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January 2022
Living Large Bookclub: Cloud Cuckoo Land
Due to holiday travel schedules and pandemic concerns, we've rescheduled this event from December. We're excited to talk about this intriguing work! Prefer to join via Zoom? Here are the Zoom details: Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86529387739?pwd=MGh0SkQyb3UvNHBYWGpPeWZSY0xwdz09 Meeting ID: 865 2938 7739 Passcode: 147569 The book everyone's raving about, Cloud Cuckoo Land, by Anthony Doerr, author of All the Light We Cannot See. Join us for some fun discussion at our last bestsellers club meeting of 2021. We'll have plenty to…
Find out more »Wednesday Stories on the Square
Join us every WEDNESDAY morning at 9:30 a.m. for "Stories on the Square, our outdoor storytime adventure - kids of all ages welcome! Treats served and student discounts to ALL attendees! Storytime at Main Street Reads has become one of our featured events, held outside to ensure proper social distancing. We have lots of chairs for younger listeners, hoola-hoops for distancing and plenty of juice boxes and fruit snacks to munch while they listen. In case of inclement weather, storytime…
Find out more »Book Signing: Unexplained South Carolina by Sherman Carmichael
We're thrilled to bring you a special book signing to celebrate the launch of a new book about South Carolina! Sherman Carmichael will be LIVE at Main Street Reads on January 22nd to unveil the brand new release of Unexplained South Carolina. The Palmetto State is home to many strange and unexplained events. The Gray Man of 2018 is Pawleys Island’s most historic ghost. He has been seen walking the beaches before hurricanes. The tiny town of Hilda hears the…
Find out more »Pulpwood Queens Bookclub: The Quisling Factor
The Quisling Factor is the newest novel from brilliant historical fiction author J.L. Oakley. Treason. Espionage. Revenge. In the aftermath of WWII, ex-intelligence agent Tore Haugland tries to adjust to life in his newly freed country with the woman he loves. But he still has to testify against a Norwegian traitor -- one of the monsters of the German occupation -- whom he helped to capture. When mysterious notes threaten Haugland and his family, he must choose between protecting them…
Find out more »Book Signing: Buccaneer’s Spit: A Race for the Treasure by JE Thompson
Join us January 29th for the perfect new middle grade mystery by Charleston's own J.E. Thompson. You'll have the opportunity to meet the author AND grab signed copies of Buccaneer's Spit: A Race for the Treasure. In this middle-grade mystery, twelve-year-old Callie's parents send her to South Carolina alone for a spring break visit with her grandfather. Joined by a rambunctious Jack Russell Terrier and a friend with a secret of his own, she's set on revealing what the adults…
Find out more »February 2022
Book Signing: South Carolina in 1865 by Karen Stokes!
Join us on Saturday, February 5th when we welcome author Karen Stokes to Main Street Reads to sign copies of the fascinating new release: South Carolina in 1865 from History Press. The year 1865 brought an end to the war in America, but it also ended a civilization that had existed for nearly two centuries in South Carolina. Plantations, churches, farms, factories and whole villages and towns were pillaged and burned by General William T. Sherman’s army, and a once-thriving…
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