Meet Natalie Messier, Kyleigh Leddy & Chloe Liese TONIGHT

Weekly News from Friends & Fiction—July 29, 2026

Tune in at 7pm ET tonight for this week’s episode!

Join us on Wednesday, July 29th at 7pm Eastern on the F&F Facebook page and YouTube channel as Kristy Woodson Harvey & Kristin Harmel chat with three novelists all with new contemporary summer romance novels out — Natalie Messier with her debut, Every Version of You, Kyleigh Leddy with her debut, Worse Than Strangers, and USA Today bestselling author Chloe Liese with Happy Ending.

This week Kristy & Kristin sit down with three of their Gallery Books pub house sisters to hear all about their new novels.

Released on July 7th, Natalie’s debut novel Every Version of You is for fans of The Love of My Afterlife and The Seven Year Slip. This heartfelt contemporary romance follows a woman who gets a second chance at a formative time in her adult life—this time to win the “one that got away.” Natalie is a Reese’s Book Club LitUp Fellow and Los Angeles-based screenwriter.

Released on June 23rd, Kyleigh’s debut novel, Worse Than Strangers, is for fans of Jane Austen, Elin Hilderbrand, and Gilmore Girls. This beachy retelling of Austen’s Persuasion set in a modern-day Nantucket cottage is about finding romance, second chances, and a new path in life. Kyleigh penned the memoir, The Perfect Other, based on her NYT Modern Love essay, “Years Ago, My Sister Vanished. I See Her Whenever I Want.”

Released on April 14th, Chloe’s Happy Ending is a clever and heartwarming rom-com perfect for fans of Christina Lauren and Annabel Monaghan about two best friends who must fake a relationship for their exes. Chloe believes that everyone deserves a love story and is the author of two romantic family sagas, the Bergman Brothers and Wilmot Sisters.

Watch the video broadcast of this interview as it airs on Wed 7/29 at 7pm ET on the F&F Facebook group page & YouTube channel. Catch the audio version on our podcast Fri 7/31.

Meanwhile, order Natalie’s, Kyleigh’s & Chloe’s new books—along with all of our guests’ and hosts’ books—at a discount in our F&F Shop on Bookshop.org!

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Latest News from the Fab Four!

KRISTIN HARMEL is so happy to have already seen so many Friends & Fiction friends on the road! She kicked off her book tour for MEET ME IN PARIS on Monday with a sold-out crowd at Parnassus Books in Nashville, followed by a sold-out event last night at Silver Coast Winery in Ocean Isle Beach, NC, in conversation with Friends & Fiction pal Dallas Strawn (with Pelican Bookstore)! She’s at 21 Main in Myrtle Beach this morning, with Litchfield Books, then it’s on to the Delaware Shore, Scottsdale, Tucson, Denver, St. Louis, Plainville (MA), Orlando, and more! She hopes to see you on the road!

KRISTY WOODSON HARVEY can’t believe it, but she is gearing up for her FALLING FOR PEACHTREE BLUFF tour! She has more dates being announced, but check it out and see if she’s going to be in a town near you! And, she can’t believe it, but there are fewer than FIFTY preorder freebies left to claim! If you want in on Kristy’s three-month Peachtree Bluff-themed mailing list, don’t wait! Fill out your form here. Most of all, she will be re-reading MEET ME IN PARIS–one of her favorite books of 2026 by far!--macarons and champagne in hand! Go see Kristin on tour. She’s the BEST!

PATTI CALLAHAN HENRY has been visiting her daughter for a week now and is headed home today! This is what she’s been up to: building sandcastles, playing Uno, reading Country People by Daniel Mason, snuggling a baby, laughing at the antics of little grands, swimming in the ocean, and more….But now she is back at the desk and preparing SO MANY cool things for the publication of Heart of the Wild!. And of course she wants to say HAPPY PUB WEEK TO KRISTIN for MEET ME IN PARIS!

MARY KAY ANDREWS enjoyed back-to-back events in Atlanta last weekend–and of course, toasting the launch of Kristin Harmel’s MEET ME IN PARIS. Now she’s off to North Carolina for two college visits with her granddaughter Molly, who, unbelievably, will be a high school senior this year. Then it’s back home and back to work on her next novel in progress.

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Upcoming Events

Kristin is touring now for Meet Me in Paris. See her full tour HERE.

See MKA’s remaining Road Trip tour dates HERE.

See Patti’s upcoming events HERE.

See Kristy’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, the full F&F family gathered to celebrate the launch of our very own NYT-bestselling author Kristin Harmel’s captivating new novel, Meet Me In Paris about several intertwined stories of love, loss, courage, and redemption set over the course of one magical week in Paris, which is, of course, our July Pick of the Month!

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: Kathryn Stockett, The Calamity Club
WATCH | LISTEN

Already aired: Mary Kay Andrews, Road Trip
WATCH | LISTEN

Already aired: Annabel Monaghan, Dolly All the Time
WATCH | LISTEN

Already aired: Ann Patchett, Whistler
WATCH | LISTEN

Already aired: Lisa See, Daughters of the Sun and Moon
WATCH | LISTEN

Already aired: Lisa Jewell, It Could Have Been Her
WATCH | LISTEN

Already aired: John Searles, Single Girls
WATCH | LISTEN

Already aired: Ben Reeves, Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt
WATCH | LISTEN

Already aired: Kristin Harmel, Meet Me in Paris
WATCH | LISTEN

Jo Piazza, The Parisian Heist
Watch: August 5 | Listen: August 7

Christina Lauren, The Romance Revival
Watch: August 12 | Listen: August 14

Karin Slaughter, The Secrets We Hide
Watch LIVE: August 19 | Listen: August 21

Kristy Woodson Harvey, Falling for Peachtree Bluff
Watch LIVE: September 9 | Listen: September 11

Chloe Benjamin, Under Story
Watch: September 16 | Listen: September 18

Ariel Lawhon, The Pirate Queen
Watch: September 23 | Listen: September 25

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.

We’ve added TWO NEW COLORS for our fan favorite name list tee-shirts. We now have them in a heathery hunter green and a kelly green—both of which match perfectly with the three new Fab Four books out in May, June & July! Get yours now and dress to match the books when you come out to Kristy, MKA & Kristin’s tour events!

Order New Green Tees

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 Mary Kay Andrews about her new novel, Road Trip. Mark your calendars for August 17th for their next author guest, Kristin Harmel, when they’ll discuss her new novel, Meet Me In Paris. 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 April prompt is to read a book recommended by a favorite librarian and for May it’s to read a book about a female detective.

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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Celebrating Meet Me In Paris LIVE with Kristin Harmel

Weekly News from Friends & Fiction—July 22, 2026

Tune in LIVE at 7pm ET tonight for this week’s episode!

Join us on Wednesday, July 22nd LIVE at 7pm Eastern on the F&F Facebook page and YouTube channel as the full F&F family gathers to celebrate the launch of our very own NYT-bestselling author Kristin Harmel’s captivating new novel, Meet Me In Paris about several intertwined stories of love, loss, courage, and redemption set over the course of one magical week in Paris, which is, of course, our July Pick of the Month!

One of F&F’s co-founders and co-hosts, Kristin Harmel is the New York Times bestselling author of more than a dozen novels, including The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau, The Paris Daughter, The Forest of Vanishing Stars, and The Book of Lost Names. She is published in more than thirty languages. She joins us before heading out on book tour to chat about her new contemporary novel, Meet Me In Paris, which is described as Love Actually meets The Notebook. We can’t wait to celebrate this tale of love, loss, and finding your way home set during one life-changing week in Paris in grand F&F style complete with games and surprises!

Watch the video broadcast of this interview as it airs on Wed 7/15 at 7pm ET on the F&F Facebook group page & YouTube channel. Catch the audio version on our podcast Fri 7/17.

Meanwhile, order Kristin’s new book—along with all of our guests’ and hosts’ books—at a discount 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!

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Latest News from the Fab Four!

KRISTIN HARMEL can’t believe that MEET ME IN PARIS comes out in just a few days! She hits the road Monday for book tour and hopes to see many of you at her events. She took a few days off from her pre-launch madness to spend a few days at Disney World over the weekend with her husband, son and mother… Now it’s full speed ahead to launch day! She hopes you’ll tune into Friends & Fiction tonight for a very special launch episode for MEET ME IN PARIS!

KRISTY WOODSON HARVEY is SO EXCITED for everyone to read MEET ME IN PARIS. Y’all are going to love it as much as I did, so prepare to read it in one sitting and be totally swept away! She is so thrilled because Peachtree Bluff Freebies are HERE. Check out her website for all the details!

PATTI CALLAHAN HENRY enjoyed a weekend with a huge family gathering for her nephew’s wedding at the most majestic chapel she’s ever seen at the top of a mountain. Now she is spending the week in Hawaii with her grandbabies and she is SO excited for Kristin’s MEET ME IN PARIS launch party tonight. Just you wait and see what we have in store for you!

MARY KAY ANDREWS enjoyed a weekend at home with family and grandkids and is looking forward to launching Kristin’s MEET ME IN PARIS tonight. On Friday, she can’t wait to do the intro at her neighborhood bookstore, The Bookbird of Avondale Estates for old pal Lisa Scottoline for the signing of her new book THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING. Buy tickets here. And on Saturday, she’ll be in conversation at Barnes & Noble Buckhead, with Kelly Rimmer for her new novel THE STORY KEEPER. Go here for deets.

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Upcoming Events

Kristin is touring for Meet Me in Paris! See her full book tour HERE.

See Patti’s upcoming events HERE.

See Kristy’s upcoming events HERE.

See MKA’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, Patti Callahan Henry & Kristin Harmel welcomed debut novelist Ben Reeves to discuss his super buzzy new book, Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt, an astonishing, deeply moving story about finding beauty in the brevity of life, as narrated by the one who knows it best: Death.

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: Kathryn Stockett, The Calamity Club
WATCH | LISTEN

Already aired: Mary Kay Andrews, Road Trip
WATCH | LISTEN

Already aired: Annabel Monaghan, Dolly All the Time
WATCH | LISTEN

Already aired: Ann Patchett, Whistler
WATCH | LISTEN

Already aired: Lisa See, Daughters of the Sun and Moon
WATCH | LISTEN

Already aired: Lisa Jewell, It Could Have Been Her
WATCH | LISTEN

Already aired: John Searles, Single Girls
WATCH | LISTEN

Already aired: Ben Reeves, Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt
WATCH | LISTEN

Kristin Harmel, Meet Me in Paris
Watch LIVE: July 22 | Listen: July 24

Jo Piazza, The Parisian Heist
Watch: August 5 | Listen: August 7

Christina Lauren, The Romance Revival
Watch: August 12 | Listen: August 14

Karin Slaughter, The Secrets We Hide
Watch LIVE: August 19 | Listen: August 21

Kristy Woodson Harvey, Falling for Peachtree Bluff
Watch LIVE: September 9 | Listen: September 11

Chloe Benjamin, Under Story
Watch: September 16 | Listen: September 18

Ariel Lawhon, The Pirate Queen
Watch: September 23 | Listen: September 25

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.

We’ve added TWO NEW COLORS for our fan favorite name list tee-shirts. We now have them in a heathery hunter green and a kelly green—both of which match perfectly with the three new Fab Four books out in May, June & July! Get yours now and dress to match the books when you come out to Kristy, MKA & Kristin’s tour events!

Order New Green Tees

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 Mary Kay Andrews about her new novel, Road Trip. Mark your calendars for August 17th for their next author guest, Kristin Harmel, when they’ll discuss her new novel, Meet Me In Paris. 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 April prompt is to read a book recommended by a favorite librarian and for May it’s to read a book about a female detective.

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.

Subscribe now

Meet Ben Reeves TONIGHT!

Weekly News from Friends & Fiction—July 15, 2026

Tune in at 7pm ET tonight for this week’s episode!

Join us Wednesday, July 15th at 7pm Eastern on the F&F Facebook page and YouTube channel as Patti Callahan Henry & Kristin Harmel welcome debut novelist Ben Reeves to discuss his super buzzy new book, Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt, an astonishing, deeply moving story about finding beauty in the brevity of life, as narrated by the one who knows it best: Death.

When Ben Reeves is not writing, he paints, makes music, and works as a web designer for a book printing company in Peterborough, UK. An early draft of Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt won the international 2024 Bath Novel Award. Perfect for fans of Fredrik Backman and Virginia Evans, the book has been named a Most Anticipated Book of the Summer by People, BuzzFeed, and Goodreads. We are excited to talk to Ben about the book that NYT-bestselling author Graeme Simsion (The Rosie Project) calls “one of the most original, riveting, and moving books I’ve read in a long while.

Watch the video broadcast of this interview as it airs on Wed 7/15 at 7pm ET on the F&F Facebook group page & YouTube channel. Catch the audio version on our podcast Fri 7/17.

Meanwhile, order Ben’s new book—along with all of our guests’ and hosts’ books—at a discount 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!

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Latest News from the Fab Four!

KRISTIN HARMEL is doing a short writing retreat with three writer friends she’s written with nearly every summer for the last fifteen years: Wendy Toliver, Allison Van Diepen and Emily Wing Smith (all of whom are young adult writers). She can’t believe she’s LESS THAN TWO WEEKS OUT from the release of Meet Me in Paris! She’ll be kicking off her book tour on Monday, July 27 with stops in Nashville, TN; Ocean Isle Beach, NC; Myrtle Beach, SC; Bethany Beach, DE; Rehoboth Beach, DE; Scottsdale, AZ; Tucson, AZ; Denver, CO; St. Louis, MO; Plainville, MA; Orlando, FL; Council Bluffs, IA; Margate City, NJ; St. Petersburg, FL; and Tampa, FL. She would love to see you on the road; find out more here.

KRISTY WOODSON HARVEY is so thrilled to announce her FALLING FOR PEACTHREE BLUFF Tour!! Check it out because you know it won’t be complete without YOU! She is working away on her next novel and trying to savor every square inch of summer. It is going way too fast! She is so excited that John Searles will be joining her tomorrow in Atlantic Beach for a fun event, and, it is also her favorite week of the year… Her birthday! (If you want to help her celebrate, she loves reviews of SUMMER STATE OF MIND on Amazon, Goodreads, or wherever you review your books ;))

PATTI CALLAHAN HENRY is so excited for you to see this week’s show with Ben Reeves and his beautiful debut, Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt. This week, Patti was reminded again of the power of community and family as she attended two funerals for people she loved. Some weeks are full to overflowing with fun and adventure and others are a reminder of the fragility of life and how much our love matters to each other. Now she is off to her nephew’s wedding and then to visit her daughter and grandbabies for nearly two weeks. A slew of photos incoming! Did you see that Kristy and Patti announced the new Friends and Fiction Subscription box?

MARY KAY ANDREWS had a blast doing three events with old pal John Searles this week. She’ll be at Poe & Company Bookstore in Milton, GA on Thursday for their Crabapple Summer Stroll at 5pm (deets HERE). And she’ll be the author du jour next Monday July 20th with the Friends & Fiction Book Club (join us HERE).

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!

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Upcoming Events

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

See MKA’s remaining Road Trip tour dates HERE.

See Patti’s upcoming events HERE.

See Kristy’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 NYT-bestselling author John Searles to discuss his infectious and utterly charming new novel, Single Girls, which is a fictionalization of the iconic Helen Gurley Brown’s early years at the helm of Cosmopolitan, and the intrepid group of women she took under her wing to create one of the most talked about magazines of all time.

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: Kathryn Stockett, The Calamity Club
WATCH | LISTEN

Already aired: Mary Kay Andrews, Road Trip
WATCH | LISTEN

Already aired: Annabel Monaghan, Dolly All the Time
WATCH | LISTEN

Already aired: Ann Patchett, Whistler
WATCH | LISTEN

Already aired: Lisa See, Daughters of the Sun and Moon
WATCH | LISTEN

Already aired: Lisa Jewell, It Could Have Been Her
WATCH | LISTEN

Already aired: John Searles, Single Girls
WATCH | LISTEN

Ben Reeves, Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt
Watch: July 15 | Listen: July 17

Kristin Harmel, Meet Me in Paris
Watch LIVE: July 22 | Listen: July 24

Jo Piazza, The Parisian Heist
Watch: August 5 | Listen: August 7

Christina Lauren, The Romance Revival
Watch: August 12 | Listen: August 14

Karin Slaughter, The Secrets We Hide
Watch LIVE: August 19 | Listen: August 21

Kristy Woodson Harvey, Falling for Peachtree Bluff
Watch LIVE: September 9 | Listen: September 11

Chloe Benjamin, Under Story
Watch: September 16 | Listen: September 18

Ariel Lawhon, The Pirate Queen
Watch: September 23 | Listen: September 25

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.

We’ve added TWO NEW COLORS for our fan favorite name list tee-shirts. We now have them in a heathery hunter green and a kelly green—both of which match perfectly with the three new Fab Four books out in May, June & July! Get yours now and dress to match the books when you come out to Kristy, MKA & Kristin’s tour events!

Order New Green Tees

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 Kristy Woodson Harvey about her new novel, Summer State of Mind. Mark your calendars for July 20th for their next author guest, Mary Kay Andrews, when they’ll discuss her new novel, Road Trip. 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 April prompt is to read a book recommended by a favorite librarian and for May it’s to read a book about a female detective.

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.

Subscribe now

Meet John Searles TONIGHT!

Weekly News from Friends & Fiction—July 8, 2026

Tune in at 7pm ET tonight for this week’s episode!

Join us Wednesday, July 8th at 7pm Eastern on the F&F Facebook page and YouTube channel as Mary Kay Andrews & Patti Callahan Henry welcome NYT-bestselling author John Searles to discuss his infectious and utterly charming new novel, Single Girls, which is a fictionalization of the iconic Helen Gurley Brown’s early years at the helm of Cosmopolitan, and the intrepid group of women she took under her wing to create one of the most talked about magazines of all time.

John is a New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of four atmospheric thrillers including Strange But True which was adapted as a major motion picture starring Amy Ryan, Greg Kinnear, Brian Cox, Blythe Danner, and Margaret Qualley. He appears regularly on the Today show to discuss his favorite book selections and has written for The New York Times, Oprah Daily, and The Washington Post. He spent more than two decades as a top editor at Cosmopolitan. He joins us to chat about Single Girls which has been named a Best Book of Summer by Oprah Daily, Harper’s Bazaar, and The Boston Globe, and been praised as “an irresistibly fun, sparkling novel that you’ll want to binge in one night” by Kevin Kwan, and “a poignant and rollicking good time” by Wally Lamb.

Watch the video broadcast of this interview as it airs on Wed 7/8 at 7pm ET on the F&F Facebook group page & YouTube channel. Catch the audio version on our podcast Fri 7/10.

Meanwhile, order John’s new book—along with all of our guests’ and hosts’ books—at a discount 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!

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Latest News from the Fab Four!

KRISTIN HARMEL had a fabulous Fourth of July weekend with her mom, husband and son at Disney World, which is her family’s annual tradition! Disney World put on their special, patriotic fireworks show three nights in a row–July 3, 4, and 5–and Kristin got to watch the first two nights from the Polynesian and the final night from the Contemporary. If you know Kristin, you know how much she loves Disney World, so this is always a summer highlight! She’s currently gearing up for her book tour for MEET ME IN PARIS, which kicks off in less than three weeks…. She hopes to see you on the road!

KRISTY WOODSON HARVEY had the best week celebrating the 4th with family, friends, parades, and lots of time on the water! Summer is going too quickly, but she’s soaking up every second! She’s working away on her next novel and… a film project she can’t wait to tell you more about! ICYMI: the next Friends & Fiction Subscription Box is available now! Get Falling for Peachtree Bluff, Patti’s Heart of the Wild and exclusive F&F swag! Plus, an exclusive book club with Kristy and Patti when you order before July 22! Order HERE.

PATTI CALLAHAN HENRY had an incredible week full of family, friends, and celebrating the 250th (photos on her instagram) in South Carolina. Even that record breaking heat could not deter them from cooking out, laughing at each other’s foibles, boating, swimming in the river, watching fireworks, and celebrating at a band party. Also, earlier this week she revisited the place that inspired her newest novel HEART OF THE WILD (out in April of 2027) — Sewanee, TN. Those mountains are just as beautiful as they were the day she first visited 13 years ago. And, coming up tonight, she is so excited for everyone to see the interview with John Searles. Patti had the best time talking to him about his new novel, Single Girls.

MARY KAY ANDREWS celebrated the Fourth in a big small town way, watching the town’s parade, and sharing a potluck BBQ with family and friends. Wednesday night she’s doing a fun wine and book-signing at the historic King and Prince Resort on St. Simon’s Island with GJFord Booksellers. Tickets are available here. She’ll be at The Bookshelf in Thomasville, GA on Friday, and on Sunday she starts a fun mini-tour with pal John Searles to celebrate publication of his new book, SINGLE GIRLS, at FoxTale Bookshoppe in Woodstock, Ga. Then it’s on to Florida for two more events. Get all the details here.

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!

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Upcoming Events

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

See MKA’s remaining Road Trip tour dates HERE.

See Patti’s upcoming events HERE.

See Kristy’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, Ron Block & Mary Kay Andrews welcomed #1 NYT-bestselling author Lisa Jewell to discuss her “deliciously dark, devilishly addictive” (Alice Feeney) new novel It Could Have Been Her, in which two women’s lives converge in a house containing devastating secrets that refuse to stay buried.

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: Kathryn Stockett, The Calamity Club
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Already aired: Mary Kay Andrews, Road Trip
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Already aired: Annabel Monaghan, Dolly All the Time
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Already aired: Ann Patchett, Whistler
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Already aired: Lisa See, Daughters of the Sun and Moon
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Already aired: Lisa Jewell, It Could Have Been Her
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SUMMER 2026 SEASON
John Searles, Single Girls
Watch: July 8 | Listen: July 10

Ben Reeves, Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt
Watch: July 15 | Listen: July 17

Kristin Harmel, Meet Me in Paris
Watch LIVE: July 22 | Listen: July 24

Jo Piazza, The Parisian Heist
Watch: August 5 | Listen: August 7

Christina Lauren, The Romance Revival
Watch: August 12 | Listen: August 14

Karin Slaughter, The Secrets We Hide
Watch LIVE: August 19 | Listen: August 21

Kristy Woodson Harvey, Falling for Peachtree Bluff
Watch LIVE: September 9 | Listen: September 11

Chloe Benjamin, Under Story
Watch: September 16 | Listen: September 18

Ariel Lawhon, The Pirate Queen
Watch: September 23 | Listen: September 25

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.

We’ve added TWO NEW COLORS for our fan favorite name list tee-shirts. We now have them in a heathery hunter green and a kelly green—both of which match perfectly with the three new Fab Four books out in May, June & July! Get yours now and dress to match the books when you come out to Kristy, MKA & Kristin’s tour events!

Order New Green Tees

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 Kristy Woodson Harvey about her new novel, Summer State of Mind. Mark your calendars for July 20th for their next author guest, Mary Kay Andrews, when they’ll discuss her new novel, Road Trip. 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 April prompt is to read a book recommended by a favorite librarian and for May it’s to read a book about a female detective.

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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Meet Lisa Jewell TONIGHT!

Weekly News from Friends & Fiction—June 24, 2026

Tune in at 7pm ET tonight for this week’s episode!

Join us Wednesday, June 24th at 7pm Eastern on the F&F Facebook page and YouTube channel as Ron Block & Mary Kay Andrews welcome #1 NYT-bestselling author Lisa Jewell to discuss her “deliciously dark, devilishly addictive” (Alice Feeney) new novel It Could Have Been Her, in which two women’s lives converge in a house containing devastating secrets that refuse to stay buried.

Lisa Jewell is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of 24 novels, including Don’t Let Him In, None of This Is True, The Family Upstairs, and Then She Was Gone. Her novels have sold more than 15-million copies internationally, and her work has been translated into more than 30 languages. She joins us from her home in London before embarking on her US tour to chat about her new psychological thriller, It Could Have Been Her, which Riley Sager calls “twisty, twisted and oh so dark,” and Publishers Weekly calls a “pitch-black spine-tingler.”

Watch the video broadcast of this interview as it airs on Wed 6/24 at 7pm ET on the F&F Facebook group page & YouTube channel. Catch the audio version on our podcast Fri 6/26.

Meanwhile, order Lisa’s new book—along with all of our guests’ and hosts’ books—at a discount in our F&F Shop on Bookshop.org!

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Latest News from the Fab Four!

MARY KAY ANDREWS was so excited to see her new novel appear on the USA Today and Publishers Weekly bestseller lists last week. She hopscotched from Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard to Chateau Elan in Braselton, GA last week for her ROAD TRIP book tour, and was thrilled to share a signing with Elin Hilderbrand and then lunch afterwards with F&F bestie Tim Ehrenberg (AKA Tim Talks Books.) She’s off to join Kristy in Beaufort, NC for a kickoff luncheon for Old Homes Week on Wednesday, then she’ll head down to Thomasville, GA for a signing at The Bookshelf. Tickets here. On Sunday she’ll be at the Forsyth County, GA library for back-to-back events with Atlanta author pal Colleen Oakley. Get tickets here. MKA has several more events coming up, so check her website for all the deets. Oh, and tomorrow, Thursday June 25th, for one-day only, the Summers at the Saint e-book will be marked down to just $2.99 as part of an Amazon Kindle Gold Box deal. Score that deal HERE.

KRISTIN HARMEL managed to knock out several chapters of her 2028 novel while on a solo mini writing retreat last week, so she’s happy to be chugging along! She snuck in a visit with her friends Molly Stevens and Aria Mia Loberti—and Aria surprised her with a hand-painted bag featuring all of her novels! This week, she’ll be writing in the mornings and hanging out with her dear friend Kristen, and her two honorary nephews Colton and Eddie, in the afternoons; they’re in town for a Disney World visit! Just five weeks to go until the launch of MEET ME IN PARIS! How is that possible? In the meantime, if you’re looking to snag some fun Prime Day deals, check out deals on THE STOLEN LIFE OF COLETTE MARCEAU and THE PARIS DAUGHTER, plus a Kindle deal for THE LIFE INTENDED – all good through June 26. Finally, Kristin is thrilled to see MEET ME IN PARIS as a LibraryReads Hall of Fame title for July! And, if you are a Barnes & Noble Premium or Rewards member, you can get 25% off all online pre-orders of MEET ME IN PARIS (in any format) at B&N.com using code PREORDER25 at checkout now through Fri 6/26! More fun MEET ME IN PARIS news coming soon!

KRISTY WOODSON HARVEY is so excited that Old Homes Tour week is HERE! If you’ve read her novel A HAPPIER LIFE, you know all about that! And, even better, the one and only Mary Kay Andrews is coming to be the speaker for the kickoff literary luncheon! She had the best time chatting with her F&F Official Book Club gals on Monday and… giving a little sneak peek of her FALLING FOR PEACHTREE BLUFF tour. Stay tuned for full tour dates, preorder freebies, and more! AND, she has F&F pal John Searles coming to Atlantic Beach on July 16 – AKA, the national holiday that is her birthday! – in conjunction with Earlier.org and Carolina Women’s Collective. Find out more information and get your tickets! Speaking of FALLING FOR PEACHTREE BLUFF, if you are a Barnes & Noble Premium or Rewards member, you can get 25% off all online pre-orders of my forthcoming fall book (in any format) at B&N.com using code PREORDER25 at checkout now through Fr 6/26!

PATTI CALLAHAN HENRY had an incredible week visiting her son in Washington, DC and spending a couple days in Middleburg, VA where she was so enchanted with the countryside that she felt, for a few brief moments, that she might be capable of owning and managing a horse farm. The feeling passed. In DC, she visited the National Archives and saw an original Magna Carta and Declaration of Independence. She wandered the hallways of the National Gallery of Art Museum and was also lucky enough to get a private tour of the Supreme Court and enter the hallowed courtroom where you can’t take photos! (Did it even happen if you didn’t take a photo? Yes, it did). AND most EXCITING!!!! – with People Magazine, Patti revealed her title and cover for her April 2027 novel HEART OF THE WILD. CLICK HERE TO SEE IT. Stay tuned to Patti’s Instagram for news of several marked down e-books of her titles this week. And, if you are a Barnes & Noble Premium or Rewards member, you can get 25% off all online pre-orders of HEART OF THE WILD (in any format) at B&N.com using code PREORDER25 at checkout now through Fr 6/26!

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Upcoming Events

See MKA’s remaining Road Trip tour dates 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.

See Kristy’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, Kristin Harmel & Kristy Woodson Harvey welcomed beloved New York Times bestselling author Lisa See to discuss her new novel, Daughters of the Sun and Moon, the story of three Chinese women whose unexpected friendship helps them survive and, despite the odds, thrive, in the turmoil of post-Civil War Los Angeles.

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: Joshilyn Jackson, Missing Sister
WATCH | LISTEN

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

SPRING 2026 SCHEDULE:
Already aired: Virginia Evans, The Correspondent & Allen Levi, Theo of Golden
WATCH | LISTEN

Already aired: Evelyn Clarke, The Ending Writes Itself
WATCH | LISTEN

Already aired: Tana French, The Keeper
WATCH | LISTEN

Already aired: Lynn Cullen, When We Were Brilliant & Priya Parmar, The Original
WATCH | LISTEN

Already aired: Kristy Woodson Harvey, Summer State of Mind
WATCH | LISTEN

Already aired: Christina Baker Kline, The Foursome
WATCH | LISTEN

Already aired: Kathryn Stockett, The Calamity Club
WATCH | LISTEN

Already aired: Mary Kay Andrews, Road Trip
WATCH | LISTEN

Already aired: Annabel Monaghan, Dolly All the Time
WATCH | LISTEN

Already aired: Ann Patchett, Whistler
WATCH | LISTEN

Already aired: Lisa See, Daughters of the Sun and Moon
WATCH | LISTEN

Lisa Jewell, It Could Have Been Her
Watch: 6/24 | Listen: 6/26

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.

We’ve added TWO NEW COLORS for our fan favorite name list tee-shirts. We now have them in a heathery hunter green and a kelly green—both of which match perfectly with the three new Fab Four books out in May, June & July! Get yours now and dress to match the books when you come out to Kristy, MKA & Kristin’s tour events!

Order New Green Tees

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 more than 43,000 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 Kristy Woodson Harvey about her new novel, Summer State of Mind. Mark your calendars for July 20th for their next author guest, Mary Kay Andrews, when they’ll discuss her new novel, Road Trip. 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 June prompt is to read a book whose title starts with the letter “S” and for July it’s to read a book about a road trip.

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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Meet Lisa See TONIGHT!

Weekly News from Friends & Fiction—June 17, 2026

Tune in at 7pm ET tonight for this week’s episode!

Join us Wednesday, June 17th at 7pm Eastern on the F&F Facebook page and YouTube channel as Kristin Harmel & Kristy Woodson Harvey welcome beloved New York Times bestselling author Lisa See to discuss her new novel, Daughters of the Sun and Moon, the story of three Chinese women whose unexpected friendship helps them survive and, despite the odds, thrive, in the turmoil of post-Civil War Los Angeles.

Lisa See is the NYT-bestselling author of a dozen novels including Lady Tan’s Circle of Women, The Island of Sea Women, The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane, and Snow Flower and the Secret Fan. She is also the author of the memoir, On Gold Mountain, which tells the story of her Chinese American family’s settlement in Los Angeles. See was the recipient of the Golden Spike Award from the Chinese Historical Association of Southern California and the Historymaker’s Award from the Chinese American Museum and was named National Woman of the Year by the Organization of Chinese American Women. We look forward to discussing her new book, Daughters of the Sun and Moon, which Library Journal called “a stunning piece of historical fiction based in truth” in a starred review.

Watch the video broadcast of this interview as it airs on Wed 6/17 at 7pm ET on the F&F Facebook group page & YouTube channel. Catch the audio version on our podcast Fri 6/19.

Meanwhile, order Lisa’s new book—along with all of our guests’ and hosts’ books—at a discount 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!

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Latest News from the Fab Four!

MARY KAY ANDREWS is still pinching herself because her 34th novel ROAD TRIP debuts at #5 on this week’s New York Times bestseller list, thanks to all of you who bought the book, reviewed it, or talked it up on our F&F page. The first two weeks of book tour went by in a whirl, and she was so grateful for all the friendly faces who graced the front row of her events at stops from South Carolina to the Jersey Shore to the Midwest to New England. Our Meg Walker was her steadfast roadie for the first two weeks, but on Friday MKA’s daughter-in-law Meghan took over. The two of them enjoyed a rare day off Sunday with a trip to Newport, RI, where they hit an estate sale (duh!) took the historic Cliff Walk tour, and ended the day with an early dinner of lobster rolls and rosé. Catch MKA today, Wednesday, on Nantucket, where she’ll be signing with Elin Hilderbrand, or Thursday on Martha’s Vineyard. Lots more events to come, and you can see the full calendar here, including a stop on Saturday, June 20th at Chateau Elan in Braselton, GA.

KRISTIN HARMEL took herself on a little writing retreat this week…. With her son on a vacation with his grandparents, and her husband busy running a summer camp for high school kids interested in construction, she has a few days all to herself and is determined to write lots and lots of words (she’s working on her 2028 book). She’s just under six weeks out from the publication of MEET ME IN PARIS… It’ll be here before we know it!

KRISTY WOODSON HARVEY is having a great summer so far and working hard on her next book! She is so excited about Mary Kay Andrews coming to Beaufort on June 24 and can’t wait to see a lot of readers there! SUMMER STATE OF MIND was also included in The Atlanta Journal Constitution in a list sharing summer beach reads that boast buttloads of humor and romance alongside Mary Kay Andrews’ brand new, instant New York Times bestseller, ROAD TRIP!

PATTI CALLAHAN HENRY was in New York last week meeting with her entire publishing team from editor to publisher to publicist to agent and more. She was reminded – again – that it might be her name on the cover of the novel but there are so many devoted people behind the scenes. It literally takes an entire enthusiastic, smart band of people to launch a book well. And launch they are! KEEP YOUR EYE OUT FOR THE COVER AND TITLE REVEAL tomorrow, June 18th at 9 AM EST on People Magazine, PCH’s Instagram and all of F&F’s channels. We can’t wait to share it with you! FINALLY she can start talking about the novel and there’s so much to tell you. Also this past week she LOVED celebrating MKA’s monster week premiering at number 5 on the NYT list.

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Upcoming Events

MKA is on tour now for Road Trip. See her full book tour HERE.

Kristin will be touring in July/August for her forthcoming book, Meet Me in Paris. See her full book tour HERE.

See Patti’s upcoming events HERE.

See Kristy’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, Patti Callahan Henry & Kristin Harmel welcomed #1 New York Times bestselling author Ann Patchett to discuss her new Katie Couric and Good Housekeeping Book Club Pick, Whistler, a moving, luminous novel that reminds us of the sweetness and impermanence of life and the power of connection to defy time.

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: Joshilyn Jackson, Missing Sister
WATCH | LISTEN

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

SPRING 2026 SCHEDULE:
Already aired: Virginia Evans, The Correspondent & Allen Levi, Theo of Golden
WATCH | LISTEN

Already aired: Evelyn Clarke, The Ending Writes Itself
WATCH | LISTEN

Already aired: Tana French, The Keeper
WATCH | LISTEN

Already aired: Lynn Cullen, When We Were Brilliant & Priya Parmar, The Original
WATCH | LISTEN

Already aired: Kristy Woodson Harvey, Summer State of Mind
WATCH | LISTEN

Already aired: Christina Baker Kline, The Foursome
WATCH | LISTEN

Already aired: Kathryn Stockett, The Calamity Club
WATCH | LISTEN

Already aired: Mary Kay Andrews, Road Trip
WATCH | LISTEN

Already aired: Annabel Monaghan, Dolly All the Time
WATCH | LISTEN

Already aired: Ann Patchett, Whistler
WATCH | LISTEN

Lisa See, Daughters of the Sun and Moon
Watch: 6/17 | Listen: 6/19

Lisa Jewell, It Could Have Been Her
Watch: 6/24 | Listen: 6/26

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.

We’ve added TWO NEW COLORS for our fan favorite name list tee-shirts. We now have them in a heathery hunter green and a kelly green—both of which match perfectly with the three new Fab Four books out in May, June & July! Get yours now and dress to match the books when you come out to Kristy, MKA & Kristin’s tour events!

Order New Green Tees

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 Kristy Woodson Harvey about her new novel, Summer State of Mind. Mark your calendars for July 20th for their next author guest, Mary Kay Andrews, when they’ll discuss her new novel, Road Trip. 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 April prompt is to read a book recommended by a favorite librarian and for May it’s to read a book about a female detective.

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.

Subscribe now

Meet Ann Patchett TONIGHT!

Weekly News from Friends & Fiction—June 10, 2026

Tune in at 7pm ET tonight for this week’s episode!

Join us Wednesday, June 10th at 7pm Eastern on the F&F Facebook page and YouTube channel as Patti Callahan Henry & Kristin Harmel welcome #1 New York Times bestselling author Ann Patchett to discuss her new Katie Couric and Good Housekeeping Book Club Pick, Whistler, a moving, luminous novel that reminds us of the sweetness and impermanence of life and the power of connection to defy time.

Ann Patchett is the author of ten novels, most recently the #1 New York Times bestselling Tom Lake, five works of nonfiction, and three children’s books whose work has been translated into more than thirty languages. A winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award, the Women’s Prize for Fiction, and the Book Sense Book of the Year, she was named one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World by Time magazine, and was awarded the National Humanities Medal in recognition of her contributions to American culture by President Biden. Her novel The Dutch House was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. She joins us from her home in Nashville—where she is the owner of Parnassus Books—to discuss her new novel Whistler, which has earned a trifecta of starred reviews from Booklist (“entrancing, radiant, and heart-seizing”), Publishers Weekly (“beautiful and generous”), and Kirkus (“death-defying, heart-opening”).

Watch the video broadcast of this interview as it airs on Wed 6/10 at 7pm ET on the F&F Facebook group page & YouTube channel. Catch the audio version on our podcast Fri 6/12.

Meanwhile, order Ann’s new book—along with all of our guests’ and hosts’ books—at a discount 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!

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Latest News from the Fab Four!

MARY KAY ANDREWS is endlessly grateful for the support for her new novel ROAD TRIP, which launched with a bang in Atlanta, followed by a second big-bang F&F live event in Savannah with Kristin Harmel, PCH and, of course, Meg Walker and Ron Block. Tour stops so far have included Myrtle Beach, Ocean Isle Beach, Greenville, Greensboro, Raleigh, Bluffton, Charleston (where MKA was in conversation with PCH), the Jersey Shore, the Delaware beaches, Severna Park, MD, Cleveland (with Ron Block), Columbus, Indianapolis, and St. Louis. Lots more events to come—get the deets here. And did you see the Homeworthy tour of Ebbtide, MKA’s Tybee Island, GA beach house? Now you know what she does with all her estate sale finds! And there was also a recent feature in Woman’s World magazine about MKA’s weight loss. Meanwhile the tour rolls on with Fairhope AL on Thursday and then on up to the northeast for a string of events.

KRISTIN HARMEL had the best time hanging out with MKA, Patti, Meg, and Ron in Savannah last week for MKA’s ROAD TRIP launch event with E. Shaver Bookseller! They all missed Kristy, though! Last night, Kristin got to chat with Eliza Knight about her new novel, LOST IN THE SUMMER OF ‘69, with Writer’s Block Bookstore in Winter Park, FL. Today, she’ll be cutting the ribbon at 10am for the grand opening of a new Barnes & Noble store in the Lake Nona area of Orlando. She’s looking forward to hitting the road in less than seven weeks for her MEET ME IN PARIS book tour; see the full schedule here.

KRISTY WOODSON HARVEY is SO THRILLED that Joanna Garcia Swisher (she’s not sure if she loves her more as Maddie in Sweet Magnolias or Cheyenne in Reba!) chose SUMMER STATE OF MIND as her Rolling Clover Reads for June! She is also getting excited about being on the Friends & Fiction book club live next Monday at 7 pm! She hasn’t gotten to talk about spoilers yet and that is her favorite part! She is so excited because today… She began something new! An idea she had on tour that she can’t wait to share with you. She started it on the beach this morning and let’s just say, this was a strange book to start on the beach! Is that a hint?! And, FALLING FOR PEACHTREE BLUFF has a huge, 40-copy giveaway over on Goodreads! Enter here! Overall, let’s just say that Kristy is in a SUMMER STATE OF MIND and hopes you’ll pick up her new book so you can be in one too!

PATTI CALLAHAN HENRY loved being on part of MKA’s road trip through Savannah and Charleston. Now she’s back home readying for a trip to New York to meet with her publisher and editor about next year’s novel because the planning starts early! Have you checked out her latest instagram post where she talks about what she’s reading and looking forward to reading? And she’s so excited for all of you to watch this week’s episode with Ann Patchett (spoiler: Patti loved Whistler).

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!

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Upcoming Events

MKA is on tour now for Road Trip. See her full book tour 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.

See Kristy’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 New York Times bestselling author Annabel Monaghan to discuss her brand-new novel, Dolly All the Time—the GMA Book Club pick for June—in which a hardworking single mom returns to her seaside hometown and stumbles into a fake dating situationship with a wealthy, workaholic scion.

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: Joshilyn Jackson, Missing Sister
WATCH | LISTEN

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

SPRING 2026 SCHEDULE:
Already aired: Virginia Evans, The Correspondent & Allen Levi, Theo of Golden
WATCH | LISTEN

Already aired: Evelyn Clarke, The Ending Writes Itself
WATCH | LISTEN

Already aired: Tana French, The Keeper
WATCH | LISTEN

Already aired: Lynn Cullen, When We Were Brilliant & Priya Parmar, The Original
WATCH | LISTEN

Already aired: Kristy Woodson Harvey, Summer State of Mind
WATCH | LISTEN

Already aired: Christina Baker Kline, The Foursome
WATCH | LISTEN

Already aired: Kathryn Stockett, The Calamity Club
WATCH | LISTEN

Already aired: Mary Kay Andrews, Road Trip
WATCH | LISTEN

Already aired: Annabel Monaghan, Dolly All the Time
WATCH | LISTEN

Ann Patchett, Whistler
Watch: 6/10 | Listen: 6/12

Lisa See, Daughters of the Sun and Moon
Watch: 6/17 | Listen: 6/19

Lisa Jewell, It Could Have Been Her
Watch: 6/24 | Listen: 6/26

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.

We’ve added TWO NEW COLORS for our fan favorite name list tee-shirts. We now have them in a heathery hunter green and a kelly green—both of which match perfectly with the three new Fab Four books out in May, June & July! Get yours now and dress to match the books when you come out to Kristy, MKA & Kristin’s tour events!

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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 Wade Rouse about his new novel, That’s What Friends Are For. Mark your calendars for June 15th for their next author guest, Kristy Woodson Harvey, when they’ll discuss her new novel, Summer State of Mind. 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 April prompt is to read a book recommended by a favorite librarian and for May it’s to read a book about a female detective.

Stay in Touch!

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Meet Annabel Monaghan TONIGHT!

Weekly News from Friends & Fiction—June 3, 2026

Tune in at 7pm ET tonight for this week’s episode!

Join us Wednesday, June 3rd at 7pm Eastern on the F&F Facebook page and YouTube channel as Kristy Woodson Harvey & Mary Kay Andrews welcome New York Times bestselling author Annabel Monaghan to discuss her brand-new novel, Dolly All the Time—the GMA Book Club pick for June—in which a hardworking single mom returns to her seaside hometown and stumbles into a fake dating situationship with a wealthy, workaholic scion.

Annabel Monaghan is the NYT-bestselling and Library Reads Hall of Fame author of It’s a Love Story, Summer Romance, Same Time Next Summer, and Nora Goes Off Script, as well as two young adult novels and Does This Volvo Make My Butt Look Big?, a selection of laugh-out-loud columns that appeared in The Huffington Post, The Week, and The Rye Record. After twenty-five years in the suburbs of New York City, she now splits her time between Connecticut and Florida. Her novels have been translated into twenty-three languages. Annabel joins us to discuss Dolly All the Time, which Carley Fortune calls, “a luminous story of love, duty, and the tension between the two” that is “less like a novel and more like a place I never wanted to leave,” and which Elle Kennedy says, “grips you from the very first page and sparkles like the sun.”

Watch the video broadcast of this interview as it airs on Wed 6/3 at 7pm ET on the F&F Facebook group page & YouTube channel. Catch the audio version on our podcast Fri 6/5.

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Latest News from the Fab Four!

MARY KAY ANDREWS is off and running with the publication of ROAD TRIP after a weekend of sold-out events in Myrtle Beach, Atlanta, Greenville, Greensboro and Raleigh. She loved seeing so many F&F members at those events and can’t wait for tonight’s F&F Live launch party in Savannah with Kristin, Patti, Ron and Meg. You can still catch her at upcoming tour events. Go here for all the deets. And in the meantime, you can enjoy the brand-new Homeworthy virtual tour of Ebbtide, MKA’s restored Tybee Island beach house, here. She LOVED Annabel Monaghan’s new book Dolly All the Time and hopes you enjoy tonight’s episode!

KRISTIN HARMEL is sending all good wishes out to MKA, who’s absolutely killing it out there on her road trip for ROAD TRIP! Happy book birthday, MKA! Kristin’s book tour for MEET ME IN PARIS was just announced this week, too; she’ll be kicking it off in less than eight weeks at Parnassus Books in Nashville, followed by stops in Ocean Isle Beach, NC; North Myrtle Beach, SC; Bethany Beach, DE; Lewes, DE; Scottsdale, AZ; Tucson, AZ; Denver, CO; St. Louis, MO; Plainville, MA; Orlando, FL; and more! See her whole tour schedule at https://kristinharmel.com/events/. Tonight, of course, you can catch Kristin live and in person with MKA, Patti, Meg, and Ron in Savannah… and next week, she’ll be appearing at two Orlando area-events; a book launch for Eliza Knight on Tuesday, and a ribbon-cutting for a new Barnes & Noble location on Wednesday. Find all the information here.

KRISTY WOODSON HARVEY is so excited to be celebrating her son’s eighth grade graduation today – but so sad to miss all of you in Savannah! BUT, she will get to celebrate with MKA on June 24 in her beloved Beaufort, so, if you’re in the area, get your tickets now! She is celebrating with all of you in spirit and so excited about this book! She is – unbelievably – already gearing up for the FALLING FOR PEACHTREE BLUFF tour, which is almost completely booked! What?! And she’s writing away on a special surprise project for 2027 (her 2028 novel is finished and she thought she was taking 2027 off, but the story gods had other ideas!)

PATTI CALLAHAN HENRY spent the weekend putting her office back together after a renovation – every rock, feather, photo, and book is in its place! Photos forthcoming! She is working hard on material for her upcoming book, and soon she will have a cover reveal for the 2027 novel! (June 18th, to be exact). She is having so much fun watching Mary Kay’s epic road trip and can’t wait to join her for the next two nights of fun in both Savannah and Charleston.

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Upcoming Events

MKA is on tour now for Road Trip. See her full book tour 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.

See Kristy’s upcoming events HERE.

Join us Wednesday, June 3rd for an in-person Friends & Fiction Live event in Savannah to celebrate the launch of MKA’s Road Trip! Get full details and tickets HERE!

Get Savannah Tickets!

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 gathered to celebrate the launch of our very own “undisputed queen of beach reads,” (Southern Living) NYT-bestselling author Mary Kay Andrews’s new book, Road Trip, which is, of course, our June Pick of the Month!

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: Joshilyn Jackson, Missing Sister
WATCH | LISTEN

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

SPRING 2026 SCHEDULE:
Already aired: Virginia Evans, The Correspondent & Allen Levi, Theo of Golden
WATCH | LISTEN

Already aired: Evelyn Clarke, The Ending Writes Itself
WATCH | LISTEN

Already aired: Tana French, The Keeper
WATCH | LISTEN

Already aired: Lynn Cullen, When We Were Brilliant & Priya Parmar, The Original
WATCH | LISTEN

Already aired: Kristy Woodson Harvey, Summer State of Mind
WATCH | LISTEN

Already aired: Christina Baker Kline, The Foursome
WATCH | LISTEN

Already aired: Kathryn Stockett, The Calamity Club
WATCH | LISTEN

Already aired: Mary Kay Andrews, Road Trip
WATCH | LISTEN

Annabel Monaghan, Dolly All the Time
Watch: 6/3 | Listen: 6/5

Ann Patchett, Whistler
Watch: 6/10 | Listen: 6/12

Lisa See, Daughters of the Sun and Moon
Watch: 6/17 | Listen: 6/19

Lisa Jewell, It Could Have Been Her
Watch: 6/24 | Listen: 6/26

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.

We’ve added TWO NEW COLORS for our fan favorite name list tee-shirts. We now have them in a heathery hunter green and a kelly green—both of which match perfectly with the three new Fab Four books out in May, June & July! Get yours now and dress to match the books when you come out to Kristy, MKA & Kristin’s tour events!

Order New Green Tees

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 Wade Rouse about his new novel, That’s What Friends Are For. Mark your calendars for June 15th for their next author guest, Kristy Woodson Harvey, when they’ll discuss her new novel, Summer State of Mind. 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 April prompt is to read a book recommended by a favorite librarian and for May it’s to read a book about a female detective.

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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Celebrating Road Trip LIVE with Mary Kay Andrews

Weekly News from Friends & Fiction—May 27, 2026

Tune in LIVE at 7pm ET tonight for this week’s episode!

Join us on Wednesday, May 27th LIVE at 7pm Eastern on the F&F Facebook page and YouTube channel as the full F&F family gathers to celebrate the launch of our very own “undisputed queen of beach reads,” (Southern Living) NYT-bestselling author Mary Kay Andrews’s new book, Road Trip, which is, of course, our June Pick of the Month!

A former journalist with a fourteen-year career in newspapers, including a decade as a reporter for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, MKA is the NYT-bestselling author of thirty-four novels and a cookbook. Her novel, Summers at the Saint is currently in development with Universal Studios. She joins us before heading out on a massive book tour to discuss her most personal novel to date in which two estranged sisters honor their mother’s dying wish to take a road trip to Ireland to uncover the provenance of a mysterious and potentially priceless family portrait. Publishers Weekly says Road Trip “sparkles,” and Library Journal calls it “a delightful tale with vivid characters.” We can’t wait to celebrate in grand F&F style complete with games, a signature cocktail, and lots of laughs.

Join us for the LIVE video broadcast of this interview as it airs on Wed 5/27 at 7pm ET on the F&F Facebook group page & YouTube channel. Catch the audio version on our podcast Fri 5/29.

Meanwhile, order MKA’s new book—along with all of our guests’ and hosts’ books—at a discount in our F&F Shop on Bookshop.org!

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Latest News from the Fab Four!

MARY KAY ANDREWS spent the Memorial Day weekend dodging raindrops, doing last minute shopping with daughter-in-law Meghan for her ROAD TRIP book tour—travel umbrella, check, comfy airport shoes, check, air-vac compression bags for suitcase packing, check. Saturday she joined her extended family to celebrate a high school graduation. A fun dinner with friends on Sunday, and brunch with son Andy and wife on Monday. MKA’s so excited to finally launch ROAD TRIP with the F&F gang tonight. She also announced a fun giveaway for the in-person Savannah F&F event on June 3. Every ticket-buyer to the Savannah event will be entered into a drawing to win a two-night stay at a dreamy restored vacation rental townhouse in historic downtown Savannah, courtesy of her friends at Lucky Savannah Vacation Rentals. Go here to buy tickets.

KRISTIN HARMEL spent the weekend celebrating her mother’s birthday (along with her brother and his family), and then on Memorial Day, she spent the day with her family and friends at Discovery Cove, where she swam with a dolphin and snorkeled with stingrays and tropical fish. What a weekend! She’s so excited to be launching MKA’s ROAD TRIP on the show this week–and to meet up with her Friends & Fiction friends next week in Savannah for MKA’s in-person celebration!

KRISTY WOODSON HARVEY is so grateful to everyone for all your support of SUMMER STATE OF MIND, which just had its second week on the USA TODAY Bestseller List! Hooray! She had the best start to summer with friends and family on the water, and couldn’t be more thrilled for her favorite season to be beginning. She absolutely LOVED MKA’s ROAD TRIP and is so excited to celebrate the launch! She will miss all of you in real life in Savannah because—unbelievably—her son’s 8th Grade Graduation is that day. But she will be there in spirit and knows it will be fabulous!

PATTI CALLAHAN HENRY is thrilled to help MKA launch her book ROAD TRIP into the world! Join us tonight for the shenanigans. Patti had a great time in Simsbury CT at a library event and then a beautiful Memorial Day weekend with her family boating, pooling (as if that’s a verb) and finishing her page proofs!

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Upcoming Events

MKA’s Road Trip book tour kicks off this Friday May 29th with a double-header of events in North Myrtle Beach, SC & Ocean Isle Beach, NC. See the full book tour details & ticketing links 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.

See Kristy’s upcoming events HERE.

Join us Wednesday, June 3rd for an in-person Friends & Fiction Live event in Savannah to celebrate the launch of MKA’s Road Trip! Get full details and tickets HERE!

Get Savannah Tickets!

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, Patti Callahan Henry & Mary Kay Andrews welcomed the multimillion-copy-selling author of The Help, Kathryn Stockett, to discuss The Calamity Club, her bold, big-hearted new novel about a group of unbreakable women, fighting for what’s rightfully theirs—and the power of friendship to change everything.

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: Joshilyn Jackson, Missing Sister
WATCH | LISTEN

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

SPRING 2026 SCHEDULE:
Already aired: Virginia Evans, The Correspondent & Allen Levi, Theo of Golden
WATCH | LISTEN

Already aired: Evelyn Clarke, The Ending Writes Itself
WATCH | LISTEN

Already aired: Tana French, The Keeper
WATCH | LISTEN

Already aired: Lynn Cullen, When We Were Brilliant & Priya Parmar, The Original
WATCH | LISTEN

Already aired: Kristy Woodson Harvey, Summer State of Mind
WATCH | LISTEN

Already aired: Christina Baker Kline, The Foursome
WATCH | LISTEN

Already aired: Kathryn Stockett, The Calamity Club
WATCH | LISTEN

Mary Kay Andrews, Road Trip
Watch LIVE: 5/27 | Listen: 5/29

Annabel Monaghan, Dolly All the Time
Watch: 6/3 | Listen: 6/5

Ann Patchett, Whistler
Watch: 6/10 | Listen: 6/12

Lisa See, Daughters of the Sun and Moon
Watch: 6/17 | Listen: 6/19

Lisa Jewell, It Could Have Been Her
Watch: 6/24 | Listen: 6/26

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.

We’ve added TWO NEW COLORS for our fan favorite name list tee-shirts. We now have them in a heathery hunter green and a kelly green—both of which match perfectly with the three new Fab Four books out in May, June & July! Get yours now and dress to match the books when you come out to Kristy, MKA & Kristin’s tour events!

Order New Green Tees

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 Wade Rouse about his new novel, That’s What Friends Are For. Mark your calendars for June 15th for their next author guest, Kristy Woodson Harvey, when they’ll discuss her new novel, Summer State of Mind. 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 April prompt is to read a book recommended by a favorite librarian and for May it’s to read a book about a female detective.

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.

Subscribe now