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November 2019
Main Street Writes!
For the inner writer in all of us, join us at our regular Monday evening writers group! Come on out any/every Monday at 6:30 p.m. and bring a few pages with you to share with fellow scribes, or just listen in and learn!
Find out more »Museum Art Show at Main Street Reads!
Our own Summerville Dorchester Museum is collaborating with Main Street Reads to offer a unique Third Thursday event this month, an art show featuring three local artists, and a talk about Summerville area history (will be especially interesting to all you newer Summervillians!) Meet the Artists Therese Haynes: Therese won her first art show in 2nd grade. She has sold paintings of beloved pets, cars, and landscapes for 25+yrs in KY and MI. She moved to Summerville in 2011 offering…
Find out more »FRIDAY Story Time at Main Street Reads
Now that preschool has begun, we're changing up the weekly storytime day! Join us every FRIDAY morning at 10:30 a.m. for some fun story time with reading by Colleen Rackleff - kids of all ages welcome! Treats served and book discounts to all attendees! Colleen's Story Time at Main Street Reads has become one of our featured events each week! We have lots of chairs for younger listeners and plenty of juice boxes and fruit snacks to munch while they…
Find out more »Our Prince of Scribes Writers Conference
Calling all you writers! On November 23, the Our Prince of Scribes Writers Conference will take place at the James Dean Theatre, brought to you by a powerhouse team that includes the Pat Conroy Literary Center, the South Carolina Writers Association (SCWA), the Flowertown Players and of course, Main Street Reads! Join Our Prince of Scribes: Writers Remember Pat Conroy contributing writers Margaret Evans, Jonathan Haupt, Jonathan Sanchez, Alex Sanders, Sean Scapellato, and Lynn Seldon–along with special guests MacKenzie Collier…
Find out more »Booksigning with NYT Best-Selling Children’s Author Melinda Long
A special event indeed on Saturday, November 23 when we host NYT best-selling children's books author Melinda Long to Main Street Reads! Her books on hand for signing will include Art Smart, Science Detective, How I Became a Pirate, Pirates Don't Change Diapers, and, apropos to the season, The Twelve Days of Christmas in South Carolina. Melinda Long began her writing career on a rainy day when she was six. Her mother, tired of hearing how bored Melinda was, told…
Find out more »Pulpwood Queens Book Club at Main Street Reads
Our next selection will be The Widows: A Novel by Jess Montgomery. “The Widows kept me on the edge of my seat. Montgomery is a masterful storyteller.” —Lee Martin, author of Pulitzer Prize-Finalist The Bright Forever Kinship, Ohio, 1924: When Lily Ross learns that her husband, Daniel Ross, the town’s widely respected sheriff, is killed while transporting a prisoner, she is devastated and vows to avenge his death. Hours after his funeral, a stranger appears at her door. Marvena Whitcomb,…
Find out more »December 2019
Booksigning: Priscilla K. Garatti
We have a special event planned for you to welcome December! On December 1st (also our singing bookseller Hannah Rose's birthday!) we'll be hosting Charleston author Priscilla K. Garatti! Priscilla K. Garatti is the author of a collection of reflective essays, On A Clear Blue Day; a novel, Missing God; and a memoir, An Ocean Way. An Ocean Away Two stories dramatically entwine through this memoir of a woman’s journey to regain lost love and a lost self. Thirty-five years…
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