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Financial wiz and co-author of The Power of Three will be at Main Street Reads at 2:30 p.m. on Super Sunday to talk dollars and sense, and with plenty of time left to head to those Super Bowl shindigs.
And yes, that’s just the beginning of this super-charged week:
- On Monday, our talented local scribes gather on Zoom for Main Street Writes.
- On Tuesday, our Thrill in the ‘Ville book club meets to discuss The Business Trip by Jessie Garcia.
- On Wednesday, it’s our weekly Stories on the Square at 9:30 a.m. Bring the littles for some storytime fun. We have fruit snacks and juice boxes for the wee ones as well.
- On Thursday, locals have a unique opportunity to sip, stroll and shop their way through downtown with the Galentine’s Stroll. Here’s your chance to sip and stroll through the shops in Summerville. Join our small shop friends and shop local with the best of the best! At Main Street Reads, we’ll have wine for sipping, and 10% off all #romancereads
AND a giveaway – free flower pens - And on Saturday… drum roll please… it’s the 1st Annual…
Summerville Book Festival!
And here’s the MASTER SCHEDULE of all the fun happening on Saturday (below, you’ll see a downloadable map/schedule to print and bring with you). More info on programming/authors HERE
9:00 – 11:30 am Writing for Stage & Screen Workshop:
Flowertown Theatre Backbox Studio Ticketed Event – GET YOURS HERE! ($39.95)
9:00 – Noon Active Voice: Authors Talk Writing
Timrod Library Ticketed Event – GET YOURS HERE! (Members $50/Non-Members $75
9:30 am – 4:30 pm Summerville Book Festival Vendors
Open to All, see the books, foods and crafts on display!
9:30 am – 12:00 pm Stories on the Square (Childrens Stage)
Hutchinson Square bandshell. Auntie Leslie will emcee and all-star cast of children’s book authors reading to the littles including Price Sumner Sigal, Marybeth Wishart, Peter Cotton, Martha Jawarowski and Jewel Sweeney. Free/Open to All
10:00 am – 1:00 pm Build a Bookmark!
Public Works Arts Center – Free/Open to All
12:00 pm “Why Summerville” Creative Writing Competition Winners Announced
Meet the Winners and Hear the Words! On Hutchinson Square – Free/Open to All
12:00 pm Doors Open at Bestsellers Stage:
Flowertown Players Theatre: The bookstore at the theatre, featuring all the authors, will open at noon. Authors will sign books before and after talks.
Ticket Required. General Admission (includes choice of one keynote book) $54.95. VIP Experience (includes both keynote books, 10% off all other books and entry into VIP Reception $69.95. CLICK HERE for tickets.
1:00 – 5:30 pm Bestsellers Stage at Flowertown Players Theatre
Here’s the lineup (Learn more about each panel/authors/books HERE:
| OPENING KEYNOTE: 1:00 pm | |
| Kate Fagan | The Three Lives of Cate Kay |
| FAB FANTASY PANEL: 2:00 pm | |
| Dorothy McFalls (Moderator) | Curse of the Midnight Dragon |
| Emily EM Etheridge | She Tames the Sea |
| Winnefred Tataw | Child of Tempus |
| Denise Lee | Bloodstone Legacy |
| KISS & TELL ROMANCE PANEL: 2:45 pm | |
| Christina Sinisi (Moderator) | Why They Call it Falling |
| Elaine Reed | Take a Chance on Me |
| Rebecca Wrights | Feels Like Coming Home |
| Nadine Theiss | Starcrossed Nocturne |
| Rhonda McNight | The Thing About Home |
| THRILL IN THE VILLE PANEL: 3:30 pm | |
| Stacy Willingham (Moderator) | Only If You’re Lucky |
| Connie Davis | Death Writes Itself |
| Yasmin Angoe | Not What She Seems |
| Penny Goetjen | Deadly Ripples |
| CLOSING KEYNOTE: 4:30 pm | |
| Grady Hendrix | Witchcraft for Wayward Girls |
1:00 – 4:00 pm Summerville Journal Scene Behind the Scenes! View the Archives
Get an inside peek at the Summerville Journal Scene “the room where it happens” and you might eve meet a “Why Summerville” Contest Winner!
(SJS building on Journal Alley)
1:00 – 4:30 pm Lowcountry Stars Stage
Hutchinson Square Bandshell – Free and open to all, the following authors will be on the stage and their books for sale. A portion of proceeds supports the Timrod Library! Programming begins at 1 pm with each author on stage up to 10 minutes – oh what FUN!
| History’s Mysteries – LESLIE KOLLER EMCEE | |
| Marissa Hale | American Wild |
| Roger Newman | Boys |
| Julius Parker | Beneath the Draper Moon |
| Rhonda McKnight | Bitter & Sweet |
| Sherman E. Pyatt | Standing in the Gap |
| Fetching Fiction – TIM LOWRY EMCEE | |
| Kristen Ness | At Loggerheads |
| TI Lowe | Lowcountry Lost |
| Cassandra King | Sunday Wife |
| AF Winter | Mr Albert |
| Jewel Sweeney | Beach Days |
| Regina Williams | Promise |
| Misty Ogert | Romance – cool |
| Donna Lynn Lito | Letting Go |
| Caroline Cleveland | When Cicadas cry |
| Reality Reads (Non Fic)- LESLIE EMCEE | |
| D. Mike Thomas | History of Civil War SC |
| Jaclyn Michelle Smith | I’m Sorry I Cremated You |
| Brian Hicks | Under Dark Seas (Hunley) |
| Kathryn Smith | Methodists & Moonshiners |
| Leigh Jones Handal | Charleston Then and Now |
| Eliza Wilson Ingle | A Curious Heart |
| Syril Levin Kline | Legacy |
| Maria Cruz – Soul on Fire | Soul on Fire |
| Dennis and Karen Vinar | How Did You Find Me |
6:00 pm Closing Reception
Your Bestseller Stage VIP Ticket is required for this. CLICK HERE if you still need one!
Watch for more news all week long on our socials because other downtown hot spots will also be celebrating you:
People, Places & Quilts (129 W Richardson Ave.) let us know they have cool bookmarks with a message. And we saw a Composition Book Demo on their calendar, too!
At Simple Treasures (116 S Main St.) you can grab a “readers snack bucket” with popcorn and dip mix at a discounted price for the day, yay!
Visit The Icehouse (104 E Doty Ave.) where they’ll have a drink, the “Appleberry Twilight” celebrating the popular vamp series Twilight.
Watch our socials for more!
