The Dogs are finally making their appearance!
Join us Friday, July 2nd from 4-9pm to pick up a copy of this long-awaited photo book! The book features photos of favorites of the canine variety along our precious Highway 30A.
T-shirts are also available now. Small-XLarge are $20, XXL are $24.
Click here for more information on the “Dogs of 30A.”
See you at this long awaited event!!
Best-selling author Mary Kay Andrews
, whose works include “Little Bitty Lies”, “Deep Dish”, and the latest “The Fixer-Upper“, will be with us Thursday, July 1st from 5-7 pm signing copies of her books. We are very excited to host this favorite of the store. Make sure to come by and say hello to one of our best-selling authors!
Author Bob Alan will be with us Wednesday, June 30 from 5-7pm signing copies of his action/adventure novel set primarily along Florida’s northern Gulf Coast. His book was selected last October as an award finalist thriller/adventure category in the Best Books 2009 Awards sponsored by USA Book News. More recently, on May 18, in the 2010 International Book Awards it was selected winner in the thriller/adventure category, and finalist of the best new fiction category.
Here is list of events happening in June. Check back for updates.
June 1st, 5-7pm
Joe Kissack will be on the porch signing copies of his book, The Fourth Fisherman, an inspiring story of finding oneself in the most unlikely of places.
June 2nd, 4-6pm
Local author Dr. Marinella F. Monk will be on the porch signing copies of her book You Are Not Alone, written to help with the little (and the big) difficulties in our everyday lives.
Monday June 7th, time tbd
Author Andy Christiansen will be signing copies of his book, The 40:40 Principle: Are you Really Connected or Just Linked? How to Create Powerful, Inspiring Conversations that lead to Greater Success
Tuesday June 8th, 7pm National Ocean Day!!
Please join us for a poetry reading to help celebrate National Ocean Day. Author Heidi Lynn Staples will be leading the event & opening up the floor to other poets as well. Heidi is a founder of Poets for Living Waters, a group that has come together in response of the BP oil disaster. We are excited to have Heidi, Sandra Simonds & other poets here to read from their work. This event is open to the public & we encourage all to come over & participate.
Wednesday June 9th, 5-7pm
Songwriter and author Bryan Kennedy will be signing copies of his book Andy Wouldn’t Let Me: Football vs. Fate, the story of two friends on the same football team and their powerful bond through rehab and life.
Thursday June 10th, 4-6pm
One of our favorite cookbook authors, Jennifer Chandler will be her to sign copies of her book Simply Salads. Simply Salads gives you more than 100 delicious salad recipes that are both quick & easy. Come on by and get a copy!
Sunday June 13th, 12-2pm
Paper Airplane Expert Ken Blackburn will be back on the porch. Come on over for a quick lesson & a copy Kids Paper Airplane Book!
June 16th, 10am
ALL About the Book! discussion group will be meeting to discuss this month’s book selection, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford.
June 18th, 5-7
Jeannie Connell will be signing copies of her book, God’s Heart Strings.
June 19th, time: TBA
Childrens’ book author and illustrator, Sally Patton-Hall, author of The Cat Who Could Tell Time, will be on the porch signing copies of her new book, Everything Got Bigger.
June 22-23rd, 1-5pm
Your favorite puzzle man is back! Sudoku Sam will be on the porch signing copies of his Sudoku puzzle books (with all the tips and tricks you need to be a master!)
Tuesday June 29th 5-7pm
Author Robert Nowak will be on the porch signing copies of his historic spy novel, To Snare a Wolf.
Wednesday June 30th 5-7pm
Robert Alan, author of This way Madness Comes, will be with us Wednesday, June 30 from 5-7pm signing copies of his action/adventure novel set primarily along Florida’s northern Gulf Coast.
We welcome Kim Sunee, author of Trail of Crumbs: Hunger, Love & the Search for Home, and Chef Suvir Saran, author of the cookbook Indian Home Cooking: A Fresh Introduction to Indian Cooking. They will both be with us Sunday, May 30th from 4-6pm as part of their hosting of this summer’s Floating Island Writers’ Workshop.
Kim Sunee’s Trail of Crumbs is a “vivid, rich, and intoxicating” memoir of how she found herself and her true home through food and cooking. Suvir Saran’s new cookbook, Indian Home Cooking explores a new generation of Indian cooking, mixing traditional dishes with eclectic twists on familiar tastes.
Make sure to swing by and meet the authors and get a signed copy of their books for yourself or a friend! See you then!
Here is a list of our upcoming events for the rest of May:
Monday May 17th 9:30am — Children’s Storytime
Wednesday May 19th 10am (upstairs) — Sundog Book Club
Join us to discuss this month’s pick, Nine Lives by Dan Baum
Saturday May 22nd 3-7pm — Local author Don Schroeder will be sitting on the porch signing copies of his memoir, Air Raid Nights & Radio Days.
Monday May 24th 9:30 am — Children’s Storytime
Friday May 28th 4-6pm — Author Brenda Barnes will be on the porch signing copies of her book, The Wine & Chocolate Evacuation Plan
Saturday May 29th 1-3pm — Author Ron Clark Ball will be here to sign copies of his historical fiction thriller, Falcon on the Tower
Saturday May 29th 4-6pm — Come on over & meet Kenneth S. Tucker, author of Last Roll Call, a WWII memoir. He will be signing books on the porch.
Sunday May 30th 4-6pm — Join us for a book signing with Kim Sunee, author of the memoir, Trail of Crumbs and Suvir Saran author of Indian Home Cooking
Monday May 31st 9:30am — Children’s Storytime
Author Ron Clark Ball will be with us Saturday May 29 from 1-3pm, to sign copies of his book, “Falcon on the Tower.” Swing by to meet the author and get a copy of his new book.
Critically acclaimed. Called a “crackling good read” by Admiral James Stavridis, NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander, and an “incredibly accurate and detailed view of the Global War on Terror” by Rear Admiral Tom Zelibor (USN ret) of the U.S. Naval War College.
What about if the bomb works? After horrific attacks the United Kingdom and cities across the United States, Navy Captain Bryan Craig leads Pegasus, a London based counter terrorism posse tracking a vicious new Islamic faction. Guided by an emboldened nemesis, the brazen extremists are bent on the destruction of the West. The trail takes Craig’s team from the opulence of Dubai to the rugged tribal areas of Pakistan, a region tormented by the Taliban, thugs vying for control of the world’s only Islamic nuclear arsenal. Delivered with a fast paced, page turning plot, it’s an eye-opening look at a conflict centuries old, with a climactic, and very chilling ending.
Author bio: A guest lecturer at the United States Naval War College, author Ron Clark Ball was born near the tribal areas of Pakistan, and was a former Naval Aviator flying the F-14 Tomcat. His second novel, “The Jericho Trigger,” will be out later this year.
Chip Giles, author of the new mystery The Conch Killers will be with us Wednesday, April 7th from 5-7pm. Stop by for a chat with the author and to pick up a copy for yourself!
A wealthy oilmans daughter is kidnapped by mysterious terrorists. Shady government agents are covertly working to recover the girl and deal out some frontier justice to the perps. Tad and Ramon, army buddies and all-around-good guys get in the fray in this uproarious romp through the fabulous Florida Keys .
Armed with sailboats, guns and a drunken client, Tad and Ramon pursue dangerous kidnappers through the islands, over to Bimini and back. Shootouts, treachery and outlandish characters are all standard fare in the tropical madness called the Florida Keys . But nothing is as it seems and crazy things happen in paradise.
Author Bio: Chip Giles served a tour of duty as an Army engineer in Iraq . He and his wife, both avid sailors, are educators and live in Georgia . They spend as much time as possible in the Florida Keys . This is his first novel.
Doug McCall is with us Friday, March 19th from 3-6pm, to sign copies of his novel, “By Proxy: A Final Good Deed.”
A Houston-based investment adviser for a major Wall Street player, Brent Musso has no support group to help him combat his dilemma — he is dying of terminal cancer. There is an ex-wife living in the far northern stretches of the city who loathes him, and two kids who are indifferent, at best. Accepting what seems to be good advice from his doctor, he takes leave from work to try and reconnect with his kids. He then embarks on a final vacation, where he meets Michelle, a beautiful young woman who appears to be having issues with her intimidating husband. As Brent is about to return home, he is disturbed by Michelle’s phone calls asking for help. Baffled, he begins to unravel a dangerous secret her husband is involved with. Brent soon realizes that Michelle and her daughter are in grave danger — and he vows to protect them by doing whatever is necessary before his time runs out.
Dramatic events and non-stop action unfold as the story progresses, riveting readers with moments of life and death. Readers will find themselves absorbed from start to finish with Doug McCall’s masterfully written page-turner, By Proxy: A Final Good Deed.
Atlanta author Martha Payne, author of Put Him In, Coach! A Mother’s All-Star Memoir will be here signing books, Sunday February 28th from 2:30-5:00pm.
Four-year-old Sam Payne can knock the baseball out of the park. That “the park” is only the back yard of his suburban home makes little difference to his mother, Martha Payne, who understands baseball a lot better than she understands parenting. She yearns to make her son a star on the Little League field, where promising young players are rewarded with a spot on the All-Star team.
Fueled by endless ambition but only a pinch of maternal instinct, Payne helps her son navigate through the thrilling but often heartless world of Little League baseball. While revealing a host of parental neuroses and coaching excesses, “Put Him In, Coach! “delves into the inscrutable bond between mother and son-a bond sometimes forged in unlikely places.
As Sam progresses from tee-ball through years of strikeouts and wild pitches and up to the brink of adolescence, he and his mother discover as much about each other as they do about the perils of the game. Most importantly, Payne learns that in raising a son, sometimes less is more-even if your kid does have a shot at becoming the next Babe Ruth.
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