Agatha Award-winning Greenville author Susan M. Boyer will be celebrating the launch of the newest book in her USA Today bestselling Liz Talbot mystery series, Lowcountry Bordello (Henery, paperback, $15.95), at her launch party at Fiction Addiction. This event is free and open to the public, and refreshments will be served.

Meet Joseph Galloway -- a UPI war correspondent during the Vietnam War and the co-author of the bestselling book We Were Soldiers Once...and Young (Presidio, paperback, $18.00) and its sequel, We Are Soldiers Still -- at an evening event at The Poinsett Club (807 E. Washington St., Greenville). Following remarks by Mr. Galloway at about 7pm, he will be available to sign books. *Note: Tickets are $21 each and include a $4 donation to a military charity, as well as beer, wine, and light hors d'oeuvres. This event is one of a series of military history talks sponsored by the Military Lecture Series committee. Advance reservations are required, and ticket costs cannot be refunded if cancelled within 72 hours of the event. Attire is business casual (no jeans). Tickets and books can be purchased online or by calling us at 864-675-0540.

Literary Ladies Panel Talk & Signing: Thursday, November 5th, 2pm @ Fiction Addiction, $10*

Meet these Literary Ladies for a book talk, followed by a Q&A session and a book signing at Fiction Addiction: Virginia Pye (author of Dreams of the Red Phoenix [Unbridled, paperback, $16.00]), Elise Blackwell (author of The Lower Quarter [Unbridled, paperback, $16.95]), Shari Smith (author of I Am a Town [River's Edge, paperback, $18.00]), and Ellen Malphrus (author of Untying the Moon [Story River, hardcover, $24.95]) *Note: Tickets are $10 each. Each ticket admits one and can be redeemed for $10 off any merchandise purchased at the event. Tickets and books can be purchased online or by calling us at 864-675-0540.

Perennially bestselling North Carolina author Diane Chamberlain will be discussing her new novel and store staff pick, Pretending to Dance (St. Martin's, hardcover, $26.99), at Fiction Addiction. Her previous novel, The Silent Sister was a Publisher's Weekly and USA Today bestseller. *Note: The $28.61 ticket admits two to the event and includes one copy of Pretending to Dance. The $10 ticket admits one to the event and is redeemable for $10 off any merchandise purchased at the event. Tickets and books can be purchased online or by calling us at 864-675-0540.

Why China? Grab your friends and come to Fiction Addiction to celebrate the launch of upstate South Carolina author Kay Bratt's new novel, The Palest Ink (Lake Union, paperback, $14.95), and to hear more about why she has chosen China as the basis of her passion and career. *Note: Tickets are $10 each and can be redeemed for $10 off any merchandise purchased at the event. Tickets and books can be purchased online or by calling us at 864-675-0540.

On Saturday, November 28th, 2015, 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. You can see the full schedule online. We're proud to be a small business, and we are proud to support our community. When you shop at local and small businesses, you help our community grow. Together, let's help strengthen our community by continuing to support the Shap Small initiative all year. This event is free and open to the public.

Greenville children's author Frederick Baus (accompanied by Roper the Ogre!) will read and sign his holiday picture book, Oh, Those Holiday Lights! (United Writers Press, paperback, $12.95), an imaginative account of the inspiration of the Roper Mountain Holiday Lights, along with Jeffrey J. Lefko, reading and signing Solomon Squirrel's Amazing Chanukah Adventure (CreateSpace, paperback, $9.49), which shows readers how different religions and cultures can interact with and accept each other for their own traditions and customs. This free event is a great way to celebrate Take Your Child to a Bookstore Day!

Greenville picture book author Melinda Long will be signing copies of herSouth Carolina-themed Christmas book, The Twelve Days of Christmas in South Carolina (Sterling, hardcover, $12.95), along with South Carolina author and illustrator Kate Salley Palmer, who will be signign copies of her new non-partisan coloring book, 2016 Race for the White House (Warbranch, paperback, $14.95). This event is free and open to the public.