A parliamentary duty on a common grocery item? The destruction of three shiploads of tea in one of the colonies’ largest ports? By the way, what happened to the cargo of tea shipped to Charleston? What were the circumstances that brought colonial America’s favorite non-alcoholic beverage center stage in a face-off between the mother country...
Join us Sunday, March 27th from 2 - 4 pm to meet local author Lakosha Wade and engage in discussion of her 21 day guided journal and devotional, What's Burning on the Inside. Many people burn candles and incense in their homes, businesses, and other places. Sometimes the candles are for beauty, aromatherapy, or just...
Join the Zoom call FREE! Ready to revisit resolutions and ramp up spring cleaning? We have the PERFECT virtual event - an interactive online hour with Bonnie Borromeo Tomlinson, author of Stop Buying Bins: & other blunt but practical advice from a home organizer Bring your burning organizational questions and let's "get 'er done" this...
Bob Spearman, author of Then She Was Dead, Shrimpin’ Gold, and Turf and Surf will be signing at Main Street Reads on the first day of the Flowertown Festival, from 3:30 - 5:30 p.m. The Lowcountry of South Carolina has proven a productive environment for this author. You may find him writing under an umbrella...
Linda Lovely and Kerry Peresta will join us on Saturday, April 2nd from 1 - 3 pm and here's your chance to get in on some uber-cool cozy mystery reading, at deals that'll save you extra (for the gas pumps, eh?!) Here's more about their featured books and the fabulous authors who wrote them! With...
For all you history aficionados, this one's for you! Meet the author and grab a copy of this brilliant book by Stuart Bennett, The Charleston Gambit. The Charleston Gambit: In the spring of 1780 Polly Cooper, a young patriot, decides to smuggle rifles to her brothers defending Charleston against the British siege. As she approaches...
“I hope that everyone who cares about the future of planet Earth will fight to save places like Fox World’s forest and its inhabitants.” – Dr. Jane Goodall Join us for a very special book signing with Jack Russell, the author of the entertaining and insightful Fox World. Based on true events, Fox World takes...
We are honored to host this signing and book discussion around the brand new release from Charleston's own Evening Post Books: Ukweli: Searching for Healing Truth. You'll get to meet Summerville's own Herb Frazier as well as contributing authors from the project, and we plan to engage in a substantive discussion... don't miss this one,...
A breakneck procedural that is beautifully written and masterfully crafted, Erin Young's The Fields is a dynamite debut--crime fiction at its very finest. Some things don't stay buried. It starts with a body--a young woman found dead in an Iowa cornfield, on one of the few family farms still managing to compete with the giants...
We're thrilled to have a chance to chat about this wonderful book Grounds-keeping by Lee Cole - join us live - refreshments will be served! A TODAY SHOW #ReadWithJenna BOOK CLUB PICK - An indelible love story about two very different people navigating the entanglements of class and identity and coming of age in an...
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 our eclectic shops, boutiques and restaurants. This month's theme is "Flower the Town" and we'll be featuring plenty of gardening and art books to do just that! Third...
The wonderful book everyone's talking about! Come join the discussion and enjoy free treats and a chance to ask the author your burning questions! The club will be LIVE at Main Street Reads (refreshments provided) but anyone who'd prefer to join us remotely can access the evening's festivities via Zoom w/these credentials: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85744865602?pwd=Tm0wQ3d0enU4QVgxTGJFc3JoRjZWUT09 Meeting ID:...
One day. Hundreds of bookstores. Fifty states. Join the celebration! Independent Bookstore Day is a one-day national party that takes place at indie bookstores across the country on the last Saturday in April. Every store is unique and independent, and every party is different. But in addition to authors, contests, and other fun stuff, there...
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...
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...
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...
REGISTER HERE FOR YOUR GUARANTEED SEAT! 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!...
Join us for an exciting book club evening on the third Tuesday in May when we'll be chatting about The Rice Birds by Lindy Carter and come back two days later to meet Lindy in person and get your book signed by the author! The club meets live and all are welcome - we'll bring...
Join us for a very special book signing for The Rice Birds by Lindy Keane Carter, which NYT bestselling authors are already calling brilliant! “Like the hunted rice birds of South Carolina’s Lowcountry, two desperate women—an Irish indentured servant and an enslaved servant—flee antebellum Charleston in this meticulously researched and beautifully crafted odyssey to freedom....
We’re uber-excited to co-host the exclusive virtual launch on May 24th for James Lee Burke’s new novel, Every Cloak Rolled in Blood. REGISTER HERE TO ATTEND FREE! James Lee Burke is a New York Times bestselling author, two-time winner of the Edgar Award, and the recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts in Fiction. He’ll...