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SUMMARY:Open Poetry Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Come one\, come all\, to Main Street Reads poetry group\, led by author and poet A.F. Winter. If you’re a poet or just dream of being one\, come join in at 6:30 on the second Thursday of each month…Share your work or listen in!
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/open-poetry-meeting/
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SUMMARY:Poetry Booksigning: Blunt Tongue with Courtney Bates
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Saturday\, August 10th when author and poet Courtney Bates will be at Main Street Reads signing her new release\, Blunt Tongue! Refreshments will be served. \nBlunt Tongue is a collection of poetry by Courtney Bates. Experiences in death\, grief\, sex\, happiness\, and misadventures in coping are all explored in this provocatively open series of poems. Courtney is no stranger to the arts world as an Executive Director for a live theatre company (The Flowertown Players!)\, an actor\, director\, and singer – she has filled her life with artistic endeavors. \nWriting and publishing a book of poetry still seemed far from reach\, but as this 30-year-old knows: life doesn’t wait for you to jump on\, you have to be an active participant in it. Having lost her parents at a young age and being married and divorced\, Courtney has seen a lot\, yet you will find humor and compassion in her writing that speaks to us all. \nAccompanying Courtney’s 30+ poems is stunning photography by Mauricio Arias and Raheel Gauba of Chrisman Studios. The soft female form is confronted with hard elements as a testament to the heroine nature of women. Together\, the poems and photographs create a beautiful representation of the resilience and strength that all women possess. \nCourtney grew up in Charleston (James Island) with a passion for the arts at a young age\, playing violin\, singing\, and performing in theatre. She received her BA in Arts Management from the College of Charleston in 2012. She was the previous Executive Director for Threshold Repertory Theatre in downtown Charleston and has been the current Executive Director with The Flowertown Players for two years. Her writing started with songs and poetry inspired by artists like Alanis Morrisette and Ani Difranco and has matured as she has over the last 15 years. \nAside from being a newly published author\, Courtney is an actor\, director\, karaoke enthusiast\, and cat mom.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/poetry-booksigning-blunt-tongue-with-courtney-bates/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Signing,Reading
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SUMMARY:Third Thursday! Lowcountry Author Tour Visits Main Street Reads
DESCRIPTION:A special Third Thursday in August indeed when women of the Lowcountry Author Tour visit Main Street Reads on Third Thursday\, accompanied by local singer/songwriter/guitarist Michael Kaltofen. \nParticipating authors include:\n\nCleo Scott Brown\, author of Witness to the Truth and Raceology 101\nJordan Smith Graffis\, author of Cicada Summers\nMichelle Kingsberry\, author of Little Girls Still Love Flowers\nKatryna Johnson\, contributor to If She Can: Inspiring Stories of Grit\, Hope and Courage\nRobin Nazon\, contributor to If She Can: Inspiring Stories of Grit\, Hope and Courage\n\nHere’s your chance to pick up some great reads and have them personally signed by the authors. The event is free and open to the public – come enjoy music and some great discussion!
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/third-thursday-lowcountry-author-tour-visits-main-street-reads/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Signing,Celebration
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SUMMARY:Booksigning: Meet Jewel Sweeney and The Fire Breathing Dragon!
DESCRIPTION:Local author Jewel Sweeney’s newest installment in the Bugaboo and the Ladybug series will be at Main Street Reads on Friday\, August 16\, just in time for our Back to School weekend celebration! \nHere’s Jewel’s full lineup of her popular children’s book 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\, which will also be available for signing at her book event!\nRead more in this Summerville Journal Scene profile by arts columnist Mary Regan!
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/booksigning-meet-jewel-sweeney-with-the-launch-of-the-fire-breathing-dragon/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Signing,Celebration,Reading,Story Time
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SUMMARY:Booksigning: City of Peace with Henry G. Brinton
DESCRIPTION:Virginia-based author Henry G. Brinton will be in the lowcountry for a special “two-fer” event! On Friday\, August 16th\, Henry will be signing his debut novel\, City of Peace\, at Buxton Books’ new location at 160 King Street in downtown Charleston. Then on Saturday\, Henry will be at Main Street Reads from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. – Two chances to meet the author and grab your own copy of this important work! \nToday’s news is full of immigration bans\, fear of terrorism\, and widespread suspicion of Muslims. Split into competing faiths and ideologies\, Americans are feeling anxious\, fearful\, and deeply suspicious of their neighbors. \nCity of Peace is a gripping and fast-paced mystery story that will engage people politically and spiritually\, leaving them with fresh insight into how they can overcome polarizing divisions today. \nHenry G. Brinton is an author and a Presbyterian pastor who has written on religion and culture for The New York Times\, The Washington Post\, USA Today\, and Huffington Post. His interfaith work and appreciation for the wisdom of the ancient world began on an archaeological dig in the Galilee region of Israel\, while he was a college student. In his writing and ministry\, Henry is committed to building bridges between people of diverse cultures\, religions\, and political positions.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/booksigning-city-of-peace-with-henry-g-brinton/
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SUMMARY:Author W.F. Walsh Book Launch: Uncle Danny
DESCRIPTION:You may know him as meteorologist Bill Walsh… But to readers he’s always known as W.F. Walsh\, and we’re thrilled to announce he’ll be at Main Street Reads SUNDAY\, August 18\, from 1-4 p.m. for the launch of his new novel\, Uncle Danny! \nWe’ll have books available for purchase while Bill will be on hand to sign the fascinating new release\, plus his other popular books\, Red Carpet Ransom and The Umbrella Option! \nW.F. Walsh is a two-time Emmy Award-winning television personality and has spent over twenty years in television news and entertainment. As a producer\, Walsh has been awarded five Telly Awards for his work on various programs\, from news to reality. He is also a lieutenant colonel in the United States Air Force Reserve and has served on military missions to both Iraq and Afghanistan\, among many other locations around the world. He has been awarded two Meritorious Service Medals\, the Air Force Commendation Medal\, the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal\, the Air Force Achievement Medal\, and the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal\, among others.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/author-w-f-walsh-book-launch-uncle-danny/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Signing,Celebration
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SUMMARY:Booksigning: Katie Sullivan's Rocks\, Paper\, Flowers
DESCRIPTION:Join us Saturday morning when local author Katie Sullivan takes the stage to talk about her debut novel and sign copies of the book! The clothes may not make the woman\, but they certainly help! Katie Sullivan’s Rocks\, Paper\, Flowers is the story of one woman’s life-changing journey to overcome grief and loss and a testament to a daughter’s love for her mother and the unique bond between siblings. The endearing and comical relationship between four women\, and the love they share\, proves to be the greatest gift their mother gave them\, and they come to find that if you have salt in your life\, you can make it through anything. \nPat Conroy’s literary endorsement:\n“Katie Sullivan’s first novel\, Rocks\, Paper\, Flowers\, tells a heartbreaking story of the loss of an extraordinary woman. The book is also wild\, hilarious\, and a compendium of hard wit and wisdom. Those lucky enough to read the novel Rocks\, Paper\, Flowers have ‘salt’—all the salt you could possibly need.” \nKatie Sullivan was raised in the Midwest and grew up in a large\, close-knit Irish Catholic family. Katie is the mother of three teenagers and lives in Mt. Pleasant\, South Carolina\, where she has worked for Charleston County School District for eleven years. She graduated from Wright State University with a degree in History. Rocks\, Paper\, Flowers is her first novel.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/booksigning-katie-sullivans-rocks-paper-flowers/
CATEGORIES:Book Signing
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SUMMARY:Booksigning: Kathryn Smith Celebrates the Launch of Gertie!
DESCRIPTION:Join us Saturday\, August 31st for the Summerville launch celebration of: \nGertie: The Fabulous Life of Gertrude Sanford Legendre\, Heiress\, Explorer\, Socialite\, Spy \nGertie lived a 20th century life full of fun\, adventure\, derring-do and drama. Read all about her Gilded Age girlhood\, explorations on three continents\, hijinks on the French Riviera with the Lost Generation\, work for the OSS – the original American spy agency – during World War II\, and her imprisonment by the Nazis. And that’s less than half the story! \nGertrude Sanford Legendre was a woman whose adventurous life spanned the twentieth century\, beginning in Aiken\, S.C. in 1902 and ending at her plantation outside Charleston in 2000. She was a daring and fearless woman whose adventures included being the first American woman in uniform held as a POW by the Germans during World War II. \nShe also partied on the Riviera with the Murphys\, the Fitzgeralds and Harpo Marx in the 1920s\, undertook numerous challenging expeditions for natural history museums (and lead four) and befriended some of the greatest personalities of the 20th century\, including Dr. Albert Schweitzer\, General George S. Patton\, Lilly Pulitzer\, and Bing Crosby. In her later years\, she became an ardent conservationist\, fighting for habitat preservation on the South Carolina coast and leaving her 7\,000-acre plantation in a conservation easement\, a place where “the beasts can grow old and die.” \n“Gertie” is a rollicking read about a woman who was not afraid to say yes to life! \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). \nPublisher: Evening Post Books Release date: August 15\, 2019
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/booksigning-kathryn-smith-celebrates-the-launch-of-gertie/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Signing,Celebration
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