Kevin Hart and Meghan Markle on their new books

Posted on 06/21/2021 at 01:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

NPR has interviews with two celebrities on their children’s books to share — one you already knew about and one...

Categories: Author Interview

Tagged As: Author interview, Children's literature, NPR, Pop culture, Young adult literature

Oprah's latest book club pick is a debut novel

Posted on 06/16/2021 at 08:44 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Oprah Winfrey has chosen an author's debut novel as her latest book club selection. The Sweetness of Water, by Nathan...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Book club, Pop culture

Celebrity book club picks for June 2021

Posted on 06/02/2021 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Celebrity book clubs have released their picks for June 2021. Reese Witherspoon selected Seven Days in June, by Tia Williams....

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Book club, Pop culture

Know a kid who will read for pizza?

Posted on 05/25/2021 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

BOOK IT! is back! The program from the 1990s in which schoolkids earned personal pan pizzas from Pizza Hut in...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Just for fun, Pop culture

Bookstore co-owned by Lin-Manuel Miranda is set to open

Posted on 05/19/2021 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The bookstore that Lin-Manuel Miranda (of Hamilton fame) helped purchase will finally reopen. Manhattan's Drama Book Shop was in need...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Bookstore, Literary tourism, Pop culture, The New York Times

New celebrity memoirs are silly and serious

Posted on 05/18/2021 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The book-promoting interviews that entered our newsfeeds today have markedly different tones. Sinead O’Connor will release Rememberings on June 1....

Categories: Author Interview

Tagged As: Author interview, Memoir, NPR, Pop culture, The New York Times

You can (finally) join LeVar Burton's book club!

Posted on 05/12/2021 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

A no-brainer has finally become reality: LeVar Burton has launched a book club. The Reading Rainbow host (and Star Trek...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Book club, Pop culture, Reading

Colin Kaepernick's publishing company is releasing its first book

Posted on 05/12/2021 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Colin Kaepernick can add another title to his varied resume: editor. The former NFL quarterback founded Kaepernick Publishing in 2019...

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Tagged As: Nonfiction, Politics, Pop culture

Oprah Winfrey will headline a new virtual book show

Posted on 05/12/2021 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Going virtual doesn’t have to mean skimping when it comes to events. Case in point: Publishers Weekly's new virtual book...

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Tagged As: Pop culture, Publishers Weekly

Author Jodi Picoult also helped create a COVID musical

Posted on 05/11/2021 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Yesterday we shared news of author Jodi Picoult’s upcoming COVID-era novel, Wish You Were Here. As it turns out, Picoult...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: coronavirus / COVID-19, Pop culture, The New York Times