Scott joins Denise Smith Cline to discuss her newest novel, The Resettlement of Vesta Blonik.
Scott is a featured author in the 2025 Hart’s Grocery Author Series in Lansing, NC. Join him at the Old Orchard Creek General Store for a reading and signing. Copies of Peace Like a River will be available for purchase.
Back to Buxton!
Location: Buxton Books, 160 King Street, Charleston, SC 29401
Date: Wednesday, October 22, 2025
The good folks at Buxton are ready to help celebrate the new novel,Peace Like a River.
‘Peace Like a River’ in Savannah
Location: 2409 Waters Avenue, Savannah, GA 31404
Date: Wednesday, October 21, 2025
Time: 7:00 PM
Peace Like a River heads for the Georgia coast…
Author Talk Sponsored by Kids for Libraries International
Location: The Roasting Room, 1297 May River Rd, Bluffton, SC (2nd floor above Corner Perk)
Date: Monday, October 20, 2025
Time: 10:30AM
Author Scott Gould will be in Bluffton to discuss his novel Peace Like a River. This event is sponsored by Libraries for Kids International. Admission is free, but there is a suggested donation of $5 to the sponsor. Books will be available for sale and signing. Reservations are required because seating is limited. Call or text Tamela Maxim at 843-683-4100 or email at tamela.maxim@libraries4kids.org to reserve a spot or with any questions.
Scott’s appearance on the Bookish Flights podcast airs today! Listen to Kara and Scott discuss Peace Like a River…and hear his “flight” of recommended books.
McIntyre’s Books - in conversation with Marjorie Hudson
Location: McIntyre’s Books, 220 Market Street, Pittsboro, NC 27312-8502
Join Scott and novelist Majorie Hudson as they celebrate the new novel, Peace Like a River.
Williamsburg Technical College
Location: 601 Martin Luther King Jr Hwy, Kingstree, SC 29556
Date: Monday, Sept. 22, 2025
Time: 4:00pm
Join Scott in Kingstree, the setting for Peace Like a River.
Pottery and Books in Mount Airy!
Location: Pages Books & Coffee, 192 N. Main St. #200, Mt. Airy, NC 27030
Date: Friday, September 19 ,2025
Time: 5:00 PM
Pages Books & Coffee and Crisanthemum Ceramics are partnering to create a special celebration for Peace Like a River. Details to come!
Scuppernong Books - conversation with Tita Ramirez
Location: Scuppernong Books, 304 S. Elm St., Greensboro, NC 27401
Date: Thursday, September 4, 2025
Time: 6:00 PM
Join Scott and novelist Tita Ramirez as they celebrate the launch of Peace Like a River.
Scott joins Dan Leach to discuss Dan’s latest book, Junah at the End of the World.
All Good Books - in conversation with Elise Blackwell
Location: All Good Books, 734 Harden St., Columbia, SC 29205
Date: Wednesday, September 10, 2025
Time: 6:00 PM
Join Scott and novelist Elise Blackwell as they celebrate the Midlands launch of Peace Like a River.
A Capella Books - in conversation with Julia Franks
Location: 208 Haralson Ave NE, Atlanta, GA 30307
Date: Sunday, September 7, 2025
Time: 3:00 PM
Author Scott Gould will be at A Capella Books with his much-anticipated new book Peace Like a River. He’ll be joined by novelist Julia Franks. Scott Gould is the author of five books, including The Hammerhead Chronicles, winner of the Eric Hoffer Award for Fiction, and Things That Crash, Things That Fly, which won a 2022 Memoir Prize for Books. His other honors include a Next Generation Indie Book Award, an IPPY Award for Fiction, the Larry Brown Short Story Award, and the S.C. Arts Commission Artist Fellowship in Prose. His work has appeared in several publications, including Kenyon Review, Black Warrior Review, Pangyrus, Crazyhorse, Pithead Chapel, Garden & Gun, and New Stories from the South, among others. He lives in Sans Souci, South Carolina.
Western North Carolina Launch of Peace Like a River
Location: City Lights Bookstore, 3 E Jackson St, Sylva, NC 28779
Date: Saturday, September 6, 2025
Time: 6:30PM
Author Scott Gould will be at City Lights Bookstore to launch his much-anticipated new book Peace Like a River. Scott Gould is the author of five books, including The Hammerhead Chronicles, winner of the Eric Hoffer Award for Fiction, and Things That Crash, Things That Fly, which won a 2022 Memoir Prize for Books. His other honors include a Next Generation Indie Book Award, an IPPY Award for Fiction, the Larry Brown Short Story Award, and the S.C. Arts Commission Artist Fellowship in Prose. His work has appeared in several publications, including Kenyon Review, Black Warrior Review, Pangyrus, Crazyhorse, Pithead Chapel, Garden & Gun, and New Stories from the South, among others. He lives in Sans Souci, South Carolina.
Hub City Bookshop - In conversation with Michel Stone
Location: Hub City Bookshop, 186 W. Main St., Spartanburg, SC 29306
Date: Thursday, September 4, 2025
Time: 6:00 PM
Join Scott and novelist Michel Stone for some Lowcountry flavor in the Upstate, courtesy of Peace Like a River.
Litchfield Books Exclusive Author Event
Location: Caffe Piccolo 9428 Ocean Highway, Pawleys Island, SC, 29585
Date: Monday, August 25, 2025
Time: 10:45 AM
Peace Like a River heads to the coast! Join Scott and Litchfield Books for an exclusive author luncheon at Caffe Piccolo. Tickets are available via the Litchfield Books website. Just follow the link below.
Greenville Launch of Peace Like a River
Location: The Bohemian Cafe, 2 W. Stone Avenue, Greenville, SC 29609
Date: Monday, August 25, 2025
Time: 6:00PM
Author Scott Gould will launch his much-anticipated new book Peace Like a River at The Bohemian.
Join award-winning author Scott Gould for a workshop designed to stir up some long-forgotten memories. He will discuss strategies for building fiction around those memories. Come prepared to write and share as he jogs your memory. Limited to first 12 participants, sign up required.
For more information, visit our website.
Join award-winning author Scott Gould for a workshop designed to stir up some long-forgotten memories. He will discuss strategies for building fiction around those memories. Come prepared to write and share as he jogs your memory. Limited to first 12 participants, sign up required.
For more information, visit our website.
TIme TBD
Scott Gould and George Singleton are the featured speakers/readers at Spartanburg Community College’s annual Wonders of Writing Symposium. Specific times for the events are forthcoming…
Strangers to Temptation heads back to high school… Scott Gould will be the featured speaker at his high school alma mater, Lexington High School, for their Literacy Night.
Scott Gould will lead a session on “How to Steal” at the PSAE “Innovate” Conference.
High noon...reading at the famous (and infamous) Kelly Writers House on the campus of U Penn.
See you in Blue Hose territory for a reading and signing.
Come see me at the Hub City booth (#1523). I'll be signing copies of Strangers to Temptation.
