Matt de la Peña wrote a wonderful essay about a young man he encountered at a Texas junior high school and the impact literature and creativity has had on his life.
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Matt de la Peña Explains Literature Impacts
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A Sudden Light Chosen as #1 LibraryReads Pick for October 2014
LibraryReads announced that Garth Stein’s A SUDDEN LIGHT has been chosen as the #1 Pick of their monthly top ten must-reads list.
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BIC Book Reviews
Books In Common book reviews of A Sudden Light by Garth Stein and We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler.
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Author and Speaker Michael Hingson Inspires After Surviving 9/11 Attacks
Since 9/11, author Michael Hingson has devoted his life to inspiring and motivating others.
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Author Interview: Garth Stein
Garth Stein joined us for an interview about his Community Reads experiences and why both his bestselling book The Art of Racing in the Rain and his upcoming novel, “A Sudden Light”, work well for them. “A Sudden Light” will be released September 30th by Simon and Schuster.
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Mounting Literary Buzz for A Sudden Light by Garth Stein
Garth Stein’s highly anticipated novel A Sudden Light is drumming up accolades from a growing number of literary sources this fall.
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TV Interview with Christina Baker Kline
Christina Baker Kline took time from her busy schedule to be speak about her bestselling novel, Orphan Train, on a local TV station. She discussed how the story, research and characters came together to create Orphan Train.
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Matt de la Peña Connects with Young Adults
It takes one moment to conscientiously change the life of a young mind. Matt de la Peña, acclaimed Young Adult author, blogged about one of his experiences visiting a junior high school recently. He explained that while signing books for the students, he encountered a girl that appeared to have a difficult childhood.
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Author Interview: Maria E. Andreu
Maria E. Andreu took time to answer questions for Books In Common about her experiences as well as her book and the impact it has on readers.
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Astoria Details the Route to Pacific NW
Mutiny, death, paranoia, money, politics are just a few themes in Peter Stark’s latest book, Astoria. The story in this new non-fiction narrative details the project to set up a fur trading-post on the Pacific coast, initiated by John Jacob Astor and President Thomas Jefferson.
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