Several alerts for following days: 1. In Medina, Ohio: Monday at the Medina County District Library, Buckeye branch, 6625 Wolff Road, Medina. Classic & Contemporary Book Club March 15, 6 p.m. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte.2. In Roseland, New Jersey Roseland Public Library 20 Roseland Avenue, Roseland NJ March 16 – Jane Eyre, film and book discussion, at noon and 7 p.m. (Source: T...

The Book Club is reading “Drive,” by Daniel H. Pink, in March. Share your thoughts in the comments or join our ongoing conversation in the open thread. One of the interesting implications of Pink’s argument...

Ian McEwan on his new novel, "Solar," and where he falls in the climate-change debate. Can joining a book club and reading Tolstoy help doctors empathize with their patients? Get your library in order with...

Isn't it frustrating when you've just started the first few chapters of a new book, one that has you gripped after only several pages, and then all of a sudden you have to put it down? Maybe it's because you were on a First Capital Connect train earlier this week, and you finished reading one of the 32-page free book samples that were handed out to commuters.

A standing-room only crowd packed the Copper Tavern in Manhattan earlier this week for the first mediabistro.com Book Club. The four featured writers pictured above read excerpts from their books and offered one-on-one advice to aspiring authors in the audience. From left to right, the authors were: An Irreverent Curiosity author David Farely, Cemetery Road author Gar Anthony Haywood, Getting In a...

I am always looking for ways to promote the books I love and also talk about the books I love. Guess what? Kate (the Quirky Redhead) is too! Therefore we are going to have a Facebook book club for one of our favorite books from last year, The Fiddler's Gun by Pete Peterson. Here are all the details. It would mean so much to both of us if you would join our super fantastic book club. We'r...

The Local News by Miriam Gershow is out in paperback! I read and reviewed Miriam's novel when it was first out in hardcover and really enjoyed it (my review here). It's an emotional story of a girl coming of age at a time of tragedy in her family. I think it's a novel that would appeal to many and would also be a great novel to consider for your book clubs. Here's a bit about t...

The Year of Fog by Michelle Richmond My rating: 3 of 5 stars This is my in-person book club's pick for March. I actually think it will make for a really good discussion. (Oh, I would LOVE to talk to someone about how it ended!) Abby Mason loses her fiancee's daughter while walking on a foggy San Francisco beach. This book chronicles the year that follows. Abby never gives up her hope of ...

You can read all the publishing blogs in the world, but nothing beats a conversation with a published author--real-world interaction and publishing experience will always trump the glowing computer monitor. In an ongoing effort to build community among readers, writers, and publishing types in real life, we are hosting the inaugural mediabistro.com Book Club tomorrow night. The night will feature ...

The current featured contributor at Writers Read: Joanna Smith Rakoff, author of the novel A Fortunate Age, which was a New York Times Editors' Pick, a winner of the Elle Readers' Prize, a selection of Barnes and Noble's First Look Book Club, an IndieNext pick, and a San Francisco Chronicle bestseller.Her entry begins:Right now, I’m reading Meghan Daum’s deeply brilliant memoir, Life Would Be