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Beyond what you read with your book group for discussions, do you spend time during your meetings just talking about books you love?

March 1, 2011, 460 voters

February 28, 2011

David Vann: Genesis

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David Vann, author of the critically acclaimed  Legend of a Suicide talks about the glacial walk that inspired his latest novel Caribou Island, which is in stores now.

—Australian Book Review

Interview: Paula McLain, author of The Paris Wife

Feb 25, 2011

A writer, a poet and a much-praised memoirist, Paula McLain is trying her hand at historical fiction with her second novel,THE PARIS WIFE, which follows the ill-fated love affair of Ernest Hemingway and his first wife, Hadley Richardson.

—Richard Russo, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of EMPIRE FALLS and NOBODY'S FOOL

—Booklist

—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

—The Age

Author Paula McLain blends fact with fiction in her ambitious novel The Paris Wife as she recreates Jazz-era Paris and the little-known courtship, marriage and unraveling of Ernest Hemingway and his first wife, Hadley Richardson. The second part of this interview will run Thursday, March 3rd. The Paris Wife is in stores now.
February 23, 2011

An Interview with Karen Russell, Author of SWAMPLANDIA!

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Karen Russell captured the book world's attention with her story collection, St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves, when it was published while still in her early 20s. Now she returns with her long-awaited novel, Swamplandia! (in stores now).