Wednesday 01/22/2025 at 11:00 AM
Bill Doar and Dawn Dixon - FULL
(Collected Works of Bill Doar and Rupert Three-Paws) at Caledonia Golf & Fish Club
Two Georgetown authors (one native born, one transplanted) tell tales of their beloved city (one a personal history, one through the eyes of a rescued pup). Over the nine decades of Bill Doar's residency in Georgetown, SC, in which he practiced law from 1962-2017, served Georgetown County in the S.C. House of Representatives for six years (1967-1972) and in the S.C. State Senate for sixteen years (1972-1988), he has accumulated a great many memories. And over the past quarter century published five small books of those recollections, including "The Magic of Pawleys Island" (1999), "Roofs Over My Head" (2003), "A Brief History of Georgetown and Its Downtown" (2007), "A Murder in Georgetown"(2014), and "Letters from Iwo Jima" (2015). These works are freshly edited and complemented with new "old" photographs, along with poetry his mother wrote and always wished published, to create "The Collected Works of a Lowcountry Son." PLUS! Dawn Dixon is Rupert Three-Paws’ mama. She insists he rescued her instead of the other way around. Rupert was by her side when she wrote the humorous murder mystery, "Faux Finished," and is helping with the sequel, "Distressed to Kill." "Rupert Three-Paws and His Amazing Alligator Adventure" highlights the rewards of animal rescue and proves disabled pets can thrive and, in Rupert's case, conquer!
$35

Wednesday 01/29/2025 at 11:00 AM
Loretta Ellsworth - FULL
(The French Winemaker’s Daughter) at Wahoo's Fish House, Murrells Inlet
After numerous award-winning children's and young adult books, author Loretta Ellsworth spent five years researching and crafting this story of two women, one the only daughter of a Jewish Winemaker in Nazi-occupied France, and the other, a 21st century female American pilot, who are connected across time by a rare bottle of wine hidden from the Nazis with a handwritten message behind a fake label, which ultimately winds up sold at the legendary Hotel Drouot, the oldest auction house in Paris
$35

Wednesday 02/05/2025 at 11:00 AM
Jill McCorkle
(Old Crimes and Other Stories) at Pawleys Tap House & Grill
Jill Collins McCorkle is an American short story writer and novelist, born in Lumberton, North Carolina. A graduate of the University of North Carolina, in 1980, where she studied with Max Steele, Lee Smith, and Louis D. Rubin, she is the author of the New York Times bestselling "Life After Life" and the widely acclaimed "Hieroglyphics" ("One of our wryest, warmest, wisest storytellers"—Rebecca Makkai). Profoundly moving and unforgettable, for fans of Alice Munro, Elizabeth Strout, and Lily King, the stories in Old Crimes reveal why McCorkle has long been considered a master of the form, probing lives full of great intensity, longing and affection, and deep regret. Here she brings us a breathtaking collection of stories that offers an intimate look at the moments when a person's life changes forever.
$35

Wednesday 02/12/2025 at 11:00 AM
O'Neal Smalls
(Blessed Be the Ties That Bind) at Litchfield Country Club
This tightly focused memoir chronicles the year 1955 in Freewoods, South Carolina, a small farming village founded and developed by freed slaves in the 1860s, a period of seismic change in American society. The Freewoods farming legacy continues through the auspices of one of its descendants, O'Neal Smalls, Esq., who retired from an illustrious legal and academic career to work the fields and ensure the future of Freewoods Farm, a living history museum.
$35

Wednesday 02/19/2025 at 11:00 AM
Diana Kayla Hochberg
(Connected: Finding My Truth) at Caledonia Golf & Fish Club
What if everything you believed about your life was a lie? For Diana Kayla Hochberg, a casual conversation in Las Vegas leads to a shocking revelation that turns her world upside down. Unearthing long-buried family secrets, Diana embarks on an extraordinary journey that spans decades and continents, determined to uncover the truth about her past. Blending memoir, mystery, and investigative journalism, "Connected: Finding My Truth" is a powerful exploration of identity, resilience, and the sacrifices one woman must make to discover who she truly is. Each revelation draws Diana closer to the answers she seeks — but at a cost she could never have anticipated. How far would you go to uncover the story of your life?
$35

Wednesday 02/26/2025 at 11:00 AM
Thomas W. Lee
(The Palmetto Patriot) at Wahoo's Fish House, Murrells Inlet
His post-retirement move from New Jersey to South Carolina did not lessen Tom Lee's interest in the American Revolution, but rather transferred his focus from the events of 1776-1779, which produced "The Chatham Patriot" to acclaim and adoption by the county school board as required reading, to the Southern Strategy, the British plan of 1779-1781 for South Carolina. Having reached a stalemate with General Washington in the north, British General Clinton sent his fleet and army south in 1779. The plan was to take Savannah and Charleston, march north through the Carolinas and Virginia, and trap Washington. By creating a fictional main character in Samuel Huger, the Palmetto Patriot, to interact with the real people and events that led to the founding of the country, Lee brings a relatable, personal perspective of the four individuals who shaped that era: Alexander Hamilton, the Marquis de Lafayette and John Laurens, who were sometimes referred to as "my three sons" by George Washington, and a little understood military leader in South Carolina named Francis Marion, who was colorfully called "The Swamp Fox" by his British adversaries.
$35

Tuesday 03/04/2025 at 11:00 AM
Diane Barnes
(The Mulligan Curse) at Caledonia Golf & Fish Club
From the author of "All We Could Still Have" comes a charming tale about one woman who embraces a family curse, laying bare the dreams we give up — and the chances we take to get them back. Mary Mulligan has two problems: her wisdom teeth ... and everything else. Her only daughter is moving overseas. Her husband would rather go golfing than spend time with her. And Mary's left to wonder why she abandoned her career ambitions when loneliness is all she has to show for it. Plus her teeth really, really hurt. But that's one problem she can fix—never mind the family stories that say if she gets her wisdom teeth removed, the last thirty years of her life will be erased. In fact, Mary wouldn't mind if the Mulligan curse were actually true. Turns out, it is. The world around her hasn't changed, but Mary is suddenly twenty-four again, with the life she once dreamed of still ahead of her. As she embarks on this new beginning, Mary comes to realize that those dreams aren't nearly as important as everything she once had. If only she knew how to get it all back.
$35

Tuesday 03/11/2025 at 11:00 AM
Elaine Neil Orr
(Dancing Woman) at Litchfield Country Club
Award-winning North Carolina author and professor Elaine Neil Orr gives us an indelible portrait of a young female artist in 1960s Nigeria, torn between two men and two cultures, struggling to find her passion and her purpose. An American citizen born and raised in Nigeria to expat parents, Elaine is a professor and writer (now based in Raleigh, NC) whose work is grounded in the American South and Nigerian South – her two homes. Her shorter works have been widely published, are frequently anthologized, winning prizes from the North Carolina Literary Review and Appalachian Review. She is the author of five books of fiction, memoir, and literary criticism including "Swimming Between Worlds," which was a finalist for the Phillip H. McMath prize. Orr has won grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the North Carolina Arts Council, been honored by the Raleigh Fine Arts Society, and she is a frequent Fellow at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. In addition, she has been writer in residence at University of Rhode Island, the University of the Cumberlands, Randolph College, and Wesleyan College. She is an award-winning professor of English at N.C. State University, where she won the Alumni Outstanding Research Award in 2019 for her cumulative body of published work and her mentoring of younger faculty. She also teaches in the Naslund-Mann Brief Residency MFA in Writing Program at Spalding University in Louisville.
$35

Tuesday 03/18/2025 at 11:00 AM
Teri M. Brown
(10 Little Rules for a Double-Butted Adventure) at Quigley’s Next Door
Moveable Feast fans of Teri Brown's exquisite, award-winning historical fiction ("Sunflowers Beneath the Snow," "An Enemy Like Me," and "Daughters of Green Mountain Gap") will celebrate her return with the true story she's shared bits with us over the years. Embark on an extraordinary journey across the United States on a tandem bicycle with Teri and Bruce! This heartwarming and insightful book explores the highs and lows of adventure cycling, unforgettable moments, and self-discovery after divorce as author Teri M. Brown navigates winding roads and unexpected detours. Filled with powerful, deeply personal anecdotes, the unexpected challenges of the open road, and cherished connections with those she met while riding 10.4 miles per hour, this book is not just a travel memoir — it's a personal story of healing through adventure, overcoming personal challenges, and personal growth, complete with a guided journaling experience designed to help you reclaim your own power and take on life's challenges with renewed vigor. Get ready to laugh, cry, and be inspired as you pedal through life's twists and turns with resilience, camaraderie, wisdom, and a healthy dose of humor that will inspire you to create your own rules for a truly adventurous life.
$35

Tuesday 03/25/2025 at 11:00 AM
Brian Livingston
(Folkston) at Caffe Piccolo
Following his delightful true adventure thru-walking the Appalachian Trail in his first book, "The Habits of Squirrels," versatile author Brian Livingston takes us to a fictional legal world where the trial of Ethan McDaniel's lifetime will happen outside of the courtroom. Ethan is a young Charleston attorney eager to embark upon a prosperous legal career when his first trial takes him to Folkston, a small town in the rural South Carolina mountains. There he discovers he has prepared for everything but life. He's put up in a seedy motel, ignored by the other attorneys, and disillusioned by the slow, plodding pace of a trial. But he also makes friends with some extraordinary locals, and discovers his best skills in court will not help him when the harsh realities of the law interfere. As the trial sputters and his local adventures lead to dark and unfortunate conclusions, Ethan comes to understand that to be a great lawyer is nowhere near as important as being a great person, and he has in him the potential to be both. In this engaging and provocative examination of ambition, unlikely friendships, and socioeconomic hierarchies, Brian Livingston taps into the common desires, hurts, and short-fallings that unite us all.
$35