“With freedom, books, and the moon, who could not be happy?”

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Oscar Wilde had it right with that quote! And with April kicking off with a new moon and new books, we are off to a good start!

It’s Itinerant Literate’s birthday month, and that means Independent Bookstore Day—our favorite time of the year. We've also got our monthly lineup and information on April book club. Read on, friends.

Events You Don't Want to Miss

1. Independent Bookstore Day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

When? April 28, 9 am to 10 pm
Where? Stone's Alley & O'Hear (between Brew Cellar and Common House)

This is it—the big one, the event we host out of the entire year that you want to be part of! Independent Bookstore Day is a national event, celebrated by bookstores around the country. It will be held on April 28, 2018, and we’re hosting our party at our Brew Cellar / Common House location. There will be activities throughout the day, literary prizes, and special merchandise that you can’t get anywhere else. The day ends with our annual storytelling (and now poetry) event at Common House. Find the full details on our website or Facebook page.

Want to lend a hand? We’re looking for volunteer booksellers to help us run our IBD party! All volunteers will receive a staff discount! If you’re interested, please fill out this form.

Apply to be a Superstar Volunteer

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April
The Jane Austen Project
by Kathleen A. Flynn
$15.99 Paperback | $9.99 ebook
(buy your book from Itinerant Literate and redeem a glass of wine at happy hour!)

Tuesday, April 17
6:00 pm meet & greet | At the Bookmobile (Ink Meets Paper parking lot)
6:30 pm dinner & discussion | At the Junction
3 course menu & wine pairings | $40
Buy your ticket on on Eventbrite (does not include book)

About the book
London, 1815: Two travelers—Rachel Katzman and Liam Finucane—arrive in a field in rural England, disheveled and weighed down with hidden money. Turned away at a nearby inn, they are forced to travel by coach all night to London. They are not what they seem, but rather colleagues who have come back in time from a technologically advanced future, posing as wealthy West Indies planters—a doctor and his spinster sister. While Rachel and Liam aren’t the first team from the future to “go back,” their mission is by far the most audacious: meet, befriend, and steal from Jane Austen herself.

Carefully selected and rigorously trained by The Royal Institute for Special Topics in Physics, disaster-relief doctor Rachel and actor-turned-scholar Liam have little in common besides the extraordinary circumstances they find themselves in. Circumstances that call for Rachel to stifle her independent nature and let Liam take the lead as they infiltrate Austen’s circle via her favorite brother, Henry.

But diagnosing Jane’s fatal illness and obtaining an unpublished novel hinted at in her letters pose enough of a challenge without the continuous convolutions of living a lie. While her friendship with Jane deepens and her relationship with Liam grows complicated, Rachel fights to reconcile the woman she is with the proper lady nineteenth-century society expects her to be. As their portal to the future prepares to close, Rachel and Liam struggle with their directive to leave history intact and exactly as they found it…however heartbreaking that may prove.

Upcoming Titles
May Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi ($24 print)
June Monsoon Mansion by Cinelle Barnes ($24.95 hardcover, $14.95 paperback)

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Find the Charleston Bookmobile!

Sun April 1 – Tues April 3 | Orange Spot, 9:00am - 12:00pm (Sun), 10:00am - 6:00pm (Mon & Tues)
Sun April 8 | Orange Spot, Story & Activity Time, 12:00pm (Viola open from 10am to 2pm)
Sat April 14 | IL @ Two Blokes, 12:00pm - 9:00pm
Sun April 15 | IL @ Harold’s Cabin, 4:00pm - 8:00pm
Tue April 17 | Get Lit Book Club, 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Fri April 20 | IL @ Frothy Beard, 5:00pm - 9:00pm
Sat April 28 | INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORE DAY @ Brew Cellar & Common House, 9:00am - 10:00pm

For full details and more information, please visit our online calendar: http://itinerantliteratebooks.com/find-us.html

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Jump: Book Club | Find Us | Oscar Wilde had it right with that quote! And with April kicking off with a new moon and new books, we are off to a good start!

Find the Charleston Bookmobile!

Jump: Book Club | Find Us |

Oscar Wilde had it right with that quote! And with April kicking off with a new moon and new books, we are off to a good start!