and Technology Jawad Mazhir; YouTube Hostess and Translator Kristel al Issa; and Emmy-nominated screenwriter Jeanette Collins\, who wrote the screenplay for “Spellbound Under the Spanish Moss.”\n\n \n\nOur official hashtag is #PQGirlfriendWeekend for social media posts.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/pulpwood-queens-girlfriend-weekend-zoomathon-and-book-fair/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion,Celebration,Virtual Author Event
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SUMMARY:Book Launch Party: Bernard Mansheim's Still a Doctor
DESCRIPTION:Acclaimed author Dr. Bernard Mansheim will be at Main Street Reads Saturday\, January 9th to celebrate the release of his third novel\, Still a Doctor. Social distance rules will apply and safe treats will be served! \n 
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/book-launch-party-bernard-mansheims-still-a-doctor/
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Signing,Celebration
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SUMMARY:Booksigning: Ruthie Landis with Acting Lessons for Living
DESCRIPTION:On Saturday\, December 19th\, Ruthie will be here LIVE to answer questions and sign her books\, including Acting Lessons for Living\, the new companion Guided Journal\, and her Beyond the Bookclub! Perfect for last-minute holiday gift giving. Refreshments will be served. \nAbout Acting Lessons for Living\nImagine that your life is a hit play\, one that you produce and direct\, a show where you get to pick all the parts\, from your leading role to the bit players. You get to choose the sets\, the lighting\, the costumes\, and even who gets a front row seat\, right up to the final curtain call. \nIn fact\, you don’t need to imagine it because your life is exactly that: a long-running adventure created for your life’s stage by you! \nBest selling author Ruthie Landis weaves her decades of experience in the theatre and as a psychotherapist\, teacher and coach\, with insightful personality concepts found in the Enneagram used by actors and successful “players” the world over\, to guide you through your own hero’s journey – your life’s calling. \nWhether you’re in “pre-production” or wanting to make sure your final bow will invite a standing ovation\, Acting Lessons for Living will engage you\, change you\, and support you in playing the scenes of your own life with crystal clear intention\, full presence\, and a finale that will knock your socks off. \nWe’re also pleased to invite you to a free “Acting Lessons for Living” workshop with Ruthie on Tuesday\, December 15th\, prior to Saturday’s live signing. Time will be allowed after the talk for Q&A. \n 
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/booksigning-ruthie-landis-with-acting-lessons-for-living/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Signing,Celebration
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SUMMARY:Summerville Christmas Parade
DESCRIPTION:Sunday December 13th (rain date December 20th) will be the annual Christmas parade in historic downtown Summerville! Join us for the festivities and free treats and perhaps a surprise or two… We will have a LIMITED number of seats outside the store\, we encourage you to arrive early! \nThe Summerville Christmas Parade is designed to promote positivity throughout the Town of Summerville while capturing the “spirit of the Christmas holiday.” The parade is a family-friendly\, non-political event that aims to bring the community together to celebrate the season while representing the local traditions and Summerville hospitality. \nMasks will be required at the store and among our guests. Join us to celebrate the season…
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/summerville-christmas-parade/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Celebration
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SUMMARY:Booksigning: Signe Pike with The Forgotten Kingdom!
DESCRIPTION:We’re super excited to have the amazing Signe Pike grace Main Street Reads on Sunday\, December 6th for a special event and book signing. Her best-selling books have been making waves. The Forgotten Kingdom is the second in a trilogy; we’ll also have the first in the trilogy\, The Lost Queen\, on hand to be personally signed. \nRefreshments will be served\, including a special brew of spiced cider to set the mood. Let us know if you plan to attend so we set aside the book(s) for you as this event is expected to sell out. \nThe Forgotten Kingdom: AD 573. Imprisoned in her chamber\, Languoreth awaits news in torment. Her husband and son have ridden off to war against her brother\, Lailoken. She doesn’t yet know that her young daughter\, Angharad\, who was training with Lailoken to become a Wisdom Keeper\, has been lost in the chaos. As one of the bloodiest battles of early medieval Scottish history abandons its survivors to the wilds of Scotland\, Lailoken and his men must flee to exile in the mountains of the Lowlands\, while nine year-old Angharad must summon all Lailoken has taught her to follow her own destiny through the mysterious\, mystical land of the Picts. \nIn the aftermath of the battle\, old political alliances unravel\, opening the way for the ambitious adherents of the new religion: Christianity. Lailoken is half-mad with battle sickness\, and Languoreth must hide her allegiance to the Old Way to survive her marriage to the next Christian king of Strathclyde. Worst yet\, the new King of the Angles is bent on expanding his kingdom at any cost. Now the exiled Lailoken\, with the help of a young warrior named Artur\, may be the only man who can bring the warring factions together to defeat the encroaching Angles. But to do so\, he must claim the role that will forever transform him. He must become the man known to history as “Myrddin.” \n“Intrigue\, rivalry\, and magic among the mists of old Britain–The Forgotten Kingdom is an enchantment of a read! (Kate Quinn\, New York Times bestselling author). \nTake a look at the book trailers below and learn more at https://www.signepike.com/. \n \n \nSigne Pike was born in Ithaca\, NY\, and graduated from Cornell University with her Bachelor of Science in Communication. She worked as an acquisitions editor at Random House and then Penguin\, before leaving to write her first book\, Faery Tale: One Woman’s Search for Enchantment in a Modern World. Pike has spent the past ten years researching and writing about Celtic history\, myth\, folklore and tradition. Her love of history\, the great outdoors\, early medieval and ancient archeology\, and her dedication to historical accuracy has made her social media feeds an informative delight to her readers. \nSigne teaches seminars and workshops internationally on writing and publishing\, as well as on folklore and tradition. Her writing has been published by Salon\, Charleston City Paper\, Book Riot and NPR.org.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/booksigning-signe-pike-with-the-forgotten-kingdom/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Signing,Celebration
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SUMMARY:Old Time Summerville Christmas Celebration!
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the 2020 Old Time Summerville Christmas Celebration event on Tuesday\, December 1 from 5:30 – 8 p.m. This event will be a modified version of the Town’s traditional tree lighting ceremony. We’ll have treats at Main Street Reads of course\, as will many of our neighbors: \nIn an effort to provide a safe event that does not promote gathering the town will forego the ceremony and countdown of the tree lighting. This year the tree will be lit prior to the event starting. Attendees will be able to stop by anytime during the event to see the lights\, enjoy the tree\, and take photos! \n\n\nThe South Carolina Department of Commerce requires attendees over the age of 3 to wear masks at the event and practice social distancing.\n\nPictures with Santa (Hutchinson Square Bandstand): 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.\nBring your cameras and smiles for socially distant pictures with Santa. The line will close at 7:30 p.m.\n\nLive Window Displays (Various Streets – Map will be Provided): 5:30 – 8 p.m.\nA variety of downtown businesses will prepare gorgeous live displays in their store windows for the public to view and vote on. Below are the businesses that are currently confirmed to participate (list updated as businesses are confirmed):\nHippie Soul – 120 Central Ave.\nFour Green Fields – 117 Central Ave.\nPeople\, Places & Quilts – 129 W. Richardson Ave.\nSweetwater 123 & 123 Etc. – 123 W. Richardson Ave.\nFly Modern Apparel -114 Richardson Ave.\nLowcountry Olive Oil – 103D S. Main St\nHanebrink Jewelers – 112 S. Main St.\nNailed it DIY – 116 S. Main St.\nMain St. Reads – 115 S. Main St.\nEva’s On Main – 129 S. Main St.\nEverything Chic – 126 S. Main St.\n\nHoliday Craft at the Public Works Art Center (135 W. Richardson Ave.) 5:30 – 8:00 p.m.\nAs you walk around and check out the live window displays\, stop by the Public Works Art Center for a creative holiday art activity.\n\nLetters to Santa – (Short Central Ave): 5:30 – 8 p.m.\nThe mailbox and letter writing station will be located on Short Central Ave.\n\nGrab Dinner (Downtown Summerville Restaurants & Food Trucks on Little Main St.) 5:30 – 8 p.m. Visit one of our downtown restaurants or choose from a few food trucks and enjoy dinner at the event.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/old-time-summerville-christmas-celebration/
CATEGORIES:Art Show,Celebration
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SUMMARY:Children's Book Signing: Rebecca Dwight Bruff's Stars of Wonder
DESCRIPTION:Join us Wednesday morning\, 9:30 – 11:30 a.m. when Rebecca Dwight Bruff joins us for story time and a booksigning following for her new highly praised children’s book: Stars of Wonder. Storyteller Colleen Rackleff will read the book for story time and Rebecca will be on hand for Q&A and signing afterwards (hint: makes the perfect Christmas gift!) \n\nIn Stars of Wonder\, five brave and curious children follow a star\, and discover more than they ever imagined: strength\, trust\, love\, boldness\, courage\, and wonder… all the things kids need to know they possess in order to be resilient in this ever-changing world. \nBeautifully illustrated\, STARS OF WONDER will delight children and adults alike in this story of whimsy and wonder\, curiosity and courage\, and great love. \nRebecca Bruff heard the story of Robert Smalls on her first visit to South Carolina. She was so captivated that she left her job and moved across the country to research and write this novel. Bruff earned her Bachelors degree in education (Texas A&M) and Master and Doctorate degrees in theology (Southern Methodist University). In 2017\, she was a scholarship recipient for the prestigious Key West Literary Seminar. She volunteers at the Pat Conroy Literary Center in Beaufort\, South Carolina. She’s published non-fiction\, plays a little tennis\, travels when she can\, and loves life in the lowcountry with her husband and an exuberant golden retriever. Learn more at rebeccabruff.com
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/childrens-book-signing-rebecca-dwight-bruffs-stars-of-wonder/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion,Book Signing,Celebration,Story Time
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ORGANIZER;CN="Main Street Reads":MAILTO:shari@writerswin.com
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