Author and speaker Paula Hawkins has captured thousands of fans with her first novel The Girl on the Train, a mystery thriller following the life of a heartbroken woman who lives vicariously through the couple she sees every morning on her train commute to work. Recently, sales of The Girl on the Train broke the Nielson’s BookScan hardcover […]
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Author and speaker Marja Mills was featured this week on the First Coast Connect podcast, part of the WJCT Public Broadcast in Jacksonville, Florida, to tell the story of how she met Harper Lee, the subject of her book The Mockingbird Next Door: Life with Harper Lee. Mockingbird is Mills’ first book and is an extremely rare […]
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13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened in Benghazi, the bestseller by author and speaker Mitchell Zuckoff based on the true events of September 11, is set to become a major motion picture directed by Michael Bay. This week, the official title and release date of the film were announced; it will hit […]
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After writing countless college essays for high school students over the years, Dave Eggers realized many soon-to-be college kids had no idea what was in store for them financially. He founded ScholarMatch in 2010, a nonprofit designed to match crowd-sourced donors with college students in need of financial aid. Eggers, bestselling author of The Circle and A Hologram […]
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In a recent interview, Ron Rash, author of New York Times bestselling novel The Cove, describes his proud heritage as a North Carolina native but his reluctance at being classified as “just” a regional author. “I’m very proud to be from this region,” he explains, “And I’m proud to be associated with so many great writers […]
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Emma Donoghue, bestselling author of Room, is writing a novel for young adults centered around the Lotterys, a large family living their quirky life in an old Victorian house. Scholastic is set to publish the novel, The Lotterys Plus One, in 2017. Room, Ms. Donoghue’s seventh novel, was an international bestseller and has earned dozens of awards in several countries, […]
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Author and speaker Jamie Ford‘s bestselling novel Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet was recently turned into a play by Annie Lareau of Seattle’s Book-It Repertory. When an old hotel in Seattle’s Japantown uncovers the long-forgotten belongings of Japanese families sent to internment camps, Henry Lee watches intently. Convinced he knows who one item belongs to, he […]
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In a recent Detroit Free Press article, author and speaker Mardi Jo Link talked about the importance of friendship and how it inspired her fifth book, The Drummond Girls: A Story of Fierce Friendship Beyond Time and Chance. The book, actually a memoir of Mardi’s own ladies-only weekends on Drummond Island, Michigan, is due to be […]
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Garth Stein, speaker and author of the bestselling novel The Art of Racing in the Rain, will speak at the Lopez Island Library on June 13, 2015 in Woodmen Hall. Garth’s visit, set up through the Friends of Lopez Library, will include a reading from his newest book, A Sudden Light. The story follows the unfolding secrets of […]
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When Books In Common/Terra Com was founded in 2001, Community Reading Programs as envisioned by pioneering Seattle Librarian Nancy Pearl were in their infancy. Since then, BIC has connected with thousands of literary programs across the globe, helping event planners as they face the sometimes daunting task of selecting the perfect book for their communities, partnering with the author, and ensuring that their specific goals are met and exceeded – year after year. We focus on these important programs because we passionately believe that building common ground around literature is one of the best ways to bridge the divide among race, religion, socio-economics, sexual orientation, politics, and cultural identities.
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