You Made All the Difference!

What a fantastic time we had on Independent Bookstore Day yesterday – thanks to YOU! Our indie bookseller adventure guides (above from l-r Caton, Emma, Shari and Makayla, not pictured Kirsten) had the opportunity to connect with regular readers, new readers, and authors from as close as up the street and as far as Seattle, Washington.

Our sincerest thanks to you all for a wonderful day. Our thanks also to Eva’s on Main, Frothy Beard, Wine & Tapas and Coastal Coffee for their literary specials that made readers feel even more special…

Yesterday’s very first speaker of the day, Gregory Erich Phillips, will be BACK from 11 am ’til 1 pm today – if you didn’t get a chance to meet him or grab a signed copy of one of his award-winning books, come on out. HINT: Award-winning books signed by award-winning authors make GREAT Mother’s Day gifts!

HAPPY MAY DAY and we’ll be back with more news later this week…. See you on Main Street!

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TODAY: Meet Gregory Erich Phillips:
A Season in Lights

May 1 @ 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Main Street Reads, 115 S. Main St.
Summerville, SC + Google Map

Join us Sunday for a special book signing with Seattle’s award-winning novelist, Gregory Erich Phillips, author of The Love of Unfinished Years, The Exile, and his newest hit, A Season in Lights. Passion, ambition and escape in the colorful artistic underworld off-Broadway. Cammie, a dancer in her 30s, has just landed her first part in a show since coming to New York City. Yet the tug of familial obligations and the guilt of what she sacrificed to be there weigh…Find out more »

MONDAY Main Street Writes

May 2 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Main Street Reads, 115 S. Main St.
Summerville, SC + Google Map

Meeting LIVE at the bookstore on the first Monday of each month (Zoom the rest of the month). That’s 6:30 pm tonight so join in the fun (there’s wine to be drunk). If you prefer you can still join via Zoom: For the inner writer in all of us, our regular Monday evening writers group! Join us Find out more »

Wednesday Stories on the Square

May 4 @ 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! Storytime at Main Street Reads has become one of our featured events…Find out more »

Saturday: Book Signing: Kerry Peresta’s
Launch of The Rising

May 7 @ 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Main Street Reads, 115 S. Main St.
Summerville, SC + Google Map

On May 7th (hint – signed books make great Mother’s Day gifts!) Kerry Peresta will be here live, heading out on tour from Hilton Head, with her new release, The Rising, the second installment in the Olivia Callahan Suspense series (the first book, The Deadening, will be available as well). ABOUT THE BOOK: Olivia Callahan’s quiet, orderly life is shattered when she regains consciousness in a hospital and discovers she is paralyzed and cannot remember a thing. The fragmented voices…Find out more »

Thriller Book Club in May: Greenwich Park by Katherine Faulkner

May 10 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Main Street Reads, 115 S. Main St.
Summerville, SC + Google Map

Join our Thrill in the ‘Ville thriller book club at Main Street Reads the second Tuesday in May and enjoy a free book club journal, food, drink, and conversation about the fabulous debut thriller, Greenwich Park by Katherine Faulkner. “A twisty, fast-paced” (The Sunday Times, London) debut thriller, as electrifying as the #1 New York Times bestseller The Girl on the Train, about impending motherhood, unreliable friendship, and the high price of keeping secrets. In this “gloriously tangled game of…Find out more »

Book Signing and Talk with Stacy Willingham:
A Flicker in the Dark

May 14 @ 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Main Street Reads, 115 S. Main St.
Summerville, SC + Google Map

We’re super excited to bring you a very special event with brilliant debut author Stacy Willingham, author of the new thriller, A Flicker in the Dark, already a New York Times bestselling book! We’ll begin with an “in conversation” with the author, followed by signing. Refreshments will be served! HINT: The book will ALSO be our June Thriller Book Club selection, so grab your copy now and be ready for a great talk about a compelling read! A New York…Find out more »