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

Join us Wednesday, March 18th at 7pm Eastern on the F&F Facebook page and YouTube channel as the full F&F family — Mary Kay Andrews, Kristin Harmel, Kristy Woodson Harvey & Patti Callahan Henry — gathers with Managing Director Meg Walker and Producer Shaun Hettinger for a special “just us” episode.

We’ve got another F&F family episode of our show, but this time we are joined by our tech guru and #1 cabana boy Shaun for a super fun musical discussion. Shaun is a talented musician who has been in several bands and written lots of film scores and soundtracks. When he told us he has a new single dropping on March 20th (and a full album coming this fall!), we knew we wanted to talk to him about it. This leads to a fun group chat about the music that has shaped and inspired us and the role music plays in our creative lives. We hope you’ll tune in and enjoy the old-school camaraderie that’s the heart and soul of Friends & Fiction!

Watch the video broadcast as it airs on Wed 3/18 at 7pm ET on the F&F Facebook group page & YouTube channel. Catch the audio version on our podcast Fri 3/20.

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MARY KAY ANDREWS enjoyed a week of glorious spring-like temperatures—until it started sleeting in Atlanta on Monday. She was thrilled to watch granddaughter Molly cheerleading as her high school captured their first-ever state basketball championship—Go Golden Lions! On Tuesday her family celebrated St. Patrick’s Day with husband Tom’s corned beef and cabbage while listening to holiday appropriate music—and she sent out her newsletter packed with news about Road Trip, a pre-order offer from Nantucket Book Partners, and the Atlanta launch party. Are you signed up?

KRISTIN HARMEL is off this week, enjoying her son Noah’s spring break (though she admits to sneaking away to get some writing done!). She attended a wedding over the weekend, where the bride cleverly sat her next to a debut author named Jennifer Mandula, whose first novel, The Geomagician, comes out on March 31 and sounds fabulous. (It’s a truly original-sounding Victorian historical romantasy about a fossil hunter who discovers a baby pterodactyl and vows to protect him, with the help of a fellow scholar—her former fiancé.) She’s so excited that Friends & Fiction’s amazing producer Shaun Hettinger, who we all know and love, has a new single coming out this Friday. You can find out more (including where to listen to it) here.

KRISTY WOODSON HARVEY is on a “workcation” in the Bahamas this week while her boys are fishing, fishing, and fishing some more! She is reading FALLING FOR PEACHTREE BLUFF for the last time… What? How did that happen so quickly? And brought along her snazzy new tripod to film lots of behind-the-scenes video for SUMMER STATE OF MIND. Speaking of… Both the Nantucket Books Preorder and The Friends & Fiction Subscription are more than ⅔ sold out. And, once they’re gone, they’re gone. So snag yours before it’s too late! Thanks for all the support! One more reminder that Kristy will be in Oak Ridge, Tennessee on Monday and Tuesday for their 34th Annual Literary Luncheon! She would love to see you there!

PATTI CALLAHAN HENRY is home after an incredible paperback tour (she is still unpacking). This week she’ll be in Richmond, VA for a speaking engagement and then off for a family trip to South Carolina to celebrate her birthday over the weekend. Last Sunday, she attended a celebration of Birmingham’s Notable Women through the ages and Patti was honored to be one of them! Next to gold medal winners and pioneers in medicine, she felt humbled. On the work front, next year’s book is off to the copy editor and Patti might or might not be refreshing her email looking for it to show up so she can dive back in (she can’t wait to tell you all about it).

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Upcoming Events

Kristy will be touring in May for her forthcoming book, Summer State of Mind. Stay tuned to her events page HERE.

MKA will be touring in June for her forthcoming book, Road Trip. Stay tuned to her events page HERE.

Kristin will be touring in July/August for her forthcoming book, Meet Me in Paris. Stay tuned to her events page HERE.

See Patti’s upcoming events HERE.

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

In Case You Missed It

On our most recent new episode of The Friends & Fiction Show, Kristy Woodson Harvey & Mary Kay Andrews welcomed #1 New York Times bestselling author Lucy Score to discuss her new swoonworthy small town rom-com, Mistakes Were Made, which invites us back to Story Lake for a steamy escape full of emotional twists, slow-burn tension, and Lucy’s trademark charm.

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: Brad Meltzer, The Viper
WATCH | LISTEN

Already aired: Jayne Ann Krentz, The Shop on Hidden Lane
WATCH | LISTEN

Already aired: Jesse Q. Sutanto, Read Between the Lies
WATCH | LISTEN

Already aired: Paula McLain, Skylark
WATCH | LISTEN

Already aired: Janie Chang, The Fourth Princess & Kate Quinn, The Astral Library
WATCH | LISTEN

Already aired: Omid Scobie & Robin Benway, Royal Spin
WATCH | LISTEN

Already aired: Terah Shelton Harris, Where the Wildflowers Grow
WATCH | LISTEN

Already aired: Joshilyn Jackson, Missing Sister
WATCH | LISTEN

Already aired: Lucy Score, Mistakes Were Made
WATCH | LISTEN

Virginia Evans, The Correspondent & Allen Levi, Theo of Golden
Watch LIVE: March 25 | Listen: March 27

F&F 2026 Subscription Box with Oxford Exchange

The 2026 FRIENDS AND FICTION Subscription Box is available for purchase now, exclusively from our friends at Oxford Exchange.

This subscription includes three separate shipments:
1. MAY 2026: A hardcover, signed, first edition of Kristy Woodson Harvey’s forthcoming book SUMMER STATE OF MIND!
2. JUNE 2026: A hardcover, signed, first edition of ROAD TRIP by Mary Kay Andrews!
3. AUGUST 2026: A hardcover, signed, first edition of MEET ME IN PARIS by Kristin Harmel!

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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.

Tees in New Colors!

We’ve added two fun, new colors (hot pink & turquoise!) to our Bonfire merch store in our signature Name List apparel line!

Order New Summer T-Shirts!

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 nearly 40,000 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 Heather Webber about her new novel, The Forget-Me-Not Library. Mark your calendars for April 20th for their next author guest, Sarah Fox, when they’ll discuss her new novel, Definitely Maybe Not a Detective. The Book Club is also hosting the 2026 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 book from an indie or small press and for April it’s to read a book recommended by a favorite librarian.

Stay in Touch!

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

Join us Wednesday, March 11th at 7pm Eastern on the F&F Facebook page and YouTube channel as Kristy Woodson Harvey & Mary Kay Andrews welcome #1 New York Times bestselling author Lucy Score to discuss her new swoonworthy small town rom-com, Mistakes Were Made, which invites us back to Story Lake for a steamy escape full of emotional twists, slow-burn tension, and Lucy’s trademark charm.

Lucy Score is a #1 NYT-bestselling author who stumbled into her dream job after being fired one too many times. Known for her laugh-out-loud romances and fiercely loyal readers, she’s sold millions of books across the globe which have been translated into 31 languages and counting. When she’s not writing, Lucy can be found impulse shopping, fighting a losing battle with her couch’s butt-dent, or plotting her next great story while pretending to work out. She joins us from her home in Pennsylvania to discuss Mistakes Were Made, her new steamy opposites-attract love story that revisits Zoey and Gage from last year’s Story of My Life.

Watch the video broadcast of this interview as it airs on Wed 3/11 at 7pm ET on the F&F Facebook group page & YouTube channel. Catch the audio version on our podcast Fri 3/13.

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Latest News from the Fab Four!

MARY KAY ANDREWS loved being in conversation with Joshilyn Jackson about her new domestic thriller Missing Sister at Eagle Eye Books in Decatur, Ga. last week. (Jos left lots of signed books behind if you still need a copy.) She loved having son Andy and his family home for the weekend to celebrate daughter-in-law Meg’s birthday. On Monday she had the joy of being with a roomful of talented young writers (and their parents and teachers) in Southwest Georgia, to recognize the winners of the Chattahoochee-Flint District Regional Educational Service Agency writing competition. MKA is this close to announcing the tour for ROAD TRIP, so stay tuned to her Facebook & Instagram for all the deets.

KRISTIN HARMEL had such a blast hanging out with Patti (and other Friends & Fiction faves such as Fiona Davis, Annabel Monaghan, Lisa Wingate, Sarah Pekkanen, Alka Joshi, Peter Abrahams (who writes as Spencer Quinn), Wally Lamb, and more!) at the Southwest Florida Reading Festival in Fort Myers over the weekend. If you’re in the Sunshine State next March, make it a point to attend! Kristin is just three weeks away from the release of THE STOLEN LIFE OF COLETTE MARCEAU in paperback, and she’s gearing up for the July 28 release of MEET ME IN PARIS!

KRISTY WOODSON HARVEY had so much fun over the weekend celebrating her dad’s birthday in his hometown of Wilmington, NC and revisiting some of his favorite places! She is putting the finishing touches on her SUMMER STATE OF MIND tour, beginning May 1, and–unbelievably!--working on FALLING FOR PEACHTREE BLUFF tour, coming September 15 as well. So many fun things happening. Don’t forget: if you are in Tennessee, I’ll be in Oak Ridge for a fabulous luncheon on March 24. Come see me! And, don’t forget, if you need a short and sweet reading fix, LEAVE IT UP TO LOVE is only $1.99 on Kindle and Audible!

PATTI CALLAHAN HENRY has been on the road for the paperback tour of THE STORY SHE LEFT BEHIND and loving every minute of seeing her readers and so many of her Friends & Fiction community! She was able to have a conversation with Kristin and MKA, making this trip even more fun! She wants everyone to know how very grateful she is to each and every one of you! Book tour is made cheerful by all of you!

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Upcoming Events

Kristy will be touring in May for her forthcoming book, Summer State of Mind. Stay tuned to her events page HERE.

MKA will be touring in June for her forthcoming book, Road Trip. Stay tuned to her events page HERE.

Kristin will be touring in July/August for her forthcoming book, Meet Me in Paris. Stay tuned to her events page HERE.

See Patti’s upcoming events HERE.

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

In Case You Missed It

On our most recent new episode of The Friends & Fiction Show, Mary Kay Andrews & Patti Callahan Henry welcomed New York Times and USA Today bestselling novelist Joshilyn Jackson to discuss her fast-paced new thriller, Missing Sister, a chilling story of sisters and revenge.

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: Brad Meltzer, The Viper
WATCH | LISTEN

Already aired: Jayne Ann Krentz, The Shop on Hidden Lane
WATCH | LISTEN

Already aired: Jesse Q. Sutanto, Read Between the Lies
WATCH | LISTEN

Already aired: Paula McLain, Skylark
WATCH | LISTEN

Already aired: Janie Chang, The Fourth Princess & Kate Quinn, The Astral Library
WATCH | LISTEN

Already aired: Omid Scobie & Robin Benway, Royal Spin
WATCH | LISTEN

Already aired: Terah Shelton Harris, Where the Wildflowers Grow
WATCH | LISTEN

Already aired: Joshilyn Jackson, Missing Sister
WATCH | LISTEN

Lucy Score, Mistakes Were Made
Watch: March 11 | Listen: March 13

Virginia Evans, The Correspondent & Allen Levi, Theo of Golden
Watch LIVE: March 25 | Listen: March 27

F&F 2026 Subscription Box with Oxford Exchange

The 2026 FRIENDS AND FICTION Subscription Box is available for purchase now, exclusively from our friends at Oxford Exchange.

This subscription includes three separate shipments:
1. MAY 2026: A hardcover, signed, first edition of Kristy Woodson Harvey’s forthcoming book SUMMER STATE OF MIND!
2. JUNE 2026: A hardcover, signed, first edition of ROAD TRIP by Mary Kay Andrews!
3. AUGUST 2026: A hardcover, signed, first edition of MEET ME IN PARIS by Kristin Harmel!

Get your subscription NOW from Oxford Exchange!

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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.

Tees in New Colors!

We’ve added two fun, new colors (hot pink & turquoise!) to our Bonfire merch store in our signature Name List apparel line!

Order New Summer T-Shirts!

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 nearly 40,000 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 Vanessa Riley about her new novel, Fire Sword and Sea. Mark your calendars for March 16th for their next author guest, Heather Webber, when they’ll discuss her new novel, The Forget-Me-Not Library. The Book Club is also hosting the 2026 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 BIPOC Goodreads nominee or award winner and for March it’s to read a book from an indie or small press.

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.

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

Join us Wednesday, March 4th at 7pm Eastern on the F&F Facebook page and YouTube channel as Mary Kay Andrews & Patti Callahan Henry welcome New York Times and USA Today bestselling novelist Joshilyn Jackson to discuss her fast-paced new thriller, Missing Sister, a chilling story of sisters and revenge.

Joshilyn is the author of eleven previous novels, including Gods in Alabama and Never Have I Ever. Her books have been translated into more than a dozen languages. A former actor and an award-winning audiobook narrator, Joshilyn is a recent expat from the American South. She joins us from her new home in upstate New York to discuss Missing Sister, the book Karin Slaughter calls “deliciously sinister,” and which has gotten starred reviews in Kirkus (“propulsive and satisfying”) and Library Journal (“heart-pounding”).

Watch the video broadcast of this interview as it airs on Wed 3/4 at 7pm ET on the F&F Facebook group page & YouTube channel. Catch the audio version on our podcast Fri 3/6.

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Latest News from the Fab Four!

MARY KAY ANDREWS spent a whirlwind weekend in New York City, along with her favorite ROAD TRIP wing-woman Meg Walker (see what we did there?). The itinerary included a spin through the Chelsea Flea Market and dinner with old publishing friends including John Searles, whose new novel SINGLE GIRLS will be out in July. Look for John and MKA to pair up this summer on book tour. The highlight of the weekend was attending a talk by historian Heather Cox Richardson. On Monday, MKA was in conversation with our Patti, on day one of the paperback launch of THE STORY SHE LEFT BEHIND at Poe & Company Books. Patti left lots of stories behind, if you didn’t catch her there. (Ooops. Did it again.) And if you’re in Atlanta this Thursday, come catch MKA in conversation with Joshilyn Jackson at Eagle Eye Books in Decatur, where they’ll be chatting about Joshilyn’s new thriller MISSING SISTER. Go here for book-with-ticket info.

KRISTIN HARMEL is so excited that she gets to do not one but TWO events with Patti this week: Once tomorrow (Thursday) when they are in conversation at Writer’s Block Bookstore in Winter Park to celebrate the paperback launch of Patti’s THE STORY SHE LEFT BEHIND and then again on Saturday at the Southwest Florida Reading Festival in Fort Myers, where Kristin and Patti will be in conversation again at 1pm on Adult Stage A. The reading festival will also include F&F faves such as Fiona Davis, Annabel Monaghan, Sarah Pekkanen, Alka Joshi, Lisa Wingate, Wally Lamb, Brad Thor, and more… Kristin is looking forward to seeing all of them, and she hopes you’ll come out, too, if you’re in Southwest Florida! She also learned to play cribbage last weekend (taught by her father-in-law, Mark, and her husband’s 90-year-old grandfather, Grandpa Trouba, a fellow World War II buff) and went to a fun Sister Hazel concert with several friends at House of Blues in Orlando.

KRISTY WOODSON HARVEY had the best time at the Amelia Island Book Festival with so many amazing authors, including F&F faves like Kate Quinn and Ashley Elston! Her Amazon exclusive short story LEAVE IT UP TO LOVE is out now, not just for Prime members. It’s short, sweet, and only $1.99 on Kindle and Audible! And… drumroll please… in case you missed it, she announced a new Peachtree Bluff Book, FALLING FOR PEACHTREE BLUFF, coming September 15! Check out her website for more information. She can’t wait to share it with you!

PATTI CALLAHAN HENRY spent a lovely weekend attending the Southern Voices in Hoover, AL — where she got to visit with author pals like Ariel Lawhon, Katherine Center, and Hank Phillippi Ryan — before getting things underway bright and early Monday morning for the paperback tour for THE STORY SHE LEFT BEHIND. Things kicked off in grand style with a double-header in Atlanta on Monday. Poe & Co hosted a fabulous luncheon event where Patti was joined by F&F’s own MKA and then she was joined by Colleen Oakley that same evening with Cobb County Library. Tuesday brought her to Winston-Salem, NC and today she shuffled down to Florida where the rest of her tour events will take place over the next week. It has been so amazing to see so many incredible F&F community members. Patti is so grateful to all of you who have made it out to her events so far. It means the world. Lots more events to come so get the details on her website HERE.

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Upcoming Events

Catch Patti on tour NOW for the paperback release of The Story She Left Behind! See all of her events HERE.

Kristy will be touring in May for her forthcoming book, Summer State of Mind. Stay tuned to her events page HERE.

MKA will be touring in June for her forthcoming book, Road Trip. Stay tuned to her events page HERE.

Kristin will be touring in July/August for her forthcoming book, Meet Me in Paris. Stay tuned to her events page HERE.

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

In Case You Missed It

On our most recent new episode of The Friends & Fiction Show, Ron Block & Patti Callahan Henry welcomed acclaimed author Terah Shelton Harris to discuss her new novel, Where the Wildflowers Grow, poignant story of survival and redemption that questions what it means to stop existing and start living.

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: Brad Meltzer, The Viper
WATCH | LISTEN

Already aired: Jayne Ann Krentz, The Shop on Hidden Lane
WATCH | LISTEN

Already aired: Jesse Q. Sutanto, Read Between the Lies
WATCH | LISTEN

Already aired: Paula McLain, Skylark
WATCH | LISTEN

Already aired: Janie Chang, The Fourth Princess & Kate Quinn, The Astral Library
WATCH | LISTEN

Already aired: Omid Scobie & Robin Benway, Royal Spin
WATCH | LISTEN

Already aired: Terah Shelton Harris, Where the Wildflowers Grow
WATCH | LISTEN

Joshilyn Jackson, Missing Sister
Watch: March 4 | Listen: March 6

Lucy Score, Mistakes Were Made
Watch: March 11 | Listen: March 13

Virginia Evans, The Correspondent & Allen Levi, Theo of Golden
Watch LIVE: March 25 | Listen: March 27

F&F 2026 Subscription Box with Oxford Exchange

The 2026 FRIENDS AND FICTION Subscription Box is available for purchase now, exclusively from our friends at Oxford Exchange.

This subscription includes three separate shipments:
1. MAY 2026: A hardcover, signed, first edition of Kristy Woodson Harvey’s forthcoming book SUMMER STATE OF MIND!
2. JUNE 2026: A hardcover, signed, first edition of ROAD TRIP by Mary Kay Andrews!
3. AUGUST 2026: A hardcover, signed, first edition of MEET ME IN PARIS by Kristin Harmel!

Get your subscription NOW from Oxford Exchange!

Order Now

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.

Tees in New Colors!

We’ve added two fun, new colors (hot pink & turquoise!) to our Bonfire merch store in our signature Name List apparel line!

Order New Summer T-Shirts!

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 nearly 40,000 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 Vanessa Riley about her new novel, Fire Sword and Sea. Mark your calendars for March 16th for their next author guest, Heather Webber, when they’ll discuss her new novel, The Forget-Me-Not Library. The Book Club is also hosting the 2026 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 BIPOC Goodreads nominee or award winner and for March it’s to read a book from an indie or small press.

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.

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

Join us Wednesday, February 25th at 7pm Eastern on the F&F Facebook page and YouTube channel as Ron Block & Patti Callahan Henry welcome acclaimed author Terah Shelton Harris to discuss her new novel, Where the Wildflowers Grow, poignant story of survival and redemption that questions what it means to stop existing and start living.

Terah Shelton Harris is a former librarian who now writes upmarket fiction with bittersweet endings. She is the author of One Summer in Savannah and Long After We Are Gone. Her books have been chosen as a Target Book Club pick, LibraryReads pick, Kobo Best Book, Publishers Marketplace Buzz Book, and a Goodreads Choice Awards nominee for Best Debut. Terah was also named Target’s inaugural Author of the Year. She joins us from her home in Alabama to discuss Where the Wildflowers Grow, which has been named a most-anticipated book of the year by Goodreads, Essence, and BookBub, and which Annabel Monaghan calls, “a masterpiece.”

Watch the video broadcast of this interview as it airs on Wed 2/25 at 7pm ET on the F&F Facebook group page & YouTube channel. Catch the audio version on our podcast Fri 2/27.

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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!

MARY KAY ANDREWS had a great trip to New York City last week to meet with her publishing team and hear all the amazing plans for publication of ROAD TRIP. Sitting in the audience at the Ed Sullivan Theater to watch the taping of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert was a bucket list item, made better by the fact that her U.S. Senator from Georgia, Jon Ossoff, was the lead guest. Dinner after was at her favorite Italian restaurant, Rossini’s. The publishing meeting (and lunch) was exciting, but the thrifting trip afterward, with her editor and our own Meg Walker, was the cherry on top. Continuing the tradition of catching a Broadway show with Meg, they saw Jonathan Groff in the Bobby Darin jukebox show, JUST IN TIME. (Do not sleep on catching this show!) Drinks after at Sardi’s. On Friday, MKA braved the cold and soaking rain to do a walking tour of the Gilded Age mansions of the Upper East Side. Next Monday, she’s looking forward to joining our Peach, aka Patti, in a fun luncheon at Poe and Company Books in Atlanta to celebrate the paperback publication of The Story She Left Behind. Get tickets HERE.

KRISTIN HARMEL spent the weekend at the beach with her husband and son, visiting with her mother, brother, sister-in-law and niece, and rooting for Team USA as the Olympics closed out (Did you watch that amazing hockey game?). This week, she’s looking forward to a live event with author Shara Moon at Barnes & Noble on Colonial Drive in Orlando tomorrow (Thursday) night, to celebrate Shara’s LET US MARCH ON (get tickets HERE), and to a Sister Hazel concert on Friday night. (Ken Block and Drew Copeland from the band were guests on an episode of F&F during the show’s first season – still one of Kristin’s very favorite episodes.) Kristin is also looking forward to TWO events with Patti in Florida next week!

KRISTY WOODSON HARVEY announced her tour for SUMMER STATE OF MIND, beginning on May 1 in Charleston, SC! Will she be in a city near you? If she is, she hopes you will come see her! She is also getting SO EXCITED because she will be making a big surprise announcement at the end of the week. Make sure you are subscribed to her email newsletter to be the first to get the news! Her son’s last ever middle school basketball game was on Monday and, yes, there were tears shed. Time flies! She is always sad when basketball season is over, but she is going to be on the road so much coming up! Will she see you at the Amelia Island Book Festival this weekend?

PATTI CALLAHAN HENRY is so excited to chair the Johnson County Public Library Foundation BOOK BALL–a virtual ball where you can stay home all day and snuggle up and read!! INFORMATION HERE! Please join her in supporting libraries! She had a great week at home ending with a live event with Allen Levi (author of Theo of Golden) in Tuscaloosa. Meanwhile, she’s gearing up for a book tour that starts on Monday, and wondering if it will be 20 degrees or 80 because no one knows anymore! She’s so psyched about being with both Mary Kay Andrews and Kristin Harmel during her tour! GO CHECK OUT THE SCHEDULE. Also, Patti sent out a newsletter this week with all the books that found her this winter! Click HERE for that, and sign up for her Substack HERE. Hopefully she will see some of you on the road starting next week!

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Upcoming Events

Catch Patti on tour for the paperback release of The Story She Left Behind beginning March 2nd in Atlanta! See all of her upcoming events HERE.

Kristy will be touring in May for her forthcoming book, Summer State of Mind. Stay tuned to her events page HERE.

MKA will be touring in June for her forthcoming book, Road Trip. Stay tuned to her events page HERE.

Kristin will be touring in July/August for her forthcoming book, Meet Me in Paris. Stay tuned to her events page HERE.

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

In Case You Missed It

On our most recent new episode of The Friends & Fiction Show, the full F&F family — Mary Kay Andrews, Kristin Harmel, Kristy Woodson Harvey & Patti Callahan Henry — gathered with Managing Director Meg Walker for a special “just us” episode for an off-the-cuff chat about what they’re reading and loving, what trends they’re seeing in the industry, and what’s happening in their busy author lives.

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: Brad Meltzer, The Viper
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Already aired: Jayne Ann Krentz, The Shop on Hidden Lane
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Already aired: Jesse Q. Sutanto, Read Between the Lies
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Already aired: Paula McLain, Skylark
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Already aired: Janie Chang, The Fourth Princess & Kate Quinn, The Astral Library
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Already aired: Omid Scobie & Robin Benway, Royal Spin
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Terah Shelton Harris, Where the Wildflowers Grow
Watch: February 25 | Listen: February 27

Joshilyn Jackson, Missing Sister
Watch: March 4 | Listen: March 6

Lucy Score, Mistakes Were Made
Watch: March 11 | Listen: March 13

Virginia Evans, The Correspondent & Allen Levi, Theo of Golden
Watch LIVE: March 25 | Listen: March 27

F&F 2026 Subscription Box with Oxford Exchange

The 2026 FRIENDS AND FICTION Subscription Box is available for purchase now, exclusively from our friends at Oxford Exchange.

This subscription includes three separate shipments:
1. MAY 2026: A hardcover, signed, first edition of Kristy Woodson Harvey’s forthcoming book SUMMER STATE OF MIND!
2. JUNE 2026: A hardcover, signed, first edition of ROAD TRIP by Mary Kay Andrews!
3. AUGUST 2026: A hardcover, signed, first edition of MEET ME IN PARIS by Kristin Harmel!

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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.

Tees in New Colors!

We’ve added two fun, new colors (hot pink & turquoise!) to our Bonfire merch store in our signature Name List apparel line!

Order New Summer T-Shirts!

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 nearly 40,000 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 Vanessa Riley about her new novel, Fire Sword and Sea. Mark your calendars for March 16th for their next author guest, Heather Webber, when they’ll discuss her new novel, The Forget-Me-Not Library. The Book Club is also hosting the 2026 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 BIPOC Goodreads nominee or award winner and for March it’s to read a book from an indie or small press.

Stay in Touch!

Subscribe to our PODCAST.
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Find details about everything F&F on our WEBSITE.
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Tune in at 7pm ET for TONIGHT’s episode!

Join us Wednesday, February 18th at 7pm Eastern on the F&F Facebook page and YouTube channel as the full F&F family — Mary Kay Andrews, Kristin Harmel, Kristy Woodson Harvey & Patti Callahan Henry — gathers with Managing Director Meg Walker for a special “just us” episode.

Consider this a throwback to the earlier days of Friends & Fiction when we wouldn’t always welcome an author guest every week and our hosts would occasionally just gather to have an off-the-cuff chat about what they’re reading and loving, what trends they’re seeing in the industry, and what’s happening in their busy author lives. On a week when the show would have been “dark” for a monthly break in the action, the Fab Four decided to record one of these fun chats instead of airing an old guest interview from our vault. We hope you’ll tune in and enjoy the old-school camaraderie that’s really the heart and soul of Friends & Fiction!

Watch the video broadcast as it airs on Wed 2/18 at 7pm ET on the F&F Facebook group page & YouTube channel. Catch the audio version on our podcast Fri 2/20.

Remember you can support our show, its hosts, our guests, and indie bookstores nationwide by shopping in our F&F Shop on Bookshop.org!

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Latest News from the Fab Four!

MARY KAY ANDREWS had a weekend of family fun, starting with watching her grandson play his first high school JV baseball game—at the same high school attended by his mom and uncle—playing at the same position (catcher) as his Uncle Andy and his grandfather. And they won! Valentine’s Day dinner date with Mr. MKA at their favorite restaurant on Saturday night, and Sunday helping granddaughter Molly host a Galentine’s Day tea party with her besties. This week she’s excited to travel to NYC for meetings with her publishing team to discuss ALL the plans for ROAD TRIP. Also on tap? Attending a taping of The Late Show with Colbert, and a Broadway show, maybe a museum visit, and who knows, possibly a little thrift shopping?

KRISTIN HARMEL spent a lazy long weekend (including the school holiday for Presidents’ Day) celebrating Valentine’s Day and going to Epcot all three days(!) to support her 10-year-old, Noah, in his quest for Disney Lorcana cards. (Kristin and her family have Disney annual passes and live 25 minutes or so from Disney World, so it’s not unusual for them to pop into the parks for a few hours here or there.) On Tuesday, she spoke at the Sanibel (FL) Public Library’s Author Series, which was wonderful (and what a lovely chance to spend a bit of time by the water!), and she used the drive (four hours each way) to listen to the audiobook of The Correspondent… She’s getting excited about March’s Friends & Fiction chat with The Correspondent author Virginia Evans and Theo of Golden author Allen Levi! She also celebrated the 20-year anniversary of the publication of her very first book (which came out Feb. 16, 2006) this week!

KRISTY WOODSON HARVEY is just so very excited about all the big things coming up! She will be announcing the tour for SUMMER STATE OF MIND any minute, so make sure you’re subscribed to her email list to get all the dates first! AND, she has a big announcement coming the week of February 23, so stay tuned! She had a great Valentine’s Day weekend with her family, and is thrilled that her son’s basketball team are officially conference champions. Woo hoo! The playoffs are next week, so cross your fingers…

PATTI CALLAHAN HENRY had a beautiful Valentine’s/35th Anniversary Weekend! She spent it doing something she’s never done, which was so fun – she rode along (very slowly and carefully) on a horse through thousands of acres of South Alabama land and learned of the history and the land’s hidden stories from a UK-based (you know she loved that) cartographer! A CARTOGRAPHER – like she fell into one of her own books. Now she is back to finishing one book and brainstorming the next with her ideas all abuzz. Oh, don’t forget her paperback tour is coming up ASAP!!! Come see her with some incredible in-conversation partners.

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Upcoming Events

Catch Patti on tour for the paperback release of The Story She Left Behind beginning March 2nd in Atlanta! See all of her upcoming events HERE.

Kristy will be touring in May for her forthcoming book, Summer State of Mind. Stay tuned to her events page HERE.

MKA will be touring in June for her forthcoming book, Road Trip. Stay tuned to her events page HERE.

Kristin will be touring in July/August for her forthcoming book, Meet Me in Paris. Stay tuned to her events page HERE.

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

In Case You Missed It

On our most recent new episode of The Friends & Fiction Show, Kristy Woodson Harvey & Kristin Harmel welcomed preeminent journalist and royal biographer Omid Scobie and his National Book Award-winning co-author Robin Benway to discuss their much-anticipated novel, Royal Spin, in which they draw from their real world expertise to create an irresistibly entertaining story about a young American woman who takes a job at Buckingham Palace—where she finds herself tangled in a royal mess she might not be able to spin her way out of.

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: Brad Meltzer, The Viper
WATCH | LISTEN

Already aired: Jayne Ann Krentz, The Shop on Hidden Lane
WATCH | LISTEN

Already aired: Jesse Q. Sutanto, Read Between the Lies
WATCH | LISTEN

Already aired: Paula McLain, Skylark
WATCH | LISTEN

Already aired: Janie Chang, The Fourth Princess & Kate Quinn, The Astral Library
WATCH | LISTEN

Already aired: Omid Scobie & Robin Benway, Royal Spin
WATCH | LISTEN

Terah Shelton Harris, Where the Wildflowers Grow
Watch: February 25 | Listen: February 27

Joshilyn Jackson, Missing Sister
Watch: March 4 | Listen: March 6

Lucy Score, Mistakes Were Made
Watch: March 11 | Listen: March 13

Virginia Evans, The Correspondent & Allen Levi, Theo of Golden
Watch LIVE: March 25 | Listen: March 27

F&F 2026 Subscription Box with Oxford Exchange

The 2026 FRIENDS AND FICTION Subscription Box is available for purchase now, exclusively from our friends at Oxford Exchange.

This subscription includes three separate shipments:
1. MAY 2026: A hardcover, signed, first edition of Kristy Woodson Harvey’s forthcoming book SUMMER STATE OF MIND, shipped with a cute jute mini tote!
2. JUNE 2026: A hardcover, signed, first edition of ROAD TRIP by Mary Kay Andrews, shipped with a new F&F fabric sticker!
3. AUGUST 2026: A hardcover, signed, first edition of MEET ME IN PARIS by Kristin Harmel shipped, with an adorable scalloped edge F&F magnet!

Get your subscription NOW from Oxford Exchange!

Order Now

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.

Tees in Fun, Bright Colors!

We’ve added two fun colors (hot pink & turquoise!) to our Bonfire merch store in our signature Name List apparel line!

Order New Summer T-Shirts!

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 nearly 40,000 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 Rebecca Armitage about her debut novel, the December Reese's Book Club Pick, The Heir Apparent. Mark your calendars for February 23rd for their next author guest, Vanessa Riley, when they’ll discuss her new novel, Fire Sword and Sea. The Book Club is also hosting the 2026 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 BIPOC Goodreads nominee or award winner and for March it’s to read a book from an indie or small press.

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.

Subscribed