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January 2022
Meet the Authors: Bill and Ann Stevens with “Dalton and Grace”
Our first LIVE event of 2022 will be a Meet the Author with Daniel Island News columnists Bill and Ann Stevens, authors of the recently released (and hilarious) Dalton and Grace. Bill and Ann live in Daniel Island. They enjoy reading, writing, travel, giving back to their community, and spending time with their four children and ten grandchildren. ABOUT DALTON AND GRACE Bless Their Little Hearts...Marriage is a compilation of laughter, tears, and occasional inane spats over nothing. Life in…
Find out more »My Musings: Interactive Workshop with Ruthie Landis
Join us for a VERY special way to start 2022 right. Ruthie Landis's "My Musings" workshop will start you off on the right foot to really make this your best and most insightful year ever. HINT: It helps to have a copy of her new "My Musings" journal on hand - we have them at the store for those of you who haven't yet grabbed one! If you had the opportunity to meet the incomparable Ruthie Landis LIVE at Main…
Find out more »2022 International Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Online Book Club Convention
Get Your Package for the 2022 International Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Week Long Online Virtual Book Club Convention Today! Main Street Reads' Shari Stauch will be a featured presenter as well as some of the best authors of 2021 and the 2022 reading season to come! PLUS - you'll get deals and steals on the list we're building of great reads AND gifts with purchase, including a tote bag, tiara (but of course) and a copy of the incredible…
Find out more »January Thriller Book Club: Comfort Me with Apples
Talk about a COVER, wow!!! This is the perfect book to launch our 2022 Thrill in the 'Ville thriller book club - not too long, just right to kick off the new year! Comfort Me With Apples is a terrifying new thriller from bestseller Catherynne M. Valente, for fans of Gone Girl and Spinning Silver Sophia was made for him. Her perfect husband. She can feel it in her bones. He is perfect. Their home together in Arcadia Gardens is…
Find out more »Reader Meet Writer: Diane Chamberlain’s The Last House on the Street
Our first Reader Meet Writer event of 2022. Register to attend HERE! Diane Chamberlain was 14 in the summer of 1964, when she learned about three young civil rights workers who were murdered in Mississippi, at the hands of the Ku Klux Klan, while volunteering to work on voter registration, education, and civil rights. It was an event that had a profound impact on Chamberlain, and led to her interest in the 1965 SCOPE project, in which white college students,…
Find out more »Meet the Author: Live Booksigning with Julie Packett – Battling Bots!
Julie Packett is back with the second in her series: The Chronicles of Ms. Clarke's Class. This time it's Battling Bots so you can add to your collection that should already include Science Night, or you can grab 'em both at Main Street Reads, in paperback OR hardcover! We look so forward to having Julie back at the store - help us give her a Summerville warm welcome!
Find out more »Main Street Writes
For the inner writer in all of us, our regular Monday evening writers group! Join us via the Zoom link below and get your writing on track! https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83115591753?pwd=bGwyNlJITDZvNUcxdU9kckNDSE1Zdz09 Meeting ID: 831 1559 1753 Passcode: 29483 If you'd prefer to send your pages in advance (no more than 2 single-spaced or 4 double spaced, you can email them to mainstreetreads@gmail.com -- and we'll share w/the group. See you soon -- and Write ON!
Find out more »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…
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