Join us on May 2nd, 2015, to celebrate the first-ever Independent Bookstore Day and Fiction Addiction's 14th anniversary! We will be hosting an all-day party: morning, noon, and night.

In the morning...be lined up at the door at 10am for the first chance at limited-edition, collectible merchandise and Krispy Kreme donuts.

At noon...bring the family for family-friendly activities and birthday cake! The first 50 children through the door will receive a free gift. At noon, preschool children can participate in a 45-minute interactive Music Adventure storytime. Then at 1pm, children ages 8-12 are invited to participate in our monthly Book Scouts event.

At "night"...join us from 4-6pm to celebrate the launch of Upstate author Joni Tevis's new essay collection, The World Is on Fire (Milkweed, paperback, $16.00, on sale in May). Adult refreshments will be served.

Join South Carolina children's picture book authors Samantha Bell (author of The Perfect Pet) and Scotti Cohn (author of Animal Partners). The perfect way to end Children's Book Week! This event is free and open to the public.

South Carolina author Angela W. Williams will celebrate the launch of her new memoir, Hush Now, Baby (Texas Review Press, paperback, $24.95, on sale in May), at her launch party at Fiction Addiction. It is the story of how a little white girl climbed out of an uneasy childhoodin the segregated South...on the backbone of a black woman who loved her unabashedly. This event is free and open to the public.

The SC Book Festival is a yearly literary festival held in Columbia, SC. There will be book signings, writing workshops, special ticketed events, and even a Children's Pavilion. See www.scbookfestival.org for a list of events and featured authors. Fiction Addiction, Books on Broad, and Hub City Bookshop are sponsors this year and will be handling the main book sales area at the show. If you can't make the festival, let us know and we can get books signed for you. *Note: Public admission is free, though some events are ticketed.

Southern doctor and author Glenn Parris will be signing copies of his debut medical thriller, The Renaissance of Aspirin (Xlibris, paperback, $17.99), at Fiction Addiction. As the novel focuses on a fictional cure for Fibromyalgia, Dr. Parris is pledging a portion of the proceeds to Fibromyalgia awareness, support, and research for the 6 million U.S. silent sufferers. This event is free and open to the public.

Join five authors for light refreshments (tea, coffee, and Daisy Cakes pound cake) and a book talk, followed by a Q&A and a book signing, at Fiction Addiction. Authors include: Sarah McCoy (author of The Mapmaker's Children), Courtney McKinney-Whitaker (author of The Last Sister), Kim Daisy (author of Daisy Cakes Cookbook), Mary Ellen Taylor (author of At the Corner of King Street, a Spring 2015 SIBA Okra Pick), and Margaret Bradham Thornton (author of Charleston). *Note: Tickets are $10 each. Each ticket can be redeemed toward a purchase of the authors' books prior to or at the event, and includes one admission pass to the event. Tickets can be purchased online or by calling us at 864-675-0540.

How much do you trust Fiction Addiction? Will you take another trust fall with us? I have fallen in love with another debut novel that I'm afraid not enough people will find on the shelf. It is publishing on May 19th for $17.99. I know that many of you will love it as well, but again I'm afraid that the cover/title will turn you off. So what I want to know is whether you'll again agree to pre-order this book from us, sight unseen, just based on our love for it. We will again give you a full money-back guarantee if you read it but don't love it as much as we have. To take part in this trust fall challenge, pre-order your book online or call the store at 864-675-0540 with your payment information. We dare you. :)

Southern author Lynda Lippman-Lockhart will be signing copies of her debut historical novel, The Laundry Room (Penmore Press, paperback, $17.50), at Fiction Addiction. Based on actual events, the author dramatizes a fascinating moment in the history of the founding of Israel as a self-ruling nation. This event is free and open to the public.

Join the Greenville County Library System and the Friends of the Greenville County Library System for this daylong event celebrating Southern fiction and poetry. Meet humorist, short story writer, and novelist George Singleton; the winner of the 2015 South Carolina First Novel Prize, James McTeer; and Southern reader favorite and bestselling author Karen White. Fiction Addiction will be providing the authors' books for sale at the event.

New York Times bestselling Southern author Charles Martin will be discussing his latest novel, Water from My Heart (Center Street, hardcover, $26.00, on sale 5/19/15), at Fiction Addiction. After living alone since age 16 and getting an education on how to survive and thrive on the outskirts of privileged society at Harvard, Charlie sets out to right the wrongs his choices have produced. *Note: The $27.56 ticket admits one to the event, guarantees you a seat, and includes a copy of Water from My Heart. The $10 ticket is for standing room, admits one to the event, and is redeemable for $10 off any purchase that evening. If our seats do not sell out, we will seat standing room customers in the order they signed up.

New York Times bestselling comic and graphic novel author Robert Venditti will be signing copies of his debut middle-grade novel, Miles Taylor and the Golden Cape: Attack of the Alien Horde (Simon & Schuster, hardcover, $16.99, on sale 6/16/15), at Fiction Addiction. This is the first of a series about twelve-year-old Miles who unexpectedly inherits a golden cape that gives him amazing superpowers. This event is free and open to the public, but RSVPs to info@fiction-addiction.com are requested.