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Book Your Lunch With Rhonda Riley

June 1, 2012

Rhonda Riley

Rhonda Riley

Wed., May 29, 2013 from 12-2pm
@ Twigs Tempietto, $25 per person
Event status: Canceled

Debut Southern author Rhonda Riley‘s novel, The Enchanted Life of Adam Hope (Ecco, paperback, $15.99, releases 4/23/13),  is an unconventional and passionately romantic love story that is as breathtaking and wondrous as The Time Traveler’s Wife and The Story of Edgar Sawtelle.

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Book Your Lunch with Mary Kay Andrews

June 3, 2012


Mary Kay Andrews

Mary Kay Andrews

Sunday, June 9th, 2013 at 1 pm
@ City Range, $55 per person*
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Event status: Minimum not yet met (1 more needed) – order your tickets today!

Ladies’ Night (St. Martin’s, hardcover, $26.99, on sale 6/4/13) is the perfectly mixed cocktail of great storytelling, romance, mystery and comedy from New York Times bestselling author Mary Kay Andrews. When a group of women (and one man) find themselves getting together for “Ladies’ Night” drinks after their weekly (court-ordered) divorce therapy sessions, heartache, humor and a little bit of intrigue come together in a story about life’s unpredictable twists and turns.

*Please note that the ticket price for this event includes one hardcover copy of Ladies’ Night (the book can be picked up at Fiction Addiction when it releases on June 4th, or we can bring it to the event for you).

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Book Your Lunch with Karen White

June 3, 2012

Karen White

Mon., June 10th, 2013 from 12-2pm
@ Twigs Tempietto, $25 per person
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Event status: Event confirmed; tickets still available!

Reader favorite Karen White returns for another Book Your Lunch event with us. She’s a funny and fabulous speaker as well as an award-winning Southern author.  Her new novel, The Time Between (NAL, hardcover, $25.95, on sale 6/4/13),  is a story of two generations of sisters and secrets set in the stunning South Carolina Lowcountry.
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Book Your Lunch with Dorothea Benton Frank

June 3, 2012

Dorothea Benton Frank

Wed., June 12th, 2013 from 12-2pm
@ Thornblade Club
$55 ticket: one person, one book / $80 ticket: two people, one book*
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Event status: Event confirmed; tickets still available!

Bestselling South Carolina author Dorothea Benton Frank is back with her latest Lowcountry novel, The Last Original Wife (William Morrow, hardcover, $26.99, releases 6/11/13).

*Please note that the ticket price for this event includes one copy of The Last Original Wife, which will be brought to the event for you.
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Book Your Lunch with Beth Hoffman

June 3, 2012


Beth Hoffman

Beth Hoffman

Wed., June 19, 2013 from 12-2pm
@ The Lazy Goat
$55 ticket: one person, one book / $80 ticket: two people, one book*
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Event status: Minimum not yet met (2 more needed) — order your tickets today!

In Looking for Me (Pamela Dorman, hardcover, $27.95, on sale 5/28/13), bestselling author Beth Hoffman brings forth an evocative, multilayered story that moves between the charms of Charleston and Kentucky’s woodlands while exposing the fragile wounds and strengths of a woman who finally comes to understand the words once written in a simple note and the remarkable boy who penned them.

*Each ticket includes one hardcover copy of Looking for Me, which can be picked up at Fiction Addiction after May 28th, or it can be brought to the event for you.
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Book Your Lunch with Mary Alice Monroe

June 3, 2012
Mary Alice Monroe

Mary Alice Monroe

Thurs., June 27th, 2013 from 12-2pm
@ Thornblade Club , $45 ticket: one person, one book / $70 ticket: two people, one book*
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Event status: Minimum not yet met – order your tickets today!

Three sisters reunite on Sullivan’s Island off the coast of South Carolina after years of separation in The Summer Girls (Gallery Books, paperback, $16.00, on sale 6/25/13). This heartwarming novel is the first in a new trilogy from New York Times bestselling Southern author Mary Alice Monroe.

*Please note that the ticket price for this event includes one paperback copy of The Summer Girls, which can be picked up at Fiction Addiction after June 25th, or it can be brought to the event for you.

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Book Your Lunch With Kate Salley Palmer and James Palmer

June 3, 2012

Kate Salley Palmer

Kate Salley Palmer

Friday, August 2nd, 2013, 12pm
@ City Range, $25 per person
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Event status: Minimum not yet met – order your tickets today!

Award-winning South Carolina artist, author, and cartoonist Kate Salley Palmer has been writing and illustrating picture books since 1991.  Her latest picture book, First South Carolinians (Warbranch Press, paperback, $14.95), is about the culture of the native people of South Carolina. The book was co-written by Kate’s husband, Jim, and illustrated by their son, James Palmer, Jr.

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Book Your Lunch with John Jeter

June 7, 2012


John Jeter

John Jeter

Postponed — Date TBD
@ Venue TBD, $25/person
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Event status: Postponed to a later date, possibly February

Rockin’ a Hard Place (Hub City, paperback, $16.95) is the story of The Handlebar and its owner John Jeter, Greenville’s own intimate “listening room” that has presented thousands of artists — John Mayer, Joan Baez, Zac Brown, and Sugarland among them — and hosted a quarter-million fans since its opening in 1994.

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June 8, 2012
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June 8, 2012
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  • About Book Your Lunch

    Book Your Lunch is a new way to bring authors and readers together -- right here in Greenville. This luncheon series provides the ultimate food for thought with a wide range of authors -- from mystery writers, to award-winning regional novelists to nonfiction and cookbook authors.

    The luncheon tickets must be purchased in advance. The featured author will read from their work (or give a 20-minute talk), followed by a Q&A session, a delicious lunch, and then an onsite book-signing session with the author.

    Books may be purchased from Fiction Addiction in advance or during the event. Space is limited, so purchase your tickets today!

  • Thanks to our Sponsors!




    Fiction Addiction
    Fiction Addiction dreamed up this event series, books the authors, and provides books for the events.


    Table 301
    Table 301 provides much of the event space and the delicious lunches.


    Palmetto Olive Oil Co.
    Thanks to Palmetto Olive Oil Co. for providing door prizes for many of our 2011 lunches. They are a locally owned and operated retailer of premium olive oils and vinegars.


    The phrase "Book Your Lunch" is a South Carolina service mark owned by Fiction Addiction LLC.