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SUMMARY:Thriller Book Club September: My Heart is a Chainsaw
DESCRIPTION:We’re raving\, critics are raving and readers are raving about My Heart is a Chainsaw.by best-selling author Stephen Graham Jones. It’s classified as both horror and thriller but with the elevated writing and substantive themes this is a book we can’t wait to talk about! \nWe’ll meet live at the bookstore but for those who want to join us virtually\, we’ll have that option available as well using this link: \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/89159095977?pwd=cFdrSzllWUIxTzFlaHF1d1I1dnVsQT09\nMeeting ID: 891 5909 5977 Passcode: 472746 \nIn her quickly gentrifying rural lake town Jade sees recent events only her encyclopedic knowledge of horror films could have prepared her for in this latest novel from the Jordan Peele of horror literature\, New York Times bestselling author Stephen Graham Jones. \n“Some girls just don’t know how to die…” \nShirley Jackson meets Friday the 13th in My Heart Is a Chainsaw\, written by the author of The Only Good Indians Stephen Graham Jones\, called “a literary master” by National Book Award winner Tananarive Due and “one of our most talented living writers” by Tommy Orange. \nAlma Katsu calls My Heart Is a Chainsaw “a homage to slasher films that also manages to defy and transcend genre.” On the surface is a story of murder in small-town America. But beneath is its beating heart: a biting critique of American colonialism\, Indigenous displacement\, and gentrification\, and a heartbreaking portrait of a broken young girl who uses horror movies to cope with the horror of her own life. \nJade Daniels is an angry\, half-Indian outcast with an abusive father\, an absent mother\, and an entire town that wants nothing to do with her. She lives in her own world\, a world in which protection comes from an unusual source: horror movies…especially the ones where a masked killer seeks revenge on a world that wronged them. And Jade narrates the quirky history of Proofrock as if it is one of those movies. But when blood actually starts to spill into the waters of Indian Lake\, she pulls us into her dizzying\, encyclopedic mind of blood and masked murderers\, and predicts exactly how the plot will unfold. \nYet\, even as Jade drags us into her dark fever dream\, a surprising and intimate portrait emerges…a portrait of the scared and traumatized little girl beneath the Jason Voorhees mask: angry\, yes\, but also a girl who easily cries\, fiercely loves\, and desperately wants a home. A girl whose feelings are too big for her body. My Heart Is a Chainsaw is her story\, her homage to horror and revenge and triumph. \n\nAbout the Author\n\nStephen Graham Jones is the New York Times bestselling author of The Only Good Indians. He has been an NEA fellowship recipient\, has won the Jesse Jones Award for Best Work of Fiction from the Texas Institute of Letters\, the Independent Publishers Award for Multicultural Fiction\, a Bram Stoker Award\, four This is Horror Awards; and has been a finalist for the Shirley Jackson Award and the World Fantasy Award. He is the Ivena Baldwin Professor of English at the University of Colorado Boulder.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/thriller-book-club-september-my-heart-is-a-chainsaw/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210916T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210916T200000
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SUMMARY:Sweetest Third Thursday Ever
DESCRIPTION:On the third Thursday of each month Historic Downtown Summerville transforms into a special marketplace featuring local entertainment\, craft vendors and artisans\, to complement the extended hours of shops and restaurants. \n\n\n\nHere at Main Street Reads we’re offering you up not one but TWO amazing authors that night – Syril Kline (author of the award-winning Shakespeare’s Changeling) and A.F. Winter\, author of the soon-to-be-released Man in the Pandemic. \n\n\n\n1st place winner of the Chaucer Award for Historical Fiction\, Shakespeare’s Changeling is a controversial historical novel: Charged in 1616 by the Earls of Pembroke and Montgomery to edit a folio of Shakespeare plays\, writer Ben Jonson races against time to uncover the missing manuscripts by seeking out his former nemesis\, the bedridden William Shaxper. But far more worrisome is that the Earl of Oxford’s daughter\, the Countess of Montgomery\, wants the folio published as a tribute to her father. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWitty\, intriguing and suspenseful\, Syril Levin Kline’s controversial novel calls into question everything you ever thought you knew about the Bard by exploring the irony of a creative genius forced to hide behind the identity of another. Kline proudly joins Mark Twain\, Walt Whitman\, Samuel Taylor Coleridge\, James Joyce\, Charles Dickens and others in their skepticism about the Shakespeare authorship. \n\n\n\n\n\n\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. \n\n\n\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…
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/sweetest-third-thursday-ever/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Signing,Celebration,Third Thursday
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SUMMARY:Booksigning: Herbie Goes to School by Sherrika Myers
DESCRIPTION:It’s the culmination of the Sweetest Week Ever in Summerville and before the festival begins Saturday afternoon\, we have a sweet signing for families: Children’s book author Sherrika Myers will be joining us to sign copies of the newly released Herbie Goes to School! \nHerbie’s family has moved to another state\, and bought a new home\, and now Lil Herbie must go to a new school. He’s afraid to make new friends and doesn’t want to go. He fears all the kids will laugh at him because he stutters\, but he finally goes to school\, and soon he realizes it is not as bad as he thought. \nThe thing that you often fear the most turns out to be just in your own mind. Whatever kids are dealing with\, whether it be stuttering\, low self-esteem\, or anything else\, each child’s voice matters\, and they should always know they are special too. Herbies Goes to School is book two in the Lil Herbie Series\, aimed at children ages 4-10. \nSherrika Myers is the founder of Every 1 Voice Matters\, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit designed to help children break down communicative and social barriers\, such as stuttering\, bullying\, and low self-esteem\, to improve their quality of life. As a national speaker and certified life coach\, Myers travels the country spreading her message of hope. www.every1voicematters.org www.lilherbie.com
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/5173/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Signing,Celebration
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240921T140000
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SUMMARY:Summerville Sweet Tea Festival
DESCRIPTION:The Sweet Tea Festival is a celebration of the birthplace of sweet tea\, right here in Summerville SC.  Our Historic Downtown is transformed into a massive open house / street fair with different food trucks\, artisanal vendors and entertainment.  Of course\, there is plenty of sweet tea and you can help select the Tea of the Year by sampling and voting for your favorite!    \n\n\n\nEnjoy the Fest and Stay for the Downtown  \n\n\n\nHistoric Downtown Summer is everything you imagine a small town to be.  It’s filled with quaint shops\, historic buildings\, creative boutiques and world-class restaurants.  Our business owners and their staff represent true southern hospitality with remarkable customer service and genuine care for all that visit.  Everyone feels as if they have been transported to a special place and time.  Come find out why … “it’s sweeter here”  \n\n\n\nThis event is part of historic Summerville’s annual “Sweetest Week Ever.” The Sweetest Week EVER provides a wonderful opportunity to celebrate Summerville and our history with sweet tea with events all week long. For more info visit https://summervilledream.org/sweet-tea-festival/
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/summerville-sweet-tea-festival/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art Show,Book Discussion,Book Signing,Celebration
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210923T173000
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SUMMARY:Book Signing: Bookish Broads by Lauren Marino!
DESCRIPTION:Open to all\, this month’s Pulpwood Queens book club will FIRST host a special book signing\, followed by an engaging discussion with talented author Lauren Marino about Bookish Broads: Women Who Wrote Themselves Into History  \nBe sure to grab a copy at the store and take advantage of 10% off bookclub pricing plus get your copy personalized by this in-demand author! \nWe’re eager to talk about these amazing literary women and pick Lauren’s brain about great literature\, and we have an AWESOME reader’s guide from Lauren here\, too: \n \nTreats (and wine!) will be served at the live discussion and those wishing to join virtually can do so via the link below – you can arrange with us to have your book signed by Lauren if you’re unable to attend (books must be purchased in advance). \nTo Join the discussion via Zoom:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/87545935928?pwd=dHZzQTk0MThPY0NuRjdjVUk5YVdZUT09\nMeeting ID: 875 4593 5928 Passcode: 060135 \nLauren Marino is the author of the popular Main Street Reads selection\, What Would Dolly Do? and Jackie and Cassini. The founding editor of Gotham Books\, Lauren has published multiple bestsellers and award-winning books and has been a frequent featured editor at events including the Faulkner Festival. \n“I have loved books since before I learned to read and as a lifelong bookworm I’ve had the great privilege of spending my career close to what I love – words strung together and bound together into things of beauty. They have allowed me to explore people\, places and ideas I wouldn’t be able to experience without them. \n  \n \n“As a professional book editor and publishing executive I get to work with writers and words and ideas all day. As a writer I love to research and write about groundbreaking\, strong women – women who broke the rules and pursued their dreams without apology.” We look forward to you joining us at this special event!
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/book-signing-bookish-broads-by-lauren-marino/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Signing
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210923T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210923T200000
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SUMMARY:Pulpwood Queens Bookclub September: Bookish Broads!
DESCRIPTION:Open to all\, this month’s Pulpwood Queens book club will host a special book-signing\, followed by an engaging discussion with talented author Lauren Marino about Bookish Broads: Women Who Wrote Themselves Into History The book is eligible for our 10% off bookclub pricing and we’re excited to talk about these amazing literary women (and pick a few books from the suggestions to discuss in the future! \nTreats (and wine!) will be served at the live discussion and those wishing to join virtually can do so via the link below – see you on Main Street! \nTo Join via Zoom:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/87545935928?pwd=dHZzQTk0MThPY0NuRjdjVUk5YVdZUT09\nMeeting ID: 875 4593 5928 Passcode: 060135 \nLauren Marino is the author of What Would Dolly Do? and Jackie and Cassini. The founding editor of Gotham Books\, she has published multiple bestsellers and award-winning books. Alexandra Kilburn is a painter\, muralist\, illustrator\, and stylist who lives and works in New Orleans.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/pulpwood-queens-bookclub-september-bookish-broads/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210925T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210925T123000
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SUMMARY:Booksigning: Roger Newman is Back with the Launch of Will O’ the Wisp: Madness\, War\, and Recompense
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a special booksigning with Charleston’s own Roger B. Newman\, with his newly released\, Will O’ the Wisp: Madness\, War\, and Recompense. \nPolarizing\, fire-eating discourse\, propaganda\, and aversion to reason bred secession madness in Charleston\, S.C.\, and sold rebellion to a population with virtually nothing to gain and everything to lose. \nMen who should have known better and had become inured to the abomination of human bondage failed to step up. \nAs Southern nationalists raced into Civil War\, blockade runner Jack Holmes and wealthy Charleston shipping magnate\, George A. Trenholm\, do what they can to sustain their city and the Confederacy. Their actions and experiences result in a sweeping adventure story played out on both the land and sea. With the outcome of the war obvious\, Jack Holmes and George Trenholm conspire to steal the Confederate gold as Jefferson Davis flees a burning Richmond. \nThe two men accept their responsibility for what proved to be a misguided and tragic rebellion and seek to adapt and redeem themselves in a post-slavery South. \nRoger Newman\, M.D. is a novelist\, academic Maternal-Fetal Medicine specialist\, and member of the faculty at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC). Dr. Newman is a tenured Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Maas Endowed Chair for Reproductive Sciences. Dr. Newman grew up in Columbia\, S.C. and attended Seton Hall University in South Orange\,  New Jersey. He returned to South Carolina to attend MUSC and stayed in Charleston for his residency training in Ob-Gyn. He followed his residency with a two-year post-doctoral fellowship in Maternal-Fetal Medicine at the University of California\, San Francisco and the Cardiovascular Research Institute. Dr. Newman then returned to the academic faculty at MUSC where he continues to practice. \nRoger is married and has three exceptional children. He and his wife Diane live on East Bay Street in Charleston\, South Carolina. Besides medicine and writing\, his other passion is sports and his other “job” is coaching the women’s varsity basketball team (Raptors) at the Academic Magnet High School.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/booksigning-roger-newman-is-back-with-the-launch-of-will-o-the-wisp-madness-war-and-recompense/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Signing,Celebration
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210926
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211003
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SUMMARY:Banned Books Week: September 27-October 2 Join the Conversation!
DESCRIPTION:Banned Books Week (September 26 – October 2\, 2021 this year) is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read. Typically held during the last week of September\, it spotlights current and historical attempts to censor books in libraries and schools. It brings together the entire book community — librarians\, booksellers\, publishers\, journalists\, teachers\, and readers of all types — in shared support of the freedom to seek and to express ideas\, even those some consider unorthodox or unpopular. \nThe books featured during Banned Books Week have all been targeted for removal or restriction in libraries and schools. By focusing on efforts across the country to remove or restrict access to books\, Banned Books Week draws national attention to the harms of censorship. \nWe’ll have a special display with over TWO HUNDRED banned books\, with incentives for banned book purchases\, so stop on by!
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/banned-books-week-september-27-october-3-join-the-conversation/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210926T110000
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SUMMARY:Summerville Italian FEAST! All Cookbooks On Sale
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate Italian heritage at the Summerville Italian Feast from 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. — ’til the last grape is stomped! Here at Main Street Reads we’re celebrating with 10% off ANY cookbook in the store!!! Learn more details at http://www.summervilleitalianfeast.com/
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/summerville-italian-feast-all-cookbooks-on-sale/
CATEGORIES:Celebration
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