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From: "Friends & Fiction Endless Stories" To: jamesway245@gmail.com X-Mailgun-Tag: post X-Mailgun-Track-Clicks: false Message-Id: <20241218160821.3.802265f6bfb0f068@mg1.substack.com> Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 16:08:21 +0000 Feedback-ID: post-153290316:cat-post:pub-2175868:substack sender: "Friends & Fiction Endless Stories" References: In-Reply-To: Reply-To: "Friends & Fiction Endless Stories" List-Owner: List-URL: List-Archive: List-Id: List-Post: List-Unsubscribe: List-Unsubscribe-Post: List-Unsubscribe=One-Click X-Mailgun-Variables: {"category": "post", "email_generated_at": "1734538174665", "post_audience": "everyone", "post_id": "153290316", "post_type": "newsletter", "pub_community_enabled": "true", "publication_id": "2175868", "subdomain": "friendsandfiction", "user_id": "190046191"} --dbc8b63ed701f983eec0cff678dcb16190e83a975f56452c21d83fed00fc Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable View this post on the web at https://friendsandfiction.substack.com/p/watch= -our-live-show-with-heather Tune in LIVE at 7pm ET for TONIGHT=E2=80=99s episode! Join us Wednesday, December 18th LIVE at 7pm Eastern on the F&F Facebook pa= ge [ https://substack.com/redirect/871d0394-3ce8-4b3d-a01c-3abc4999335b?j= =3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] and Yo= uTube channel [ https://substack.com/redirect/f8851091-3052-49b3-b4f5-a0b0d= 6ddc765?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg= ] as the Fab Four gather to welcome this month=E2=80=99s F&F Featured Auth= or, the writing duo of Hazel Gaynor [ https://substack.com/redirect/e81604f= b-33ea-4ab3-8cd8-bd5789f17762?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB= 1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] & Heather Webb [ https://substack.com/redirect/73f= 1a3ff-5307-4e25-8513-7093e0570d38?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8= thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ], to discuss our December 2024 Pick of the Mont= h, their co-written heartwarming historical novel, Christmas with the Queen= [ https://substack.com/redirect/92c52f3d-528b-4fd8-b8b5-5befe74d17d7?j=3De= yJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ].=20 We will also be revealing the Winter 2025 guest line-up at the end of tonig= ht=E2=80=99s show, so be sure to tune in and stick around until the end! Hazel Gaynor is an award-winning, New York Times and USA Today bestselling = author and freelance writer in Ireland and the UK who is known for her deep= ly moving historical novels including The Last Lifeboat [ https://substack.= com/redirect/7edbd793-311b-4178-9d0f-4194586fe395?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.y= T8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] and The Girl from Savoy [ http= s://substack.com/redirect/18b75249-95cd-4591-9a9c-c63f6bac1320?j=3DeyJ1Ijoi= MzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ]. Heather Webb is = the award-winning and USA Today bestselling author of ten historical novels= including The Next Ship Home [ https://substack.com/redirect/5071f287-6877= -4aa9-8ae3-32a6401d7b32?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4q= dbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] and Queens of London [ https://substack.com/redirect/f4f= 43b9b-35cb-4dcb-841e-6e22be3f7976?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8= thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ]. Together Hazel and Heather have penned four p= revious works of historical fiction including Last Christmas in Paris [ htt= ps://substack.com/redirect/9fed184b-c380-4ca5-a1cd-81afc3900843?j=3DeyJ1Ijo= iMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] and Three Words = for Goodbye [ https://substack.com/redirect/4cacb677-2a85-43cf-a982-76d8d10= 5efde?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ]= . The pair joins us to discuss their newly released Christmas with the Quee= n [ https://substack.com/redirect/92c52f3d-528b-4fd8-b8b5-5befe74d17d7?j=3D= eyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ], which ha= s been described as =E2=80=9CThe Crown=E2=80=9D meets =E2=80=9CWhen Harry M= et Sally,=E2=80=9D and which Gill Paul calls, =E2=80=9Cas delicious as a Ch= ristmas pudding topped with flaming brandy and lashings of cream.=E2=80=9D = We are eager to celebrate this festive season with Hazel & Heather and hear= all about their latest captivating page-turner. Watch the video broadcast of this interview as it airs Wed 12/18 at 7pm ET = on the F&F Facebook [ https://substack.com/redirect/871d0394-3ce8-4b3d-a01c= -3abc4999335b?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVB= XbMAgg ] group page & YouTube [ https://substack.com/redirect/f8851091-3052= -49b3-b4f5-a0b0d6ddc765?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4q= dbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] channel. Catch the audio version on our podcast [ https:= //substack.com/redirect/8ec28ea8-a22c-406d-b3fa-04edd87e2649?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMz= U1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] Fri 12/20. Order Heather & Hazel=E2=80=99s book [ https://substack.com/redirect/92c52f= 3d-528b-4fd8-b8b5-5befe74d17d7?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thm= B1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] on Bookshop.org! Shop all of our guests=E2=80=99 & hosts=E2=80=99 books in our [ https://su= bstack.com/redirect/211b3b9d-cd98-481a-a911-b8363adce320?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2= t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ]F&F Shop [ https://subst= ack.com/redirect/211b3b9d-cd98-481a-a911-b8363adce320?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2I= n0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] on Bookshop.org! Upgrade to our PAID Subscription for bonus Q&A=E2=80=99s with our guest aut= hors which include a writing tip, book recommendation, and information abou= t their works-in-progress, plus other great material not covered on the sho= w! Latest News from the Fab Four! PATTI CALLAHAN HENRY is looking so forward to tonight with our VIP Christma= s sweater contest and our LIVE show =E2=80=93 last one of the year! This we= ek, she released HER BOOK TOUR [ https://substack.com/redirect/5da72bb9-e56= 4-4bdf-99a1-23938d6aa0e9?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4= qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] and what a doozy it is: a month long with over 32 event= s, criss-crossing the country with some amazing in-conversation partners, i= ncluding her audio narrator Julia Whelan. She also has some incredible cont= ent planned for the new year with a series of =E2=80=9Ccut scenes=E2=80=9D = from her newest novel, along with a LIVE video series about the story behin= d the story of her novel, which was inspired by a true cold case mystery. N= ow she=E2=80=99s back to wrapping and holiday-panicking. Who and what did s= he forget? KRISTY WOODSON HARVEY had the most magical Beaufort week bringing Christmas= in Peachtree Bluff to life! It has become the most incredible annual tradi= tion. It started with a five course dinner at Beaufort Grocery AKA Peachtre= e Grocery, town bus tours, and book signings and ended with the holiday mar= ket, Christmas Candlelight Tour, and Lessons and Carols at Saint Paul=E2=80= =99s, her church, which features in the book. Suffice it to say=E2=80=A6thi= ngs are feeling merry and bright! KRISTIN HARMEL and her husband and son had a great time inviting the neighb= orhood over for driveway movie night on Saturday, complete with popcorn, pi= zza, hot chocolate and even some adult beverages! This week, she=E2=80=99s = volunteering for the winter party in her son=E2=80=99s 3rd grade class and = finishing up her holiday shopping. How is it possible that Christmas will b= e here in just a week? MARY KAY ANDREWS is looking forward to tonight=E2=80=99s LIVE SHOW with the= rest of the F&F gang. Last week she and Mr. MKA baked fourteen of her lemo= n pound cakes to ship off to her New York publishing team. (The recipe is i= n her Beach House Cookbook [ https://substack.com/redirect/be02800b-a0f4-40= 5c-abd1-18300db89162?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbO= zAM1OVBXbMAgg ].) On Sunday she had her last book signing of the year at th= e holiday marketplace in her neighborhood. Now she=E2=80=99s looking forwar= d to spending quality time with her family, including this weekend=E2=80=99= s now annual game-filled Crazy Cousin Christmas gathering at a nephew=E2=80= =99s house, and hosting Christmas dinner for (gulp) twenty. Upgrade to our PAID Subscription for an ongoing series of roundtable discus= sions and personal essays by the Fab Four about their careers, writing proc= esses, and all things book and publishing related! Upcoming Events Saturday, January 18, 2025 at 11am =E2=80=93 Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 2p= m =E2=80=94 Patti & Kristin together with Kwame Alexander at the 20th Annua= l Wild Dunes Author Event & Weekend hosted by Mary Alice Monroe. Info & tic= kets HERE [ https://substack.com/redirect/9dc78cbe-6f58-4462-8a83-527dcfd7e= 43b?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ]. Monday, March 17, 2025 at 6pm =E2=80=94 F&F Live in-person event to celebra= te the launch of Patti=E2=80=99s The Story She Left Behind at the Atlanta H= istory Center. Save the date! GET TICKETS. [ https://substack.com/redirect/= d44a4f7b-355c-44e9-86c5-08471fcb5805?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QT= Yn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] View Patti=E2=80=99s full 20205 book tour for The Story She Left Behind HER= E [ https://substack.com/redirect/5da72bb9-e564-4bdf-99a1-23938d6aa0e9?j=3D= eyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ]. Want to know what these F&F Live events are all about? Watch this video com= pilation!=20 In Case You Missed It On last week=E2=80=99s episode of The Friends & Fiction Show, Kristy Woodso= n Harvey and Patti Callahan Henry welcomed the USA Today and internationall= y bestselling author Jillian Cantor [ https://substack.com/redirect/0898fdf= 7-0185-419b-aad9-0d3f72959a72?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB= 1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] to discuss her new novel, The Greatest Lie of All = [ https://substack.com/redirect/a4826062-f89b-4bff-b9f6-8a0857fb74d2?j=3Dey= J1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ], [ https://= substack.com/redirect/a4826062-f89b-4bff-b9f6-8a0857fb74d2?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1= Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] in which a glamorous = romance novelist and an aspiring starlet share an unexpected secret. Order = Jillian=E2=80=99s book [ https://substack.com/redirect/a4826062-f89b-4bff-b= 9f6-8a0857fb74d2?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1= OVBXbMAgg ] from the F&F Shop [ https://substack.com/redirect/211b3b9d-cd98= -481a-a911-b8363adce320?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4q= dbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] on Bookshop.org, where you=E2=80=99ll also find books by= all our hosts and guests, all at a discount=E2=80=94and where all your pur= chases support our show and our beloved indie bookstores nationwide! You can WATCH that episode on Facebook [ https://substack.com/redirect/cc43= edb6-db6c-4efd-abed-28c2b50e87d4?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8t= hmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] or YouTube [ https://substack.com/redirect/2cef= 9209-70e7-41ee-93ba-2d1d3da1e0f5?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8t= hmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ], or LISTEN to it on our podcast [ https://subst= ack.com/redirect/dbee9022-5697-4d25-8b47-c39618bd789b?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2I= n0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ]. Coming Up on The Friends & Fiction Show All shows can be watched on Facebook & YouTube each Wednesday evening at 7p= m ET, and listened to on our podcast each Friday, all year long. 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Already aired: Liane Moriarty [ https://substack.com/redirect/2cd867ab-8fd5= -4753-96ed-711a4e9d26cc?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4q= dbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ], [ https://substack.com/redirect/42a3efd4-b94d-478d-b3f= d-daa7840f68aa?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OV= BXbMAgg ]Here One Moment [ https://substack.com/redirect/42a3efd4-b94d-478d= -b3fd-daa7840f68aa?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzA= M1OVBXbMAgg ] WATCH [ https://substack.com/redirect/b5d4fb74-4124-411d-a308-767f283b66ae?= j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] now! = | LISTEN [ https://substack.com/redirect/4255d0f4-0f03-46a0-9589-47a46b7bda= 2c?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] no= w! Already aired: Jean Hanff Korelitz [ https://substack.com/redirect/8916808a= -fea3-40f2-82dc-0bdf47e347d0?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1= DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ], [ https://substack.com/redirect/f2d588ef-526e-412= 7-a151-7cfb2d524939?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOz= AM1OVBXbMAgg ]The Sequel [ https://substack.com/redirect/f2d588ef-526e-4127= -a151-7cfb2d524939?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzA= M1OVBXbMAgg ] WATCH [ https://substack.com/redirect/cc272712-dc35-4a28-93e1-2eabb6d8f60f?= j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] now! = | LISTEN [ https://substack.com/redirect/59aa8b18-7cb1-43bb-81e3-68740b49e3= 21?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] no= w! Already aired: Sophie Kinsella [ https://substack.com/redirect/0c0d10ef-e37= b-41f6-8692-4bff393461ae?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4= qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ], [ https://substack.com/redirect/c48f1ba6-0297-4809-a2= 4b-3b5ab5e0e0fc?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1O= VBXbMAgg ]What Does It Feel Like [ https://substack.com/redirect/c48f1ba6-0= 297-4809-a24b-3b5ab5e0e0fc?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1Dn= R4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] WATCH [ https://substack.com/redirect/c22e7817-eafb-43d5-80eb-2d3019b4357e?= j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] now! = | LISTEN [ https://substack.com/redirect/97ba20dc-56f8-4243-bdcc-23ec8e6493= ea?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] no= w! Already aired: Marybeth Whalen [ https://substack.com/redirect/fd3e2365-1cd= 1-4a16-a457-3c4a148fec8e?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4= qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ], [ https://substack.com/redirect/f785e206-bb60-46f1-92= 49-b0930ccac186?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1O= VBXbMAgg ]Every Moment Since [ https://substack.com/redirect/f785e206-bb60-= 46f1-9249-b0930ccac186?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qd= bOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] WATCH [ https://substack.com/redirect/c144f34e-e1a9-47d8-a511-8376e424d94e?= j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] now! = | LISTEN [ https://substack.com/redirect/b122ddb5-7d7a-4d0b-927f-8aae3cef8f= c0?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] no= w! Already aired: F&F Oct. Pick of the Month: Paula Hawkins [ https://substack= .com/redirect/75e16d79-fadb-4beb-a208-dcbe7830a9ba?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.= yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ], [ https://substack.com/redi= rect/82c671c6-3b82-44b7-86b9-b9496d1dc71a?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14l= uF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ]The Blue Hour [ https://substack.com/re= direct/82c671c6-3b82-44b7-86b9-b9496d1dc71a?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj1= 4luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] WATCH [ https://substack.com/redirect/0fe97680-a3e8-40f7-8cce-7c181f5b6e94?= j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] now! = | LISTEN [ https://substack.com/redirect/89a96d95-6de4-4b5f-925a-4847eb40ee= fd?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] no= w! Already aired: Louise Penny [ https://substack.com/redirect/d2a6a303-cd90-4= ad0-9712-a97fbb918149?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdb= OzAM1OVBXbMAgg ], [ https://substack.com/redirect/1fdb3192-8409-4ed1-a478-= 9f2b7e475a36?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBX= bMAgg ]The Grey Wolf [ https://substack.com/redirect/1fdb3192-8409-4ed1-a47= 8-9f2b7e475a36?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OV= BXbMAgg ] WATCH [ https://substack.com/redirect/ec27bd07-a754-41a2-bd39-8873e83fc9c0?= j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] now! = | LISTEN [ https://substack.com/redirect/9a8277ec-ace4-4deb-a9e4-46a8eab488= 56?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] no= w! Already aired: J.T. Ellison [ https://substack.com/redirect/ff326d45-7f00-4= 89c-8555-3af4d0804ea9?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdb= OzAM1OVBXbMAgg ], [ https://substack.com/redirect/e6943b82-b263-44fa-8535-= 23c6f75653d2?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBX= bMAgg ]A Very Bad Thing [ https://substack.com/redirect/e6943b82-b263-44fa-= 8535-23c6f75653d2?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM= 1OVBXbMAgg ] WATCH [ https://substack.com/redirect/a9473c76-a0a8-4c18-8f70-18152d023d71?= j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] now! = | LISTEN [ https://substack.com/redirect/f16e9001-702b-4fe6-bdd9-186a846911= bb?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] no= w! Already aired: David Baldacci [ https://substack.com/redirect/7f3768e2-7ebe= -4dbc-a38d-3d4860594ee5?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4q= dbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ], [ https://substack.com/redirect/8b467059-a4b6-45b2-a1d= f-9b57751f5032?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OV= BXbMAgg ]To Die For [ https://substack.com/redirect/8b467059-a4b6-45b2-a1df= -9b57751f5032?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVB= XbMAgg ] WATCH [ https://substack.com/redirect/52a3cb38-c44d-4f10-8b8d-074f679ce37d?= j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] now! = | LISTEN [ https://substack.com/redirect/b7af9146-e547-4a8d-8db2-0c9674197c= cc?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] no= w! Already aired: F&F Nov. Pick of the Month: Michael Connelly [ https://subst= ack.com/redirect/6457d801-7658-47f9-bc2f-fd68444b569b?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2I= n0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ], [ https://substack.com/r= edirect/bcd9aaaa-f83e-4201-85bf-e1b004a5d66d?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj= 14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ]The Waiting [ https://substack.com/r= edirect/bcd9aaaa-f83e-4201-85bf-e1b004a5d66d?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj= 14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] WATCH [ https://substack.com/redirect/f2eb9ba5-0acb-4307-b0c6-6e05eb9abf34?= j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] now! = | LISTEN [ https://substack.com/redirect/48befc85-428c-4991-8ae0-f49e8e9f8f= 90?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] no= w! Already aired: Craig Johnson [ https://substack.com/redirect/889cff78-5514-= 4e11-a1de-0db1cfb1283b?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qd= bOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ], [ https://substack.com/redirect/57b5f75c-7149-4306-b17f= -2c81864b9070?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVB= XbMAgg ]Tooth and Claw [ https://substack.com/redirect/57b5f75c-7149-4306-b= 17f-2c81864b9070?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1= OVBXbMAgg ] WATCH [ https://substack.com/redirect/227dbecc-edfa-44b2-a7f8-235f20e9665b?= j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] now! = | LISTEN [ https://substack.com/redirect/d5ff2af5-0678-458e-a8d8-6d9b0ff556= 52?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] no= w! Already aired: Signe Pike [ https://substack.com/redirect/51d737d7-22f4-459= 2-a3c2-8466421b7129?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOz= AM1OVBXbMAgg ], [ https://substack.com/redirect/e005cbae-3e7e-471b-9e8b-87= 4adfc5db29?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbM= Agg ]The Shadowed Land [ https://substack.com/redirect/e005cbae-3e7e-471b-9= e8b-874adfc5db29?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1= OVBXbMAgg ] WATCH [ https://substack.com/redirect/f9ab12b2-640c-4ec4-8c95-ce8830a20c58?= j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] now! = | LISTEN [ https://substack.com/redirect/fa951d11-ff92-4c1c-b789-d04aaad10a= 42?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] no= w! Already aired: Jillian Cantor [ https://substack.com/redirect/0898fdf7-0185= -419b-aad9-0d3f72959a72?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4q= dbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ], [ https://substack.com/redirect/a4826062-f89b-4bff-b9f= 6-8a0857fb74d2?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OV= BXbMAgg ]The Greatest Lie of All [ https://substack.com/redirect/a4826062-f= 89b-4bff-b9f6-8a0857fb74d2?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1Dn= R4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] WATCH [ https://substack.com/redirect/2cef9209-70e7-41ee-93ba-2d1d3da1e0f5?= j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] now! = | LISTEN [ https://substack.com/redirect/dbee9022-5697-4d25-8b47-c39618bd78= 9b?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] no= w! F&F Pick of the Month: Hazel Gaynor [ https://substack.com/redirect/e81604f= b-33ea-4ab3-8cd8-bd5789f17762?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB= 1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] & Heather Webb [ https://substack.com/redirect/73f= 1a3ff-5307-4e25-8513-7093e0570d38?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8= thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ], Christmas with the Queen [ https://substack.c= om/redirect/92c52f3d-528b-4fd8-b8b5-5befe74d17d7?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT= 8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] WATCH LIVE Dec. 18 | Listen Dec. 20 F&F Secret Santa Holiday Party Watch Dec. 25 | Listen Dec. 27 We will reveal next season=E2=80=99s guest line-up LIVE on the air tonight! F&F 2025 Subscription Box with Oxford Exchange Have you signed up for the 2025 FRIENDS AND FICTION Subscription Box yet? I= t=E2=80=99s available for purchase now, exclusively from our friends at Oxf= ord Exchange. This subscription includes three separate shipments: 1. 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Join us Wednesday, December 18th LIVE a= t 7pm Eastern on the F&F Facebook page and YouTube channel as the Fab Four gather to welcome t= his month’s F&F Featured Author, the writing duo of Hazel = Gaynor & Heather Webb, to = discuss our December 2024 Pick of the Month, their co-written heartwarming = historical novel, Christmas with the Queen.

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Hazel Gaynor is an award-winning, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author and freelan= ce writer in Ireland and the UK who is known for her deeply moving historic= al novels including The Last Lifeboat and The Girl fro= m Savoy. Heather Webb is the award-winning and US= A Today bestselling author of ten historical novels including The Next Ship Home and Queens of London. = Together Hazel and Heather have penned four previous works of historical fi= ction including Last Christmas in Paris and Three Wo= rds for Goodbye. The pair joins us to discuss their newly re= leased Christmas with the Queen, which has been described= as “The Crown” meets “When Harry Met Sally,” and w= hich Gill Paul calls, “as delicious as a Christmas pudding topped wit= h flaming brandy and lashings of cream.” We are eager to celebrate th= is festive season with Hazel & Heather and hear all about their latest = captivating page-turner.

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= PATTI CALLAHAN HENRY is looking so forward to tonigh= t with our VIP Christmas sweater contest and our LIVE show – last one= of the year! This week, she released HER BOOK TOUR and what a doo= zy it is: a month long with over 32 events, criss-crossing the country with= some amazing in-conversation partners, including her audio narrator Julia = Whelan. She also has some incredible content planned for the new year with = a series of “cut scenes” from her newest novel, along with a LI= VE video series about the story behind the story of her novel, which was in= spired by a true cold case mystery. Now she’s back to wrapping and ho= liday-panicking. Who and what did she forget?

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Join us Wednesday, December 11th at 7pm Eastern on the F&F Facebook page and YouTube channel as Kristy Woodson Harvey and Patti Callahan Henry welcome the USA Today and internationally bestselling author Jillian Cantor to discuss her new historical novel, The Greatest Lie of All, in which a glamorous romance novelist and an aspiring starlet share an unexpected secret.
Jillian Cantor is the USA Today and internationally bestselling author of twelve novels for teens and adults, including, most recently The Fiction Writer. Her books have been chosen for LibraryReads, Indie Next and Amazon Best of the Month, and have been translated into fifteen languages. Jillian joins us from her home in Arizona to chat about her thirteenth novel, The Greatest Lie of All, an addictive story about love, ambition, and how far we're willing to go to protect our hearts. The book has been called “Jillian Cantor at her absolute best,” by Allison Winn Scotch, “propulsively paced,” by Shelf Awareness, and “irresistibly juicy, twisty, and layered,” by Annabel Monaghan—and we can’t wait to talk to Jillian all about it.
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PATTI CALLAHAN HENRY loved interviewing Jillian Cantor for this week’s show – you’ll love meeting her and hearing about her new novel. Patti has been working hard on a new idea, some essays for The Story She Left Behind, and of course preparing for Christmas. Among her preparations, she believes she has found the UGLIEST Christmas sweater of all time and she will win the FF contest on December 18th. OH! And on December 16th Patti will be announcing her 2025 book tour! Stay tuned, sign up for her newsletter and hopefully she’ll be coming to a city near you.
KRISTY WOODSON HARVEY enjoyed the loveliest Beaufort weekend full of parties, the parade, the flotilla… All her favorite things! And TONIGHT is the Christmas in Peachtree Bluff dinner at Beaufort Grocery Company and tomorrow is the annual Christmas in Peachtree Bluff bus tour! Hooray! Also, she will be at Raleigh Durham International Airport’s Holiday Market 12/19 from 12:30-2 pm. If you happen to be flying, come say hi! If not, she’ll be signing loads of books, so the airport’s Hudson Books will be stocked with signed copies for months to come! She is also attempting to get a clean 1st-ish draft of her 2026 novel to her editor before the holiday break begins on December 19. Can she do it? Has she lost her mind? (Definitely to the second, strong maybe to the first!)
KRISTIN HARMEL spent a lovely weekend with her husband and 8-year-old son over at Disney World; they love doing one-night staycations, and this one (staying at Coronado Springs, with visits to Animal Kingdom, Hollywood Studios, and the Winter Summerland Miniature Golf Course) was the perfect blend of relaxation and activity as they enjoyed all the holiday decorations at the hotel and parks–and played family board games before dinner both nights! Kristin is just as convinced as Patti is that she will be this year’s Friends & Fiction Ugly Sweater Contest winner. Her sweater is actually the opposite of ugly – but it is completely ridiculous, and, dare she say it, perfect for the F&F crowd. You have been warned.
MARY KAY ANDREWS survived a whirlwind week — hosting her book club’s Christmas party, traveling to Savannah for a book signing, (she left lots of signed books behind at Tybee Island’s Seaside Sisters,) and then to Americus, Georgia where she got to see an adorable community theater presentation of ELF, The Musical, with her bonus grandson Gill making his stage debut as one of the elves. On Saturday night MKA’s lucky socks helped her UGA Dawgs to an overtime win in the SEC championship game. On Sunday she was in conversation with Atlanta author Vanessa Riley, discussing Vanessa’s latest novel, Murder in Berkeley Square, at her neighborhood bookstore, The Book Bird of Avondale Estates. This Sunday MKA will have her last book signing of the year at the Avondale Estates Holiday Market. She’ll be there from 12-3pm, signing and smiling with books for sale by The Book Bird.
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On last week’s episode of The Friends & Fiction Show, Kristin Harmel and Patti Callahan Henry welcomed historical fiction author Signe Pike to discuss her new epic novel, THE SHADOWED LAND, the third installment in her Lost Queen series in which King Arthur and his contemporaries are boldly reimagined. Order Signe’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!
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Weekly News from Friends & Fiction—December 4, 2024
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Join us Wednesday, December 4th at 7pm Eastern on the F&F Facebook page and YouTube channel as Kristin Harmel and Patti Callahan Henry welcome historical fiction author Signe Pike to discuss her new epic novel, THE SHADOWED LAND, the third installment in her Lost Queen series in which King Arthur and his contemporaries are boldly reimagined.
Raised in Ithaca, NY, with a degree from Cornell University, Signe Pike worked as an editor at Random House and Penguin before leaving to write her first book, a travel memoir entitled Faery Tale: One Woman's Search for Enchantment in a Modern World. Pike has researched and written about Celtic history for over a decade. Her non-fiction has been published by Salon, Charleston City Paper, Book Riot and NPR.org. Her 2018 debut novel, The Lost Queen, which became a series, is currently in development for television by the Emmy award-winning production company Made Up Stories. She joins us to discuss THE SHADOWED LAND, a “rich, immersive” (Kirkus Reviews) saga that transports the reader to a vivid world of mysticism, beauty, and meticulously researched early medieval history.
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PATTI CALLAHAN HENRY had the most untraditional Thanksgiving in years! But it was so beautiful – she spent it with her daughter’s family in Hawaii. Now back home to start the holiday season and she has so much to share about her upcoming novel, The Story She Left Behind, so if you aren’t signed up for her newsletter, get on it 🙂 She LOVED interviewing Signe for this week’s show with Kristin – you don’t want to miss it.
KRISTY WOODSON HARVEY spent Thanksgiving in New York with her family enjoying the shopping and the Rockettes! She recently revealed the cover of BEACH HOUSE RULES and was blown away by everyone’s support! She is still celebrating 10 years as a published author with her Chapters Tour! Don’t miss all the fun over on her website! She announced the books featured this month in an interview this week, check it out here!
KRISTIN HARMEL had a lovely Thanksgiving, split between her husband’s side of the family (for dinner) and her side of the family (for dessert), which was the perfect blend of family time! Then she spent the next few days hanging out with her dear friend Kristen (and Kristen’s mother and son); they visit (from Pittsburgh) each year just after Thanksgiving. On Monday night, she took part in a fun group book signing with fellow historical fiction authors Sarah Penner, Madeline Martin, Eliza Knight, and Heather Webb (co-author of Christmas With the Queen, our F&F pick for December!), along with romance authors Cissy Mecca, Heather McCollum, Julie Johnstone, and E. Elizabeth Watson, hosted by Writer’s Block Bookstore and Quantum Leap Winery. As a special bonus, her friends Aldo and Albany, who own a gourmet chocolate business, made 120 boxes of gourmet chocolates (in two flavors: salted caramel and passion fruit), which guests enjoyed as a gift with any purchase…. They were AMAZING.
MARY KAY ANDREWS enjoyed a lovely Thanksgiving dinner at home with family, and then on Friday night rooted for her UGA Bulldogs through EIGHT nail-biting overtimes for a comeback victory over Mr. MKA’s Ga. Tech Yellow Jackets. Now she’s fully in holiday frenzy mode, but this Thursday she’ll be signing books in Savannah at the St. Vincent’s Academy Holiday Market at the Alee Temple, starting at 5pm (details HERE). On Sunday, Dec. 8, at 4pm she’ll be at Bookbird Books, Avondale Estates, in conversation with Atlanta author Vanessa Riley to discuss Vanessa’s new release Murder in Berkeley Square.
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Saturday, January 18, 2025 at 11am – Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 2pm — Patti & Kristin together with Kwame Alexander at the 20th Annual Wild Dunes Author Event & Weekend hosted by Mary Alice Monroe. Info & tickets HERE.
Monday, March 17, 2025 at 6pm — F&F Live in-person event to celebrate the launch of Patti’s The Story She Left Behind at the Atlanta History Center. Save the date! GET TICKETS.
Want to know what these F&F Live events are all about? Watch this video compilation!
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On last week’s episode of The Friends & Fiction Show, Kristy Woodson Harvey & Mary Kay Andrews welcomed New York Times bestselling author Craig Johnson to discuss TOOTH AND CLAW, the new short novel in his wildly popular Longmire series, in which a young Walt Longmire and Henry Standing Bear face off in the Alaskan tundra with powerful enemies who will do anything to get what they want. Order Craig’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!
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Already aired: F&F Pick of the Month: Jodi Picoult, By Any Other Name
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Already aired: Liane Moriarty, Here One Moment
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Already aired: Jean Hanff Korelitz, The Sequel
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Already aired: Sophie Kinsella, What Does It Feel Like
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Already aired: Marybeth Whalen, Every Moment Since
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Already aired: F&F Oct. Pick of the Month: Paula Hawkins, The Blue Hour
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Already aired: Louise Penny, The Grey Wolf
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Already aired: J.T. Ellison, A Very Bad Thing
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Already aired: David Baldacci, To Die For
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Already aired: F&F Nov. Pick of the Month: Michael Connelly, The Waiting
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Already aired: Craig Johnson, Tooth and Claw
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Signe Pike, The Shadowed Land
Watch Dec 4 | Listen Dec. 6
Jillian Cantor, The Greatest Lie of All
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F&F Pick of the Month: Hazel Gaynor & Heather Webb, Christmas with the Queen
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Weekly News from Friends & Fiction—November 27, 2024
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Join us Wednesday, November 27th 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 Craig Johnson to discuss TOOTH AND CLAW, the new short novel in his wildly popular Longmire series, in which a young Walt Longmire and Henry Standing Bear face off in the Alaskan tundra with powerful enemies who will do anything to get what they want.
Craig Johnson is the New York Times bestselling author of the Longmire mysteries, the basis for the hit Netflix original series Longmire. He is a two-time recipient of the Western Writers of America Spur Award for fiction, was the first One Book Wyoming selection, and has received the Mountain & Plains Independent Booksellers Association’s Reading the West Book Award for fiction. Craig joins us from his home in Ucross, Wyoming (population 26), to discuss his new pulse-pounding, bone-chilling novel of extreme adventure, TOOTH AND CLAW, which adds another indelible chapter to the great story of Walt Longmire. Kirkus Reviews has called it "a chilling novel with all the ingredients needed to keep readers turning pages,” and we can’t wait to talk to Craig all about it.
Watch the video broadcast of this interview as it airs Wed 11/27 at 7pm ET on the F&F Facebook group page & YouTube channel. Catch the audio version on our podcast Fri 11/29.
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PATTI CALLAHAN HENRY is spending time with her daughter and her family in Hawaii! It’s been truly relaxing even as she is working on some essays and other things for The Story She Left Behind. She will be sending out a newsletter next week with lots of information about some amazing events coming up (including an announcement about her Friends & Fiction Live launch event on St. Patrick’s Day!). Click here if you haven’t signed up. She wishes all of our Friends & Fiction family a truly happy Thanksgiving – may you be with those you love and those who love you.
KRISTY WOODSON HARVEY is releasing the cover of Beach House Rules today! Check it out on her socials–or, if you’re a KWH newsletter subscriber, you probably already received it! She is so grateful for the love and support of this community now and always and is so looking forward to a fun-filled Thanksgiving celebration with her family that she can’t wait to fill you all in on! Happy Thanksgiving, friends. Wishing you a wonderful one!
KRISTIN HARMEL is so thankful for all of you, her Friends & Fiction family. You are truly the wind beneath the four host authors’ wings, and all of them are deeply grateful for your support – this Thanksgiving week and always. She hopes you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving and that you know how valued you are. If you’re in Orlando, she hopes you’ll join her on Monday (Dec. 2) at 6pm at Quantum Leap Winery in Winter Park for a special get-your-holiday-shopping done author signing party. Reserve your tickets ahead of time here.
MARY KAY ANDREWS is gearing up for all the pie-baking and cranberry sauce making, and looking forward to gathering family around the table. Today, and every day, she’s so grateful for this book-loving Friends & Fiction community. And as soon as the Thanksgiving dishes are done, she’ll be directing the hauling up of Christmas bins from the basement, because next week she’s hosting her book club’s annual holiday get together.
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Monday, December 2 at 6pm — Orlando-area friends: Join Kristin and EIGHT of her author friends for a holiday soiree at urban winery Quantum Leap (at their new lakeside location in Winter Park) for a big holiday book-signing extravaganza! Tickets are $15 and include one glass of wine; each of the nine authors will have three books available to sign and personalize for your holiday list! See you there! Buy your ticket here.
Saturday, January 18, 2025 at 11am – Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 2pm — Patti & Kristin together with Kwame Alexander at the 20th Annual Wild Dunes Author Event & Weekend hosted by Mary Alice Monroe. Info & tickets HERE.
Monday, March 17, 2025 at 6pm — F&F Live in-person event to celebrate the launch of Patti’s The Story She Left Behind at the Atlanta History Center. Save the date! Details & ticketing link to come.
Want to know what these F&F Live events are all about? Watch this video compilation!
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On last week’s episode of The Friends & Fiction Show, the Fab Four gathered to welcome this month’s F&F Featured Author, the #1 NYT-bestselling, Edgar, Grand Master and Diamond Dagger award-winning Michael Connelly, to discuss our November 2024 Pick of the Month, THE WAITING, in which LAPD Detective Renée Ballard tracks a terrifying serial rapist whose trail has gone cold, with the help of the newest volunteer to the Open-Unsolved Unit: Patrol Officer Maddie Bosch, Harry’s daughter. Order Michael’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!
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Already aired: Liane Moriarty, Here One Moment
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Already aired: Jean Hanff Korelitz, The Sequel
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Already aired: Sophie Kinsella, What Does It Feel Like
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Already aired: Marybeth Whalen, Every Moment Since
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Already aired: F&F Oct. Pick of the Month: Paula Hawkins, The Blue Hour
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Already aired: Louise Penny, The Grey Wolf
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Already aired: J.T. Ellison, A Very Bad Thing
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Already aired: David Baldacci, To Die For
WATCH now! | LISTEN now!
Already aired: F&F Nov. Pick of the Month: Michael Connelly, The Waiting
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Craig Johnson, Tooth and Claw
Watch Nov. 27 | Listen Nov. 29
Signe Pike, The Shadowed Land
Watch Dec 4 | Listen Dec. 6
Jillian Cantor, The Greatest Lie of All
Watch Dec. 11 | Listen Dec. 13
F&F Pick of the Month: Hazel Gaynor & Heather Webb, Christmas with the Queen
WATCH LIVE Dec. 18 | Listen Dec. 20
F&F Secret Santa Holiday Party
Watch Dec. 25 | Listen Dec. 27
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Watch our LIVE show with Michael Connelly TONIGHT!

Watch our LIVE show with Michael Connelly TONIGHT!
Weekly News from Friends & Fiction—November 20, 2024
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Join us Wednesday, November 20th LIVE at 7pm Eastern on the F&F Facebook page and YouTube channel as the Fab Four gather to welcome this month’s F&F Featured Author, the #1 NYT-bestselling, Edgar, Grand Master and Diamond Dagger award-winning Michael Connelly, to discuss our November 2024 Pick of the Month, THE WAITING, in which LAPD Detective Renée Ballard tracks a terrifying serial rapist whose trail has gone cold, with the help of the newest volunteer to the Open-Unsolved Unit: Patrol Officer Maddie Bosch, Harry’s daughter.
Michael Connelly is the bestselling author of 39 novels and one work of non-fiction. With more than 85-million copies sold worldwide and books translated into 45 languages, he is one of the most successful writers working today. His books, which include the Harry Bosch, the Lincoln Lawyer, and the Renée Ballard series, have been adapted for film and television including the movie Blood Work, starring and directed by Clint Eastwood, and The Lincoln Lawyer, starring Matthew McConaughey as Mickey Haller. Michael is the executive producer of three current television series based on his books: Bosch and Bosch: Legacy (both streaming on Amazon Prime), and The Lincoln Lawyer (streaming on Netflix). A former reporter, Connelly worked the crime beat at newspapers in Daytona Beach and Fort Lauderdale (where he earned a Pulitzer nomination) before finishing his journalism career as the Los Angeles Times crime reporter. He joins us from his home in Florida to discuss his new Ballard/Bosch crossover novel, THE WAITING,which Publishers Weekly calls “unputdownable…white-hot suspense guaranteed to please his fans.”
Watch the LIVE video broadcast of this interview as it airs Wed 11/20 at 7pm ET on the F&F Facebook group page & YouTube channel. Catch the audio version on our podcast Fri 11/22.
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PATTI CALLAHAN HENRY is visiting her daughter and grands for the next couple weeks while working on her next novel (slowly, slowly coming together), counting down to The Story She Left Behind and planning the book tour that she’ll be announcing any day! If you are signed up for her newsletter you’ll be the first to know! Did you see the new WICKED giveaway? What with Cynthia Erivo (the new Elphaba in the Wicked movie) narrating The Secret Book of Flora Lea audiobook, Atria put together a killer giveaway.
KRISTY WOODSON HARVEY is putting her finishing touches on her plans for family Thanksgiving in NYC! She can’t wait to be back in her favorite city with those she loves the most. The cover for Beach House Rules is finished and gorgeous and she cannot wait to share it with all of you so stay tuned!
KRISTIN HARMEL is looking forward to welcoming fellow Gator (and fellow University of Florida School of Journalism graduate!) Michael Connelly to the show tonight… especially after the Gators (who have been having a not-so-great, injury-plagued football season) finally eked out a win over #21 LSU last weekend. She’s hard at work on her 2026 book and wants to encourage you to bid on her auction item for the 2024 Artists Against Antisemitism Share the Light auction (a 30-minute virtual chat–for you or your book club– plus two signed books), ending TODAY (Wednesday, Nov. 20) at 6pm! (While you’re there, you can also bid on cool items like a lunch date with Henry Winkler, a Zoom with Mayim Bialik, or a book signed by Hillary Rodham Clinton and Chelsea Clinton.)
MARY KAY ANDREWS loved talking with the inquisitive young journalism students at Lakewood High, her alma mater in St. Petersburg last week, before heading for a girlfriend getaway with some of her oldest junior high friends. Sunset beach walks, pool time, and good wine were the perfect balm before returning home to plunge into holiday plans.
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On last week’s episode of The Friends & Fiction Show, Kristin Harmel & Mary Kay Andrews welcomed #1 New York Times bestselling author, David Baldacci to discuss To Die For, the third installment in his 6:20 Man series which finds Travis Devine in the Pacific Northwest to aid in a complicated FBI case where he’s about to come face-to-face with his nemesis, the girl on the train. Order David’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.
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Already aired: J.T. Ellison, A Very Bad Thing
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Already aired: David Baldacci, To Die For
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F&F Pick of the Month: Michael Connelly, The Waiting
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Craig Johnson, Tooth and Claw
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Signe Pike, The Shadowed Land
Watch Dec 4 | Listen Dec. 6
Jillian Cantor, The Greatest Lie of All
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F&F Pick of the Month: Hazel Gaynor & Heather Webb, Christmas with the Queen
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F&F Secret Santa Holiday Party
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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 Kimberly Brock about her novel, THE FABLED EARTH. Mark your calendars for December 16th for their next author guest, Debbie Macomber, when they’ll discuss her novel, A CHRISTMAS DUET. 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 November prompt is to read a collection of short stories or essays, and for December it’s to read a book recommended by the Fab Four, F&F show guests, or on an F&F book club happy hour.
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Meet David Baldacci TONIGHT!

Meet David Baldacci TONIGHT!
Weekly News from Friends & Fiction—November 13, 2024
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Join us Wednesday, November 13th at 7pm Eastern on the F&F Facebook page and YouTube channel as Kristin Harmel & Mary Kay Andrews welcome #1 New York Times bestselling author, David Baldacci to discuss To Die For, the third installment in his 6:20 Man series which finds Travis Devine in the Pacific Northwest to aid in a complicated FBI case where he’s about to come face-to-face with his nemesis, the girl on the train
David Baldacci is a global #1 bestselling author, and one of the world’s favorite storytellers with books published in 45+ languages in 80+ countries, with 150-million copies sold worldwide. His works have been adapted for both feature film and television. David and his wife co-founded the Wish You Well Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to supporting literacy efforts across America. He joins us from his home in Virginia to discuss his brand-new twisty whodunit, To Die For, which has been praised for its “fast-moving excitement” and “satisfying finish” in a starred review from Kirkus.
Watch the video broadcast of this interview as it airs Wed 11/13 at 7pm ET on the F&F Facebook group page & YouTube channel. Catch the audio version on our podcast Fri 11/15.
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PATTI CALLAHAN HENRY enjoyed the most wonderful week with all things book-ish, with her Friends & Fiction family, as well as Tim Ehrenberg of Tim Talks Books. They raised money for cancer support in Florida with the Florida Cancer Specialists and funds for the good work done at The Amelia Island Book Festival. She then spent the weekend recuperating from the travel and laughter. We are now four months out from publication of The Story She Left Behind – watch out for announcements of tour and events and so much more.
KRISTY WOODSON HARVEY loved hanging out with her Friends & Fiction pals plus Tim of Tim Talks Books last week. She went straight to celebrate her “littlest sister’s” (love sister, not blood sister) gorgeous wedding with her family and hometown friends. Fun fact: This is one of the people A Happier Life is dedicated to! She is so excited to get back to the page this week and thinks that maybe… just maybe… she might finish her first, icky, ugly first draft of her 2026 novel this week. Meanwhile, she and her team are hard at work on the tour for Beach House Rules! Have suggestions of where she should go? Drop her a line on Instagram or Facebook!
KRISTIN HARMEL loved spending time with her Friends & Fiction family, plus Tim Ehrenberg, last week! She can’t believe Kristy is about to finish the first draft of her 2026 novel! Man, that woman writes fast! Kristin is looking forward to galleys of The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau (her June 2025 novel) being available in the next week or two, and she’s hard at work on her 2026 novel (though clearly not as efficiently as Kristy!). She’s looking forward to introducing David Baldacci to the Friends & Fiction community on tonight’s show; he’s a strong supporter of literacy initiatives, and his mission to get people reading goes right to the heart of what Friends & Fiction is all about.
MARY KAY ANDREWS is settling back to work at home after a fun time in Florida with the F&F crew, and is not at ALL bitter that she couldn’t master The Perfect Couple dance as demonstrated by our friend Tim Ehrenberg, the infamous man from Nantucket. (You can see the video on our Friends & Fiction Instagram feed.) On Saturday she dressed up as Mrs. Santa to sign books at the Seaside Sisters holiday open house on Tybee Island, Ga., where she left lots of signed copies of her most recent holiday book, Bright Lights, Big Christmas, as well as Summers At The Saint. Go here to order your own signed copies. In the meantime, MKA is looking forward to speaking this Thursday at the Trussville, Alabama public library. Go here to buy a ticket, which includes a signed copy of Summers At The Saint. And if you’re in the mood for a quick holiday read or listen, check out MKA’s new bestselling Amazon Original short story Holiday Hideaway available as an e-book and audiobook here.
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Saturday, January 18, 2025 at 11am – Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 2pm — Patti & Kristin together with Kwame Alexander at the 20th Annual Wild Dunes Author Event & Weekend hosted by Mary Alice Monroe. Info & tickets HERE.
Want to know what these F&F Live events are all about? Watch this video compilation!
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On last week’s episode of The Friends & Fiction Show, Kristin Harmel & Patti Callahan Henry welcomed New York Times bestselling author, J.T. Ellison, to discuss her new novel, A Very Bad Thing, about one author at the pinnacle of her career, whose past threatens to destroy everything she has and everyone she knows. Order J.T.’s book from the F&F Shop on Bookshop.org, where you’ll also find books by all our hosts and guests, all at a discount—and where all your purchases support our show and our beloved indie bookstores nationwide!
You can WATCH that episode on Facebook or YouTube, or LISTEN to it on our podcast.
Coming Up on The Friends & Fiction Show
All shows can be watched on Facebook & YouTube each Wednesday evening at 7pm ET, and listened to on our podcast each Friday, all year long.
Already aired: F&F Pick of the Month: Jodi Picoult, By Any Other Name
WATCH now! | LISTEN now!
Already aired: Liane Moriarty, Here One Moment
WATCH now! | LISTEN now!
Already aired: Jean Hanff Korelitz, The Sequel
WATCH now! | LISTEN now!
Already aired: Sophie Kinsella, What Does It Feel Like
WATCH now! | LISTEN now!
Already aired: Marybeth Whalen, Every Moment Since
WATCH now! | LISTEN now!
Already aired: F&F Oct. Pick of the Month: Paula Hawkins, The Blue Hour
WATCH now! | LISTEN now!
Already aired: Louise Penny, The Grey Wolf
WATCH now! | LISTEN now!
Already aired: J.T. Ellison, A Very Bad Thing
WATCH now! | LISTEN now!
David Baldacci, To Die For
Watch Nov. 13 | Listen Nov. 15
F&F Pick of the Month: Michael Connelly, The Waiting
WATCH LIVE Nov. 20 | Listen Nov. 22
Craig Johnson, Tooth and Claw
Watch Nov. 27 | Listen Nov. 29
Signe Pike, The Shadowed Land
Watch Dec 4 | Listen Dec. 6
Jillian Cantor, The Greatest Lie of All
Watch Dec. 11 | Listen Dec. 13
F&F Pick of the Month: Hazel Gaynor & Heather Webb, Christmas with the Queen
WATCH LIVE Dec. 18 | Listen Dec. 20
F&F Secret Santa Holiday Party
Watch Dec. 25 | Listen Dec. 27
F&F Merch Store
We have a Friends & Fiction merch store with t-shirts, sweatshirts, coffee mugs and a book bag on Bonfire. We also have other items like wine tumblers, reading journals, and our original white v-neck logo tees available through Oxford Exchange.
F&F Official Book Club & 2024 Reading Challenge
Join Brenda Gardner & Lisa Harrison for monthly book club picks and live online author chats on the Facebook page for the F&F Official Book Club with Brenda & Lisa, where they’ve amassed more than 30k of their own members. You can also follow the Book Club on Instagram and subscribe to their YouTube channel where you can catch past discussions, including their most recent chat with Sarah Pekkanen about her novel, HOUSE OF GLASS. Mark your calendars for November 18th for their next author guest, Kimberly Brock, when they’ll discuss her novel, THE FABLED EARTH. 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 November prompt is to read a collection of short stories or essays, and for December it’s to read a book recommended by the Fab Four, F&F show guests, or on an F&F book club happy hour.
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Meet J.T. Ellison TONIGHT!

Meet J.T. Ellison TONIGHT!
Weekly News from Friends & Fiction—November 6, 2024
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Join us Wednesday, November 6th at 7pm Eastern on the F&F Facebook page and YouTube channel as Patti Callahan Henry & Kristy Woodson Harvey welcome New York Times bestselling author, J.T. Ellison, to discuss her new novel, A Very Bad Thing, about one author at the pinnacle of her career, whose past threatens to destroy everything she has and everyone she knows.
J.T. Ellison is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of more than 30 novels and the Emmy Award-winning co-host of the literary TV show A Word on Words. She also writes urban fantasy under the pen name Joss Walker and runs the popular blog, The Creative Edge. With millions of books in print — which have been optioned for TV and published in 28 countries — her work has won critical acclaim and prestigious awards. J.T. joins us from her home in Nashville, to discuss her taut new thriller, A Very Bad Thing, which Library Journal calls, “a fun, fast-paced thriller that keeps secrets until the very last page.”
Watch the video broadcast of this interview as it airs Wed 11/6 at 7pm ET on the F&F Facebook group page & YouTube channel. Catch the audio version on our podcast Fri 11/8.
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Latest News from the Fab Four!
PATTI CALLAHAN HENRY had a lovely week with a visiting author friend (Abbott Kahler with her newest, Eden Undone), a weekend cheering Auburn on to little success, visiting her college roommate and now preparing to spend time with her F&F family in Orlando and Amelia Island! So thrilled for everyone to hear J.T. Ellison’s interview this week about her newest, A Very Bad Thing. Oh, and you have six more days to enter the Goodreads Giveaway for Patti’s next book THE STORY SHE LEFT BEHIND.
KRISTY WOODSON HARVEY was blown away by everyone’s response to her announcement about her new book, BEACH HOUSE RULES coming 5.27.25! Thank you for all the early buzz and well wishes. She can’t wait to share it with everyone! She is so looking forward to being with her F&F family all week– and is looking forward to a great wedding weekend for one of the people A HAPPIER LIFE is dedicated to. So fun! She wishes you all a wonderful week!
KRISTIN HARMEL is so, so excited to see her Friends & Fiction family tonight in Orlando and tomorrow in Amelia Island! Those of you coming to join us will be supporting two great causes we’re really proud to be a part of: raising money for cancer patients (with the Florida Cancer Specialists Foundation tonight in Orlando) and raising money to support literacy initiatives (with the Amelia Island Book Festival tomorrow). Kristin also got to cut the ribbon this morning at the grand opening of a brand-new Barnes & Noble location in the Waterford Lakes area of Orlando.
MARY KAY ANDREWS has been thrilled with the success of her first ever Amazon Originals short story, Holiday Hideaway, which is a newly minted Kindle bestseller! You can download it here, as an e-book or on audio as an Audible original. On Saturday, MKA survived a nail-biting finish to the Georgia-Florida football game, which she watched at home, thanks to a hilarious text chain with a couple of her fellow Bulldog fanatics. She loved spending a couple nights at PCH’s home in Palmetto Bluff, SC, along with Kristy Woodson Harvey and Nantucket book host extraordinaire Tim Ehrenberg, before heading down to Florida to be reunited with the rest of the F&F crew for two sold-out live charity fundraisers—in Orlando tonight and Amelia Island on Thursday.
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Wednesday, November 6, 6pm ET — Join us at the Grand Bohemian Hotel in Orlando, FL TONIGHT 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.
Saturday, January 18, 2025 at 11am – Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 2pm — Patti & Kristin together with Kwame Alexander at the 20th Annual Wild Dunes Author Event & Weekend hosted by Mary Alice Monroe. Info & tickets HERE.
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On last week’s episode of The Friends & Fiction Show, Kristin Harmel & Patti Callahan Henry welcomed #1 bestselling author Louise Penny to discuss her new novel The Grey Wolf, the 19th installment in her wildly successful Armand Gamache mystery series. Order Louise’ book from the F&F Shop on Bookshop.org, where you’ll also find books by all our hosts and guests, all at a discount—and where all your purchases support our show and our beloved indie bookstores nationwide!
You can WATCH that episode on Facebook or YouTube, or LISTEN to it on our podcast.
Coming Up on The Friends & Fiction Show
All shows can be watched on Facebook & YouTube each Wednesday evening at 7pm ET, and listened to on our podcast each Friday, all year long.
Already aired: F&F Pick of the Month: Jodi Picoult, By Any Other Name
WATCH now! | LISTEN now!
Already aired: Liane Moriarty, Here One Moment
WATCH now! | LISTEN now!
Already aired: Jean Hanff Korelitz, The Sequel
WATCH now! | LISTEN now!
Already aired: Sophie Kinsella, What Does It Feel Like
WATCH now! | LISTEN now!
Already aired: Marybeth Whalen, Every Moment Since
WATCH now! | LISTEN now!
Already aired: F&F Oct. Pick of the Month: Paula Hawkins, The Blue Hour
WATCH now! | LISTEN now!
Already aired: Louise Penny, The Grey Wolf
WATCH now! | LISTEN now!
J.T. Ellison, A Very Bad Thing
Watch Nov. 6 | Listen Nov. 8
David Baldacci, To Die For
Watch Nov. 13 | Listen Nov. 15
F&F Pick of the Month: Michael Connelly, The Waiting
WATCH LIVE Nov. 20 | Listen Nov. 22
Craig Johnson, Tooth and Claw
Watch Nov. 27 | Listen Nov. 29
Signe Pike, The Shadowed Land
Watch Dec 4 | Listen Dec. 6
Jillian Cantor, The Greatest Lie of All
Watch Dec. 11 | Listen Dec. 13
F&F Pick of the Month: Hazel Gaynor & Heather Webb, Christmas with the Queen
WATCH LIVE Dec. 18 | Listen Dec. 20
F&F Secret Santa Holiday Party
Watch Dec. 25 | Listen Dec. 27
F&F Merch Store
We have a Friends & Fiction merch store with t-shirts, sweatshirts, coffee mugs and a book bag on Bonfire. We also have other items like wine tumblers, reading journals, and our original white v-neck logo tees available through Oxford Exchange.
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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 Sarah Pekkanen about her novel, HOUSE OF GLASS. Mark your calendars for November 18th for their next author guest, Kimberly Brock, when they’ll discuss her novel, THE FABLED EARTH. 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 November prompt is to read a collection of short stories or essays.
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Weekly News from Friends & Fiction—October 30, 2024
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Join us Wednesday, October 30th at 7pm Eastern on the F&F Facebook page and YouTube channel as Kristin Harmel & Patti Callahan Henry welcome #1 bestselling author Louise Penny to discuss her new novel The Grey Wolf, the 19th installment in her wildly successful Armand Gamache mystery series.
Louise Penny is the #1 New York Times, USA Today, and Globe and Mail bestselling author of the Chief Inspector Armand Gamache novels. She was also the co-author with Hillary Rodham Clinton of the #1 New York Times bestselling thriller State of Terror. A former journalist with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and a recipient of the Order of Canada for her contributions to Canadian culture, Louise has won numerous awards, including a CWA Dagger and multiple Agatha Awards, and was a finalist for the Edgar Award for Best Novel. Louise joins us from her home in a small village south of Montreal to discuss her new book, The Grey Wolf, in which Gamache and his team are propelled toward the terrible realization that something much more sinister than any one murder is fast approaching the tiny Québec village of Three Pines.
Watch the LIVE video broadcast of this interview as it airs Wed 10/30 at 7pm ET on the F&F Facebook group page & YouTube channel. Catch the audio version on our podcast Fri 11/1.
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Latest News from the Fab Four!
PATTI CALLAHAN HENRY Today is her son’s thirtieth birthday and she is celebrating him! Last week was a blur and she ended with a book festival in Jackson Hole Wyoming, the inaugural event where she heard from fascinating authors and spent some time in the gorgeous landscape of that place. Did you hear about her pre-order giveaway? Click HERE for all the news about that! And countdown to seeing her FF family next week in Orlando and Amelia! Click HERE for more on that.
What Patti is reading and why she’s loving it: The Grey Wolf by Louise Penny. What an incredible continuation of the Armand Gamache series. Kristin and I loved interviewing her for this week’s episode. Louise is all heart and it shows in her powerful stories.
KRISTY WOODSON HARVEY is SO excited about one of her top three favorite nights in Beaufort: Halloween, of course! She has an event coming up this Saturday at Par 108 in Cape Carteret, NC. If you’re in the area, check it out! And she’s announcing what book she’ll be reading next as a part of her Chapters Tour on her blog next week. Most of all… she can’t wait to see her F&F crew and incredible readers next week!
What Kristy is reading and why she’s loving it: The December Market by RaeAnne Thayne! I read her holiday novel last year and this is the second in the series. I cannot wait to be back in Shelter Springs again this holiday season!
KRISTIN HARMEL read over her first pass pages for The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau this week, which means that she got to review the story, laid out in book form for the first time, which always feels like a meaningful part of the process. She can't wait for advanced review copies to become available (by the end of this year) and to share it with all of you when it's published in June 2025! She also walked proudly in the American Cancer Society’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk in Orlando over the weekend. The walk was chaired by Kristin’s breast surgeon, Dr. Anu Saigal, one of the most amazing people Kristin knows!
What Kristin is reading and why she’s loving it: To Die For by David Baldacci: I'm looking forward to having David on next week’s show. It will be his first time on F&F, and I can't wait for you all to meet him–and to hear about the exciting latest installment of his 6:20 Man series, as well as his incredible advocacy for literacy.
MARY KAY ANDREWS is trying to keep her distance from that witch’s kettle full of Halloween candy (600 pieces at last count) for the hordes of trick-or-treaters who annually descend on her Atlanta neighborhood. Those Reese’s peanut butter cups keep calling her name. But in the meantime she’s celebrating the Tuesday publication of her first Amazon Original Christmas short story, Holiday Hideaway. Available in digital form only here, you can download it to read on any tablet, laptop or even your phone, or listen to the audio version as an Audible Original.
What MKA is reading and why she’s loving it: MKA is absorbed in an advanced reader copy of The Ghostwriter by Julie Clark. This thriller is out June 3. It’s the story of Olivia Dumont, a seasoned ghostwriter whose new client turns out to be her bestselling horror writer father Vincent, who’s hired her to write his memoir–including his first-person account of the long-unsolved murder of his brother and sister, who were found slashed to death five decades earlier.
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Wednesday, November 6, 6pm ET — Join us at the Grand Bohemian Hotel in Orlando, FL for a unique fundraising event benefiting the Florida Cancer Specialists (FCS) Foundation which will include a reception over cocktails and hors d’oeuvres, an intimate presentation, book sales, and an autograph session. Get tickets HERE. * The last day to buy tickets is Oct. 31, so get yours now!
Thursday, November 7, 12:30pm ET — Tim Ehrenberg of Tim Talks Books will emcee a lively and fun F&F Live luncheon event hosted by the Amelia Island Book Festival at The Ritz-Carlton in Amelia Island, FL. Ticket includes book signing, photo opps, and tea fare: light lunch, snacks, and refreshments. Get tickets HERE.
Saturday, January 18, 2025 at 11am – Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 2pm — Patti & Kristin together with Kwame Alexander at the 20th Annual Wild Dunes Author Event & Weekend hosted by Mary Alice Monroe. Info & tickets HERE.
Want to know what these F&F Live events are all about? Watch this video compilation!
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On last week’s episode of The Friends & Fiction Show, the Fab Four gathered live to welcome this month’s F&F Featured Author, Paula Hawkins, to discuss her propulsive and powerful new book, our October 2024 Pick of the Month, THE BLUE HOUR, an addictive thriller which takes place on a remote Scottish island with only one house, one inhabitant, and one way out. Order Paula’s book from the F&F Shop on Bookshop.org, where you’ll also find books by all our hosts and guests, all at a discount—and where all your purchases support our show and our beloved indie bookstores nationwide!
You can WATCH that episode on Facebook or YouTube, or LISTEN to it on our podcast.
Coming Up on The Friends & Fiction Show
All shows can be watched on Facebook & YouTube each Wednesday evening at 7pm ET, and listened to on our podcast each Friday, all year long.
Already aired: F&F Pick of the Month: Jodi Picoult, By Any Other Name
WATCH now! | LISTEN now!
Already aired: Liane Moriarty, Here One Moment
WATCH now! | LISTEN now!
Already aired: Jean Hanff Korelitz, The Sequel
WATCH now! | LISTEN now!
Already aired: Sophie Kinsella, What Does It Feel Like
WATCH now! | LISTEN now!
Already aired: Marybeth Whalen, Every Moment Since
WATCH now! | LISTEN now!
Already aired: F&F Oct. Pick of the Month: Paula Hawkins, The Blue Hour
WATCH now! | LISTEN now!
Louise Penny, The Grey Wolf
Watch Oct. 30 | Listen Nov. 1
J.T. Ellison, A Very Bad Thing
Watch Nov. 6 | Listen Nov. 8
David Baldacci, To Die For
Watch Nov. 13 | Listen Nov. 15
F&F Pick of the Month: Michael Connelly, The Waiting
WATCH LIVE Nov. 20 | Listen Nov. 22
Craig Johnson, Tooth and Claw
Watch Nov. 27 | Listen Nov. 29
Signe Pike, The Shadowed Land
Watch Dec 4 | Listen Dec. 6
Jillian Cantor, The Greatest Lie of All
Watch Dec. 11 | Listen Dec. 13
F&F Pick of the Month: Hazel Gaynor & Heather Webb, Christmas with the Queen
WATCH LIVE Dec. 18 | Listen Dec. 20
F&F Secret Santa Holiday Party
Watch Dec. 25 | Listen Dec. 27
F&F Merch Store
We have a Friends & Fiction merch store with t-shirts, sweatshirts, coffee mugs and a book bag on Bonfire. We also have other items like wine tumblers, reading journals, and our original white v-neck logo tees available through Oxford Exchange.
F&F Official Book Club & 2024 Reading Challenge
Join Brenda Gardner & Lisa Harrison for monthly book club picks and live online author chats on the Facebook page for the F&F Official Book Club with Brenda & Lisa, where they’ve amassed more than 30k of their own members. You can also follow the Book Club on Instagram and subscribe to their YouTube channel where you can catch past discussions, including their most recent chat with Sarah Pekkanen about her novel, HOUSE OF GLASS. Mark your calendars for November 18th for their next author guest, Kimberly Brock, when they’ll discuss her novel, THE FABLED EARTH. 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 November prompt is to read a collection of short stories or essays.
Stay in Touch!
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Weekly News from Friends & Fiction—October 23, 2024
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Weekly News from Friends & Fiction—October 23, 2024
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Join us Wednesday, October 23rd LIVE at 7pm Eastern on the F&F Facebook page and YouTube channel as the Fab Four gather to welcome this month’s F&F Featured Author, Paula Hawkins, to discuss her propulsive and powerful new book, our October 2024 Pick of the Month, THE BLUE HOUR, an addictive thriller which takes place on a remote Scottish island with only one house, one inhabitant, and one way out.
Paula Hawkins is the #1 NYT-bestselling author of three suspense novels including Into the Water and A Slow Fire Burning. Her debut novel that shook the nation, The Girl on the Train, spent 80+ weeks on the NYT bestseller list — including 20 weeks at #1 — and was named the USA Today Book of the Year. It has gone on to sell more than 23-million copies worldwide, has been published in more than 50 languages, and was a box office hit film starring Emily Blunt. A former journalist, Paula was born and raised in Zimbabwe and moved to London in 1989 and now splits her time between there and Edinburgh.She joins us to discuss her masterful, page-turning, unsettling new novel that recalls the sophisticated suspense of Shirley Jackson and Patricia Highsmith and cements Hawkins's place among the very best of our most nuanced and stylish storytellers. Lee Child has called The Blue Hour “the best Paula Hawkins yet — by a tense and haunting mile,” and we cannot wait to talk to her all about it.
Watch the LIVE video broadcast of this interview as it airs Wed 10/23 at 7pm ET on the F&F Facebook group page & YouTube channel. Catch the audio version on our podcast Fri 10/25.
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Latest News from the Fab Four!
PATTI CALLAHAN HENRY first wants to tell you some exciting news! Her publishing house (S&S/Atria) has organized the most beautiful gift for readers! Check it all out HERE! Once you pre-order from any retailer in any format, you’ll be eligible for lots of great goodies including a gorgeous digital travel journal that shows all the amazing pictures and stories from Patti’s research trip to London and England’s Lake District, along with custom-designed bookplates. Atria has also just launched another Goodreads giveaway on now through Nov 12. Enter HERE to be a winner of one of 100 ARCs. Patti had the most amazing week in New York City with her publishing house and agent, along with Meg Walker and a truly synchronistic visit with our Mary Kay Andrews who was in the city at the same time. From a lunch where Patti met some of the most fascinating people in media, to publishing meetings where they brainstormed some amazing things for our readers, as well as two plays and some time with friends (See instagram post with photos!). It was a whirlwind before she set off to the mountains in NC for the wedding of a dear friend’s daughter whom she’s known since she was four years old. (Time is moving too fast.) She LOVES the fall weather and has so many exciting things coming up with the new release, The Story She Left Behind.
What Patti is reading and why she’s loving it: Where the Rivers Merge by Mary Alice Monroe. “The FF Book Club did a cover reveal for Mary Alice’s newest and I have been diving into this family saga while traveling. This book has all the things that mean the most to Mary Alice – family, nature, and our connection to both! It follows the Rivers family and their deep connection to the land and one very particular place along the river. I can’t wait to see what happens to this complicated family and their matriarch, Eliza Rivers.”
KRISTY WOODSON HARVEY was completely enchanted by seeing Taylor Swift in person in Miami last weekend! If you want to see her photos, her instagram is basically a Swiftie fan page right now! She is hard at work on her 2026 novel and is getting so excited to announce her 2025 book to you all this week! Be on the lookout for the exciting news!
What Kristy is reading and why she’s loving it: The Merry Matchmaker by Sheila Roberts. “Sheila always gets me in the holiday spirit with her Christmas books and this one is no exception! The Merry Matchmaker is a reimagining of Jane Austen’s, Emma. It is set in a small rural town that is all about Christmas. I am really enjoying it so far!”
KRISTIN HARMEL spent some time on Florida’s east coast over the weekend with her in-laws, to celebrate her niece’s 12th birthday. And now that her 2025 book has a cover and a title (The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau), it will be out in galley form (advanced readers copies) in less than a month, and she’s excited to begin sharing it with early reviewers! She’s also excited that this week marks the re-release of When We Meet Again (originally published in 2016), with a brand-new cover, updated text, and a new Author’s Note! If you haven’t read it yet, she’d be deeply grateful if you’d take a look this week! It’s out now!
What Kristin is reading and why she’s loving it: Where the Rivers Merge by Mary Alice Monroe. “Our friend Mary Alice, one of the original co-founders of Friends & Fiction back in 2020 (alongside me, Mary Kay, Patti, and Kristy), is back this May with a sweeping family saga set in 20th century South Carolina. Spanning between 1908 and 1988, Where the Rivers Merge is the first book in a duology about headstrong family matriarch Eliza Pinckney Rivers, who comes of age during a period of great transition for the South, and in the twilight of her life, is holding on fiercely to the family property she has loved and protected for nearly a century. Filled with both great heartbreak and great joy, the novel is also a reminder to all of us to conserve the land–an environmental message that Mary Alice has long held dear.”
MARY KAY ANDREWS spent a whirlwind few days in New York City last week. She had an amazing lunch with her St. Martin’s Press publishing team, and managed to meet up with PCH and Meg to sneak in dinner and a play–a touching rom-com called Left On Tenth. For research purposes for her next novel she toured the Lower East Side Tenement Museum, and then Ellis Island, before heading over to New Jersey for the Morristown Festival of Books. She’s excited about the publication of her Amazon Original Christmas short story Holiday Hideaway, which will be available Tuesday 10/29 as an e-book and as an Audible Original. Go here to pre-order.
What MKA is reading and why she’s loving it: The Page Turner by Viola Shipman. “It’s a funny and sharply-observed tale of a young romance writer confronting the secrets and snobbery of her publishing insider family.”
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Upcoming Events
Wednesday, November 6, 6pm ET — Join us at the Grand Bohemian Hotel in Orlando, FL for a unique fundraising event benefiting the Florida Cancer Specialists (FCS) Foundation which will include a reception over cocktails and hors d’oeuvres, an intimate presentation, book sales, and an autograph session. Get tickets HERE. * The last day to buy tickets is Oct. 31, so get yours now!
Thursday, November 7, 12:30pm ET — Tim Ehrenberg of Tim Talks Books will emcee a lively and fun F&F Live luncheon event hosted by the Amelia Island Book Festival at The Ritz-Carlton in Amelia Island, FL. Ticket includes book signing, photo opps, and tea fare: light lunch, snacks, and refreshments. Get tickets HERE.
Saturday, January 18, 2025 at 11am – Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 2pm — Patti & Kristin together with Kwame Alexander at the 20th Annual Wild Dunes Author Event & Weekend hosted by Mary Alice Monroe. Info & tickets HERE.
Want to know what these F&F Live events are all about? Watch this video compilation!
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On last week’s episode of The Friends & Fiction Show, Ron Block & Kristy Woodson Harvey welcomed Marybeth Whalen to discuss her new novel EVERY MOMENT SINCE (Harper Muse, Oct. 1), a book that, with hauntingly vivid prose, peels back the curtain on the inner turmoil of those left behind in a small Southern community after a little boy goes missing.Order Marybeth’s book from the F&F Shop on Bookshop.org, where you’ll also find books by all our hosts and guests, all at a discount—and where all your purchases support our show and our beloved indie bookstores nationwide!
You can WATCH that episode on Facebook or YouTube, or LISTEN to it on our podcast.
Coming Up on The Friends & Fiction Show
All shows can be watched on Facebook & YouTube each Wednesday evening at 7pm ET, and listened to on our podcast each Friday, all year long.
Already aired: F&F Pick of the Month: Jodi Picoult, By Any Other Name
WATCH now! | LISTEN now!
Already aired: Liane Moriarty, Here One Moment
WATCH now! | LISTEN now!
Already aired: Jean Hanff Korelitz, The Sequel
WATCH now! | LISTEN now!
Already aired: Sophie Kinsella, What Does It Feel Like
WATCH now! | LISTEN now!
Already aired: Marybeth Whalen, Every Moment Since
WATCH now! | LISTEN now!
F&F Pick of the Month: Paula Hawkins, The Blue Hour
WATCH LIVE Oct. 23 | Listen Oct. 25
Louise Penny, The Grey Wolf
Watch Oct. 30 | Listen Nov. 1
J.T. Ellison, A Very Bad Thing
Watch Nov. 6 | Listen Nov. 8
David Baldacci, To Die For
Watch Nov. 13 | Listen Nov. 15
F&F Pick of the Month: Michael Connelly, The Waiting
WATCH LIVE Nov. 20 | Listen Nov. 22
Craig Johnson, Tooth and Claw
Watch Nov. 27 | Listen Nov. 29
Signe Pike, The Shadowed Land
Watch Dec 4 | Listen Dec. 6
Jillian Cantor, The Greatest Lie of All
Watch Dec. 11 | Listen Dec. 13
F&F Pick of the Month: Hazel Gaynor & Heather Webb, Christmas with the Queen
WATCH LIVE Dec. 18 | Listen Dec. 20
F&F Secret Santa Holiday Party
Watch Dec. 25 | Listen Dec. 27
F&F Merch Store
We have a Friends & Fiction merch store with t-shirts, sweatshirts, coffee mugs and a book bag on Bonfire. We also have other items like wine tumblers, reading journals, and our original white v-neck logo tees available through Oxford Exchange.
F&F Official Book Club & 2024 Reading Challenge
Join Brenda Gardner & Lisa Harrison for monthly book club picks and live online author chats on the Facebook page for the F&F Official Book Club with Brenda & Lisa, where they’ve amassed more than 30k of their own members. You can also follow the Book Club on Instagram and subscribe to their YouTube channel where you can catch past discussions, including their most recent chat with Sarah Pekkanen about her novel, HOUSE OF GLASS. Mark your calendars for November 18th for their next author guest, Kimberly Brock, when they’ll discuss her novel, THE FABLED EARTH. 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!” and for November it’s to read a collection of short stories or essays.
Stay in Touch!
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Meet Marybeth Whalen TONIGHT!

Meet Marybeth Whalen TONIGHT!
Weekly News from Friends & Fiction—October 16, 2024
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Meet Marybeth Whalen TONIGHT!
Weekly News from Friends & Fiction—October 16, 2024
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Join us Wednesday, October 16th at 7pm Eastern on the F&F Facebook page and YouTube channel as Ron Block & Kristy Woodson Harvey welcome Marybeth Whalen to discuss her new novel EVERY MOMENT SINCE.
Marybeth Whalen is the author of This Secret Thing, Only Ever Her, When We Were Worthy, The Things We Wish Were True, and five previous novels, which have sold more than a half-million copies. Together with author pal Ariel Lawhon, Marybeth co-founded The Book Tide, a book community dedicated to helping readers find books they’ll love and authors find a loyal, supportive audience. The mother of six and a native of Charlotte, NC, Marybeth joins us from her home in Sunset Beach, NC to discuss her tenth novel, EVERY MOMENT SINCE (Harper Muse, Oct. 1), a book that, with hauntingly vivid prose, peels back the curtain on the inner turmoil of those left behind in a small Southern community after a little boy goes missing. We are eager to chat with Marybeth about this novel which has been called, “everything you want in a novel,” by Patti Callahan Henry, “unforgettable,” by J.T. Ellison, and “sophisticated, compelling, and unflinching” by Kimberly Brock.
Watch the video broadcast of this interview as it airs Wed 10/16 at 7pm ET on the F&F Facebook group page & YouTube channel. Catch the audio version on our podcast Fri 10/18.
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Latest News from the Fab Four!
PATTI CALLAHAN HENRY had a glorious week packed full of travel and family. First she was in Brenham Texas for a community read of Once Upon a Wardrobe – this town is the home of Blue Bell Ice Cream so that was a good excuse to have much of it. She stayed in a most assuredly haunted B&B and had a blast. Then she rushed to North Georgia for her nephew’s wedding on a bluebird sky day and was surrounded by the love that reminds us that there is more we have in common than what tears us apart these days. Now she is off to New York City for meetings and videos for The Story She Left Behind and she can’t wait to tell you more!
What Patti is reading and why she’s loving it: A Very Bad Thing by JT Ellison. I am always looking toward JT’s next book and this one is a banger from page one! I am so thrilled to be diving into this thriller about an author at the pinnacle of her career whose past threatens to destroy everything she has and everyone she loves. A page turner and an Amazon First Reads Pick!
KRISTY WOODSON HARVEY had the most fun fall break with her family and four others. Twenty-two friends with kids of all ages under one roof should be a recipe for disaster, but this annual tradition is one of our very favorites! We had an absolute ball hiking, apple picking, boat riding, and generally relaxing. This weekend she’s crossing something off her bucket list: Kristy heads to Miami for Taylor Swift! She is SO excited. Speaking of the Eras Tour… Have you been following along with Kristy’s Chapters Tour? This month, to kick things off, they are reading FEELS LIKE FALLING. Fewer than 100 Chapters Tour free gift packets remain, so, if you haven’t snagged yours yet, get it now!
What Kristy is reading and why she’s loving it: The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern by Lynda Cohen Loigman. I just started this new release, and, at the very beginning, a woman moving to a Florida retirement community comes into contact with a man from her past–who she thought she’d never see again. I love anything with past loves and grandparent-aged characters, so I’m ALL in!
KRISTIN HARMEL had a wild week, beginning with hunkering down for Hurricane Milton, continuing with a whole day of yard cleanup, then a flight cancelation that nixed a long-planned family trip (to Louisville, KY for her husband, Jason, to run a half-marathon). As usual, Disney saved the day; in lieu of the Kentucky trip–and with her son, Noah, off school because of the hurricane for nearly a week–the family spent a few days at Disney’s Beach Club, Epcot, and Hollywood Studios, so while it wasn’t the vacation they were anticipating, it was still a lovely time.
What Kristin is reading and why she’s loving it: Grace of the Empire State by Gemma Tizzard: This delightful debut, set during the Great Depression, tells the story of an Irish-American immigrant who must step in for her twin brother Patrick when he’s injured on the building site of the Empire State Building. The problem is that in the 1930s, women weren’t allowed to serve as riveters on construction sites–and if she loses the job, their family won’t have enough money for food. So Grace–a recently laid-off dancer–has to keep up the ruse that she’s Patrick, or her family will lose everything. It’s a fascinating look at a pivotal time in American history through the eyes of one woman who played a role in the construction of one of the most iconic buildings in the world. Coming January 2025!
MARY KAY ANDREWS is in New York this week combining research for her 2026 novel with meeting with her publishing team at St. Martin’s Press, and yes, enjoying autumn in the Big Apple. On Saturday, she’ll be on a panel at the Morristown (NJ) Book Festival, with Jamie Brenner and Elle Evans.
What MKA is reading and why she’s loving it: The Blue Hour by Paula Hawkins. This stylish thriller by the novelist whose The Girl on the Train spawned a host of books featuring unreliable narrators is a wildly entertaining look at the nature of an artist’s obsession–set on an island off the coast of Scotland only reachable for twelve hours a day, with one house and one inhabitant and a long-unsolved mystery. The author will be our guest on next week’s live show, and Mary Kay can’t wait to chat with her.
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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.
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In Case You Missed It
On last week’s episode of The Friends & Fiction Show, Kristy Woodson Harvey & Mary Kay Andrews welcomed #1 mega internationally bestselling author Sophie Kinsella to discuss her new novella — her most autobiographical work to date — WHAT DOES IT FEEL LIKE? Order Sophie’s book from the F&F Shop on Bookshop.org, where you’ll also find books by all our hosts and guests, all at a discount—and where all your purchases support our show and our beloved indie bookstores nationwide!
You can WATCH that episode on Facebook or YouTube, or LISTEN to it on our podcast.
Coming Up on The Friends & Fiction Show
All shows can be watched on Facebook & YouTube each Wednesday evening at 7pm ET, and listened to on our podcast each Friday, all year long.
Already aired: F&F Pick of the Month: Jodi Picoult, By Any Other Name
WATCH now! | LISTEN now!
Already aired: Liane Moriarty, Here One Moment
WATCH now! | LISTEN now!
Already aired: Jean Hanff Korelitz, The Sequel
WATCH now! | LISTEN now!
Already aired: Sophie Kinsella, What Does It Feel Like
WATCH now! | LISTEN now!
Marybeth Whalen, Every Moment Since
Watch Oct. 16 | Listen Oct. 18
F&F Pick of the Month: Paula Hawkins, The Blue Hour
WATCH LIVE Oct. 23 | Listen Oct. 25
Louise Penny, The Grey Wolf
Watch Oct. 30 | Listen Nov. 1
J.T. Ellison, A Very Bad Thing
Watch Nov. 6 | Listen Nov. 8
David Baldacci, To Die For
Watch Nov. 13 | Listen Nov. 15
F&F Pick of the Month: Michael Connelly, The Waiting
WATCH LIVE Nov. 20 | Listen Nov. 22
Craig Johnson, Tooth and Claw
Watch Nov. 27 | Listen Nov. 29
Signe Pike, The Shadowed Land
Watch Dec 4 | Listen Dec. 6
Jillian Cantor, The Greatest Lie of All
Watch Dec. 11 | Listen Dec. 13
F&F Pick of the Month: Hazel Gaynor & Heather Webb, Christmas with the Queen
WATCH LIVE Dec. 18 | Listen Dec. 20
F&F Secret Santa Holiday Party
Watch Dec. 25 | Listen Dec. 27
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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!” and for November it’s to read a collection of short stories or essays.
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