BIC: Can you speak to how your story is particularly relevant to the Campus and Community Reads audiences? HW: I describe my final breaking point with Ryland, when he breaks down after years of trying to tell me that he is a boy. I describe those moments when he says, “I will wait for the […]
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Now in its 21st year, Highland Park Literary Festival is a seasoned community event, but brand new to working with Books In Common. We reached out to the event organizers to speak a bit about how working with BIC has helped them reach their goals.
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Once a college admissions officer, author Rachel Toor brings us a new perspective on what is an increasingly high-stress, do-or-die mission for teenagers. When an unexpected failure in the college admissions race derails one high school senior’s plans, she learns to find fulfillment — not in competition and rankings, but in relationships, running, and becoming […]
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In her debut novel, After the Parade, she continues a slow revelation about how no matter where you settle in the world, where you came from is never far away. Ostlund’s open-hearted contemplation of how we grow up and move on is written with wit and bursting with vitality.
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In preparation for what will certainly be an emotionally charged African-American History Month (February 2017), consider these important author/speaker contributors to the black history conversation.
Read More » Hillary Jordan  Mudbound |  Marja Mills  The Mockingbird Next Door |  Ellen Urbani  Landfall |  Kathleen Grissom  Glory Over Everything |
 Khalil Gibran Muhammad  The Condemnation of Blackness |
In celebration of the National Parks Service’s 100th Anniversary (today!), the online book retailer Book Riot posted a list of “100 Must-Read Books About National Parks” which included six authors Books In Common regularly works with. These authors were also featured in our NPS Anniversary LitBit.
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Public speaker events are a perfect tool to help guide political conversations and encourage thoughtful and informed voting decisions. Here are our Top 5 Authors on Politics & Society for your upcoming Fall events.
Read More » Michael Hingson  Thunder Dog |  Jonathan Eig  The Birth of the Pill |  Naveed Jamali  How to Catch a Russian Spy |
Christina Baker Kline will be speaking at the Avalon Free Public Library on July 20th at 7 p.m. Stop by and here her share about ORPHAN TRAIN. Christina’s the best-selling author of ORPHAN TRAIN and will be speaking at Avalon Free Public Library as part of their annual author lecture series. This series brings in […]
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Congratulations to Heather Hansen on winning a 2016 Colorado Authors’ League Writing Award for PROPHETS AND MOGULS, RANGERS AND ROGUES, BISON AND BEARS: 100 YEARS OF THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE. Heather is a reporter based in Boulder, Colorado and has had her work published in many national publications. For her book, PROPHETS AND MOGULS, RANGERS […]
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Come see Ellen Urbani and hear about her novel, LANDFALL, at the Eugene Public Library on Saturday, June 4. Ellen Urbani is the author of the memoir, WHEN I WAS ELENA, and released her newest book, LANDFALL, a work of modern historical fiction, in 2015. LANDFALL, set in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, captures the […]
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