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SUMMARY:Wednesday Stories on the Square
DESCRIPTION:Join us every WEDNESDAY morning at 9:30 a.m. for “Stories on the Square\, our outdoor storytime adventures with reading by Colleen Rackleff – kids of all ages welcome! Treats served and student discounts to ALL attendees! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBONUS: September 2nd\, popular local children’s book author Jewel Sweeney will be joining our Stories on the Square fun\, and providing insights and advice for homeschooling moms. For those of you who’ve been asking about homeschooling resources\, Jewel is an expert homeschool mom – we’re eager to all get some advice from her experience! Want to see what Jewel has written (yes\, we have copies in the store!) visit THIS LINK \n\n Colleen’s Story Time at Main Street Reads has become one of our featured events and we’re so excited to be back\, doing the events outside to ensure proper social distancing. We have lots of chairs for younger listeners and plenty of juice boxes and fruit snacks to munch while they listen.     
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/wednesday-stories-on-the-square-3/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Story Time
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SUMMARY:Reader Meet Writer: Everything Sad is Untrue with Daniel Nayeri (Virtual Event)
DESCRIPTION:Join us Thursday\, September 3rd from 7-8 pm for an exciting discussion about EVERYTHING SAD IS UNTRUE by Daniel Nayeri! \n\n“A modern epic.”—Kirkus Reviews\, starred review\n “A distinctive voice. A rare treasure of a book.” —Publishers Weekly\, starred review\n “A story that soars. Readers will be transported.”—The Bulletin\, starred review\n\nAt the front of a middle school classroom in Oklahoma\, a boy named Khosrou (whom everyone calls “Daniel”) stands\, trying to tell a story. His story. But no one believes a word he says. To them he is a dark-skinned\, hairy-armed boy with a big butt whose lunch smells funny; who makes things up and talks about poop too much. \nBut Khosrou’s stories\, stretching back years\, and decades\, and centuries\, are beautiful\, and terrifying\, from the moment his family fled Iran in the middle of the night with the secret police moments behind them\, back to the sad\, cement refugee camps of Italy.and further back to the fields near the river Aras\, where rain-soaked flowers bled red like the yolk of sunset burst over everything\, and further back still to the Jasmine-scented city of Isfahan. \nWe bounce between a school bus of kids armed with paper clip missiles and spitballs to the heroines and heroes of Khosrou’s family’s past\, who ate pastries that made people weep and cry “Akh\, Tamar!” and touched carpets woven with precious gems. \nLike Scheherazade in a hostile classroom\, Daniel weaves a tale to save his own life: to stake his claim to the truth. And it is (a true story). \nIt is Daniel’s. \nDaniel Nayeri is the publisher of Odd Dot\, an imprint of Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group\, where he oversees a team of designers\, editors\, and inventors creating joyful books for curious minds. Daniel was born in Iran and spent several years as a refugee before immigrating to Oklahoma at age eight with his family. He is the author of several books for young readers\, including Straw House\, Wood House\, Brick House Blow: Four Novellas and Everything Sad Is Untrue (a true story). He is a former professional pastry chef\, and if he’s not writing or baking\, he’s likely playing board games\, or riding motorcycles. He lives with his family in New Jersey.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/reader-meet-writer-everything-sad-is-untrue-with-daniel-nayeri-virtual-event/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
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SUMMARY:Reader Meet Writer: Outlawed with Anna North + Girlhood with Melissa Febos (Postponed)
DESCRIPTION:NOTE: The publisher for the Anna North/Melissa Febos event next week just notified us that they have to reschedule for early 2021… We’re keeping the event up in the system pending rescheduling but this event will NOT take place on September 8th. We apologize for the inconvenience. \nJoin us for two great book discussions on Tuesday\, September 8th\, 3-4 p.m. Don’t forget to email mainstreetreads@gmail.com for your event link and password! \n \nOUTLAWED\nBloomsbury | January 26\, 2021 | 9781635575422 \nThe Crucible meets True Grit in this riveting adventure story of a fugitive girl\, a mysterious gang of robbers\, and their dangerous mission to transform the Wild West. \nIn the year of our Lord 1894\, I became an outlaw. \nThe day of her wedding\, 17-year-old Ada’s life looks good; she loves her husband\, and she loves working as an apprentice to her mother\, a respected midwife. But after a year of marriage and no pregnancy\, in a town where barren women are routinely hanged as witches\, her survival depends on leaving behind everything she knows. \nShe joins up with the notorious Hole in the Wall Gang\, a band of outlaws led by a preacher-turned-robber known to all as the Kid. Charismatic\, grandiose\, and mercurial\, the Kid is determined to create a safe haven for outcast women. But to make this dream a reality\, the Gang hatches a treacherous plan that may get them all killed. And Ada must decide whether she’s willing to risk her life for the possibility of a new kind of future for them all. \nFeaturing an irresistibly no-nonsense\, courageous\, and determined heroine\, Outlawed dusts off the myth of the old West and reignites the glimmering promise of the frontier with an entirely new set of feminist stakes. Anna North has crafted a pulse-racing\, page-turning saga about the search for hope in the wake of death\, and for truth in a climate of small-mindedness and fear. \nAnna North is a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and the author of two previous novels\, America Pacifica and The Life and Death of Sophie Stark\, which received a Lambda Literary Award in 2016. She has been a writer and editor at Jezebel\, BuzzFeed\, Salon\, and the New York Times\, and she is now a senior reporter at Vox. She grew up in Los Angeles and lives in Brooklyn. \nGIRLHOOD\nBloomsbury | March 30\, 2021 | 9781635572520 \nFor readers of Maggie Nelson and Leslie Jamison\, a poignant\, universal story of the forces that shape girls and of a world where women are rarely free to define themselves. \nIn her dazzling new book\, critically acclaimed author Melissa Febos examines the narratives women are told about what it means to be a girl and the realities of growing up female in a world that prioritizes the feelings\, perceptions\, and power of men at girls’ expense. \nFebos was eleven when her body began to change\, and almost overnight\, the way people spoke to\, looked at\, and treated her changed with it. As she grew\, she defined herself based on these perceptions and by the romantic relationships she threw herself into headlong. But in her thirties\, Febos began to question the stories she’d been told about herself and the habits and defenses she’d developed over years of trying to meet others’ expectations. The values she and so many other women had learned in girlhood did not prioritize their personal safety\, happiness\, or freedom\, and she set out to reframe those values and beliefs. \nBlending investigative reporting\, memoir\, and scholarship\, Febos charts how she and others like her have reimagined relationships and made room for the anger\, hurt\, and grief women have long been taught to deny. \nFierce and breathtaking\, written with Febos’ characteristic lyricism and searing insights\, Girlhood is an anthem for women\, a powerful exploration of the forces that seek to confine them\, and a searing study of the transitions into and away from girlhood on a lifelong journey of discovery. \nMelissa Febos is the author of Whip Smart and Abandon Me\, a Lambda Literary Award finalist and Publishing Triangle Award finalist. Her essays have appeared in Tin House\, The Believer\, The New York Times\, and elsewhere. Febos is the inaugural winner of the Jeanne Córdova Prize for Lesbian/Queer Nonfiction from Lambda Literary and serves on the directorial board of VIDA: Women in Literary Arts. She is an associate professor of creative writing at Monmouth University and lives in Brooklyn.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/reader-meet-writer-outlawed-with-anna-north-girlhood-with-melissa-febos-virtual-event/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
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SUMMARY:Thrill in the 'Ville Book Club: Throwback Thriller with Silence of the Lambs!
DESCRIPTION:For Summerville lovers of mystery and thrillers\, our Thrill in the ‘Ville Book Club meets on the second Tuesday of each month\, September 8th this month! All are welcome… \n\nNext up is a throwback thriller choice to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the nearly legendary The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris\, featuring the extraordinary Hannibal Lecter. \nThe twenty-fifth anniversary edition of the #1 New York Times bestselling classic\, now with a note by author Thomas Harris revealing his inspiration for Hannibal Lecter. \nA serial murderer known only by a grotesquely apt nickname–Buffalo Bill–is stalking particular women. He has a purpose\, but no one can fathom it\, for the bodies are discovered in different states. Clarice Starling\, a young trainee at the F.B.I. Academy\, is surprised to be summoned by Jack Crawford\, Chief of the Bureau’s Behavioral Science section. Her assignment: to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter\, a brilliant psychiatrist and grisly killer now kept under close watch in the Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane. Lecter’s insight into the minds of murderers could help track and capture Buffalo Bill. \nSmart and attractive\, Starling is shaken to find herself in a strange\, intense relationship with the acutely perceptive Lecter. His cryptic clues launch Clarice on a search that every reader will find startling\, harrowing\, and totally compelling. \nAn ingenious\, masterfully written novel\, The Silence of the Lambs is a classic of suspense and storytelling. \n\nCopies are available at Main Street Reads at the 10% book club discount price. Prefer to order online? CLICK HERE
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CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion
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SUMMARY:Wednesday Stories on the Square
DESCRIPTION:Join us every WEDNESDAY morning at 9:30 a.m. for “Stories on the Square\, our outdoor storytime adventures with reading by Colleen Rackleff – kids of all ages welcome! Treats served and student discounts to ALL attendees! \nColleen’s Story Time at Main Street Reads has become one of our featured events and we’re so excited to be back\, doing the events outside to ensure proper social distancing. We have lots of chairs for younger listeners and plenty of juice boxes and fruit snacks to munch while they listen.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/wednesday-stories-on-the-square-2/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Story Time
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SUMMARY:“Wine and Words” Author Carol Van Den Hende in Conversation with Main Street Reads (Virtual Event)
DESCRIPTION:So here’s an uber-cool event! Author and friend of Main Street Reads’ Carol Van Den Hende’s new book releases on October 1st and as an early winner of the American Fiction award\, Goodbye Orchid is already predicted to be a bestseller. So\, on Wednesday\, September 9th we’re going to pour a glass of wine and toast this important work LIVE on Zoom (simulcast on Facebook Live) with Carol\, in conversation with fellow author and screenwriter Meredith Stack\, whose current project is Cannes Film Fest bound! Scroll down for login link and password… \n\n\n\nRising from ashes is hard. Giving up the one you love is harder.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\nThirty-two-year-old Phoenix Walker is an entrepreneur who has built an agency with a heart almost as big as his own. To add to his good fortune\, he’s falling for Orchid Paige\, the beautiful half-Asian marketer who’s collaborated with him on a winning military campaign. They’ve grown close after months working and traveling together. She’s even divulged the trauma in her past that makes her panic over images of injured vets. He’s trying not to cross their professional boundary. Their relationship is at a precipice. Until an accident changes him forever. \nNow\, he’s faced with the hardest decision of his life: Does he burden the woman whose traumatic childhood makes him feel protective of her? Or does true love mean leaving her without explaining why? \nFor fans of ME BEFORE YOU and THE FAULT IN OUR STARS\, GOODBYE\, ORCHID asks…what choice does a wounded hero have when loving his woman means breaking his own heart? \nCarol Van Den Hende is an author and American Fiction Award winner who pens stories of resilience and hope. She’s also a speaker\, strategist\, and serves on nonprofit boards. One secret to her good fortune? Her humorous husband\, fun-loving twins\, and rescue cat\, who prove that love really does conquer all. NOTE: This debut novel by Carol Van Den Hende is inspired by and researched with combat-wounded veterans. A portion of the earnings benefits military personnel and other non-profits. \nHere are the Zoom link and password details:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/81155277763?pwd=ME9SR3hudzdCQ29zM241MFdHVHJXUT09\nMeeting ID: 811 5527 7763\nPasscode: 518149 \nBring the wine\, we’ll bring the party!
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/wine-and-words-author-carol-van-den-hende-in-conversation-with-meredith-stack-virtual-event/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Celebration,Reader Meet Writer,Reading,Virtual Author Event
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SUMMARY:Reader Meet Writer: Liar's Circus with Carl Hoffman (Virtual Event)
DESCRIPTION:Join us Thu Sep 10th from 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm for an engaging chat with Carl Hoffman about Liar’s Circus! Don’t forget to email us at mainstreetreads@gmail.com for your event link and password to attend: \nFear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail meets Strangers in Their Own Land in this work of daring and immersive contemporary anthropology: Carl Hoffman\, who has written about the most dangerous and remote corners of the world\, journeys deep inside Donald Trump’s rallies\, seeking to understand the strange and powerful tribe that forms the president’s base. \nThis book proceeds from the premise that Donald J. Trump’s rallies are a singular and defining force—a kind of Rosetta stone to understanding the Age of Trump. Yet while much remarked upon\, the rallies are\, in fact\, little examined\, with the focus almost always on Trump’s latest outrageous statement. But who are the tens of thousands of people who fill America’s stadiums and arenas? What do they see in Trump? And what curious alchemy—between president and adoring crowd—happens there that might explain Trump’s rise? \nTo those on the Left\, the rallies are a Black Mass of American politics at which Trump plays high priest\, recklessly summoning the darkest forces within the nation. To the MAGA faithful\, the rallies are a form of pilgrimage\, a joyous ceremony that like all rituals binds people together and makes them feel a part of something bigger than themselves. Both sides would acknowledge that this traveling roadshow (the Wall Street Journal reports there have been more than 550 ticketed campaign events since 2015) is the pressurized\, combustible core of Trump’s political power\, a meeting of the faithful where Trump is unshackled and his rhetoric reaches its most extreme\, with downstream consequences for the rest of the nation. \nTo date\, no reporter has sought to understand the rallies as a sociological phenomenon examined from the bottom up. In 2019\, Carl Hoffman began to do just this and embedded himself in the Trump rallies. He has stood in line for days with crowds of supporters; he has traveled across the country from Minnesota to Texas to Mississippi interviewing hundreds of attendees and immersing himself in their culture. A former contributing editor to National Geographic Traveler\, Hoffman has traveled to 80 countries on assignment; he has written about cannibals in New Guinea\, Mumbai’s railways (the deadliest in the world)\, and the indigenous tribes of Borneo. Now he trains his unique eye on his own country. \nPublishing in the heart of the 2020 election cycle\, here is a fresh and notable take on Trump and the America he has built\, from one of our most talented journalists. \nCarl Hoffman is a former contributing editor to National Geographic Traveler and Wired. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller Savage Harvest\, which was a New York Times editors’ choice and one of the Washington Post‘s 50 notable works of nonfiction for 2014; The Last Wild Men of Borneo\, an Edgar Award nominee and finalist for the Banff Mountain Book Awards and the SATW Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Competition; and The Lunatic Express. He lives in Washington\, D.C. \n 
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/reader-meet-writer-liars-circus-with-carl-hoffman-virtual-event/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
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SUMMARY:Book Signing: God's Little Bird: A War Orphan's Story with Laura Knotts
DESCRIPTION:We’re thrilled to welcome local author Laura Knotts on Saturday\, September 12\, 2020\, discussing her book God’s Little Bird: A War Orphan’s Story. \n75 years ago\, hundreds of thousands of Baltic citizens were caught in the bloody crossfire of the Soviets and Nazis and forced to flee their homelands. Lithuanian citizens had suffered brutal persecution during earlier Soviet and German occupations\, and by the end of the second Soviet Occupation\, only 1 million Lithuanians remained out of a population of 3 million. \nSimilarly\, in what became known as the Lithuanian Diaspora\, only one in three of those who fled Lithuania as refugees survived. These 60\,000 surviving refugees were detained and sheltered in German Displaced Persons Camp and became known by the name of “God’s Little Birds.” \nThis is the remarkable story of one such “little bird\,” a young boy named Joseph\, who on a cold October day in 1944 was suddenly wrenched from everything he knew and held dear and forced to flee for his life\, leaving his mother\, brothers\, and sisters behind surrounded by mined fields and under a sky black with bombs. However\, like the story of the biblical Joseph who was forced into exile far from his homeland and family\, God had His hand on this little Lithuanian boy\, and in His providential plan\, \nHe brought Joseph safely through a journey of exile\, loss\, persecution\, and despair into a new life in America where by God’s grace\, Joseph’s story was transformed into one of belonging\, prosperity\, hope\, restoration\, and purpose.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/book-signing-gods-little-bird-a-war-orphans-story-with-laura-knotts/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Signing
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SUMMARY:4th Annual Lowcountry Book Club Convention (Free Virtual Event!)
DESCRIPTION:Technical College of the Lowcountry (partial) \n\nThe nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host the 4th annual Lowcountry Book Club Convention as a live-streamed event on Saturday\, September 12—featuring New York Times best-selling novelists Grady Hendrix (The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires) and Wiley Cash (The Last Ballad); actress\, counselor\, and author Ruthie Landis (Beyond the Book Club); and a trio of authors selected by Wiley Cash’s Open Canon Book Club: Lori Horvitz (The Girls of Unusually)\, Silas House (Southernmost)\, and Crystal Hana Kim (If You Leave Me). \nThe Lowcountry Book Club Convention is presented in partnership with NeverMore Books and SCETV Lowcountry\, and made possible by the generous support of the Pulpwood Queens Books Club\, the largest book club in the US. \nBroadcast from the SCETV Lowcountry studio in Beaufort\, the live-streamed video of the Lowcountry Book Club Convention will be freely available on the Pat Conroy Literary Center’s Facebook page with the recorded videos posted afterwards to the Conroy Center’s YouTube channel. Limited in-person attendance for this event is now sold out.  \nWebsite: Facebook Event Page \n \nSCHEDULE OF EVENTS \n10:30 to Noon: Ruthie Landis\, author of Beyond the Book Club: We Are the Books We Must Read\, will lead an interactive workshop for our in-person and online participants to help enrich their reading experiences as members of a literary community. Landis’s workshop will also incorporate a discussion of Pat Conroy’s 1972 teaching memoir The Water Is Wide. \nNoon to 1:00 p.m.: Lunch break\, catered by Debbi Covington for our in-studio audience. (No live-streaming at this time.) \n1:00 to 2:30 p.m.: New York Times best-selling novelist and winner of the 2019 Pat Conroy Legacy Award Wiley Cash will discuss his innovative Open Canon Book Club in conversation with a trio of writers selected for the Open Canon (participating remotely): memoirist Lori Horvitz (The Girls of Unusually) and novelists Silas House (Southernmost) and Crystal Hana Kim (If You Leave Me). \n3:00 to 4:00 p.m.: New York Times best-selling horror writer Grady Hendrix will discuss his new novel The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires\, inspired by his mother’s long-running book club in Mt. Pleasant\, South Carolina\, where he was raised. (Hendrix will be presenting remotely.) \nBooks by the presenters will be available through the Beaufort-based independent bookstore NeverMore Books (www.nevermorebooks.com). \nABOUT OUR PRESENTERS\nWinner of the 2019 Pat Conroy Legacy Award of the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance\, Wiley Cash is the New York Times bestselling author of three novels\, most recently The Last Ballad. He has led dozens of writing workshops around the country\, including for the Pat Conroy Literary Center. Cash currently serves as writer-in-residence at the University of North Carolina-Asheville. In September 2018\, he launched the Open Canon Book Club to highlight the voices and contributions of a diverse group of writers and foster greater understanding and empathy through their portrayals of the American experience. www.wileycash.com/opencanon \nRaised in Mt. Pleasant\, South Carolina\, novelist and screenwriter Grady Hendrix is the author of The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires. He is also the Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Paperbacks from Hell\, and the Shirley Jackson and Locus Award nominated author of Horrorstör\, My Best Friend’s Exorcism\, and We Sold Our Souls. His writing has also been featured in Playboy\, the Village Voice\, and Variety. www.gradyhendrix.com \n  \nLori Horvitz is the author of the memoir The Girls from Unusually (winner of the 2016 IPPY Award for Autobiography/Memoir and the 2015 USA Best Book Award for Gay & Lesbian Nonfiction\, and a finalist for the 2015 IndieFab Book of the Year Award for Autobiography & Memoir). Her writing has appeared in a variety of journals and anthologies including South Dakota Review\, Southeast Review\, Hotel Amerika\, and Chattahoochee Review. A professor of literature and language at UNC Asheville\, Horvitz also directs the Women\, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program. www.lorihorvitz.com \nSilas House is the author of five novels\, most recently Southernmost (winner of the 2019 Judy Gaines Young Award and the 2019 Weatherford Award for Fiction\, and a finalist for the Willie Morris Award for Southern Fiction and the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction). His book for middle-grade readers\, Same Sun Here\, was a finalist for the E. B. White Read-Aloud award. A frequent contributor to the New York Times and a former commentator for NPR’s All Things Considered\, House is a member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers. www.silas-house.com \nCrystal Hana Kim’s debut novel If You Leave Me was named a best book of 2018 by the Washington Post\, Booklist\, Literary Hub\, Cosmopolitan\, and others. It was also longlisted for the Center for Fiction Novel Prize. Kim was a 2017 PEN America Dau Short Story Prize winner and her work has been published in Guernica\, Elle Magazine\, Paris Review\, and elsewhere. She is a Teach For America alum and has taught elementary school\, high school\, and collegiate writing. She currently teaches at Columbia University and is a contributing editor at Apogee Journal. www.crystalhanakim.com \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 is the author of Beyond the Book Club: We Are the Books We Must Read and Acting Lessons for Life: Play the Scenes of Your Life with Intention\, Presence\, and Pure Potential. www.ruthienergy.com
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/4th-annual-lowcountry-book-club-convention-free-virtual-event/
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion,Reader Meet Writer,Virtual Author Event
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SUMMARY:2020 Annual Sweet Tea Festival: Reimagined - The Sweetest Week Ever!
DESCRIPTION:The 2020 Annual Sweet Tea Festival has been reimagined as the “Sweetest Week Ever!” with a week of events happening in downtown Summerville – and you’re invited\, courtesy of Summerville Dream and all the downtown merchants that make our town sweeter all the time… \nThe Sweetest Week Ever allows participants to adhere to best health practices and social distancing. Celebrates Summerville’s art\, culture\, hospitality and all things that make it just a little sweeter here. Daily events and evening shows\, shop specials\, and more! \nCheck out the schedule below and come join the fun! Main Street Reads will be open later all week long\, so stop by and say “hi” — we’ll have giveaways to help celebrate our Sweetest Week Ever! including Hershey’s kisses at our “Sweetest Kissing Booth” and journal gifts-with-purchase.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/2020-annual-sweet-tea-festival-reimagined/
CATEGORIES:Celebration,Third Thursday
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200915T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200915T160000
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SUMMARY:Reader Meet Writer: Set My Heart to Five with Simon Stephenson (Virtual Event)
DESCRIPTION:Join us September 15th from 3-4 p.m. for an enlightening conversation with Simon Stephenson about his new release\, Set My Heart to Five. Remember to email mainstreetreads@gmail.com for the event link and password to attend! \nFor fans of Fredrik Backman and Gail Honeyman\, a delightfully entertaining\, deceptively poignant debut novel about a human-like bot named Jared\, whose emotional awakening leads him on an unforgettable quest for connection\, belonging and possibly even true love. \nJared works as a dentist in small town Michigan. His life is totally normal\, except for one thing. He is a bot\, engineered with human DNA to look and act like a real person. \nOne day at a screening of classic movie\, Jared feels a strange sensation around his eyes. Everyone knows that bots can’t feel emotions\, but as the theater lights come on\, Jared could swear he’s crying. Confused\, he decides to watch more old movies to figure out what’s happening. The process leads to an emotional awakening that upends his existence. Jared\, it turns out\, can feel. \nOvercome with a full range of emotions\, and facing an imminent reset\, Jared heads west\, determined to forge real connections. He yearns to find his mother\, the programmer who created him. He dreams of writing a screenplay that will change the world. Along the way he might even fall in love. But a bot with feelings is a dangerous proposition\, and Jared’s new life could come to an end before it truly begins. \nDelightfully entertaining and deceptively moving\, Set My Heart to Five is a profound exploration of what makes us human\, and a love letter to outsiders everywhere. \nSimon Stephenson previously wrote Let Not the Waves of the Sea (John Murray)\, a memoir about the loss of his brother in the Indian ocean tsunami. It won Best First Book at the Scottish Book Awards\, was a Book of the Week on BBC Radio 4\, and a Daily Telegraph Book of the Year. Since then he has been dividing his time between the UK and LA\, where he works as a screenwriter\, most recently at Pixar Animation Studios.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/reader-meet-writer-set-my-heart-to-five-with-simon-stephenson-virtual-event/
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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200916T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200916T100000
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SUMMARY:Wednesday Stories on the Square
DESCRIPTION:Join us every WEDNESDAY morning at 9:30 a.m. for “Stories on the Square\, our outdoor storytime adventures with reading by Colleen Rackleff – kids of all ages welcome! Treats served and student discounts to ALL attendees! \nColleen’s Story Time at Main Street Reads has become one of our featured events and we’re so excited to be back\, doing the events outside to ensure proper social distancing. We have lots of chairs for younger listeners and plenty of juice boxes and fruit snacks to munch while they listen.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/wednesday-stories-on-the-square-4/
CATEGORIES:Story Time
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200917T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200917T200000
DTSTAMP:20260415T191933
CREATED:20200829T162520Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200829T162628Z
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SUMMARY:Reader Meet Writer: Prejudential: Black America and the Presidents Margaret Kimberley (Virtual Event)
DESCRIPTION:Meet author Margaret Kimberley with a frank discussion about her work\, Prejudential: Black America and the Presidents. Email us at mainstreetreads@gmail.com for your link and password! \n“Margaret Kimberley gives us an intellectual gem of prophetic fire about all the U.S. presidents and their deep roots in the vicious legacy of white supremacy and predatory capitalism. Such truths seem more than most Americans can bear\, though we ignore her words at our own peril!” \n~ Cornel West\, author of Race Matters \nPrejudential is a concise\, authoritative exploration of America’s relationship with race and black Americans through the lens of the presidents who are elected to represent and govern all of its people. Throughout the history of the United States\, numerous presidents have been remembered as slaveholders\, bigots and inciters of racial violence\, but were others generally regarded as more sympathetic to the plight and interests of black Americans—such as Lincoln\, FDR and Clinton—really much better? And what of all the presidents whose interactions with and impacts on the lives of black America are hardly considered at all? Over the course of 45 chapters—one for each president—Kimberley examines the condition of black America through the attitudes and actions of the highest elected official in the country. This is not meant to be a definitive examination of the topic but rather an informative and engaging guide that illustrates the merits and especially the shortcomings of even those presidents considered more progressive than their contemporaries on race issues. By casting sunlight on an aspect of American history that is largely overlooked\, Prejudential aims to increase awareness in a manner that will facilitate discussion and understanding. \nMargaret Kimberley is a New York-based writer and activist for peace and justice issues. Dr. Cornel West has called her “one the few great truth tellers who\, along with Glen Ford\, Adolph Reed\, Jr. and Bruce Dixon\, preserved her integrity during the Obama years.” She has been an Editor and Senior Columnist for Black Agenda Report since its inception in 2006. Her work has appeared in the Dallas Morning News\, Consortium News\, American Herald Tribune and CounterPunch. She is a contributor to the anthology\, In Defense of Julian Assange. She is a graduate of Williams College and lives in New York City.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/reader-meet-writer-prejudential-black-america-and-the-presidents-margaret-kimberley-virtual-event/
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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200924T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200924T200000
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SUMMARY:Pulpwood Queens Book Club at Main Street Reads
DESCRIPTION:The PQ bookclub meets on the 4th Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. On September 24th we’re discussing Dragonfly by Leila Meacham!\n \nJoin us live in the store at 6:30 OR via Zoom. ALL ARE WELCOME!  \n\nAt the height of WWII\, five idealistic young Americans receive a mysterious letter from the OSS\, asking them if they are willing to fight for their country. The men and women from very different backgrounds–a Texan athlete with German roots\, an upper-crust son of a French mother and a wealthy businessman\, a dirt-poor Midwestern fly fisherman\, an orphaned fashion designer\, and a ravishingly beautiful female fencer from Princeton — all answer the call of duty\, but each for a secret reason of his or her own. They bond immediately\, in a group code-named DRAGONFLY. \nSoon after their training\, they are dropped behind enemy lines and take up their false identities\, isolated from one another except for a secret drop-box\, but in close contact with the powerful Nazi elite who have Paris under siege. \nThus begins a dramatic and riveting cat-and-mouse game\, as the young Americans seek to stay under the radar until a fatal misstep leads to the capture and the firing-squad execution of one of their team. But…is everything as it seems\, or is this one more elaborate act of spycraft? \n\nThe book is available at the book club discount price at Main Street Reads! Prefer to order the book online? Use our easy link! https://bookshop.org/shop/mainstreetreads \nLeila Meacham is a writer and former teacher who lives in San Antonio\, Texas. She is the author of the bestselling novels Roses\, Somerset and Tumbleweeds.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/pulpwood-queens-book-club-at-main-street-reads/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion,Reader Meet Writer,Reading,Virtual Author Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200924T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200924T210000
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SUMMARY:Author LAUNCH Party! Temple of Eternity by R. Scott Boyer
DESCRIPTION:The Pulpwood Academy and Main Street Reads are hosting a big author LAUNCH PARTY on September 24\, 2020\, the launch date for R. Scott Boyer’s new release\, Temple of Eternity – a stellar sequel to Bobby Ether and the Jade Academy. \n\n\n\nThe event takes place at 8 pm EST (immediately following the Pulpwood Queens meeting at 6:30 pm) – and will feature Scott in discussion with the Pulpwood Queen\, Kathy Murphy\, as well as Shari Stauch of Main Street Reads. \n\n\n\nGet a first look at the book trailers AND get a free gift for your book club just for attending! \n\n\n\nPlease use the following link and password to attend! The event will also be simulcast on Facebook Live and posted to YouTube. \n\n\n\nMeeting ID: 821 4257 7684 Passcode: 092420 Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82142577684?pwd=Vk5mOU5xWWZySkVRUjlCQXdzdHRtdz09 \n\nScott’s books are available at the store as well as through our online ordering HERE. \n\n\n\nDeep in the rain forests of Guatemala\, an ancient Mayan temple holds a mythical secret. The legendary Fountain of Youth lies within\, but not all myths are fairy tales. The temple ruins have been seized by the Core\, a sinister cult determined to unlock the mysteries of immortality. \n\n\n\nWhen their captured friends are spotted near the temple\, Bobby and his cousin Jinx must journey into the dark heart of the jungle to save them. Harnessing their extraordinary abilities\, the boys will undertake an epic quest to fulfill a centuries-old prophecy. \n\n\n\nCut off from their allies\, Bobby and Jinx combat supernatural barriers\, raging rivers\, and deadly beasts. They’ll face savage natives\, vengeful ghosts\, and ruthless mercenaries who can conjure a person’s darkest fears. Past and present will collide\, with the power of eternity on the line. Can Bobby fulfill the prophecy and lay the temple’s spirits to rest? If not\, Bobby and his friends may become permanent inhabitants of the Temple of Eternity. \nNote: Temple of Eternity will be the YA Bookclub choice for October – don’t miss it!
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/author-launch-party-the-temple-of-eternity-by-r-scott-boyer/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion,Celebration,Reader Meet Writer,Virtual Author Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200929T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200929T180000
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SUMMARY:Reader Meet Writer: Down Along with That Devil’s Bones with Connor Town O'Neill
DESCRIPTION:Join us Tuesday\, September 29\, 2020 from 5-6 pm for a great conversation with Connor Town O’Neill\, author of In Down Along with That Devil’s Bones. You must email us at mainstreetreads@gmail.com for your link and password to attend. This event is FREE to our readers!\n \nJournalist Connor Towne O’Neill takes a deep dive into American history\, exposing the still-raging battles over monuments dedicated to one of the most notorious Confederate generals\, Nathan Bedford Forrest. Through the lens of these conflicts\, O’Neill examines the legacy of white supremacy in America\, in a sobering and fascinating work sure to resonate with readers of Tony Horwitz\, Timothy B. Tyson\, and Robin DiAngelo. \nWhen O’Neill first moved to Alabama\, as a white Northerner\, he felt somewhat removed from the racism Confederate monuments represented. Then one day in Selma\, he stumbled across a group of citizens protecting a monument to Forrest\, the officer who became the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan and whom William Tecumseh Sherman referred to as “that devil.” O’Neill sets off to visit other disputed memorials to Forrest across the South\, talking with men and women who believe they are protecting their heritage\, and those who have a different view of the man’s poisonous history. \nO’Neill’s reporting and thoughtful\, deeply personal analysis make it clear that white supremacy is not a regional affliction but is in fact coded into the DNA of the entire country. Down Along with That Devil’s Bones presents an important and eye-opening account of how we got from Appomattox to Charlottesville\, and where\, if we can truly understand and transcend our past\, we could be headed next. \nConnor Towne O’Neill’s writing has appeared in New York magazine\, Vulture\, Slate\, RBMA\, and the Village Voice\, and he works as a producer on the NPR podcast White Lies. Originally from Lancaster\, Pennsylvania\, he lives in Auburn\, Alabama\, where he teaches at Auburn University and with the Alabama Prison Arts + Education Project. This is his first book.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/reader-meet-writer-down-along-with-that-devils-bones-with-connor-town-oneill/
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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200930T093000
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SUMMARY:Wednesday Stories on the Square
DESCRIPTION:Join us every WEDNESDAY morning at 9:30 a.m. for “Stories on the Square\, our outdoor storytime adventures with reading by Colleen Rackleff – kids of all ages welcome! Treats served and student discounts to ALL attendees! \nColleen’s Story Time at Main Street Reads has become one of our featured events and we’re so excited to be back\, doing the events outside to ensure proper social distancing. We have lots of chairs for younger listeners and plenty of juice boxes and fruit snacks to munch while they listen.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/wednesday-stories-on-the-square-5/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Story Time
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