What a fun weekend in downtown it’s been with yesterday’s Sweet Tea Festival and our event with Sherrika Myers and her latest release, Herbie Goes to School. If you didn’t grab your copy yet, we’ve kept aside some signed books, as well as signed copies of Shakespeare’s Changeling and Man in the Pandemic from our Third Thursday event.
And now, without further ado — a brilliant week ahead and still more to come!
THIS WEEK…
MONDAY: Main Street Writes
September 20 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Main Street Reads, 115 S. Main St.
Summerville, SC + Google Map
For the inner writer in all of us, our regular Monday evening writers group! Join us via the Zoom link HERE and share your words and your insights with fellow wordsmiths. Find out more »
TUESDAY: Living Large (Bestsellers) Bookclub:
The Talented Miss Farwell
September 21 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Main Street Reads, 115 S. Main St.
Summerville, SC + Google Map
Our book club this month will discuss The Talented Miss Farwell – it’s brilliant! As always, there’s a 10% discount for book club book purchases, and treats will be served. If you’d prefer to join us virtually, the link to do that is below the book description: Catch Me If You Can meets Patricia Highsmith in this “stylish” (New York Times Book Review) page-turner of greed and obsession, survival and self-invention that is a piercing character study of one unforgettable…Find out more »
WEDNESDAY: Stories on the Square
September 22 @ 9:30 am – 10:00 am
Main Street Reads, 115 S. Main St.
Summerville, SC + Google Map
Join us every WEDNESDAY morning at 9:30 a.m. for “Stories on the Square, our outdoor storytime adventure – kids of all ages welcome! Treats served and student discounts to ALL attendees! And Miss Colleen is BACK after maternity leave, so we’ll all get to meet the new addition to the family!!! Storytime at Main Street Reads has become one of our featured events, held outside to ensure proper social distancing. We have lots of chairs for younger listeners, hoola-hoops for…Find out more »
THURSDAY: Book Signing:
Bookish Broads by Lauren Marino!
September 23 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Main Street Reads, 115 S. Main St.
Summerville, SC + Google Map
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 Be 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! We’re eager to talk about these amazing literary women and pick Lauren’s brain about great literature, and we have…Find out more »
THURSDAY: Pulpwood Queens Bookclub for
September – Bookish Broads!
September 23 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Main Street Reads, 115 S. Main St.
Summerville, SC + Google Map
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! Treats (and wine!) will be served at the live discussion and those wishing to join via Zoom can do so here…Find out more »
BSATURDAY: Booksigning: Roger Newman’s Launch of Will O’ the Wisp: Madness, War, and Recompense
September 25 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm
Main Street Reads, 115 S. Main St.
Summerville, SC + Google Map
Join us for a special book signing with Charleston’s own Roger B. Newman, with his newly released, Will O’ the Wisp: Madness, War, and Recompense. Polarizing, 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. Men who should have known better and had become inured to the abomination of human bondage failed to step up. As Southern nationalists raced into Civil War,…Find out more »
AND ALLLLLL NEXT WEEK!
Banned Books Week: September 27-October 2
Join the Conversation!
September 26 – October 2
Main Street Reads, 115 S. Main St.
Summerville, SC + Google Map
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. The…Find out more »
October 2021
Booksigning: Grady Hendrix with
The Final Girl Support Group!
October 2 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Main Street Reads, 115 S. Main St.
Summerville, SC + Google Map
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. RESERVE YOUR SPOT/BOOK NOW Find out more »
COMING SOON…
Thrill in the ‘Ville October Bookclub:
A Slow Fire Burning by Paula Hawkins
October 14 @ 8:00 am – 5:00 pm Main Street Reads, 115 S. Main St.
Summerville, SC 29483 United States + Google Map
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! 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! Prefer to grab A Slow…Find out more »