01/19/2021
Door to Door 1/19/21: LLF Chats Upcoming Faves
Join the HarperCollins Library Marketing Team as we chat about new and upcoming favorites!
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Join the HarperCollins Library Marketing Team as we chat about new and upcoming favorites!
We so enjoyed hosting Andrew Kaberline from our HarperAudio team to talk all about audio egalleys and exciting new audiobooks. Listen to our podcast below to find out what's new in audio!
https://soundcloud.com/librarylovefest/whats-new-in-audio-featuring-andrew-kaberline-senior-audio-marketing-associate
On this episode, Andrew Kaberline, Senior Audio Marketing Associate, joins the library team to discuss exciting audio books that will be perfect to listen to on your holiday break as well as a few hig
Congratulations to Nancy Johnson for her debut novel THE KINDEST LIE making the February LibraryReads List and to Alisha Rai for her latest novel FIRST COMES LIKE placing her in the LibraryReads Hall of Fame! https://www.librarylovefest.com/2021/01/the-february-libraryreads-list-is-here.html
You voted, they counted, and the winners have finally been announced! This month, we are thrilled to share that The Kindest Lie by Nancy Johnson has been selected for the February LibraryReads List! Additionally, Alisha Rai has officially joined the...
Signing off! Thank you, everyone, for coming along with me on a tour of my writing spaces! THE HEIRESS is in bookstores now. For more book news and other tidbits, follow me at @mollyjgreeley. Thanks so much for having me!
I’ve loved libraries for as long as I can remember, but I don’t know that I truly realized how much I used them until ours was shuttered for the pandemic. Our local library, @notjustbooks, has long been our family’s go-to fun space. Where else could we go (for FREE!) and run around in a charming children’s garden, play computer games, enjoy some make-believe time in a toy boat, toy kitchen, AND toy lighthouse, and have all the books we could want at our fingertips? We’ve missed the space hugely over the last few months, along with the friendly and helpful librarians who make it such a great place to be. Like many libraries, ours is currently open for curbside service, and I couldn’t be more grateful - it’s made homeschooling (and just pandemic life in general) so much better! Thank you so much to all the hardworking librarians - you are SO appreciated ❤️
I have a tendency to gravitate toward bookish artwork, and luckily my husband doesn’t seem to mind. This is a print we bought at the @annarborartfair from @printerandpress, and it just makes me feel calm and happy whenever I look at it. Who doesn’t want to sit on a bluff, reading for hours, cushioned by a friendly bear?
Pre-pandemic, I wrote almost exclusively at local cafes and at the library, and I cannot properly express how much I miss this. The cost of buying enough coffee etc to justify taking up a table was a huge extravagance, but I wrote much more quickly surrounded by the white noise of other people (and without my kids asking me for something every time I took a second to grab a cup of coffee, even when their dad was standing right there 😏). And I so miss the community feel of other regulars hunched over their laptops.
I honestly even miss writing in my car before picking my kids up from school. It was cramped and uncomfortable, yes, but a good chunk of THE HEIRESS was written there!
An enormous shoutout to cafes that have OUTLETS 🙌. And to libraries, of course, those under-appreciated community hubs. The last couple of pictures are from my local library, with its lovely distracting view over the lake.
Since the pandemic closed cafes and libraries for nice long writing sessions, and since I have three active, loud kids at home, my parents offered me their little upstairs office space to work in on weekends. I’m so grateful to have a quiet place to go!
So here’s how my workspace REALLY looks on a daily basis. The previous picture was pretty, but totally unrealistic 🙃
My favorite place to write in our house is at our dining table. That’s where I can be found in the early afternoons, while my 2 year-old naps and my older two kids play outside (we’re homeschooling this year, which adds a fun (read: 🤪) challenge to finding time to get words out).
In the summers, I absolutely love to write on our front porch. And if you swipe to the 3rd picture, you can see the signs I have up on our guest room door, which is where I retreat on Fridays during my toddler’s nap. We’re bubbled with another family whose kids are best friends with our kids, and they come over to hang out Fridays while their mom works. She made the “Writing, be with you soon” sign for me to keep the kids out. My 8 year-old made the other sign 😂
Hi all! I’m @mollyjgreeley and my second novel, THE HEIRESS, came out last week from @williammorrowbooks. It’s a queer continuation of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice from the perspective of Anne de Bourgh, a peripheral character in the original. I’m looking forward to sharing my writing space(s) with you all today!
Happening TODAY! Join us at 2 PM ET for a list of books to get us through!
Booklist
Join us tomorrow (1/14) at 2 PM ET for our Booklist webinar. We'll tell you all about books that will be sure to soothe your body and soul, liven up your kitchen, recharge your batteries, and increase productivity wherever you are!
RSVP here:
https://ala-events.zoom.us/webinar/register/1916082449207/WN_GJSMyfb7SsGGZzZkTeT_xQ
💐 Our next Instagram author takeover is this Friday, January 15th. Tune in all day to see posts from Molly Greeley, author of THE HEIRESS.
More about THE HEIRESS (available now):
In this gorgeously written and spellbinding historical novel based on PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, the author of THE CLERGYMAN'S WIFE combines the knowing eye of Jane Austen with the eroticism and Gothic intrigue of Sarah Waters to reimagine the life of the mysterious Anne de Bourgh.
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Join us tomorrow (1/14) at 2 PM ET for our Booklist webinar. We'll tell you all about books that will be sure to soothe your body and soul, liven up your kitchen, recharge your batteries, and increase productivity wherever you are!
RSVP here:
https://ala-events.zoom.us/webinar/register/1916082449207/WN_GJSMyfb7SsGGZzZkTeT_xQ
The HarperCollins Library Marketing Team was live with authors Willy Vlautin / THE NIGHT ALWAYS COMES and Andrew J. Graff / RAFT OF STARS! Be sure to read these two special novels!
RAFT OF STARS LibraryReads Votes Due: 2/1/2021
RAFT OF STARS on Edelweiss: http://bit.ly/3bvTFIX
THE NIGHT ALWAYS COMES LibraryReads Votes Due: 3/1/2021
THE NIGHT ALWAYS COMES on Edelweiss: http://bit.ly/3oDoHlT
We are so excited to host authors Willy Vlautin and Andrew J. Graff on DOOR TO DOOR this Tuesday, 1/12, at 2pm ET. Click below to find out why we so love their upcoming novels THE NIGHT ALWAYS COMES and RAFT OF STARS.
Hello librarians! We simply cannot wait for our upcoming episode of Door to Door with Willy Vlautin, author of The Night Always Comes and Andrew J. Graff, author of Raft of Stars, on Tuesday, January 12th at 2:00pm ET. If...
Librarian Daryl Maxwell from the Los Angeles Public Library names HENCH by Natalie Zina Walschots and EIGHT PERFECT MURDERS by Peter Swanson among favorite books of 2020!
https://www.lapl.org/collections-resources/blogs/lapl/my-favorite-books-2020
Season’s Readings everyone! Well, 2020 has been quite a year, and not simply in terms of fiction and non-fiction titles. With the continuing pandemic, the natural disasters, and the civil and political unrest, the need for diversion and windows into differing perspectives has never been more impor...
LLF was honored to host Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney, New York Times bestselling author of THE NEST and the upcoming GOOD COMPANY, and Elizabeth McCracken, award-winning author of BOWLAWAY and the upcoming short story collection THE SOUVENIR MUSEUM!
Amistad
🎉 In honor of #ZoraNealeHurston’s birthday & the paperback publication of Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick, Amistad is proud to offer this unprecedented *FREE audio book giveaway* of THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD today 12/7 only! 🤯
Head to celebratingzora.com to learn more.
Our staff suggestions for the March LibraryReads List are here! Download and read these unforgettable upcoming titles. Votes are due February 1st!
Hello librarians and happy New Year! Well, 2021 couldn't get here soon enough. 2020 was an unimaginably tough year for so many of us, grappling with stress, loss, and uncertainty. Throughout it all, we were incredibly grateful that we were...
Join us today (1/6) at 1 PM ET for a virtual visit to the Cecil County Public Library!
Do you look forward to hearing about new books? If you'd like to add some books to your To Be Read list, join us tomorrow, Wednesday, January 6 at 1pm to hear about new titles from HarperCollins Publishers!
You'll get the scoop on some exciting recent and forthcoming releases like the new Kate Quinn book publishing in March. This program will be recorded.
Click here to register: https://www.cecilcountylibrary.org/events/harpercollins-book-buzz
If you are an avid reader and are always looking for suggestions, join the conversation in the Readers Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/CecilLibraryReads
The HarperCollins Library Marketing Team was live with Nadia Hashimi, author of SPARKS LIKE STARS, and Jillian Cantor, author of HALF LIFE!
Happy New Year's Eve, all!
Be sure to submit your votes for the February LibraryReads List. Votes are due 1/1/2021! Check out what we're loving below.
Hello librarians! We hope you all had a great Thanksgiving! It's hard to believe winter is almost here, but alas, Jack Frost waits for no one. But not to worry! We're here to help prepare for his arrival with a...
The LLF team sends their happy holiday wishes to you and yours this holiday season and wishes you a safe and healthy 2021! Have a lovely break and we will see you for our next Door to Door episode on January 5th. You might be able to 👀 our next few Door to Door guests on the LLF Facebook events section.
See you in the new year! (enjoy our festive sweaters from a few years ago!)
🎧 Last Podcast Episode of 2020!
What's new in audio? (Featuring Andrew Kaberline, Senior Audio Marketing Associate)
HarperAudio Ecco Books Charlie Mackesy Margaret Atwood HarperOneBooks
https://soundcloud.com/librarylovefest/whats-new-in-audio-featuring-andrew-kaberline-senior-audio-marketing-associate
On this episode, Andrew Kaberline, Senior Audio Marketing Associate, joins the library team to discuss exciting audio books that will be perfect to listen to on your holiday break as well as a few hig
🎉 THE DUTCH HOUSE by Ann Patchett was a top checkout of 2020 at NYPL!
https://www.nypl.org/125/top-checkouts-2020
Parnassus Books Harper Books NYPL The New York Public Library
In years gone by, you may have been able to catch New Yorkers in parks, on subways, or indeed in The New York Public Library itself with their noses in these books. This year, for obvious reasons, many of us have been reading at home and, more than ever, on electronic devices. Missed seeing what you...
The Library Team Wishes You a Happy Thanksgiving! (Feat. THE NIGHT ALWAYS COMES By Willy Vlautin)
The Library Love Fest team wanted to send our well wishes and thankful thoughts to you this week. We also discuss a book that we all love: Willy Vlautin's THE NIGHT ALWAYS COMES, on-sale April 6, 2021
Go to our harperlibrary Instagram account to check out posts from Kate Baer, author of WHAT KIND OF WOMAN, a book of poetry that was an instant #1 New York Times Bestseller.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CI8UtE9AF15/
Kate Baer Harper Perennial
Two STARRED reviews for Russell Banks's FOREGONE!
BOOKLIST⭐️: “Banks...is at his most magnetic and provocative.”
KIRKUS ⭐️: “A challenging, risk-taking work marked by a wry and compassionate intelligence.”
Watch the replay of Russell Banks on DOOR TO DOOR below!
LLF is thrilled to welcome bestselling author Russell Banks to discuss his upcoming novel FOREGONE (on sale March 2nd)! Nancy Pearl, America's Librarian and author of THE WRITER'S LIBRARY, will also be joining us on this episode to chat with Russell!
About FOREGONE: A searing novel about memory, abandonment, and betrayal from the acclaimed and bestselling Russell Banks.
Pre-order a copy of FOREGONE (on-sale 3/2/21):
https://www.harpercollins.com/products/foregone-russell-banks?variant=32126625579042/?utm_source=library&utm_medium=fblive&utm_campaign=banks
Hello, librarians! There are TWO more weeks to vote for the February LibraryReads List! Click below to learn about Nancy Johnson's stunning debut novel THE KINDEST LIE, on sale February 2nd.
https://www.librarylovefest.com/2020/12/lets-make-nancy-johnsons-the-kindest-lie-a-libraryreads-pick.html
Download the egalley on Edelweiss+ Download the egalley on NetGalley LibraryReads Votes Due: January 1, 2021 Hello friends! Happy holidays! Nancy Johnson’s stunning debut novel, The Kindest Lie, is a powerful story set in 2008 as Obama takes office and...
Tune in to our harperlibrary Instagram feed all day tomorrow, December 18th, to see posts from Kate Baer, author of the instant #1 New York Times Bestseller WHAT KIND OF WOMAN.
https://www.instagram.com/harperlibrary/
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🎧 New Podcast Episode!
An interview with Alisha Rai, author of
FIRST COMES LIKE
Avon Romance
https://soundcloud.com/librarylovefest/an-interview-with-alisha-rai-author-of-first-comes-like
On this episode, Lainey Mays interviews Alisha Rai, author of FIRST COMES LIKE, available on February 16, 2021. Find show notes here: bit.ly/AlishaRai For more information, go to librarylovefest.com
Tune in to our harperlibrary Instagram feed all day this Friday, December 18th, to see posts from Kate Baer, author of the instant #1 New York Times Bestseller WHAT KIND OF WOMAN.
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Julia Quinn's Bridgerton series is coming to Netflix on December 25th!
Avon Romance Book Club Girl theSkimm
Watch the trailer:
https://www.librarylovefest.com/2020/12/julia-quinns-bridgerton-series-is-coming-to-netflix-on-december-25th.html
Calling all fans of the beloved Maisie Dobbs mystery series, WWII, Queen Elizabeth II, and The Crown!
The HarperCollins Library Marketing Team was live with Jacqueline Winspear, author of THE CONSEQUENCES OF FEAR and SJ Bennett, author of THE WINDSOR KNOT.
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We were thrilled to welcome Rumaan Alam, author of LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND, a National Book Award Finalist and the TODAY Read with Jenna book club pick for October!
The LLF Team is buzzing new and upcoming titles we're currently loving. Join us!
\We are thrilled about this very special episode of DOOR TO DOOR. Authors Clare McHugh / A MOST ENGLISH PRINCESS and Natalie Zina Walschots / HENCH will be celebrating their respective book birthdays by having conversations with their editors! About A MOST ENGLISH PRINCESS: Perfect for fans of the BBC's VICTORIA, Alison Pataki's THE ACCIDENTAL EMPRESS, and Daisy Goodwin's VICTORIA, this debut novel tells the gripping and tragic story of Queen Victoria’s eldest daughter, Victoria, Princess Royal. Buy your copy of A MOST ENGLISH PRINCESS (on sale today!): https://www.harpercollins.com/products/a-most-english-princess-clare-mchugh?variant=32123366735906 About HENCH: A smart, imaginative, and evocative novel of love, betrayal, revenge, and redemption, told with razor-sharp wit and affection, in which a young woman discovers the greatest superpower—for good or evil—is a properly executed spreadsheet. Buy your copy of HENCH (on sale today!): https://www.harpercollins.com/products/hench-natalie-zina-walschots?variant=32123357921314
Join us on DOOR TO DOOR as we chat with Annie Lyons, author of THE BRILLIANT LIFE OF EUDORA HONEYSETT. The LLF Team will also chat about some Fall Faves! About THE BRILLIANT LIFE OF EUDORA HONEYSETT: Infused with the emotional power of ME BEFORE YOU and the irresistible charm of ELEANOR OLIPHANT IS COMPLETELY FINE and BE FRANK WITH ME, a moving and joyous novel about an elderly woman ready to embrace death and the little girl who reminds her what it means to live. Purchase your copy: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-brilliant-life-of-eudora-honeysett-annie-lyons?variant=32117504409634
"America's Librarian" and bestselling author Nancy Pearl and noted playwright Jeff Schwager were live on Door to Door to celebrate the book birthday of THE WRITER'S LIBRARY! Tune in to hear Nancy, Jeff, AND surprise guests Russell Banks, Andrew Sean Greer, and Susan Choi! Purchase your copy of THE WRITER'S LIBRARY: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-writers-library-nancy-pearljeff-schwager?variant=32206061207586 Susan Choi Nancy Pearl Andrew Sean Greer HarperOneBooks
Happy Book Birthday to WHEN NO ONE IS WATCHING by Alyssa Cole (the #1 LibraryReads pick for September)! WHEN NO ONE IS WATCHING is the new gripping, debut thriller from Alyssa Cole, in which the gentrification of a Brooklyn neighborhood takes on a sinister new meaning. Rear Window meets Get Out. William Morrow Check out this amazing book trailer below and watch an interview with the author from our Door to Door episode here: https://www.facebook.com/50225580752/videos/763542701065540
Librarians! The Library Love Fest team is LIVE. Join us as we catch up, chat books, upcoming events, and more!
LLF welcomes emily m. danforth, author of PLAIN BAD HEROINES! About PLAIN BAD HEROINES: THE FAVOURITE meets THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE in this highly imaginative and original highbrow horror-comedy centered around a cursed New England boarding school for girls, a wickedly whimsical celebration of the art of storytelling, sapphic love, and the rebellious female spirit—and the highly-anticipated adult debut from the award-winning author of THE MISEDUCATION OF CAMERON POST. Purchase your copy of PLAIN BAD HEROINES (on sale 10/20): https://www.harpercollins.com/products/plain-bad-heroines-emily-m-danforth
LLF was thrilled to welcome Alyssa Cole, acclaimed author of WHEN NO ONE IS WATCHING, who was in conversation with her editor Erica Tsang. About WHEN NO ONE IS WATCHING by Alyssa Cole: REAR WINDOW meets GET OUT in this gripping thriller from a critically acclaimed and New York Times Notable author, in which the gentrification of a Brooklyn neighborhood takes on a sinister new meaning… Purchase your copy of WHEN NO ONE IS WATCHING (on sale 9/1): https://www.harpercollins.com/products/when-no-one-is-watching-alyssa-cole
On this episode of DOOR TO DOOR, we are thrilled to welcome authors Diane Cook / THE NEW WILDERNESS and Jonathan Lethem / THE ARREST. Fans of speculative fiction, sci fi, and literary fiction, this one is for you!
Bestselling mystery author Sophie Hannah was live with the HarperCollins Library Marketing Team to discuss her latest Hercule Poirot / Agatha Christie novel THE KILLINGS AT KINGFISHER HILL (on sale 9/15)! Tune in and watch now! @OfficialAgathaChristie