Writers to Watch - October 2023
We are back for a night of literary delights from the HarperCollins Library Marketing (aka Library Love Fest) team. Hear about these amazing upcoming reads and submit questions for the authors to answer live.
Also available on Crowdcast: https://https://www.crowdcast.io/c/writers-to-watch/smHBi
In October, we welcome the following authors:
Benjamin Stevenson, author of EVERYONE ON THIS TRAIN IS A SUSPECT (on sale January 30, 2024):
For fans of Richard Osman and Anthony Horowitz, a fiendishly fun locked room murder mystery from the author of Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone—this time set on a train full of mystery writers, agents, editors, and fans.
Download an egalley from Edelweiss: https://www.edelweiss.plus/?sku=006327907X&g=4400
Download an egalley from NetGalley: https://www.netgalley.com/catalog/book/303585
Melissa Rivero, author of FLORES AND MISS PAULA (on sale December 5, 2023):
A wry, tender novel about a Peruvian immigrant mother and a millennial daughter who have one final chance to find common ground.
Download an egalley from Edelweiss: https://www.edelweiss.plus/?sku=0063272490&g=4400
Download an egalley from NetGalley: https://www.netgalley.com/catalog/book/287080
Additionally, Jill Shalvis can't join live but we will hear about her new book:
THE BRIGHT SPOT (on sale January 16, 2024):
New York Times bestselling author Jill Shalvis returns to Sunrise Cove with a heartwarming story about the choices we make and the love we let into our lives...
Download an egalley from Edelweiss: https://www.edelweiss.plus/?sku=0063235757&g=4400
Download an egalley from NetGalley: https://www.netgalley.com/catalog/book/300135
Writers to Watch - May 2023
Once a month, the HarperCollins Library Marketing team (aka Library Love Fest) will host a night of literary delights.
Our invited authors will talk about their books and take questions from the audience.
Also available on Crowdcast: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/writerstowatch/5
In May, we welcome the following authors:
Jean Kwok/THE LEFTOVER WOMAN (on sale October 10, 2023):
An evocative family drama and a riveting mystery about the ferocious pull of motherhood for two very different women—from the New York Times bestselling author of Searching for Sylvie Lee and Girl in Translation.
Download an egalley from Edelweiss+: https://www.edelweiss.plus/?sku=0063031469&g=4400
Download an egalley from NetGalley: http://netgal.ly/pG4L5N
Dinah Jefferies/NIGHT TRAIN TO MARRAKECH (on sale November 28, 2023):
The final book in the sweeping new historical series, a gripping, page-turning and dramatic novel that brings the color, atmosphere and sun-baked walls of 1960s Marrakech vividly to life.
More info on Edelweiss+: https://www.edelweiss.plus/?sku=0008619344&g=4400
Rachelle Unreich/A BRILLIANT LIFE (on sale October 24, 2023):
The powerful, true story of a Holocaust survivor told by her daughter—a tale that reminds us of the resilience of the soul and the ability of the heart to heal.
More info on Edelweiss+: https://www.edelweiss.plus/?sku=0063328755&g=4400
Jonathan Lethem/BROOKLYN CRIME NOVEL (on sale October 3, 2023):
From the bestselling and award-winning author of The Fortress of Solitude and Motherless Brooklyn comes a sweeping and prismatic story of community, crime, and gentrification, tracing over fifty years of life in one Brooklyn neighborhood.
Download an egalley from Edelweiss+: https://www.edelweiss.plus/?sku=0062938827&g=4400
Download an egalley from NetGalley: http://netgal.ly/LTxNlH
Catalog with all of the books on Edelweiss+: https://www.edelweiss.plus?catalogID=4873829
Writers to Watch
Writers to Watch
Meet Laura Zigman, author of our October Galley Club selection
Hear from Laura Zigman, author of SMALL WORLD. We will be joined by two members of the Ecco team: Helen Atsma, Vice President and Publisher, and Miriam Parker, Vice President and Associate Publisher.
More about SMALL WORLD (on sale 1/10/23):
From bestselling author Laura Zigman comes a heartfelt novel about two offbeat and newly divorced sisters who move in together as adults—and finally reckon with their childhood.
“I absolutely loved SMALL WORLD—a wise, warm, and often hilarious exploration of sisterhood and community, set against a nuanced portrait of one family’s tragic past.”
—Shelby Van Pelt, author of REMARKABLY BRIGHT CREATURES
Download an egalley on NetGalley: http://netgal.ly/TKkTwy
Download an egalley on Edelweiss+: https://www.edelweiss.plus/?sku=0063088282&g=4400
*For your colleagues not on Facebook, this will also be available via zoom!
https://harpercollins.zoom.us/.../WN_voZxeiWmTLKQIfjc-YmF2g
Meet the Ecco team behind our July Galley Club selection + book buzz
Meet the Ecco team behind our July Galley Club selection, ON THE ROOFTOP by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton. Hear from Vice President and Associate Publisher Miriam Parker and Sara Birmingham, Senior Editor. They will also bring a few additional upcoming titles to present!
More about ON THE ROOFTOP (on sale 9/6/22):
A stunning novel about a mother whose dream of musical stardom for her three daughters collides with the daughters’ ambitions for their own lives—set against the backdrop of gentrifying 1950s San Francisco.
Download an egalley on NetGalley: http://netgal.ly/xGh7ij
Download an egalley on Edelweiss+: https://www.edelweiss.plus/?sku=0063139960&g=4400
*For your colleagues not on Facebook, this will also be available via zoom!
https://harpercollins.zoom.us/.../WN_e0AB9ydESNmWeRgRoAxwNg
Meet the Ecco team behind our June Galley Club selection + book buzz
Meet the Ecco team behind our June Galley Club selection: NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO PANIC by Kevin Wilson. We will hear from Ecco Vice President and Publisher Helen Atsma and Senior Marketing Director Meghan Deans. On this episode, we will also hear about additional Ecco titles.
More about our June selection:
Kevin is the New York Times bestselling author of NOTHING TO SEE HERE. His upcoming book is an exuberant, bighearted novel about two teenage misfits who spectacularly collide one fateful summer, and the art they make that changes their lives forever.
Download an egalley on NetGalley: http://netgal.ly/sIdYAY
Download an egalley on Edelweiss+: https://www.edelweiss.plus/?sku=0062913506&g=4400
*For your colleagues not on Facebook, this will also be available via zoom!
https://harpercollins.zoom.us/.../WN_cMipdOZsRnWAQCSCeRUyGA
February Galley Club Discussion with the Ecco Team + Book Buzz!
Welcome to the second week of our brand-new Galley Club! We're very excited to chat with Helen Atsma, Associate Publisher/ Editor behind REMARKABLY BRIGHT CREATURES, and Miriam Parker, Associate Publisher of Ecco.
Also, get ready to hear about a lot of great Ecco titles!
Door to Door with Jennifer Haigh, author of MERCY STREET
We are LIVE with Jennifer Haigh, author of MERCY STREET.
About MERCY STREET (On-sale: 2/1/22): The highly anticipated new novel by acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Haigh—“a gifted chronicler of the human condition” (Washington Post Book World)—is a tense, riveting story about the disparate lives that intersect at a women’s clinic in Boston.
“Ms. Haigh is an expertly nuanced storyteller long overdue for major attention. Her work is gripping, real, and totally immersive, akin to that of writers as different as Richard Price, Richard Ford, and Richard Russo.”
—Janet Maslin, New York Times
Available as an e-galley on Edelweiss here: https://www.edelweiss.plus/?sku=0061763306&g=4400
Available as an e-galley on NetGalley here: http://netgal.ly/oK021t
Find ALC on NetGalley here: http://netgal.ly/L064zh
Door to Door with Danya Kukafka & Sarah Weinman
We are LIVE with Danya Kukafka, author of NOTES ON AN EXECUTION and Sarah Weinman, author of SCOUNDREL.
About NOTES ON AN EXECUTION
(On Sale: 1/25/22): In the tradition of Long Bright River and The Mars Room, a gripping and atmospheric work of literary suspense that deconstructs the story of a serial killer on death row, told primarily through the eyes of the women in his life—from the bestselling author of Girl in Snow.
"A searing portrait of the complicated women caught in the orbit of a serial killer.... Compassionate and thought-provoking."
–BRIT BENNETT, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Vanishing Half
Available as an e-galley or ALC on Edelweiss here: https://www.edelweiss.plus/?sku=0063052733&g=4400
and on Netgalley here: http://netgal.ly/3j2vHJ
Find ALC on Netgalley here: http://netgal.ly/gaswGE
About SCOUNDREL (On Sale: 2/22/22)
From the author of The Real Lolita and editor of Unspeakable Acts, the astonishing story of a murderer who conned the people around him—including conservative thinker William F. Buckley—into helping set him free.
“Scoundrel is a thoroughly mesmerizing work of true crime and American history, and Sarah Weinman leaves no stone unturned in this extraordinary story of empathy, betrayal, celebrity, and the criminal justice system.”
—Gilbert King, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Devil in the Grove
Available as an e-galley on Edelweiss here: https://www.edelweiss.plus/?sku=0062899767&g=4400
and on Netgalley here: http://netgal.ly/Wivqfj
Door to Door with Ann Patchett and Elizabeth McCracken
The library team at HarperCollins is honored to host acclaimed, bestselling authors Ann Patchett / THESE PRECIOUS DAYS and Elizabeth McCracken / THE SOUVENIR MUSEUM, in conversation.
About THESE PRECIOUS DAYS by Ann Patchett (on sale 11/23): The beloved NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author reflects on home, family, friendships and writing in this deeply personal collection of essays.
Request the egalley on Edelweiss+: https://www.edelweiss.plus/?sku=0063092786&g=4400
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About THE SOUVENIR MUSEUM by Elizabeth McCracken (on sale now!): Award-winning author Elizabeth McCracken is an undisputed virtuoso of the short story, and this new collection features her most vibrant and heartrending work to date.
Purchase a copy: https://www.harpercollins.com/.../the-souvenir-museum...
Door to Door with Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney and Elizabeth McCracken
THE GOOD FOOD with Ecco publisher Daniel Halpern
We're LIVE with Seth Fletcher, author of the new book, EINSTEIN'S SHADOW, on sale tomorrow. #HarperCollinsLive
Tell Me Everything You Don't Remember by Christine Hyung-Oak L...
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Jessie Burton on her inspiration for THE MUSE
THE MUSE by Jessie Burton is out today! Find out what inspired her to write this imaginative new novel.
Pornburger by Matthew Ramsey
If you're making burgers this weekend, you should take a recipe from PORNBURGER by Matthew Ramsey.
THE NEST
Happy #TheNest Day! Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney's “Hilarious and big-hearted, stellar debut” (People Mag) flies the nest today and is out in the world!
Love, Loss, and What We Ate by Padma Lakshmi
Wishing a very Happy Publication Day to Padma Lakshmi and LOVE, LOSS, AND WHAT WE ATE, her vivid memoir of food and family, survival and triumph. Here's Padma in her own words:
Happy Pub Day to Rod Nordland and THE LOVERS. An important book, a "rich account of daring to love." (Boston Globe). Watch the trailer below:
Nick Swisher and Kevin Long on CAGE RAT
New York Yankee All-Star Nick Swisher talks to Kevin Long about CAGE RAT. Kevin--the man who coaches Yankee power-hitters--shares his expertise in this indispensable guide full of practical advice, behind-the-scenes action, and a deep reverence for America's pastime. ON SALE APRIL 26.
