Candles, wine glasses, cushions and more: we've got great ideas for book club themed gifts for the holidays!- Claire Handscombe Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2021-11-23 11:33:00 UTC ]
Here are Libro.fm's top 10 bestselling audiobooks of 2021, including book club picks, mysteries, memoirs, nonfiction, and literary fiction. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2021-11-18 15:24:26 UTC ]
Manchester United and England forward Marcus Rashford MBE, who published his first book and launched a book club with Macmillan Children’s Books this year, talks to The Bookseller after being named FutureBook Person of the Year. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-11-05 19:06:34 UTC ]
The National Teen Book Club is aiming to reach 50,000 young people in 600 schools in a drive to raise literacy levels and encourage a love of reading. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-10-29 16:42:42 UTC ]
My father, John Hitchin, who has died aged 88, was a marketing and publicity specialist in the publishing industry who spent three decades with Penguin Books, where he was responsible for a number of innovations, including the first paperback gift set and the first display “dump” bin. As... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2021-10-28 19:33:32 UTC ]
From magic realism and folklore retellings to literary fiction and nonfiction, here are some of the best paperback releases for book club. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2021-10-28 10:30:00 UTC ]
Kate Mosse is launching a YouTube channel, including a book club featuring two non-fiction titles and a pair of fiction titles each month. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-10-20 03:44:21 UTC ]
The Queen’s Gambit, Bridgerton, Mindhunter, Maid: Netflix has a track record of turning books into hit television series. And though popular adaptations often drum up interest in their source material—after the show premiered, Walter Tevis’s The Queen’s Gambit landed on the New York Times... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2021-10-13 18:00:07 UTC ]
Barnes & Noble picks a gothic fantasy perfect for October, Oprah's Book Club gives Richard Powers's latest some love, Reese Witherspoon goes indie with her new pick, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-10-12 04:00:00 UTC ]
In the nineteen-fifties, the Cory Book Service quietly connected a community. Then it was forgotten. Continue reading >> [ Source: New Yorker | 2021-10-05 21:58:03 UTC ]
What are the best book club books for 2021? We’ve got 20 of ’em, including books like Beautiful World, Where Are You? Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2021-10-01 10:37:00 UTC ]
Pupils will learn about footballer’s use of social media to highlight social and race issues he cares aboutMarcus Rashford’s much-lauded use of social media to pursue his campaign against child food poverty and persuade the UK government to expand free school meals is to be studied by pupils... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2021-09-22 08:45:43 UTC ]
When I first meet a writer on the page, I pose a simple question: What don’t you ask permission for? In Yiyun Li’s case, the answer is her freedom. Individualism might seem inevitable for a woman who was born in China and whose early work responds to authoritarianism, but—reading Li—one senses... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2021-09-15 11:00:00 UTC ]
A reader and book club host weighs in on the pros and cons of in-person vs virtual book club meetups in the time of COVID-19. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2021-09-15 10:34:00 UTC ]
What makes a book club challenging? Is it possible to make it better? Try these tips and tricks for how to keep the peace at book club. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2021-09-10 10:33:00 UTC ]
Rounding up this month's book club picks from 'Good Morning America,' Oprah's Book Club, Reese's Book Club, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-09-09 04:00:00 UTC ]
This film about Misha Defonseca, author of a ‘memoir’ about escaping the Nazis and sheltering with wolves as a child, is propulsively watchable“Sometimes a story is so astonishing it’s unbelievable.” So said a Massachusetts radio presenter in the 90s, introducing Misha Defonseca, a local Jewish... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2021-09-02 06:00:18 UTC ]
In this week’s episode, Kendra and Jaclyn discuss books around the theme of incarceration. From the episode: Kendra: My first pick is From the Desk of Zooey Washington by Janae Marks. It’s titled The Faraway Truth in the UK. This was one of our recent Patreon Book Club picks, and we had a great... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2021-09-01 08:48:56 UTC ]
These bibliomemoirs, including The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe, offer a glimpse into the lives of fellow book lovers, reminding us how vast the bookish community is. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2021-08-30 10:37:00 UTC ]
In memory of the Black Expressions Book Club and its impact on a reader always seeking out Black literary excellence. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2021-08-17 10:39:00 UTC ]