Maribel Garcia – Book Club Babble

Coming in SEPTEMBER: Demystifying Diversity Podcast by author/journalist Daralyse Lyons and AnnMarie Jones

Equity and Inclusion, Literary Lagniappe, podcasts

What if you had the opportunity to hear compelling firsthand accounts about the often life-or-death stakes of unchecked biases and bigotry? Would you listen? Biracial journalist Daralyse Lyons has interviewe... Read More...

INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORE DAY READING (ONLINE)

Maribel Garcia

Independent Bookstores, Literary Lagniappe, Online Events

INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORE DAY READING (ONLINE) Join one of Philadelphia's newest Independent Bookstore for an evening celebrating Independent Bookstore Day and local Philadelphi... Read More...

IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards – The Show Must Go On… Virtually!

Maribel Garcia

Book Awards

Greetings from Book Club Babble! We wanted to both congratulate this year's winners of the IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards and keep our readers updated on next week's ceremony. We have asked Christopher Locke, E... Read More...

5 Tips for Authors to Promote during COVID-19

Maribel Garcia

on Books, on Publishing, Writing during the Covid-19 Crisis

Today is World Book Day and the good folks at PR by the Book would like to share these five tips for authors to promote their book during COVID-19. They are also doing their part to promote a digital learning... Read More...

Las Comadres para las Americas connects Latinas around the World through the love for literature…

Maribel Garcia

Literary Lagniappe

Now Comadres para las Americas wants you to know about the Lideramos Fellowship! LIDERAMOS is offering eight Fellowships to Latino leadership program directors, staff, and alumni in 2020 ... Read More...

Finding Strength in Susceptibility by REBECCA FAYE SMITH GALLI

Maribel Garcia

Writing during the Covid-19 Crisis

Across the globe, a coronavirus culture is emerging, and forcing us all to adapt to a new normal. Here at Book Club Babble we send nothing but good thoughts, shine and healthy vibes out to our readers. We also... Read More...

Calling all Authors: AuthorBuzz and BookMovement Can Help You Connect!

Maribel Garcia

Book Club Profiles, Book Club Questions, on Books, on Publishing, Product Reviews

Recently, M.J. Rose of AuthorBuzz shared the following letter from Pauline Hubert, Founder of BookMovement. She answers the question: What Do Book Clubs Want Right Now? Dear Authors & Publishers-... Read More...

Super Humans, Suspense, and Intrigue: An interview with A.M. Wilhelm about her recent thriller Brainstorm

Maribel Garcia

Interviews

In A.M. Wilhelm's debut thriller Brainstorm, we first learn about Melissa, a mother in search of the child she once dropped off at the Sunshine Children's Home in D.C. eight years ago. When she discovers that t... Read More...

A Novel Idea and a Labor of Love: The Story of a South Philly Bookstore

Maribel Garcia

Interviews, Literary Lagniappe, on Books, on Reading

Maribel Garcia: You two have a very special story. Can you tell us how two newly-weds, working multiple jobs decided to get into the bookselling business and acquired their own store? Christina and Alex: The... Read More...

Daralyse Lyons, author of Yoga Cocaine, on Memoir Writing

Maribel Garcia

Interviews, Literary Lagniappe, Memoir, on Creativity, on Writing

I never expected to make the transition to writing memoir. As a long-time novelist, I was used to fabricating stories – as opposed to recounting them. But then I realized that the most memorable, most “true,”... Read More...

Unearthing The Lion Trees' Roots, an interview with Owen Thomas

A Spell for Trouble – Interview with Esme Addison

Gravity is Heartless

Welcome to the Chocoverse! An Interview with Amber Royer

Author Spotlight – John Jackson Miller

Indie Spotlight – Michael C. Bland – The Price of Safety

Interview with Christine Meade on her novel, The Way You Burn

Unearthing The Lion Trees' Roots, an interview with Owen Thomas

A Spell for Trouble – Interview with Esme Addison

Welcome to the Chocoverse! An Interview with Amber Royer

Author Spotlight – John Jackson Miller

Fantasy at its Finest! Melissa Caruso’s The Obsidian Tower

Educated by Tara Westover

Best of 2019 – Our Favorite Reads!

Outlander: Ready for Season 2

Up for a Russia Spy Thriller Not on the Nightly News? Try Red Sparrow

Does the movie version of The Glass Castle hold up?

Is Everything, Everything Worth Watching?

Looking for an Adult Adventure Movie? Try The Lost City of Z

Lauren Oliver’s YA hit, Before I Fall, Hits the Silver Screen. Is it Worth Watching?

Fences: From Playwright to Screenplay

Why Read? My Top Eight Reasons

Coming in SEPTEMBER: Demystifying Diversity Podcast by author/journalist Daralyse Lyons and AnnMarie Jones

INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORE DAY READING (ONLINE)

5 Tips for Authors to Promote during COVID-19

Coming in SEPTEMBER: Demystifying Diversity Podcast by author/journalist Daralyse Lyons and AnnMarie Jones

INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORE DAY READING (ONLINE)

IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards – The Show Must Go On… Virtually!

5 Tips for Authors to Promote during COVID-19

Las Comadres para las Americas connects Latinas around the World through the love for literature…

Finding Strength in Susceptibility by REBECCA FAYE SMITH GALLI

Calling all Authors: AuthorBuzz and BookMovement Can Help You Connect!

Super Humans, Suspense, and Intrigue: An interview with A.M. Wilhelm about her recent thriller Brainstorm

A Novel Idea and a Labor of Love: The Story of a South Philly Bookstore

Daralyse Lyons, author of Yoga Cocaine, on Memoir Writing

Author Maribel Garcia