Classics Book Club

Romance Book Club

LEGO Star Wars X-Wing Mini-Build Event

Literary Book Club

Nick Medina celebrates INDIAN BURIAL GROUND with Rachel Harrison #BNMiddayMystery

Emily Henry discusses FUNNY STORY with Yulin Kuang

Leif Enger discusses I CHEERFULLY REFUSE, our #bnbookclub April Book Club Selection!

Mona Awad celebrates ROUGE #BNMiddayMystery

Silvia Moreno-Garcia celebrates SILVER NITRATE #BNMiddayMystery

Ivy Pochoda celebrates SING HER DOWN #BNMiddayMystery

Colin Walsh celebrates KALA #BNMiddayMystery

Join us on Saturday, May the Fourth, at 2pm for our LEGO Star Wars X-Wing Mini-Build!&nbsp; Costumes are encouraged!&nbsp; This event is intended for children ages 6+. Sign up is required; please call the store at 919-664-1730 to reserve your spot!

<p style="box-sizing:content-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;margin-bottom:10px;background-clip:border-box;color:#5d5d5d;font-family:RobotoDraft, Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:#ffffff;"><span style="box-sizing:content-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;background-clip:border-box;">Join Bookseller Samantha for our Literary Book Club Meeting, every 1st Tuesday of the month!&nbsp; &nbsp;</span><span style="box-sizing:content-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;background-clip:border-box;">We hope to see you there!</span></p><p style="box-sizing:content-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;margin-bottom:10px;background-clip:border-box;color:#5d5d5d;font-family:RobotoDraft, Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:#ffffff;"></p>

<p style="box-sizing:content-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;margin-bottom:10px;background-clip:border-box;color:#5d5d5d;font-family:RobotoDraft, Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:#ffffff;"><span style="box-sizing:content-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;background-clip:border-box;">Join Bookseller Samantha for our Literary Book Club Meeting, every 1st Tuesday of the month!&nbsp; &nbsp;</span><span style="box-sizing:content-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;background-clip:border-box;">We hope to see you there!</span></p><p style="box-sizing:content-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;margin-bottom:10px;background-clip:border-box;color:#5d5d5d;font-family:RobotoDraft, Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:#ffffff;">For June, we will be discussing Horse by Geraldine Brooks.&nbsp;</p>

Horse

<p style="box-sizing:content-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;margin-bottom:10px;background-clip:border-box;color:#5d5d5d;font-family:RobotoDraft, Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:#ffffff;"><span style="box-sizing:content-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;background-clip:border-box;">Join Bookseller Samantha for our Literary Book Club Meeting, every 1st Tuesday of the month!&nbsp; &nbsp;</span><span style="box-sizing:content-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;background-clip:border-box;">We hope to see you there!</span></p><p style="box-sizing:content-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;margin-bottom:10px;background-clip:border-box;color:#5d5d5d;font-family:RobotoDraft, Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:#ffffff;">For May, we will be discussing Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman.</p>

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (Reese's Book Club)

<p style="box-sizing:content-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;margin-bottom:10px;background-clip:border-box;color:#5d5d5d;font-family:RobotoDraft, Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:#ffffff;"><span style="box-sizing:content-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;background-clip:border-box;">Join Bookseller Samantha for our Literary Book Club Meeting, every 1st Tuesday of the month!&nbsp; &nbsp;</span><span style="box-sizing:content-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;background-clip:border-box;">We hope to see you there!</span></p><p style="box-sizing:content-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;margin-bottom:10px;background-clip:border-box;color:#5d5d5d;font-family:RobotoDraft, Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:#ffffff;">For April, we will be discussing Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt!</p><p style="box-sizing:content-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;margin-bottom:10px;background-clip:border-box;color:#5d5d5d;font-family:RobotoDraft, Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:#ffffff;"></p>

Remarkably Bright Creatures (Read with Jenna Pick)

Join our new Classics Book Club on the third Wednesday of every month! This month we will be reading <em>Kokoro </em>by Natsume Soseki! Hope to see you there!

Kokoro

Join our new Classics Book Club on the third Wednesday of every month! This month, we will be reading <em>One Hundred Years of Solitude</em><em>&nbsp;</em>by Gabriel Garcia Marquez! Hope to see you there!

One Hundred Years of Solitude

<div style="box-sizing:content-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;background-clip:border-box;color:#5d5d5d;font-family:RobotoDraft, Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:#ffffff;"><div style="box-sizing:content-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;background-clip:border-box;height:150px;overflow:auto;text-overflow:ellipsis;"><p style="box-sizing:content-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;margin-bottom:10px;background-clip:border-box;">Join our Monthly Romance Book Club!</p><p style="box-sizing:content-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;margin-bottom:10px;background-clip:border-box;">Each month, we'll choose a new and exciting contemporary Romance to dive into.&nbsp; Just come on in, grab a copy of that month's book (along with a FREE bookmark) and join us at 7pm on the fourth Monday of each month!&nbsp;</p><div style="box-sizing:content-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;background-clip:border-box;color:#5d5d5d;font-family:RobotoDraft, Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:#ffffff;"><div style="box-sizing:content-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;background-clip:border-box;height:150px;overflow:auto;text-overflow:ellipsis;"><p style="box-sizing:content-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;margin-bottom:10px;background-clip:border-box;">May's meeting will be hosted by Morgan from @booksandlooks on Instagram and we will be discussing Funny Story by Emily Henry.</p><div></div></div></div><p style="box-sizing:content-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;margin-bottom:10px;background-clip:border-box;"></p><div></div></div></div>

Funny Story

<div style="box-sizing:content-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;background-clip:border-box;color:#5d5d5d;font-family:RobotoDraft, Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:#ffffff;"><div style="box-sizing:content-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;background-clip:border-box;height:150px;overflow:auto;text-overflow:ellipsis;"><p style="box-sizing:content-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;margin-bottom:10px;background-clip:border-box;">Join our Monthly Romance Book Club!</p><p style="box-sizing:content-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;margin-bottom:10px;background-clip:border-box;">Each month, we'll choose a new and exciting contemporary Romance to dive into.&nbsp; Just come on in, grab a copy of that month's book (along with a FREE bookmark) and join us at 7pm on the fourth Monday of each month!&nbsp;</p><p style="box-sizing:content-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;margin-bottom:10px;background-clip:border-box;"></p><div></div></div></div>

<div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-position:inherit;font-size:15px;line-height:inherit;font-family:'Segoe UI', 'Segoe UI Web (West European)', 'Segoe UI', -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;font-optical-sizing:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;font-variation-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:#242424;background-color:#ffffff;"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-optical-sizing:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;font-variation-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black;">Write your novel: Tips to propel you from inspiration to a final draft with authors Mindy Friddle and Scott Gould!</span></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-position:inherit;font-size:15px;line-height:inherit;font-family:'Segoe UI', 'Segoe UI Web (West European)', 'Segoe UI', -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;font-optical-sizing:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;font-variation-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:#242424;background-color:#ffffff;"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-optical-sizing:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;font-variation-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black;"><br /></span></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-position:inherit;font-size:15px;line-height:inherit;font-family:'Segoe UI', 'Segoe UI Web (West European)', 'Segoe UI', -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;font-optical-sizing:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;font-variation-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:#242424;background-color:#ffffff;"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-optical-sizing:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;font-variation-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black;">Two writers share lessons on navigating the novel-writing journey from initial concept to polished draft. Do you have a terrific idea for a novel but aren&rsquo;t sure how to proceed? Or perhaps you are halfway through a draft and feel stuck?</span></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-position:inherit;font-size:15px;line-height:inherit;font-family:'Segoe UI', 'Segoe UI Web (West European)', 'Segoe UI', -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;font-optical-sizing:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;font-variation-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:#242424;background-color:#ffffff;"><p><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-optical-sizing:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;font-variation-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black;">Maybe you&rsquo;re seeking ways to craft a novel-in-stories into a cohesive narrative? This class will focus on real-world hacks to kickstart the writing and revising process and create a compelling novel. You&rsquo;ll learn about tools to structure your ideas and fine-tune the framework of your novel and discover techniques to help you channel your creativity &ndash; even when inspiration is running dry.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></p><p>This workshop is in partnership with Regal House Publishing.&nbsp; Please call the store at 919-664-1730 to sign up.&nbsp; The workshop is from 1pm-2pm on Sunday, April 14th, 2024.&nbsp; Space is limited.<br /><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-optical-sizing:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;font-variation-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black;"></span></p><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-position:inherit;font-size:15px;line-height:inherit;font-family:'Segoe UI', 'Segoe UI Web (West European)', 'Segoe UI', -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;font-optical-sizing:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;font-variation-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:#242424;background-color:#ffffff;"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-optical-sizing:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;font-variation-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black !important;">Author bios:</span></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-position:inherit;font-size:15px;line-height:inherit;font-family:'Segoe UI', 'Segoe UI Web (West European)', 'Segoe UI', -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;font-optical-sizing:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;font-variation-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:#242424;background-color:#ffffff;"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-optical-sizing:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;font-variation-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black !important;"><strong><br /></strong></span></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-position:inherit;font-size:15px;line-height:inherit;font-family:'Segoe UI', 'Segoe UI Web (West European)', 'Segoe UI', -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;font-optical-sizing:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;font-variation-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:#242424;background-color:#ffffff;"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-optical-sizing:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;font-variation-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black !important;">Mindy Friddle&nbsp;is the author of two novels,&nbsp;<em>The Garden Angel</em>, selected for Barnes and Noble&rsquo;s Discover Great New Writers and Secret Keepers, awarded the Willie Morris Prize for Southern Fiction. She is the recipient of the South Carolina Arts Commission's Fellowship in Prose, and has twice won the state&rsquo;s Fiction Prize. &nbsp;She was named a Fellow at the Sewanee Writers&rsquo; Conference, and her short stories have appeared in&nbsp;<em>storySouth, LitMag, Hayden&rsquo;s Ferry Review, Southern Humanities Review,</em>&nbsp;and many others. Mindy has taught journalism, literature, and creative writing at Furman University, Converse, and Greenville Technical College and spearheaded a nonprofit writing program in Greenville, the Writing Room, where for seven years she taught, recruited writers, and scheduled workshops in the community.</span></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-position:inherit;font-size:15px;line-height:inherit;font-family:'Segoe UI', 'Segoe UI Web (West European)', 'Segoe UI', -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;font-optical-sizing:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;font-variation-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:#242424;background-color:#ffffff;"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-optical-sizing:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;font-variation-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black !important;"><br /></span></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-position:inherit;font-size:15px;line-height:inherit;font-family:'Segoe UI', 'Segoe UI Web (West European)', 'Segoe UI', -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;font-optical-sizing:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;font-variation-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:#242424;background-color:#ffffff;"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-optical-sizing:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;font-variation-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black !important;">Scott Gould&nbsp;is the author of a memoir,&nbsp;<em>Things That Crash, Things That Fly</em>, the novels,&nbsp;<em>Whereabouts</em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>The Hammerhead Chronicles</em>, as well as the story collections,&nbsp;<em>Strangers to Temptation</em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Idiot Men</em>. He is a multiple winner of the S.C. Arts Commission Individual Artist Fellowship in Prose and a recipient of the S.C. Academy of Authors Fiction Fellowship. He is also the reicpient of a Memoir Prize for Books, an IPPY Award for Southern Fiction, an Eric Hoffer Book Award for fiction, and the Larry Brown Short Story Award.</span></div><p></p></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-position:inherit;font-size:15px;line-height:inherit;font-family:'Segoe UI', 'Segoe UI Web (West European)', 'Segoe UI', -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;font-optical-sizing:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;font-variation-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:#242424;background-color:#ffffff;"><br /></div>

Regal House Publishing Workshop

<p style="box-sizing:content-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;margin-bottom:10px;background-clip:border-box;color:#5d5d5d;font-family:RobotoDraft, Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:#ffffff;">Join our Monthly Romance Book Club!</p><p style="box-sizing:content-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;margin-bottom:10px;background-clip:border-box;color:#5d5d5d;font-family:RobotoDraft, Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:#ffffff;">Each month, we'll choose a new and exciting contemporary Romance to dive into.&nbsp; Just come on in, grab a copy of that month's book (along with a FREE bookmark) and join us at 7pm on the fourth Monday of each month!&nbsp;</p><p style="box-sizing:content-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;margin-bottom:10px;background-clip:border-box;color:#5d5d5d;font-family:RobotoDraft, Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:#ffffff;">April's meeting will be hosted by Skye from @skyeslibrary on Instagram and we will be discussing Kilt Trip by Alexandra Kiley.</p>

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