Greenville children's author Frederick Baus will be signing copies of his debut children's picture book, Oh, Those Holiday Lights! (paperback, $12.95), an imaginative account of the inspiration for the Roper Mountain Holiday Lights, a Greenville, SC, holiday tradition. This event is free and open to the public, and refreshments will be served.

Greenville author Lockhart Moon will be signing copies of his new novel, Tutem's Pool (paperback, $19.99), about a successful attorney who sustains severe injuries in a car crash and must remember what task he must finish before someone tries to destroy him again. This event is free and open to the public, and refreshments will be served.

On Small Business Saturday, November 29th, we celebrate small businesses like Fiction Addiction along with self-employed and small press authors! Self-published and small press authors will be signing books throughout the day. The schedule is posted online. We're proud to be a small business, and we are proud to support our community. When you shop at local small businesses, you help our community grow. Together, let's strengthen our community by continuing to support the Shap Small initiative all year. This event is free and open to the public.

North Carolina children's author Alan Gratz will be discussing his latest middle-grade book, The League of Seven (Starscape, hardcover, $16.99), the first book in an action-packed steampunk series. *Note: Tickets are $10 each for adults. Each ticket can be redeemed toward a purchase of the author's books prior to or at the event. Children ages 15 and under are free, but please RSVP Tickets can be purchased online at www.fiction-addiction.com or by calling us at 864-675-0540.

New York Times bestselling travel author Marcia DeSanctis will be discussing her new travel book, 100 Places in France Every Woman Should Go (Travelers' Tales, paperback, $19.95). Combining advice, memoir, and meditations on the glories of traveling through France, this book is a must-have in your carry-on when flying to Paris. *Note: $10 ticket admits one and includes a $10 book voucher. $21.15 ticket admits two and includes one copy of the featured book. Tickets can be purchased online at www.fiction-addiction.com or by calling us at 864-675-0540.

Celebrate Take Your Child to a Bookstore Day and attend our Book Scouts kickoff event! We will explain how our new Book Scouts program will work, have copies of the upcoming books to be discussed, take questions, and serve refreshments. The Book Scouts will meet monthly, usually the first Saturday of the month at 1:00pm at Fiction Addiction, and meetings will last approximately 1-1/2 hours. At each monthly meeting, Fiction Addiction will share information about a book that we love, bring in a guest speaker for related Show and Tell, have a fun activity, and close with refreshments and handing out any Book Scout badges that the children have earned. For more information or to sign up your child(ren), click here.

South Carolina picture book author and illustrator Kate Salley Palmer will be signing copies of her new picture book, Hostie (Warbranch, paperback, $11.95), along with Greenville picture book author Melinda Long, who will be signing copies of her Christmas book, The Twelve Days of Christmas in South Carolina (Sterling, paperback, $12.95). This event is free and open to the public.