Tune in at 7pm ET for TONIGHT’s episode! 

Join us Wednesday, September 25th at 7pm Eastern on the F&F Facebook page and YouTube channel as Kristy Woodson Harvey & Kristin Harmel welcome #1 New York Times bestselling global sensation Liane Moriarty to discuss her new novel HERE ONE MOMENT, a brilliantly constructed tale that looks at free will and destiny, grief and love, and the endless struggle to maintain certainty and control in an uncertain world.

Liane Moriarty has written ten novels which have sold more than 20-million copies worldwide. Her novels Big Little Lies, Apples Never Fall, The Husband’s Secret, and Truly Madly Guilty have all hit #1 on the New York Times bestseller list. Big Little Lies, Nine Perfect Strangers, and Apples Never Fall were all adapted into popular television series with star-studded casts including Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon, Melissa McCarthy and Annette Bening. Liane joins us from her home in Sydney, Australia to discuss HERE ONE MOMENT (Crown, Sept 10), which Kirkus Reviews called “a fresh, funny, ambitious, and nuanced take on some of our oldest existential questions” in a starred review.

Watch the video broadcast of this show as it airs Wed 9/25 at 7pm ET on the F&F Facebook group page & YouTube channel. Catch the audio version on our podcast Fri 9/27.

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Latest News from the Fab Four!

PATTI CALLAHAN HENRY spent the week helping her mom and dad move into new digs in Independent living. She’s been thinking a LOT about the importance we place on objects and why it's so hard to pare them down, from casserole dishes to photos to a chipped bowl you love. She has been noodling a new novel and is now headed to Charleston for a fundraiser with Jenna Bush and Charleston Library Society and then onto North Carolina for a full weekend with the Friends & Fiction family at the Bookmarks festival. 
What Patti is reading and why she’s loving it: Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors. I am listening to this on audio and loving the unfolding of the lives of three estranged sisters who return to their family home in New York after the death of their beloved fourth sister. I am loving it as they all come together with their complicated lives.

KRISTY WOODSON HARVEY had the best week interviewing Kelly Bishop, AKA Emily Gilmore. It was such a surreal moment and Kristy had all of her Gilmore Girl fan dreams come true! She also enjoyed cheering on her Tarheels! Kristy is so looking forward to seeing her F&F crew and hopefully many of you in High Point and Winston Salem this coming weekend! 
What Kristy is reading and why she’s loving it: The Story She Left Behind by Patti Callahan Henry. I am so excited to dive into this beautiful story! I have heard so much about it and Patti has been one of my favorite authors for what feels like forever and I know this will be her best book yet!

KRISTIN HARMEL can’t wait for you to meet Liane Moriarty on tonight’s show. Kristin spent last night in Kearney, Nebraska, speaking to a sold-out crowd at the World Theatre, and today, she’s headed home for a quick turnaround before traveling to North Carolina on Friday morning for this weekend’s two Friends & Fiction events, in Greensboro and Winston-Salem. She can’t wait to see many of you there!
What Kristin is reading and why she’s loving it: Scaffolding by Lauren Elkin. Lauren–who has written a few highly regarded nonfiction books (Art Monsters, Flâneuse)–makes her English-language fiction debut with Scaffolding, a novel set in an apartment in Paris’s Belleville neighborhood across two time periods, separated by 40 years. Lauren was my roommate when I lived briefly in Paris twenty years ago, and I adore this woman in the very depths of my soul. She actually narrates the audiobook version of the novel, so as I drove through Nebraska, listening to Lauren take me back to Paris through the pages of her book, I felt not just the emotion of the story, but the whispers of my own past. It’s an amazing accomplishment–and if you don’t want to take my word for it, read the glowing review of Scaffolding in the New York Times here! (For any of you who have ever enjoyed my books set in France, know this: If Lauren hadn’t posted an ad for a roommate in Paris twenty years ago, I never would have moved there, and I wouldn’t have fallen in love with the city the way I did. So basically, if not for Lauren, The Book of Lost Names, The Sweetness of Forgetting, and my other Paris-set books would not exist!)

MARY KAY ANDREWS enjoyed spending time this past weekend at the 9th Annual Broadleaf Writers Conference, where she spoke on three panels about writing genre fiction, bringing fictional characters to life and mystery writing. Saturday night she and Mr. MKA hosted a fun after Homecoming pizza party for granddaughter Molly and her friends and their dates. Aaaand then they spent Sunday resting up from the after, after party. She’ll be joining the rest of the F&F crew in North Carolina this weekend, and then Tuesday, October 1, she’ll celebrate the paperback launch of her Christmas novella Bright Lights, Big Christmas with a joint signing event at FoxTale Bookshoppe with her pal Kimberly Brock, whose new novel The Fabled Earth is also launching that night. Go here for details.  
What MKA is reading and why she’s loving it: The Fabled Earth by Kimberly Brock, a lyrically written historical fiction novel set on Cumberland Island, a barrier island off the coast of Georgia. MKA is especially loving the setting, since she explored similar ground with her own, earlier novel, The High Tide Club, which was set on a fictional island much like Cumberland.

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Upcoming Events

Friday, September 27, 4pm ET — Join us “Toast to the Ta-Tas” at the beautiful High Point Country Club in High Point, NC to benefit Earlier.org. The Fab Four will be sharing fascinating insider talk about publishing and writing and discussing their newest releases, all to raise funding for critical research to identify an earlier biological detection test for breast cancer. Books for purchase care of The Country Bookshop with all of us signing and proceeds benefiting Friends for an Earlier Breast Cancer Test®! Get tickets HERE.

Sunday, September 29, 10am ET — An F&F Live brunch event at the 19th Annual Bookmarks Festival of Books & Authors in Winston-Salem, NC. Close out the book festival with us at this super fun event to be held at the Benton Convention Center. Tickets include a seated program and book signing. Get tickets HERE.

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.

Thursday, November 7, 12:30pm ET — Tim Ehrenberg of Tim Talks Books will MC 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 tea fare: light lunch, snacks, and refreshments. Get tickets HERE.

Want to know what these F&F Live events are all about? Watch this video compilation!

In Case You Missed It

On last week’s episode of The Friends & Fiction Show, Patti, MKA & Kristin gathered to welcome this month’s F&F Featured Author, Jodi Picoult, to discuss her captivating new instant #1 New York Times bestseller, our September 2024 Pick of the Month, BY ANY OTHER NAME, in which two women, centuries apart — one of whom is the real author of Shakespeare's plays — are forced to hide behind another name to make their voices heard. Order Jodi’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: TJ Klune, Somewhere Beyond the Sea
WATCH now! | LISTEN now!

Already aired: Laura Dave, The Night We Lost Him
WATCH now! | LISTEN now!

Already aired: F&F Pick of the Month: Jodi Picoult, By Any Other Name
WATCH now! | LISTEN now!

Liane Moriarty, Here One Moment
Watch: September 25 | Listen: September 27

Stay tuned for the big reveal of our Fall 2024 guest line-up — coming soon!

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 & 2024 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 more than 30k 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 Wanda Morris about her novel, What You Leave Behind. Mark your calendars for October 21st for their next author guest, Sarah Pekkanen, when they’ll discuss her novel, HOUSE OF GLASS. With the help of Annissa Armstrong, the Book Club is also hosting the 2024 F&F Reading Challenge. Join them for a different category prompt each month to read outside your comfort zone. The September prompt is to read a true crime book.

Stay in Touch!

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Tune in LIVE at 7pm ET for TONIGHT’s episode! 

Join us Wednesday, September 18th 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, Jodi Picoult, to discuss her captivating new instant #1 New York Times bestseller, our September 2024 Pick of the Month, BY ANY OTHER NAME, in which two women, centuries apart — one of whom is the real author of Shakespeare's plays — are forced to hide behind another name to make their voices heard. 

Jodi Picoult is the #1 bestselling author of 29 novels, including Mad Honey, Wish You Were Here, The Book of Two Ways, and My Sister’s Keeper, and with her daughter Samantha van Leer, two young adult novels, Between the Lines and Off the Page. Jodi’s books have been translated into 34 languages and published in 35 countries. Four of her novels, The Pact, Plain Truth, The Tenth Circle, and Salem Falls, have been made into television movies. My Sister’s Keeper was a New Line Cinema film starring Cameron Diaz. Mad Honey, Small Great Things, and Wish You Were Here have been optioned or are currently in development. Jodi has written five issues of DC Comics’ Wonder Woman, and she is also the co-librettist for several stage musical adaptations which have appeared Off Broadway and in London’s West End. We can’t wait to discuss Jodi’s new novel, BY ANY OTHER NAME, which skyrocketed instantly to #1 and was both a GMA Book Club Pick and a People Magazine Book of the Week.

Watch the LIVE video broadcast of this show as it airs Wed 9/18 at 7pm ET on the F&F Facebook group page & YouTube channel. Catch the audio version on our podcast Fri 9/20.

Order Jodi’s book on Bookshop.org!
Shop all of our guests’ & hosts’ books in our F&F Shop 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 a clean-out-the-attic purge and keeps getting bogged down looking at memorabilia. There’s probably a story in there somewhere…meanwhile she is working on some extra material for the book club kit for THE STORY SHE LEFT BEHIND. This weekend she did cheer her Auburn Tigers to victory (See? There’s always next week!), and celebrating our milestone at Friends & Fiction – A QUARTER MILLION MEMBERS in our community! I am so happy for all of us. 
What Patti is reading and why she’s loving it: Harlem Rhapsody by Victoria Christopher Murray. This novel doesn’t release until February but it is a pre-order must. Victoria is part of the co-writing team with Marie Benedict in The Personal Librarian, and here she brings to life the extraordinary story of the woman who ignited the Harlem Renaissance, Jessie Redmon Fauset. I loved it. 

KRISTY WOODSON HARVEY How, oh how, is it the last week of summer?! Man, it’s going to be a good one! Tomorrow, reporters are coming for my first ever Peachtree Bluff/A Happier Life combo (all-day!) tour. Wednesday, I get to interview Kelly Bishop AKA Emily Gilmore at Meredith College, and I’m FREAKING OUT! Thursday, breakfast with my publicist, a dinner for UNC Library followed by a big Friday UNC Friends of the Library meeting, laying my eyes on the best collab EVER—UNC + Lululemon!!!—, and the UNC Best of Dentistry party at NC Botanical Gardens with my love. Saturday, Mom and Dad join us for the Carolina football game and a day of Chapel Hill fun. Can’t think of a better week!! Won’t be much writing time, but living is the best book fodder, right?! I hope whatever your week calls for, you get a chance to savor these last summer days!
What Kristy is reading and why she’s loving it: Kristy is listening to The Third Gilmore Girl because she loved it so much she had to hear it in Kelly’s voice!

KRISTIN HARMEL has had a busy week of mom-ing, with basketball, Cub Scouts, and piano lessons now in full swing! She’s eagerly awaiting the first cover concepts for her June 2025 book and is excited to have a final cover and title to share with you soon! Meanwhile, she’s muddling her way through copyedits and chipping away at an outline for her next novel.
What Kristin is reading and why she’s loving it: The Day I Left You by Caroline Bishop: I just started reading this book, which is set in East Berlin in the early 1980s as well as London decades later. It’s the fascinating story of a meant-for-each-other couple who have the perfect life together–until one day, the woman walks out and never returns. It’s beautifully written, and East Berlin is such a fascinating backdrop. I love it so far. Out this February!

MARY KAY ANDREWS is in life re-entry mode after a fabulous week-long trip to Ireland. She’s headed to Beaufort, S.C. on Wednesday to tape an interview for South Carolina Public Television’s By The River program, then back home to be a speaker at this weekend’s Broadleaf Writer’s Conference in Decatur, GA.  
What MKA is reading and why she’s loving it: The Sequel by Jean Hanff Korelitz. This is (duh) the sequel to the author’s hugely entertaining The Plot, which was a bonkers thriller/satire/expose of the contemporary publishing world. Can’t wait to see if the chillingly cunning protagonist will meet her match this time around.

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Upcoming Events

Tuesday, September 24, 7pm Central — Kristin will be speaking at the World Theatre in Kearney, Nebraska as part of the "One Author Kearney" program, a partnership between the library and the Kearney Public Library Foundation. Tickets are sold out, but you can join the wait list by calling 308-233-3282. More information HERE.

Friday, September 27, 4pm ET — Join us for an F&F Live “Toast to the Ta-Tas” event at the beautiful High Point Country Club in High Point, NC to benefit Earlier.org. The Fab Four will be sharing fascinating insider talk about publishing and writing and discussing their newest releases, all to raise funding for critical research to identify an earlier biological detection test for breast cancer. Books will be available for purchase care of The Country Bookshop with each author signing select books and proceeds benefiting Friends for an Earlier Breast Cancer Test®! Get details & tickets HERE.

Sunday, September 29, 10am ET — An F&F Live brunch event at the 19th Annual Bookmarks Festival of Books & Authors in Winston-Salem, NC. Close out the book festival with us at this super fun event to be held at the Benton Convention Center. There are two ticket options. The 10am Meet & Greet + Brunch Event is $80 (plus taxes & fees) will include a mimosa and the chance to mingle, meet the authors, and take photos, plus a wristband to get to the front of the signing line following the brunch. The 11am Brunch Event only is $50 (plus taxes & fees) and includes a seated program and book signing. Note that there will not be an opportunity for posed photos during this portion of the event. Get tickets HERE.

Wednesday, November 6, 6pm ET — Join all four founders and hosts of Friends & Fiction—along with Meg Walker & Ron Block—together in-person 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.

Thursday, November 7, 12:30pm ET — An F&F Live luncheon event hosted by the Amelia Island Book Festival at The Ritz-Carlton in Amelia Island, FL. Tim Ehrenberg of Tim Talks Books will serve as Master of Ceremonies for this lively and fun event. Ticket includes tea fare: light lunch, snacks, and refreshments. Details & ticketing info HERE.

Want to know what these F&F Live events are all about? Watch this video compilation!

In Case You Missed It

On last week’s episode of The Friends & Fiction Show, Mary Kay Andrews and Patti Callahan Henry welcomed #1 New York Times bestselling author Laura Dave to discuss her new thriller, The Night We Lost Him, in which estranged siblings discover their father has been keeping a secret for over fifty years — one that may have been fatal. Order Laura’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: Killer Author Club (Kimberly Belle, Heather Gudenkauf & Kaira Rouda)
WATCH now! | LISTEN now!

Already aired: Christina Dodd, A Daughter of Fair Verona
WATCH now! | LISTEN now!

Already aired: F&F Pick of the Month: Jamie Brenner, A Novel Summer
WATCH now! | LISTEN now!

Already aired: Emily Giffin, The Summer Pact
WATCH now! | LISTEN now!

Already aired: Marjan Kamali, The Lion Women of Tehran
WATCH now! | LISTEN now!

Already aired: Rhys Bowen, The Rose Arbor
WATCH now! | LISTEN now!

Already aired: Greer Macallister, The Thirteenth Husband
WATCH now! | LISTEN now!

Already aired: F&F Pick of the Month: Jessa Maxwell, I Need You to Read This
WATCH now! | LISTEN now!

Already aired: Madeline Martin, The Booklover's Library
WATCH now! | LISTEN now!

Already aired: TJ Klune, Somewhere Beyond the Sea
WATCH now! | LISTEN now!

Already aired: Laura Dave, The Night We Lost Him
WATCH now! | LISTEN now!

F&F Pick of the Month: Jodi Picoult, By Any Other Name
Watch LIVE: September 18 | Listen: September 20

Liane Moriarty, Here One Moment
Watch: September 25 | Listen: September 27

Stay tuned for the big reveal of our Fall 2024 guest line-up — coming soon!

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 & 2024 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 more than 30k 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 Wanda Morris about her novel, What You Leave Behind. Mark your calendars for October 21st for their next author guest, Sarah Pekkanen, when they’ll discuss her novel, HOUSE OF GLASS. With the help of Annissa Armstrong, the Book Club is also hosting the 2024 F&F Reading Challenge. Join them for a different category prompt each month to read outside your comfort zone. The September prompt is to read a true crime book.

Stay in Touch!

Subscribe to our PODCAST.
Join our FACEBOOK group.
Follow us on INSTAGRAM.
Subscribe to our YOUTUBE channel.
Find details about everything F&F on our WEBSITE.
Shop our guests’ & hosts’ books in our shop on BOOKSHOP.
Join the F&F Official BOOK CLUB with Brenda & Lisa.

Upgrade to our PAID Subscription for bonus content from our hosts and guests.

Tune in LIVE at 7pm ET for TONIGHT’s episode! 

Join us Wednesday, September 11th at 7pm Eastern on the F&F Facebook page and YouTube channel as Mary Kay Andrews and Patti Callahan Henry welcome #1 New York Times bestselling author Laura Dave to discuss her new thriller, The Night We Lost Him, in which estranged siblings discover their father has been keeping a secret for over fifty years — one that may have been fatal.

Laura Dave’s novels have been published in thirty-eight languages and have been chosen by Reese Witherspoon’s Book Club, Indie Next, Book of the Month Club, Best of Amazon, and Best of Apple Books. The Last Thing He Told Me was named 2021’s Goodreads Thriller of the Year. Six of Laura’s novels have been optioned for film and television, including The Last Thing He Told Me, which is a limited series on AppleTV+ starring Jennifer Garner. We are excited to talk to Laura about her eagerly anticipated follow-up, The Night We Lost Him (Marysue Rucci Books, Sept 17), which People says “serves up Dave's signature blend of pulse-pounding suspense and moving family drama,” and TIME calls “a twisty thriller that will keep you guessing.”

Watch the video broadcast of this show as it airs Wed 9/11 at 7pm ET on the F&F Facebook group page & YouTube channel. Catch the audio version on our podcast Fri 9/13.

Order Laura’s book on Bookshop.org!
Shop all of our guests’ & hosts’ books in our F&F Shop 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 working and reading like mad! It’s that weird and wiggly time between releasing a novel and starting a new one – which story to focus on today? Did you register for the Goodreads Giveaway or read PCH’s newest newsletter? NEWSLETTER WITH GIVEAWAY. Meanwhile over the weekend she cheered her Auburn Tigers onto defeat. But there’s always next week. She knows you’re going to LOVE the interview that she did with MKA for this week’s show with Laura Dave! 
What Patti is reading and why she’s loving it: I just finished Jodi Picoult’s By Any Other Name for our show next week, and this book blew me away. I know I mentioned it a couple weeks ago, but now that I’ve finished I want to say – DO NOT MISS THIS! (or the show). I LOVE learning about lost to time women in history and Emilia Bassano is fascinating! 

KRISTY WOODSON HARVEY had the most fun weekend celebrating her mom’s birthday with a “Rebecca St. James” from A HAPPIER LIFE style dinner party! If you want to check it out, visit Kristy on Instagram or Facebook. She is getting so excited about interviewing Kelly Bishop AKA Emily Gilmore next week for the launch of Kelly’s new memoir.
What Kristy is reading and why she’s loving it: The Third Gilmore Girl by Kelly Bishop. I am a total Gilmore Girls fan girl and I am loving getting to know more about this amazing woman and counting down the days until I get to meet her in person!

KRISTIN HARMEL is loving seeing all of MKA’s Ireland travel photos this week, though it’s making her miss the Emerald Isle fiercely…. She hasn’t been there since 2014 and is long overdue for a return trip! She and her family spent a few nights at Animal Kingdom Lodge-Jambo House last week, and this week, she’s hard at work on copyedits for her 2025 book! Plus, she volunteered twice at the book fair at her son’s elementary school! 
What Kristin is reading and why she’s loving it: The Many Lives & Loves of Hazel Lavery by Lois Cahall. This novel is based on the true story of one of the most fascinating women of the early 20th century, American-born socialite Hazel Lavery. Hers was the face on Irish currency for decades, and she and her husband were close with Irish hero Michael Collins, for whom Hazel reportedly served as an agent of sorts. She apparently even taught Winston Churchill to paint! I can’t believe I hadn’t heard of her before; kudos to Cahall for bringing her alive in a novel. 

MARY KAY ANDREWS has been gallivanting around Ireland, starting in Dublin to Inniskerry, where she toured a whisky distillery, to Cobh, where she researched her Irish ancestry with a genealogist, to Cork, with a stop at a pub that served up live traditional Irish folk music—along with excellent whisky, to Killarney, where she toured the Muckross Estate and traditional old country farms, to a tour of the Ring of Kerry. All this (or most of it) for research for her next book. She knows you’ll love tonight’s show with Laura Dave—a fabulous guest!
What MKA is reading and why she’s loving it: I’m still reading The Wedding People by Alison Espach and finding it funny, romantic, and delicious.

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Upcoming Events

Wednesday, Sept. 11, 6pm ET – Join Kristin at the Winter Park (FL) Library as she interviews Madeline Martin about The Booklover’s Library. Hosted by Writer’s Block Bookstore. RSVP here.

Friday, September 27, 4pm ET — Join us for an F&F Live “Toast to the Ta-Tas” event at the beautiful High Point Country Club in High Point, NC to benefit Earlier.org. The Fab Four will be sharing fascinating insider talk about publishing and writing and discussing their newest releases, all to raise funding for critical research to identify an earlier biological detection test for breast cancer. Books will be available for purchase care of The Country Bookshop with each author signing select books and proceeds benefiting Friends for an Earlier Breast Cancer Test®! Get details & tickets HERE.

Sunday, September 29, 10am ET — An F&F Live brunch event at the 19th Annual Bookmarks Festival of Books & Authors in Winston-Salem, NC. Close out the book festival with us at this super fun event to be held at the Benton Convention Center. There are two ticket options. The 10am Meet & Greet + Brunch Event is $80 (plus taxes & fees) will include a mimosa and the chance to mingle, meet the authors, and take photos, plus a wristband to get to the front of the signing line following the brunch. The 11am Brunch Event only is $50 (plus taxes & fees) and includes a seated program and book signing. Note that there will not be an opportunity for posed photos during this portion of the event. Get tickets HERE.

Wednesday, November 6, 6pm ET — Join all four founders and hosts of Friends & Fiction—along with Meg Walker & Ron Block—together in-person 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.

Thursday, November 7, 12:30pm ET — An F&F Live luncheon event hosted by the Amelia Island Book Festival at The Ritz-Carlton in Amelia Island, FL. Ticket price will include tea fare: light lunch, snacks, and refreshments. For members of book clubs who are interested in reserving an entire table, the Book Club Pre-Sale will open on August 15th. If interested, email bookclubs@ameliaislandbookfestival.org identifying yourself and providing a main point of contact. Ticket sales will open up to the public on September 1st. Details HERE. Ticketing link to come!

Want to know what these F&F Live events are all about? Watch this video compilation!

In Case You Missed It

On last week’s episode of The Friends & Fiction Show, Ron Block and Patti Callahan Henry welcomed mega-bestselling author TJ Klune to discuss his new novel, Somewhere Beyond The Sea, the hugely anticipated sequel to his smash hit, The House in the Cerulean Sea, which is one of the best-loved and best-selling fantasy novels of the past decade. Order TJ’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: Killer Author Club (Kimberly Belle, Heather Gudenkauf & Kaira Rouda)
WATCH now! | LISTEN now!

Already aired: Christina Dodd, A Daughter of Fair Verona
WATCH now! | LISTEN now!

Already aired: F&F Pick of the Month: Jamie Brenner, A Novel Summer
WATCH now! | LISTEN now!

Already aired: Emily Giffin, The Summer Pact
WATCH now! | LISTEN now!

Already aired: Marjan Kamali, The Lion Women of Tehran
WATCH now! | LISTEN now!

Already aired: Rhys Bowen, The Rose Arbor
WATCH now! | LISTEN now!

Already aired: Greer Macallister, The Thirteenth Husband
WATCH now! | LISTEN now!

Already aired: F&F Pick of the Month: Jessa Maxwell, I Need You to Read This
WATCH now! | LISTEN now!

Already aired: Madeline Martin, The Booklover's Library
WATCH now! | LISTEN now!

Already aired: TJ Klune, Somewhere Beyond the Sea
WATCH now! | LISTEN now!

Laura Dave, The Night We Lost Him
Watch: September 11 | Listen: September 13

F&F Pick of the Month: Jodi Picoult, By Any Other Name
Watch LIVE: September 18 | Listen: September 20

Liane Moriarty, Here One Moment
Watch: September 25 | Listen: September 27

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 & 2024 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 more than 30k 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 Kristy Woodson Harvey about her novel, A Happier Life. Mark your calendars for September 16th for their next author guest, Wanda Morris, when they’ll discuss her novel, What You Leave Behind. With the help of Annissa Armstrong, the Book Club is also hosting the 2024 F&F Reading Challenge. Join them for a different category prompt each month to read outside your comfort zone. The September prompt is to read a true crime book.

Stay in Touch!

Subscribe to our PODCAST.
Join our FACEBOOK group.
Follow us on INSTAGRAM.
Subscribe to our YOUTUBE channel.
Find details about everything F&F on our WEBSITE.
Shop our guests’ & hosts’ books in our shop on BOOKSHOP.
Join the F&F Official BOOK CLUB with Brenda & Lisa.

Upgrade to our PAID Subscription for bonus content from our hosts and guests.

Tune in LIVE at 7pm ET for TONIGHT’s episode! 

Join us Wednesday, September 4th at 7pm Eastern on the F&F Facebook page and YouTube channel as Ron Block and Patti Callahan Henry welcome mega-bestselling author TJ Klune to discuss his new novel, Somewhere Beyond The Sea, the hugely anticipated sequel to his smash hit, The House in the Cerulean Sea, which is one of the best-loved and best-selling fantasy novels of the past decade.

TJ Klune is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling, Lambda Literary Award-winning author of The House in the Cerulean Sea, Under the Whispering Door, In the Lives of Puppets, The Extraordinaries and more. Being queer himself, Klune believes it’s important — now more than ever — to have accurate, positive queer representation in stories. We are so excited to talk to TJ about Somewhere Beyond The Sea, which (in a starred review) Library Journal has called, “a heart-wrenching tale of being perceived as different, finding acceptance, and having a place in the world.”

Watch the video broadcast of this show as it airs Wed 9/4 at 7pm ET on the F&F Facebook group page & YouTube channel. Catch the audio version on our podcast Fri 9/6.

Order TJ’s book on Bookshop.org!
Shop all of our guests’ & hosts’ books in our F&F Shop on Bookshop.org!

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Latest News from the Fab Four!

PATTI CALLAHAN HENRY spent the Labor Day weekend with family and friends in North Carolina! She hiked and wrote and read and enjoyed the cooler mountain air. After a Dahlia Dinner (the most beautiful flowers she has EVER seen), and the last Bingo of the season, she is now back at the desk! Her newsletter is out this week and in it – among other things like what is inspiring her now and a video – is a GOODREADS GIVEAWAY for The Story She Left Behind!!! CLICK HERE TO ENTER. 
What Patti is reading and why she’s loving it: The House Without Windows by Barbara Newhall Follett. I am re-reading this 1927 children’s fantasy novel as I begin to write essays and “the story behind the story” for my March release. This author, who disappeared at 26 years old, was the inspiration for THE STORY SHE LEFT BEHIND. I am diving back into Barbara’s first novel (which she wrote when she was eight years old) to bring her alive for the reader in backstory material.  

KRISTY WOODSON HARVEY had the best, best Labor Day Weekend and is wringing out every last drop of summer—but excited for football season and pumpkin spice too! She’s hosting a Rebecca Saint James-style dinner party this weekend to celebrate her mom’s birthday with a few best family friends, and can’t wait to share pics with everyone! She’s also looking forward to a number of upcoming solo events in Pine Knoll Shores, NC and Cape Carteret, NC and Friends & Fiction events in High Point, Winston-Salem, Orlando, and Amelia Island! She’s hoping to see you there! She’s also super grateful to Readers Digest for giving so much love to A HAPPIER LIFE last week, and BookBub for shining a light on last year’s novel,  THE SUMMER OF SONGBIRDS.
What Kristy is reading and why she’s loving it: Bummer Camp by Ann Garvin. If you caught THE SUMMER OF SONGBIRDS last year, you might know that I’m a big summer camp fan! So what could be better than grown up summer camp inside the pages of Ann Garvin’s latest laugh-out-loud funny pageturner? I can’t think of a thing! There are still a couple weeks left in official summer, but this is camp for any time of year. Check it out!

KRISTIN HARMEL had a long Labor Day weekend split between hanging out with her mom and aunt at Disney World, and hanging out with her in-laws in Palm City, Florida. She’s back in the writing saddle this week—and can’t wait for her first pumpkin spice latte of the season.
What Kristin is reading and why she’s loving it: I’m re-reading Madeline Martin’s The Booklover’s Library, which I read ages ago for a blurb. I loved the book and am happy to dive back in–which I’m doing to prepare for a conversation with Madeline at the Winter Park Library next Wednesday, Sept. 11 at 6pm. (Join us if you can!) Madeline was our guest on the show last week, and talking to her about the book reignited my love for it!

MARY KAY ANDREWS spent the Labor Day weekend with family, and hosted an early birthday celebration for her son Andy, featuring Mr. MKA’s barbecued ribs, her family’s favorite macaroni and cheese (the recipe is in her Beach House Cookbook) and of course, homemade birthday cake. Now she’s off on a much-anticipated trip to Ireland, where she’ll be doing research for her next novel. 
What MKA is reading and why she’s loving it: The Wedding People by Alison Espach. What better way to close out summer reading than with this delicious tale of a stranger who shows up at a wedding? Funny, romantic, delicious.

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Upcoming Events

Wednesday, Sept. 11, 6pm ET – Join Kristin at the Winter Park (FL) Library as she interviews Madeline Martin about The Booklover’s Library. Hosted by Writer’s Block Bookstore. RSVP here.

Friday, September 27, 4pm ET — Join us for an F&F Live “Toast to the Ta-Tas” event at the beautiful High Point Country Club in High Point, NC to benefit Earlier.org. The Fab Four will be sharing fascinating insider talk about publishing and writing and discussing their newest releases, all to raise funding for critical research to identify an earlier biological detection test for breast cancer. Books will be available for purchase care of The Country Bookshop with each author signing select books and proceeds benefiting Friends for an Earlier Breast Cancer Test®! Get details & tickets HERE.

Sunday, September 29, 10am ET — An F&F Live brunch event at the 19th Annual Bookmarks Festival of Books & Authors in Winston-Salem, NC. Close out the book festival with us at this super fun event to be held at the Benton Convention Center. There are two ticket options. The 10am Meet & Greet + Brunch Event is $80 (plus taxes & fees) will include a mimosa and the chance to mingle, meet the authors, and take photos, plus a wristband to get to the front of the signing line following the brunch. The 11am Brunch Event only is $50 (plus taxes & fees) and includes a seated program and book signing. Note that there will not be an opportunity for posed photos during this portion of the event. Get tickets HERE.

Wednesday, November 6, 6pm ET — Join all four founders and hosts of Friends & Fiction—along with Meg Walker & Ron Block—together in-person 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.

Thursday, November 7, 12:30pm ET — An F&F Live luncheon event hosted by the Amelia Island Book Festival at The Ritz-Carlton in Amelia Island, FL. Ticket price will include tea fare: light lunch, snacks, and refreshments. For members of book clubs who are interested in reserving an entire table, the Book Club Pre-Sale will open on August 15th. If interested, email bookclubs@ameliaislandbookfestival.org identifying yourself and providing a main point of contact. Ticket sales will open up to the public on September 1st. Details HERE. Ticketing link to come!

Want to know what these F&F Live events are all about? Watch this video compilation!

In Case You Missed It

On last week’s episode of The Friends & Fiction Show, Kristin Harmel & Ron Block welcomed bestselling author Madeline Martin to discuss The Booklover’s Library, her heartwarming new story about a mother and daughter in wartime England and the power of books to bring them together. We were also treated to a pop-in by Emmy-award winning journalist turned novelist Linda Hurtado Bond to chat about her gripping new thriller All the Missing Girls. Order Madeline’s book & Linda’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: Killer Author Club (Kimberly Belle, Heather Gudenkauf & Kaira Rouda)
WATCH now! | LISTEN now!

Already aired: Christina Dodd, A Daughter of Fair Verona
WATCH now! | LISTEN now!

Already aired: F&F Pick of the Month: Jamie Brenner, A Novel Summer
WATCH now! | LISTEN now!

Already aired: Emily Giffin, The Summer Pact
WATCH now! | LISTEN now!

Already aired: Marjan Kamali, The Lion Women of Tehran
WATCH now! | LISTEN now!

Already aired: Rhys Bowen, The Rose Arbor
WATCH now! | LISTEN now!

Already aired: Greer Macallister, The Thirteenth Husband
WATCH now! | LISTEN now!

Already aired: F&F Pick of the Month: Jessa Maxwell, I Need You to Read This
WATCH now! | LISTEN now!

Already aired: Madeline Martin, The Booklover's Library
WATCH now! | LISTEN now!

TJ Klune, Somewhere Beyond the Sea
Watch: September 4 | Listen: September 6

Laura Dave, The Night We Lost Him
Watch: September 11 | Listen: September 13

F&F Pick of the Month: Jodi Picoult, By Any Other Name
Watch LIVE: September 18 | Listen: September 20

Liane Moriarty, Here One Moment
Watch: September 25 | Listen: September 27

Bonus Episodes!

The Fab Four (along with Meg & Ron) are taking turns interviewing some additional authors in short video segments we are calling “Behind the Book.” Check out a few recent bonus interviews that we’ve run on the F&F YouTube channel!

WATCH Kristy’s interview with Gilmore Girls star Devon Sorvari, who is also the voice of Keaton in the audiobook version of A HAPPIER LIFE.
WATCH Kristin’s interview with Erika Robuck about her new highly-anticipated WWII historical novel, The Last Twelve Miles.
WATCH Kristin & Kristy’s interview with Lisa Barr about her new highly-anticipated WWII historical novel, The Goddess of Warsaw.
WATCH Kristin’s conversation with Christina Lauren about their brand-new instant NYT-bestselling hit The Paradise Problem.
WATCH MKA’s conversation with the award-winning voice artist Kathleen McInerney who narrates the Summers at the Saint audiobook.
WATCH Patti & MKA’s interview with Sheila Roberts about her newest The Best Life Book Club. 

F&F Merch Store

We have a Friends & Fiction merch store with t-shirts (both short- and long-sleeved), 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 & 2024 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 more than 30k 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 Kristy Woodson Harvey about her novel, A Happier Life. Mark your calendars for September 16th for their next author guest, Wanda Morris, when they’ll discuss her novel, What You Leave Behind. With the help of Annissa Armstrong, the Book Club is also hosting the 2024 F&F Reading Challenge. Join them for a different category prompt each month to read outside your comfort zone. The September prompt is to read a true crime book.

Stay in Touch!

Subscribe to our PODCAST.
Join our FACEBOOK group.
Follow us on INSTAGRAM.
Subscribe to our YOUTUBE channel.
Find details about everything F&F on our WEBSITE.
Shop our guests’ & hosts’ books in our shop on BOOKSHOP.
Join the F&F Official BOOK CLUB with Brenda & Lisa.

Upgrade to our PAID Subscription for bonus content from our hosts and guests.

Tune in LIVE at 7pm ET for TONIGHT’s episode! 

Join us Wednesday, August 28th at 7pm Eastern on the F&F Facebook page and YouTube channel as Kristin Harmel & Ron Block welcome bestselling author Madeline Martin to discuss The Booklover’s Library, her heartwarming new story about a mother and daughter in wartime England and the power of books to bring them together. We’ll also be treated to a pop-in by Emmy-award winning journalist turned novelist Linda Hurtado Bond to chat about her gripping new thriller All the Missing Girls.

Madeline Martin is the New York Times, USA Today, Publishers Weekly, and internationally bestselling author of historical fiction and historical romance with books translated into more than twenty-five languages. Having spent most of her childhood as an Army brat in Germany, Madeline loves to travel and is a die-hard history lover who will happily lose herself in research any day. She joins us from sunny Florida to discuss her latest, The Booklover’s Library, which has been dubbed “a must-read for booklovers” by Chanel Cleeton and “a quiet little jewel of a wartime novel” by Kate Quinn.

By day, Linda Hurtado Bond is an Emmy and Edward R. Murrow award-winning journalist. By night, she’s an author of James Bond-like adventures and heart-stopping thrillers. The host of “Tampa Bay Reads,” Linda has hosted all of F&F’s Fab Four on her television segment. She joins us to discuss her new spine-tingling mystery, All the Missing Girls, featuring her recurring character, Tampa crime reporter Mari Alvarez.

Watch the video broadcast of this show as it airs Wed 8/28 at 7pm ET on the F&F Facebook group page & YouTube channel. Catch the audio version on our podcast Fri 8/30.

Order Madeline’s book & Linda’s book on Bookshop.org!
Shop all of our guests’ & hosts’ books in our F&F Shop 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 loving the cool mountains as summer ends. She’s found hidden waterfalls and long winding hikes (no, she hasn’t gotten lost yet). She’ll be celebrating her husband’s birthday with family this Labor Day weekend. She has been writing like mad trying to find a new story while prepping all the fun pre-pub things for The Story She Left Behind. She is sending out a newsletter next week and you won’t want to miss it with a Goodreads Giveaway and, as usual, the things that are inspiring her now! SIGN UP HERE. 
What Patti is reading and why she’s loving it: The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King. “The story of a young girl lost in the forest of Maine, a girl who loves the baseball player Tom Gordon and listens to the games on her Walkman as she finds her way out of the forest. It’s NOT horror and it’s one of his softer, more playful, and as always expertly crafted stories.” 

KRISTY WOODSON HARVEY cannot believe that summer is over and is tempering her end-of-summer blues with excitement about football season and pumpkin spice lattes. Despite embracing the fall vibes, she is working away on her next summer book and is so excited about how it is coming together. She has quite a few upcoming tour dates – both with her Friends & Fiction sisters and on her own – and hopes to see so many of you there. You can find full tour information on her website under tour dates!
What Kristy is reading and why she’s loving it: Riptide by Colleen McKeegan. “I am already engrossed in this tale of two sisters who return to the beach house where they spent their childhood. When a body washes up on the shore, things become infinitely more complicated!”

KRISTIN HARMEL got to hang out with her Aunt Donna (visiting from Massachusetts) over the weekend (including a trip to the outlet mall, one of Kristin’s favorite places), and she also got to spend a night in a new Fort Wilderness Disney Vacation Club cabin with her husband and son. (Her son was excited to sleep in one of the cabin’s bunk beds–and her husband was excited that the cabin came with its own grill!) She’s hard at work on two writing projects and is hoping that she can share her 2025 book with you any day now!
What Kristin is reading and why she’s loving it: The Trouble with Anna by debut author Rachel Griffiths (a former editorial director at Scholastic). “This historical romance (also a frenemies-to-lovers story), pitched as being perfect for fans of Bridgerton, is about high-stakes horseback riding, a no-nonsense heroine whose grandfather’s will stipulates that she must marry or be left penniless, and the arrogant (but hot) lord who seems to stand in the way of her independence. My horse-loving editor at Gallery Books (Abby Zidle) edited this book and was raving about it during our last visit, so I’m thrilled to finally have it in my hands! Coming March 2025 in trade paperback.”

MARY KAY ANDREWS spent the weekend with family at Ebbtide on Tybee Island, celebrating Mr. MKA’s BIG birthday. Now she’s back home, furiously trying to make headway on her next book and wrestling with dual timelines and a dueling points of view from two very different sisters. She’s counting the days ‘til takeoff for her trip to Ireland that starts next week. 
What MKA is reading and why she’s loving it: All The Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker. “I started listening to the audiobook on the trip to Tybee and am now finding reasons to take walks or long drives to find out what happens next. Obsession, devotion, serial killers, set in the seventies. Wow!”

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

Friday, September 27, 4pm ET — Join us for an F&F Live “Toast to the Ta-Tas” event at the beautiful High Point Country Club in High Point, NC to benefit Earlier.org. The Fab Four will be sharing fascinating insider talk about publishing and writing and discussing their newest releases, all to raise funding for critical research to identify an earlier biological detection test for breast cancer. Books will be available for purchase care of The Country Bookshop with each author signing select books and proceeds benefiting Friends for an Earlier Breast Cancer Test®! Get details & tickets HERE.

Sunday, September 29, 10am ET — An F&F Live brunch event at the 19th Annual Bookmarks Festival of Books & Authors in Winston-Salem, NC. Close out the book festival with us at this super fun event to be held at the Benton Convention Center. There are two ticket options. The 10am Meet & Greet + Brunch Event is $80 (plus taxes & fees) will include a mimosa and the chance to mingle, meet the authors, and take photos, plus a wristband to get to the front of the signing line following the brunch. The 11am Brunch Event only is $50 (plus taxes & fees) and includes a seated program and book signing. Note that there will not be an opportunity for posed photos during this portion of the event. Get tickets HERE.

Wednesday, November 6, 6pm ET — Join all four founders and hosts of Friends & Fiction—along with Meg Walker & Ron Block—together in-person 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.

Thursday, November 7, 12:30pm ET — An F&F Live luncheon event hosted by the Amelia Island Book Festival at The Ritz-Carlton in Amelia Island, FL. Ticket price will include tea fare: light lunch, snacks, and refreshments. For members of book clubs who are interested in reserving an entire table, the Book Club Pre-Sale will open on August 15th. If interested, email bookclubs@ameliaislandbookfestival.org identifying yourself and providing a main point of contact. Ticket sales will open up to the public on September 1st. Details HERE. Ticketing link to come!

Want to know what these F&F Live events are all about? Watch this video compilation!

In Case You Missed It

On last week’s episode of The Friends & Fiction Show, the Fab Four welcomed this month’s F&F Featured Author, Jessa Maxwell, to discuss her new book, our August 2024 Pick of the Month, I NEED YOU TO READ THIS, a sly and addictive new mystery about an advice columnist searching for answers about her predecessor’s murder. Order Jessa’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: Killer Author Club (Kimberly Belle, Heather Gudenkauf & Kaira Rouda)
WATCH now! | LISTEN now!

Already aired: Christina Dodd, A Daughter of Fair Verona
WATCH now! | LISTEN now!

Already aired: F&F Pick of the Month: Jamie Brenner, A Novel Summer
WATCH now! | LISTEN now!

Already aired: Emily Giffin, The Summer Pact
WATCH now! | LISTEN now!

Already aired: Marjan Kamali, The Lion Women of Tehran
WATCH now! | LISTEN now!

Already aired: Rhys Bowen, The Rose Arbor
WATCH now! | LISTEN now!

Already aired: Greer Macallister, The Thirteenth Husband
WATCH now! | LISTEN now!

Already aired: F&F Pick of the Month: Jessa Maxwell, I Need You to Read This
WATCH now! | LISTEN now!

Madeline Martin, The Booklover's Library
Watch: August 28 | Listen: August 30

TJ Klune, Somewhere Beyond the Sea
Watch: September 4 | Listen: September 6

Laura Dave, The Night We Lost Him
Watch: September 11 | Listen: September 13

F&F Pick of the Month: Jodi Picoult, By Any Other Name
Watch LIVE: September 18 | Listen: September 20

Liane Moriarty, Here One Moment
Watch: September 25 | Listen: September 27

Bonus Episodes!

The Fab Four (along with Meg & Ron) are taking turns interviewing some additional authors in short video segments we are calling “Behind the Book.” Check out a few recent bonus interviews that we’ve run on the F&F YouTube channel!

WATCH Kristy’s interview with Gilmore Girls star Devon Sorvari, who is also the voice of Keaton in the audiobook version of A HAPPIER LIFE.
WATCH Kristin’s interview with Erika Robuck about her new highly-anticipated WWII historical novel, The Last Twelve Miles.
WATCH Kristin & Kristy’s interview with Lisa Barr about her new highly-anticipated WWII historical novel, The Goddess of Warsaw.
WATCH Kristin’s conversation with Christina Lauren about their brand-new instant NYT-bestselling hit The Paradise Problem.
WATCH MKA’s conversation with the award-winning voice artist Kathleen McInerney who narrates the Summers at the Saint audiobook.
WATCH Patti & MKA’s interview with Sheila Roberts about her newest The Best Life Book Club.

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.

NEW ITEM! We’ve just added long-sleeve t-shirts in our fun “Name List Wear” line to our Bonfire shop. These are perfect for the cooler weather F&F Live events coming up this fall. So, if you’re coming to hang out with the Fab Four in NC this September or in Florida in November—or even if you’re just tuning in weekly from home—we’ve got your wardrobe on lock! These are available in 5 colors (black, grey, navy, army green & red) in sizes S-2XL. This current campaign is open through 8/28 with orders shipping to arrive by mid-September. Let’s go! Let’s show our F&F pride!

Order Long-Sleeved Tees

F&F Official Book Club & 2024 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 more than 30k 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 Kristy Woodson Harvey about her novel, A Happier Life. Mark your calendars for September 16th for their next author guest, Wanda Morris, when they’ll discuss her novel, What You Leave Behind. With the help of Annissa Armstrong, the Book Club is also hosting the 2024 F&F Reading Challenge. Join them for a different category prompt each month to read outside your comfort zone. The August prompt was to read a book that inspired a TV show or movie and the September prompt is to read a true crime book.

Stay in Touch!

Subscribe to our PODCAST.
Join our FACEBOOK group.
Follow us on INSTAGRAM.
Subscribe to our YOUTUBE channel.
Find details about everything F&F on our WEBSITE.
Shop our guests’ & hosts’ books in our shop on BOOKSHOP.
Join the F&F Official BOOK CLUB with Brenda & Lisa.

Upgrade to our PAID Subscription for bonus content from our hosts and guests.