The script writer for Pakistani television series “Mena Naseeb” has been publicly accused of plagiarism by award-winning author Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni.
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Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s Sister of My Heart at Center of Plagiarism Scandal
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Garth Stein’s The Art of Racing in The Rain Banned in TX School District
A Dallas, TX, school district banned 8 books last week including Garth Stein’s The Art of Racing in the Rain, a touching story about love, resilience, and race car driving that is narrated by a dog named Enzo.
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Recent BIC Events
Recent events coordinated through Books In Common. Garth Stein, Christina Baker Kline, Charlotte Rogan and Mardi Jo Link participated in Literary and events recently.
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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 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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Sonia Nazario on Jon Stewart
Sonia Nazario, author of Enrique’s Journey, discusses the refugee crisis with Jon Stewart.
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Sonia Nazario Speaks on Capitol Hill
Sonia Nazario, author of Enrique’s Journey, spoke on Capitol Hill about the situation children face in countries such as Honduras. She describes what she witnessed and learned from the people living in this dangerous country and urges the US government to change the processing of these children from illegal immigrants to refugees.
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