Tune in at 7pm ET for TONIGHT’s episode! Join us Wednesday, October 2nd at 7pm Eastern on the F&F Facebook page and YouTube channel as Patti Callahan Henry & Mary Kay Andrews welcome bestselling author Jean Hanff Korelitz to discuss her new novel THE SEQUEL—the eagerly anticipated follow-up to her "insanely readable" (Stephen King) and "perfectly told" (Malcolm Gladwell) NYT-bestseller, The Plot.
Jean Hanff Korelitz is the NYT bestselling author of the novels The Plot and The Latecomer (both of which are being adapted as limited series), You Should Have Known (which aired on HBO as The Undoing, starring Nicole Kidman, Hugh Grant, and Donald Sutherland), and Admission (which was adapted as a film starring Tina Fey), among several other works. Jean’s company BOOKTHEWRITER hosts Pop-Up Book Groups in which small groups of readers discuss new books with their authors. She joins us from New York City where she lives with her husband, Irish poet Paul Muldoon, to discuss her deliciously fun and suspenseful new novel, THE SEQUEL. Loaded with Jean’s signature wit and sardonic humor, this spellbinding new book illuminates and satirizes the world of publishing while giving us an anti-hero to root for in Anna, the widow of The Plot’s protagonist. Watch the video broadcast of this show as it airs Wed 10/2 at 7pm ET on the F&F Facebook group page & YouTube channel. Catch the audio version on our podcast Fri 10/4. Order Jean’s book on Bookshop.org! Upgrade to our PAID Subscription for bonus Q&A’s with our guest authors which include a writing tip, book recommendation, and information about their works-in-progress, plus other great material not covered on the show! Latest News from the Fab Four!
PATTI CALLAHAN HENRY had the most exciting few days last week – first the fundraiser for Charleston’s Historical Library Society to raise funds for a BookMobile for underserved kids in the “literary desert” of those counties. She FINALLY met Jenna Bush and her Auburn-alumni star, Octavia Spencer. She reconnected with old writer pals and was buzzing with it all when she arrived in NC to join her beloved Friends & Fiction family to raise money for Earlier.org on Friday and for the BookMarks NC book festival brunch (a non profit bookstore) on Sunday. What a few days! She is still absorbing it all while mourning the devastation of so very much of our beautiful east coast and gulf areas. It’s hard to fathom the devastation. KRISTY WOODSON HARVEY had the best weekend with her Friends & Fiction fam last weekend, raising money for Earlier.org and closing out the Bookmarks Festival with a super fun brunch. Seeing so many readers was such a treat! She can’t believe it, but…she has a thirteen-year-old now! The week will be filled with birthday celebrations, and she is so excited to celebrate her son with family and friends all month long. KRISTIN HARMEL loved spending time with so many friends from the Friends & Fiction family at the back-to-back events in Winston-Salem and High Point, NC last week. She can’t wait to do it all again Nov. 6 and 7 in Florida! (Find ticketing information HERE for those two events, in Orlando and Amelia Island.) Yesterday, she kicked off Breast Cancer Awareness Month with her semi-annual breast MRI (something she has to do every six months after having been diagnosed with breast cancer just under two years ago), and she encourages all of you who are overdue for your mammograms or other recommended screenings to schedule yours today! MARY KAY ANDREWS wants to thank all those who reached out to check on the status of her home on Tybee Island. Fortunately, Ebbtide and Breeze Inn escaped damage, and she’s happy to report that the power is back on and the island is returning to normal. After an amazing weekend in Winston-Salem at the Bookmarks Festival of Books & Authors, where she loved meeting so many F&F faithful, she returned home to Atlanta to celebrate the paperback launch of Bright Lights, Big Christmas on Tuesday at FoxTale Bookshoppe. She left behind lots of signed copies. Go here to order from them. They ship! Upgrade to our PAID Subscription for an ongoing series of roundtable discussions and personal essays by the Fab Four about their careers, writing processes, and all things book and publishing related! Upcoming Events
Wednesday, November 6, 6pm ET — Join us at the Grand Bohemian Hotel in Orlando, FL for a unique fundraising event benefiting the Florida Cancer Specialists (FCS) Foundation which will include a reception over cocktails and hors d’oeuvres, an intimate presentation, book sales, and an autograph session. Get tickets HERE. Thursday, November 7, 12:30pm ET — Tim Ehrenberg of Tim Talks Books will emcee a lively and fun F&F Live luncheon event hosted by the Amelia Island Book Festival at The Ritz-Carlton in Amelia Island, FL. Ticket includes book signing, photo opps, and tea fare: light lunch, snacks, and refreshments. Get tickets HERE. Want to know what these F&F Live events are all about? Watch this video compilation! Did not find video In Case You Missed It
On last week’s episode of The Friends & Fiction Show, 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. Order Liane’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 Already aired: Laura Dave, The Night We Lost Him Already aired: F&F Pick of the Month: Jodi Picoult, By Any Other Name Already aired: Liane Moriarty, Here One Moment Jean Hanff Korelitz, The Sequel Sophie Kinsella, What Does It Feel Like Marybeth Whalen, Every Moment Since F&F Pick of the Month: Paula Hawkins, The Blue Hour Louise Penny, The Grey Wolf J.T. Ellison, A Very Bad Thing David Baldacci, To Die For F&F Pick of the Month: Michael Connelly, The Waiting Craig Johnson, Tooth and Claw Signe Pike, The Shadowed Land Jillian Cantor, The Greatest Lie of All F&F Pick of the Month: Hazel Gaynor & Heather Webb, Christmas with the Queen F&F Secret Santa Holiday Party F&F Merch Store
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 October prompt is “Team Vampire or Team Werewolf: You Decide!” Stay in Touch!Subscribe to our PODCAST. Upgrade to our PAID Subscription for bonus content from our hosts and guests. You're currently a free subscriber to Friends & Fiction Endless Stories. For the full experience, upgrade your subscription.
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