Tune in LIVE at 7pm ET for TONIGHT’s episode! Join us Wednesday, April 16th LIVE at 7pm Eastern on the F&F Facebook page and YouTube channel as the Fab Four gather to welcome this month’s F&F Featured Author, the multi-million copy New York Times bestselling phenomenon, Jeneva Rose, to discuss our April 2025 Pick of the Month, The Perfect Divorce, the propulsively page-turning and highly-anticipated follow-up to her smash success BookTok sensation, The Perfect Marriage.
Jeneva is the NYT and USA Today bestselling author of several novels, including Home Is Where the Bodies Are, You Shouldn't Have Come Here, and One of Us Is Dead. Her breakout thriller, which earned her a loyal and massive fan base, The Perfect Marriage, has sold more than two million copies, been translated into more than two dozen languages, and been optioned for film. The Perfect Divorce (April 15, Blackstone) is an expertly plotted, emotionally charged thriller and fast-paced game of cat-and-mouse, and it delivers what her fans have been begging for—the return of Jeneva’s fan-favorite protagonist, Sarah Morgan. We are so excited that Jeneva is joining us to discuss this red-hot new book before embarking on a major national book tour. Watch the LIVE video broadcast of this interview as it airs Wed 4/16 at 7pm ET on the F&F Facebook group page & YouTube channel. Catch the audio version on our podcast Fri 4/18. Order Jeneva’s book on Bookshop.org! Upgrade to our PAID Subscription for bonus Q&A’s with our guest authors which include a writing tip, book recommendation, and information about their works-in-progress, plus other great material not covered on the show! Latest News from the Fab Four!
PATTI CALLAHAN HENRY is HOME after nearly a month on the road and she is so happy to be knee deep in laundry and mail. She is grateful beyond measure to every single person who came out to see her these past weeks. Now it’s time to get back to the book she left behind (Get it? The novel she is writing?). Ah, but this doesn’t mean ALL of her events are over – there are more to come so check it out HERE – from hometown stores in Alabama to SC to Nantucket, MA to NJ and more. And a newsletter coming soon with all her favorite reads and listens during her time on the road. KRISTY WOODSON HARVEY is really excited to be sharing her favorite summer reads with Booktrib! Make sure to check it out for all the books to add to your summer TBR! She is heading to Mustique Island with her family and friends for spring break. While she is not excited for the 3am wake-up call, she is excited for this bucket list trip. And, did you know that she is touring from May 3rd – May 8th to celebrate 10 years of being an author? If you are interested in celebrating with her, check out her tour dates! KRISTIN HARMEL is so excited to tell you about her BOOK TOUR on tonight’s LIVE Friends & Fiction episode. She’ll be hitting the road for two weeks in June with tour stops coast to coast to celebrate THE STOLEN LIFE OF COLETTE MARCEAU (out June 17) and hopes to see you at one of the fabulous venues she’ll be visiting! For a peek at the tour dates (and ticketing links), click here. She’s also celebrating a great review in Library Journal (her first trade review for this book), which concludes: “As in her other popular World War II–set reads, Harmel (The Paris Daughter) ultimately delivers an emotional tale with likable characters and a feel-good ending. The moral ambiguity of the protagonist’s choices should help keep conversation flowing for the many book clubs who call Harmel a favorite.” MARY KAY ANDREWS loved meeting so many sweet readers and library lovers last weekend in Kentucky. She’s headed to Tybee Island this week to spend Easter with the family–and hopefully to get some beach walking and writing in before things start “hopping.” Get it? Hopping? Easter bunny? Nvm. She’s also got an armload of summer beach reads to dive into for the F&F upcoming beach reads extravaganza episode airing June 4th. Upgrade to our PAID Subscription for an ongoing series of roundtable discussions and personal essays by the Fab Four about their careers, writing processes, and all things book and publishing related! Upcoming Events
View Patti’s full 2025 book tour for The Story She Left Behind HERE. View Kristy’s full 2025 book tour for Beach House Rules HERE. View Kristin’s full 2025 book tour for The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau HERE. Friday, May 30, 2025—Friends & Fiction Live in Myrtle Beach to celebrate the launch of Beach House Rules by Kristy Woodson Harvey. Meet all four Friends & Fiction host authors! Hosted by Litchfield Books at 21 Main At North Beach in North Myrtle Beach, SC. The event begins at 10:45AM. Tickets are $80 and include a signed copy of Beach House Rules, a special gift, keynote presentation delivered by the Fab Four (plus Meg & Ron!), author Q&A, plated lunch & dessert, meet & greet, photo opportunity, and admittance to the private restaurant. Couples of the same household may exchange one event book for another title in the bookstore. Additional books by all four authors will be available for purchase at the event. GET TICKETS! Tuesday, June 17, 2025—Friends & Fiction Live at the Jersey Shore to celebrate the launch of The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau by Kristin Harmel. Meet all four Friends & Fiction host authors! Hosted by Booktowne at the Algonquin Arts Theatre in Manasquan, NJ. Doors open at 6:00PM. The show begins at 7:00 PM. Tickets are $45 and include a signed copy of The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau, lively keynote presentation delivered by the Fab Four (plus Meg & Ron!), and live audience Q&A session—plus sips & nibbles, meet & greet, book signings, and photo opportunities in the courtyard after the show! Additional books by all four authors will be available for purchase at the event. GET TICKETS! Want to know what our F&F Live events are all about? Watch this video compilation! Did not find video In Case You Missed It
On last week’s episode of The Friends & Fiction Show, Kristy Woodson Harvey & Ron Block welcomed New York Times bestselling author Dolen Perkins-Valdez to discuss her enthralling new novel, Happy Land, in which a woman learns the incredible story of a real-life American Kingdom—and her family’s ties to it. You can WATCH that episode on Facebook or YouTube, or LISTEN to it on our podcast. Coming Up on The Friends & Fiction Show
All shows can be watched on Facebook & YouTube each Wednesday evening at 7pm ET, and listened to on our podcast each Friday, all year long.Already aired: F&F March Pick of the Month: Patti Callahan Henry, The Story She Left Behind Already aired: Emma Donoghue, The Paris Express Already aired: Emilia Hart, The Sirens Already aired: Nita Prose, The Maid’s Secret Already aired: Dolen Perkins-Valdez, Happy Land F&F April Pick of the Month—Jeneva Rose, The Perfect Divorce Jasmine Guillory, Flirting Lessons Carley Fortune, One Golden Summer Mary Alice Monroe, Where the Rivers Merge Ruth Reichl, The Paris Novel F&F May Pick of the Month—Kristy Woodson Harvey, Beach House Rules Kristina McMorris, The Girls of Good Fortune Summer Kick-Off Beach Party with Mary Kay Andrews, Annabel Monaghan, Meg Mitchell Moore, Martha Hall Kelly, Wendy Francis, Amy Mason Doan & Brooke Lea Foster F&F June Pick of the Month—Kristin Harmel, The Stolen Life of Collette Marceau Julie Clark, The Ghostwriter Jess Walter, So Far Gone F&F 2025 Subscription Box with Oxford Exchange
The 2025 FRIENDS AND FICTION Subscription Box is available for purchase now, exclusively from our friends at Oxford Exchange. This subscription includes three separate shipments: *Optional add-on: A paperback, signed, first edition of SUMMERS AT THE SAINT by Mary Kay Andrews (coming in paperback June 3)! Get your subscription NOW from Oxford Exchange! F&F Merch Store
We have a Friends & Fiction merch store with t-shirts, sweatshirts, coffee mugs and a book bag on Bonfire. We also have other items like wine tumblers, reading journals, and our original white v-neck logo tees available through Oxford Exchange. F&F Official Book Club & 2025 Reading Challenge
Join Brenda Gardner & Lisa Harrison for monthly book club picks and live online author chats on the Facebook page for the F&F Official Book Club with Brenda & Lisa, where they’ve amassed 35,000 of their own members. You can also follow the Book Club on Instagram and subscribe to their YouTube channel where you can catch past discussions, including their most recent chat with Nancy Johnson about her novel, People of Means. Mark your calendars for April 21st for their next author guest, Patti Callahan Henry, when they’ll discuss her new novel, The Story She Left Behind. The Book Club is also hosting the 2025 F&F Reading Challenge. Join them for a different category prompt each month to read outside your comfort zone. The April prompt is to read a book with a question as its title and for May it’s to read a book with water on the cover. Stay in Touch!Subscribe to our PODCAST. Upgrade to our PAID Subscription for bonus content from our hosts and guests.
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Dolen Perkins-Valdez
On this episode, Kristy Woodson Harvey & Ron Block welcome New York Times bestselling author Dolen Perkins-Valdez to discuss her enthralling new novel, HAPPY LAND, in which a woman learns the incredible story of a real-life American Kingdom—and her family’s ties to it. Dolen is the NYT-bestselling author of TAKE MY HAND (2022), which was awarded an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, a Silver Gavel Award from the American Bar Association, and a Fiction award from the Black Caucus American Library Association, and was long-listed for the Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award. A three-time nominee for a United States Artists Fellowship, Dolen is widely considered a preeminent chronicler of American historical life. She joins us to discuss HAPPY LAND (April 8, Berkley) which has been called “exhilarating” by Charmaine Wilkerson and “astonishing” by Jodi Picoult, and which has been named a most anticipated book of 2025 by People, Harper’s Bazaar, Reader’s Digest, Woman’s World and more!
Tune in at 7pm ET for TONIGHT’s episode! Join us Wednesday, April 9th at 7pm Eastern on the F&F Facebook page and YouTube channel as Kristy Woodson Harvey & Ron Block welcome New York Times bestselling author Dolen Perkins-Valdez to discuss her enthralling new novel, Happy Land, in which a woman learns the incredible story of a real-life American Kingdom—and her family’s ties to it.
Dolen is the NYT-bestselling author of Take My Hand (2022), which was awarded an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, a Silver Gavel Award from the American Bar Association, and a Fiction award from the Black Caucus American Library Association, and was long-listed for the Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award. A three-time nominee for a United States Artists Fellowship, Dolen is widely considered a preeminent chronicler of American historical life. She joins us to discuss Happy Land (April 8, Berkley) which has been called “exhilarating” by Charmaine Wilkerson and “astonishing” by Jodi Picoult, and which has been named a most anticipated book of 2025 by People, Harper's Bazaar, Reader's Digest, Woman’s World and more! Watch the video broadcast of this interview as it airs Wed 4/9 at 7pm ET on the F&F Facebook group page & YouTube channel. Catch the audio version on our podcast Fri 4/11. Order Dolen’s book on Bookshop.org! Upgrade to our PAID Subscription for bonus Q&A’s with our guest authors which include a writing tip, book recommendation, and information about their works-in-progress, plus other great material not covered on the show! Latest News from the Fab Four!
PATTI CALLAHAN HENRY had an amazing few days in California for an event with her audiobook narrator, Julia Whelan, as well as her editor Laura Brown from Simon & Schuster / Atria, and good friends like Kristin Hannah and Lian Dolan! It’s good to have pals on the road to quell the homesickness. She also spoke to an incredible 800 women at the Long Beach Literary Women’s Festival. Now onto a few stops in Alabama and headed home! So excited to start planning for Kristy and Kristin’s launches and seeing everyone there! Also so excited to start writing again. KRISTY WOODSON HARVEY had a great week last week speaking to a wonderful literary league in Greensboro, being the alumni speaker at Salisbury Academy in Salisbury, NC, and going to lots of her sons AAU games! She is officially in BEACH HOUSE RULES mode and has lots of interviews this week and is putting the finishing touches on the Masters-themed Soiree and Golf Tournament to support her son’s school. If you missed her on Talk Shop Live last night, watch the replay here! KRISTIN HARMEL spent the weekend in sunny Southern California on a family trip to Santa Monica and Anaheim (where she and her husband and son went to Disneyland and an Anaheim Ducks game)! This morning, she went in for a routine mammogram… so this is your friendly reminder to schedule yours if you are overdue! Oh, and Go Gators! Kristin is thrilled that her alma mater won the national championship in basketball! MARY KAY ANDREWS loved being part of the Books Along the Teche festival in New Iberia, La. this past weekend. She and Mr. MKA had some fabulous food and even tried their hand at Cajun dancing. (Let’s just say Dancing With The Stars prolly isn’t going to come calling . . . ) On Sunday, they toured the Tabasco experience on Avery Island, where they even tasted Tabasco-spiked ice cream. This Friday, MKA will be speaking at the Campbell County Public Library in Kentucky, and hopes to see lots of new and old friends. Find details here. Upgrade to our PAID Subscription for an ongoing series of roundtable discussions and personal essays by the Fab Four about their careers, writing processes, and all things book and publishing related! Upcoming Events
View Patti’s full 2025 book tour for The Story She Left Behind HERE. View Kristy’s full 2025 book tour for Beach House Rules HERE. Friday, May 30, 2025—Friends & Fiction Live in Myrtle Beach to celebrate the launch of Beach House Rules by Kristy Woodson Harvey. Meet all four Friends & Fiction host authors! Hosted by Litchfield Books at 21 Main Steakhouse in North Myrtle Beach, SC. The event begins at 10:45AM. Tickets are $80 and include a signed copy of Beach House Rules, a special gift, key note presentation delivered by the Fab Four (plus Meg & Ron!), author Q&A, plated lunch & dessert, meet & greet, photo opportunity, and admittance to the private restaurant. Couples of the same household may exchange one event book for another title in the bookstore. Additional books by all four authors will be available for purchase at the event. GET TICKETS! Tuesday, June 17, 2025—Friends & Fiction Live at the Jersey Shore to celebrate the launch of The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau by Kristin Harmel. Meet all four Friends & Fiction host authors! Hosted by Booktowne at the Algonquin Arts Theatre in Manasquan, NJ. Doors open at 6:00PM. The show begins at 7:00 PM. Tickets are $45 and include a signed copy of The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau, lively keynote presentation delivered by the Fab Four (plus Meg & Ron!), and live audience Q&A session—plus sips & nibbles, meet & greet, book signings, and photo opportunities in the courtyard after the show! Additional books by all four authors will be available for purchase at the event. GET TICKETS! Want to know what our F&F Live events are all about? Watch this video compilation! Did not find video In Case You Missed It
On last week’s episode of The Friends & Fiction Show, Kristin Harmel & Mary Kay Andrews welcomed #1 New York Times bestselling author, Nita Prose, to discuss her latest intriguing and heartwarming installment in her wildly popular Molly the Maid series, The Maid's Secret. You can WATCH that episode on Facebook or YouTube, or LISTEN to it on our podcast. Coming Up on The Friends & Fiction Show
All shows can be watched on Facebook & YouTube each Wednesday evening at 7pm ET, and listened to on our podcast each Friday, all year long.Already aired: F&F March Pick of the Month: Patti Callahan Henry, The Story She Left Behind Already aired: Emma Donoghue, The Paris Express Already aired: Emilia Hart, The Sirens Already aired: Nita Prose, The Maid’s Secret Dolen Perkins-Valdez, Happy Land F&F April Pick of the Month—Jeneva Rose, The Perfect Divorce Jasmine Guillory, Flirting Lessons Carley Fortune, One Golden Summer Mary Alice Monroe, Where the Rivers Merge Ruth Reichl, The Paris Novel F&F May Pick of the Month—Kristy Woodson Harvey, Beach House Rules Kristina McMorris, The Girls of Good Fortune Summer Kick-Off Beach Party with Mary Kay Andrews, Annabel Monaghan, Meg Mitchell Moore, Martha Hall Kelly, Wendy Francis, Amy Mason Doan & Brooke Lea Foster F&F June Pick of the Month—Kristin Harmel, The Stolen Life of Collette Marceau Julie Clark, The Ghostwriter Jess Walter, So Far Gone F&F 2025 Subscription Box with Oxford Exchange
The 2025 FRIENDS AND FICTION Subscription Box is available for purchase now, exclusively from our friends at Oxford Exchange. This subscription includes three separate shipments: *Optional add-on: A paperback, signed, first edition of SUMMERS AT THE SAINT by Mary Kay Andrews (coming in paperback June 3)! Get your subscription NOW from Oxford Exchange! F&F Merch Store
We have a Friends & Fiction merch store with t-shirts, sweatshirts, coffee mugs and a book bag on Bonfire. We also have other items like wine tumblers, reading journals, and our original white v-neck logo tees available through Oxford Exchange. F&F Official Book Club & 2025 Reading Challenge
Join Brenda Gardner & Lisa Harrison for monthly book club picks and live online author chats on the Facebook page for the F&F Official Book Club with Brenda & Lisa, where they’ve amassed 35,000 of their own members. You can also follow the Book Club on Instagram and subscribe to their YouTube channel where you can catch past discussions, including their most recent chat with Nancy Johnson about her novel, People of Means. Mark your calendars for April 21st for their next author guest, Patti Callahan Henry, when they’ll discuss her new novel, The Story She Left Behind. The Book Club is also hosting the 2025 F&F Reading Challenge. Join them for a different category prompt each month to read outside your comfort zone. The April prompt is to read a book with a question as its title and for May it’s to read a book with water on the cover. Stay in Touch!Subscribe to our PODCAST. Upgrade to our PAID Subscription for bonus content from our hosts and guests.
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Nita Prose
On this episode, Kristin Harmel & Mary Kay Andrews welcome #1 New York Times bestselling author, Nita Prose, to discuss her latest intriguing and heartwarming installment in her wildly popular Molly the Maid series, THE MAID’S SECRET. Nita is the author of THE MAID, which has sold more than two-million copies worldwide, THE MYSTERY GUEST, and THEN MISTLETOE MYSTERY. A Good Morning America Book Club pick, THE MAID won the Ned Kelly Award for International Crime Fiction, the Fingerprint Award for Debut Novel of the Year, the Anthony Award for Best First Novel, and the Barry Award for Best First Mystery. THE MAID was also an Edgar Award finalist for Best Novel. In THE MAID’S SECRET(April 8, Ballantine Books), Molly’s life is threatened when a daring art heist takes place at the Regency Grand and we wonder who’s out to get her as long-buried secrets are revealed.
Tune in at 7pm ET for TONIGHT’s episode! Join us Wednesday, April 2nd at 7pm Eastern on the F&F Facebook page and YouTube channel as Kristin Harmel & Mary Kay Andrews welcome #1 New York Times bestselling author, Nita Prose, to discuss her latest intriguing and heartwarming installment in her wildly popular Molly the Maid series, The Maid's Secret.
Nita is the author of The Maid, which has sold more than two-million copies worldwide, The Mystery Guest, and The Mistletoe Mystery. A Good Morning America Book Club pick, The Maid won the Ned Kelly Award for International Crime Fiction, the Fingerprint Award for Debut Novel of the Year, the Anthony Award for Best First Novel, and the Barry Award for Best First Mystery. The Maid was also an Edgar Award finalist for Best Novel. In The Maid's Secret (April 8, Ballantine Books), Molly’s life is threatened when a daring art heist takes place at the Regency Grand and we wonder who’s out to get her as long-buried secrets are revealed. Watch the video broadcast of this interview as it airs Wed 4/2 at 7pm ET on the F&F Facebook group page & YouTube channel. Catch the audio version on our podcast Fri 4/4. Order Nita’s book on Bookshop.org! Upgrade to our PAID Subscription for bonus Q&A’s with our guest authors which include a writing tip, book recommendation, and information about their works-in-progress, plus other great material not covered on the show! Latest News from the Fab Four!
PATTI CALLAHAN HENRY is celebrating hitting the NYT list and USA Today list as she heads into week three of tour. She found out while driving from a sold out event in Ohio to a fabulous library event in Indiana on the most truck-filled road in history with Meg by her side. What a wild ride it has been and she wants everyone to know this – She could not have done it without the F&F family and most especially without Meg Walker who traveled with Patti for twelve days, keeping her sane and fed. Book lovers everywhere have united in a way that is simply astounding. Thank you for being part of all of this. KRISTY WOODSON HARVEY spent the weekend with big Will and little Will enjoying fake spring. Our State Magazine came to her house with so many wonderful people! She is still buzzing from the excitement from her dear Patti Callahan Henry hitting the New York Times list!! If you are going to be in Mocksville or Charlotte, North Carolina, Vero Beach or Palm Beach, Florida, and Milton, Georgia, during the early weeks of May she would love to see you on her pre-tour to celebrate ten years of being an author! She would love to see you there! KRISTIN HARMEL can’t believe that both her Florida Gators and Patti’s Auburn Tigers have made it to this year’s NCAA Men’s Final Four! She’ll be eagerly tuning in to the games this weekend. In the meantime, she’s thrilled to have announced, via People.com, that she’ll be adapting two of her novels–The Life Intended for television (with a pilot co-written with Stephen Tolkin) and The Winemaker’s Wife for film. As with all things Hollywood, there are still miles to go and a million hurdles to jump over before anything gets made, but in the meantime, both projects have been very, very fun, and she’s learning a lot as she continues to grow her screenwriting skills (which she thinks makes her a better novelist, too). Stay tuned for an announcement very soon about Kristin’s 2025 book tour, kicking off on June 16! MARY KAY ANDREWS is headed to Cajun country, specifically New Iberia, Louisiana this weekend to headline the Books Along the Teche Literary Festival. Go here for all the details. Upgrade to our PAID Subscription for an ongoing series of roundtable discussions and personal essays by the Fab Four about their careers, writing processes, and all things book and publishing related! Upcoming Events
View Patti’s full 2025 book tour for The Story She Left Behind HERE. View Kristy’s full 2025 book tour for Beach House Rules HERE. Want to know what our F&F Live events are all about? Watch this video compilation! Did not find video In Case You Missed It
On last week’s episode of The Friends & Fiction Show, Patti Callahan Henry & Kristy Woodson Harvey welcomed New York Times bestselling author Emilia Hart to discuss her latest spellbinding novel, The Sirens, about sisters separated by centuries, but bound together by the sea. You can WATCH that episode on Facebook or YouTube, or LISTEN to it on our podcast. Coming Up on The Friends & Fiction Show
All shows can be watched on Facebook & YouTube each Wednesday evening at 7pm ET, and listened to on our podcast each Friday, all year long.Already aired: F&F March Pick of the Month: Patti Callahan Henry, The Story She Left Behind Already aired: Emma Donoghue, The Paris Express Already aired: Emilia Hart, The Sirens Nita Prose, The Maid’s Secret Dolen Perkins-Valdez, Happy Land F&F April Pick of the Month—Jeneva Rose, The Perfect Divorce Jasmine Guillory, Flirting Lessons Carley Fortune, One Golden Summer Mary Alice Monroe, Where the Rivers Merge Ruth Reichl, The Paris Novel F&F May Pick of the Month—Kristy Woodson Harvey, Beach House Rules Kristina McMorris, The Girls of Good Fortune Summer Kick-Off Beach Party with Mary Kay Andrews, Annabel Monaghan, Meg Mitchell Moore, Martha Hall Kelly, Wendy Francis, Amy Mason Doan & Brooke Lea Foster F&F June Pick of the Month—Kristin Harmel, The Stolen Life of Collette Marceau Julie Clark, The Ghostwriter Jess Walter, So Far Gone F&F 2025 Subscription Box with Oxford Exchange
The 2025 FRIENDS AND FICTION Subscription Box is available for purchase now, exclusively from our friends at Oxford Exchange. This subscription includes three separate shipments: *Optional add-on: A paperback, signed, first edition of SUMMERS AT THE SAINT by Mary Kay Andrews (coming in paperback June 3)! Get your subscription NOW from Oxford Exchange! F&F Merch Store
We have a Friends & Fiction merch store with t-shirts, sweatshirts, coffee mugs and a book bag on Bonfire. We also have other items like wine tumblers, reading journals, and our original white v-neck logo tees available through Oxford Exchange. F&F Official Book Club & 2025 Reading Challenge
Join Brenda Gardner & Lisa Harrison for monthly book club picks and live online author chats on the Facebook page for the F&F Official Book Club with Brenda & Lisa, where they’ve amassed 35,000 of their own members. You can also follow the Book Club on Instagram and subscribe to their YouTube channel where you can catch past discussions, including their most recent chat with Nancy Johnson about her novel, People of Means. Mark your calendars for April 21st for their next author guest, Patti Callahan Henry, when they’ll discuss her new novel, The Story She Left Behind. The Book Club is also hosting the 2025 F&F Reading Challenge. Join them for a different category prompt each month to read outside your comfort zone. The April prompt is to read a book with a question as its title, and for May it’s to read a book with water on the cover. Stay in Touch!Subscribe to our PODCAST. Upgrade to our PAID Subscription for bonus content from our hosts and guests.
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Emilia Hart
On this episode, Patti Callahan Henry & Kristy Woodson Harvey welcome New York Times bestselling author Emilia Hart to discuss her latest spellbinding novel, The Sirens, about sisters separated by centuries, but bound together by the sea. An Australia native now living in England, Emilia has worked as a lawyer in Sydney and London. She is the author of the runaway NYT-bestselling debut novel, Weyward. She joins us to discuss her highly anticipated second novel, The Sirens. It’s a breathtaking tale of female resilience and the bonds of sisterhood across time and space, which captures the power of dreams, and the mystery and magic of the sea.
Tune in at 7pm ET for TONIGHT’s episode! Join us Wednesday, March 26th at 7pm Eastern on the F&F Facebook page and YouTube channel as Patti Callahan Henry & Kristy Woodson Harvey welcome New York Times bestselling author Emilia Hart to discuss her latest spellbinding novel, The Sirens, about sisters separated by centuries, but bound together by the sea.
An Australia native now living in England, Emilia has worked as a lawyer in Sydney and London. She is the author of the runaway NYT-bestselling debut novel, Weyward. She joins us to discuss her highly anticipated second novel, The Sirens. It’s a breathtaking tale of female resilience and the bonds of sisterhood across time and space, which captures the power of dreams, and the mystery and magic of the sea. Watch the video broadcast of this interview as it airs Wed 3/26 at 7pm ET on the F&F Facebook group page & YouTube channel. Catch the audio version on our podcast Fri 3/28. Order Emilia’s book on Bookshop.org! Upgrade to our PAID Subscription for bonus Q&A’s with our guest authors which include a writing tip, book recommendation, and information about their works-in-progress, plus other great material not covered on the show! Latest News from the Fab Four!
PATTI CALLAHAN HENRY has been on the road all week for THE STORY SHE LEFT BEHIND and loving every second of meeting readers, signing books, being with her F&F family and seeing old friends. The F&F gathering in Atlanta started the week with a BANG and she is traveling with Meg Walker through 7 states over the last days and next few. Patti is over the moon grateful for everyone’s love and support during publication week. She is on the road for three more weeks so check HERE if there is somewhere you can see her including a special event with her narrator Julia Whelan in Pasadena, California! Follow along on Instagram and join us on the road. KRISTY WOODSON HARVEY is gearing up BIG TIME for her upcoming tour dates! The official BEACH HOUSE RULES tour begins on May 26, but, between now and then, there are so many chances to catch her in person and virtually, beginning on April 3 with a fun event with Viola Shipman, Annabel Monaghan, and Brendan Slocumb! And tickets are selling quickly for her 10-year author anniversary celebration, on May 5, 2025 with South Park Magazine in Charlotte. She is also so thrilled that BEACH HOUSE RULES got the most magical Publisher’s Weekly review! They said: “Harvey keeps the twists and turns coming with her well-constructed plot, including a shocking development on the charges Bill faces. This first-rate tale is perfect for summer reading.” I’m so honored! KRISTIN HARMEL has some fun news she's excited to share later today, so stay tuned to her social media… She's also hard at work on her 2026 book and is excited to share her tour for THE STOLEN LIFE OF COLETTE MARCEAU soon… hopefully sometime next week! She spent a great weekend celebrating her 11th wedding anniversary with her husband, Jason, at Ravello (the yummy Italian restaurant at the Four Seasons Orlando). MARY KAY ANDREWS enjoyed a fun evening talking baking and cookbooks with her former Atlanta Journal-Constitution colleague Anne Byrn, whom she joined at a Tuesday night signing at Eagle Eye Books in Decatur for Anne’s latest, Baking In the American South. MKA also signed copies of her The Beach House Cookbook. In between events, she’s been working on her novel for summer of ‘26. Fans can catch MKA in New Iberia, LA on April 5, at the Books Along the Teche Literary Festival. Details here. Upgrade to our PAID Subscription for an ongoing series of roundtable discussions and personal essays by the Fab Four about their careers, writing processes, and all things book and publishing related! Upcoming Events
View Patti’s full 2025 book tour for The Story She Left Behind HERE. View Kristy’s full 2025 book tour for Beach House Rules HERE. Want to know what these F&F Live events are all about? Watch this video compilation! Did not find video In Case You Missed It
On last week’s episode of The Friends & Fiction Show, Ron Block and Kristin Harmel welcomed internationally bestselling author of contemporary and historical fiction, Emma Donoghue, to discuss her latest book, The Paris Express, a sweeping historical novel about an infamous 1895 railway disaster at the Paris Montparnasse train station. You can WATCH that episode on Facebook or YouTube, or LISTEN to it on our podcast. Coming Up on The Friends & Fiction Show
All shows can be watched on Facebook & YouTube each Wednesday evening at 7pm ET, and listened to on our podcast each Friday, all year long.Already aired: Fiona Davis, The Stolen Queen Already aired: Kate Fagan, The Three Lives of Cate Kay Already aired: F&F January Pick of the Month: Tara Dorabji, Call Her Freedom Already aired: Scott Turow, Presumed Guilty Already aired: Lisa Genova, More or Less Maddy Already aired: Victoria Christopher Murray, Harlem Rhapsody Already aired: Christina Clancy, The Snowbirds Already aired: F&F February Pick of the Month: Pam Jenoff, Last Twilight in Paris Already aired: C.J. Box, Battle Mountain Already aired: Colleen Oakley, Jane and Dan at the End of the World Already aired: F&F March Pick of the Month: Patti Callahan Henry, The Story She Left Behind Already aired: Emma Donoghue, The Paris Express Emilia Hart, The Sirens F&F 2025 Subscription Box with Oxford Exchange
The 2025 FRIENDS AND FICTION Subscription Box is available for purchase now, exclusively from our friends at Oxford Exchange. This subscription includes three separate shipments: *Optional add-on: A paperback, signed, first edition of SUMMERS AT THE SAINT by Mary Kay Andrews (coming in paperback June 3)! Get your subscription NOW from Oxford Exchange! F&F Merch Store
We have a Friends & Fiction merch store with t-shirts, sweatshirts, coffee mugs and a book bag on Bonfire. We also have other items like wine tumblers, reading journals, and our original white v-neck logo tees available through Oxford Exchange. F&F Official Book Club & 2025 Reading Challenge
Join Brenda Gardner & Lisa Harrison for monthly book club picks and live online author chats on the Facebook page for the F&F Official Book Club with Brenda & Lisa, where they’ve amassed 35,000 of their own members. You can also follow the Book Club on Instagram and subscribe to their YouTube channel where you can catch past discussions, including their most recent chat with Nancy Johnson about her novel, People of Means. Mark your calendars for April 21st for their next author guest, Patti Callahan Henry, when they’ll discuss her new novel, The Story She Left Behind. The Book Club is also hosting the 2025 F&F Reading Challenge. Join them for a different category prompt each month to read outside your comfort zone. The March prompt is to read a science fiction or fantasy book and for April it’s to read a book with a question as its title. Stay in Touch!Subscribe to our PODCAST. Upgrade to our PAID Subscription for bonus content from our hosts and guests.
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Emma Donoghue
On this episode, Ron Block and Kristin Harmel welcome internationally bestselling author of contemporary and historical fiction, Emma Donoghue, to discuss her latest book, The Paris Express, a sweeping historical novel about an infamous 1895 railway disaster at the Paris Montparnasse train station. Emma Donoghue is the author of sixteen novels, including the award-winning national bestseller Room, the basis for the Academy Award-winning film of the same name starring Brie Larson. Emma’s fiction has been translated into more than forty languages and she has written the screenplays for her novels Room and The Wonder, and nine stage plays. Her next film is the adaptation of Helen Macdonald’s NYT-bestselling memoir, H Is for Hawk. Emma joins us to discuss The Paris Express which has gotten starred reviews from both Publishers Weekly and Booklist and been named a most anticipated book of the year by the Los Angeles Times and Oprah Daily.
Tune in at 7pm ET for TONIGHT’s episode! Join us Wednesday, March 19th at 7pm Eastern on the F&F Facebook page and YouTube channel as Ron Block and Kristin Harmel welcome internationally bestselling author of contemporary and historical fiction, Emma Donoghue, to discuss her latest book, The Paris Express, a sweeping historical novel about an infamous 1895 railway disaster at the Paris Montparnasse train station.
Emma Donoghue is the author of sixteen novels, including the award-winning national bestseller Room, the basis for the Academy Award-winning film of the same name starring Brie Larson. Emma’s fiction has been translated into more than forty languages and she has written the screenplays for her novels Room and The Wonder, and nine stage plays. Her next film is the adaptation of Helen Macdonald’s NYT-bestselling memoir, H Is for Hawk. Emma joins us to discuss The Paris Express which has gotten starred reviews from both Publishers Weekly and Booklist and been named a most anticipated book of the year by the Los Angeles Times and Oprah Daily. Watch the video broadcast of this interview as it airs Wed 3/19 at 7pm ET on the F&F Facebook group page & YouTube channel. Catch the audio version on our podcast Fri 3/21. Order Emma’s book on Bookshop.org! Upgrade to our PAID Subscription for bonus Q&A’s with our guest authors which include a writing tip, book recommendation, and information about their works-in-progress, plus other great material not covered on the show! Latest News from the Fab Four!
PATTI CALLAHAN HENRY had the best time ever seeing the Eagles at the Sphere in Las Vegas. The visuals were mind blowing and the band was incredible—a once in a lifetime experience…and right before leaving for book tour! Patti got underway on Monday with an incredible F&F Live event at the Atlanta History Center. She’s so grateful to MKA, Kristy & Kristin for all their love and support and to this entire incredible community. Then it was on to Greenville on Tuesday (pub day for The Story She Left Behind!) and onward from there. She hopes to see lots of you out on the road, so check her website for full tour details & ticketing links. Meanwhile, check out Patti’s new original essay for People magazine that went live on their website on Sunday. KRISTY WOODSON HARVEY had the best time celebrating Patti’s gorgeous new novel with some of her fave people in Atlanta! She is working away on her 2026 edits this week and getting so excited for the Beach House Rules tour coming soon! She hopes to see so many of you very soon! KRISTIN HARMEL had an amazing time in Atlanta with Patti, Kristy, Mary Kay, Meg, Ron, Lisa, Brenda, and so many of YOU to celebrate the launch of Patti's new book! She's so glad the book is out in the world. She flew home the morning after the event to join her husband and son on spring break and is looking forward to a few days poolside, with a manuscript in hand to edit! MARY KAY ANDREWS loved seeing so many Friends and Fiction members when she was in conversation this past Saturday in Atlanta with Colleen Oakley for her new novel JANE AND DAN AT THE END OF THE WORLD. The only thing better was having our whole crew, including Meg Walker and Ron Block together for our F&F live launch for Patti’s fabulous new historical novel THE STORY SHE LEFT BEHIND. MKA will be in conversation at Eagle Eye Books in Decatur on Tuesday Mar. 25 with cookbook author (and Cake Doctor) Anne Byrn for her stunning new book BAKING IN THE AMERICAN SOUTH. Go here for more info. Upgrade to our PAID Subscription for an ongoing series of roundtable discussions and personal essays by the Fab Four about their careers, writing processes, and all things book and publishing related! Upcoming Events
Patti has events this week in Bluffton, SC & Savannah, GA (Wed), Sea Island, GA & Charleston, SC (Thurs), Greensboro & Raleigh, NC (Fri), Pittsboro, NC (Sat), Wilmington, NC (Sun), Myrtle Beach, SC & Ocean Isle Beach, NC (Mon), and St. Louis, MO (Tues). View Patti’s full 2025 book tour for The Story She Left Behind HERE. Tues., March 25, 7:00pm — Mary Kay Andrews at Eagle Eye Book Shop in Decatur, GA in conversation with cookbook author Anne Byrn. To attend the event you must purchase a copy of Anne’s Baking in the American South or Skillet Love. Details HERE. View Kristy’s full 2025 book tour for Beach House Rules HERE. Want to know what these F&F Live events are all about? Watch this video compilation! Did not find video In Case You Missed It
On last week’s episode of The Friends & Fiction Show, the full F&F family—Mary Kay Andrews, Kristin Harmel, Kristy Woodson Harvey, plus Ron & Meg—gathered with Patti Callahan Henry for a celebration of her new historical novel, The Story She Left Behind. Those live launch episode was a great time, complete with a reprise of Friends & Fiction Theater! You can WATCH that episode on Facebook or YouTube, or LISTEN to it on our podcast. Coming Up on The Friends & Fiction Show
All shows can be watched on Facebook & YouTube each Wednesday evening at 7pm ET, and listened to on our podcast each Friday, all year long.Already aired: Fiona Davis, The Stolen Queen Already aired: Kate Fagan, The Three Lives of Cate Kay Already aired: F&F January Pick of the Month: Tara Dorabji, Call Her Freedom Already aired: Scott Turow, Presumed Guilty Already aired: Lisa Genova, More or Less Maddy Already aired: Victoria Christopher Murray, Harlem Rhapsody Already aired: Christina Clancy, The Snowbirds Already aired: F&F February Pick of the Month: Pam Jenoff, Last Twilight in Paris Already aired: C.J. Box, Battle Mountain Already aired: Colleen Oakley, Jane and Dan at the End of the World Already aired: F&F March Pick of the Month: Patti Callahan Henry, The Story She Left Behind Emma Donoghue, The Paris Express Emilia Hart, The Sirens F&F 2025 Subscription Box with Oxford Exchange
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Join Brenda Gardner & Lisa Harrison for monthly book club picks and live online author chats on the Facebook page for the F&F Official Book Club with Brenda & Lisa, where they’ve amassed 35,000 of their own members. You can also follow the Book Club on Instagram and subscribe to their YouTube channel where you can catch past discussions, including their most recent chat with Jennifer Moorman about her novel, The Vanishing of Josephine Reynolds. Mark your calendars for March 24th for their next author guest, Nancy Johnson, when they’ll discuss her novel, People of Means. The Book Club is also hosting the 2025 F&F Reading Challenge. Join them for a different category prompt each month to read outside your comfort zone. The February prompt is to read a romance novel by a BIPOC author and for March it’s to read a science fiction or fantasy book. Stay in Touch!Subscribe to our PODCAST. Upgrade to our PAID Subscription for bonus content from our hosts and guests.
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