Tune in at 7pm ET for TONIGHT’s episode! Join us Wednesday, May 29th, at 7pm Eastern on the F&F Facebook page and YouTube channel as Patti Callahan Henry & Kristy Woodson Harvey welcome four-time Emmy Award winning co-host of ABC’s The View, Sunny Hostin, to discuss the captivating third novel in her New York Times bestselling Summer Beach series, Summer on Highland Beach.
Sunny Hostin is an attorney, a multi-platform journalist, an ABC News Legal Analyst, a co-host of ABC Daytime’s The View, and the author of Summer on the Bluffs and Summer on Sag Harbor as well as I Am These Truths: A Memoir of Identity, Justice, and Living Between Worlds. In the third installment in her NYT-bestselling series, Sunny transports readers to the gleaming shores of Maryland’s Highland Beach in a story that celebrates family, friendship, and community and reminds us of the importance of the legacies of our collective past and of finding one’s way in the world. According to Booklist, “Hostin has penned another deliciously soapy beach read about elite Black beach communities” and we are so excited to talk to her about it. Watch the video broadcast of this interview as it airs on Wed 5/29 at 7pm ET on the F&F Facebook group page & YouTube channel, or catch the audio version on our podcast on Fri 5/31. Pre-order Sunny’s book on Bookshop.org! Upgrade to our PAID Subscription for a bonus Q&A with Sunny 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!
MARY KAY ANDREWS finished a third (and mostly final) week of book tour for Summers at the Saint before finally landing at home on Sunday, where she enjoyed a Memorial Day cook-out with family and soaked up the beauty of Mr. MKA’s glorious garden. If you missed her at any of her stops, she left plenty of signed books. Now she’s re-packing for the trip to NYC with the rest of the F&F gang. She and Meg have tix to see Cabaret on Broadway, then Thursday and Friday she’ll check out Thrillerfest, which is also happening in the city this week. She still has a smattering of upcoming events, including a potentially cray-cray signing next Wednesday, June 5 at Eagle Eye Books in Decatur, Ga at 7 pm with Karin Slaughter. KRISTY WOODSON HARVEY had a wonderful Memorial Day and is so grateful for all of the book love A Happier Life is receiving! She is so thankful for Katie Couric, Parade and Zibby books, First for Women and more for choosing it as a best book of the summer! Her tour for A Happier Life is coming up and she can’t wait to see you! KRISTIN HARMEL is deep in editing mode, revising her 2025 novel. Her son, Noah, finished second grade on Friday, which was bittersweet, as he loved his second grade teacher and classmates! Lots of fun things planned for the summer–starting with a quick trip to New York this week to see her F&F besties MKA, PCH, KWH and Meg. And Kristin and her husband and son are thrilled to see the New York Rangers (their favorite NHL team) in the Eastern Conference Finals–there will even be a game on the night she’s in New York this week. Go Rangers! PATTI CALLAHAN HENRY has been in SC with family and loving the river time along with barbeques and swimming. AND at the same time approving the cover for her next novel, working on the cover copy for all of you, and getting ready to share it all! She can’t wait to tell you about this new novel! She’s also prepping to meet her F&F pals, agent, and editor in NYC for the Author’s Guild gala along with so many other amazing authors to support this guild. 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. 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 the bestselling, award-winning novelist Steven Rowley to discuss THE GUNCLE ABROAD, the long-awaited sequel to a beloved story, all about the complicated bonds of family, love, and what it takes to rediscover yourself, even at the ripe age of fifty. Order Steven’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 Sunny Hostin, Summer on Highland Beach 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 & Kristy’s interview with NYT-bestselling author Lisa Barr about her new highly-anticipated WWII historical novel, The Goddess of Warsaw, an enthralling tale of a legendary Hollywood screen goddess with a dark secret about her life in the Warsaw Ghetto. WATCH Kristin’s conversation with Christina Lauren about their brand-new instant NYT-bestselling hit The Paradise Problem, a delicious new romance between the buttoned-up heir of a grocery chain and his free-spirited artist ex as they fake their relationship in order to receive a massive inheritance. WATCH MKA’s conversation with the award-winning voice artist Kathleen McInerney who narrates the Summers at the Saint audiobook. WATCH Patti & MKA’s interview with Sheila Roberts about her newest The Best Life Book Club. 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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