Join us LIVE with Virginia Evans & Allen Levi TONIGHT!Weekly News from Friends & Fiction—March 25, 2026
Tune LIVE in at 7pm ET for TONIGHT’s episode! Join us Wednesday, March 25th LIVE at 7pm Eastern on the F&F Facebook page and YouTube channel as the full F&F family gathers to welcome this month’s F&F Featured Authors, the #1 NYT-bestselling Virginia Evans to discuss her epistolary novel of connection and daring, The Correspondent, and the #1 NYT-bestselling Allen Levi to discuss his endearing story of anonymous generosity, Theo of Golden. These are our TWO March 2026 Picks of the Month in one fabulous double whammy episode!
BOTH of these debut novels are #1 NYT-bestselling phenomena, BOTH are Katie Couric Book Club picks, and BOTH can attribute their overwhelming success to pure old-fashioned word-of-mouth buzz. In The Correspondent, Sybil Van Antwerp writes daily letters to make sense of the world and her place in it. In Theo of Golden, Theo gifts portraits to strangers in exchange for hearing their stories. Both novels shine a light on the importance of human connection, the power in acts of kindness, and the ability of art and literature to open our hearts and minds. What has attracted millions of readers to these two stories—and to their quirky elderly main characters—at this particular moment in time? We can’t wait to dive in with these incredible first-time novelists who’ve taken the reading world by storm and hear all about their amazing breakout books that no one saw coming but everyone adores. Watch the video broadcast as it airs LIVE on Wed 3/25 at 7pm ET on the F&F Facebook group page & YouTube channel. Catch the audio version on our podcast Fri 3/27. Order Virginia’s book & Allen’s book on Bookshop.org! Latest News from the Fab Four!
MARY KAY ANDREWS is SO CLOSE to announcing the book tour for ROAD TRIP. You can buy tickets for the May 31st book launch extravaganza in Decatur, Ga, here. But in the meantime, she’s sneaking in some beach time on Tybee Island, doing research for her next book, and working on a fundraiser for the journalism school at her alma mater, UGA. KRISTIN HARMEL celebrated her 12th wedding anniversary with her husband, Jason, over the weekend, and she enjoyed a bit of time off during her son Noah’s spring break. This week, she is speaking at a corporate function and will be doing tonight’s show from a hotel room along the Florida coast. Don’t forget that The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau is out in paperback on Tuesday! Find it wherever books are sold! KRISTY WOODSON HARVEY had the best time in Tennessee for a really fun literacy luncheon and pre-celebration for Summer State of Mind! She is so thrilled that both Summer State of Mind and Falling for Peachtree Bluff along with the paperback of Beach House Rules will be 25% off today and tomorrow as a part of the Barnes & Noble pre-order promotion. She is gearing up for tour and can’t wait to see so many of you! Some events are already selling out, so make sure to check out her tour schedule and get your tickets now! One final reminder, this is your last chance to enter the goodreads giveaway for Summer State of Mind! PATTI CALLAHAN HENRY had the most incredible birthday week – first she visited the Tuckahoe Woman’s Club in Richmond, VA to a huge crowd of amazing women, and then arrived in South Carolina for a full weekend of family, wildlife, music, and bubbly. She is so thrilled to be interviewing both Allen and Virginia tonight so we can all talk about Theo and Sybil. Tune in and join us for a one-of-a-kind evening you don’t want to miss! Upgrade to our PAID Subscription for an ongoing series of roundtable discussions and personal essays by the Fab Four about their careers, writing processes, and all things book and publishing related! Upcoming Events
Kristy will be touring in May for her forthcoming book, Summer State of Mind. Stay tuned to her events page HERE. MKA will be touring in June for her forthcoming book, Road Trip. Stay tuned to her events page HERE. Kristin will be touring in July/August for her forthcoming book, Meet Me in Paris. Stay tuned to her events page HERE. See Patti’s upcoming events HERE. Want to know what our F&F Live events are all about? Watch this video compilation!  In Case You Missed It
On our most recent new episode of The Friends & Fiction Show, the full F&F family — Mary Kay Andrews, Kristin Harmel, Kristy Woodson Harvey & Patti Callahan Henry — gathered with Managing Director Meg Walker and Producer Shaun Hettinger for a special “just us” episode about the music that’s shaped and inspired us the role music plays in our creative lives. You can WATCH that episode on Facebook or YouTube, or LISTEN to it on our podcast. Coming Up on The Friends & Fiction Show
All shows can be watched on Facebook & YouTube each Wednesday evening at 7pm ET, and listened to on our podcast each Friday, all year long.Already aired: Joshilyn Jackson, Missing Sister Already aired: Lucy Score, Mistakes Were Made SPRING 2026 SCHEDULE: Evelyn Clarke, The Ending Writes Itself Tana French, The Keeper Lynn Cullen, When We Were Brilliant & Priya Parmar, The Original Kristy Woodson Harvey, Summer State of Mind Christina Baker Kline, The Foursome Kathryn Stockett, The Calamity Club Mary Kay Andrews, Road Trip Annabel Monaghan, Dolly All the Time Ann Patchett, Whistler Lisa See, Daughters of the Sun and Moon Lisa Jewell, It Could Have Been Her F&F 2026 Subscription Box with 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 nearly 40,000 of their own members. You can also follow the Book Club on Instagram and subscribe to their YouTube channel where you can catch past discussions, including their most recent chat with Heather Webber about her new novel, The Forget-Me-Not Library. Mark your calendars for April 20th for their next author guest, Sarah Fox, when they’ll discuss her new novel, Definitely Maybe Not a Detective. The Book Club is also hosting the 2026 F&F Reading Challenge. Join them for a different category prompt each month to read outside your comfort zone. The March prompt is to read a book from an indie or small press and for April it’s to read a book recommended by a favorite librarian. Stay in Touch!Subscribe to our PODCAST. Upgrade to our PAID Subscription for bonus content from our hosts and guests.
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