Join us Friday evening, October 23rd when author Lorna Hollifield will be at Main Street Reads to celebrate the launch of her second novel, The Ocean at Night. Two Ways to Participate! Lorna will be at Main Street Reads from 5:30 to 7:30. She'll talk a bit about the book on Zoom and to gathered...
Join activist and actor Miles McKenna in conversation with actor Emily Hampshire, (Stevie Budd on Schitt's Creek) to discuss Miles's new book, Out!, the ultimate coming-out survival guide. Activist Miles McKenna came out on his YouTube channel in 2017, documenting his transition to help other teens navigate their identities and take charge of their own...
On Saturday morning, November 7 (10:30 a.m. - Noon), we'll be hosting TWO great children's books and authors for a Spectacular Stories on the Square and Book Signing! Joining us will be Chris Singleton, inspirational speaker and author of Different and Marybeth Wishart, former teacher and author of Parker the Purple Penguin. The books will...
We invite you to join us Saturday afternoon, November 7th, to celebrate the debut of a lowcountry historical novel and book signing with the author, Josie Olsvig! Gullah Tears: In the Deep South of antebellum Charleston, enslaved Gullah woman Hentie survives the day-to-day sufferings brought on by the white planter society that controls the institution...
Join us Sunday, November 8th, from noon 'til 2 pm for a very special signing with Joe Palmer, hot on the heels of his feature appearance at the Pat Conroy Literary Festival in Beaufort on Saturday! We'll have refreshments and Joe will chat about his amazing novel. Copies will be on sale at the book...
THIS MONTH: the thriller book club is reading the hot new thriller from Lisa Jewell, Invisible Girl. The book is available at the 10% book club discount in the store through November... The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Then She Was Gone returns with an intricate thriller about a young woman's disappearance and...
Join us Thursday, November 12, live in the bookstore OR via Zoom (details below), for a fun discussion of NY Times bestselling book by Marissa Meyers, Cinder! The first book in the #1 New York Times- and USA Today-Bestselling Lunar Chronicles series by Marissa Meyer. See where the futuristic YA fairytale saga all began, with...
Join us Thursday, November 12th for some giggles with Julia Fowler, celebrating the release of Embrace Your Southern, Sugar! More irresistible stories and sayings from the creator of YouTube’s Southern Women Channel. Ms. Julia Fowler is back, and this time she’s goin’ to talk her lipstick off about even more things Southern. If you’re not...
Join us November 17th live or via Zoom (details below) when our "Living Large" book club discusses the best-selling book Caste. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK - The Pulitzer Prize-winning, bestselling author of The Warmth of Other Suns examines the unspoken caste system that has shaped America and shows how our...
Join us between 4:30 and 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, November 24th when Rebecca Dwight Bruff will be signing American Fiction award-winning Trouble the Water. Stick around for a discussion of the book afterwards as the featured Pulpwood Queen book club read this month! Deeply moving and illuminating, TROUBLE THE WATER reveals the little-known real-life story of Robert...
Join us live or via Zoom for an engaging discussion about the historical fiction hit Trouble the Water by Rebecca Dwight Bruff! "Before this decisive night, I'd not fully appreciated the subtle line between inspiration and insanity. But now, with all our lives at risk, I found myself navigating that most perilous edge..." Inspired by...
Join us Wednesday morning, 9:30 - 11:30 a.m. when Rebecca Dwight Bruff joins us for story time and a booksigning following for her new highly praised children's book: Stars of Wonder. Storyteller Colleen Rackleff will read the book for story time and Rebecca will be on hand for Q&A and signing afterwards (hint: makes the...
Join us for the 2020 Old Time Summerville Christmas Celebration event on Tuesday, December 1 from 5:30 – 8 p.m. This event will be a modified version of the Town’s traditional tree lighting ceremony. We'll have treats at Main Street Reads of course, as will many of our neighbors: In an effort to provide a...
CLICK HERE register for this special event, including these authors and books: An electrifying first novel from a riveting new voice in American fiction (George Saunders): A young woman returns to her childhood home in the American South and uncovers secrets about her father's life and death Billie James' inheritance isn't much: a little money...
Join us on December 5th as we kick off a big holiday month with Christina Sinisi's Christmas on Ocracoke. You may remember Christina signing with us last year for her first novel, Christmas Confusion! Both will be available to be signed... a perfect Christmas gift! Reeling from the upheaval of a failed marriage, Annie Hanahan...
We're super excited to have the amazing Signe Pike grace Main Street Reads on Sunday, December 6th for a special event and book signing. Her best-selling books have been making waves. The Forgotten Kingdom is the second in a trilogy; we'll also have the first in the trilogy, The Lost Queen, on hand to be...
Sunday December 13th (rain date December 20th) will be the annual Christmas parade in historic downtown Summerville! Join us for the festivities and free treats and perhaps a surprise or...
Imagine that your life is a hit play, one that you produce and direct, a show where you get to pick all the parts, from your leading role to the...
Join us for the LAST storytime of 2020 -- After this week's event we'll resume on Wednesday, January 6th, 2021! WEDNESDAY morning at 9:30 a.m. "Stories on the Square is...
On Saturday, December 19th, Ruthie will be here LIVE to answer questions and sign her books, including Acting Lessons for Living, the new companion Guided Journal, and her Beyond the...