We invite you to join us for a special book launch and book-signing with Summerville's own newest debut author Regina E. Williams for a story collection that will have you laughing, have you crying, but most of all... have you thinking. We come into this life knowing what brings us pleasure and pain; what we...
A very special Third Thursday this month as we welcome Ruthie Landis to the bookstore (and owner Shari Stauch celebrates her birthday!) You may remember Chicago's brilliant Ruthie Landis from previous signings (Beyond the Bookclub, Acting Lessons for Living). We're over the moon thrilled that she's coming back, this time with My Musings - a...
We're thrilled to welcome Charlotte-based author, psychotherapist and mindfulness practitioner Charryse Johnson on December 18th, when she'll personally autograph copies of her recent release, the inspired and inspiring Expired Mindsets. There is a wealth of potential trapped within our hidden and unresolved places of pain. Yet, without conscious participation, we can become stuck in a...
Our first LIVE event of 2022 will be a Meet the Author with Daniel Island News columnists Bill and Ann Stevens, authors of the recently released (and hilarious) Dalton and Grace. Bill and Ann live in Daniel Island. They enjoy reading, writing, travel, giving back to their community, and spending time with their four children...
Join us for a VERY special way to start 2022 right. Ruthie Landis's "My Musings" workshop will start you off on the right foot to really make this your best and most insightful year ever. HINT: It helps to have a copy of her new "My Musings" journal on hand - we have them at...
Get Your Package for the 2022 International Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Week Long Online Virtual Book Club Convention Today! Main Street Reads' Shari Stauch will be a featured presenter as well as some of the best authors of 2021 and the 2022 reading season to come! PLUS - you'll get deals and steals on...
Talk about a COVER, wow!!! This is the perfect book to launch our 2022 Thrill in the 'Ville thriller book club - not too long, just right to kick off the new year! Comfort Me With Apples is a terrifying new thriller from bestseller Catherynne M. Valente, for fans of Gone Girl and Spinning Silver...
Our first Reader Meet Writer event of 2022. Register to attend HERE! Diane Chamberlain was 14 in the summer of 1964, when she learned about three young civil rights workers who were murdered in Mississippi, at the hands of the Ku Klux Klan, while volunteering to work on voter registration, education, and civil rights. It...
We're thrilled to bring you a special book signing to celebrate the launch of a new book about South Carolina! Sherman Carmichael will be LIVE at Main Street Reads on January 22nd to unveil the brand new release of Unexplained South Carolina. The Palmetto State is home to many strange and unexplained events. The Gray...
Join us January 29th for the perfect new middle grade mystery by Charleston's own J.E. Thompson. You'll have the opportunity to meet the author AND grab signed copies of Buccaneer's Spit: A Race for the Treasure. In this middle-grade mystery, twelve-year-old Callie's parents send her to South Carolina alone for a spring break visit with...
Join us on Saturday, February 5th when we welcome author Karen Stokes to Main Street Reads to sign copies of the fascinating new release: South Carolina in 1865 from History Press. The year 1865 brought an end to the war in America, but it also ended a civilization that had existed for nearly two centuries...
Julie Packett is back with the second in her series: The Chronicles of Ms. Clarke's Class. This time it's Battling Bots so you can add to your collection that should already include Science Night, or you can grab 'em both at Main Street Reads, in paperback OR hardcover! We look so forward to having Julie...
Join us for Third Thursday and enjoy free treats and a photo at our Kissing Booth, while the square will be filled with love and fun things to do and dine on...
Join us for a booksigning with Rhonda S. Edwards, author of One Acorn's Journey: The Legend of the Angel Oak as well as The Secret of Atalaya: a Carolina Cousin's Mystery. Both copies will be available to be signed and personalized by the author! Rhonda S. Edwards earned her bachelor’s degree in elementary education from...
This month's Living Large Bookclub will take place on the 4th Tuesday of the month and feature a chat around the new incredible debut novel, The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb. Grab it from Main Street Reads or our online shop HERE... Growing up Black in rural North Carolina, Ray McMillian's life is already mapped...
Here's a happy coincidence - our official 3rd birthday is March 1st.... and that's Fat Tuesday aka Mardis Gras this year, so we're celebrating NOW through Sunday with days of revelry... Lots of freebies and fun to be had all week long! On Saturday March 5th, we'll award our Beads and Reads Challenge winners -...
Tuesday, March 1st, is our actual birthday - which happens to coincide with Mardis Gras this year, so we'll have treats all day long at the store AND we'll launch our Beads and Reads Challenge. From Tuesday through Saturday, EACH ITEM purchased (book, candle, socks, cards, pencils, etc.) will earn you one strand of Mardis...
The perfect capper to our third birthday week: Join Dolly Parton and James Patterson for the exclusive Run, Rose, Run Virtual Book Launch on Sun, March 6 at 7:30 ET live on YouTube. ABOUT THE EVENT Join America’s most beloved superstar, Dolly Parton, and its greatest storyteller, James Patterson, in a virtual conversation about their...
Come meet Charleston author Lynn Wogamon at Main Street Reads and grab signed copies of her books, Words for a Young Heart, More Words for a Young Heart and Come and See...Jesus. The Bible tells children about God and His love for them. Words for a Young Heart introduces fifteen verses specifically for young children,...
It's St. Patrick's Day which means any cover with green on it throughout the store is 10% off - PLUS get a map and participate in the Shamrock Scavenger Hunt and you'll have the chance to turn in your map at Hanebrink Jewelers for a free prize (Main Street Reads is giving away five gift...