Good morning, friends! I hope you had an amazing long weekend. A huge and hearty thank you to all of you out there whose loved ones sacrificed their lives for this incredible country. What a gift! And so much love to all of our military families for all you do every day. If you’re having the post-long weekend blues, don’t despair! I have so many great, fun things coming up this week, and I’d love to visit with you!
Novel Memphis Launch for Lindsey Rogers Cook
Tonight, celebrate the coming of June–and the launch of Lindsey Rogers Cook’s brand-new LEARNING TO SPEAK SOUTHERN with Novel in Memphis and me tonight at 7pm EST! I adored this sophomore novel, and I know you will too! Register now!
UNC Libraries + All She Wrote Notes!
As a UNC grad, it is definitely a bucket list item to have an event at my alma mater! I am so excited to be teaming up with my good friend, fellow UNC alum, author and founder of All She Wrote Notes, Maghon Taylor. We will be talking Under the Southern Sky, setting goals, finding your passion and sharing our greatest tips on how to create a creative life you love. Come join us (virtually) Wednesday night, June 2 at 5:30 pm for a night of fun and laughs! Register here.
This Week on Friends & Fiction
On the next episode of FRIENDS & FICTION we are looking forward to hosting Mary Bly to discuss her new book LIZZIE AND DANTE (out June 1st from The Dial Press). A Shakespeare professor and English Dept chair at Fordham University, Mary has written more than 40 romance novels as the wildly popular New York Times bestselling author Eloisa James. She will be joined by Sonali Dev who writes clever, deeply layered, and heartwarming Bollywood-style romantic comedies in the Jane Austen tradition. Her newest, INCENSE AND SENSIBILITY, hits stores from William Morrow on July 6th. Meet them both on Wed June 2nd at 7pm ET via Facebook Live on the F&F Group page, on our YouTube Channel, and on the Parade Magazine page. See you there!
Bookseller of the Week
Our featured independent bookseller of the week is Book Culture. With three locations in New York City, Book Culture is many things to many people—a hub for Columbia University, a community bookstore, and a meeting place, featuring new and classic fiction and nonfiction and a whimsical children’s reading room. Get 10% off at Book Culture with the code FF21 on LIZZIE AND DANTE (in stores June 1!) by Mary Bly (aka Eloisa James), and on the pre-order for INCENSE AND SENSIBILITY (coming July 6th) by Sonali Dev—as well as on other new and recent titles from our guests and the Fab Five—Mary Kay Andrews, Kristin Harmel, Kristy Woodson Harvey, Patti Callahan Henry & Mary Alice Monroe. See you Wed June 2nd at 7pm ET via Facebook Live on the F&F Group page, on our YouTube Channel, and on the @Parade Magazine page. Meanwhile, visit the specially curated F&F page on the Book Culture website to SHOP NOW!
My friend Ashley is totally embodying all my summer goals right here! If you haven’t had a chance to grab my instant New York Times Bestseller, UNDER THE SOUTHERN SKY, for your beach bag yet, what are you waiting for? I can’t wait to share my favorite book yet with you!
Thanks so much for stopping by today and happy reading!
