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SUMMARY:Book Signing: Buccaneer's Spit: A Race for the Treasure by JE Thompson
DESCRIPTION: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.\n \nIn 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 in her life are keeping from her. This STEM focused coming-of-age story features a girl/boy dynamic with a bit of pirate mystery and ecological danger thrown in. The adventure includes a prominent secondary character with dyslexia and is set in OpenDyslexic typeface. Perfect for high-low or reluctant readers and fans of The Goonies!  \nBorn in Toledo\, Ohio\, John Thompson attended Berkshire School and Middlebury College. After a successful 25 years on Wall Street\, he switched gears and turned to his ultimate love\, writing. His first novel\, Armageddon Conspiracy\, was a finalist for Best Fiction by the Southern Independent Booksellers and won the Independent Publishers Gold Medal for Best Thriller.  \nAfter several more adult thrillers\, he turned to writing for young readers. The Girl From Felony Bay\, his first Middle Grade novel\, was selected Best Children’s Book by the Southern Independent Booksellers\, became a Junior Library Guild selection\, and was a finalist for the following awards: the Black-Eyed Susan Award\, South Carolina Book Award\, the William Allen White Award and the Maine State Student Book Award. The sequel\, Disappearance At Hangman’s Bluff\, was also a Junior Library Guild selection. \nHis most recent Middle Grade\, Buccaneer’s Spit: A Race For The Treasure is the very exciting tale of two young people struggling to save a beautiful and pristine spit of land from an unscrupulous developer. The book is filled with information about the environment and conservation\, sea turtles\, porpoises\, alligators\, family issues . . . and\, oh yeah\, pirate treasure. Because one of the characters suffers from dyslexia\, the book has been printed in OpenDyslexic typeface to make it a story all readers can enjoy. \nSince moving to Charleston in 1996\, in addition to writing he has worked for his local community and served on a number of boards including: National Advisory Board of Donors Choose\, The MUSC Children’s Hospital\, MUSC Foundation\, Charleston Collegiate School\, Ashley Hall School\, Reading Partners and The Coastal Conservation League. He divides his time between Charleston\, SC and Blooming Grove\, PA and lives with his wife\, Julia Forster and his rescue Pitbull\, Annabelle. 
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/book-signing-buccaneers-spit-a-race-for-the-treasure-by-je-thompson/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
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SUMMARY:Book Signing: Unexplained South Carolina by Sherman Carmichael
DESCRIPTION: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 mournful wail of a ghost train. The Bowery\, Myrtle Beach’s most legendary bar\, hosts the spectral singing of Barman Joe. A ninety-two-foot crop circle appeared in the small town of McBee in 1994. And there’s a host of Bigfoot sightings in the state. Sherman Carmichael delves into the mysterious side of South Carolina. \nSherman Carmichael\, a native of Hemingway\, South Carolina\, has been dabbling into things that are best left alone—like ghosts\, UFOs\, monsters and other strange and unusual things—since he was seventeen. He has seen\, heard and felt things that defy explanation. Carmichael’s previous books—Forgotten Tales of South Carolina\, Legends and Lore of South Carolina\, Eerie South Carolina\, UFOs Over South Carolina\, Strange South Carolina\, Mysterious Tales of Coastal North Carolina\, Mysterious South Carolina  and  Mysterious Tales of the North Carolina Piedmont—center on ghosts and the strange and unusual as well as hovering objects and strange lights in the sky. \nHe has traveled throughout the United States visiting haunted locations. He has also visited Roswell\, New Mexico. He has traveled to Mexico and Central America researching Mayan ruins. He plans to continue visiting these unusual places for many years to come.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/book-signing-unexplained-sc/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Signing,Celebration
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SUMMARY:Reader Meet Writer: Diane Chamberlain's The Last House on the Street
DESCRIPTION: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\, primarily from the North\, traveled to the South to help register Black voters. That project is what inspired and informed her unmissable and timely new book\, THE LAST HOUSE ON THE STREET\, in which the fight for voting rights provides the backdrop for the story of one young woman’s passion to do what she knows in her heart is right. \n1965: Growing up in the well-to-do town of Round Hill\, North Carolina\, Ellie Hockley was raised to be a certain type of proper Southern lady. Enrolled in college and all but engaged to a bank manager\, Ellie isn’t as committed to her expected future as her family believes. She’s chosen to spend her summer break as a volunteer helping to register Black voters. But as Ellie follows her ideals fighting for the civil rights of the marginalized\, her scandalized parents scorn her efforts\, and her neighbors reveal their prejudices. And when she finds herself falling for a fellow volunteer\, Ellie discovers the frightening true nature of the people living in Round Hill. \n2010: Architect Kayla Carter and her husband designed a beautiful house for themselves in Round Hill’s new development\, Shadow Ridge Estates. It was supposed to be a home where they could raise their three-year-old daughter and grow old together. Instead\, it’s the place where Kayla’s husband died in a tragic accident\, and vandals leave threatening notes. And Kayla’s neighbor Ellie Hockley is harboring secrets about the dark history of the land where her house was built. \nThis is the sixth book by Diane Chamberlain that I’ve had the pleasure to work on\, and I can honestly say that it is by far the best. Early readers seem to agree. As I write this letter\, the book has a 4.5 star average on Goodreads\, with over 375 ratings\, and over 275 reviews. I urge you to read it and review it this January.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/reader-meet-writer-diane-chamberlains/
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Reader Meet Writer
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SUMMARY:January Thriller Book Club: Comfort Me with Apples
DESCRIPTION: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! \nComfort Me With Apples is a terrifying new thriller from bestseller Catherynne M. Valente\, for fans of Gone Girl and Spinning Silver \nSophia was made for him. Her perfect husband. She can feel it in her bones. He is perfect. Their home together in Arcadia Gardens is perfect. Everything is perfect. \nIt’s just that he’s away so much. So often. He works so hard. She misses him. And he misses her. He says he does\, so it must be true. He is the perfect husband and everything is perfect. \nBut sometimes Sophia wonders about things. Strange things. Dark things. The look on her husband’s face when he comes back from a long business trip. The questions he will not answer. The locked basement she is never allowed to enter. And whenever she asks the neighbors\, they can’t quite meet her gaze…. \nBut everything is perfect. Isn’t it?
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/january-thriller-book-club-comfort-me-with-apples/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion,Book Signing
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220111T080000
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SUMMARY:2022 International Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Online Book Club Convention
DESCRIPTION: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! \nPLUS – 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 My Musings by the incomparable Ruthie Landis! \nREGISTER HERE and we’ll have full details in the days to come!
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/2022-international-pulpwood-queens-and-timber-guys-online-book-club-convention/
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion,Virtual Author Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220109T150000
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SUMMARY:My Musings: Interactive Workshop with Ruthie Landis
DESCRIPTION: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! \nIf you had the opportunity to meet the incomparable Ruthie Landis LIVE at Main Street Reads or another special event\, then you know the value of her guidance. This will be a very interactive VIRTUAL experience\, with plenty of tips on how just minutes a day can lead you to journaling self-awareness and surprisingly insightful personal growth. \nThis free workshop (normally $95) is open to all BUT limited in space to the first 100 participants\, so DO sign up soon – you won’t want to miss out on the fun! \nSPACE IS LIMITED – VISIT THIS LINK TO REGISTER
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/5709/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Reading,Virtual Author Event,Workshop
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ORGANIZER;CN="Main Street Reads":MAILTO:shari@writerswin.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220108T120000
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SUMMARY:Meet the Authors: Bill and Ann Stevens with "Dalton and Grace"
DESCRIPTION: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. \n\nABOUT DALTON AND GRACE \n\n\nBless Their Little Hearts…Marriage is a compilation of laughter\, tears\, and occasional inane spats over nothing. Life in the south is a combination of sass\, sophistication\, and sticky situations. When you mix these together\, the result is gut-splitting hysterical. \nIn these Southern short stories\, the whimsical Williams couple takes readers on the highs and lows of their Southern marriage. \nDalton Williams\, a well-meaning and kind-hearted gentleman\, has ideas that are quirky and kooky—many times going awry. His practical and sensible wife\, Grace\, keeps him grounded.  Embark upon a fun-filled and hilarious journey through the aisles of Publix supermarket to the frustration of Daylight Saving Time. Dalton and Grace are familiar faces experiencing life’s oftentimes silly mundanity\, and when you add in their adorable and sassy Aunt Toogie\, you have a real southern treat! \nWant to try a special treat from the book? \nGRACE’S CRANBERRY MARGARITAS\nINGREDIENTS               \n\n1 ½ Cups (6 oz.) fresh or frozen cranberries\, rinsed\n¾ Cup lime juice (preferably fresh squeezed)\n1 Cup cranberry juice cocktail\n¾ Cup Tequila\n½ Cup Triple Sec or Grand Marnier\n½ Cup sugar\nIce cubes (around 2-3 cups)\nLime wedges\n\n\nPREPARING THE GLASSES \n\nPour some sugar (not the ½ cup above) into a saucer.\nWet the Margarita (or other wide-mouth) glass rim with lime or cranberry juice.\nDip into the  Sugar to coat the rim.\n\n\nMAKING THE MARGARITAS              \n\nPut the ingredients (except the lime wedges) into a blender.\nPut the ice 01+ Cubes in last so as to fill up the blender.\nTurn on a high speed\, such as “Liquefy.”\nWhen the ice and berries are pulverized\, serve.\nGarnish the glass with a lime wedge.\nENJOY!
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/meet-the-authors-bill-and-ann-stevens-with-dalton-and-grace/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Signing,Celebration
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SUMMARY:Meet the Author! Charryse Johnson Booksigning!
DESCRIPTION:We’re thrilled to welcome Charlotte-based author\, psychotherapist and mindfulness practitioner Charryse Johnson on December 18th\, when she’ll personally autograph copies of her recent release\, the inspired and inspiring Expired Mindsets.\n\n\nThere is a wealth of potential trapped within our hidden and unresolved places of pain. Yet\, without conscious participation\, we can become stuck in a cycle of repetitive patterns that leaves us feeling like an imposter in our own lives. \nIn Expired Mindsets\, Charryse Johnson\, gives readers both the courage and the keys to understanding the root of their patterns. She provides an introspective mind-body approach that demonstrates how to shift into a higher place of peace and potential. This book has a gentle yet poignant way of compelling you to own your story and to stop blaming yourself for choices you made as you sought to survive. \nJohnson is boldly creating a new lane between the intersection of mental health\, inclusivity\, and growth mindset. In this body of work\, she is unapologetically challenging the rigidity and stigma that reduces human struggle to a sequence of self -help steps. As you read this book\, you’ll create a framework that allows you to investigate the diversity of your experiences through a lens of curiosity and understanding. \n\n\nIf you are ready to cut ties with the beliefs that hold you back\, Expired Mindsets belongs on your reading list.\n\nCharryse Johnson\, LCMHC\, NCC is a veteran psychotherapist and mindfulness practitioner whose work focuses on the intersection of trauma\, somatic integration\, spirituality\, and social justice. She is the founder o Jade Integrative Counseling and Wellness\, an integrative therapy practice where personal values\, the search for meaning\, and the power of choice are the central focus. Charryse holds a B.A. in human development and family studies; an M.A. in professional counseling and is pursuing her doctoral degree in counseling psychology.* *\n\n\nCharryse hopes the stories shared in her writing will inspire readers to undergo a process of evaluation and growth to emerge with passion and purpose.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/meet-the-author-charryse-johnson-signing/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Signing
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SUMMARY:Booksigning: Ruthie Landis with My Musings
DESCRIPTION:A very special Third Thursday this month as we welcome Ruthie Landis to the bookstore (and owner Shari Stauch celebrates her birthday!) \nYou may remember Chicago’s brilliant Ruthie Landis from previous signings (Beyond the Bookclub\, Acting Lessons for Living). We’re over the moon thrilled that she’s coming back\, this time with My Musings – a book EVERYONE should carry around with them\, all the time! A perfect gift for anyone you love – and you can grab a signed copy to make it even more special! \nThis remarkable guided journal is all yours. It invites you to set one appointment with yourself each week to connect with the hidden crevices of your being in a unique way. That’s why\, in MY MUSINGS\, there are fifty-two weekly journal prompts and activities. There are a few bonus activities to play with as well\, at the beginning and end of your journal\, plus one at the beginning of each seasonal section. \nDo whatever intuitively suits you. Perhaps you want to draw or make art in addition to writing. That’s why there are no lines on your pages; nothing to limit you. If you are a musician\, maybe the prompt becomes the muse for a new song. The title MY MUSINGS means exactly that. This is completely your own. Let it meet you where you are. \nAward-winning workshop designer\, body-centered psychotherapist and coach\, writer\, teacher\, actress\, and director\, Ruthie Landis has been designing powerful and interactive group experiences for over thirty years. Among the many disciplines she practices\, she is a master of the Enneagram\, and uses its wisdom in nearly every aspect of her creative\, professional\, and personal life. She works in constant collaboration with Body\, Mind\, Heart\, Nature\, Intuition\, and the Creative Force. Her intention is to endow the people of the world with a backpack for their life’s journey. This backpack is plentiful\, filled with a rainbow of resources to navigate and explore.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/booksigning-ruthie-landis-with-my-musings/
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Signing
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SUMMARY:Launch Party: Promise by Regina E. Williams
DESCRIPTION:We invite you to join us for a special book launch and book-signing with Summerville’s own newest debut author Regina E. Williams for a story collection that will have you laughing\, have you crying\, but most of all… have you thinking. \nWe come into this life knowing what brings us pleasure and pain; what we want and need. We are then taught to distrust what we know. It is only in the university of life that we slowly regain our knowing\, where we begin to again trust our instincts and those things our bodies tell us to be true; where we experience pain\, joy\, grief\, pleasures and hopefully love. \nThese stories cover a span of many years\, situations and locales but the reality is that place matters only in our consciousness\, in our memories; a holding place. Each tale offers a brief reflection of some of those markers on the journey from self to self. \nRegina E. Williams is a poet\, writer\, and writing consultant whose poetry and fiction have appeared worldwide. She has performed her work nationally in high schools\, colleges\, churches\, as well as on national radio. She has participated in various panel discussions and dialogues on issues relating to the black community\, Womanism\, and writing. \n\As an associate with Writer’s Insight\, a writing consultant agency\, Regina designed and conducted writing workshops for students and teachers in high schools\, colleges\, and various civic and community institutions and organizations. She also served as a Managing Editor for Metro Exchange a monthly newspaper published by Intergroup Marketing & Communications\, Inc.Regina is a founding member of Metamorphosis Writer’s Collective and “Ain’t I a Woman” Writers Collective\, and a member of New Renaissance Writers Guild\, and New Bones\, a promotion/production group designed to promote black literature and music. Regina grew up in an immigrant community in Brooklyn\, New York. \nShe quickly became fascinated with people: the climates and typography of the countries they came from\, the musicality or lack of such in the languages they spoke\, the uniqueness of the clothes they wore\, the different spicing of their foods; the discovery that everyone did not worship as her family did. Her curiosity led her to travel to many places to broaden her understanding of global customs\, art\, and culture.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/launch-party-promise-by-regina-e-williams/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Signing,Reading
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SUMMARY:December Thriller Bookclub: Her Name is Knight by Yasmin Angoe
DESCRIPTION:We’re thrilled to bring you an amazing thriller this month\, Her Name Is Knight. Yasmin Angoe was on hand to sign copies in November and we’ll make sure to still have a few – Signed copies will be 10% off!\n\nA smash debut novel from rising star Yasmin Angoe\, Her Name Is Knight features an elite assassin heroine on a mission to topple a human trafficking ring and avenge her family. \nStolen from her Ghanaian village as a child\, Nena Knight has plenty of motives to kill. Now an elite assassin for a powerful business syndicate called the Tribe\, she gets plenty of chances. \nBut while on assignment in Miami\, Nena ends up saving a life\, not taking one. She emerges from the experience a changed woman\, finally hopeful for a life beyond rage and revenge. Tasked with killing a man she’s come to respect\, Nena struggles to reconcile her loyalty to the Tribe with her new purpose. \nMeanwhile\, she learns a new Tribe council member is the same man who razed her village\, murdered her family\, and sold her into captivity. Nena can’t resist the temptation of vengeance–and she doesn’t want to. Before she can reclaim her life\, she must leverage everything she was and everything she is to take him down and end the cycle of bloodshed for good. \n\nMEET THE AUTHOR\nYasmin Angoe is a first-generation Ghanaian American and debut author of Her Name is Knight. In 2020\, she received the Sisters in Crime Eleanor Taylor Bland Award for Emerging Writers of Color and is a proud member of SinC\, Crime Writers of Color\, and\, Southeast Mystery Writers of America\, and International Thriller Writers. Yasmin was a middle and high school English teacher and currently works as a developmental editor and sensitivity reader in South Carolina. When not writing or editing\, she is watching movies\, engrossed in a new audiobook\, or obsessing about the fact she probably should be writing. Learn more at yasminangoe.com\n\n+ Google Calendar
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/december-thriller-bookclub-her-name-is-knight-by-yasmin-angoe/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion
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SUMMARY:Booksigning: Robert Maniscalco's The Power of Positive Painting
DESCRIPTION:Join us on December 4th for a fun signing with Robert Maniscalco and his recent release\, The Power of Positive Painting: A Positive\, Value-based System of Drawing and Painting. \nThe perfect gift for the artist or aspiring artist in your life\, readers will learn the secrets of the masters\, to draw and paint what they see; how to interpret the visual realm by distilling the essences of form; to create works of art that seem to be living and breathing. \nPut Robert’s forty years as a professional artist and teacher to work for you! \nRobert Maniscalco has been a professional creative his entire adult life. Born in 1959 in Detroit\, he has lived in New York\, New Orleans and currently in Charleston. His commission portraits and fine art are part of over a thousand collections throughout North America. In Detroit he hosted Artbeat on PBS and founded the Maniscalco Gallery. As a fine artist\, he likes to work in multiple series. Perhaps his most enduring series is that of a commission portrait artist\, immortalizing Supreme Court Justices as well as children and families. In 2014 Robert took on a vision-quest\, called The Quench Project\, in which he traveled to Haiti\, producing numerous paintings\, a documentary short (Out of Darkness)\, along with a companion book (Quench)\, juxtaposing the Haitian struggle with obtaining fresh water against our society’s obscene wealth inequality. \nRobert blogs on a wide range of subjects and written three other books\, The Fishly and Point of Art. His fourth book\, an Amazon #1 bestseller\, is a full color drawing/painting method\, called The Power of Positive Painting. He is an actor/director\, writer/playwright\, musician/composer and teacher\, a former Adjunct Professor of fine art and theatre at Charleston Southern University and drawing illustration at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit. \nRobert has expanded his creative milieu to include courtroom sketching\, covering the Dylann Roof and Michael Slager trials in Charleston. His multi-disciplinary play\, Vincent John Doe\, received its world premiere to rave reviews\, during the 2018 and 2019 Piccolo Spoleto Festivals.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/booksigning-robert-maniscalcos-the-power-of-positive-painting/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Signing
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ORGANIZER;CN="Main Street Reads":MAILTO:shari@writerswin.com
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SUMMARY:Historic Downtown Dessert Stroll
DESCRIPTION:What a FUN way to extend shopping hours on a Friday night! We\, along with more than a dozen other downtown stores\, will be open late on Friday December 3rd to share some sweets and community spirit. \nStop by for your sweet surprise and get a book buck towards any purchase! HINT: Watch for special signed copies of great books – they make the perfect thoughtful gift…
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/historic-downtown-dessert-stroll/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Celebration
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ORGANIZER;CN="Main Street Reads":MAILTO:shari@writerswin.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211201T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211201T203000
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SUMMARY:Rotary "Wheel Wednesday"
DESCRIPTION:Rotarians and friends enjoy discounts STOREWIDE all day Wednesday AND 10% of ALL Main Street Reads sales will be donated to Summerville Rotary Club. \nDid You Know?\nThe Summerville Rotary Club is big into literacy initiatives\, teachers\, students and young readers\, just like Main Street Reads! \n\nSummerville Rotary Club gives new books to new moms after delivery at Summerville Medical Center?\nSummerville Rotary Club awards teachers and students throughout the school year.\nSummerville Rotary Club\, with the help of Main Street Reads\, established a NIC-U (neonatal intensive care unit) library\, so families can read together while hospitalized.\nSummerville Rotary Club awards college scholarships to local high school students.\n\nSo\, check off some shopping list items\, take advantage of special pricing AND support an organization that’s supporting our community! \n**After-hours wine & hors d’oeuvres private reception and shopping for club members from 6:00 – 8:30 p.m. (RSVP Required via THIS LINK)
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/rotary-wheel-wednesday/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Celebration
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ORGANIZER;CN="Main Street Reads":MAILTO:shari@writerswin.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211127T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211127T180000
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SUMMARY:Small Business Saturday Equals Big Wins for YOU
DESCRIPTION:‘Tis the season to shop small!\nJoin us this Small Business Saturday (November 27th 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.) for deals\, steals and lots of local holiday spirit! \nHere’s a sneak peek at store happenings and specials for you\, with plenty more taking place all around the square all day long: \n\nFree Main Street Reads tote for all purchases over $50\nFree pen w/any purchase\nFree coffee and cider all day long for our shoppers\nFree gift wrapping\nFree personal shopping (we’ll help you put together the perfect package\, wrap it and have it ready for pickup when convenient for you!)
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/small-business-saturday-equals-big-wins-for-you/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Celebration
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ORGANIZER;CN="Main Street Reads":MAILTO:shari@writerswin.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211123T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211123T200000
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SUMMARY:Pulpwood Queens Bookclub 4th TUESDAY This Month
DESCRIPTION:Due to the Thanksgiving holiday we’ll host our Pulpwood Queen book club on the 4th Tuesday of this month. We’ll be chatting about The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop by Fannie Flagg. \nNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – A heartwarming novel about secrets of youth rediscovered\, hometown memories\, and the magical moments in ordinary lives\, from the beloved author of Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe\n\n“A gift\, a blessing and a triumph . . . celebrates the bonds of family and friends–and the possibilities of recovery and renewal.”–The Free Lance-Star \n  \nBud Threadgoode grew up in the bustling little railroad town of Whistle Stop with his mother\, Ruth\, church-going and proper\, and his Aunt Idgie\, the fun-loving hell-raiser. Together they ran the town’s popular Whistle Stop Cafe\, known far and wide for its fun and famous fried green tomatoes. And as Bud often said of his childhood to his daughter Ruthie\, “How lucky can you get?” \n  \nBut sadly\, as the railroad yards shut down and Whistle Stop became a ghost town\, nothing was left but boarded-up buildings and memories of a happier time. \nThen one day\, Bud decides to take one last trip\, just to see what has become of his beloved Whistle Stop. In so doing\, he discovers new friends\, as well as surprises about Idgie’s life\, about Ninny Threadgoode and other beloved Fannie Flagg characters\, and about the town itself. He also sets off a series of events\, both touching and inspiring\, which change his life and the lives of his daughter and many others. Could these events all be just coincidences? Or something else? And can you really go home again?
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/pulpwood-queens-bookclub-4th-tuesday-this-month/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211120T150000
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SUMMARY:Thriller Booksigning! Yasmin Angoe's Her Name is Knight
DESCRIPTION:We’re thrilled to bring you an amazing thriller author this month for the launch of her novel\, Her Name Is Knight. Yasmin Angoe will be on hand to sign copies and we’ll feature her book in our December Thrill in the ‘Ville book club discussion\, which means signed copies will be 10% off! We strongly suggest pre-ordering this one as it’s projected to sell out fast.\n\nA smash debut novel from rising star Yasmin Angoe\, Her Name Is Knight features an elite assassin heroine on a mission to topple a human trafficking ring and avenge her family. \nStolen from her Ghanaian village as a child\, Nena Knight has plenty of motives to kill. Now an elite assassin for a powerful business syndicate called the Tribe\, she gets plenty of chances. \nBut while on assignment in Miami\, Nena ends up saving a life\, not taking one. She emerges from the experience a changed woman\, finally hopeful for a life beyond rage and revenge. Tasked with killing a man she’s come to respect\, Nena struggles to reconcile her loyalty to the Tribe with her new purpose. \nMeanwhile\, she learns a new Tribe council member is the same man who razed her village\, murdered her family\, and sold her into captivity. Nena can’t resist the temptation of vengeance–and she doesn’t want to. Before she can reclaim her life\, she must leverage everything she was and everything she is to take him down and end the cycle of bloodshed for good. \n\nMEET THE AUTHOR\nYasmin Angoe is a first-generation Ghanaian American and debut author of Her Name is Knight. In 2020\, she received the Sisters in Crime Eleanor Taylor Bland Award for Emerging Writers of Color and is a proud member of SinC\, Crime Writers of Color\, and\, Southeast Mystery Writers of America\, and International Thriller Writers. Yasmin was a middle and high school English teacher and currently works as a developmental editor and sensitivity reader in South Carolina. When not writing or editing\, she is watching movies\, engrossed in a new audiobook\, or obsessing about the fact she probably should be writing. Learn more at yasminangoe.com
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/dynamic-duo-thriller-booksigning-yasmin-angoe-and-wanda-m-morris/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion,Book Signing
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211116T183000
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SUMMARY:Living Large Bookclub November: Apples Never Fall
DESCRIPTION:We’re thrilled to be featuring Liane Moriarty’s latest release\, Apples Never Fall\, for our November book club discussion. Moriarty has already thrilled readers with Big Little Lies and Nine Perfect Strangers – we can’t wait to chat about the latest from this brilliant author! (More on the book below…) \nOur Living Large bestsellers bookclub is open to all – refreshments served. Join us LIVE or if you prefer by Zoom using the following link: \nTo Join via Zoom:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/85213266830?pwd=WW5DYUhmYVhNd3J0b2V3d2pVcGVCUT09 \nMeeting ID: 852 1326 6830\nPasscode: 546536 \nFrom Liane Moriarty\, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Big Little Lies and Nine Perfect Strangers\, comes Apples Never Fall\, a novel that looks at marriage\, siblings\, and how the people we love the most can hurt us the deepest. \nThe Delaney family love one another dearly—it’s just that sometimes they want to murder each other . . . \nIf your mother was missing\, would you tell the police? Even if the most obvious suspect was your father? \nThis is the dilemma facing the four grown Delaney siblings. \nThe Delaneys are fixtures in their community. The parents\, Stan and Joy\, are the envy of all of their friends. They’re killers on the tennis court\, and off it their chemistry is palpable. But after fifty years of marriage\, they’ve finally sold their famed tennis academy and are ready to start what should be the golden years of their lives. So why are Stan and Joy so miserable? \nThe four Delaney children–Amy\, Logan\, Troy\, and Brooke–were tennis stars in their own right\, yet as their father will tell you\, none of them had what it took to go all the way. But that’s okay\, now that they’re all successful grown-ups and there is the wonderful possibility of grandchildren on the horizon. \nOne night a stranger named Savannah knocks on Stan and Joy’s door\, bleeding after a fight with her boyfriend. The Delaneys are more than happy to give her the small kindness she sorely needs. If only that was all she wanted. \nLater\, when Joy goes missing\, and Savannah is nowhere to be found\, the police question the one person who remains: Stan. But for someone who claims to be innocent\, he\, like many spouses\, seems to have a lot to hide. Two of the Delaney children think their father is innocent\, two are not so sure–but as the two sides square off against each other in perhaps their biggest match ever\, all of the Delaneys will start to reexamine their shared family history in a very new light.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/living-large-bookclub-november-apples-never-fall/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion
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SUMMARY:Thriller Book Club November: The Night She Disappeared
DESCRIPTION:This month’s thriller book club selection is The Night She Disappeared by Lisa Jewell\, NYT best-selling author of Then She Was Gone and Invisible Girl. \n\n\n\nWe’ll meet November 11th at 6:30 p.m. As always\, treats will be served and we’ll simulcast via Zoom for those who can’t join us live! The Zoom link info is below\, enjoy this big book and we’ll see you soon! \nPrefer to grab The Night She Disappeared at our online shop? CLICK HERE \n\n \n\nABOUT THE BOOK \n\n\n\n“Utterly gripping with richly drawn\, hugely compelling characters\, this is a first-class thriller with heart.” –Lucy Foley\, New York Times bestselling author \n\n\n\n“Insane suspense.” –Lee Child\, New York Times bestselling author  \n\n\n\n“Her best thriller yet.” –Harlan Coben\, New York Times bestselling author  \n\n\n\nFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Then She Was Gone comes another riveting work of psychological suspense about a beautiful young couple’s disappearance on a gorgeous summer night\, and the mother who will never give up trying to find them… On a beautiful summer night in a charming English suburb\, a young woman and her boyfriend disappear after partying at the massive country estate of a new college friend. One year later\, a writer moves into a cottage on the edge of the woods that border the same estate. Known locally as the Dark Place\, the dense forest is the writer’s favorite area for long walks and it’s on one such walk that she stumbles upon a mysterious note that simply reads\, “DIG HERE.” \n\n\n\nCould this be a clue towards what has happened to the missing young couple? And what exactly is buried in this haunted ground? \n\n\n\nWith her signature “rich\, dark\, and intricately twisted” (Ruth Ware\, New York Times bestselling author) prose\, Lisa Jewell has crafted a dazzling work of suspense that will keep you on the edge of your seat until the final page. To Join via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84601817055?pwd=a3VNaTBSb3crajFwU3FVMUNZV25IQT09 Meeting ID: 846 0181 7055 Passcode: 508657  
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/thriller-bookclub-november/
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211104T200000
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SUMMARY:Reader Meet Writer: Gayle Forman's Frankie & Bug!
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, November 4 at 7PM ET: Gayle Forman will introduce you to Frankie & Bug. This middle-grade novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Gayle Forman is a poignant and powerful coming-of-age story that follows a young girl and her new friend as they learn about family\, friendship\, allyship\, and finding your way in a complicated world. Constance Lombardo\, known to many of you as the author of the Mr Puffball series and Everybody Says Meow will be in conversation with Gayle. \nHere’s more info and the Zoom link below… \nIn the debut middle grade novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Gayle Forman comes a poignant and powerful coming-of-age story that follows a young girl and her new friend as they learn about family\, friendship\, allyship\, and finding your way in a complicated world. \nIt’s the summer of 1987\, and all ten-year-old Bug wants to do is go to the beach with her older brother and hang out with the locals on the boardwalk. But Danny wants to be with his own friends\, and Bug’s mom is too busy\, so Bug is stuck with their neighbor Philip’s nephew\, Frankie. \nBug’s not too excited about hanging out with a kid she’s never met\, but they soon find some common ground. And as the summer unfolds\, they find themselves learning some important lessons about each other\, and the world. \nLike what it means to be your true self and how to be a good ally for others. That family can be the people you’re related to\, but also the people you choose to have around you. And that even though life isn’t always fair\, we can all do our part to make it more just. \nGayle Forman is an award-winning author and journalist whose articles have appeared in numerous publications\, including Seventeen\, Cosmopolitan\, and Elle in the US. Gayle Forman’s novel\, If I Stay\, was released as a blockbuster movie starring Chloë Grace Moretz in 2014. Her most recent YA novel is We Are Inevitable. Gayle lives in Brooklyn\, New York with her family. \nTo join in the fun\, register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Jrk48qF6SWC_9X3cL0-4PA
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/reader-meet-writer-gayle-formans-frankie-bug/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Reader Meet Writer,Virtual Author Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Main Street Reads":MAILTO:shari@writerswin.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211102T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211102T200000
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SUMMARY:Reader Meet Writer: Beth Gilstrap in Conversation with Wiley Cash - "Deadheading and Other Stories" (Virtual Event)
DESCRIPTION:Join us via Zoom for a special event on Tuesday\, November 2 at 7:00 p.m. ET:  \nMEET Beth Gilstrap\, author of Deadheading and Other Stories. Irrevocably tied to the Carolinas\, these stories tell tales of the woebegone\, their obsessions with decay\, and the haunting ache of the region itself–the land of the dwindling pines\, the isolation inherent in the mountains and foothills\, and the loneliness of boomtowns. Predominantly working-class women challenge the status quo by rejecting any lingering expectations or romantic notions of Southern femininity. Small businesses are failing. Factories are closing. Money is tight. The threat of violence lingers for women and girls. Through their collective grief\, heartache\, and unsettling circumstances\, many of these characters become feral and hell-bent on survival. \nGilstrap’s prose teems with wildness and lyricism\, showing the Southern gothic tradition of storytelling is alive and feverishly unwell in the twenty-first century. \nFrom the brokenhearted to the afflicted\, the women in these often macabre stories fight like hell to find their voices and survive the darkness inherent in the modern South. Beth will be in conversation with Wiley Cash and you get a front row seat via our Zoom link below. \nBeth Gilstrap is the author of I Am Barbarella (2015) from Twelve Winters Press. Her work has been selected as Longform.org’s “Fiction Pick of the Week” and chosen by Dan Chaon for inclusion in the Best Microfiction Anthology 2019. She holds an MFA from Chatham University. Her stories\, essays\, and hybrids have appeared in Ninth Letter\, the Minnesota Review\, Denver Quarterly\, Gulf Stream Lit\, and Wigleaf\, among others. Born and raised in the Charlotte area\, she has recently relocated to Louisville. \nJoin the conversation at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_VCuQyCpeTPiJbaqdPnT-GQ
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/reader-meet-writer-beth-gilstrap-in-conversation-with-wiley-cash-deadheading-and-other-stories-virtual-event/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Virtual Author Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211030T130000
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SUMMARY:Booksigning: Kathryn Smith's New Hit: Baptists & Bootleggers!
DESCRIPTION:Pull up a barstool and get better acquainted with Carry Nation\, Al Capone\, George Remus\, F. Scott Fitzgerald and a host of other historical personalities as you learn of the South’s unique role in the years 1920-1933 when alcohol was banned by the federal government.  \nThis book takes you to major cities and small towns\, all of which struggled between the Baptists and their teetotaling allies who preached temperance and the bootleggers who got rich providing what their customers couldn’t buy legally.  \nKathryn Smith is author of the critically acclaimed biography of Marguerite LeHand\, FDR’s private secretary and advisor\, The Gatekeeper: Missy LeHand\, FDR and the Untold Story of the Partnership that Defined a Presidency (Simon & Schuster\, 2016) and of Gertie: The Fabulous Life of Gertrude Sanford Legendre\, Heiress\, Explorer\, Socialite\, Spy (Evening Post Books\, 2019)
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/booksigning-kathryn-smiths-new-hit-baptists-bootleggers/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Signing
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ORGANIZER;CN="Main Street Reads":MAILTO:shari@writerswin.com
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211030T123000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20211014T045903Z
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SUMMARY:Trick or Treat Booksigning: The Witches Three Count on Me
DESCRIPTION:“A magical story that captures the fun and spirit of Halloween. I highly recommend it!” – Mary Alice Monroe\, New York Times best-selling author of Turtle Summer and The Islanders\n \nSaturday\, October 30th will feature Trick or Treat at the farmer’s market up the street from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. — and at Main Street Reads we’ll have Trick or Treat all weekend long\, PLUS a special book-signing Saturday with Lynda Bouchard\, featuring her new The Witches Three Count on Me! \nWe look forward to spending a SPOOKTACULAR weekend with you all!\nNothing cures being sent to your room on Halloween night like an unexplored forest. Count on it! This is no ordinary night. It’s Halloween and a mischievous boy has run away from home. He takes a path through twisted forest trees and comes upon a frightful scene – three witches up to no good! They see him\, too\, and that’s when the magic begins. Will he outsmart the witches as they try to capture him? Told through the prism of a child’s imagination\, you’ll discover that daring and wit come in handy when three witches are out to get you. \nThis is a story about taking chances\, thinking on your feet\, and being resourceful and brave when you face the unexpected. It’s about discovering that grown-ups don’t have all the answers. The delightful riddle is a fun teaching tool for parents and teachers of grade school children and will have them returning to this clever story again and again – even when it’s not Halloween. \nLynda Bouchard is a former flight attendant who believes that books are the greatest time machines in the world. Following a globe-trotting aviation career\, she founded Booking Authors Ink\, a boutique marketing firm dedicated to Southern authors. Lynda holds a Masters Degree in Public Relations from Boston University and did post-graduate work in Literature at Oxford University in England. She is a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. This is her first book.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/trick-or-treat-booksigning-the-witches-three-count-on-me/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Signing,Reading,Story Time
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ORGANIZER;CN="Main Street Reads":MAILTO:shari@writerswin.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211024T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211024T193000
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SUMMARY:Two Teacher Appreciation Nights at Main Street Reads!
DESCRIPTION:Attention all educators: We invite you to join us for our inaugural Teacher’s Night Out at Main Street Reads. Choose one of TWO special evenings\, either October 24th or November 7th and enjoy treats\, special signings\, publisher recommendations\, huge discounts and more! \nAll pre-K through 12 educators are invited. Whether you’re a teacher\, a community organizer who gets kids involved in volunteering\, a hard-working PTA volunteer\, a part-time tutor\, writing coach\, or the principal: Join us for an evening that celebrates you – the incredible teachers and librarians in our community! We’ll have snacks and beverages\, plus a bunch of goodies (including books!) to give away. \nOur wonderful booksellers will be on hand to recommend great new books for your classroom discussions and libraries and share the benefits we offer to teachers and our local schools\, including our Teacher of the Week program and our School Spirit Week fundraisers. \nWe’ll also provide reading and classroom recommendations from major publishers and encourage you to bring your book lists so we can stock up for your students. In addition\, we’ll have a couple of surprise author book signings AND you’ll receive a 20% off coupon to use for any personal shopping that evening. \nThis is a private event held after opening hours at the store. You MUST RSVP to attend: \nRSVP HERE to attend!\nStop by anytime between 4:30 – 7:30 p.m. and enjoy: \n\nFree wine and/or non-alcoholic beverages\n20% discount on ANY purchases that evening\nFree gift bag of goodies for you\nInformation about Teacher of the Week (free books)\, School Spirit Weeks\, classroom book discounts\, and more\nRecommendations from major publishers\n\nWe know how hard you work. This is one more special way we want to say thank you. We look forward to seeing you on either special night. Please feel free to call us at 843-875-5171 or email mainstreetreads@gmail.com with any questions! \nRSVP HERE to attend!
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/two-teacher-appreciation-nights-at-main-street-reads/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Celebration
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ORGANIZER;CN="Main Street Reads":MAILTO:shari@writerswin.com
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SUMMARY:Booksigning: Jewel Sweeney's Azalea Cafe!
DESCRIPTION:Join us Saturday afternoon and meet local author Jewel Sweeney and grab a copy of her new release\, Azalea Cafe! \nEverything was lining up in a way that Liz never would have dreamed of. Her café in Summerville\, South Carolina was growing and expanding into catering. Her family supported her completely. The love of her life\, Scott would be her husband in just a few short months. \nLife was joyous. But Liz’s picture-perfect world came to a crashing halt when Scott became the victim of a drunk driver. Although her friends and family are still in her corner\, Liz finds herself submerged beneath the weight of Scott’s death. While she helps to clean out his home\, she finds her Christmas present: a trip to Boston. Her life has changed so much in such a short amount of time. Can she handle any more life alterations? \nSummerville’s own Jewel Sweeney is the author of several books you can find at Main Street Reads\, including her Bugaboo and Ladybug series: \n\nUp\, Up\, & Away: Join Bugaboo & Ladybug as they take a trip in the bright blue skies. Watch them soar like the birds of the air. As the storm approaches\, will they be okay?\nOut of This World: Bugaboo & Ladybug have a long trip to take. They will join the space team to blast off to Planet Mormorfar! Join them as they meet out of this world friends.\nThe Fire Breathing Dragon: Oh no! The fire breathing dragon has awakened and is making his way through Buggleland. Knight Bugaboo must defeat the dragon to save Princess Ladybug.\n\nJewel is also the author of adult titles: A Time to Walk\, The Path Unseen\, Running 101 and Conditioning 201\, and middle-grade novels Blueberry Ballerina and More Than a Jock.\nRead more in this Summerville Journal Scene profile by arts columnist Mary Regan!
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/booksigning-jewel-sweeneys-azalea-cafe/
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Signing,Celebration
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211019T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211019T200000
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CREATED:20210926T045401Z
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SUMMARY:October Living Large Bookclub: Grady Hendrix and The Final Girl Support Group!
DESCRIPTION:Once you meet Grady Hendrix LIVE at Main Street Reads (October 2nd – don’t miss it!) you’ll want to be at our Living Large Bookclub discussing The Final Girl Support Group. \nBest of all\, Grady will be back in NYC but will JOIN US from 6:30 – 7:15 to answer all your burning book questions! \nOur Living Large bestsellers bookclub is open to all – refreshments served. Join us LIVE or if you prefer by Zoom using the following link: \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/83650205979?pwd=Rm9HK3FrNXZ1Z1ZqY01BYnFsckRDUT09 \nMeeting ID: 836 5020 5979\nPasscode: 140349 \n 
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/october-living-large-bookclub-grady-hendrix-and-the-final-girl-support-group/
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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ORGANIZER;CN="Main Street Reads":MAILTO:shari@writerswin.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211016T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211016T133000
DTSTAMP:20260411T131838
CREATED:20211015T200814Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211015T200814Z
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SUMMARY:Book Signing: AF Winter's Man in the Pandemic
DESCRIPTION:Since we got rained out last time\, AF Winter has graciously agreed to return for an encore! \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. \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… \n 
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/book-signing-af-winters-man-in-the-pandemic/
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Signing
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211014T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211014T200000
DTSTAMP:20260411T131838
CREATED:20210919T044107Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211014T054215Z
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SUMMARY:Thrill in the 'Ville October Bookclub: A Slow Fire Burning by Paula Hawkins
DESCRIPTION:A Slow Fire Burning by Paula Hawkins (Girl on the Train) will be the focus of our Thriller club in October\, meeting the 14th. We’ve been super excited about this book and from as fast as we’re running out\, so are you! \nAs always\, treats will be served and we’ll simulcast via Zoom for those who can’t join us live! The Zoom link info is below\, enjoy this big book and we’ll see you soon! Prefer to grab A Slow Fire Burning at our online shop? CLICK HERE \nABOUT THE BOOK \nThe scorching new thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Girl on the Train. \n“A Slow Fire Burning twists and turns like a great thriller should\, but it’s also deep\, intelligent and intensely human.” – Lee Child\n \n“Only a clairvoyant could anticipate the book’s ending” – New York Times \nWith the same propulsion that captivated millions of readers worldwide in The Girl on the Train and Into the Water\, Paula Hawkins unfurls a gripping\, twisting story of deceit\, murder\, and revenge. \nWhen a young man is found gruesomely murdered in a London houseboat\, it triggers questions about three women who knew him. Laura is the troubled one-night-stand last seen in the victim’s home. Carla is his grief-stricken aunt\, already mourning the recent death of yet another family member. And Miriam is the nosy neighbor clearly keeping secrets from the police. \nThree women with separate connections to the victim. Three women who are – for different reasons – simmering with resentment. Who are\, whether they know it or not\, burning to right the wrongs done to them. When it comes to revenge\, even good people might be capable of terrible deeds. How far might any one of them go to find peace? How long can secrets smolder before they explode into flame? \nLook what you started…\nZOOM LINK for those wanting to join us remotely:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/82977512206?pwd=Z2ZWaHdzMlpkNTNxMFVabTZlRHZmUT09\nMeeting ID: 829 7751 2206 Passcode: 667065 \n  \n 
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/thrill-in-the-ville-october-bookclub-a-slow-fire-burning-by-paula-hawkins/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion
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ORGANIZER;CN="Main Street Reads":MAILTO:shari@writerswin.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211009T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211009T180000
DTSTAMP:20260411T131838
CREATED:20211003T053928Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211007T045308Z
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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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ORGANIZER;CN="Main Street Reads":MAILTO:shari@writerswin.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211002T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211002T123000
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CREATED:20210902T125332Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210926T045757Z
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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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