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, including children's authors Frederick Baus, Karen Finn, Jeffrey Lefko, and Beth Smith 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 Shop 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.

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 middle-grade 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. The program is designed for children ages 8 to 12. 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 children have earned. This event is free and open to the public.

South Carolina children's author Rachel Haynie will be signing copies of her new children's book, First, You Explore (USC Press, paperback, $15.95), an inspirational biography of Dr. Charles Townes, from growing up in Greenville to inventing the laser and winning a Nobel Prize. Ms. Haynie will be giving a short talk at 5:00pm. This event is free and open to the public.

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, hardcover, $12.95). This event is free and open to the public.