LIVE Tonight—Celebrate Patti Callahan Henry with us!Weekly News from Friends & Fiction—March 12, 2025
Tune LIVE in at 7pm ET for TONIGHT’s episode! Join us Wednesday, March 12th at 7pm Eastern LIVE on the F&F Facebook page and YouTube channel as the full F&F family—Mary Kay Andrews, Kristin Harmel, Kristy Woodson Harvey, plus Ron & Meg—gather with Patti Callahan Henry for a celebration of her new historical novel, The Story She Left Behind. These live launch episodes are always a great time, so you don’t want to miss it. We hear there may even be a reprise of Friends & Fiction Theater!
Patti is the New York Times bestselling author of eighteen novels, including The Secret Book of Flora Lea, Surviving Savannah, and Becoming Mrs. Lewis. She has received numerous awards including the Harper Lee Award for Alabama’s Distinguished Writer of the Year and the Alabama Library Association Book of the Year. She joins us to celebrate the launch of her latest which has already been named an IndieNext pick, a LibraryReads pick, one of B&N’s Best Books of March, a Heather’s Pick for Canada’s Indigo bookstore chain, and a SIBA Read This Next pick, among other accolades. With raves from Louise Penny (“brilliant, riveting, so beautifully written, impossible to put down”) and Shelley Read (“a celebration of family, hope, forgiveness, and the tender generosity of abiding love”), we just know The Story She Left Behind is ready to soar and we are so excited to focus an episode around Patti and her captivating new novel tonight before she embarks on her massive book tour. Watch the video broadcast of this interview as it airs Wed 3/12 at 7pm ET on the F&F Facebook group page & YouTube channel. Catch the audio version on our podcast Fri 3/14. Order Patti’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 so excited for this week’s show and to talk to all of you about The Story She Left Behind. After all these years of writing and editing, it’s so much fun to finally release this novel with our F&F family before hitting the road. Loads of articles and lists have come out and you can check out Patti’s BLOG HERE with the latest! Patti had a blast signing thousands of books at Books-A-Million last week and can’t wait to see some of you on the road BOOK TOUR HERE. And the BOOK CLUB KIT is now up and running for any of you who want to share my new novel with your book clubs. KRISTY WOODSON HARVEY is getting warm this week at the Potlatch Club, and supposed to be relaxing, but… The club was founded in 1967 by East Coast socialites, and was frequented by royals and celebs for decades until it fell into disrepair. It’s newly reopened and back in action, and she is eating up all the stories about Elizabeth Taylor, Greta Garbo, Raymond Burr, and more. Paul and Linda McCartney honeymooned there in March of 1969, and he wrote “Bathroom Window” and “Oh Darling” on Potlatch Club stationery during his stay. How cool is that? At any rate, you could say there are STORIES. So her mind is at work even if her body is lounging on the beach! Anyway, she’s burying the lede because… The BEACH HOUSE RULES tour is HERE. Between now and July, KWH is visiting 15 states and doing 33 events (and counting!) to celebrate her new book. She’d love, love, love to see you on tour! There is also a Goodreads giveaway happening right now for an early copy of Beach House Rules, so go enter! KRISTIN HARMEL cannot wait to launch Patti’s book into the world on tonight’s LIVE Friends & Fiction show in Facebook and YouTube – and in person this coming Monday in Atlanta LINK TO TICKETS. It’s going to be so much fun…. And she’s excited for all of you to get the chance to read this book that she enjoyed so much! While you’re waiting for Patti’s book to arrive on Tuesday, if you’re looking for a great, well-researched read for Women’s History Month, look no further than Allison Pataki’s FINDING MARGARET FULLER, an epic reimagining of the life of Margaret Fuller—America’s forgotten leading lady and a central figure of the Transcendentalist movement (also a confidante of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Henry David Thoreau), new in paperback on 3/18! MARY KAY ANDREWS is so looking forward to seeing ALL our F&F fans here in Atlanta this coming Monday night for the launch of PCH’s The Story She Left Behind. She’s hosting Meg and Ron here at Squirrel Hollow while they’re in town for the party…somebody better dust off the martini shaker! MKA loved being part of a fundraiser in Madison, GA last week, which was a walk down memory lane because her first NYT-bestseller, HISSY FIT, was set in Madison. In the meantime, she’s excited to be in conversation on Saturday, Mar. 15 with dear friend Colleen Oakley at the Gwinnett Public Library to chat about Colleen’s new book JANE AND DAN AT THE END OF THE WORLD. 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
Saturday, March 15 at 6pm — MKA in conversation with Colleen Oakley about Colleen’s new novel Jane and Dan at the End of the World at Gwinnett County Library in Duluth, GA. Info HERE. Monday, March 17 at 6pm — F&F Live in-person event to celebrate the launch of Patti’s The Story She Left Behind at the Atlanta History Center. Save the date! GET TICKETS. 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, Kristin Harmel & Mary Kay Andrews welcomed bestselling author Colleen Oakley to discuss her new novel, Jane and Dan at the End of the World, a hilariously insightful take on midlife and marriage in which date night goes off the rails when one unhappy couple find themselves at the heart of a crime in progress. You can WATCH that episode on Facebook or YouTube, or LISTEN to it on our podcast. Coming Up on The Friends & Fiction Show
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