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Continuing the 2025 Summer Reading Spectacular, Steve chats with Melanie Sweeney, author of Where You’re Planted, about her experiences with libraries through her life, the inspiration behind Where You’re Planted, her writing process, and how she incorporates intimate scenes with character arcs. And in The Circ Desk segment, Rebecca Vnuk from Library Reads and Yaika … Continue reading 287: Where You’re Planted by Melanie Sweeney – Summer Reading Spectacular

KIMBERLY BELLE is the Edgar Award nominated, USA Today and internationally bestselling author with more than one million copies sold worldwide, with titles including The Paris Widow, The Marriage Lie, a Goodreads Choice Awards semifinalist for Best Mystery & Thriller, and the co-authored #1 Audible Original, Young Rich Widows. Kimberly's novels have been optioned for film and television and selected by LibraryReads and Amazon and Apple books editors as best books of the month, and the International Thriller Writers as nominee for best book of the year. She divides her time between Atlanta and Amsterdam.

In this kick-off to 2025 Summer Reading Spectacular, Steve chats with Jessie Rosen, author of All the Signs, about the inspiration behind her book, her writing process, personal discovery in her narrative, and how much she believes in astrology! In the return of The Circ Desk segment, Rebecca Vnuk from Library Reads and Yaika Sabat … Continue reading 286: All the Signs by Jessie Rosen – Summer Reading Spectacular

A Map to Paradise by Susan Meissner Susanmeissnerauthor.com Amazon.com 1956, Malibu, California: Something is not right on Paradise Circle. With her name on the Hollywood blacklist and her life on hold, starlet Melanie Cole has little choice in company. There is her next-door neighbor, Elwood, but the screenwriter's agoraphobia allows for just short chats through open windows. He's her sole confidante, though, as she and her housekeeper, Eva, an immigrant from war-torn Europe, rarely make conversation. Then one early morning Melanie and Eva spot Elwood's sister-in-law and caretaker, June, digging in his beloved rose garden. After that they don't see Elwood at all anymore. Where could a man who never leaves the house possibly have gone? As they try to find out if something has happened to him, unexpected secrets are revealed among all three women, leading to an alliance that seems the only way for any of them to hold on to what they can still call their own. But it's a fragile pact and one little spark could send it all up in smoke…About the author Susan Meissner is the USA Today bestselling author of historical fiction with more than three-quarters of a million books in print in eighteen languages. Her novels include The Nature of Fragile Things, starred review Publishers Weekly; The Last Year of the War, a Library Reads and Real Simple top pick; As Bright as Heaven, starred review from Library Journal; Secrets of a Charmed Life, a 2015 Goodreads Choice award finalist; and A Fall of Marigolds, named to Booklist's Top Ten women's fiction titles for 2014. She is also RITA finalist and Christy Award and Carol Award winner. A California native, she attended Point Loma Nazarene University and is also a writing workshop volunteer for Words Alive, a San Diego non-profit dedicated to helping at-risk youth foster a love for reading and writing.

Steve chats with Allen Eskens, author of The Quiet Librarian, about Eskens’ personal experiences with libraries, his journey into becoming an author, a deep dive into the inspiration and research behind his new novel, the Bosnian War, and Eskens’ writing process. Plus, Rebecca Vnuk from Library Reads and Yaika Sabat from NoveList return to The … Continue reading 280: The Quiet Librarian by Allen Eskens

Join Ocean House owner and author Deborah Goodrich Royce for a conversation with authors Annabel Monaghan and Alix Strauss as they discuss their books Summer Romance (Annabel Monaghan) and The Joy of Funerals (Alix Strauss). About Annabel Monaghan: Annabel Monaghan is the author of LibraryReads pick Same Time Next Summer and Indie Next and LibraryReads pick Nora Goes Off Script, as well as two young adult novels and Does This Volvo Make My Butt Look Big?, a selection of laugh-out-loud columns that appeared in the Huffington Post, the Week, and the Rye Record. She lives in Rye, New York, with her family. About Summer Romance: The heart-tugging and hilarious story of a professional organizer whose life is a mess, and the summer she gets unstuck with the help of someone unexpected from her past, by the bestselling author of Same Time Next Summer and Nora Goes Off Script. Benefits of a summer romance: It's always fun, always brief, and no one gets their heart broken. Ali Morris is a professional organizer whose own life is a mess. Her mom died two years ago, then her husband left, and she hasn't worn pants with a zipper in longer than she cares to remember. No one is more surprised than Ali when the first time she takes off her wedding ring and puts on pants with hardware—overalls count, right?—she meets someone. Or rather, her dog claims a man for her in the same way he claimed his favorite of her three children: by peeing on him. Ethan smiles at Ali like her pants are just right—like he likes what he sees. He looks at her as if she's a version of herself she hasn't been in a long while. The last thing newly single mom Ali needs is to make her life messier, but there's no harm in a little summer romance. Is there?   About Alix Strauss: Alix Strauss is a trend, culture and lifestyle journalist; an award-winning, four-time published author; speaker; and frequent contributor to The New York Times. Her books include: The Joy of Funerals (St. Martin's Press & Palagram Press), Based Upon Availability (Harper Collins), and Death Becomes Them: Unearthing the Suicides of the Brilliant, the Famous and the Notorious (Harper Collins). She is also the editor of Have I Got a Guy for You (Simon & Schuster), an anthology of mother-coordinated dating horror stories. Her work has been optioned for several TV and film projects. A media-savvy social satirist, she has been a featured lifestyle, travel, and trend writer on national morning and talk shows including ABC, CBS, CNN, and the Today Show. During the past 25 years she has written over 1500 articles. Her articles, which have appeared in Elle, Harper's Bazaar, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, Conde Nast Traveler, the Financial Times, Time Magazine, and Departures, among others, and cover a range of topics from trends in beauty, travel, and food to celebrity interviews. The Joy of Funerals is an Ingram Award winner and was named Best Debut Novel by The New York Resident. Alix was the inaugural “First Chapters” pick, Cosmopolitan Magazine's new launchpad of fiction excerpts, giving readers exclusive sneak peeks of gripping new work. Her essays and short fiction have appeared in the Primavera Literary Journal, Hampton Shorts Literary Journal, The Idaho Review, Quality Women's Fiction, The Blue Moon Café III, Sex, Drugs & Gefilte Fish: The Heeb Storytelling Collection, and A Kudzu Christmas. Her short story, “Shrinking Away”, won the David Dornstein Creative Writing Award. She is the recipient of several awards and fellowships from programs such as the Wesleyan Writers Conference, the Skidmore College Writerʼs Institute, the Sarah Lawrence Summer Program, and the Squaw Valleyʼs Screenwritersʼ Summer Program. Alix lectures extensively and has been a keynote speaker, moderator, or panelist at over 200 conferences, symposiums, seminars, and summits including The Southern Festival of Books, The Northwest Bookfest, The New England's Writer's Conference, Wesleyan Writer's Conference, The 92nd Street Y, New York University, Center for Communications, University of Connecticut, and Columbia University. She was chosen to speak at the National Jewish Book Festival and is on the National Speakers Bureau for Israeli Bonds. Alix Lives in Manhattan. You can connect with her at alixstrauss.com or @alixstrauss. About The Joy of Funerals: From the very first page, readers are drawn into the strange, often humorous world where nine women grapple with sex, power, love, and death. Meet a widow who lusts…a daughter who aches…a lover who obsesses…a shopaholic who hungers… a daredevil who desires…a single woman who longs…an outsider who hopes…an artist who craves…and a funeral-junkie who needs. These are the women who inhabit the eerily honest, often heartbreaking world Alix Strauss has created in The Joy of Funerals. Throughout this powerful and provocative collection, these characters explore the basic need for human connection while seeking to understand themselves better. It is the ‘where do I belong' and the ‘how do I fit in' that these sad, bright and amazingly strong women seek to answer. In “Recovering Larry,” a woman mourns for her dead husband by having sex with grieving men. In “Shrinking Away,” a woman pays a daring shiva call on her psychiatrist's widow. “Swimming Without Annette” explores a woman's obsession with her wife's killer, while “Still Life” peers into the life of a pregnant artist who wishes to paint herself out of a bad marriage and into a prettier world. In “Post-Dated,” a single woman wonders if her recently defunct date was perhaps the perfect man. Read independently, these vivid and raw stories stand on their own. When read as a collection, they are anchored together by the novella, “The Joy of Funerals,” which follows the life of Nina, a lonely, single thirty-something woman who attends the funerals of the deceased characters in the previous stories. Begun as an essay in the Lives column of The New York Times magazine, The Joy of Funerals is written with raw wit, mordant humor and a uniquely penetrating voice as Strauss turns the spotlight on the unattractive subjects of loss, grief and loneliness. For more information about author Annabel Monaghan, visit annabelmonaghan.com and for Alix Strauss, visit alixstrauss.com For details on Deborah Goodrich Royce and the Ocean House Author Series, visit deborahgoodrichroyce.com

Steve chats with Madeline Martin, author of The Booklover’s Library, about the inspiration and research behind her latest novel, set in a unique library during World War II, and the emotional ties between the characters and books. Later, Rebecca Vnuk from Library Reads and Yaika Sabat from Novelist return to the Circ Desk to recommend … Continue reading 272: The Booklover’s Library by Madeline Martin

Ted is joined by Laura Hankin, an author, screenwriter, and performer. Her books include The Daydreams, one of the “Best Beach Reads of 2023” (Harper's Bazaar, Cosmopolitan, and more); Happy & You Know It, a Book of the Month and Library Reads selection; and A Special Place for Women, as seen on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Laura and Ted's conversation begins with her most recent book (and second Book of the Month pick) One-Star Romance, which The Washington Post calls “real, refreshing and romantic.” It's about a struggling writer who has to walk down the aisle at her best friend's wedding with a man who gave her book one star on Goodreads and the ways the two keep being brought into each other's lives over the subsequent decade. This prompts Laura and Ted to have a very real conversation about the highs and lows of reading Goodreads reviews of their own books and why Laura has put in place some self-imposed boundaries that, by his own admission, Ted could stand to learn from. He also picks her brain about the way she managed flashbacks in One-Star Romance and the real-life backstory that inspired the novel. Then it's onto Laura's work in progress, a book she just recently finished outlining that she plans will be a romantic comedy that will explore the theme of female friendship, as well. She and Ted talk about “clicking” with a new manuscript, the line between editing and overediting as you go, and learning to love editorial notes.Last but not least, Laura shares some rom-com recommendations and her thoughts on the applicability of screenwriting to the process of writing a novel. Find Laura Online:Laura's website: laurahankin.comWorking Drafts episodes and info for requesting transcripts as well as more details about Ted and his books are available on his website, thetedfox.com.

The September LibraryReads list is here! Anna Johnston's THE BORROWED LIFE OF FREDERICK FIFE has been selected. Hear how the author reacted to the big news. Find show notes on Librarylovefest.com. We also have a phone number! Call 212-207-7773 and leave us a message! You can find us on Facebook and Twitter @librarylovefest or on TikTok and Instagram @harperlibrary. Find out more about LibraryReads at libraryreads.org.

On this episode of Shelf Care: The Podcast, we've got lots and lots of reading suggestions. First, host Susan Maguire is joined by Rebecca Vnuk, Executive Director, LibraryReads, for a mini-Read ‘n' Rave, a version of the hit program that Booklist and LibraryReads host at ALA Annual. Then, Audio Editor Heather Booth talks to her daughter Julia about how libraries can help teens find good audiobooks. Finally, Susan and Sarah Hunter, Editor, Books for Youth and Graphic Novels, sat down to share a ton of great new graphic novels that you can use to celebrate the tail end of Graphic Novels in Libraries Month (and beyond). “They Just Need to Get a Job”: 15 Myths on Homelessness, by Mary Brosnahan The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern, by Lynda Cohen Loigman Break Every Rule, by Brian Freeman The Most Wonderful Time, by Jayne Allen Marigold Mind Laundry, by Jungeun Yun, tr. By Shanna Tan Swordcrossed, by Freya Marske Bury Your Gays, by Chuck Tingle Swan Song, by Elin Hilderbrand The Strange Tales of Oscar Zahn, v. 1, by Tri Vuong, art by the author The Puerto Rican War: A Graphic History, by John Vasquez Mejias, art by the author A Pillbug Story, by Alison Conway, art by the author Ash's Cabin, by Jen Wang, art by the author Plain Jane and the Mermaid, by Vera Brosgol, art by the author The Deep Dark, by Molly Knox Ostertag, art by the author The Worst Ronin, by Maggie Tokuda-Hall, art by Faith Shaffer The Jellyfish, by Boum, art by the author Navigating with You, by Jeremy Whitely, art by Cassio Riberio Anzu and the Realm of Darkness, by Mai K. Nguyen, art by the author Gamerville, by Johnnie Christmas, art by the author A New Car for Pickle, by Sylvie Kantorovitz, art by the author Hearing Things, by Ben Sears, art by the author

The August LibraryReads list is here! Emma R. Alban's YOU'RE THE PROBLEM, IT'S YOU has been selected. Hear how the author reacted to the big news. Find show notes here: https://www.librarylovefest.com/2024/07/the-august-libraryreads-list-is-here.html We also have a phone number! Call 212-207-7773 and leave us a message! You can find us on Facebook and Twitter @librarylovefest or on TikTok and Instagram @harperlibrary. Find out more about LibraryReads at libraryreads.org.

Join hosts J.D. Barker, Christine Daigle, Kevin Tumlinson, and Jena Brown as they discuss the week's entertainment news, including The New List, Little and Brown hitting layoffs, and how English-Language books are filling Europe's bookstores. Then, stick around for a chat with Kimberly Belle! Kimberly Belle is the USA Today and internationally bestselling author with over one million copies sold worldwide, with titles including The Paris Widow, The Marriage Lie, a Goodreads Choice Awards semifinalist for Best Mystery & Thriller, and the co-authored #1 Audible Original, Young Rich Widows. Kimberly's novels have been optioned for film and television and selected by LibraryReads and Amazon & Apple Books Editors as Best Books of the Month, and the International Thriller Writers as nominee for best book of the year. She divides her time between Atlanta and Amsterdam. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/writersink/support

The July LibraryReads list is here! We have three Hall of Fame authors: Rainbow Rowell, author of SLOW DANCE; Kate Quinn, author of THE BRIAR CLUB; and Tessa Bailey, author of THE AU PAIR AFFAIR. We also have a phone number! Call 212-207-7773 and leave us a message! You can find us on Facebook and Twitter @librarylovefest or on TikTok and Instagram @harperlibrary.

Kimberly Belle is the USA Today and internationally bestselling author with over one million copies sold worldwide, with titles including The Paris Widow, The Marriage Lie, a Goodreads Choice Awards semifinalist for Best Mystery & Thriller, and the co-authored #1 Audible Original, Young Rich Widows. Kimberly's novels have been optioned for film and television and selected by LibraryReads and Amazon & Apple Books Editors as Best Books of the Month, and the International Thriller Writers as nominee for best book of the year. She divides her time between Atlanta and Amsterdam. Killer Women is copyrighted by Authors on the Air Global Radio Network Keep up with Kimberly on Facebook / TikTok (KimberlyBelleBooks), Twitter / Instagram (@KimberlySBelle) or via her website at www.kimberlybellebooks.com. #podcast #author #interview #authors #KillerWomen #KillerWomenPodcast #authorsontheair #podcast #podcaster #killerwomen #killerwomenpodcast #authors #authorsofig #authorsofinstagram #authorinterview #writingcommunity #authorsontheair #suspensebooks #authorssupportingauthors #thrillerbooks #suspense #wip #writers #writersinspiration #books #bookrecommendations #bookaddict #bookaddicted #bookaddiction #bibliophile #read #amreading #lovetoread #daniellegirard #daniellegirardbooks #kimberlybelle #parkrowbooks

Kimberly Belle is the USA Today and internationally bestselling author with over one million copies sold worldwide, with titles including The Paris Widow, The Marriage Lie, a Goodreads Choice Awards semifinalist for Best Mystery & Thriller, and the co-authored #1 Audible Original, Young Rich Widows. Kimberly's novels have been optioned for film and television and selected by LibraryReads and Amazon & Apple Books Editors as Best Books of the Month, and the International Thriller Writers as nominee for best book of the year. She divides her time between Atlanta and Amsterdam. Killer Women is copyrighted by Authors on the Air Global Radio Network Keep up with Kimberly on Facebook / TikTok (KimberlyBelleBooks), Twitter / Instagram (@KimberlySBelle) or via her website at www.kimberlybellebooks.com. #podcast #author #interview #authors #KillerWomen #KillerWomenPodcast #authorsontheair #podcast #podcaster #killerwomen #killerwomenpodcast #authors #authorsofig #authorsofinstagram #authorinterview #writingcommunity #authorsontheair #suspensebooks #authorssupportingauthors #thrillerbooks #suspense #wip #writers #writersinspiration #books #bookrecommendations #bookaddict #bookaddicted #bookaddiction #bibliophile #read #amreading #lovetoread #daniellegirard #daniellegirardbooks #kimberlybelle #parkrowbooks

The June LibraryReads list is here! The TOP PICK this month is Catherine Newman's SANDWICH. Also making the list is Rufi Thorpe's MARGO'S GOT MONEY TROUBLES and Kirsten Miller's LULA DEAN'S LITTLE LIBRARY OF BANNED BOOKS. We also have four (!) Hall of Fame authors: Wanda M. Morris, author of WHAT YOU LEAVE BEHIND; Lucy Foley, author of THE MIDNIGHT FEAST; Peter Swanson, author of A TALENT FOR MURDER; and Paul Tremblay, author of HORROR MOVIE. We also have a phone number! Call 212-207-7773 and leave us a message! You can find us on Facebook and Twitter @librarylovefest or on TikTok and Instagram @harperlibrary.

The May LibraryReads list is here! We are thrilled that we have a Hall of Fame selection for May: Cat Sebastian's YOU SHOULD BE SO LUCKY! We also have a Notable Nonfiction pick: Zoë Schlanger's THE LIGHT EATERS. Congratulations to both! Listen for the authors' reactions. We also have a phone number! Call 212-207-7773 and leave us a message! You can find us on Facebook and Twitter @librarylovefest or on TikTok and Instagram @harperlibrary.

The April LibraryReads list is here! We are thrilled that we have two Hall of Fame selections for April: Alyssa Cole's ONE OF US KNOWS and Alexandria Bellefleur's TRULY, MADLY, DEEPLY. Congratulations to both! Listen for the authors' reactions! Find show notes here: https://bit.ly/3PpJ5GB We also have a phone number! Call 212-207-7773 and leave us a message! You can find us on Facebook and Twitter @librarylovefest or on TikTok and Instagram @harperlibrary.

The LibraryReads list is here! We are thrilled to share that Cristina Henríquez's THE GREAT DIVIDE has been selected for the March LibraryReads list! Congratulations, Cristina! Find out more on librarylovefest.com We also have a phone number! Call 212-207-7773 and leave us a message! You can find us on Facebook and Twitter @librarylovefest or on TikTok and Instagram @harperlibrary.

Hear from our LibraryReads winners! We are thrilled to share that Gareth Brown's THE BOOK OF DOORS has been selected for the February LibraryReads list! We also are thrilled to announce that Olivia Dade's AT FIRST SPITE, Susan Elizabeth Phillips' SIMPLY THE BEST, Kate Quinn and Janie Chang's THE PHOENIX CROWN, and Tessa Bailey's FANGIRL DOWN have made the Hall of Fame! Congratulations to all! Find show notes on librarylovefest.com We also have a phone number! Call 212-207-7773 and leave us a message! You can find us on Facebook and Twitter @librarylovefest or on TikTok and Instagram @harperlibrary.

We are thrilled to share that Benjamin Stevenson's EVERYONE ON THIS TRAIN IS A SUSPECT and Mariana Zapata's ALL RHODES LEAD HERE have been selected for the January LibraryReads list! Congratulations to both authors! Find show notes here: For February reads, go here: bit.ly/48eGwyc We also have a phone number! Call 212-207-7773 and leave us a message! You can find us on Facebook and Twitter @librarylovefest or on TikTok and Instagram @harperlibrary.

Join Ocean House owner, actor, and bestselling author Deborah Goodrich Royce for a conversation with Novelist Annabel Monaghan as they discuss her latest novel, Same Time Next Summer. Annabel Monaghan is the author of IndieNext and LibraryReads pick Nora Goes Off Script as well as two young adult novels and Does This Volvo Make My Butt Look Big?, a selection of laugh-out-loud columns that appeared in the Huffington Post, The Week, and the Rye Record. Same Time Next Summer is the ultimate summer nostalgia read, about an engaged woman who comes face to face with her first love whom she hasn't seen in fourteen years but whom she spent every summer with from age five to seventeen when he broke her heart, calling into question everything she thought she knew about their love story, and herself. Find out more at annabelmonaghan.com. For more information on Deborah Goodrich Royce and the Ocean House Author Series, visit deborahgoodrichroyce.com.

We are thrilled to share that Christine Platt and Catherine Wigginton Greene's REBECCA, NOT BECKY has been selected for the December LibraryReads list! Additionally, Darby Kane has made the Hall of Fame with THE ENGAGEMENT PARTY. Congratulations to all! Find show notes here: https://bit.ly/46b07xX For January reads, go here: https://bit.ly/47cWjxq We also have a phone number! Call 212-207-7773 and leave us a message! You can find us on Facebook and Twitter @librarylovefest or on TikTok and Instagram @harperlibrary.

We are thrilled to share that Gilly Macmillan's THE MANOR HOUSE has been selected for the November LibraryReads list! Congratulations, Gilly! Find show notes on librarylovefest.com We also have a phone number! Call 212-207-7773 and leave us a message! You can find us on Facebook and Twitter @librarylovefest or on TikTok and Instagram @harperlibrary.

Independent publishers and author publishers are always seeking effective ways to promote their books, and one great way to do so is through LibraryReads. The Executive Director, Rebecca Vnuk, joins "Inside Independent Publishing (with IBPA)” to explain how LibraryReads creates a widely read list of must-read, new books based on library staff recommendations and how indie publishers can get their books on that list. Rebecca also used to be a librarian, so she shares tips about how publishers can get libraries to carry their books.PARTICIPANTSRebecca Vnuk is the Executive Director of LibraryReads. She has an MLIS from Dominican University and worked as a public librarian for a decade before becoming the editor for Collection Management and Library Outreach at Booklist magazine. Rebecca is the author of three reference books on the topic of Women's Fiction, as well as a best-selling book on weeding library collections. She lives in the Chicago suburbs with her husband and sons (and is thankful that the tween still loves to read, at least!).Independent Book Publishers Association is the largest trade association for independent publishers in the United States. As the IBPA Director of Membership & Member Services, Christopher Lockeassists the 4,000 members as they travel along their publishing journeys. Major projects include managing the member benefits to curate the most advantageous services for independent publishers and author publishers; managing the Innovative Voices Program that supports publishers from marginalized communities; and hosting the IBPA podcast, “Inside Independent Publishing (with IBPA).” He's also passionate about indie publishing, because he's an author publisher himself, having published two novels so far in his YA trilogy, The Enlightenment Adventures.LINKSLearn more about the many benefits of becoming a member of Independent Book Publishers Association here https://www.ibpa-online.org/page/membershipLearn more about LibraryReads here www.libraryreads.orgLearn more about how publishers can get their books included in the LibraryReads top 10 lists here https://libraryreads.org/for-publishersFollow IBPA on:Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/IBPAonlineX – https://twitter.com/ibpaInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/ibpalovesindies/Follow LibraryReads on:Facebook and Instagram - @libraryreadsX - @libraryreads99

We are thrilled to share that Jean Kwok's THE LEFTOVER WOMAN, Sierra Simone and Julie Murphy's A HOLLY JOLLY EVER AFTER, and Thea Guanzon's THE HURRICANE WARS have been selected for the October LibraryReads list! We also are thrilled to announce that Tessa Bailey's WRECK THE HALLS has made the Hall of Fame! Congratulations to all! Find show notes here: https://bit.ly/octlr23 We also have a phone number! Call 212-207-7773 and leave us a message! You can find us on Facebook and Twitter @librarylovefest or on TikTok and Instagram @harperlibrary.

Unstacked with Sarah (Bay County Public Library) and Stephen (Huntsville-Madison County Public Library). Join us for an interview with bestselling author, Rachel Harrison. We'll discuss the her new horror novel, Black Sheep, which will release September 19 and one of September's LibraryReads selections! Unwind with Rachel as she shares her writing and creative process, love of horror, monsters, film, libraries and more! For more information about Rachel Harrison, visit her website at: https://www.rachel-harrison.com/. Stay safe and read my friend. It's good for you! #RachelHarrison #BlackSheep #Cackle #SuchSharpTeeth #TheReturn #Libraries #NWRLS #HMCPL #WritingProcess #Author #AuthorInterview #HorrorAuthor #HorrorNovels #NoSpoilers #BodyHorror #Monsters #Cults #SpeculativeFiction #CharacterDevelopment #HorrorTropes

We are thrilled to share that Hannah Kaner's GODKILLER has been selected for the September LibraryReads list! We also are thrilled to announce that Sy Montgomery's OF TIME AND TURTLES has been selected as the Bonus Pick! And Meg Cabot's ENCHANTED TO MEET YOU has made the Hall of Fame! Congratulations to all! Find show notes here: https://bit.ly/lrsept23 We also have a phone number! Call 212-207-7773 and answer our monthly question. You can find us on Facebook and Twitter @librarylovefest or on TikTok and Instagram @harperlibrary.

This month, we are thrilled to share that we had THREE books make the LibraryReads list and TWO authors make the Hall of Fame! Elizabeth Acevedo's FAMILY LORE, Ally Carter's THE BLONDE IDENTITY, and Lucy Parker's CODENAME CHARMING made the list. Ann Patchett made the Hall of Fame with TOM LAKE and Sarah MacLean with KNOCKOUT. Congrats to all of the authors and their fantastic books! Listen to hear their acceptance speeches. You can find us on Facebook and Twitter @librarylovefest or on TikTok and Instagram @harperlibrary

Wanda Morris discusses the first pages of her latest novel, Anywhere You Run, how she represented the racist language of the time period, why she felt it necessary to do so, and the bridge she creates as she moves from a powerful third-person prologue with a different point of view to the first-person voice of Violet in her opening chapter.Morris' first pages can be found here.Help local bookstores and our authors by buying this book on Bookshop.Click here for the audio/video version of this interview.The above link will be available for 48 hours. Missed it? The podcast version is always available, both here and on your favorite podcast platform.Wanda Morris's Anywhere You Run was called one of the Best Crime Novels of the Year by the New York Times, NPR, Washingting Post, CrimeReads, and many more. She is also the author of All Her Little Secrets, which has been praised by Karin Slaughter as "brilliantly nuanced" and was reviewed by The Boston Globe, LA Times, New York Times, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Seattle Times, and South Florida Sun Sentinel among others. It was named as one of the "Best Books of 2021" by Hudson Booksellers and selected as the #1 Top Pick for Library Reads by librarians across the country. It was also serialized in Entertainment Weekly and selected as a Marie Claire book club pick and has been optioned for a Showtime limited series. Wanda is a member of Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America, and Crime Writers of Color. A corporate attorney and former President of the Georgia Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel, Wanda established a signature female empowerment program known as the Women's Initiative. She is married, the mother of three and lives in Atlanta, Georgia.  This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit 7amnovelist.substack.com

This month, we are thrilled to share that Patrick deWitt's THE LIBRARIANIST has been selected for the July LibraryReads list! And Laura Lippman makes the Hall of Fame with the PROM MOM. Congrats to all! Find show notes on librarylovefest.com We also have a phone number! Call 212-207-7773 and answer our monthly question. You can find us on Facebook and Twitter @librarylovefest or on TikTok and Instagram @harperlibrary.

T.A. Willberg grew up on a small-holding in South Africa. At 27, she moved to Malta and wrote her debut novel, MARION LANE AND THE MIDNIGHT MURDER which was named one of Amazon's "100 Best Books of 2021" as well as a Strand "Book of the Month", a LibraryReads pick and many more. It has also been translated into multiple languages. The sequel, MARION LANE AND THE DEADLY ROSE, was published around the world in February, 2022 and was featured in The New York Times Book Review. T.A. now lives between Europe and South Africa, chasing summers and adventures.

Ashley Winstead's 2021 breakout thriller, In My Dreams I Hold a Knife, was an Amazon Editor's Best Thriller, an Apple Books Best Book of August, as well as a Library Journal, New York Times, CrimeReads, Parade, and Goodreads best or most anticipated thriller of the year. Her 2022 thriller, The Last Housewife, was a Library Reads pick, a Loan Star pick, an Amazon Editor's Best Thriller, as well as a Cosmopolitan, Good Morning America, Good Housekeeping, Seattle Times, and Southern Review of Fiction best or most anticipated thriller of the year. Her 2022 romance debut, Fool Me Once, was an Amazon Editor's Best Romance as well as a USA Today, PopSugar, New York Post, and Goodreads best or most anticipated romance of the year. Her work has been translated into a dozen languages and optioned for film/television. Ashley holds a Ph.D. in contemporary American literature and lives in Houston, TX.Learn more at: ashleywinstead.com

EPISODE 1535: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Mecca Jamilah Sullivan, author of BIG GIRL, about whether the American Republic was founded on anti-fat people principles Mecca Jamilah Sullivan is the author of the novel Big Girl, a New York Times Editors' Choice selection and a best books pick from Time, Essence, Vulture, Ms., Goodreads, Booklist, Library Reads, and SheReads.com. Her previous books are The Poetics of Difference: Queer Feminist Forms in the African Diaspora (University of Illinois Press, 2021), winner of the William Sanders Scarborough Prize from the Modern Language Association, and the short story collection, Blue Talk and Love (2015), winner of the Judith Markowitz Award for Fiction from Lambda Literary. Mecca holds a Ph.D. in English Literature from the University of Pennsylvania, an M.A. in English and Creative Writing from Temple University, and a B.A. in Afro-American Studies from Smith College. In her fiction, she explores the intellectual, emotional, and bodily lives of young Black women through voice, music, and hip-hop inflected magical realist techniques. Her short stories have appeared in Best New Writing, Kenyon Review, American Fiction: Best New Stories by Emerging Writers, Prairie Schooner, Callaloo, Crab Orchard Review, Robert Olen Butler Fiction Prize Stories, BLOOM: Queer Fiction, Art, Poetry and More, TriQuarterly, Feminist Studies, All About Skin: Short Stories by Award-Winning Women Writers of Color, DC Metro Weekly, Baobab: South African Journal of New Writing, and many others. A Pushcart Prize nominee, she is the winner of the Charles Johnson Fiction Award, the Glenna Luschei Fiction Award, the James Baldwin Memorial Playwriting Award, the 2021 Pride Index National Arts and Culture award, and honors from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, The Yaddo Colony, the Hedgebrook Writers' Retreat, Lambda Literary, the Publishing Triangle, and the Center for Fiction in New York City, where she received an inaugural Emerging Writers Fellowship. A proud native of Harlem, NY, Sullivan's scholarly work explores the connections between sexuality, identity, and creative practice in contemporary African Diaspora literatures and cultures. Her scholarly and critical writing has appeared in New York Magazine's The Cut, American Literary History, Feminist Studies, Black Futures, Teaching Black, American Quarterly, College Literature, Oxford African American Resource Center, Palimpsest: Journal of Women, Gender and the Black International, Jacket2, Public Books, GLQ: Lesbian and Gay Studies Quarterly, Sinister Wisdom, The Scholar and Feminist, Women's Studies, College Literature, The Rumpus, BET.com, Ebony.com, TheRoot.com, Ms. Magazine online, The Feminist Wire, and others. Her debut novel, Big Girl (W.W. Norton & Co./ Liveright 2022) was selected as the July 2022 Phenomenal Book Club pick, a WNYC Radio 2022 Debut pick, and a New York Public Library “Book of the Day.” Named as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadcasters and commentators. In addition to presenting KEEN ON, he is the host of the long-running How To Fix Democracy show. He is also the author of four prescient books about digital technology: CULT OF THE AMATEUR, DIGITAL VERTIGO, THE INTERNET IS NOT THE ANSWER and HOW TO FIX THE FUTURE. Andrew lives in San Francisco, is married to Cassandra Knight, Google's VP of Litigation & Discovery, and has two grown children. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Steve chats with LibraryReads Executive Director Rebecca Vnuk and LibraryReads Advisory Board member Stephanie Chase, about the tenth anniversary of LibraryReads, how it’s changed over its first decade, how it works with publishers, its commitment to diversity, and planning for the future. Read the transcript! Rebecca Vnuk is the Executive Director of LibraryReads, an organization … Continue reading 241: LibraryReads – Tenth Anniversary

This month, we are thrilled to share that Gail Tsukiyama's THE BRIGHTEST STAR has been selected for the June LibraryReads list! And we have three authors who made the Hall of Fame: Tessa Bailey/UNFORTUNATELY YOURS, Cat Sebastian/WE COULD BE SO GOOD, and Beatriz Williams/THE BEACH AT SUMMERLY. Congrats to all! Find show notes on librarylovefest.com We also have a phone number! Call 212-207-7773 and answer our monthly question. You can find us on Facebook and Twitter @librarylovefest or on TikTok and Instagram @harperlibrary.

The Library Love Fest Podcast is back with the May 2023 episode! On this episode, we are listening to an interview Lainey conducted with Aisha Harris, author of WANNABE; hearing snippets from our previously recorded conversation about upcoming books from HarperVia with Editorial Director Juan Mila; and hearing a behind-the-scenes recording from our April Writers to Watch episode. See you halfway through the month for our LibraryReads episode! Find show notes here: https://bit.ly/3BdLMUr We also have a phone number! Call 212-207-7773 and answer our monthly question. This month we asked "What is your favorite banned book?" You can find us on Facebook and Twitter @librarylovefest or on TikTok and Instagram @harperlibrary.

Welcome back Book Nerds! On today's episode, Kristin talks with author, screenwriter, and performer Laura Hankin whose previous books include A Special Place for Women and Book of the Month and Library Reads selection Happy & You Know It. Her newest title - The Daydreams - came out May 2nd. Topics also discussed in this episode: Kristin gets nervous and talks too fast! We love us some O.G./O.C. Seth Cohen! The 2000s were weird for SO MANY reasons!! Was Jessica Fletcher really a serial killer??? Theme music by Wolves Incidental music by Colorfilm --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/book-prose/message

This month, we are thrilled to share that R. F. Kuang's YELLOWFACE has made the Hall of Fame! And! Very excited that Jasmin ′Iolani Hakes' HULA has been selected as the Bonus Pick for May. Congrats to all! Find show notes here: https://bit.ly/lrmay23 We also have a phone number! Call 212-207-7773 and answer our monthly question. You can find us on Facebook and Twitter @librarylovefest or on TikTok and Instagram @harperlibrary.

SUPPORT MY WORK through Patreon!Hit the open road with these books about road trips. Let's hop in the getaway car and learn what it takes to write a great Thelma and Louise story with Colleen Oakley.Do you love road trip books? In today's show, we will go on a wildly entertaining road trip with a college dropout and an eighty-four-year-old woman on the run from the law.Today's Book Gang podcast features an interview with Colleen Oakley discussing her feisty new novel, The Mostly True Story of Tanner & Louise, which pays tribute to the iconic movie Thelma & Louise. Colleen shares how she aimed to capture various aspects of the film in her story and how her research on police work and investigations informed the development of the missing person case and jewelry heist in the book. We also discuss what it takes to write about two very different generations and why she included Tanner's struggles with chronic pain in her story. Don't miss Colleen's favorite books about road trips in today's bonus book list with a few of my favorite adventures on the open road. We have included joyful stories, thought-provoking adventures, and nonfiction memoirs for your best armchair travel escape. Meet Colleen Oakley  Colleen Oakley is the USA Today bestselling author of five novels, including The Invisible Husband of Frick Island, You Were There Too, Close Enough to Touch, and Before I Go. Her books have been translated into more than 20 languages worldwide, lauded by numerous magazines, including People, Us Weekly, Library Journal, and Real Simple, and won multiple awards, including Georgia Author of the Year. Her newest novel THE MOSTLY TRUE STORY OF TANNER & LOUISE, is a GMA Buzz Pick, the April 2023 selection of the Reader's Digest Book Club, the Marie Claire #ReadWithMC Book Club, a LibraryReads pick, and was named a most anticipated book for 2023 by The Today Show, Southern Living, The AJC, NerdDaily, SheReads and more. A former magazine editor for Women's Health & Fitness and Marie Claire, Colleen lives in Atlanta with her husband, four children, a flock of chickens, and a mutt named Baxter.Mentioned in this episode:Joining the Patreon community is an affordable way to support the show and gain access to a wealth of resources, including author interviews and curated book lists. And if you're a fan of the show, sharing it with just one friend, leaving a like, or leaving a review can go a long way in helping the podcast reach new listeners. The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise by Colleen OakleyThe BEST BOOKS ABOUT ROAD TRIPS Bonus Book List Normal Family by Chrysta BiltonMomAdvice Book ClubNormal Family Book ChatFables BooksThe Invisible Husband of Frick Island by Colleen OakleyYou Were There Too by Colleen OakleyClose Enough to Touch by Colleen OakleyBefore I Go by Colleen OakleyThelma and LouiseTomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle ZevinStardew ValleyThe Last Of UsRose the Prude - Golden GirlsThe Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan GemeinhartOne Plus One by Jojo MoyesThe Long Way Back by Nicole BaartSide Trip by Kerry LonsdaleRebecca's Book ReviewsEverything We Keep by Kerry LonsdaleA Day in the Life of a Book PublicistNineteen Minutes by Jodi PicoultConnect With Us:Connect with Colleen Oakley on her Website or InstagramConnect with Amy on Instagram, on TikTok, or MomAdvice.comJoin the MomAdvice Book ClubShop Our Bookish Shirts to support the show

The Library Love Fest Podcast is back with the April 2023 episode! We have a new format, posting episodes twice a month. On this episode, we are featuring a round-up of books that the LLF team is reading and a conversation between AMERICAN WHITELASH author Wesley Lowery and Executive Editor Rakia Clark. Stay until the end to hear a voicemail from a librarian answering the question "What's the best book display you have featured in the library?" We are still taking calls for the second episode this month! Call 212-207-7773 and answer our monthly question. See you halfway through the month for our LibraryReads episode! Find show notes here: You can find us on Facebook and Twitter @librarylovefest or on TikTok and Instagram @harperlibrary.

This month, we are thrilled to share that Kate Morton's HOMECOMING and HelenKay Dimon's MOOREWOOD FAMILY RULES have made the April LibraryReads list! And we have two books that made the Hall of Fame list: Alexandria Bellefleur's THE FIANCÉE FARCE and Elly Griffiths' THE LAST REMAINS. Find show notes here: https://bit.ly/aprlr23 We also have a phone number! Call 212-207-7773 and answer our monthly question. You can find us on Facebook and Twitter @librarylovefest or on TikTok and Instagram @harperlibrary.

The Library Love Fest Podcast is back with the March 2023 episode! We have a new format, posting episodes twice a month. On this episode, we are featuring a conversation about upcoming reads with Deb Murphy, National Accounts Rep; listening to Grace interview Jade Song, author of CHLORINE; and hearing a behind-the-scenes recording from our February Writers to Watch episode. Stay until the end to hear some voicemails from librarians answering the question "What's the wackiest or wildest thing that's ever happened in the library?" See you halfway through the month for our LibraryReads episode! Find show notes here: https://bit.ly/mar23pod We also have a phone number! Call 212-207-7773 and answer our monthly question. You can find us on Facebook and Twitter @librarylovefest or on TikTok and Instagram @harperlibrary.

Award-winning and New York Times bestselling novelist, William Landay, spoke with me about how former lawyers get pigeonholed in publishing, why we can't get enough true crime, and his latest ALL THAT IS MINE I CARRY WITH ME. William Landay is a former assistant district attorney, and the bestselling author of Defending Jacob, recently adapted into the Emmy-nominated Apple TV+ series starring Chris Evans. His eagerly anticipated follow-up is All That Is Mine I Carry With Me (on sale 3/7; Bantam), a March 2023 LibraryReads pick, described by NY Times bestselling author Scott Turow as, “... masterful, original and riveting ... With its subtle mystery and compelling portraits of how lives are transformed in the aftermath of violent crime ...”  NY Times bestselling author Joseph Finder said of the author, “With All That Is Mine I Carry With Me, the masterful author of Defending Jacob has created something … unforgettable, and original—unlike any other crime novel I've read.” [Discover The Writer Files Extra: Get 'The Writer Files' Podcast Delivered Straight to Your Inbox at writerfiles.fm] [If you're a fan of The Writer Files, please click FOLLOW to automatically see new interviews. And drop us a rating or a review wherever you listen] In this file William Landay and I discussed: The double-edged sword of a two-book deal Why service industry jobs are great for writers The strange surprise of writing a runaway bestseller The long tail of Defending Jacob and the power of book clubs  Why we will always need books And a lot more! Show Notes: All That Is Mine I Carry With Me: A NOVEL By William Landay (Amazon) William Landay's Amazon Author Page William Landay on Facebook William Landay on Twitter Kelton Reid on Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Announcing that THE KIND WORTH SAVING by Peter Swanson has made the Hall of Fame. And! Connie Briscoe's YOU NEVER KNOW was selected as a bonus pick for March. Stay tuned for audio clips from the authors! We also hear some voicemails answering the question: "what's your favorite romance trope?" Find show notes here: https://bit.ly/mar23lr We also have a phone number! Call 212-207-7773 and answer our monthly question. You can find us on Facebook and Twitter @librarylovefest or on TikTok and Instagram @harperlibrary.

The Library Love Fest Podcast is back and better than ever! We have a new format, posting episodes twice a month. On this episode, we are featuring a conversation about upcoming audiobooks with Bethany Johnsrud, National Accounts Rep; hearing new titles from Abby West, VP, Editorial Director of Amistad; and listening to Virginia interview Connie Briscoe, author of YOU NEVER KNOW. Stay until the end for a clip from our past Writers to Watch event and hear some voicemails from librarians answering the question "what's your favorite romance trope?" See you halfway through the month for our LibraryReads episode! Find show notes here: https://bit.ly/feb23pod We also have a phone number! Call 212-207-7773 and answer our monthly question. You can find us on Facebook and Twitter @librarylovefest or on TikTok and Instagram @harperlibrary.

When you're building a society's conceptions of gender and gender roles... where do you start? Do you want to draw from historical precedent (for good or ill), or try to create something from scratch? G.R. Macallister joins us to discuss thoughtfully incorporating ideas of gender into your world, whether or not you're making it a cornerstone of your premise. We also discuss where gender intersects with other important worldbuilding concepts: religion, government, sexuality, family structures, and more! (Transcript for Episode 95 tk) Our Guest: G.R. Macallister is the author of the Five Queendoms series, beginning with Scorpica, which Publishers Weekly called “a must-read for fans of Game of Thrones and Priory of the Orange Tree.” She also writes bestselling historical fiction under the name Greer Macallister. Her novels have been named Indie Next, LibraryReads, and Amazon Best Book of the Month picks and optioned for film and television. A regular contributor to Writer Unboxed and the Chicago Review of Books, she lives with her family in Boston. Scorpica is her epic fantasy debut.

This week on Killer Women, our guest is Mary Kubica. Mary is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of many suspense novels. A former high school history teacher, Mary holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, in History and American Literature. She lives outside of Chicago with her husband and two children. Mary's novels have been selected as Amazon Best Books of the Month and have been LibraryReads selections. They've been translated into over thirty languages and have sold over two million copies worldwide. She's been described as “a helluva storyteller,” (Kirkus Reviews) and “a writer of vice-like control,” (Chicago Tribune), and her novels have been praised as “hypnotic” (People) and “thrilling and illuminating” (Los Angeles Times). She is currently working on her next novel. #podcast #author #interview #authors #KillerWomen #KillerWomenPodcast #authorsontheair #podcast #podcaster #killerwomen #killerwomenpodcast #authors #authorsofig #authorsofinstagram #authorinterview #writingcommunity #authorsontheair #suspensebooks #authorssupportingauthors #thrillerbooks #suspense #wip #writers #writersinspiration #books #bookrecommendations #bookaddict #bookaddicted #bookaddiction #bibliophile #read #amreading #lovetoread #daniellegirard #daniellegirardbooks #marykubica #parkrowbooks

On this show, we welcome back our dear friend, award-winning author Lisa Unger! Lisa is the New York Times and internationally bestselling author of twenty novels, including THE STRANGER INSIDE, LAST GIRL GHOSTED, and CONFESSIONS ON THE 7:45 — now in development at Netflix, starring Jessica Alba. A co-President of the International Thriller Writers Organization with books published in thirty-two languages and millions of copies sold worldwide, Lisa is regarded as a master of suspense. She joins us to discuss her brand-new release, SECLUDED CABIN SLEEPS SIX (just published 11/8/22 by Park Row Books), which has gotten starred reviews from Library Journal and Kirkus has been named to most-anticipated lists by USA Today, the American Booksellers Association, Amazon, Goodreads, LibraryReads and Target, among others. The crew delve into Lisa's writing process, the inspiration for her latest novel, what prompted her interest in writing about crime and dysfunctional families, and news on her Netflix adaptation that's in the works.

Today, I have the pleasure of interviewing Stacy Willingham, Carolyne Topdjian, Allison Buccola, and Wanda M. Morris. We'll be talking about the debut writer experience and their books. Stacy Willingham is the New York Times bestselling author of A Flicker in the Dark. Before turning to fiction, she was a copywriter and brand strategist for various marketing agencies. She earned her BA in magazine journalism from the University of Georgia and MFA in writing from the Savannah College of Art and Design. Her novel is currently being translated into over two dozen languages. She lives in Charleston, South Carolina, with her husband, Britt, and Labradoodle, Mako, where she is always working on her next book. You can find her on her website or follow her on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Carolyne Topdjian is the author of The Hitman's Daughter (Agora/Polis Books), a gothic mystery which Library Journal lauds as a “fast-paced, haunting novel of survival." In addition to writing suspense novels, Carolyne has published short fiction in PRISM International, Dreamers Magazine, and Firewords Quarterly. She is a professor in the Faculty of Media and Creative Arts at Humber College in Toronto. Currently, she lives in a 114-year-old haunted house. You can find her on her website or follow her on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Goodreads, and Pinterest. Allison Buccola is the author of the psychological thriller Catch Her When She Falls.  Before she turned to writing fiction, she was a practicing attorney with a JD from the University of Chicago, and she also did a brief stint as a bartender in Brussels.  She now lives outside Philadelphia with her husband and two kids. You can find her on her website or follow them on Twitter, and Instagram. Wanda M. Morris is the acclaimed author of All Her Little Secrets. It was named as one of the “Best Books of 2021” by Hudson Booksellers and selected as the #1 Top Pick for “Library Reads” by librarians across the country. It was selected as a Book Buzz Pick by Good Morning America, serialized in Entertainment Weekly and a Marie Claire book club pick. She is a member of Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America, and Crime Writers of Color. A corporate attorney, Wanda has worked in the legal departments of some of America's top Fortune 100 companies. As a former President of the Georgia Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel, she established a signature female empowerment program known as the Women's Initiative. She is married, the mother of three and lives in Atlanta,Georgia. All Her Little Secrets is her debut novel. You can find her on her website or follow them on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.   In this episode Stacy, Carolyne, Allison, Wanda, and I discuss: Choosing whether to tell a story with multiple timelines, flashbacks, or an epistolary format. How their characters deal with the past, secrets, and lies as the story unfolds. What role the world and the setting play in how characters process their trauma.   Plus, their #1 tip for writers. For more info and show notes: diymfa.com/419