Tune in at 7pm ET for TONIGHT’s episode! On Wednesday, October 29th at 7pm Eastern on the F&F Facebook page and YouTube channel we will air the recording from a recent in-person theater event that Kristy Woodson Harvey conducted with #1 NYT-bestselling global phenomenon Nicholas Sparks.
Tune in to catch this conversation that was recorded at a packed-house sold-out event at Trustee’s Theater in Savannah, GA on October 14, 2025. Hosted by the fine folks at the Savannah Book Festival, Kristy was in conversation with Sparks to celebrate the release of his newest novel, REMAIN: A Supernatural Love Story, a book that he co-wrote with filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan, which just debuted at #1 on the NYT bestseller list, and which hits theaters soon as a major motion picture starring Jake Gyllenhaal. An unprecedented collaboration between the globally bestselling author of love stories like The Notebook and the renowned screenwriter and director of blockbuster thrillers like The Sixth Sense, REMAIN is a one-of-a-kind novel that grapples with the supernatural mysteries of life, death, and human connection. Watch the video broadcast of this interview as it airs Wed 10/29 at 7pm ET on the F&F Facebook group page & YouTube channel. Catch the audio version when it airs on our podcast Fri 10/31. Order Nicholas’s book on Bookshop.org! Upgrade to our PAID Subscription for bonus Q&A’s with our guest authors which include a writing tip, book recommendation, and information about their works-in-progress, plus other great material not covered on the show! Latest News from the Fab Four!
MARY KAY ANDREWS had a productive five-day one-woman writer’s retreat in the mountains of North Carolina last week, where she immersed herself in revisions of her forthcoming novel ROAD TRIP. When she wasn’t writing, she was hiking and staring at the beautiful autumn foliage and spotting wildlife, including a curious doe, a white squirrel, a hawk, and even a wild turkey, who was apparently untroubled about the upcoming holiday known as Thanksgiving. KRISTIN HARMEL is excited to be the featured author at tonight’s annual “Reading Between the Wines” celebration at the Orlando Science Center, to benefit the Adult Literacy League. Tickets are still available; the event starts at 6pm! Kristin spent the weekend walking in Orlando’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer annual walk to benefit the American Cancer Society, and then heading down (with her husband, son, and in-laws) to Tampa to watch the Anaheim Ducks take on the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday evening (a trip that also included some early trick-or-treating for 9-year-old Noah; some delicious grouper sandwiches by the water, and some pool time during the last weekend before the temperatures dipped!). This week, she’s looking forward to chaperoning a fourth grade field trip tomorrow, some trick-or-treating on Friday with Noah and his friends, and a lazy football weekend at home with her family. (Go Gators!) KRISTY WOODSON HARVEY had the best time revealing the cover for her forthcoming SUMMER STATE OF MIND on GMA yesterday! If you missed it, check out https://www.kristywoodsonharvey.com/blog/ for the replay. The book is available for preorder now everywhere books are sold, and Kristy, Kristin, and Mary Kay are super excited to invite you to check out the Spring Friends & Fiction subscription with Oxford Exchange! Kristy enjoyed speaking at the Carolina Women’s Collective and is so looking forward to Halloween in Beaufort. It is the most fun, and you can’t even believe how many people can be on one little street, in one little town, all at once! PATTI CALLAHAN HENRY was at the Pat Conroy Literary Festival to celebrate what would have been Pat’s 80th birthday. Patti spoke with his widow, Cassandra and the entire festival was an honoring of such a powerful writer. Now she is preparing to leave for Hawaii to spend some time with her family and then teach at the Kauai Writer’s Conference. OH and she is reworking her entire novel that she thought was nearly done but isn’t…. 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
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On last week’s episode of The Friends & Fiction Show, Ron Block & Patti Callahan Henry welcomed New York Times bestselling author Catherine Newman to discuss her wonderful new novel WRECK, full of laughter and heart, about marriage, family, and what happens when life doesn’t go as planned. 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: LIVE! September Pick of the Month: Elin Hilderbrand & Shelby Cunningham, The Academy Already aired: Hank Phillippi Ryan, All This Could Be Yours Already aired: Jane Hamilton, The Phoebe Variations Already aired: Meagan Church, The Mad Wife Already aired: Mitch Albom, Twice — October Pick of the Month! Already aired: Joe Hill, King Sorrow Already aired: Catherine Newman, Wreck David Baldacci, Nash Falls — November Pick of the Month! Brisa Carleton, Last Call at the Savoy Lee & Andrew Child, Exit Strategy John Irving, Queen Esther — December Pick of the Month! Ace Atkins, Everybody Wants To Rule the World Jacquelyn Mitchard, The Birdwatcher F&F 2026 Subscription Box with Oxford Exchange
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