Long Beach Reads One Book is preparing for this year’s visit with Garth Stein, author of the New York Times bestselling novel The Art of Racing in the Rain. In the run-up to this year’s marquee author visit, the mayor announced The Art of Racing in the Rain with canine commentator Daisy. Catch it here. […]
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The Gypsy Rose Lee Awards celebrate Seattle theater achievements. David Hogan, who starred as Enzo in the Book-It Repertory Theatre’s adaptation of The Art of Racing in the Rain, won the award for best lead actor. The Art of Racing in the Rain is the New York Times bestselling novel of Garth Stein, one of […]
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Author Andrew McCarthy shared some insights about traveling, personal growth, and fear with the Los Angeles Times. The Longest Way Home, Andrew McCarthy’s memoir, explores how he used traveling to spur his own personal growth. Andrew McCarthy also shares his travels as a popular speaker at libraries around the US.
Read More »“It has to be the connection that happens with the people,” says author and actor, Andrew McCarthy, explaining what he enjoys most about meeting his readers when he does literary events. “When I’m telling a story and I see the heads begin to nod, that identification is a really satisfying thing. You sit in a room alone for a year, spilling your guts onto the page, then the book goes out into the world. It’s nice to know it’s been received.”
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Many Community Reads Programs select books about characters who live far different lives from most of their readers. National bestseller, Enrique’s Journey, a nonfiction account of a young Honduran boy setting out to find his mother in America, is one such book. Enrique’s Journey has already been selected by 58 universities and scores of high schools as a Freshman/All Campus Reads. It’s been adopted by nine cities as a “One City, One Book” selection. Pulitzer Prize winner, Sonia Nazario, answered a few questions for us about her book and its impact on communities throughout the US.
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For the past few months, one of our favorite titles for Campus/Freshman Reads programs, as well as One City, One Book events, has been Reyna Grande’s, The Distance Between Us. This is Reyna’s third published work, and though she’s a well-known and highly regarded Latina author, her work hasn’t gotten the broader attention we think it deserves. But that’s about to change with the recent announcement of this year’s shortlist for the National National Book Critics Circle Awards, which includes, The Distance Between Us.
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The school newspaper for Stanwood High School reported on a visit with Garth Stein, whose New York Times bestselling novel The Art of Racing in the Rain was selected for this year’s Stanwood-Camano Together We Read. Garth Stein visited both the school and the local library for speaking engagements. At the high school, Garth Stein […]
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Vote for the Garfield High School’s Follet Challenge video! Hosting Jamie Ford, author of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, as part of their One Book One School initiative inspired the Garfield High School to continue developing this program for their students. In addition to providing copies of Hotel on the Corner of […]
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In January, Andrew McCarthy visited the New York Times Travel Show to speak about his new memoir, The Longest Way Home: One Man’s Quest for the Courage to Settle Down. Not only is Andrew McCarthy the actor best known for the movies Pretty in Pink and St. Elmo’s Fire, he’s also a travel writer and […]
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Garth Stein enjoyed his visit to Stanwood-Camano Together We Read, which chose Garth’s third novel The Art of Racing in the Rain and hosted him for a speaking engagement. One hundred and fifty people showed up to hear Garth Stein speak about his New York Times bestselling novel. Garth Stein also visited Stanwood High school […]
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