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Jane Green

April 11, 2022

Jane Green event on April 11th with Zoom Registration Link
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About Jane Green

“The author of eighteen New York Times bestsellers and nineteen USA TODAY bestsellers, Jane Green is a former journalist in the UK and a graduate of the International Culinary Center in New York. Her many novels include Jemima J, The Beach House, Falling, The Sunshine Sisters and, most recently, The Friends We Keep, and she has published one cookbook, Good Taste.”

About “Sister Stardust”

Jane Green reimagines the life of troubled icon Talitha Getty in this transporting story from a forgotten chapter of the Swinging ’60s

Claire grew up in a small town, far from the glitz and glamour of London. On the cusp of adulthood, she yearns for the adventure and independence of a counterculture taking root across the world.

When she’s offered the chance to start anew in Morocco, in a palace where famous artists and musicians—even the Rolling Stones—have been known to visit, she seizes the chance. Arriving in Marrakesh, she’s quickly swept up in a heady world of music, drugs and communal living. And Talitha Getty, socialite wife of a famous oil heir, seems to preside over the whole scene. As Claire is pulled into her orbit, the realities of Talitha’s precarious existence set off a chain of dangerous events that could alter Claire’s life forever.

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Bryn Turnbull

March 21 – Recording Available

Event information for Bryn Turnbull author talk on Mar 21, 2022 with link to Zoom Registration page
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About Bryn Turnbull

When she was eleven years old, Bryn Turnbull accidentally put her foot through a single-pane window while leafing through a well-worn copy of Sandman (Volume 2). The incident, which resulted in a trip to the hospital, five stitches, and a unique application of superglue, taught her two things: one, that reading is not, and should not be attempted as, a full-contact sport; and two, that writers can create worlds within a book so absorbing, so completely and utterly all-encompassing, that they can drive readers to such distraction as to forget the outside world entirely.

Today, Bryn is a writer of historical fiction. Equipped with a Master of Letters in Creative Writing from the University of St. Andrews and a Bachelor’s degree in English Literature from McGill University, Bryn, who resides in Toronto, writes books intended to drive readers to similar levels of distraction – to transport them into different eras and different worlds, but hopefully not into the hospital.

With a penchant for fountain pens that leak ink onto her fingers, antique furniture, and traveling, Bryn is, admittedly, an old soul with limited patience for modern conveniences – but if you want to get in touch with her, email – that most ancient of online technologies – is the best way to do it.

Bryn is represented by Kevan Lyon of the Marsal Lyon Literary Agency. Her debut novel, The Woman Before Wallis, was released by Mira on July 21, 2020, and became a Canadian bestseller.

About “The Last Grand Duchess”

Publishers Weekly: “Turnbull again successfully humanizes a family of powerful historical figures… with a gift at making Olga’s situation painfully tangible. This amply justifies taking another look at the lives of the condemned royals.”

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Meet Author Sarah Penner

Sarah Penner Event April 19th
Free! Purchase her book on Bookshop.org or your favorite book source

An instant New York Times bestseller The Lost Apothecary follows three women who will change each other’s lives across the barrier of time—a modern-day historian, an 18th century apothecary serial killer, and a twelve-year-old girl who will unite them in a stunning twist of fate. Filled with emotional depth, addictive pacing, and wildly clever storytelling, The Lost Apothecary is a bold feminist work of historical fiction that explores female empowerment in a man’s world, the destructive force of revenge, and the power of women’s relationships with one another.

Sarah joined us on Zoom as part of our Spring 2021 Virtual Author Series.

View the recorded event on our YouTube channel.

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A Chat with Mary Norris

If staying at home is getting you down, how does an armchair trip to explore the sights and sounds of Greece with an author sound? Today, May 18, 2020, would have been our scheduled Spring Book & Author Luncheon. Alas, the Coronavirus pandemic means that we can’t get together in person right now, but we’re still finding new ways to connect with our authors and their books! Book & Author Society Board member Raya Samet (University of Michigan-Dearborn) sat down for a virtual interview with Mary Norris, author of Greek to Me: Adventures of the Comma Queen, which is now available in paperback! Tune in to hear the full chat about Norris’ travel memoir that weaves in her early career at The New Yorker, her (mostly solo) travels to Greece, and her odes to the Greek language and Greek mythology.

Want to get a hold of a copy? 

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In the News

Fall 2019 Author James Poniewozik in the News

The Detroit Free Press posted a great article about James Poniewozik’s new book. James is one of the four authors we have joining us for the Fall 2019 luncheon in October. If you’d like to see him speak and get a copy of his book signed, please get your tickets here.