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  • Bookstore Birthday Bash!

    Main Street Reads 115 S. Main St., Summerville, SC, United States

    Come help us celebrate turning one year old on Sunday, March 1st, our official one year anniversary! It's going to be a superhero Sunday at Main Street Reads, with an...

  • Booksigning: Marie Crow with Abigail and Her Pet Zombie

    Main Street Reads 115 S. Main St., Summerville, SC, United States

    So excited to announce that author Marie Crow will join us March 21st at Main Street Reads... Marie Crow weaves her stories around the human element of the horror versus the "monsters" themselves. She believes that the real horror of life does not come from the expected, but from the unexpected responses of the human...

  • The Coyotes of Carthage (Virtual Event)

    Main Street Reads 115 S. Main St., Summerville, SC, United States

    We're delivering authors to your living room! The next author in the Okra Pick series is Steven Wright.  He will be talking with us about his debut novel The Coyotes of Carthage and answering your questions. Steven is one of many authors we’ll be bringing into your living room. “Steven Wright's The Coyotes of Carthage is a...

  • Reader Meet Writer: Lee Smith Blue Marlin (Virtual Event)

    Main Street Reads 115 S. Main St., Summerville, SC, United States

    Join our special Reader Meet Writer virtual event on Tuesday, April 21st at 4:00 p.m. Born in the small coal-mining town of Grundy, Virginia, Lee Smith began writing stories at the age of nine and selling them for a nickel apiece. Since then, she has written seventeen works of fiction, including Fair and Tender Ladies,...

  • Reader Meet Writer Southern Series: Ruthie Lindsey’s There I Am (Virtual Event)

    Main Street Reads 115 S. Main St., Summerville, SC, United States

    Join us for this special event on April 22 at 5:00 p.m. "Ruthie is a gifted storyteller with the unique ability to make you feel her emotions as if they're your own. Her book is somehow both bold and tender and utterly, truthfully, authentically her. She doesn't hide from heartbreak or fail to experience the...

  • Reader Meet Writer: Kristy Woodson Harvey Discusses Feels Like Falling (Virtual Event)

    Let us deliver authors to your living room.  The next author in the Okra Pick series is Kristy Woodson Harvey, the bestselling author of DEAR CAROLINA, LIES AND OTHER ACTS OF LOVE, SLIGHTLY SOUTH OF SIMPLE, THE SECRET TO SOUTHERN CHARM and THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF PARADISE. Kristy is the winner of the Lucy Bramlette...

  • Reader Meet Writer: The Other Einstein by Marie Benedict

    Join us on April 29th at 5 pm for a chat with Marie Benedict, author of The Other Einstein. The first author in the #SaveIndieBookstores series is Marie Benedict. Marie Benedict is the author of The Other Einstein, Carnegie's Maid, The Only Woman in the Room, and Lady Clementine. She is a lawyer with more...

  • Reader Meet Writer: A Leader’s Guide to Giving a Memorable Speech (Virtual Event)

    Main Street Reads 115 S. Main St., Summerville, SC, United States

    Join us for this great talk with Donald J. Palmisano on Thursday, April 30th at 4 pm - Email mainstreetreads@gmail.com for your link and password to attend. A good leader must be intelligent, charismatic, strong, and inspiring. A good leader must stir passion and instill knowledge in the minds of followers, whether in the field...

  • Reader Meet Writer: Caroline B. Cooney’s Before She Was Helen (Virtual Event)

    Main Street Reads 115 S. Main St., Summerville, SC, United States

    Join us through Main Street Reads for the special virtual event on May 5th and get your pre-orders in now! Email us at mainstreetreads@gmail.com to get your link and password. Want to read a FREE sample chapter? CLICK HERE Before She Was Helen From the international bestselling author of The Face on the Milk Carton...

  • Reader Meet Writer: The Lincoln Conspiracy with Brad Meltzer! (Virtual Event)

    Main Street Reads 115 S. Main St., Summerville, SC, United States

    Join Us to Talk About The Lincoln Conspiracy! In 2019, #1 bestselling author Brad Meltzer, with Josh Mensch, wrote THE FIRST CONSPIRACY: The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington, a national bestseller that was widely praised by critics, historians, and two U.S. Presidents for its meticulous research and propulsive narrative. Meltzer and Mensch return to...

  • Reader Meet Writer: Kaitlin B. Curtice Discusses NATIVE (Virtual Event)

    Main Street Reads 115 S. Main St., Summerville, SC, United States

    Join us May 7th at 3 p.m.for a fascinating talk with Kaitlin B. Curtice about Native: Identity, Belonging, and Rediscovering God (Publisher: Brazos Press | May 5, 2020 | 9781587434310) DON'T FORGET: You must email us at mainstreetreads@gmail.com for your confirming link and password! Native is about identity, soul-searching, and the never-ending journey of finding...