Tune in at 7pm ET for TONIGHT’s episode! Join us Wednesday, June 12th, at 7pm Eastern on the F&F Facebook page and YouTube channel as Patti Callahan Henry & Kristin Harmel welcome the #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Wingate to discuss SHELTERWOOD, her sweeping new novel inspired by the untold history of women pioneers who fought to protect children caught in the storm of land barons hungry for power and oil wealth.
Lisa Wingate is the author of the #1 NYT-bestseller BEFORE WE WERE YOURS, which remained on bestseller lists for more than two years, has sold more than 3-million copies, and been translated into more than 40 languages worldwide. The author of more than 30 novels and the co-author (with Judy Christie) of the non-fiction book BEFORE AND AFTER, Wingate is an Oklahoma Book Award finalist, a Southern Book Prize winner, and a Goodreads Choice Award winner. According to a recent starred review in Publishers Weekly, “Wingate is at the top of her game.” We are so eager to hear from her about SHELTERWOOD, which Adriana Trigiani calls “an instant American classic,” and Marie Benedict calls “Wingate’s best book yet!” Watch the video broadcast of this interview as it airs on Wed 6/12 at 7pm ET on the F&F Facebook group page & YouTube channel, or catch the audio version on our podcast on Fri 6/14. Order Lisa’s book on Bookshop.org! Upgrade to our PAID Subscription for a bonus Q&A with Lisa which includes a writing tip, book recommendation, and information about her work-in-progress, plus other great material not covered on the show! Latest News from the Fab Four!
KRISTY WOODSON HARVEY had the most fun recording the podcast for Our State magazine with Wiley Cash this week. She is so excited to be the July Book Club selection for Our State magazine, and also so grateful to be on best reads lists from Southern Living, Brit & Co, and more this week. She is starting to pack for her upcoming tour for A HAPPIER LIFE and hopes to see you in a location near you! MARY KAY ANDREWS is settling into a summer routine, working on her next book and planning a research trip to Ireland for this fall. She’s excited to join the F&F Official Book Club with Brenda & Lisa on Monday, June 17 to talk all about Summers at the Saint. She’ll be in conversation with her good pal Wanda Morris next Tuesday, June 18 at 7 pm hosted by Georgia Center for the Book at the Decatur Library for the launch of Wanda’s new thriller What You Leave Behind. Go here to register for this free event. KRISTIN HARMEL spent both weekend mornings at the soft opening of the brand-new DreamWorks Land at Universal Studios Orlando, after stumbling upon it by accident while in the parks with 8-year-old Noah. It features characters, rides, playgrounds, and shows from the Trolls, Shrek, and Kung Fu Panda franchises (and more), and both she and Noah really loved it! She also turned in her revision of her 2025 novel on Friday, so that’s moving along; she can’t wait to share more with you! (She celebrated with a wine tasting with Christina Sivrich, who played Yona in the Friends & Fiction production of The Forest of Vanishing Stars: The Musical in the summer of 2021!) PATTI CALLAHAN HENRY is off for an adventure in Scotland and Sweden with her family! Who knows what stories will bubble up. She is so excited for you to hear from Lisa Wingate this week as she loved interviewing her about this amazing book, Shelterwood. Patti has also finalized the cover and title of her next book for March 5th, 2025 and can’t wait to show you next week during Kristy’s live show to celebrate A HAPPIER LIFE! Look out for a newsletter coming next week. 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
Click HERE to see Kristy Woodson Harvey’s full book tour for the June 25th release of her new hardcover, A Happier Life. Click HERE to see Mary Kay Andrews’s remaining tour dates for the May 7th release of her new hardcover, Summers at the Saint. Monday, June 17, 7pm ET—Join MKA for a live virtual discussion of Summers at the Saint with The Friends & Fiction Official Book Club with Brenda & Lisa on the book club’s Facebook page. Friday, June 28, 7pm ET —Join all four founders and hosts of Friends & Fiction—along with Meg Walker & Ron Block—together in-person in St. Louis for a launch celebration and garden party for Kristy’s A Happier Life hosted by The Novel Neighbor at the St. Louis County Library Post Event Space, 1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd., Ladue, MO. Get tickets HERE. Want to know what these F&F Live events are all about? Watch this video compilation! And then grab your tickets to meet up with us in St. Louis in June! Did not find video In Case You Missed It
On last week’s episode of The Friends & Fiction Show, MKA & Kristy welcomed national bestselling author Annabel Monaghan to discuss her brand-new, highly-anticipated rom-com, SUMMER ROMANCE, the humorous and heartwarming story of a professional organizer whose life is a mess, and the summer she gets unstuck with the help of someone unexpected from her past. Order Anabel’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: Lisa Scottoline, The Truth About the Devlins Already aired: Jo Piazza, The Sicilian Inheritance Already aired: F&F April Pick of the Month: Emily Henry, Funny Story Already aired: Sally Hepworth, Darling Girls Already aired: Janet Skeslien Charles, Miss Morgan's Book Brigade Already aired: Ruth Ware, One Perfect Couple Already aired: F&F May Pick of the Month: Mary Kay Andrews, Summers at the Saint Already aired: Steven Rowley, The Guncle Abroad Already aired: Sunny Hostin, Summer on Highland Beach Already aired: Annabel Monaghan, Summer Romance Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood F&F June Pick of the Month: Kristy Woodson Harvey, A Happier Life Chris Whitaker, All the Colors of the Dark Bonus Episodes!
The Fab Four (along with Meg & Ron) are taking turns interviewing some additional authors in short video segments we are calling “Behind the Book.” Check out a few recent bonus interviews that we’ve run on the F&F YouTube channel! WATCH Kristin’s interview with ERIKA ROBUCK about her new highly-anticipated WWII historical novel, The Last Twelve Miles. F&F Merch Store & 2024 Subscription Box
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. You can also order the F&F 2024 SUBSCRIPTION BOX exclusively through our friends at Oxford Exchange. You get the two first-edition autographed hardcover books (and the adorable pouch!) shown below, plus the option to add Patti’s & Kristin’s 2024 paperback editions of last year’s books. All details HERE!
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 Brenda Novak about her novel, Tourist Season. Mark your calendars for June 17th for their next author guest, Mary Kay Andrews, when they’ll discuss her novel, Summers at the Saint. 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 May prompt is to read a book set in a place you’d like to visit, and for June it’s to read a book with the word “summer” in the title. Stay in Touch!Subscribe to our PODCAST. Upgrade to our PAID Subscription for bonus content from our hosts and guests. You're currently a free subscriber to Friends & Fiction's Substack. For the full experience, upgrade your subscription.
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