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SUMMARY:Saturday Storytime with Deandra Hodge
DESCRIPTION:Bring kids of all ages to Saturday Storytime at The Snail on the Wall for a fun\, interactive storytime about rhythm\, finding your voice\, and even some beatboxing! My Voice is a Beat is a picture book illustrated by DeAndra Hodge and written by Kevin Olusola\, of Pentatonix vocal quintet. With bright\, energetic art and lots of fun\, rhythmic sounds\, this affirming book tells kids that they are not alone and that the world needs who they were created to be. Expect a lively time with DeAndra! \nThis event is free and open to the public. Books will be available for purchase\, and the illustrator will sign copies afterward. \nAbout DeAndra Hodge:\nDeAndra Hodge is an NAACP Image Award winning illustrator and designer based in Brooklyn. While she moved around often due to her parent’s military background\, DeAndra considers Huntsville\, AL home. She graduated with a BA in Fine Art from the University of Montevallo. She loves projects that showcase the importance of community\, culture\, history\, and education. She is best known as the illustrator of Yvonne Clark and Her Engineering Spark and the Beyond the Game series.
URL:https://hvilleblast.com/event/saturday-storytime-with-deandra-hodge/
LOCATION:The Snail on the Wall\, 816 Wellman Avenue\, Huntsville\, AL\, 35801\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult Events,children's Education,Arts & Culture,Children's Education,family-friendly
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Madeline Martin\, A Time of Witches
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a spellbinding evening with author Madeline Martin as we celebrate the release of her new novel\, A Time of Witches. If you like history with a touch of magic\, come hear about this story of sisterhood across centuries. \n(Note: This is the October selection for Snail Book Club!) \nTickets are $19.99 and include a paperback copy of A Time of Witches. Get Tickets Here. \nAbout A Time of Witches:\nLilith Legare’s life is unraveling. Since her mother’s death\, strange things have been happening: plants turn toward her touch\, animals linger in her path\, and the birthmark on her arm has started tingling. Her search for answers leads her from Savannah to England\, to Brackenmere Manor\, where the past blurs with the present and a dangerous legacy emerges. In 1645 Suffolk\, Sybil Brantham stands accused as a witch. An educated widow\, she is branded a threat and must protect her sister as suspicion closes in. Across centuries\, Lilith and Sybil are bound by blood and danger. To survive\, they must confront the silence that has stolen women’s power for generations. \nAbout Madeline Martin:\nMadeline Martin is the bestselling author of historical fiction and historical romance\, with books translated into more than 25 languages. She lives in Florida with her husband (known as Mr. Awesome)\, their two daughters\, and two very spoiled cats.
URL:https://hvilleblast.com/event/book-launch-madeline-martin-a-time-of-witches/
LOCATION:The Snail on the Wall\, 816 Wellman Avenue\, Huntsville\, AL\, 35801\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260825T193000
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Maggie Rapier\, Wolftamer
DESCRIPTION:Join us at The Snail to celebrate Maggie Rapier’s new novel\, Wolftamer\, the aching and lush conclusion to the Magpie and the Wolf duology. \nTwo ticket options are available: \n\nTicket with Wolftamer: $20\nTicket with Soulgazer: $20\nTicket with Both Books: $30\n\nGet Tickets Here \nAbout Wolftamer:\nLegends don’t die. Saoirse and Faolan’s quest for freedom becomes a battle for the fate of their world in this aching and lush conclusion to the Magpie and the Wolf duology. Faolan has escaped death. Twice. Stranded on the Isle of Lost Souls and bound by an oath he did not choose\, he is haunted by dreams of drowning and a past he swore to leave behind. With no ship and no way to free his wife\, Saoirse\, Faolan is trapped. And everyone knows who tamed the Wolf. When King Maccus unveils an ancient godly relic with the power to unbalance their world\, Faolan must hunt it down before it’s too late—even if it means leaving Saoirse behind. \nAbout Maggie Rapier:\nBorn in the South with a healthy streak of wanderlust\, Maggie Rapier is an incurable romantic who loves nothing more than wordplay and witchcraft—except\, perhaps\, her sourdough starter. When she’s not marketing French antiques or writing about moody girls and sexy pirates\, you can find her wandering in the woods with a basket in hand.
URL:https://hvilleblast.com/event/book-launch-maggie-rapier-wolftamer/
LOCATION:The Snail on the Wall\, 816 Wellman Avenue\, Huntsville\, AL\, 35801\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult Events,Arts & Culture
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Katherine Center\, The Shippers
DESCRIPTION:The Snail on the Wall bookstore and Walker’s Market are pleased to welcome Katherine Center to celebrate the launch of her new novel The Shippers. The event will be at Walker’s Market\, 809 Wellman Avenue (across the street from The Snail on the Wall)\, on Sunday\, May 31. The event begins at 6:00 pm. A book signing will follow the talk. \nTickets are $35 and include: \n\na copy of The Shippers\, by Katherine Center\nrefreshments hosted by Walker’s Market before the event\n15% discount at The Snail on the Wall bookstore that evening\, before and after the event\n\nGet Tickets Here \nAbout The Shippers:\nAfter a lifetime of being bad at love\, JoJo Burton decides to solve her intimacy issues at her sister’s destination wedding on a cruise ship. Using a little pop psychology\, she diagnoses herself with a fixation on her first crush and kiss—a newly divorced wedding guest—and plans to woo him during the cruise for long-delayed closure. With her sister busy being a bride\, JoJo enlists her childhood bestie\, Cooper Watts\, as her wing man—the same Cooper who left town without a word four years earlier and was the worst heartbreak of her life. Seeing him again is bliss and agony\, and as they team up for Project Conquest\, shipboard antics ensue in this witty\, heart-tugging friends-to-lovers romance as fake flirting turns real and they finally figure it all out in the most swoony\, romantic way.
URL:https://hvilleblast.com/event/book-launch-katherine-center-the-shippers/
LOCATION:The Snail on the Wall\, 816 Wellman Avenue\, Huntsville\, AL\, 35801\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult Events,Arts & Culture,Social Events
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Gin Phillips\, Ruby Falls
DESCRIPTION:We are thrilled to celebrate Alabama author Gin Phillip’s newest book\, Ruby Falls\, a tense\, claustrophobic historical mystery set almost entirely underground at the onset of the Great Depression. \nThe event will be at The Snail on the Wall bookstore.  \nTickets are $28 and include a copy of Ruby Falls. \nGet Tickets Here \nAbout Ruby Falls:\nIn 1928\, a Chattanooga man disappears down a hole in the ground and discovers a150-foot waterfall in the middle of a mountain. Within months\, visitors can buy tickets to see the falls for themselves. Ada Smith has been sneaking into the caves at night\, entranced by the natural wonders around her and the freedom granted by this new underground world. \nBut it’s tough timing for a natural wonder. As the country flounders in the Great Depression\, a shrewd public relations ploy seems like the only way to save Ruby Falls. A famous mind reader and mystic agrees to launch himself into the Ruby Falls caverns where he will attempt to locate a hidden hatpin using only his psychic abilities. He’ll be joined by five others: his manager\, his wife\, a guide\, a Chattanooga businessman\, and a reporter from the Chicago Times. But they’re not alone in the caverns. Ada and another guide\, Quinton\, have been asked to follow the mind reader’s party at a distance\, staying out of sight. They are a safety net\, in case of a broken leg or busted flashlights. \nOne of them will be dead before the end of the day. \nAbout Gin Phillips:\nGin Phillips is the author of seven novels\, and her work has been sold in 29 countries. Her debut novel\, The Well and the Mine\, won the 2009 Barnes & Noble Discover Award. Her novel Fierce Kingdom was named one of the best books of 2017 by Publishers Weekly\, NPR\, Amazon\, and Kirkus Reviews. She’s a Tall Poppy Writer\, and she currently lives in Birmingham\, AL\, with her family.
URL:https://hvilleblast.com/event/book-launch-gin-phillips-ruby-falls/
LOCATION:The Snail on the Wall\, 816 Wellman Avenue\, Huntsville\, AL\, 35801\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult Events,Arts & Culture
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SUMMARY:Book Signing: Katy Upperman\, All We Once Had
DESCRIPTION:Stop by The Snail on the Wall to meet YA Romance author Katy Upperman\, who writes stories for teens and teens at heart. Her newest novel\, All We Once Had\, promises to be an emotional and heartfelt romance exploring the complicated nature of grief\, family\, growing up\, and the beauty of second chances. \nKaty will be at The Snail on the Wall on Tuesday\, February 3\, 5 – 6 pm. This is a come-and-go book signing; no reservations necessary.  \nBooks will be available for purchase at the store\, or order a signed copy below if you can’t make it. \nAbout All We Once Had:\nPiper and her older sister could not be more different. Tati assumed guardianship when their parents died\, and in Tati’s eyes\, Piper is a troublemaker with no direction. Piper knows what she wants\, but it isn’t the buttoned-up life that her sister has in mind. \nEscaping to their apartment complex’s pool for some space\, Piper is stunned to see Henry. Her Henry. The boy who\, three years ago\, she met at this same pool. Together\, they walked the beach and shared a kiss. It was a perfect night. Then she never saw or heard from him again. With no one to depend on but each other\, Piper and Henry must confront their painful pasts and the tumultuous present. Is this the start of another goodbye or a second chance at love? \nAbout Sophie Hudson:\nKaty Upperman is a graduate of Washington State University\, a former elementary school teacher\, an Army spouse\, and an insatiable reader. As well as Everything I Promised You\, her novels for young adults include Kissing Max Holden\, How the Light Gets In\, and The Impossibility of Us\, which won the 2019 YAVA Award for Excellence in YA Literature by a Virginia author. When she’s not writing\, Katy can be found baking batches of chocolate chip cookies or exploring California’s beaches with her husband and two daughters.
URL:https://hvilleblast.com/event/book-signing-katy-upperman-all-we-once-had/
LOCATION:The Snail on the Wall\, 816 Wellman Avenue\, Huntsville\, AL\, 35801\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult Events,Arts & Culture,Family-friendly
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SUMMARY:Book Talk: Steven Tom\, The Aviator
DESCRIPTION:Join The Snail on the Wall as we delve into WWI history through Steven Tom’s newest biography\, The Aviator: A Biography of James R. McConnell\, Lafayette Escadrille Fighter Pilot. \nThe event will be at The Snail on the Wall bookstore. Tickets are $5\, with $5 going toward any book purchase at the event. \nGet Tickets Here \nAbout The Aviator:\nJame R. McConnell was a fighter pilot in the famous squadron of American volunteers who fought for the French prior to US entry into World War I\, the Lafayette Escadrille.\nPrior to joining the escadrille\, McConnell served in France as an ambulance driver. He documented the front\, both on the ground and in the air in Flying for France\, a bestselling book published just before his death. A modest character\, Jim included very little information about himself in his book. Even while at the front\, McConnell remained in regular correspondence with his family\, friends\, and girlfriends. A large volume of these original letters are preserved today. \nAbout Steven Tom:\nSteve Tom grew up in northern Indiana\, traveled around the world during a 20+ year Air Force career. When Steve was sixteen his great aunt gave him a copy of “War Letters of Kiffin Yates Rockwell\,” a pioneering World War One pilot. This sparked a lifelong interest in that war and led to “First to Fight\,” the story of Kiffin Rockwell published by Stackpole Books. Steve is a member of the League of World War One Aviation Historians.
URL:https://hvilleblast.com/event/book-talk-steven-tom-the-aviator/
LOCATION:The Snail on the Wall\, 816 Wellman Avenue\, Huntsville\, AL\, 35801\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult Education,Adult Events,Arts & Culture,Education,Evening Events
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