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From: "Friends & Fiction Endless Stories" To: jamesway245@gmail.com X-Mailgun-Tag: post X-Mailgun-Track-Clicks: false Message-Id: <20250827144516.3.8332f26236f42d3b@mg1.substack.com> Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2025 14:45:16 +0000 Feedback-ID: post-172048498: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": "1756305921888", "post_audience": "everyone", "post_id": "172048498", "post_type": "newsletter", "pub_community_enabled": "true", "publication_id": "2175868", "subdomain": "friendsandfiction", "user_id": "190046191"} --2291588cdd77eeb0e921406a6266a5ac088fc03784fdf934453d54943e1f Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable View this post on the web at https://friendsandfiction.substack.com/p/meet-= christina-baker-kline-and-anne Tune in at 7pm ET for TONIGHT=E2=80=99s episode! Join us Wednesday, August 27th at 7pm Eastern on the F&F Facebook page [ ht= tps://substack.com/redirect/fae684ef-3e15-48dd-ba91-ef6a1f68e787?j=3DeyJ1Ij= oiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] and YouTube cha= nnel [ https://substack.com/redirect/228a638c-a634-4968-b4a1-438d82c01d15?j= =3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] as Pat= ti Callahan Henry & Kristin Harmel welcome #1 New York Times bestselling au= thor Christina Baker Kline [ https://substack.com/redirect/2fddefe6-9c87-4a= 55-9536-1fc1f7674068?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbO= zAM1OVBXbMAgg ] and award-winning author Anne Burt [ https://substack.com/r= edirect/b4e8d814-063d-4fb3-9fbc-f2b0cb32e438?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj= 14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] to discuss their stylish, twisty th= riller, Please Don=E2=80=99t Lie [ https://substack.com/redirect/eb34d3b3-6= 6b0-48b8-9e9f-412424c2325f?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1Dn= R4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] in which a young woman heads to the Adirondacks with = her new husband for a fresh start=E2=80=94but the past won't let her go. Christina is the bestselling author of eight novels, including The Exiles [= https://substack.com/redirect/32aa2bbe-cb77-4c8c-8951-a2c3f56e2924?j=3DeyJ= 1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ], Orphan Trai= n [ https://substack.com/redirect/fed21246-7aa3-491b-b6a2-136ee01e8a1c?j=3D= eyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ], and A Pi= ece of the World [ https://substack.com/redirect/8008dfb4-e98f-4b21-8f02-58= a1310d9b40?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbM= Agg ]. She is the recipient of the New England Society prize for fiction, t= he Maine Literary Award, and a Barnes & Noble Discover Prize. She has also = written and edited five nonfiction books. Anne is a nonfiction writer and e= ditor whose debut novel, The Dig [ https://substack.com/redirect/3381aef0-a= c04-418c-a56a-503595d304e9?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1Dn= R4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ], was an Indie Next pick and their lead "Thrills & Chi= lls" reading group title for Summer 2024. Together they have co-written Ple= ase Don=E2=80=99t Lie [ https://substack.com/redirect/eb34d3b3-66b0-48b8-9e= 9f-412424c2325f?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1O= VBXbMAgg ] (coming September 1st) which has been praised as =E2=80=9Ctwisty= -turny=E2=80=9D and =E2=80=9Criveting=E2=80=9D by Lisa Scottoline, "psychol= ogically rich and bone chilling=E2=80=9D by Megan Abbott, and =E2=80=9Cunse= ttling, atmospheric, and propulsive=E2=80=9D by Mary Kubica. We are excited= to talk to both of them about their first thriller! Watch the video broadcast of this interview as it airs on Wed 8/27 at 7pm E= T on the F&F Facebook [ https://substack.com/redirect/fae684ef-3e15-48dd-ba= 91-ef6a1f68e787?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1O= VBXbMAgg ] group page & YouTube [ https://substack.com/redirect/228a638c-a6= 34-4968-b4a1-438d82c01d15?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR= 4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] channel. Catch the audio version on our [ https://sub= stack.com/redirect/435084bc-add9-4b1b-8bd0-353eadf76c20?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t= 2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ]podcast [ https://substac= k.com/redirect/435084bc-add9-4b1b-8bd0-353eadf76c20?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0= .yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] Fri 8/29. Order Christina & Anne=E2=80=99s book [ https://substack.com/redirect/eb34d= 3b3-66b0-48b8-9e9f-412424c2325f?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8th= mB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] on Bookshop.org! 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A= s a reminder, this is the last week to snag the gateway drug to MKA, HISSY = FIT [ https://substack.com/redirect/ce6f69c3-f6b3-4f88-b573-d2879aa267d5?j= =3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ], in e-= book format for next to nothing ($1.99) =E2=80=94 or FREE, if you=E2=80=99r= e a Kindle Unlimited member. Download it before Sept 1st to score this deal= ! KRISTIN HARMEL turned in the second draft of her 2026 book on Friday and sp= ent the weekend doing absolutely nothing that required any sort of brain po= wer! After a little time off, she's back at it this week, at the very begin= ning stages of plotting her 2027 book! KRISTY WOODSON HARVEY turned in a little something fun she can=E2=80=99t wa= it to share with all of you between tearing up over dropping Will off at hi= s last first day of middle school! But, back to school time is always fun. = (She got herself some new school supplies too.) 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[ https://substack.com/redirect= /fd8bbc76-b96c-407f-a8dd-13d088d110b5?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7Q= TYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] 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 See Kristin=E2=80=99s upcoming events HERE [ https://substack.com/redirect/= 50a2a272-ff58-49d2-ac0c-3a20cc673aeb?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QT= Yn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ]. See Kristy=E2=80=99s upcoming events HERE [ https://substack.com/redirect/3= 7e1bea5-6c86-4b49-9692-0f3f26e4037b?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTY= n8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ]. See Patti=E2=80=99s upcoming events HERE [ https://substack.com/redirect/fd= 8bbc76-b96c-407f-a8dd-13d088d110b5?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn= 8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ]. See MKA=E2=80=99s upcoming events HERE [ https://substack.com/redirect/c094= 7500-1e88-4402-ad4a-deee6d84e067?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8t= hmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ]. Want to know what our F&F Live events are all about? Watch this video compi= lation!=20 In Case You Missed It On last week=E2=80=99s episode of The Friends & Fiction Show, the full F&F = family gathered to welcome this month=E2=80=99s F&F Featured Author, bestse= lling novelist Francesca Serritella [ https://substack.com/redirect/7d2686e= b-ae95-4438-8a24-a617e87b38c3?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB= 1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] to discuss our August 2025 Pick of the Month, Full= Bloom [ https://substack.com/redirect/152a3c96-977b-4b21-bab2-58e854966146= ?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ], her= stunning new novel about ambition and untapped desire in which a woman=E2= =80=99s life is forever changed by a mysterious perfume. You can WATCH that episode on Facebook [ https://substack.com/redirect/be8c= 319a-77b9-4226-9129-2cd17d10c56a?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8t= hmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] or YouTube [ https://substack.com/redirect/9901= 3641-a9b7-46d4-b53d-e3e9c5572cf4?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8t= hmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ], or LISTEN to it on our podcast [ https://subst= ack.com/redirect/6a5441d0-b68b-4661-9e09-e6e47cabd768?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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July Pick of the Month: Lisa Scottoline [ https://subs= tack.com/redirect/7a8f031f-61d8-4575-a53f-b209207007e4?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2= In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ], The Unraveling of Julia = [ https://substack.com/redirect/a7be55b4-2633-4e21-bfb1-fe294ef52190?j=3Dey= J1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] WATCH [ https://substack.com/redirect/93257a63-80e0-4827-85fa-1d11408b1bc1?= j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] now |= LISTEN [ https://substack.com/redirect/e59e2dd4-c45d-4473-990f-e98e5f9eed9= c?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] now Already aired: Susan Wiggs [ https://substack.com/redirect/ac377378-18a4-4d= 06-8aa4-51f752636347?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbO= zAM1OVBXbMAgg ], Wayward Girls [ https://substack.com/redirect/0f091a38-e5a= b-4530-8f1b-3371e82e8631?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4= qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] WATCH [ https://substack.com/redirect/c281955e-9629-4a5a-a263-0703bd54877f?= j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] now |= LISTEN [ https://substack.com/redirect/524f9fa3-9c11-4c2d-a8bb-2630f931712= 6?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] now Already aired: Celebrating Debuts! Morgan Pager [ https://substack.com/redi= rect/caa6e265-91b6-48ab-a5af-6f8ff5f2f482?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14l= uF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ], The Art of Vanishing [ https://substa= ck.com/redirect/16532662-5df8-459f-bddb-3aaa803ab1bc?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In= 0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] & Laura Dickerman [ https:/= /substack.com/redirect/b14961b6-3d80-4bbe-8767-4498aa05974d?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU= 1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ], Hot Desk [ https://= substack.com/redirect/bbafcc82-6b9d-4447-9641-515822591eae?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1= Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] WATCH [ https://substack.com/redirect/17ed9814-2970-430f-89ed-e5e65d2e1be7?= j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] now |= LISTEN [ https://substack.com/redirect/4dcefa7e-9a08-4d77-a515-7ec2738592e= 3?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] now Already aired: Victoria Benton Frank [ https://substack.com/redirect/e985f3= f3-3d95-4e30-9590-5b54bb86ad8d?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thm= B1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ], The Violet Hour [ https://substack.com/redirect/= d739dd87-8a52-4386-824f-976d6548a192?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QT= Yn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] WATCH [ https://substack.com/redirect/608c0300-016d-4dc8-97b3-8b47b5ceb821?= j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] now |= LISTEN [ https://substack.com/redirect/ecf99d1b-e23f-4624-885f-9b12bba0d02= b?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] now Already aired: LIVE! August Pick of the Month: Francesca Serritella [ https= ://substack.com/redirect/7d2686eb-ae95-4438-8a24-a617e87b38c3?j=3DeyJ1IjoiM= zU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ], Full Bloom [ http= s://substack.com/redirect/152a3c96-977b-4b21-bab2-58e854966146?j=3DeyJ1Ijoi= MzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] WATCH [ https://substack.com/redirect/99013641-a9b7-46d4-b53d-e3e9c5572cf4?= j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] now |= LISTEN [ https://substack.com/redirect/6a5441d0-b68b-4661-9e09-e6e47cabd76= 8?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] now Christina Baker Kline [ https://substack.com/redirect/2fddefe6-9c87-4a55-95= 36-1fc1f7674068?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1O= VBXbMAgg ] & Anne Burt [ https://substack.com/redirect/b4e8d814-063d-4fb3-9= fbc-f2b0cb32e438?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1= OVBXbMAgg ], Please Don't Lie [ https://substack.com/redirect/eb34d3b3-66b0= -48b8-9e9f-412424c2325f?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4q= dbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] WATCH Aug 27 | LISTEN Aug 29 Sarah McCoy [ https://substack.com/redirect/c1aefc53-40cb-40e6-bc3b-565e564= 7ff6d?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ]= , Whatever Happened to Lori Lovely? [ https://substack.com/redirect/10f887a= a-776b-4d58-bbbc-bc48fee77f5b?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB= 1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] WATCH Sept 3 | LISTEN Sept 5 LIVE! September Pick of the Month: Elin Hilderbrand & Shelby Cunningham [ h= ttps://substack.com/redirect/d7126ec9-fc09-486f-b8d6-2864039be6c1?j=3DeyJ1I= joiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ], The Academy [= https://substack.com/redirect/2de75932-f252-455d-9536-8f81f2fcccec?j=3DeyJ= 1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] WATCH Sept 10 | LISTEN Sept 12 Hank Phillippi Ryan [ https://substack.com/redirect/77f978cb-b0b3-454c-ae25= -ceb43e3e663a?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVB= XbMAgg ], All This Could Be Yours [ https://substack.com/redirect/529b0444-= 143d-4bd5-bcf1-f25298d3c881?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1D= nR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] WATCH Sept 17 | LISTEN Sept 19 Jane Hamilton [ https://substack.com/redirect/9c0191d3-ff13-4322-b82b-183cc= aafe4f7?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg= ], The Phoebe Variations [ https://substack.com/redirect/e101bfbc-2c1a-4b0= 5-97f9-d52f36cc187c?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOz= AM1OVBXbMAgg ] WATCH Sept 24 | LISTEN Sept 26 F&F 2025 Subscription Box with Oxford Exchange The 2025 FRIENDS AND FICTION Subscription Box is available for purchase now= , exclusively from our friends at Oxford Exchange. This subscription includes three separate shipments: 1. MARCH 18th: A hardcover, signed, first edition of Patti Callahan Henry= =E2=80=99s forthcoming book THE STORY SHE LEFT BEHIND with an exclusive Fri= ends & Fiction friendship bracelet and car magnet! 2. MAY 27th: A hardcover, signed, first edition of BEACH HOUSE RULES by Kri= sty Woodson Harvey! 3. JUNE 17th: A hardcover, signed, first edition of THE STOLEN LIFE OF COLE= TTE MARCEAU by Kristin Harmel! *Optional add-on: A paperback, signed, first edition of SUMMERS AT THE SAIN= T by Mary Kay Andrews (coming in paperback June 3)! Get your subscription NOW [ https://substack.com/redirect/b24f1af8-92f9-4c3= 4-97fb-54c77be5a258?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOz= AM1OVBXbMAgg ] from Oxford Exchange! F&F Merch Store We have a Friends & Fiction merch store with t-shirts, sweatshirts, coffee = mugs and a book bag on Bonfire [ https://substack.com/redirect/26bc29bb-b6e= b-4071-8a3f-ae6af2506c36?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4= qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ]. We also have other items like wine tumblers, reading j= ournals, and our original white v-neck logo tees available through Oxford E= xchange [ https://substack.com/redirect/b2e89bcd-16a6-4e7c-bf8e-1f362505750= 5?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ]. Tees in New Summer Colors! We=E2=80=99ve added two fun, new summer colors to our Bonfire merch store [= https://substack.com/redirect/7911975a-2436-4671-b01b-fe71c8d168e7?j=3DeyJ= 1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] in our signa= ture Name List apparel line. These are perfect for attending Kristy & Krist= in=E2=80=99s upcoming events. 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