Fiction Addiction’s Blog

In celebration of Flag Day renowned SC political cartoonist and children’s book author, Kate Salley Palmer, will do a storytime reading of her children’s book Palmetto: Symbol of Courage (Warbranch Press, paperback, $10.95) at Fiction Addiction on Saturday, June 14th at 11am and then will sign copies of her books from 11:30-1 pm.

Ms. Palmer has written several children’s books dealing with SC topics and also has penned the memoir, Growing Up Cartoonist in the Baby-Boom South: A Memoir and Cartoon Retrospective.

If you cannot make the signing, you can call us at 864-609-9394 to reserve a personalized copy of any of Ms. Palmer’s books.

Remember, Christian author Beth Webb Hart will be signing at Fiction Addiction tomorrow, March 25th, from 12-2pm. If you can’t make the signing, just call us at 864-609-9394 and we’ll be happy to reserve a personalized copy for you.

Bestselling author Dave Eggers will be the headliner at the 1st annual Clemson Literary Festival on March 6-8th. The festival includes a book fair, author readings & signings, workshops and panels. The festival events are free, but some panels & workshops require pre-registration.

Check availability of Dave Eggers books at Fiction Addiction.

I attended the SC Book Festival in Columbia, SC for the first time on Sunday. The festival was free to attend and included seminars, author signings, and an antiquarian book fair. The keynote speaker was thriller author Harlan Coben. This was also the first time I’d met Harlan and I found him to be a dynamic and amusing speaker. The antiquarian book fair contained diverse offerings from modern first editions to historic South Carolina documents. I highly recommend the event to all booklovers and will try to give a heads up about it for new year.

The signing for Soby’s New South Cuisine on Friday went well, but I’m afraid I completely forgot to take any pictures. So you’ll just have to envision Chef Rodney cooking up a batch of Lowcountry Shrimp (p.103) complete with country ham and kiwifruit. It was absolutely delicious!

If you need a last-minute Valentine’s Day present, we still have copies left that have been signed by both Chef Rodney and the photographer, Stephen Stinson. Just stop on by or email us to hold you a copy!

Join us today from 3-5 pm for a taste of Soby’s and your chance to get a gorgeous copy of Soby’s New South Cuisine personalized by co-authors Richard Peck and Chef Rodney Freidank. If you can’t make the signing, give us a call at 609-9394 and we’ll be happy to reserve a copy for you!

The Boathouse Cookbook signing on Friday afternoon went extremely well thanks to a timely article in the Taste section of The Greenville News on Wednesday.

Boathouse owner, Richard Stoney, was unable to attend but he sent one of the book’s authors, Jason Davidson, in his stead. Jason joined Crew Carolina (The Boathouse’s parent company) as a sous chef in 1999 and is now director of food operations for the company.

The most popular question customers had for Jason was when the Greenville restaurant would open. He said that work was starting in January and they hoped to be open by the end of July. The Greenville restuarant will be downtown with views of the Reedy River falls.

If you were unable to attend the signing, we have three signed copies left. Just email or call us (864-609-9394).

Since this signing went so well (Jason said he thought it was the highest-volume signing they’d done outside of Charleston), we’re considering hosting other events. If there is an author you’d love to see, please let us know. Keep in mind, though, that we will not be able to get high-profile, bestselling authors like Nicholas Sparks and James Patterson right off the bat.

Boathouse restaurant owner Richard S.W. Stoney will be signing copies of The Boathouse: Tales and Recipes from a Southern Kitchen, Charleston to Asheville this Friday, December 14th, from 2-4pm at Fiction Addiction.

A new branch of The Boathouse will be coming to downtown Greenville in early 2008.

If you can’t make the signing, we’d be happy to reserve a copy for you. Just give us a call at 864-609-9394 or email us at fictionaddiction@juno.com.

If you’re a paranormal romance fan, there’s going to be a huge signing this Saturday from 1-4pm at Carter Caves State Resort Park in Kentucky. Authors will include Christine Feehan, Spartanburg native Angela Knight, our supernatural picks Jacquelyn Frank and J.R. Ward, Lora Leigh, Shiloh Walker, and many more.