Tune in at 7pm ET for TONIGHT’s episode! Join us Wednesday, October 23rd 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, Paula Hawkins, to discuss her propulsive and powerful new book, our October 2024 Pick of the Month, THE BLUE HOUR, an addictive thriller which takes place on a remote Scottish island with only one house, one inhabitant, and one way out.
Paula Hawkins is the #1 NYT-bestselling author of three suspense novels including Into the Water and A Slow Fire Burning. Her debut novel that shook the nation, The Girl on the Train, spent 80+ weeks on the NYT bestseller list — including 20 weeks at #1 — and was named the USA Today Book of the Year. It has gone on to sell more than 23-million copies worldwide, has been published in more than 50 languages, and was a box office hit film starring Emily Blunt. A former journalist, Paula was born and raised in Zimbabwe and moved to London in 1989 and now splits her time between there and Edinburgh.She joins us to discuss her masterful, page-turning, unsettling new novel that recalls the sophisticated suspense of Shirley Jackson and Patricia Highsmith and cements Hawkins's place among the very best of our most nuanced and stylish storytellers. Lee Child has called The Blue Hour “the best Paula Hawkins yet — by a tense and haunting mile,” and we cannot wait to talk to her all about it. Watch the LIVE video broadcast of this interview as it airs Wed 10/23 at 7pm ET on the F&F Facebook group page & YouTube channel. Catch the audio version on our podcast Fri 10/25. Order Paula’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 first wants to tell you some exciting news! Her publishing house (S&S/Atria) has organized the most beautiful gift for readers! Check it all out HERE! Once you pre-order from any retailer in any format, you’ll be eligible for lots of great goodies including a gorgeous digital travel journal that shows all the amazing pictures and stories from Patti’s research trip to London and England’s Lake District, along with custom-designed bookplates. Atria has also just launched another Goodreads giveaway on now through Nov 12. Enter HERE to be a winner of one of 100 ARCs. Patti had the most amazing week in New York City with her publishing house and agent, along with Meg Walker and a truly synchronistic visit with our Mary Kay Andrews who was in the city at the same time. From a lunch where Patti met some of the most fascinating people in media, to publishing meetings where they brainstormed some amazing things for our readers, as well as two plays and some time with friends (See instagram post with photos!). It was a whirlwind before she set off to the mountains in NC for the wedding of a dear friend’s daughter whom she’s known since she was four years old. (Time is moving too fast.) She LOVES the fall weather and has so many exciting things coming up with the new release, The Story She Left Behind. KRISTY WOODSON HARVEY was completely enchanted by seeing Taylor Swift in person in Miami last weekend! If you want to see her photos, her instagram is basically a Swiftie fan page right now! She is hard at work on her 2026 novel and is getting so excited to announce her 2025 book to you all this week! Be on the lookout for the exciting news! KRISTIN HARMEL spent some time on Florida’s east coast over the weekend with her in-laws, to celebrate her niece’s 12th birthday. And now that her 2025 book has a cover and a title (The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau), it will be out in galley form (advanced readers copies) in less than a month, and she’s excited to begin sharing it with early reviewers! She’s also excited that this week marks the re-release of When We Meet Again (originally published in 2016), with a brand-new cover, updated text, and a new Author’s Note! If you haven’t read it yet, she’d be deeply grateful if you’d take a look this week! It’s out now! MARY KAY ANDREWS spent a whirlwind few days in New York City last week. She had an amazing lunch with her St. Martin’s Press publishing team, and managed to meet up with PCH and Meg to sneak in dinner and a play–a touching rom-com called Left On Tenth. For research purposes for her next novel she toured the Lower East Side Tenement Museum, and then Ellis Island, before heading over to New Jersey for the Morristown Festival of Books. She’s excited about the publication of her Amazon Original Christmas short story Holiday Hideaway, which will be available Tuesday 10/29 as an e-book and as an Audible Original. Go here to pre-order. 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
Wednesday, November 6, 6pm ET — Join us at the Grand Bohemian Hotel in Orlando, FL for a unique fundraising event benefiting the Florida Cancer Specialists (FCS) Foundation which will include a reception over cocktails and hors d’oeuvres, an intimate presentation, book sales, and an autograph session. Get tickets HERE. * The last day to buy tickets is Oct. 31, so get yours now! Thursday, November 7, 12:30pm ET — Tim Ehrenberg of Tim Talks Books will emcee a lively and fun F&F Live luncheon event hosted by the Amelia Island Book Festival at The Ritz-Carlton in Amelia Island, FL. Ticket includes book signing, photo opps, and tea fare: light lunch, snacks, and refreshments. Get tickets HERE. Saturday, January 18, 2025 at 11am – Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 2pm — Patti & Kristin together with Kwame Alexander at the 20th Annual Wild Dunes Author Event & Weekend hosted by Mary Alice Monroe. Info & tickets 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 & Kristy Woodson Harvey welcomed Marybeth Whalen to discuss her new novel EVERY MOMENT SINCE (Harper Muse, Oct. 1), a book that, with hauntingly vivid prose, peels back the curtain on the inner turmoil of those left behind in a small Southern community after a little boy goes missing.Order Marybeth’s book from the F&F Shop on Bookshop.org, where you’ll also find books by all our hosts and guests, all at a discount—and where all your purchases support our show and our beloved indie bookstores nationwide! 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 Pick of the Month: Jodi Picoult, By Any Other Name Already aired: Liane Moriarty, Here One Moment Already aired: Jean Hanff Korelitz, The Sequel Already aired: Sophie Kinsella, What Does It Feel Like Already aired: Marybeth Whalen, Every Moment Since F&F Pick of the Month: Paula Hawkins, The Blue Hour Louise Penny, The Grey Wolf J.T. Ellison, A Very Bad Thing David Baldacci, To Die For F&F Pick of the Month: Michael Connelly, The Waiting Craig Johnson, Tooth and Claw Signe Pike, The Shadowed Land Jillian Cantor, The Greatest Lie of All F&F Pick of the Month: Hazel Gaynor & Heather Webb, Christmas with the Queen F&F Secret Santa Holiday Party F&F Merch Store
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