Marketers and publicists have been encouraged to know their audience and be "direct" and "transparent" in their approach, in a keynote at The Bookseller's marketing and publicity virtual conference. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-07-08 06:40:23 UTC ]
Journalist Bonnie Tsui, author of "Why We Swim," joins the L.A. Times Book Club for a July 28 virtual meetup. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2020-07-01 14:00:34 UTC ]
James McBride’s ‘Deacon King Kong,’ the latest Oprah’s Book Club pick, climbs back onto our hardcover fiction list. Plus children’s books new and old introduce concepts of race, and for ‘28 Summers,’ Elin Hilderbrand meets fans where they are. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-06-26 04:00:00 UTC ]
The best-selling author and former minority leader for the Georgia House of Representatives has a lot going on, but she still makes time for fiction. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2020-06-25 09:00:09 UTC ]
Oprah Winfrey announced today that her next book club selection would be Deacon King Kong by James McBride, a novel that she says resonates at a time when America is facing a reckoning over race and violence against black people. “In a moment when our country roils with righteous anger and grief... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-06-16 20:04:23 UTC ]
In a new kind of quarantine diary, the author of the Oprah's Book Club bestseller "An American Marriage" dons a mask and waits nearly four hours to vote. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2020-06-16 15:00:07 UTC ]
Brit Bennett lands at #6 in hardcover fiction with ‘The Vanishing Half.’ Plus Megha Majumdar’s debut novel, ‘A Burning,’ Is #18 in hardcover fiction, and 2018’s ‘I’m Still Here’ by Austin Channing Brown is one of two Reese’s Book Club picks. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-06-12 04:00:00 UTC ]
Learn about Byzans, an online book club app that connects fellow readers, and participate in a book club without leaving your home. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2020-06-03 10:34:49 UTC ]
Among the big acquisitions last week were a history of four women who transformed the CIA and a sequel to 'The Henna Artist', which was Reese’s Book Club pick for May. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-05-29 04:00:00 UTC ]
‘The Henna Artist’ Alka Joshi’s debut novel the Reese’s Book Club pick for May, debuts at #16 in hardcover fiction. Plus pair of backlist titles offering advice on coping with adversity have seen renewed interest since Covid-19 took hold in the U.S., and Scott Turow returns for ‘The Last Trial.’ Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-05-22 04:00:00 UTC ]
Check out our THE NICKEL BOYS book club questions and discussion summary to help you prepare for your next book club discussion. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2020-05-11 10:35:51 UTC ]
Amid a global pandemic, thousands of people are reading... ‘The End of October,’ about a fictional pandemic. Plus ‘Good Morning America’ book club pick ‘Oona Out of Order’ cracks the fiction list, and the Hulu adaptation of ‘Normal People’ boosts paperback sales. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-05-08 04:00:00 UTC ]
A local virtual book club strengthens the local literary scene, cultivates a diverse community, and celebrates the power of stories and books. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2020-05-06 10:32:17 UTC ]
Here's how to join a book club online, some etiquette tips to follow, and some examples of online book clubs meeting right now. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2020-04-28 10:35:48 UTC ]
The #1 book in the country is ‘Magnolia Table, Vol. 2’ by Joanna Gaines, who held a shelter-in-place “book signing” on launch day. Plus Oprah Book Club pick ‘Hidden Valley Road’ by Robert Kolker lands at #5 in hardcover fiction, and Marie Kondo helps readers find the ‘Joy of Work’—at home. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-04-18 04:00:00 UTC ]
As quarantine continues, we’re all noticing that we respond to lockdown differently. While many spend each day providing care, food and other necessities, those of us privileged enough to be 'stuck at home' are seeing our friends’ and family members’ behaviour change under the new... Continue reading >> [ Source: British Council global | 2020-04-17 15:42:05 UTC ]
A book club for people who don't like book clubs, founded in 2012 in San Francisco and now boasting six chapters in L.A. County, has moved online. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2020-04-10 14:00:07 UTC ]
In a virtual meet-up, "Almost Home" author Fanny Singer and mother and famed chef Alice Waters join book club readers April 21 for a kitchen conversation. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2020-04-07 20:33:16 UTC ]
On today’s CBS This Morning, Oprah Winfrey announced her April book club selection: Robert Kolker’s Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family. Kolker book is a work of narrative nonfiction—with elements of biography, reportage, and scientific investigation—about the life of a... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-04-07 14:36:54 UTC ]
Kate Elizabeth Russell’s publication experience has been the best of times and the worst of times. Here’s why. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2020-04-02 09:00:01 UTC ]