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SUMMARY:Interviewology: a virtual Strategies for Success Adventure with CEO\, Author\, and Career Influencer Anna Papalia
DESCRIPTION:About the Virtual Adventure\n\nFor over 13 years\, Adventures by the Book has been offering our signature one-of-a-kind\, multi-sensorial events and travels with authors. That’s because when it comes to connecting people and communities with books\, we mean business! \nAnd now\, we are taking that mission quite literally and are thrilled to welcome you to join the next in our new Adventures by the Book Means Business series\, offering you the opportunity to meet some of the greatest minds in the business world. \n \nAnd speaking of the greatest minds in business\, we invite you to meet Anna Papalia\, career influencer and CEO of Interviewology\, on the Strategies for Success (SFS) Network\, presented by MasterClass\, on Fireside. Anna will be joined in conversation on the virtual Fireside platform with SFS founders and hosts Falon Fatemi and Greg McBeth\, as this brilliant trio discuss Anna’s new book\, Interviewology: The New Science of Interviewing\, a groundbreaking guide to mastering the job interviews. \nRegistration\nRegister for free\, or if you want the VIP treatment which allows you the exclusive opportunity to chat or ask questions live with Anna\, Greg\, and Falon during the program (as well as with future high profile speakers and authors)\, including coaching and giveaways and much more\, check out their exciting SFS Network membership plan. \nWhile this Adventure is free\, you can purchase a hardcover copy of Interviewology below\, to be shipped to you within the U.S. \n\n\nAbout the Author and Book\n \nAnna Papalia is the CEO of Interviewology\, a keynote speaker\, and a career influencer with over 1.5 million followers across social media platforms.  She has worked with large companies\, such as Cigna and Lincoln Financial\, and taught at Temple University’s Fox School of Business for 12 years\, where she collected research and discovered the four interview styles. \nAs a former Director of Talent Acquisition turned career coach\, she has vast experience on both sides of the interview table and knows what it takes to interview better. She has advised more than 10\,000 clients\, helping students\, entrepreneurs\, senior executives\, and job seekers in all industries\, and taught hundreds of corporate training sessions dedicated to training hiring managers how to interview. Nominated for HR Person of the Year in 2020\, she is also a public speaker at the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and DisruptHR\, and is a highly sought-after thought leader on all things interviewing. \nIn her new book\, Interviewology: The New Science of Interviewing\, Anna offers proven advice and techniques to discover your unique interview style that is key to interviewing better—for those on either side of the table. Packed with wisdom\, this book gives clarity and a dynamic\, scientifically validated approach that challenges everything you thought you knew about interviewing\, providing unique insight into the process\, debunking some of the most common myths\, and explaining how you can perform better\, whether you’re applying for the job or looking for the right candidate. \nGoing beyond generic advice that isn’t useful in the real world—such as memorizing rote answers or strict guidelines—Interviewology is a revolutionary approach that focuses on self-awareness—and how to develop it—to help everyone master their own unique interview style. It’s about the power of knowing yourself and how that insight can lead to a more successful career and life. \n  \n\n\nAbout the Moderators and SFS Network\n\n\n \nWith the SFS Network\, serial entrepreneurs and husband and wife team Greg McBeth and Falon Fatemi are bringing together leaders with expertise across life\, love\, and business\, in order to discuss and learn what it takes to find success in all three areas. \nConversations are interactive and explore personal successes and failures\, including from Greg and Falon’s own lives\, and deep dive into the skills and habits required to achieve consistent success. Join this first-of-its-kind community to connect and win together. \nGreg and Falon are both serial entrepreneurs and CEO’s (of Melier and Fireside\, respectively)\, who have held leadership roles at companies ranging from early startups to Fortune 100’s. Collectively\, they have raised more than $100 million in venture funding across AI\, B2B\, Consumer Software\, Media\, and Food and Hospitality\, and helped grow billion dollar private and public companies. \nThey’ve also hired and led teams of world-class operators\, generated hundreds of million in revenue for businesses\, sold companies\, and even had a hand at making a few marriages. \nGreg and Falon have been married for over eight years. Today\, their marriage is stronger than ever and they are expecting their first child. They currently split their time between Napa Valley and Miami. \n\n\nAbout Fireside\nFireside is the exclusive\, invite-only new podcast platform for the next generation – a socially responsible space for us to come together in real-time to collaborate and create meaningful conversations. Together\, we will engage in discussion\, debate\, and discourse in a public forum and make it a thing of celebration and beauty. We are ready to share our microphone with you and hope you’ll join us as we collaborate in the world’s most dynamic auditorium.
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SUMMARY:Turnaround Time: a virtual Strategies for Success Adventure with Former United Airlines CEO Oscar Munoz
DESCRIPTION:About the Event\nFor over 13 years\, Adventures by the Book has been offering our signature one-of-a-kind\, multi-sensorial events and travels with authors. That’s because when it comes to connecting people and communities with books\, we mean business! \nAnd now\, we are taking that mission quite literally and are thrilled to welcome you to join the next in our new Adventures by the Book Means Business series\, offering you the opportunity to meet some of the greatest minds in the business world. \n \nAnd speaking of the greatest minds in business\, we invite you to meet Oscar Munoz\, former United Airlines CEO\, on the Strategies for Success (SFS) Network\, presented by MasterClass. Oscar will be joined in conversation on the virtual Fireside platform with SFS founders and hosts Falon Fatemi and Greg McBeth\, as this brilliant trio discusses Oscar’s new book\, Turnaround Time: Uniting an Airline and Its Employees in the Friendly Skies\, a Wall Street Journal bestseller that offers a behind-the-scenes look at how Oscar led United Airlines’ remarkable turnaround. \n\nRegistration\nRegister for free\, or if you want the VIP treatment which allows you the exclusive opportunity to chat or ask questions live with Oscar\, Greg\, and Falon during the program (as well as with future high profile speakers and authors)\, including coaching and giveaways and much more\, check out their exciting SFS Network membership plan. \nWhile this Adventure is free\, you can purchase a hardcover copy of Turnaround Time below\, to be shipped to you within the U.S. \n\n\nAbout the Author and Book\n \nOscar Munoz took the helm of a United that was flying through very turbulent skies\, and was anything but United. \nA stalled merger\, dismal operational and financial performance\, tortured labor relations and rock-bottom customer satisfaction and employee morale meant United was in freefall. \n\n\nWithin five years\, United was flying high\, achieving top-tier reliability and profits\, winning back customer loyalty\, and earning the praise of each of its major union leaders. Most importantly\, frontline employees were finally flying together as a team\, after the turmoil of a merger that finally was ratified eight years to the day after it was begun. \nOscar credits his employees for pulling off the airline comeback story of all time\, and it began with a Wall Street-defying strategy to put employees first\, as the foundation of rebuilding. \n\n\n\n\nBehind the scenes\, another personal drama was unfolding. On Day 37 of his tenure\, he suffered a massive heart attack. He woke from a coma only to fight for his job\, fend off a proxy battle from activist investors\, manage PR crises\, all while learning the three-dimensional chess game that is required to obtain a heart transplant. \nAs CEO\, then Chairman\, he also led negotiations for the CARES Act\, and helped marshal the airline sector response to Covid. \n\n\n\n\n\nToday\, Oscar remains beloved by the rank-and-file of United Airlines for his authenticity\, faith in his employees\, and for turning the company around by creating a New Spirit of United. \nIn his new book\, he provides the details of his incredible story. \n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\nAbout the Moderators and SFS Network\n\n\nWith the SFS Network\, serial entrepreneurs and husband and wife team Greg McBeth and Falon Fatemi are bringing together leaders with expertise across life\, love\, and business\, in order to discuss and learn what it takes to find success in all three areas. \nConversations are interactive and explore personal successes and failures\, including from Greg and Falon’s own lives\, and deep dive into the skills and habits required to achieve consistent success. Join this first-of-its-kind community to connect and win together. \nGreg and Falon are both serial entrepreneurs and CEO’s (of Melier and Fireside\, respectively)\, who have held leadership roles at companies ranging from early startups to Fortune 100’s. Collectively\, they have raised more than $100 million in venture funding across AI\, B2B\, Consumer Software\, Media\, and Food and Hospitality\, and helped grow billion dollar private and public companies. \nThey’ve also hired and led teams of world-class operators\, generated hundreds of million in revenue for businesses\, sold companies\, and even had a hand at making a few marriages. \nGreg and Falon have been married for over eight years. Today\, their marriage is stronger than ever and they just had their first child. They currently split their time between Napa Valley and Miami. \n\n\n\nAbout Fireside\nFireside is the exclusive\, invite-only new podcast platform for the next generation – a socially responsible space for us to come together in real-time to collaborate and create meaningful conversations. Together\, we will engage in discussion\, debate\, and discourse in a public forum and make it a thing of celebration and beauty. We are ready to share our microphone with you and hope you’ll join us as we collaborate in the world’s most dynamic auditorium.
URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/oscar-munoz-1-18-24/
CATEGORIES:Event,Fireside Chat,Virtual Adventure
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SUMMARY:Moonshot: a virtual Strategies for Success Adventure featuring astronaut and author Mike Massimino in conversation with Fireside CEO Falon Fatemi and Melier CEO Greg McBeth
DESCRIPTION:About the Adventure\n\nFor over 13 years\, Adventures by the Book has been offering our signature one-of-a-kind\, multi-sensorial events and travels with authors. That’s because when it comes to connecting people and communities with books\, we mean business! \nAnd now\, we are taking that mission quite literally and are thrilled to welcome you to join the next in our new Adventures by the Book Means Business series\, offering you the opportunity to meet some of the greatest minds in the business world. \n \nAnd speaking of the greatest minds in business\, we invite you to meet Mike Massimino\, astronaut\, author\, and podcast host\, on the Strategies for Success (SFS) Network presented by Master Class on Fireside. Mike will be joined in conversation with SFS founders and hosts Falon Fatemi and Greg McBeth\, as this brilliant trio discuss Mike’s new book\, Moonshot. Learn how Mike achieved unparalleled business growth and success\, and how you can too\, particularly for start-ups. \nRegistration\nRegister for free\, or if you want the VIP treatment which allows you the exclusive opportunity to chat or ask questions live with Mike\, Greg\, and Falon during the program (as well as with future high profile speakers and authors)\, including coaching and giveaways and much more\, check out their exciting SFS Network membership plan. \nWhile this Adventure is free\, you can purchase a paperback copy of Moonshot below\, to be shipped to you within the U.S. \n\n\nAbout the Author and Book\n\n\n \nMike Massimino\, a former NASA astronaut\, is a professor of mechanical engineering at Columbia University and the senior advisor for space programs at the Intrepid Sea\, Air & Space Museum. He received a BS from Columbia University\, and MS degrees in mechanical engineering and in technology and policy\, as well as a PhD in mechanical engineering\, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. \nAfter working as an engineer at IBM\, NASA\, and McDonnell Douglas Aerospace\, along with academic appointments at Rice University and at the Georgia Institute of Technology\, Mike was selected as an astronaut by NASA in 1996\, and is the veteran of two space flights\, the fourth and fifth Hubble Space Telescope servicing missions in 2002 and 2009. Mike has a team record for the number of hours spacewalking in a single space shuttle mission\, and he was also the first person to tweet from space. During his NASA career he received two NASA Space Flight Medals\, the NASA Distinguished Service Medal\, the American Astronautical Society’s Flight Achievement Award\, and the Star of Italian Solidarity. \nMike has made numerous television appearances\, including a six-time recurring role as himself on the CBS hit comedy The Big Bang Theory. He has hosted Science Channel’s The Planets and its special Great American Eclipse. He is featured in National Geographic Channel’s series One Strange Rock and is the host for Science Channel’s series The Planets and Beyond. He is a frequent guest on television news and talk show programs\, including NBC’s Today Show\, ABC’s Good Morning America\, and CNN. He has also appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman and the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson\, and on StarTalk radio and television shows. \nIn his new book\, Moonshot\, the former NASA Astronaut outlines his mindset to solve problems\, provide leadership in the face of adversity\, and never give up when pursuing your wildest ambitions. \nMike Massimino achieved his dream of exploring space. Now he distills stories and insights from NASA into an actionable guide to accomplish your biggest goals. Mike reveals how to make possible the seemingly impossible—on Earth. Written with characteristic wit and a big heart\, Mike identifies ten hard-earned lessons of spaceflight and his other life experiences\, including \n\n\n\nAbout the Moderators and SFS Network\n\n\n \nWith the SFS Network\, serial entrepreneurs and husband and wife team Greg McBeth and Falon Fatemi are bringing together leaders with expertise across life\, love\, and business\, in order to discuss and learn what it takes to find success in all three areas. \nConversations are interactive and explore personal successes and failures\, including from Greg and Falon’s own lives\, and deep dive into the skills and habits required to achieve consistent success. Join this first-of-its-kind community to connect and win together. \nGreg and Falon are both serial entrepreneurs and CEO’s (of Melier and Fireside\, respectively)\, who have held leadership roles at companies ranging from early startups to Fortune 100’s. Collectively\, they have raised more than $100 million in venture funding across AI\, B2B\, Consumer Software\, Media\, and Food and Hospitality\, and helped grow billion dollar private and public companies. \nThey’ve also hired and led teams of world-class operators\, generated hundreds of million in revenue for businesses\, sold companies\, and even had a hand at making a few marriages. \nGreg and Falon have been married for over eight years. Today\, their marriage is stronger than ever and they are expecting their first child. They currently split their time between Napa Valley and Miami. \n\n  \n\nAbout Fireside\nFireside is the exclusive\, invite-only new podcast platform for the next generation – a socially responsible space for us to come together in real-time to collaborate and create meaningful conversations. Together\, we will engage in discussion\, debate\, and discourse in a public forum and make it a thing of celebration and beauty. We are ready to share our microphone with you and hope you’ll join us as we collaborate in the world’s most dynamic auditorium.
URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/mike-massimino-12-7-23/
CATEGORIES:ABTB Means Business,Event,Fireside Chat
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SUMMARY:Audiobook Narrators\, Authors\, and Production: a Virtual Fireside Adventure series featuring (Episode 4 - Diversity in Audio Books) Ronnie Butler\, Gabra Zackman and Emily Woo Zeller
DESCRIPTION:About the Fireside Series\nTwenty years ago\, Amazon developed its first idea of an audiobook player. Today\, on Audible alone\, there are over 200\,000 titles available to enjoy in audiobook format\, and the audiobook narrator business is thriving and includes a host of impressive talents. However\, how many of you have ever interacted live with an audiobook narrator to meet them face to face\, ask questions about the books they read\, the authors with whom they work\, and how the industry works? If you’re like most of us\, probably hardly anyone. \nThanks to our new 5 part free Fireside virtual series\, Audiobook Narrators\, Authors\, and Production\, you will have a chance to meet some of the nation’s best audiobook narrators and learn about the industry that has taken books to a new level. Just in time to celebrate the annual Audies Awards (March 28)\, join us for this exciting 5 part series in which you will meet over a dozen prestigious\, fan-favorite\, and award-winning narrators\, authors\, and producers\, whose voices you have likely heard. \nEach week\, Adventures by the Book founder Susan McBeth will chat live with different speakers to discuss their audio book(s) on the innovative interactive storytelling platform\, Fireside\, that allows you to join the conversation live. \nTo join all (or part) of this series on Fireside\, simply select the Audiobook Series Registration option below. Prior to the event\, we will send you a private VIP link to attend the virtual event. If you have an iPhone or iPad\, you can be part of the virtual audience to chat live with the authors. With other devices\, you can still listen live to the broadcast HERE. \n\nUpcoming Series Schedule\n\nPART 4 (Diversity in Audio Books) – featuring Ronnie Butler\, Gabra Zackman\, Emily Woo Zeller: Thursday\, March 23\, 2023\, 4:00pmPacific/7:00pm Eastern\n\n\nPART 5 (TikTok for Books) – featuring Nancy Peterson\, Kelsey Navarro: Thursday\, March 30 2023\, 4:00pmPacific/7:00pm Eastern\n\n  \n  \n\nAbout the Speakers\n\nPART 4 – Diversity in Audio Books\n\n \nRon Butler is a Los Angeles-based actor with credits in film\, theater\, and television. As an audiobook narrator\, he’s received two Audie nominations and won eight AudioFile magazine Earphones Awards. He is a member of the Atlantic Theater Company and an IFP award-winner for his work in the HBO film Everyday People. Originally from the Bahamas\, he grew up singing calypso onstage with his father before touring (and recording) in Europe with his own jazz band. He has written\, produced\, and directed short films and independent features\, and currently has several audio dramas and television scripts in development. \n\n  \n \nGabra Zackman has been in the audiobook business for over 15 years\, beginning when they were still called “Books on Tape.”  To date\, she has recorded over 500 audiobooks in all genres. She’s an Audie and Earphones award-winning narrator who is equally at home recording romance\, memoir\, sci-fi\, and fantasy. She works in a home studio as well as studios all over New York City. Gabra is sometimes referred to by the handle “Audiobook Goddess.” \n  \n \nEmily Woo Zeller is an American voice actress and audio book narrator. She voices Panam Palmer in CD Projekt Red’s 2020 videogame Cyberpunk 2077. In the Star Wars canon\, she is Dr. Aphra in the audio drama Dr. Aphra and narrated in the 2020 audio production of FROM A CERTAIN POINT OF VIEW: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK. \n  \nPART 5 – TikTok for Books\n \nNancy Peterson\, winner of the prestigious Audio Publishers Association Audie Award\, is a veteran actor and voice-over artist. Nancy has a penchant for dialects\, diving deep into the study of language. Her narration style\, summed up by AudioFile magazine\, “creates the sense of listening to a play instead of a straightforward reading.” She began her narrating career with petty theft. As a precocious eleven-year-old\, the allure of her dad’s brand-new cassette recorder she was strictly forbidden to touch\, was too tempting to bear. With an Encyclopedia Brown paperback and the recorder\, she began a journey she continues to love. \n  \n \nKelsey Navarro grew up in Las Vegas with a background in film\, singing\, and acting. She narrates anything from self-help to erotica. In her spare time\, she reads voraciously and enjoys listening to a good podcast or audiobook. She worked in management for over nine years and nerds out over personal development\, superheroes\, and really great food. \n\n\n\nAbout Fireside\nFireside is the new podcast platform founded by billionaire entrepreneur and Shark Tank TV star\, Mark Cuban\, and Falon Fatemi\, former CEO and Founder of Node.ai. This innovative\, technological format allows YOU to actively participate in live discussions\, debates and meaningful conversations. \nAdventures by the Book\, as one of many content creators\, hosts a literary series that includes regular book discussions\, author talks\, book clubs\, special presentations\, and much more. \n \n\nSave
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SUMMARY:Audiobook Narrators\, Authors\, and Production: a Virtual Fireside Adventure series featuring (Episode 3 - TikTok Sells Books) Jayne Rylon and Lila Dubois
DESCRIPTION:About the Fireside Series\nTwenty years ago\, Amazon developed its first idea of an audiobook player. Today\, on Audible alone\, there are over 200\,000 titles available to enjoy in audiobook format\, and the audiobook narrator business is thriving and includes a host of impressive talents. However\, how many of you have ever interacted live with an audiobook narrator to meet them face to face\, ask questions about the books they read\, the authors with whom they work\, and how the industry works? If you’re like most of us\, probably hardly anyone. \nThanks to our new 5 part free Fireside virtual series\, Audiobook Narrators\, Authors\, and Production\, you will have a chance to meet some of the nation’s best audiobook narrators and learn about the industry that has taken books to a new level. Just in time to celebrate the annual Audies Awards (March 28)\, join us for this exciting 5 part series in which you will meet over a dozen prestigious\, fan-favorite\, and award-winning narrators\, authors\, and producers\, whose voices you have likely heard. \nEach week\, Adventures by the Book founder Susan McBeth will chat live with different speakers to discuss their audio book(s) on the innovative interactive storytelling platform\, Fireside\, that allows you to join the conversation live. \nTo join all (or part) of this series on Fireside\, simply select the Audiobook Series Registration option below. Prior to the event\, we will send you a private VIP link to attend the virtual event. If you have an iPhone or iPad\, you can be part of the virtual audience to chat live with the authors. With other devices\, you can still listen live to the broadcast HERE. \n\nUpcoming Series Schedule\n\nPART 3 (TikTok Sells Books) – featuring Jayne Rylon\, Lila Dubois: Thursday\, March 16\, 2023\, 4:00pm/ Pacific7:00pm Eastern\n\n\nPART 4 (Diversity in Audio Books) – featuring Ronnie Butler\, Gabra Zackman\, Emily Woo Zeller: Thursday\, March 23\, 2023\, 4:00pmPacific/7:00pm Eastern\n\n\nPART 5 (TikTok for Books) – featuring Nancy Peterson\, Kelsey Navarro: Thursday\, March 30 2023\, 4:00pmPacific/7:00pm Eastern\n\n  \n  \n\nAbout the Speakers\n\nPART 3 – TikTok Sells Books\n\n \nJayne Rylon is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author\, who has sold more than two million copies of her books. She has received numerous industry awards including the Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice Award for Best Indie Erotic Romance and the Swirl Award\, which recognizes excellence in diverse romance. She is an Honor Roll member of the Romance Writers of America. Her stories used to begin as daydreams in seemingly endless business meetings\, but now she is a full time author\, who employs the skills she learned from her straight-laced corporate existence in the business of writing. She lives in Ohio with her husband\, the infamous Mr. Rylon\, and kittens they foster for a rescue organization. When she can escape her purple office\, she loves to travel the world\, avoid speeding tickets in her beloved Sky\, SCUBA dive\, and–of course–read. \n\n  \n \nLila Dubois is a multi-published\, bestselling author of erotic\, paranormal and fantasy romance. Her books have been nominated for many awards including RT Book Reviews Erotic Novella for Undone Rebel and the Golden Flogger. Having spent extensive time in France\, Egypt\, Turkey\, Ireland and England Lila speaks five languages\, none of them (including English) fluently. Lila lives in California with her own Irish Farm Boy and loves receiving email from readers. \n  \nPART 4 – Diversity in Audio Books\n\n \nRon Butler is a Los Angeles-based actor with credits in film\, theater\, and television. As an audiobook narrator\, he’s received two Audie nominations and won eight AudioFile magazine Earphones Awards. He is a member of the Atlantic Theater Company and an IFP award-winner for his work in the HBO film Everyday People. Originally from the Bahamas\, he grew up singing calypso onstage with his father before touring (and recording) in Europe with his own jazz band. He has written\, produced\, and directed short films and independent features\, and currently has several audio dramas and television scripts in development. \n\n  \n \nGabra Zackman has been in the audiobook business for over 15 years\, beginning when they were still called “Books on Tape.”  To date\, she has recorded over 500 audiobooks in all genres. She’s an Audie and Earphones award-winning narrator who is equally at home recording romance\, memoir\, sci-fi\, and fantasy. She works in a home studio as well as studios all over New York City. Gabra is sometimes referred to by the handle “Audiobook Goddess.” \n  \n \nEmily Woo Zeller is an American voice actress and audio book narrator. She voices Panam Palmer in CD Projekt Red’s 2020 videogame Cyberpunk 2077. In the Star Wars canon\, she is Dr. Aphra in the audio drama Dr. Aphra and narrated in the 2020 audio production of FROM A CERTAIN POINT OF VIEW: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK. \n  \nPART 5 – TikTok for Books\n \nNancy Peterson\, winner of the prestigious Audio Publishers Association Audie Award\, is a veteran actor and voice-over artist. Nancy has a penchant for dialects\, diving deep into the study of language. Her narration style\, summed up by AudioFile magazine\, “creates the sense of listening to a play instead of a straightforward reading.” She began her narrating career with petty theft. As a precocious eleven-year-old\, the allure of her dad’s brand-new cassette recorder she was strictly forbidden to touch\, was too tempting to bear. With an Encyclopedia Brown paperback and the recorder\, she began a journey she continues to love. \n  \n \nKelsey Navarro grew up in Las Vegas with a background in film\, singing\, and acting. She narrates anything from self-help to erotica. In her spare time\, she reads voraciously and enjoys listening to a good podcast or audiobook. She worked in management for over nine years and nerds out over personal development\, superheroes\, and really great food. \n\n\n\nAbout Fireside\nFireside is the new podcast platform founded by billionaire entrepreneur and Shark Tank TV star\, Mark Cuban\, and Falon Fatemi\, former CEO and Founder of Node.ai. This innovative\, technological format allows YOU to actively participate in live discussions\, debates and meaningful conversations. \nAdventures by the Book\, as one of many content creators\, hosts a literary series that includes regular book discussions\, author talks\, book clubs\, special presentations\, and much more. \n \n\nSave
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SUMMARY:Finding Your True Inner Voice: a Virtual Interactive Adventure with author\, Broadway singer and vocal coach to celebrities\, Mary Setrakian
DESCRIPTION:About the Event\n“When the whole world is silent\, even one voice becomes powerful.” – Malala Yousafzai \nHave you ever wondered how to find your own true voice? We can’t think of a better person to help guide you on that journey than renowned Master Voice Teacher Mary Setrakian\, the inspirational and respected vocal coach to Oscar\, Grammy\, and Emmy Award-winning artists\, Broadway stars\, as well as singers\, actors\, and music lovers around the world who simply love to sing. \nThe Mary Setrakian Method not only unlocks the potential of the voice\, but also frees the human spirit. Now Mary’s book\, SING\, Find Your True Voice\, breaks down the ten elements of her process\, The Revolutionary Send\, which connects voice technique with the emotional life. Mary’s students don’t just say their singing gets better– they say that working with Mary changes their life. \nMary joins Susan McBeth on Fireside on March 15 to talk about her book\, SING\, Find Your True Voice. Mary will share her techniques that empower and heal the voice\, as well as some of the stories about personally working with stars (like Nicole Kidman\, Mary J. Blige\, Kerry Washington\, James Gandolfini\, Bella Thorne)\, her students from around the world\, and even those who think they can’t carry a tune. \nNow\, with the interactive new functionality of the Fireside virtual platform\, YOU are invited and encouraged to participate live as she not only answers all of your singing questions\, but she will also diagnose your speaking voice on the spot! She’ll give you profound insights and help on how to find your true voice. \nEXCITING NEWS! The exciting new storytelling platform\, Fireside\, is now accessible and available on all devices. No app download is required and it is free to join. While the event is FREE\, registration below is required to send you the Fireside link to attend the virtual event. \nYour Adventure includes a live\, interactive Fireside chat with Mary Setrakian in conversation with Adventures by the Book’s owner and CEO\, followed by audience participation session in which Mary will diagnose your speaking voice on the spot! \n  \n\nAbout the Author and Book\n \n\nAs a Master Voice Teacher\, Mary Setrakian prepared Nicole Kidman for her Golden Globe Award winning and Oscar nominated performance in Baz Luhrmann’s Moulin Rouge. She has been the Master Voice Teacher to Grammy Award-winners Michael Bolton and Mary J. Blige\, Oscar winners Forest Whitaker and Kate Winslet\, Emmy Award-winner Kerry Washington\, as well as the stars of John Turturro’s musical movie Romance & Cigarettes\, including James Gandolfini\, Mandy Moore\, and Bobby Cannavale. Mary prepared Bella Thorne for her feature film singing debut in Midnight Sun. She was the vocal coach to Ben Daniels for his performance as Pontius Pilate in JC Superstar Live on NBC starring John Legend\, and has been Broadway star Sierra Boggess’ teacher since Sierra was seventeen years old. \nMary has been seen on Broadway in Hello\, Dolly! starring Carol Channing. She toured with the Broadway companies of The Phantom of the Opera\, Les Miserables\, Hello\, Dolly!\, Evita\, and was featured at Carnegie Hall in Jubilee directed by Herbert Ross. \nMary holds a Masters in Voice Performance with Distinction from the New England Conservatory\, and is a graduate of Stanford University in Music/Voice with Honors. She studied at the Tanglewood Music Festival with Phyllis Curtain\, and was a voice student of Joan Heller\, Mark Pearson\, Marie Gibson\, and Corinne Swall. She has studied acting with her mentor\, Susan Batson\, for over thirty years. \nTo purchase a copy of the Sing: Find Your True Voice\, click here. \n  \n\nAbout Fireside\nEXTRA! EXTRA! Fireside is now accessible on all platforms and no app downloading is required. Register below for the event\, and we’ll send you a link on how you can join in and interact live with our featured authors. \nFireside is the new podcast platform founded by billionaire entrepreneur and Shark Tank TV star\, Mark Cuban\, and Falon Fatemi\, former CEO and Founder of Node.ai. This innovative\, technological format allows YOU to actively participate in live discussions\, debates and meaningful conversations. \nAdventures by the Book\, as one of many content creators\, hosts a literary series that includes regular book discussions\, author talks\, book clubs\, special presentations\, and much more. \n \n\nSave
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SUMMARY:Audiobook Narrators\, Authors\, and Production: a Virtual Fireside Adventure series featuring (Episode 2 - Indie Audiobook Success Stories) Neil Hellegers\, Teri Schnaubelt\, Joe Arden and Andi Arndt
DESCRIPTION:About the Fireside Series\nTwenty years ago\, Amazon developed its first idea of an audiobook player. Today\, on Audible alone\, there are over 200\,000 titles available to enjoy in audiobook format\, and the audiobook narrator business is thriving and includes a host of impressive talents. However\, how many of you have ever interacted live with an audiobook narrator to meet them face to face\, ask questions about the books they read\, the authors with whom they work\, and how the industry works? If you’re like most of us\, probably hardly anyone. \nThanks to our new 5 part free Fireside virtual series\, Audiobook Narrators\, Authors\, and Production\, you will have a chance to meet some of the nation’s best audiobook narrators and learn about the industry that has taken books to a new level. Just in time to celebrate the annual Audies Awards (March 28)\, join us for this exciting 5 part series in which you will meet over a dozen prestigious\, fan-favorite\, and award-winning narrators\, authors\, and producers\, whose voices you have likely heard. \nEach week\, Adventures by the Book founder Susan McBeth will chat live with different speakers to discuss their audio book(s) on the innovative interactive storytelling platform\, Fireside\, that allows you to join the conversation live. \nTo join all (or part) of this series on Fireside\, simply select the Audiobook Series Registration option below. Prior to the event\, we will send you a private VIP link to attend the virtual event. If you have an iPhone or iPad\, you can be part of the virtual audience to chat live with the authors. With other devices\, you can still listen live to the broadcast HERE. \n\nUpcoming Series Schedule\n\nPART 2 (Indie Audiobook Success Stories) – featuring Neil Hellegers\, Teri Schnaubelt\, Joe Arden\, Andi Arndt: Thursday\, March 9\, 2023\, 4:00pm Pacific/7:00pm Eastern\n\n\nPART 3 (TikTok Sells Books) – featuring Jayne Rylon\, Lila Dubois: Thursday\, March 16\, 2023\, 4:00pm/ Pacific7:00pm Eastern\n\n\nPART 4 (Diversity in Audio Books) – featuring Ronnie Butler\, Gabra Zackman\, Emily Woo Zeller: Thursday\, March 23\, 2023\, 4:00pmPacific/7:00pm Eastern\n\n\nPART 5 (TikTok for Books) – featuring Nancy Peterson\, Kelsey Navarro: Thursday\, March 30 2023\, 4:00pmPacific/7:00pm Eastern\n\n  \n  \n\nAbout the Speakers\n\nPART 2 – Indie Audiobook Success Stories\n\n \nNeil Hellegers is an actor and award-winning audiobook narrator who lives in Brooklyn\, NYC with his wife\, son\, and mutt. As a narrator\, has has read over 350 titles for numerous publishers and producers including Macmillan\, Penguin Random House\, Hachette\, Harper\, Audible Studios\, Blackstone Audio\, Tantor Audio\, Aethon Books\, Podium Audio and more. He is very grateful to have been awarded a few Earphones awards from AudioFile Magazine\, a Society of Voice Arts & Sciences (SOVAS) award\, and multiple Audie Nominations\, for his audiobook work. \n  \n\n\n \nTeri Schnaubelt is a Chicago-based stage\, on-camera\, and voice actor as well as oil painter and photographer. She has voiced over 100 books for New York Times and USA Today bestselling authors\, in addition to helping independent authors get their stories heard. \n\n  \n\n \nJoe Arden has narrated over 600 audiobooks in the romance genre\, been featured in Men’s Health magazine\, and won multiple industry awards. His debut novel\, THE CHAMELEON EFFECT\, was shortlisted by Audible’s Editorial Staff as “one of the best audiobooks of 2022”.\nHe is an advocate for consent and equality and a proud dog dad to a rescue blue nose pitbull. \n\n  \n\n \nAndi Arndt is a storytelling scholar who has become a favorite of audiobook listeners\, authors\, and publishers alike. Andie is a 2-time Audie Award winner\, Audible Narrator Hall of Famer\, and the recipient of several Voice Arts Award nominations. She is a top selling narrator of contemporary romance as well as popular non-fiction and fiction books\, such as Notorious RBG by Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik\, and The Hazards of Time Travel by Joyce Carol Oates. \n\n  \n  \nPART 3 – TikTok Sells Books\n\n \nJayne Rylon is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author\, who has sold more than two million copies of her books. She has received numerous industry awards including the Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice Award for Best Indie Erotic Romance and the Swirl Award\, which recognizes excellence in diverse romance. She is an Honor Roll member of the Romance Writers of America. Her stories used to begin as daydreams in seemingly endless business meetings\, but now she is a full time author\, who employs the skills she learned from her straight-laced corporate existence in the business of writing. She lives in Ohio with her husband\, the infamous Mr. Rylon\, and kittens they foster for a rescue organization. When she can escape her purple office\, she loves to travel the world\, avoid speeding tickets in her beloved Sky\, SCUBA dive\, and–of course–read. \n\n  \n \nLila Dubois is a multi-published\, bestselling author of erotic\, paranormal and fantasy romance. Her books have been nominated for many awards including RT Book Reviews Erotic Novella for Undone Rebel and the Golden Flogger. Having spent extensive time in France\, Egypt\, Turkey\, Ireland and England Lila speaks five languages\, none of them (including English) fluently. Lila lives in California with her own Irish Farm Boy and loves receiving email from readers. \n  \nPART 4 – Diversity in Audio Books\n\n \nRon Butler is a Los Angeles-based actor with credits in film\, theater\, and television. As an audiobook narrator\, he’s received two Audie nominations and won eight AudioFile magazine Earphones Awards. He is a member of the Atlantic Theater Company and an IFP award-winner for his work in the HBO film Everyday People. Originally from the Bahamas\, he grew up singing calypso onstage with his father before touring (and recording) in Europe with his own jazz band. He has written\, produced\, and directed short films and independent features\, and currently has several audio dramas and television scripts in development. \n\n  \n \nGabra Zackman has been in the audiobook business for over 15 years\, beginning when they were still called “Books on Tape.”  To date\, she has recorded over 500 audiobooks in all genres. She’s an Audie and Earphones award-winning narrator who is equally at home recording romance\, memoir\, sci-fi\, and fantasy. She works in a home studio as well as studios all over New York City. Gabra is sometimes referred to by the handle “Audiobook Goddess.” \n  \n \nEmily Woo Zeller is an American voice actress and audio book narrator. She voices Panam Palmer in CD Projekt Red’s 2020 videogame Cyberpunk 2077. In the Star Wars canon\, she is Dr. Aphra in the audio drama Dr. Aphra and narrated in the 2020 audio production of FROM A CERTAIN POINT OF VIEW: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK. \n  \nPART 5 – TikTok for Books\n \nNancy Peterson\, winner of the prestigious Audio Publishers Association Audie Award\, is a veteran actor and voice-over artist. Nancy has a penchant for dialects\, diving deep into the study of language. Her narration style\, summed up by AudioFile magazine\, “creates the sense of listening to a play instead of a straightforward reading.” She began her narrating career with petty theft. As a precocious eleven-year-old\, the allure of her dad’s brand-new cassette recorder she was strictly forbidden to touch\, was too tempting to bear. With an Encyclopedia Brown paperback and the recorder\, she began a journey she continues to love. \n  \n \nKelsey Navarro grew up in Las Vegas with a background in film\, singing\, and acting. She narrates anything from self-help to erotica. In her spare time\, she reads voraciously and enjoys listening to a good podcast or audiobook. She worked in management for over nine years and nerds out over personal development\, superheroes\, and really great food. \n\n\n\nAbout Fireside\nFireside is the new podcast platform founded by billionaire entrepreneur and Shark Tank TV star\, Mark Cuban\, and Falon Fatemi\, former CEO and Founder of Node.ai. This innovative\, technological format allows YOU to actively participate in live discussions\, debates and meaningful conversations. \nAdventures by the Book\, as one of many content creators\, hosts a literary series that includes regular book discussions\, author talks\, book clubs\, special presentations\, and much more. \n \n\nSave
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SUMMARY:Audiobook Narrators\, Authors\, and Production: a Virtual Fireside Adventure series featuring (Episode 1-AudioBook Production) Erin Spencer\, Amy Rubinate\, and Travis Baldree
DESCRIPTION:About the Fireside Series\nTwenty years ago\, Amazon developed its first idea of an audiobook player. Today\, on Audible alone\, there are over 200\,000 titles available to enjoy in audiobook format\, and the audiobook narrator business is thriving and includes a host of impressive talents. However\, how many of you have ever interacted live with an audiobook narrator to meet them face to face\, ask questions about the books they read\, the authors with whom they work\, and how the industry works? If you’re like most of us\, probably hardly anyone. \nThanks to our new 5 part free Fireside virtual series\, Audiobook Narrators\, Authors\, and Production\, you will have a chance to meet some of the nation’s best audiobook narrators and learn about the industry that has taken books to a new level. Just in time to celebrate the annual Audies Awards (March 28)\, join us for this exciting 5 part series in which you will meet over a dozen prestigious\, fan-favorite\, and award-winning narrators\, authors\, and producers\, whose voices you have likely heard. \nEach week\, Adventures by the Book founder Susan McBeth will chat live with different speakers to discuss their audio book(s) on the innovative interactive storytelling platform\, Fireside\, that allows you to join the conversation live. \nTo join all (or part) of this series on Fireside\, simply select the Audiobook Series Registration option below. Prior to the event\, we will send you a private VIP link to attend the virtual event. If you have an iPhone or iPad\, you can be part of the virtual audience to chat live with the authors. With other devices\, you can still listen live to the broadcast HERE. \n\nUpcoming Series Schedule\n\nPART 1 (Audiobook Production) – featuring Erin Spencer\, Amy Rubinate\, and Travis Baldree: Thursday\, March 2\, 2023\, 4:00pm Pacific/7:00pm Eastern\n\n\nPART 2 (Indie Audiobook Success Stories) – featuring Neil Hellegers\, Teri Schnaubelt\, Joe Arden\, Andi Arndt: Thursday\, March 9\, 2023\, 4:00pm Pacific/7:00pm Eastern\n\n\nPART 3 (TikTok Sells Books) – featuring Jayne Rylon\, Lila Dubois: Thursday\, March 16\, 2023\, 4:00pm/ Pacific7:00pm Eastern\n\n\nPART 4 (Diversity in Audio Books) – featuring Ronnie Butler\, Gabra Zackman\, Emily Woo Zeller: Thursday\, March 23\, 2023\, 4:00pmPacific/7:00pm Eastern\n\n\nPART 5 (TikTok for Books) – featuring Nancy Peterson\, Kelsey Navarro: Thursday\, March 30 2023\, 4:00pmPacific/7:00pm Eastern\n\n  \n  \n\nAbout the Speakers\nPART 1 – Audiobook Production\n \nErin Spencer is the owner and executive producer at One Night Stand Studios\, an audiobook production company based in Los Angeles\, California. A passionate and accomplished storyteller\, Erin’s love of the arts has been nurtured across her 20-year career in entertainment. From screen to stage to voicing over 400 audiobooks\, Erin continues to seek meaningful ways to connect with audiences. \n\n\n  \n\n\n \nAmy Rubinate is an award-winning audiobook director\, producer\, and narrator. Her Los Angeles-based production company\, Mosaic Audio\, has recorded and produced nearly 3000 audiobooks for major publishers. Amy casts and directs hundreds of books a year\, specializing in directing authors and celebrities. Amy received her MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Hamline University\, and her first middle grade graphic novel\, Kate and the City of Fire\, will be released this year. \n\n  \n\n \nTravis Baldree is a full-time audiobook narrator who has lent his voice to hundreds of stories. Before that\, he spent decades designing and building video games like Torchlight\, Rebel Galaxy\, and Fate. He also writes books and is the author of Legends & Lattes\, a low-stakes cozy fantasy novel. He lives in the Pacific Northwest with his very patient family and their small\, nervous dog. \n\n  \n  \nPART 2 – Indie Audiobook Success Stories\n\n \nNeil Hellegers is an actor and award-winning audiobook narrator who lives in Brooklyn\, NYC with his wife\, son\, and mutt. As a narrator\, has has read over 350 titles for numerous publishers and producers including Macmillan\, Penguin Random House\, Hachette\, Harper\, Audible Studios\, Blackstone Audio\, Tantor Audio\, Aethon Books\, Podium Audio and more. He is very grateful to have been awarded a few Earphones awards from AudioFile Magazine\, a Society of Voice Arts & Sciences (SOVAS) award\, and multiple Audie Nominations\, for his audiobook work. \n  \n\n\n \nTeri Schnaubelt is a Chicago-based stage\, on-camera\, and voice actor as well as oil painter and photographer. She has voiced over 100 books for New York Times and USA Today bestselling authors\, in addition to helping independent authors get their stories heard. \n\n  \n\n \nJoe Arden has narrated over 600 audiobooks in the romance genre\, been featured in Men’s Health magazine\, and won multiple industry awards. His debut novel\, THE CHAMELEON EFFECT\, was shortlisted by Audible’s Editorial Staff as “one of the best audiobooks of 2022”.\nHe is an advocate for consent and equality and a proud dog dad to a rescue blue nose pitbull. \n\n  \n\n \nAndi Arndt is a storytelling scholar who has become a favorite of audiobook listeners\, authors\, and publishers alike. Andie is a 2-time Audie Award winner\, Audible Narrator Hall of Famer\, and the recipient of several Voice Arts Award nominations. She is a top selling narrator of contemporary romance as well as popular non-fiction and fiction books\, such as Notorious RBG by Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik\, and The Hazards of Time Travel by Joyce Carol Oates. \n\n  \n  \nPART 3 – TikTok Sells Books\n\n \nJayne Rylon is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author\, who has sold more than two million copies of her books. She has received numerous industry awards including the Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice Award for Best Indie Erotic Romance and the Swirl Award\, which recognizes excellence in diverse romance. She is an Honor Roll member of the Romance Writers of America. Her stories used to begin as daydreams in seemingly endless business meetings\, but now she is a full time author\, who employs the skills she learned from her straight-laced corporate existence in the business of writing. She lives in Ohio with her husband\, the infamous Mr. Rylon\, and kittens they foster for a rescue organization. When she can escape her purple office\, she loves to travel the world\, avoid speeding tickets in her beloved Sky\, SCUBA dive\, and–of course–read. \n\n  \n \nLila Dubois is a multi-published\, bestselling author of erotic\, paranormal and fantasy romance. Her books have been nominated for many awards including RT Book Reviews Erotic Novella for Undone Rebel and the Golden Flogger. Having spent extensive time in France\, Egypt\, Turkey\, Ireland and England Lila speaks five languages\, none of them (including English) fluently. Lila lives in California with her own Irish Farm Boy and loves receiving email from readers. \n  \nPART 4 – Diversity in Audio Books\n\n \nRon Butler is a Los Angeles-based actor with credits in film\, theater\, and television. As an audiobook narrator\, he’s received two Audie nominations and won eight AudioFile magazine Earphones Awards. He is a member of the Atlantic Theater Company and an IFP award-winner for his work in the HBO film Everyday People. Originally from the Bahamas\, he grew up singing calypso onstage with his father before touring (and recording) in Europe with his own jazz band. He has written\, produced\, and directed short films and independent features\, and currently has several audio dramas and television scripts in development. \n\n  \n \nGabra Zackman has been in the audiobook business for over 15 years\, beginning when they were still called “Books on Tape.”  To date\, she has recorded over 500 audiobooks in all genres. She’s an Audie and Earphones award-winning narrator who is equally at home recording romance\, memoir\, sci-fi\, and fantasy. She works in a home studio as well as studios all over New York City. Gabra is sometimes referred to by the handle “Audiobook Goddess.” \n  \n \nEmily Woo Zeller is an American voice actress and audio book narrator. She voices Panam Palmer in CD Projekt Red’s 2020 videogame Cyberpunk 2077. In the Star Wars canon\, she is Dr. Aphra in the audio drama Dr. Aphra and narrated in the 2020 audio production of FROM A CERTAIN POINT OF VIEW: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK. \n  \nPART 5 – TikTok for Books\n \nNancy Peterson\, winner of the prestigious Audio Publishers Association Audie Award\, is a veteran actor and voice-over artist. Nancy has a penchant for dialects\, diving deep into the study of language. Her narration style\, summed up by AudioFile magazine\, “creates the sense of listening to a play instead of a straightforward reading.” She began her narrating career with petty theft. As a precocious eleven-year-old\, the allure of her dad’s brand-new cassette recorder she was strictly forbidden to touch\, was too tempting to bear. With an Encyclopedia Brown paperback and the recorder\, she began a journey she continues to love. \n  \n \nKelsey Navarro grew up in Las Vegas with a background in film\, singing\, and acting. She narrates anything from self-help to erotica. In her spare time\, she reads voraciously and enjoys listening to a good podcast or audiobook. She worked in management for over nine years and nerds out over personal development\, superheroes\, and really great food. \n\n\n\nAbout Fireside\nFireside is the new podcast platform founded by billionaire entrepreneur and Shark Tank TV star\, Mark Cuban\, and Falon Fatemi\, former CEO and Founder of Node.ai. This innovative\, technological format allows YOU to actively participate in live discussions\, debates and meaningful conversations. \nAdventures by the Book\, as one of many content creators\, hosts a literary series that includes regular book discussions\, author talks\, book clubs\, special presentations\, and much more. \n \n\nSave
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SUMMARY:Harder to Breathe: a Fireside Virtual Adventure with Maroon 5 founding drummer and author Ryan Dusick in conversation with music producer Terry Wollman
DESCRIPTION:About the Event\nIn the 90’s\, Ryan Dusick and his friends\, including Adam Levine\, dreamed of making it big and\, against all odds\, they did. Yet for drummer Ryan Dusick\, stardom came to an abrupt halt with the devastating loss of his ability to play drums due to chronic nerve damage\, followed by personal struggles with anxiety and alcoholism after his departure from the band. \nTwo decades after Harder to Breathe became a megahit song by one of the world’s most popular bands\, Maroon 5’s original drummer\, Ryan Dusick\, presents an unflinching examination of fame\, anxiety\, mental health\, and recovery in his new memoir Harder to Breathe: A Memoir of Making Maroon 5\, Losing It All\, and Finding Recovery. \nNow\, in conversation with music producer Terry Wollman and Adventures by the Book founder Susan McBeth\, Ryan will share Maroon 5’s story of camaraderie and pressure\, as well as his own narrative: a decade lost to liquor and anti-anxiety medication\, his ferocious commitment to recovery\, and his current perspective as a professional counselor. \nJoin our FREE virtual event on the exciting new storytelling platform\, Fireside\, by simply purchasing a book or register below\, and we will send you a private VIP link to attend the virtual event. If you have an iPhone or iPad\, you can be part of the virtual audience to chat live with Ryan Dusick. With other devices\, you can still listen live here to the broadcast. \nYour Adventure includes a hardcover copy of Harder to Breathe: A Memoir of Making Maroon 5\, Losing It All\, and Finding Recover\, tax\, shipping within the U.S.\, a live Fireside chat with Ryan Dusick in conversation with Terry Wollman and Susan McBeth\, and Q&A. \n  \n\nAbout the Author and Book\n \n\nRyan Dusick is an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist\, the founding drummer of the world’s most popular band Maroon 5\, a mental health advocate\, and an author. His life has been a long and winding road from aspiring pop-star with anxiety\, to heartbroken alcoholic\, to thriving mental health survivor and messenger of hope in recovery. \nHis new book\, Harder to Breathe\, is a roller-coaster memoir about how making it to the top sent him to the bottom—and how he let go of the past and embraced a new future\, one breath at a time. \nIn the nineties\, Ryan Dusick and his friends Adam Levine and Jesse Carmichael dreamed about making it big . . . and against all odds\, they did. This inside story recounts Maroon 5’s founding and their road to becoming Grammy-winning megastars\, told through the eyes of former drummer Ryan Dusick. He takes readers behind the scenes of the band’s meteoric rise to success—and the grueling demands that came with it—as well as his personal struggles with anxiety and addiction after his departure from the band. \n\nAbout the Moderator\n \n\nTerry Wollman brings his talent and passion to every recording and performance. Originally from Miami\, he moved to Los Angeles after graduating from the prestigious Berklee College of Music with a degree in Arranging and quickly built a solid reputation as an in-demand\nmusic director/guitarist/producer/composer. \nTerry has performed with an array of artists including Billy Preston\, Dionne Warwick\, Al Jarreau\, Little Richard\, Wilson Phillips\, Joan Baez\, Eartha Kitt\, Joe Walsh\, Keb’ Mo’ and Melissa Manchester. He has numerous TV credits including his stints as musical director of 2 national late night talk shows\, and hit shows Married With Children\, Scrubs and Desperate Housewives. Wollman was the Music Producer for the Emmy Nominated HBO documentary If You’re Not in the Obit\, Eat Breakfast\, narrated by Carl Reiner; featuring Tony Bennett\, Alan\nBergman (with Dave Grusin)\, and Dick Van Dyke. \nFrom his critically acclaimed solo debut “Bimini”\, to his 25 year retrospective album “Silver Collection” and “Cassini’s Last Dance”\, Terry weaves his memorable melodies over unique and eclectic arrangements. He is currently in the studio recording his next CD of special collaborations scheduled for release later this year. Terry’s weekly podcast Making It with Terry Wollman explores the secrets\, successes and strategies for making it in the music biz. \nWebsite: www.terrywollman.com\nSpotify: https://C54QZr.bio.to/JBkqS3Dl\nPodcast: www.firesidechat.com/terrywollman\nIG: https://www.instagram.com/terrywollman/ \n\n\n  \n\nAbout Fireside\nFireside is the new podcast platform founded by billionaire entrepreneur and Shark Tank TV star\, Mark Cuban\, and Falon Fatemi\, former CEO and Founder of Node.ai. This innovative\, technological format allows YOU to actively participate in live discussions\, debates and meaningful conversations. \nAdventures by the Book\, as one of many content creators\, hosts a literary series that includes regular book discussions\, author talks\, book clubs\, special presentations\, and much more. \n \n\nSave
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CATEGORIES:Event,Fireside Chat,Virtual Adventure
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SUMMARY:Reef Road: a Fireside Virtual Adventure with actress and award-winning author Deborah Goodrich Royce
DESCRIPTION:About the Event\nWhen a severed hand washes ashore in the wealthy enclave of Palm Beach\, Florida\, the lives of two women—a lonely writer obsessed with the unsolved murder of her mother’s best friend and a panicked wife whose husband has disappeared with their children—collide as the world shutters in the pandemic lockdown of 2020… \nJoin actress and award-winning author Deborah Goodrich Royce on Fireside as she discusses her new thriller\, Reef Road.  Make sure to grab a glass of wine or hot cocoa before you curl up in your favorite chair to chat live with Deborah to discuss her book\, ask questions\, and converse live “on stage.” \nTo join our virtual event on the exciting new storytelling platform\, Fireside\, simply purchase a book or register below and we will send you a private VIP link to attend the virtual event. If you have an iPhone or iPad\, you can be part of the virtual audience to chat live with Deborah. With other devices\, you can still listen live here to the broadcast. \nYour Adventure includes a hardcover copy of Reef Road\, tax\, shipping within the U.S.\, a live Fireside chat with Deborah\, and Q&A. \n  \n  \n\nAbout the Author and Book\n \nDeborah Goodrich Royce’s literary thrillers examine puzzles of identity. Finding Mrs. Ford and Ruby Falls will be joined by Reef Road in January 2023. \nDeborah began her career as an actress\, starring as Silver Kane\, sister of the legendary Erica Kane (played by Susan Lucci) on the ABC soap\, All My Children. She went on to star in feature films such as April Fool’s Day and Just One of the Guys\, TV movies such as Return to Peyton Place and The Deliberate Stranger\, and series such as Beverly Hills 90210 and 21 Jump Street. \n\nIn her novel\, Reef Road\, a young woman’s life seems perfect until her family goes missing. A writer lives alone with her dog and collects arcane murder statistics. What each of them stands to lose as they sneak around the do-not-enter tape blocking Reef Road beach is exposed by the steady tightening of the cincture encircling them. \nIn a nod to the true crime that inspired it\, Deborah Goodrich Royce’s Reef Road probes unhealed generational scars in a wrenching and original work of fiction. It is both stunning and sexy and\, like a bystander surprised by a curtain left open\, you won’t be able to look away. \n  \n\n\nAbout Fireside\nFireside Chat is the exclusive\, invite-only new podcast platform founded by billionaire entrepreneur and Shark Tank TV star\, Mark Cuban\, and Falon Fatemi\, former CEO and Founder of Node.ai. This innovative\, technological format allows YOU to actively participate in live discussions\, debates and meaningful conversations.  \nAdventures by the Book\, as one of many content creators\, hosts a literary series that includes regular book discussions\, author talks\, book clubs\, special presentations\, and much more.  \n \n\nSave
URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/deborah-goodrich-royce-1-8-23/
CATEGORIES:Event,Fireside Chat,San Diego Adventures,Virtual Adventure
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SUMMARY:Thankful for Reading (Part 5): a 5-part virtual Fireside Adventure featuring bestselling and fan favorite author Elizabeth de Veer
DESCRIPTION:About the Event\nThe holiday season is soon upon us\, always a good time to pause and reflect on all that we are thankful for. As we count our blessings this year\, we’d like to give thanks to you dear Adventurers and to the talented authors who bring their books to us every year. \nThis season\, we are delighted to feature five bestselling and fan-favorite authors\, Jane Ward\, Jennifer Steil\, Michelle Cox\, Eliza Knight\, and Elizabeth de Veer\, as part of a fun 5-part Thankful for Reading Series that you won’t want to miss!  Each week\, Adventures by the Book’s Susan McBeth and Amber Reinhart will chat live virtually with a different author to discuss their new book on the innovative and interactive storytelling platform\, Fireside\, which allows you to join the conversation live. \nThis week’s episode features bestselling author Elizabeth de Veer\, as she chats about her most recent book\, The Ocean in Winter. \nTo join all (or part) of this series on Fireside\, simply pre-order a book below to be shipped directly to you. Prior to the event\, we will send you a private VIP link to attend the virtual event. If you have an iPhone or iPad\, you can be part of the virtual audience to chat live with the authors. With other devices\, you can still listen live to the broadcast HERE. \n\nUpcoming Series Schedule\nPART 5 featuring Elizabeth de Veer: Thursday\, December 8\, 4:00pmPacific/7:00pm Eastern\n\n  \n\nAbout the Authors and Books\n\n  \n \nElizabeth de Veer has a Master of Theological Studies from Harvard Divinity School and has been admitted to writing residencies at the Jentel Artist Residency\, the Hambidge Center for Creative Arts and Sciences\, and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. \nThe Ocean in Winter is Elizabeth’s first novel and an unforgettable story about grief\, love\, and what it means to be haunted… The lives of the three Emery sisters were changed forever when Alex\, eleven at the time\, found their mother drowned in the bathtub of their home. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Elizabeth or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n				Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n			\n  \n  \n\nAbout Fireside\nFireside is the new podcast platform founded by billionaire entrepreneur and Shark Tank TV star\, Mark Cuban\, and Falon Fatemi\, former CEO and Founder of Node.ai. This innovative\, technological format allows YOU to actively participate in live discussions\, debates and meaningful conversations. \nAdventures by the Book\, as one of many content creators\, hosts a literary series that includes regular book discussions\, author talks\, book clubs\, special presentations\, and much more. \n \n\nSave
URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/elizabeth-de-veer-12-8-22/
CATEGORIES:Event,Fireside Chat,San Diego Adventures,Virtual Adventure
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SUMMARY:From Story to Film: a Fireside Virtual Adventure
DESCRIPTION:About the Event\n\nLuz\, a Filipina interpreter\, takes a call from a doctor to discuss the end-of-life options for an elderly Filipina woman in the hospital ICU during the early months of the COVID pandemic. Thus\, the inspiration was born for author Marivi Soliven’s short story\, Pandemic Bread\, which won top accolades at the San Diego Central Library’s Decameron Project\, now being made into a film. \nIf you have you ever wanted to learn about the story to film process\, you won’t want to miss our interactive Fireside chat with author Marivi Soliven\, filmmaker Zeinabu Davis\, supervisor in the humanities section of the Central Library and screenwriter Marc Chery\, and the star of the film\, renowned Filipina actress Princess Punzalan\, to gain insight into how Pandemic Bread\, an original short story of hope and resilience\, is being adapted to the screen. The film came together through a unique collaboration among members of the San Diego Filipino community\, UC San Diego students and film professionals\, many of whom were directly affected by the Covid 19 pandemic. \nTo access this FREE Fireside chat\, please register below and a private VIP link will be sent 2-3 days before the event. \n  \n\nAbout the Speakers\n  \nMarivi Soliven has authored 17 books\, including The Mango Bride (Penguin\, 2013)\, winner of the San Diego Book Awards and the Palanca Awards\, the Philippine counterpart of the Pulitzer Prize. Her flash fiction piece Pandemic Bread was ranked in the top ten among one hundred stories that were published in the San Diego Decameron Project anthology. Her day job as a phone interpreter enriches her stories even as it allows her to support her immigrant community. Information about her creative projects can be found at HERE and on Instagram @marvisoliven. \n  \n \n\nA veteran of independent film and video\, Zeinabu Davis has produced numerous award winning works. Her vision is passionately focused on the depiction of African American women – their hopes\, dreams\, past and future. Her interests include altering and diversifying the terrain of mass media\, film history\, world cinema and folklore. She frequently writes and lectures on African and African American cinema. \n  \nPrincess Punzalan is a native of the Philippines\, and a respected actor in the local and international entertainment industry with more than 800 appearances on television\, film\, and radio. She is the daughter of celebrated Philippine broadcasters and producers Helen Vela (“Lovingly Yours\, Helen”) and Orlando Punzalan. \nShe has been an actor from the age of ten\, when she replaced an ill cast member on the television drama\, “Kahapon Lamang.” Having proved her natural ability\, from that point she was cast in many other TV dramas. \nPrincess’ most famous role was as “Selina\,” the villain in the long-running Philippine TV series “Mula Sa Puso.” Chosen for the part because of her history of underdog\, sweet\, and gentle character roles\, she stunned viewers with her character’s malevolence\, in particular her now-iconic evil laugh which helped her win Best Actress in a Drama Series. Viewers may love to hate her characters on the screen\, but in everyday life she is a loving\, caring mother and wife known for her philanthropic activities. \nAn accomplished executive\, she produced three hit television series and starred in “Princess\,” a weekly drama anthology in the late 80’s where she took on various roles every week and established herself as a versatile actor. \n\nAbout the Decameron Project\nIn October 2020\, inspired by The Decameron written in the 14th century during one of the worst plagues in history\, San Diego Public Library and partner organizations\, Write Out Loud\, the La Jolla Historical Society\, and San Diego Writers\, INK invited San Diego County authors to submit previously unpublished stories for the San Diego Decameron Project. Marc Chery\, supervisor in the humanities section of the Central Library and one of the project directors and screenwriters\, believes “future researchers will have a field day. They’ll be able to read what San Diegans thought and did during the pandemic — the weird things\, the good things\, how we nurtured each other. And they’ll find some really good writing.” \n\nAbout Fireside\nFireside is the new podcast platform founded by billionaire entrepreneur and Shark Tank TV star\, Mark Cuban\, and Falon Fatemi\, former CEO and Founder of Node.ai. This innovative\, technological format allows YOU to actively participate in live discussions\, debates and meaningful conversations. \nAdventures by the Book\, as one of many content creators\, hosts a literary series that includes regular book discussions\, author talks\, book clubs\, special presentations\, and much more. \n  \n \n\nSave
URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/marivi-soliven-12-2-22/
CATEGORIES:Event,Fireside Chat,San Diego Adventures,Virtual Adventure
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SUMMARY:Thankful for Reading (Part 4): a 5-part virtual Fireside Adventure featuring bestselling and fan favorite authors Eliza Knight (and Elizabeth de Veer)
DESCRIPTION:About the Event\nThe holiday season is soon upon us\, always a good time to pause and reflect on all that we are thankful for. As we count our blessings this year\, we’d like to give thanks to you dear Adventurers and to the talented authors who bring their books to us every year. \nThis season\, we are delighted to feature five bestselling and fan-favorite authors\, Jane Ward\, Jennifer Steil\, Michelle Cox\, Eliza Knight\, and Elizabeth de Veer\, as part of a fun 5-part Thankful for Reading Series that you won’t want to miss!  Each week\, Adventures by the Book’s Susan McBeth and Amber Reinhart will chat live virtually with a different author to discuss their new book on the innovative and interactive storytelling platform\, Fireside\, which allows you to join the conversation live. \nThis week’s episode features bestselling author Eliza Knight\, as she chats about her most recent book\, The Mayfair Bookshop. \nTo join all (or part) of this series on Fireside\, simply pre-order a book below to be shipped directly to you. Prior to the event\, we will send you a private VIP link to attend the virtual event. If you have an iPhone or iPad\, you can be part of the virtual audience to chat live with the authors. With other devices\, you can still listen live to the broadcast HERE. \n\nUpcoming Series Schedule\nPART 4 featuring Eliza Knight: Wednesday\, November 30\, 4:00pmPacific/7:00pm Eastern\nPART 5 featuring Elizabeth de Veer: Thursday\, December 8\, 4:00pmPacific/7:00pm Eastern\n\n  \n\nAbout the Authors and Books\n\n\n  \n\n \n\nEliza Knight is an award-winning and USA Today bestselling author. She is the creator of the popular historical blog\, History Undressed and a co-host on the History\, Books and Wine podcast. \nHer latest book\, The Mayfair Bookshop is a brilliant dual-narrative story about Nancy Mitford—one of 1930s London’s hottest socialites\, authors\, and a member of the scandalous Mitford Sisters—and a modern American desperate for change\, connected through time by a little London bookshop. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Eliza or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n				Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n			\n  \n  \n \nElizabeth de Veer has a Master of Theological Studies from Harvard Divinity School and has been admitted to writing residencies at the Jentel Artist Residency\, the Hambidge Center for Creative Arts and Sciences\, and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. \nThe Ocean in Winter is Elizabeth’s first novel and an unforgettable story about grief\, love\, and what it means to be haunted… The lives of the three Emery sisters were changed forever when Alex\, eleven at the time\, found their mother drowned in the bathtub of their home. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Elizabeth or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n				Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n			\n  \n  \n\nAbout Fireside\nFireside is the new podcast platform founded by billionaire entrepreneur and Shark Tank TV star\, Mark Cuban\, and Falon Fatemi\, former CEO and Founder of Node.ai. This innovative\, technological format allows YOU to actively participate in live discussions\, debates and meaningful conversations. \nAdventures by the Book\, as one of many content creators\, hosts a literary series that includes regular book discussions\, author talks\, book clubs\, special presentations\, and much more. \n \n\nSave
URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/eliza-knight-11-30-22/
CATEGORIES:Event,Fireside Chat,San Diego Adventures,Virtual Adventure
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SUMMARY:Thankful for Reading (Part 3): a 5-part virtual Fireside Adventure featuring bestselling and fan favorite authors Michelle Cox (and Eliza Knight and Elizabeth de Veer)
DESCRIPTION:About the Event\nThe holiday season is soon upon us\, always a good time to pause and reflect on all that we are thankful for. As we count our blessings this year\, we’d like to give thanks to you dear Adventurers and to the talented authors who bring their books to us every year. \nThis season\, we are delighted to feature five bestselling and fan-favorite authors\, Jane Ward\, Jennifer Steil\, Michelle Cox\, Eliza Knight\, and Elizabeth de Veer\, as part of a fun 5-part Thankful for Reading Series that you won’t want to miss!  Each week\, Adventures by the Book’s Susan McBeth and Amber Reinhart will chat live virtually with a different author to discuss their new book on the innovative and interactive storytelling platform\, Fireside\, which allows you to join the conversation live. \nThis week’s episode features bestselling author Michelle Cox\, as she chats about her most recent book\, A Spying Eye. \nTo join all (or part) of this series on Fireside\, simply pre-order a book below to be shipped directly to you. Prior to the event\, we will send you a private VIP link to attend the virtual event. If you have an iPhone or iPad\, you can be part of the virtual audience to chat live with the authors. With other devices\, you can still listen live to the broadcast HERE. \n\nUpcoming Series Schedule\nPART 3 featuring Michelle Cox: Thursday\, November 17\, 4:00pm/ Pacific7:00pm Eastern\nPART 4 featuring Eliza Knight: Wednesday\, November 30\, 4:00pmPacific/7:00pm Eastern\nPART 5 featuring Elizabeth de Veer: Thursday\, December 8\, 4:00pmPacific/7:00pm Eastern\n\n  \n\nAbout the Authors and Books\n\n\n \nMichelle Cox is the author of the multiple award-winning Henrietta and Inspector Howard series as well as “Novel Notes of Local Lore\,” a weekly blog dedicated to Chicago’s forgotten residents. Her books have been praised by Kirkus\, Library Journal\, Publishers Weekly\, Booklist and many others. \nIn the sixth book of the series\, A Spying Eye: A Henrietta and Inspector Howard Novel\, Clive and Henrietta return to Europe in an attempt to resurrect their failed honeymoon. While in London\, they are approached by their old friend\, Inspector John Hartle\, who convinces them to search for the missing panel of the Ghent Altarpiece\, a famous Renaissance painting\, of which Hitler’s top men are also in pursuit. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Michelle or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n				Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n			\n\n  \n  \n\n \n\nEliza Knight is an award-winning and USA Today bestselling author. She is the creator of the popular historical blog\, History Undressed and a co-host on the History\, Books and Wine podcast. \nHer latest book\, The Mayfair Bookshop is a brilliant dual-narrative story about Nancy Mitford—one of 1930s London’s hottest socialites\, authors\, and a member of the scandalous Mitford Sisters—and a modern American desperate for change\, connected through time by a little London bookshop. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Eliza or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n				Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n			\n  \n  \n \nElizabeth de Veer has a Master of Theological Studies from Harvard Divinity School and has been admitted to writing residencies at the Jentel Artist Residency\, the Hambidge Center for Creative Arts and Sciences\, and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. \nThe Ocean in Winter is Elizabeth’s first novel and an unforgettable story about grief\, love\, and what it means to be haunted… The lives of the three Emery sisters were changed forever when Alex\, eleven at the time\, found their mother drowned in the bathtub of their home. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Elizabeth or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n				Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n			\n  \n  \n\nAbout Fireside\nFireside is the new podcast platform founded by billionaire entrepreneur and Shark Tank TV star\, Mark Cuban\, and Falon Fatemi\, former CEO and Founder of Node.ai. This innovative\, technological format allows YOU to actively participate in live discussions\, debates and meaningful conversations. \nAdventures by the Book\, as one of many content creators\, hosts a literary series that includes regular book discussions\, author talks\, book clubs\, special presentations\, and much more. \n \n\nSave
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CATEGORIES:Event,Fireside Chat,San Diego Adventures,Virtual Adventure
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SUMMARY:Thankful for Reading (Part 2): a 5-part virtual Fireside Adventure featuring bestselling and fan favorite authors Jennifer Steil (and Michelle Cox\, Eliza Knight\, and Elizabeth de Veer)
DESCRIPTION:About the Event\nThe holiday season is soon upon us\, always a good time to pause and reflect on all that we are thankful for. As we count our blessings this year\, we’d like to give thanks to you dear Adventurers and to the talented authors who bring their books to us every year. \nThis season\, we are delighted to feature five bestselling and fan-favorite authors\, Jane Ward\, Jennifer Steil\, Michelle Cox\, Eliza Knight\, and Elizabeth de Veer\, as part of a fun 5-part Thankful for Reading Series that you won’t want to miss!  Each week\, Adventures by the Book’s Susan McBeth and Amber Reinhart will chat live virtually with a different author to discuss their new book on the innovative and interactive storytelling platform\, Fireside\, which allows you to join the conversation live. \nThis week’s episode features award-winning author and journalist Jennifer Steil\, as she chats about her most recent book\, Exile Music. \nTo join all (or part) of this series on Fireside\, simply pre-order a book below to be shipped directly to you. Prior to the event\, we will send you a private VIP link to attend the virtual event. If you have an iPhone or iPad\, you can be part of the virtual audience to chat live with the authors. With other devices\, you can still listen live to the broadcast HERE. \n\nUpcoming Series Schedule\nPART 2 featuring Jennifer Steil: Thursday\, November 10\, 4:00pm Pacific/7:00pm Eastern\nPART 3 featuring Michelle Cox: Thursday\, November 17\, 4:00pm/ Pacific7:00pm Eastern\nPART 4 featuring Eliza Knight: Wednesday\, November 30\, 4:00pmPacific/7:00pm Eastern\nPART 5 featuring Elizabeth de Veer: Thursday\, December 8\, 4:00pmPacific/7:00pm Eastern\n\n  \n  \n\nAbout the Authors and Books\n\n  \n\n \nJennifer Steil is an award-winning author and journalist who lives in many countries (currently Uzbekistan). Her third book\, the novel Exile Music\, was released by Viking in May 2020\, won the Grand Prize in the 2020 Eyelands Book Awards\, and was named a finalist for the 2021 Lambda Literary Lesbian Fiction Award. \nBased on an unexplored slice of World War II history\, Exile Music is the captivating story of a young Jewish girl whose family flees refined and urbane Vienna for safe harbor in the mountains of Bolivia. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Jennifer or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n				Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n			\n\n  \n  \n\n \nMichelle Cox is the author of the multiple award-winning Henrietta and Inspector Howard series as well as “Novel Notes of Local Lore\,” a weekly blog dedicated to Chicago’s forgotten residents. Her books have been praised by Kirkus\, Library Journal\, Publishers Weekly\, Booklist and many others. \nIn the sixth book of the series\, A Spying Eye: A Henrietta and Inspector Howard Novel\, Clive and Henrietta return to Europe in an attempt to resurrect their failed honeymoon. While in London\, they are approached by their old friend\, Inspector John Hartle\, who convinces them to search for the missing panel of the Ghent Altarpiece\, a famous Renaissance painting\, of which Hitler’s top men are also in pursuit. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Michelle or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n				Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n			\n\n  \n  \n\n \n\nEliza Knight is an award-winning and USA Today bestselling author. She is the creator of the popular historical blog\, History Undressed and a co-host on the History\, Books and Wine podcast. \nHer latest book\, The Mayfair Bookshop is a brilliant dual-narrative story about Nancy Mitford—one of 1930s London’s hottest socialites\, authors\, and a member of the scandalous Mitford Sisters—and a modern American desperate for change\, connected through time by a little London bookshop. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Eliza or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n				Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n			\n  \n  \n \nElizabeth de Veer has a Master of Theological Studies from Harvard Divinity School and has been admitted to writing residencies at the Jentel Artist Residency\, the Hambidge Center for Creative Arts and Sciences\, and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. \nThe Ocean in Winter is Elizabeth’s first novel and an unforgettable story about grief\, love\, and what it means to be haunted… The lives of the three Emery sisters were changed forever when Alex\, eleven at the time\, found their mother drowned in the bathtub of their home. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Elizabeth or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n				Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n			\n  \n  \n\nAbout Fireside\nFireside is the new podcast platform founded by billionaire entrepreneur and Shark Tank TV star\, Mark Cuban\, and Falon Fatemi\, former CEO and Founder of Node.ai. This innovative\, technological format allows YOU to actively participate in live discussions\, debates and meaningful conversations. \nAdventures by the Book\, as one of many content creators\, hosts a literary series that includes regular book discussions\, author talks\, book clubs\, special presentations\, and much more. \n \n\nSave
URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/jennifer-steil-11-10-22/
CATEGORIES:Event,Fireside Chat,San Diego Adventures,Virtual Adventure
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SUMMARY:Thankful for Reading (Part 1): a 5-part virtual Fireside Adventure featuring bestselling and fan favorite authors Jane Ward (and Jennifer Steil\, Michelle Cox\, Eliza Knight\, and Elizabeth de Veer)
DESCRIPTION:About the Event\nThe holiday season is soon upon us\, always a good time to pause and reflect on all that we are thankful for. As we count our blessings this year\, we’d like to give thanks to you dear Adventurers and to the talented authors who bring their books to us every year. This season\, we are delighted to feature five bestselling and fan-favorite authors\, Jane Ward\, Jennifer Steil\, Michelle Cox\, Eliza Knight\, and Elizabeth de Veer\, as part of a fun 5-part Thankful for Reading Series that you won’t want to miss! \nEach week\, Adventures by the Book’s Susan McBeth and Amber Reinhart will chat live virtually with a different author to discuss their new book on the innovative and interactive storytelling platform\, Fireside\, which allows you to join the conversation live. Pre-order a book below for shipping to you and then tune in to Fireside for this fun five-part series. \nThis week’s episode features award-winning author and journalist Jane Alessandrini Ward\, as she chats about her most recent book\, In the Aftermath. \nTo join all (or part) of this series on Fireside\, simply pre-order a book below to be shipped directly to you. Prior to the event\, we will send you a private VIP link to attend the virtual event. If you have an iPhone or iPad\, you can be part of the virtual audience to chat live with the authors. With other devices\, you can still listen live to the broadcast HERE. \n\nUpcoming Series Schedule\nPART 1 featuring Jane Ward: Thursday\, November 3\, 4:00pm Pacific/7:00pm Eastern\nPART 2 featuring Jennifer Steil: Thursday\, November 10\, 4:00pm Pacific/7:00pm Eastern\nPART 3 featuring Michelle Cox: Thursday\, November 17\, 4:00pm/ Pacific7:00pm Eastern\nPART 4 featuring Eliza Knight: Wednesday\, November 30\, 4:00pmPacific/7:00pm Eastern\nPART 5 featuring Elizabeth de Veer: Thursday\, December 8\, 4:00pmPacific/7:00pm Eastern\n\n  \n  \n\nAbout the Authors and Books\n \nJane Alessandrini Ward is the author of In the Aftermath (2021)\, The Mosaic Artist (2011) and Hunger (Forge\, 2001). She has been a contributing writer for an online regional and seasonal food magazine and a blogger and occasional host of cooking videos for an internet recipe resource affiliated with several newspapers across the country. Jane now divides her time between Chicago and the north shore of Massachusetts. \n\n\nIn her book\, In the Aftermath\, when David Herron—overwhelmed and despairing\, his family’s business and finances in ruin due to the bursting lending bubble of 2008—takes his own life one chilly spring morning\, he has no idea the ripple effect his decision will set into motion. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Jane or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n				Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n			\n\n  \n  \n\n \nJennifer Steil is an award-winning author and journalist who lives in many countries (currently Uzbekistan). Her third book\, the novel Exile Music\, was released by Viking in May 2020\, won the Grand Prize in the 2020 Eyelands Book Awards\, and was named a finalist for the 2021 Lambda Literary Lesbian Fiction Award. \nBased on an unexplored slice of World War II history\, Exile Music is the captivating story of a young Jewish girl whose family flees refined and urbane Vienna for safe harbor in the mountains of Bolivia. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Jennifer or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n				Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n			\n\n  \n  \n\n \nMichelle Cox is the author of the multiple award-winning Henrietta and Inspector Howard series as well as “Novel Notes of Local Lore\,” a weekly blog dedicated to Chicago’s forgotten residents. Her books have been praised by Kirkus\, Library Journal\, Publishers Weekly\, Booklist and many others. \nIn the sixth book of the series\, A Spying Eye: A Henrietta and Inspector Howard Novel\, Clive and Henrietta return to Europe in an attempt to resurrect their failed honeymoon. While in London\, they are approached by their old friend\, Inspector John Hartle\, who convinces them to search for the missing panel of the Ghent Altarpiece\, a famous Renaissance painting\, of which Hitler’s top men are also in pursuit. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Michelle or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n				Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n			\n\n  \n  \n\n \n\nEliza Knight is an award-winning and USA Today bestselling author. She is the creator of the popular historical blog\, History Undressed and a co-host on the History\, Books and Wine podcast. \nHer latest book\, The Mayfair Bookshop is a brilliant dual-narrative story about Nancy Mitford—one of 1930s London’s hottest socialites\, authors\, and a member of the scandalous Mitford Sisters—and a modern American desperate for change\, connected through time by a little London bookshop. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Eliza or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n				Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n			\n  \n  \n \nElizabeth de Veer has a Master of Theological Studies from Harvard Divinity School and has been admitted to writing residencies at the Jentel Artist Residency\, the Hambidge Center for Creative Arts and Sciences\, and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. \nThe Ocean in Winter is Elizabeth’s first novel and an unforgettable story about grief\, love\, and what it means to be haunted… The lives of the three Emery sisters were changed forever when Alex\, eleven at the time\, found their mother drowned in the bathtub of their home. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Elizabeth or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n				Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n			\n  \n  \n  \n\nAbout Fireside\nFireside is the new podcast platform founded by billionaire entrepreneur and Shark Tank TV star\, Mark Cuban\, and Falon Fatemi\, former CEO and Founder of Node.ai. This innovative\, technological format allows YOU to actively participate in live discussions\, debates and meaningful conversations. \nAdventures by the Book\, as one of many content creators\, hosts a literary series that includes regular book discussions\, author talks\, book clubs\, special presentations\, and much more. \n \n\nSave
URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/jane-ward-11-3-22/
CATEGORIES:Event,Fireside Chat,San Diego Adventures,Virtual Adventure
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220922T170000
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SUMMARY:Fall Into Reading (Part 6): a 6-part virtual Fireside Adventure featuring bestselling and fan favorite authors Sara Ackerman\, Jamie Beck\, Carol Van Den Hende\, Madeline Martin\, Ellen Meeropol\, and Gill Paul
DESCRIPTION:About the Event\nIt’s never too early to start planning your autumn book selections\, so why not fall into reading now by joining our 6-part Fireside Chat Fall Series featuring bestselling and fan favorite authors Sara Ackerman\, Jamie Beck\, Carol Van Den Hende\, Madeline Martin\, Ellen Meeropol\, and Gill Paul to discover six fun new reads! \nEach week\, Adventures by the Book founder Susan McBeth will chat live with a different author to discuss their new book on the innovative interactive storytelling platform\, Fireside\, that allows you to join the conversation live. Pre-order a book below for shipping to you and then tune in to Fireside for this fun six-part series. \nTo join all (or part) of this series on Fireside\, simply pre-order a book below to be shipped directly to you. Prior to the event\, we will send you a private VIP link to attend the virtual event. If you have an iPhone or iPad\, you can be part of the virtual audience to chat live with the authors. With other devices\, you can still listen live to the broadcast HERE. \n\nUpcoming Fall Series Schedule\nPART 6 featuring featuring Ellen Meeropol: Thursday\, September 22\, 4:00pmPacific/7:00pm Eastern\n\n  \n\nAbout the Author and Book\n\n \nEllen Meeropol is the author of the novel The Lost Women of Azalea Court (September 2022) and guest editor for the anthology Dreams for a Broken World (November 2022). Her previous novels are Her Sister’s Tattoo\, Kinship of Clover\, On Hurricane Island\, and House Arrest. Her work has been honored by the Sarton Women’s Prize\, The Women’s National Book Association\, and the Massachusetts Center for the Book.. \nIn her new book\, The Lost Women of Azalea Court\, hidden histories haunt both the landscape and the characters… \nThe neighbors of Azalea Court\, Lexi\, Harriet\, and Detective McPhee narrate this story together\, uncovering ghosts\, secrets\, and lies. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Ellen or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n				Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n			\n  \n  \n\nAbout Fireside\nWe are thrilled to announce that Adventures by the Book has been invited to host a literary series on Fireside which will include book discussions\, author talks\, book clubs\, special presentations\, and much more. During the course of WWII\, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt instituted a series of “fireside chats” on the radio\, as a way to regularly communicate self-assurance and calm during times of despair and uncertainty in our country. \nWhile once a thing of the past\, thanks to the brilliant collaboration of billionaire entrepreneur and Shark Tank TV star\, Mark Cuban\, and Falon Fatemi\, former CEO and Founder of Node.ai\, Fireside Chats are back\, bigger and better than ever\, and in a technological format that allows YOU to actively participate! \n \nFireside Chat is the exclusive\, invite-only new podcast platform for the next generation – a socially responsible space for us to come together in real-time to collaborate and create meaningful conversations. Together\, we will engage in discussion\, debate\, and discourse in a public forum and make it a thing of celebration and beauty. We are ready to share our microphone with you and hope you’ll join us as we collaborate in the world’s most dynamic auditorium. \n\nSave
URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/fall-into-reading-part-6-a-6-part-virtual-fireside-adventure-featuring-bestselling-and-fan-favorite-authors-sara-ackerman-jamie-beck-carol-van-den-hende-madeline-martin-ellen-meeropol-and-gill/
CATEGORIES:Event,Fireside Chat,San Diego Adventures,Virtual Adventure
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SUMMARY:The Milky Way: a Fireside Virtual Adventure featuring astrophysicist and folklorist Dr. Moiya McTier in conversation with Melier CEO Greg McBeth
DESCRIPTION:About the Event\n Curious about the history and evolution of our universe\, as well as humanity’s understanding of it? It all began some thirteen billion years ago\, when clouds of gas scattered through the universe’s primordial plasma could not keep their metaphorical hands off of each other. \nNow\, after all this time\, the fascinating autobiography of our galaxy is ready to reveal itself\, with a little help from astrophysicist and folklorist Dr. Moiya McTier\, who presents a summary of human astronomical knowledge thus far that is unquestionably out of this world in her new book\, The Milky Way: an Autobiography of Our Galaxy. \nSo grab a glass of out-of-this-world wine (courtesy of the folks at Melier) to pair with a bit of irreverent sass\, aloof wisdom\, and surprising vulnerability\, to enjoy while you chat live with Dr. Moiya McTier\, “folklorist to the stars\, astrophysicist to the folks\,” in conversation with Melier Co-Founder and CEO Greg McBeth\, to discuss Dr. McTier’s new book. \nTo join our virtual event on the exciting new storytelling platform\, Fireside\, simply purchase a book(s) or register below and we will send you a private VIP link to attend the virtual event. If you have an iPhone or iPad\, you can be part of the virtual audience to chat live with Dr. Moiya McTier. With other devices\, you can still listen live here to the broadcast. \nYour Adventure includes a hardcover copy of The Milky Way: An Autobiography of Our Galaxy\, tax\, shipping within the U.S.\, a live Fireside chat with Dr. Moiya McTier in conversation with Greg McBeth\, and Q&A. \n  \n\nAbout the Author and Book\n \nDr. Moiya McTier is an astrophysicist\, folklorist\, and science communicator based in New York City. After graduating from Harvard as the first person in the school’s history to study both astronomy and mythology\, Moiya earned her PhD in astrophysics at Columbia University where she was selected as a National Science Foundation research fellow. Moiya has consulted with companies like Disney and PBS on their fictional worlds\, helped design exhibits for the New York Hall of Science\, and given hundreds of talks about science around the globe (including features on MSNBC\, NPR\, and NowThis News).  \nTo combine her unique set of expertise\, Moiya hosts and produces the Exolore podcast that explores fictional world-building through the lens of science. When she’s not researching space or imagining new worlds\, Moiya can likely be found watching trashy reality tv with her cat\, Kosmo. \nIn her fascinating book\, The Milky Way: An Autobiography of Our Galaxy\, Dr. Moiya McTier details what humans have discovered about everything from its formation to its eventual death\, and what more there is to learn about this galaxy we call home. \nAfter a few billion years of bearing witness to life on Earth\, of watching one hundred billion humans go about their day-to-day lives\, of feeling unbelievably lonely\, and of hearing its own story told by others\, The Milky Way would like a chance to speak for itself. All one hundred billion stars and fifty undecillion tons of gas of it. \nIt all began some thirteen billion years ago\, when clouds of gas scattered through the universe’s primordial plasma just could not keep their metaphorical hands off each other. They succumbed to their gravitational attraction\, and the galaxy we know as the Milky Way was born. Since then\, the galaxy has watched as dark energy pushed away its first friends\, as humans mythologized its name and purpose\, and as galactic archaeologists have worked to determine its true age (rude). The Milky Way has absorbed supermassive (an actual technical term) black holes\, made enemies of a few galactic neighbors\, and mourned the deaths of countless stars. Our home galaxy has even fallen in love. \nAfter all this time\, the Milky Way finally feels that it’s amassed enough experience for the juicy tell-all we’ve all been waiting for. This fascinating autobiography recounts the history and future of the universe in accessible but scientific detail\, presenting a summary of human astronomical knowledge thus far that is unquestionably out of this world. \n\n  \n  \nAbout the Moderator\n \n\nGreg McBeth is the co-founder and CEO of Melier\, an innovative company that creates amazing wine tasting experiences to help companies strengthen relationships between their teams and their clients. Get or gift a Melier membership today so their experts can assist you with finding outstanding wines from top boutique wineries in California’s wine country that you may never have heard about. \nPrior to starting Melier\, Greg founded and led G2M\, a startup advisory firm that guided early-stage startups from initial fundraising through $10M+ in revenue. Clients included Bisnow\, Stackwatch\, and HubbleIQ. \nBefore G2M\, he was Founding VP of Revenue at Node.io\, where Greg led sales\, marketing\, and business development from initial go-to-market through their acquisition by SugarCRM in 2020. \nGreg began his career as a professional poker player in Las Vegas\, where he built a training & optimization program that generated $100/hr in profit. He graduated from Stanford in 2004 with a BS in Mechanical Engineering\, and has had a lifelong love of astronomy and astrophysics. \n\n\n\nAbout Fireside\nWe are thrilled to announce that Adventures by the Book hosts a literary series on Fireside which includes book discussions\, author talks\, book clubs\, special presentations\, and much more. During the course of WWII\, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt instituted a series of “fireside chats” on the radio\, as a way to regularly communicate self-assurance and calm during times of despair and uncertainty in our country. \nWhile once a thing of the past\, thanks to the brilliant collaboration of billionaire entrepreneur and Shark Tank TV star\, Mark Cuban\, and Falon Fatemi\, former CEO and Founder of Node.ai\, Fireside Chats are back\, bigger and better than ever\, and in a technological format that allows YOU to actively participate! \n \nFireside Chat is the exclusive\, invite-only new podcast platform for the next generation – a socially responsible space for us to come together in real-time to collaborate and create meaningful conversations. Together\, we will engage in discussion\, debate\, and discourse in a public forum and make it a thing of celebration and beauty. We are ready to share our microphone with you and hope you’ll join us as we collaborate in the world’s most dynamic auditorium. \n\nSave
URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/moiya-mctier-8-18-22/
CATEGORIES:Event,Fireside Chat,Virtual Adventure
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SUMMARY:Fireside 101: a Free Tutorial
DESCRIPTION:About the Event\n\nCurious about all the events we have been hosting on the exciting new virtual platform Fireside? It’s time for you to join the fun! \nJoin the folks at Fireside\, and our Adventures by the Book team on a FREE Zoom session to help you get familiar with Fireside! Join our Fireside 101 FREE Tutorial and we’ll show you how to simply download the app\, and demonstrate all the fun and creative features of this sizzling hot platform.  \nEvent includes fun book giveaways… you won’t want to miss it!  \n\nClick HERE to register now!\n\n\n  \n\nAbout Fireside\nFireside is the exclusive\, invite-only new podcast platform founded by billionaire entrepreneur and Shark Tank TV star\, Mark Cuban\, and Falon Fatemi\, former CEO and Founder of Node.ai. This innovative\, technological format allows YOU to actively participate in live discussions\, debates and meaningful conversations.  \nAdventures by the Book\, as one of many content creators\, hosts a literary series that includes regular book discussions\, author talks\, book clubs\, special presentations\, and much more. \n  \n \n\nSave
URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/fireside-tutorial-9-13-22/
CATEGORIES:Event,Fireside Chat,San Diego Adventures,Virtual Adventure
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SUMMARY:Fall Into Reading (Part 5): a 6-part virtual Fireside Adventure featuring bestselling and fan favorite authors Sara Ackerman\, Jamie Beck\, Carol Van Den Hende\, Madeline Martin\, Ellen Meeropol\, and Gill Paul
DESCRIPTION:About the Event\nIt’s never too early to start planning your autumn book selections\, so why not fall into reading now by joining our 6-part Fireside Chat Fall Series featuring bestselling and fan favorite authors Sara Ackerman\, Jamie Beck\, Carol Van Den Hende\, Madeline Martin\, Ellen Meeropol\, and Gill Paul to discover six fun new reads! \nEach week\, Adventures by the Book founder Susan McBeth will chat live with a different author to discuss their new book on the innovative interactive storytelling platform\, Fireside\, that allows you to join the conversation live. Pre-order a book below for shipping to you and then tune in to Fireside for this fun six-part series. \nTo join all (or part) of this series on Fireside\, simply pre-order a book below to be shipped directly to you. Prior to the event\, we will send you a private VIP link to attend the virtual event. If you have an iPhone or iPad\, you can be part of the virtual audience to chat live with the authors. With other devices\, you can still listen live to the broadcast HERE. \n\nUpcoming Fall Series Schedule\nPART 5 featuring Carol Van Den Hende: Thursday\, September 8\, 4:00pmPacific/7:00pm Eastern\nPART 6 featuring featuring Ellen Meeropol: Thursday\, September 22\, 4:00pmPacific/7:00pm Eastern\n\n  \n\nAbout the Authors and Books\n\n \nCarol Van Den Hende is the award-winning author of Goodbye\, Orchid which won the American Fiction Award\, Pinnacle Achievement Award\, IAN for Best First Novel\, two Royal Dragonflys\, received honorable mention in NY Book Festival and finalist in the Best Book Awards. When she’s not penning stories of resilience and hope\, Carol applies her MBA to marketing and strategy (in chocolate\, sweet!). \nHer novel\, Orchid Blooming\, is the captivating first book in the Goodbye\, Orchid contemporary fiction series. \nKind and generous\, twenty-seven-year-old Orchid Paige will never forget that day. Living as best she can after witnessing her parents’ fatal accident\, the beauty industry marketer yearns to win a promotion to China to connect to her mom’s ancestry. But with competition fierce\, she despairs she’ll never make the grade… until she meets an encouraging man who makes her feel safe despite her usual distrust. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Carol or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n				Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n			\n  \n  \n \nEllen Meeropol is the author of the novel The Lost Women of Azalea Court (September 2022) and guest editor for the anthology Dreams for a Broken World (November 2022). Her previous novels are Her Sister’s Tattoo\, Kinship of Clover\, On Hurricane Island\, and House Arrest. Her work has been honored by the Sarton Women’s Prize\, The Women’s National Book Association\, and the Massachusetts Center for the Book.. \nIn her new book\, The Lost Women of Azalea Court\, hidden histories haunt both the landscape and the characters… \nThe neighbors of Azalea Court\, Lexi\, Harriet\, and Detective McPhee narrate this story together\, uncovering ghosts\, secrets\, and lies. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Ellen or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n				Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n			\n  \n  \n\nAbout Fireside\nWe are thrilled to announce that Adventures by the Book has been invited to host a literary series on Fireside which will include book discussions\, author talks\, book clubs\, special presentations\, and much more. During the course of WWII\, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt instituted a series of “fireside chats” on the radio\, as a way to regularly communicate self-assurance and calm during times of despair and uncertainty in our country. \nWhile once a thing of the past\, thanks to the brilliant collaboration of billionaire entrepreneur and Shark Tank TV star\, Mark Cuban\, and Falon Fatemi\, former CEO and Founder of Node.ai\, Fireside Chats are back\, bigger and better than ever\, and in a technological format that allows YOU to actively participate! \n \nFireside Chat is the exclusive\, invite-only new podcast platform for the next generation – a socially responsible space for us to come together in real-time to collaborate and create meaningful conversations. Together\, we will engage in discussion\, debate\, and discourse in a public forum and make it a thing of celebration and beauty. We are ready to share our microphone with you and hope you’ll join us as we collaborate in the world’s most dynamic auditorium. \n\nSave
URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/fall-into-reading-part-5-a-6-part-virtual-fireside-adventure-featuring-bestselling-and-fan-favorite-authors-sara-ackerman-jamie-beck-carol-van-den-hende-madeline-martin-ellen-meeropol-and-gill/
CATEGORIES:Event,Fireside Chat,San Diego Adventures,Virtual Adventure
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220907T170000
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SUMMARY:Happier Hour: a Virtual Fireside Adventure with award-winning educator and researcher Dr. Cassie Mogilner Holmes
DESCRIPTION:About the Event\nOur most precious resource isn’t money. It’s time. \nJoin award-winning educator and researcher Dr. Cassie Mogilner Holmes on Fireside as she discusses her new book\, Happier Hour\, where you will learn how to immediately improve your life by better investing your time. \nAnd it all starts with a happier hour! So\, be sure to grab a glass of wine or hot cocoa before you curl up in your favorite chair to chat live with Cassie to discuss her book\, ask questions\, and converse live “on stage.” \nTo join our virtual event on the exciting new storytelling platform\, Fireside\, simply purchase a book or register below and we will send you a private VIP link to attend the virtual event. If you have an iPhone or iPad\, you can be part of the virtual audience to chat live with Cassie. With other devices\, you can still listen live here to the broadcast. \nYour Adventure includes a hardcover copy of Happier Hour\, tax\, shipping within the U.S.\, a live Fireside chat with Cassie\, and Q&A. \n  \n  \n\nAbout the Author and Book\n \nCassie Mogilner Holmes is a Professor at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management. Cassie is an expert on time and happiness. Her research examines such questions as how focusing on time (rather than money) increases happiness\, how the meaning of happiness changes over the course of one’s lifetime\, and how much happiness people enjoy from extraordinary versus ordinary experiences. Across these inquiries\, her findings highlight the joy that stems from interpersonal connection and paying attention to the present moment. \nCassie’s academic research on the role of time in cultivating well-being has been published in leading academic journals\, including Psychological Science\, the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology\, and the Journal of Consumer Research\, and earned her the Early Career Award from both the Association of Consumer Research and the Society of Consumer Psychology. \nCassie was identified by Poets & Quants as one of the best 40 business professors under 40\, and popular accounts of her research have been featured on NPR and in such publications as The Economist\, The New York Times\, The Wall Street Journal\, the Financial Times\, and Scientific American. \nProfessor Cassie Holmes is the author of the upcoming book\, Happier Hour: How to Beat Distraction\, Expand Your Time\, and Focus on What Matters Most\, which is based on her wildly popular MBA course\, “Applying the Science of Happiness to Life Design.” \nHappier Hour provides empirically-based insights and easy-to-implement tools that will allow you to: \n– Optimally spend your hours and feel confident in those choices\n– Sidestep distractions\n– Create and savor moments of joy\n– Design your schedule with purpose\n– Look back on your years without regrets \nEnlivened by Holmes’s upbeat narrative and groundbreaking research\, Happier Hour teaches you how small changes can have an enormous impact\, helping you feel less overwhelmed\, more present\, and more satisfied with your life overall. It all starts by transforming just one hour into a happier hour. \n\n  \n\n\nAbout Fireside\nFireside Chat is the exclusive\, invite-only new podcast platform founded by billionaire entrepreneur and Shark Tank TV star\, Mark Cuban\, and Falon Fatemi\, former CEO and Founder of Node.ai. This innovative\, technological format allows YOU to actively participate in live discussions\, debates and meaningful conversations.  \nAdventures by the Book\, as one of many content creators\, hosts a literary series that includes regular book discussions\, author talks\, book clubs\, special presentations\, and much more. Chat live now!  \n \n\nSave
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SUMMARY:Fall Into Reading (Part 4): a 6-part virtual Fireside Adventure featuring bestselling and fan favorite authors Sara Ackerman\, Jamie Beck\, Carol Van Den Hende\, Madeline Martin\, Ellen Meeropol\, and Gill Paul
DESCRIPTION:About the Event\nIt’s never too early to start planning your autumn book selections\, so why not fall into reading now by joining our 6-part Fireside Chat Fall Series featuring bestselling and fan favorite authors Sara Ackerman\, Jamie Beck\, Carol Van Den Hende\, Madeline Martin\, Ellen Meeropol\, and Gill Paul to discover six fun new reads! \nEach week\, Adventures by the Book founder Susan McBeth will chat live with a different author to discuss their new book on the innovative interactive storytelling platform\, Fireside\, that allows you to join the conversation live. Pre-order a book below for shipping to you and then tune in to Fireside for this fun six-part series. \nTo join all (or part) of this series on Fireside\, simply pre-order a book below to be shipped directly to you. Prior to the event\, we will send you a private VIP link to attend the virtual event. If you have an iPhone or iPad\, you can be part of the virtual audience to chat live with the authors. With other devices\, you can still listen live to the broadcast HERE. \n\nUpcoming Fall Series Schedule\nPART 4 featuring Gill Paul: Thursday\, September 1\, 4:00pmPacific/7:00pm Eastern\nPART 5 featuring Carol Van Den Hende: Thursday\, September 8\, 4:00pmPacific/7:00pm Eastern\nPART 6 featuring featuring Ellen Meeropol: Thursday\, September 22\, 4:00pmPacific/7:00pm Eastern\n\n  \n\nAbout the Authors and Books\n\n \nGill Paul’s historical novels have reached the top of the USA Today\, Toronto Globe & Mail and UK kindle charts\, and been translated into twenty languages. She specializes in relatively recent history\, mostly 20th century\, and enjoys re-evaluating real historical characters and trying to get inside their heads. \nGill also writes historical non-fiction\, including A History of Medicine in 50 Objects and series of Love Stories. Published around the world\, this series includes Royal Love Stories\, World War I Love Stories and Titanic Love Stories. \nIn her book\, The Manhattan Girls: A Novel of Dorothy Parker and Her Friends\, it’s New York City 1921: The war is over\, fashions are daring\, and bootleg liquor is abundant. Here\, four extraordinary women form a bridge group that grows into a firm friendship. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Gill or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n				Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n			\n  \n  \n \nCarol Van Den Hende is the award-winning author of Goodbye\, Orchid which won the American Fiction Award\, Pinnacle Achievement Award\, IAN for Best First Novel\, two Royal Dragonflys\, received honorable mention in NY Book Festival and finalist in the Best Book Awards. When she’s not penning stories of resilience and hope\, Carol applies her MBA to marketing and strategy (in chocolate\, sweet!). \nHer novel\, Orchid Blooming\, is the captivating first book in the Goodbye\, Orchid contemporary fiction series. \nKind and generous\, twenty-seven-year-old Orchid Paige will never forget that day. Living as best she can after witnessing her parents’ fatal accident\, the beauty industry marketer yearns to win a promotion to China to connect to her mom’s ancestry. But with competition fierce\, she despairs she’ll never make the grade… until she meets an encouraging man who makes her feel safe despite her usual distrust. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Carol or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n				Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n			\n  \n  \n \nEllen Meeropol is the author of the novel The Lost Women of Azalea Court (September 2022) and guest editor for the anthology Dreams for a Broken World (November 2022). Her previous novels are Her Sister’s Tattoo\, Kinship of Clover\, On Hurricane Island\, and House Arrest. Her work has been honored by the Sarton Women’s Prize\, The Women’s National Book Association\, and the Massachusetts Center for the Book.. \nIn her new book\, The Lost Women of Azalea Court\, hidden histories haunt both the landscape and the characters… \nThe neighbors of Azalea Court\, Lexi\, Harriet\, and Detective McPhee narrate this story together\, uncovering ghosts\, secrets\, and lies. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Ellen or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n				Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n			\n  \n  \n\nAbout Fireside\nWe are thrilled to announce that Adventures by the Book has been invited to host a literary series on Fireside which will include book discussions\, author talks\, book clubs\, special presentations\, and much more. During the course of WWII\, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt instituted a series of “fireside chats” on the radio\, as a way to regularly communicate self-assurance and calm during times of despair and uncertainty in our country. \nWhile once a thing of the past\, thanks to the brilliant collaboration of billionaire entrepreneur and Shark Tank TV star\, Mark Cuban\, and Falon Fatemi\, former CEO and Founder of Node.ai\, Fireside Chats are back\, bigger and better than ever\, and in a technological format that allows YOU to actively participate! \n \nFireside Chat is the exclusive\, invite-only new podcast platform for the next generation – a socially responsible space for us to come together in real-time to collaborate and create meaningful conversations. Together\, we will engage in discussion\, debate\, and discourse in a public forum and make it a thing of celebration and beauty. We are ready to share our microphone with you and hope you’ll join us as we collaborate in the world’s most dynamic auditorium. \n\nSave
URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/fall-into-reading-part-4-a-6-part-virtual-fireside-adventure-featuring-bestselling-and-fan-favorite-authors-sara-ackerman-jamie-beck-carol-van-den-hende-madeline-martin-ellen-meeropol-and-gill/
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SUMMARY:Fall Into Reading (Part 3): a 6-part virtual Fireside Adventure featuring bestselling and fan favorite authors Sara Ackerman\, Jamie Beck\, Carol Van Den Hende\, Madeline Martin\, Ellen Meeropol\, and Gill Paul
DESCRIPTION:About the Event\nIt’s never too early to start planning your autumn book selections\, so why not fall into reading now by joining our 6-part Fireside Chat Fall Series featuring bestselling and fan favorite authors Sara Ackerman\, Jamie Beck\, Carol Van Den Hende\, Madeline Martin\, Ellen Meeropol\, and Gill Paul to discover six fun new reads! \nEach week\, Adventures by the Book founder Susan McBeth will chat live with a different author to discuss their new book on the innovative interactive storytelling platform\, Fireside\, that allows you to join the conversation live. Pre-order a book below for shipping to you and then tune in to Fireside for this fun six-part series. \nTo join all (or part) of this series on Fireside\, simply pre-order a book below to be shipped directly to you. Prior to the event\, we will send you a private VIP link to attend the virtual event. If you have an iPhone or iPad\, you can be part of the virtual audience to chat live with the authors. With other devices\, you can still listen live to the broadcast HERE. \n\nUpcoming Fall Series Schedule\nPART 3 featuring Jamie Beck: Thursday\, August 25\, 4:00pm/ Pacific7:00pm Eastern\nPART 4 featuring Gill Paul: Thursday\, September 1\, 4:00pmPacific/7:00pm Eastern\nPART 5 featuring Carol Van Den Hende: Thursday\, September 8\, 4:00pmPacific/7:00pm Eastern\nPART 6 featuring featuring Ellen Meeropol: Thursday\, September 22\, 4:00pmPacific/7:00pm Eastern\n\n  \n\nAbout the Authors and Books\n\n\n \nWall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author Jamie Beck’s realistic and heartwarming stories have sold more than three million copies. She is a two-time Booksellers’ Best Award finalist\, a National Readers’ Choice Award winner\, and critics at Kirkus\, Publishers Weekly\, and Booklist have respectively called her work “smart\,” “poignant\,” and “entertaining.” \nIn addition to writing novels\, she enjoys dancing around the kitchen while cooking and hitting the slopes in Vermont and Utah. Above all\, she is a grateful wife and mother to a very patient\, supportive family. \nHer book\, Take It From Me\, is a humorous and heartwarming novel about friendship and all its little secrets. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Jamie or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n				Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n			\n\n  \n  \n \nGill Paul’s historical novels have reached the top of the USA Today\, Toronto Globe & Mail and UK kindle charts\, and been translated into twenty languages. She specializes in relatively recent history\, mostly 20th century\, and enjoys re-evaluating real historical characters and trying to get inside their heads. \nGill also writes historical non-fiction\, including A History of Medicine in 50 Objects and series of Love Stories. Published around the world\, this series includes Royal Love Stories\, World War I Love Stories and Titanic Love Stories. \nIn her book\, The Manhattan Girls: A Novel of Dorothy Parker and Her Friends\, it’s New York City 1921: The war is over\, fashions are daring\, and bootleg liquor is abundant. Here\, four extraordinary women form a bridge group that grows into a firm friendship. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Gill or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n				Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n			\n  \n  \n \nCarol Van Den Hende is the award-winning author of Goodbye\, Orchid which won the American Fiction Award\, Pinnacle Achievement Award\, IAN for Best First Novel\, two Royal Dragonflys\, received honorable mention in NY Book Festival and finalist in the Best Book Awards. When she’s not penning stories of resilience and hope\, Carol applies her MBA to marketing and strategy (in chocolate\, sweet!). \nHer novel\, Orchid Blooming\, is the captivating first book in the Goodbye\, Orchid contemporary fiction series. \nKind and generous\, twenty-seven-year-old Orchid Paige will never forget that day. Living as best she can after witnessing her parents’ fatal accident\, the beauty industry marketer yearns to win a promotion to China to connect to her mom’s ancestry. But with competition fierce\, she despairs she’ll never make the grade… until she meets an encouraging man who makes her feel safe despite her usual distrust. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Carol or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n				Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n			\n  \n  \n \nEllen Meeropol is the author of the novel The Lost Women of Azalea Court (September 2022) and guest editor for the anthology Dreams for a Broken World (November 2022). Her previous novels are Her Sister’s Tattoo\, Kinship of Clover\, On Hurricane Island\, and House Arrest. Her work has been honored by the Sarton Women’s Prize\, The Women’s National Book Association\, and the Massachusetts Center for the Book.. \nIn her new book\, The Lost Women of Azalea Court\, hidden histories haunt both the landscape and the characters… \nThe neighbors of Azalea Court\, Lexi\, Harriet\, and Detective McPhee narrate this story together\, uncovering ghosts\, secrets\, and lies. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Ellen or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n				Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n			\n  \n  \n\nAbout Fireside\nWe are thrilled to announce that Adventures by the Book has been invited to host a literary series on Fireside which will include book discussions\, author talks\, book clubs\, special presentations\, and much more. During the course of WWII\, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt instituted a series of “fireside chats” on the radio\, as a way to regularly communicate self-assurance and calm during times of despair and uncertainty in our country. \nWhile once a thing of the past\, thanks to the brilliant collaboration of billionaire entrepreneur and Shark Tank TV star\, Mark Cuban\, and Falon Fatemi\, former CEO and Founder of Node.ai\, Fireside Chats are back\, bigger and better than ever\, and in a technological format that allows YOU to actively participate! \n \nFireside Chat is the exclusive\, invite-only new podcast platform for the next generation – a socially responsible space for us to come together in real-time to collaborate and create meaningful conversations. Together\, we will engage in discussion\, debate\, and discourse in a public forum and make it a thing of celebration and beauty. We are ready to share our microphone with you and hope you’ll join us as we collaborate in the world’s most dynamic auditorium. \n\nSave
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SUMMARY:Fall Into Reading (Part 2): a 6-part virtual Fireside Adventure featuring bestselling and fan favorite authors Sara Ackerman\, Jamie Beck\, Carol Van Den Hende\, Madeline Martin\, Ellen Meeropol\, and Gill Paul
DESCRIPTION:About the Event\nIt’s never too early to start planning your autumn book selections\, so why not fall into reading now by joining our 6-part Fireside Chat Fall Series featuring bestselling and fan favorite authors Sara Ackerman\, Jamie Beck\, Carol Van Den Hende\, Madeline Martin\, Ellen Meeropol\, and Gill Paul to discover six fun new reads! \nEach week\, Adventures by the Book founder Susan McBeth will chat live with a different author to discuss their new book on the innovative interactive storytelling platform\, Fireside\, that allows you to join the conversation live. Pre-order a book below for shipping to you and then tune in to Fireside for this fun six-part series. \nTo join all (or part) of this series on Fireside\, simply pre-order a book below to be shipped directly to you. Prior to the event\, we will send you a private VIP link to attend the virtual event. If you have an iPhone or iPad\, you can be part of the virtual audience to chat live with the authors. With other devices\, you can still listen live to the broadcast HERE. \n\nUpcoming Fall Series Schedule\nPART 2 featuring Madeline Martin: Thursday\, August 11\, 4:00pm Pacific/7:00pm Eastern\nPART 3 featuring Jamie Beck: Thursday\, August 25\, 4:00pm/ Pacific7:00pm Eastern\nPART 4 featuring Gill Paul: Thursday\, September 1\, 4:00pmPacific/7:00pm Eastern\nPART 5 featuring Carol Van Den Hende: Thursday\, September 8\, 4:00pmPacific/7:00pm Eastern\nPART 6 featuring featuring Ellen Meeropol: Thursday\, September 22\, 4:00pmPacific/7:00pm Eastern\n\n  \n\nAbout the Authors and Books\n\n\n \nMadeline Martin is a New York Times and international bestselling author of historical fiction and historical romance. \nShe lives in sunny Florida with her two daughters (known collectively as the minions)\, one incredibly spoiled cat and a man so wonderful he’s been dubbed Mr. Awesome. She is a die-hard history lover who will happily lose herself in research any day. When she’s not writing\, researching or ‘moming’\, you can find her spending time with her family at Disney or sneaking a couple spoonfuls of Nutella while laughing over cat videos. She also loves to travel\, attributing her fascination with history to having spent most of her childhood as an Army brat in Germany. \nHer moving novel\, The Last Bookshop in London\, was inspired by the true history of America’s library spies of World War II. The Librarian Spy is an inspiring novel that highlights the women who dared to resist in the face of adversity. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Madeline or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n				Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n			\n\n  \n  \n\n \nWall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author Jamie Beck’s realistic and heartwarming stories have sold more than three million copies. She is a two-time Booksellers’ Best Award finalist\, a National Readers’ Choice Award winner\, and critics at Kirkus\, Publishers Weekly\, and Booklist have respectively called her work “smart\,” “poignant\,” and “entertaining.” \nIn addition to writing novels\, she enjoys dancing around the kitchen while cooking and hitting the slopes in Vermont and Utah. Above all\, she is a grateful wife and mother to a very patient\, supportive family. \nHer book\, Take It From Me\, is a humorous and heartwarming novel about friendship and all its little secrets. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Jamie or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n				Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n			\n\n  \n  \n \nGill Paul’s historical novels have reached the top of the USA Today\, Toronto Globe & Mail and UK kindle charts\, and been translated into twenty languages. She specializes in relatively recent history\, mostly 20th century\, and enjoys re-evaluating real historical characters and trying to get inside their heads. \nGill also writes historical non-fiction\, including A History of Medicine in 50 Objects and series of Love Stories. Published around the world\, this series includes Royal Love Stories\, World War I Love Stories and Titanic Love Stories. \nIn her book\, The Manhattan Girls: A Novel of Dorothy Parker and Her Friends\, it’s New York City 1921: The war is over\, fashions are daring\, and bootleg liquor is abundant. Here\, four extraordinary women form a bridge group that grows into a firm friendship. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Gill or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n				Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n			\n  \n  \n \nCarol Van Den Hende is the award-winning author of Goodbye\, Orchid which won the American Fiction Award\, Pinnacle Achievement Award\, IAN for Best First Novel\, two Royal Dragonflys\, received honorable mention in NY Book Festival and finalist in the Best Book Awards. When she’s not penning stories of resilience and hope\, Carol applies her MBA to marketing and strategy (in chocolate\, sweet!). \nHer novel\, Orchid Blooming\, is the captivating first book in the Goodbye\, Orchid contemporary fiction series. \nKind and generous\, twenty-seven-year-old Orchid Paige will never forget that day. Living as best she can after witnessing her parents’ fatal accident\, the beauty industry marketer yearns to win a promotion to China to connect to her mom’s ancestry. But with competition fierce\, she despairs she’ll never make the grade… until she meets an encouraging man who makes her feel safe despite her usual distrust. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Carol or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n				Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n			\n  \n  \n \nEllen Meeropol is the author of the novel The Lost Women of Azalea Court (September 2022) and guest editor for the anthology Dreams for a Broken World (November 2022). Her previous novels are Her Sister’s Tattoo\, Kinship of Clover\, On Hurricane Island\, and House Arrest. Her work has been honored by the Sarton Women’s Prize\, The Women’s National Book Association\, and the Massachusetts Center for the Book.. \nIn her new book\, The Lost Women of Azalea Court\, hidden histories haunt both the landscape and the characters… \nThe neighbors of Azalea Court\, Lexi\, Harriet\, and Detective McPhee narrate this story together\, uncovering ghosts\, secrets\, and lies. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Ellen or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n				Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n			\n  \n  \n\nAbout Fireside\nWe are thrilled to announce that Adventures by the Book has been invited to host a literary series on Fireside which will include book discussions\, author talks\, book clubs\, special presentations\, and much more. During the course of WWII\, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt instituted a series of “fireside chats” on the radio\, as a way to regularly communicate self-assurance and calm during times of despair and uncertainty in our country. \nWhile once a thing of the past\, thanks to the brilliant collaboration of billionaire entrepreneur and Shark Tank TV star\, Mark Cuban\, and Falon Fatemi\, former CEO and Founder of Node.ai\, Fireside Chats are back\, bigger and better than ever\, and in a technological format that allows YOU to actively participate! \n \nFireside Chat is the exclusive\, invite-only new podcast platform for the next generation – a socially responsible space for us to come together in real-time to collaborate and create meaningful conversations. Together\, we will engage in discussion\, debate\, and discourse in a public forum and make it a thing of celebration and beauty. We are ready to share our microphone with you and hope you’ll join us as we collaborate in the world’s most dynamic auditorium. \n\nSave
URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/fall-into-reading-part-2-a-6-part-virtual-fireside-adventure-featuring-bestselling-and-fan-favorite-authors-sara-ackerman-jamie-beck-carol-van-den-hende-madeline-martin-ellen-meeropol-and-gill/
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SUMMARY:Fall Into Reading (Part 1): a 6-part virtual Fireside Adventure featuring bestselling and fan favorite authors Sara Ackerman\, Jamie Beck\, Carol Van Den Hende\, Madeline Martin\, Ellen Meeropol\, and Gill Paul
DESCRIPTION:About the Event\nIt’s never too early to start planning your autumn book selections\, so why not fall into reading now by joining our 6-part Fireside Chat Fall Series featuring bestselling and fan favorite authors Sara Ackerman\, Jamie Beck\, Carol Van Den Hende\, Madeline Martin\, Ellen Meeropol\, and Gill Paul to discover six fun new reads! \nEach week\, Adventures by the Book founder Susan McBeth will chat live with a different author to discuss their new book on the innovative interactive storytelling platform\, Fireside\, that allows you to join the conversation live. Pre-order a book below for shipping to you and then tune in to Fireside for this fun six-part series. \nTo join all (or part) of this series on Fireside\, simply pre-order a book below to be shipped directly to you. Prior to the event\, we will send you a private VIP link to attend the virtual event. If you have an iPhone or iPad\, you can be part of the virtual audience to chat live with the authors. With other devices\, you can still listen live to the broadcast HERE. \n\nUpcoming Fall Series Schedule\nPART 1 featuring Sara Ackerman: Thursday\, August 4\, 4:00pm Pacific/7:00pm Eastern\nPART 2 featuring Madeline Martin: Thursday\, August 11\, 4:00pm Pacific/7:00pm Eastern\nPART 3 featuring Jamie Beck: Thursday\, August 25\, 4:00pm/ Pacific7:00pm Eastern\nPART 4 featuring Gill Paul: Thursday\, September 1\, 4:00pmPacific/7:00pm Eastern\nPART 5 featuring Carol Van Den Hende: Thursday\, September 8\, 4:00pmPacific/7:00pm Eastern\nPART 6 featuring featuring Ellen Meeropol: Thursday\, September 22\, 4:00pmPacific/7:00pm Eastern\n\n  \n  \n\nAbout the Authors and Books\n \nSara Ackerman is a USA Today bestselling author who writes books about love and life\, and all of their messy and beautiful imperfections. She believes that the light is just as important as the dark\, and that the world is in need of uplifting and heartwarming stories. Born and raised in Hawaii\, she studied journalism and later earned graduate degrees in psychology and Chinese medicine. She blames Hawaii for her addiction to writing\, and sees no end to its untapped stories.  \n\n\nIn her new book\, The Codebreaker’s Secret\, Sara delivers with a riveting novel of WWII-era Hawaii about a plucky heroine\, a decades-old mystery\, and a stirring romance.  \nA brilliant female codebreaker. An “unbreakable” Japanese naval code. A pilot on a top-secret mission that could change the course of WWII. The Codebreaker’s Secret is a dazzling story of love and intrigue set during America’s darkest hour. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Sara or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n				Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n			\n\n  \n  \n\n \nMadeline Martin is a New York Times and international bestselling author of historical fiction and historical romance. \nShe lives in sunny Florida with her two daughters (known collectively as the minions)\, one incredibly spoiled cat and a man so wonderful he’s been dubbed Mr. Awesome. She is a die-hard history lover who will happily lose herself in research any day. When she’s not writing\, researching or ‘moming’\, you can find her spending time with her family at Disney or sneaking a couple spoonfuls of Nutella while laughing over cat videos. She also loves to travel\, attributing her fascination with history to having spent most of her childhood as an Army brat in Germany. \nHer moving novel\, The Last Bookshop in London\, was inspired by the true history of America’s library spies of World War II. The Librarian Spy is an inspiring novel that highlights the women who dared to resist in the face of adversity. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Madeline or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n				Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n			\n\n  \n  \n\n \nWall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author Jamie Beck’s realistic and heartwarming stories have sold more than three million copies. She is a two-time Booksellers’ Best Award finalist\, a National Readers’ Choice Award winner\, and critics at Kirkus\, Publishers Weekly\, and Booklist have respectively called her work “smart\,” “poignant\,” and “entertaining.” \nIn addition to writing novels\, she enjoys dancing around the kitchen while cooking and hitting the slopes in Vermont and Utah. Above all\, she is a grateful wife and mother to a very patient\, supportive family. \nHer book\, Take It From Me\, is a humorous and heartwarming novel about friendship and all its little secrets. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Jamie or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n				Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n			\n\n  \n  \n\n \n\nGill Paul’s historical novels have reached the top of the USA Today\, Toronto Globe & Mail and UK kindle charts\, and been translated into twenty languages. She specializes in relatively recent history\, mostly 20th century\, and enjoys re-evaluating real historical characters and trying to get inside their heads. \nGill also writes historical non-fiction\, including A History of Medicine in 50 Objects and series of Love Stories. Published around the world\, this series includes Royal Love Stories\, World War I Love Stories and Titanic Love Stories. \nIn her book\, The Manhattan Girls: A Novel of Dorothy Parker and Her Friends\, it’s New York City 1921: The war is over\, fashions are daring\, and bootleg liquor is abundant. Here\, four extraordinary women form a bridge group that grows into a firm friendship. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Gill or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n				Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n			\n  \n  \n \nCarol Van Den Hende is the award-winning author of Goodbye\, Orchid which won the American Fiction Award\, Pinnacle Achievement Award\, IAN for Best First Novel\, two Royal Dragonflys\, received honorable mention in NY Book Festival and finalist in the Best Book Awards. When she’s not penning stories of resilience and hope\, Carol applies her MBA to marketing and strategy (in chocolate\, sweet!). \nHer novel\, Orchid Blooming\, is the captivating first book in the Goodbye\, Orchid contemporary fiction series. \nKind and generous\, twenty-seven-year-old Orchid Paige will never forget that day. Living as best she can after witnessing her parents’ fatal accident\, the beauty industry marketer yearns to win a promotion to China to connect to her mom’s ancestry. But with competition fierce\, she despairs she’ll never make the grade… until she meets an encouraging man who makes her feel safe despite her usual distrust. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Carol or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n				Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n			\n  \n  \n \nEllen Meeropol is the author of the novel The Lost Women of Azalea Court (September 2022) and guest editor for the anthology Dreams for a Broken World (November 2022). Her previous novels are Her Sister’s Tattoo\, Kinship of Clover\, On Hurricane Island\, and House Arrest. Her work has been honored by the Sarton Women’s Prize\, The Women’s National Book Association\, and the Massachusetts Center for the Book.. \nIn her new book\, The Lost Women of Azalea Court\, hidden histories haunt both the landscape and the characters… \nThe neighbors of Azalea Court\, Lexi\, Harriet\, and Detective McPhee narrate this story together\, uncovering ghosts\, secrets\, and lies. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Ellen or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n				Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n			\n  \n  \n\nAbout Fireside\nWe are thrilled to announce that Adventures by the Book has been invited to host a literary series on Fireside which will include book discussions\, author talks\, book clubs\, special presentations\, and much more. During the course of WWII\, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt instituted a series of “fireside chats” on the radio\, as a way to regularly communicate self-assurance and calm during times of despair and uncertainty in our country. \nWhile once a thing of the past\, thanks to the brilliant collaboration of billionaire entrepreneur and Shark Tank TV star\, Mark Cuban\, and Falon Fatemi\, former CEO and Founder of Node.ai\, Fireside Chats are back\, bigger and better than ever\, and in a technological format that allows YOU to actively participate! \n \nFireside Chat is the exclusive\, invite-only new podcast platform for the next generation – a socially responsible space for us to come together in real-time to collaborate and create meaningful conversations. Together\, we will engage in discussion\, debate\, and discourse in a public forum and make it a thing of celebration and beauty. We are ready to share our microphone with you and hope you’ll join us as we collaborate in the world’s most dynamic auditorium. \n\nSave
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CATEGORIES:Event,Fireside Chat,San Diego Adventures,Virtual Adventure
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SUMMARY:I'm Not Broken: a 4-part Fireside PRIDE Adventure with author and social impact consultant Jesse Leon
DESCRIPTION:About the Event\nJoin us for an unforgettable 4-part series with author and social impact consultant Jesse Leon\, as we discuss his unflinching and inspiring memoir\, I’m Not Broken. As Jesse shares his extraordinary story of resilience and survival while shining a light on his childhood spent devastated by sex trafficking\, street life\, and substance abuse\, you are invited and encouraged to participate in the conversation on Fireside’s unique platform that allows for live dialogue on our virtual stage. \nOur I’m Not Broken virtual Fireside Adventure by the Book series\, featuring the author in conversation with Adventures by the Book founder Susan McBeth\, will focus on four different aspects of Jesse’s identity that are described in his book while detailing the possibilities of self-transformation and self-acceptance\, including coming to terms with his queer identity and finding community\, the journey of addiction/recovery/mental health\, being the child of Mexican immigrants and The American Dream\, and turning points in his life. \nPre-order your book below for shipping to you upon publication on August 23\, and then tune in to Fireside for this important four-part episodic mini-series during PRIDE Month\, including a follow-up book club style conversation in late summer after the book has been released and you have had an opportunity to read Jesse’s story. We hope you will come away with a deeper and richer understanding of the inherent challenges Jesse and so many others face. Bring your questions\, your stories\, your open mind\, and your heart. \nUpcoming I’m Not Broken Schedule\nSERIES 1: Tuesday\, June 21\, 4:00pm Pacific/7:00pm Eastern\nSERIES 2: Tuesday\, June 28\, 4:00pm Pacific/7:00pm Eastern\nSERIES 3: Tuesday\, July 5\, 4:00pm/ Pacific7:00pm Eastern\nSERIES 4: Tuesday\, July 12\, 4:00pmPacific/7:00pm Eastern\n\n\n  \nTo join all (or part) of this series on the exciting new storytelling platform\, Fireside\, simply pre-order a signed copy of I’m Not Broken below to be shipped directly to you upon publication in late August. Prior to the event\, we will send you a private VIP link to attend the virtual event. If you have an iPhone or iPad\, you can be part of the virtual audience to chat live with Jesse and Susan. With other devices\, you can still listen live to the broadcast. \n\n\nAbout the Author and Book\n \nJesse Leon is a social impact consultant to foundations\, impact investors\, non-profits\, and real estate developers on ways to address issues of substance abuse\, affordable housing\, and educational opportunities for at-risk youth. Since receiving a master’s degree from the Harvard Kennedy School\, Jesse has managed multi-million dollar philanthropic grantmaking for various foundations and banking institutions\, managed over $1B in public sector investments for affordable housing\, and built thousands of units of mixed-income housing as a real estate developer for Bank of America. \nJesse recently moved back to San Diego to be closer to his mother and to pursue his dream of publishing this book. He is a native Spanish speaker and fluent in English and Portuguese. \nJesse’s unforgettable memoir\, I’m Not Broken\, is an inspirational portrait of one young man’s indomitable strength and spirit to survive—against all possible odds. \nBorn to indigenous working-class Mexican immigrants in San Diego in the 1970s\, Jesse Leon’s childhood was violently ruptured. A dangerous and harrowing encounter at a local gift shop when he was eleven years old left Jesse with a deadly secret. Hurt\, alone\, and scared for his life\, Jesse numbed his pain by losing himself in the hyper-masculine culture of the streets and wherever else he could find it—in alcohol\, drugs\, and prostitution. Overlooked by state-sanctioned institutions and systems intended to help victims of abuse\, neglected like many other low-income Latinos\, Jesse spiraled into cycles of suicide and substance abuse. \nI’m Not Broken is the heartbreaking and remarkable story of the journey Jesse takes to win back his life\, leading him to the steps of Harvard University. From being the lone young person of color in Narcotics Anonymous meetings to coming to terms with his own sexual identity\, to becoming an engaged mentor for incarcerated youth\, Jesse finds the will to live with the love and support of his family\, friends\, and mentors. Recounting the extraordinary circumstances of his life\, Jesse offers a powerful\, raw testament to the possibilities of self-transformation and self-acceptance. \n\n\n\n\nAbout Fireside\nWe are thrilled to announce that Adventures by the Book has been invited to host a literary series on Fireside which will include book discussions\, author talks\, book clubs\, special presentations\, and much more. During the course of WWII\, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt instituted a series of “fireside chats” on the radio\, as a way to regularly communicate self-assurance and calm during times of despair and uncertainty in our country. \nWhile once a thing of the past\, thanks to the brilliant collaboration of billionaire entrepreneur and Shark Tank TV star\, Mark Cuban\, and Falon Fatemi\, former CEO and Founder of Node.ai\, Fireside Chats are back\, bigger and better than ever\, and in a technological format that allows YOU to actively participate! \n \nFireside Chat is the exclusive\, invite-only new podcast platform for the next generation – a socially responsible space for us to come together in real-time to collaborate and create meaningful conversations. Together\, we will engage in discussion\, debate\, and discourse in a public forum and make it a thing of celebration and beauty. We are ready to share our microphone with you and hope you’ll join us as we collaborate in the world’s most dynamic auditorium. \n\nSave
URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/jesse-leon-6-21-22/
CATEGORIES:Event,Fireside Chat,San Diego Adventures,Virtual Adventure
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SUMMARY:The Precious Jules: a virtual Fireside Adventure featuring critically-acclaimed author Shawn Nocher
DESCRIPTION:About the Event\nHave you ever wondered where lies that fine line between selfishness and what passes for love? \nCritically-acclaimed author Shawn Nocher explores that complicated question in her new book\, The Precious Jules. Settle in with a glass of wine or hot cocoa\, curl up in your favorite chair\, and get ready to chat live on Fireside with Shawn to discuss her book\, ask questions\, and converse live “on stage.” \nTo join our virtual event on the exciting new storytelling platform\, Fireside\, simply purchase a book or register below and we will send you a private VIP link to attend the virtual event. If you have an iPhone or iPad\, you can be part of the virtual audience to chat live with Laila. With other devices\, you can still listen live here to the broadcast. \nYour Adventure includes a hardcover copy of The Precious Jules\, tax\, shipping within the U.S.\, a live Fireside chat with Shawn\, and Q&A. \n\n\nAbout the Author and Book\n \nShawn Nocher (pronounced “No-Shay”) is the author of the critically acclaimed novel A Hand to Hold in Deep Water. Her short stories and nonfiction articles have been published in SmokeLong Quarterly\, Pithead Chapel\, MoonPark Review\, Writer’s Digest\, and Electric Literature\, among others. She teaches in the Master of Arts writing program at Johns Hopkins University\, has given wings to two children\, and lives with her husband and an assortment of sassy rescue animals in Baltimore\, Maryland\, where she writes in a room of her own. \nShawn’s new novel\, The Precious Jules\, is a deeply felt family narrative that examines the fine line between selfishness and what passes for love. \nAfter nearly two hundred years of housing retardants\, as they were once known\, the Beechwood Institute is closing the doors on its dark history\, and the complicated task of reassigning residents has begun. Ella Jules\, having arrived at Beechwood at the tender age of eight\, must now rely on the state to decide her future. Ella’s aging parents have requested that she be returned to her childhood home\, much to the distress of Ella’s siblings\, but more so to Lynetta\, her beloved caretaker who has been by her side for decades. \nThe five adult Jules children\, haunted by their early memories of their sister\, and each dealing with the trauma of her banishment in their own flawed way\, are converging on the family home\, arriving from the far corners of the country — secrets in tow — to talk some sense into their aging parents and get to the root of this inexplicable change of heart. \nThis family story asks what is best for one child in light of what is perceived as the greater good\, and just what is the collective legacy of buried family secrets\, shame\, and helplessness. The Precious Jules is a deeply felt family narrative that will make you fall in love with these flawed and imperfect characters standing on the threshold of an awakening they never expected. \n  \n\n\nAbout Fireside\nWe are thrilled to announce that Adventures by the Book has been invited to host a literary series on Fireside which will include book discussions\, author talks\, book clubs\, special presentations\, and much more. During the course of WWII\, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt instituted a series of “fireside chats” on the radio\, as a way to regularly communicate self-assurance and calm during times of despair and uncertainty in our country. \nWhile once a thing of the past\, thanks to the brilliant collaboration of billionaire entrepreneur and Shark Tank TV star\, Mark Cuban\, and Falon Fatemi\, former CEO and Founder of Node.ai\, Fireside Chats are back\, bigger and better than ever\, and in a technological format that allows YOU to actively participate! \n \nFireside Chat is the exclusive\, invite-only new podcast platform for the next generation – a socially responsible space for us to come together in real-time to collaborate and create meaningful conversations. Together\, we will engage in discussion\, debate\, and discourse in a public forum and make it a thing of celebration and beauty. We are ready to share our microphone with you and hope you’ll join us as we collaborate in the world’s most dynamic auditorium. \n\nSave
URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/shawn-nocher-6-30-22/
CATEGORIES:Event,Fireside Chat,San Diego Adventures,Virtual Adventure
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SUMMARY:The Second Husband: a virtual Fireside Adventure featuring New York Times bestselling author Kate White
DESCRIPTION:About the Event\nHow well do we really know our loved ones? That’s a question that New York Times bestselling author Kate White tackles in her fast-paced new novel of suspense\, The Second Husband. \nJoin Kate on Fireside as she discusses this psychological thriller about a woman whose seemingly perfect world is rocked by the reopening of her first husband’s murder case.  You are going to need a glass of wine or hot cocoa before you curl up in your favorite chair to chat live with Kate to discuss her book\, ask questions\, and converse live “on stage.” \nTo join our virtual event on the exciting new storytelling platform\, Fireside\, simply purchase a book or register below and we will send you a private VIP link to attend the virtual event. If you have an iPhone or iPad\, you can be part of the virtual audience to chat live with Kate. With other devices\, you can still listen live here to the broadcast. \nYour Adventure includes a paperback copy of The Second Wife\, tax\, shipping within the U.S.\, a live Fireside chat with Kate\, and Q&A. \n\nAbout the Author and Book\n \nKate White is the New York Times bestselling author of fifteen novels of suspense: seven standalone psychological thrillers\, including The Fiancée (June 2021)\, and eight Bailey Weggins mysteries.  Her last standalone thriller\, Have You Seen Me\, was an Amazon Editors’ pick for best thrillers of 2020\, and her 2019 novel\, Such a Perfect Wife\, was nominated for an International Thriller Writers Award. She has been published in countries around the world. \nFor fourteen years Kate served as the award-winning editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan magazine\, which under her became the number one seller on U.S. newsstands. Though she loved her job\, she decided to leave nine years ago to concentrate full-time on another passion of hers\, being a suspense novelist. \nLike many female mystery authors\, Kate fell in love with the genre after reading her first Nancy Drew book\, in her case The Secret of Redgate Farm. Kate is a frequent speaker at libraries\, book conferences\, and companies\, and has also appeared on many television shows\, including The Today Show\, CBS This Morning\, and Good Morning America. \nThe Second Husband is Kate’s new psychological thriller about a woman whose seemingly perfect world is rocked by the reopening of her first husband’s murder case. \nAfter losing her husband Derrick in what appears to have been a random street crime\, thirty-something Emma has built a new life with widower Tom. Tom is kind\, handsome\, driven\, and successful\, and Emma is finally able to feel safe again\, both in their relationship and in the home they’ve made together on the Connecticut shore. \nThen one day a homicide detective shows up at Emma and Tom’s door asking questions. Though Emma had been cleared of her husband’s murder\, it appears that law enforcement is taking another look at her and the case. What have they found exactly? And more importantly\, will the renewed investigation ruin Emma’s chances for a happy life? \nA fast-paced work of psychological suspense asks the question\, “How well do we really know our loved ones?” \n  \n\n\nAbout Fireside\nWe are thrilled to announce that Adventures by the Book has been invited to host a literary series on Fireside which will include book discussions\, author talks\, book clubs\, special presentations\, and much more. During the course of WWII\, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt instituted a series of “fireside chats” on the radio\, as a way to regularly communicate self-assurance and calm during times of despair and uncertainty in our country. \nWhile once a thing of the past\, thanks to the brilliant collaboration of billionaire entrepreneur and Shark Tank TV star\, Mark Cuban\, and Falon Fatemi\, former CEO and Founder of Node.ai\, Fireside Chats are back\, bigger and better than ever\, and in a technological format that allows YOU to actively participate! \n \nFireside Chat is the exclusive\, invite-only new podcast platform for the next generation – a socially responsible space for us to come together in real-time to collaborate and create meaningful conversations. Together\, we will engage in discussion\, debate\, and discourse in a public forum and make it a thing of celebration and beauty. We are ready to share our microphone with you and hope you’ll join us as we collaborate in the world’s most dynamic auditorium. \n\nSave
URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/kate-white-6-29-22/
CATEGORIES:Event,Fireside Chat,San Diego Adventures,Virtual Adventure
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SUMMARY:A Touch of Darkness: a virtual Fireside Adventure featuring bestselling author Scarlett St. Clair in conversation with Laura Thalassa
DESCRIPTION:About the Event\nIn mythology and literature\, she is known as the dreaded Persephone\, queen of the Underworld\, and goddess of death. Now\, a dark and enthralling reimagining of the Persephone and Hades Greek myth  in her reimagined New Greece comes forth from bestselling author Scarlett St. Clair. \nSo grab a glass of wine\, curl up in your favorite chair\, and get ready to chat live with Scarlett\, in conversation with Laura Thalassa\, to discuss Scarlett’s latest book\, A Game of Retribution\, ask questions\, and converse live “on stage” with the authors. \nTo join our virtual event on the exciting new storytelling platform\, Fireside\, simply purchase a book(s) or register below and we will send you a private VIP link to attend the virtual event. If you have an iPhone or iPad\, you can be part of the virtual audience to chat live with Scarlett and Laura. With other devices\, you can still listen live here to the broadcast. \nYour Adventure includes a paperback copy of A Game of Retribution and/or Death\, tax\, shipping within the U.S.\, a live Fireside chat with Scarlett and Laura\, and Q&A. \n\n\nAbout the Authors and Books\n \nInternational and USA Today bestselling author Scarlett St. Clair is a citizen of the Muscogee Nation and the author of the Hades X Persephone Saga\, the Hades Saga\, King of Battle & Blood\, and When Stars Come Out. She has a Master’s degree in Library Science and Information Studies and a Bachelors in English Writing. She is obsessed with Greek Mythology\, murder mysteries\, and the afterlife. \nIn her new book\, A Game of Retribution\, Hades\, God of the Dead\, does not take sides or bend the rules. He makes no exceptions to these values―not for god or mortal\, even his lover\, Persephone\, Goddess of Spring. \nUsually\, fear prevents retaliation…But not this time. \nWhen Hera\, Goddess of Women\, approaches Hades with a plan to overthrow Zeus\, he declines to offer help. As punishment\, Hera sentences Hades to perform a series of labors. Between killing mythical monsters and recovering deadly stolen artifacts\, each feat seems more impossible than the last and draws his attention away from Persephone―whose own tragedy has left her questioning whether she can be Queen of the Underworld. \nCan Hades maintain the balance he craves? \n\n  \n\n \nFound in the forest when she was young\, Laura Thalassa was raised by fairies\, kidnapped by werewolves\, and given over to vampires as repayment for a hundred-year debt. She’s been brought back to life twice\, and\, with a single kiss\, she woke her true love from eternal sleep. She now lives happily ever after with her undead prince in a castle in the woods.…or something like that anyway. \nWhen not writing\, Laura can be found scarfing down guacamole\, hoarding chocolate for the apocalypse\, or curled up on the couch with a good book. \nIn her new novel\, Death\, he’s known by many names: Thanatos. Horseman. God’s last angel. And then\, of course\, there’s the one I’m all too familiar with—Death. \nThe day Death comes to Lazarus Gaumond’s town and kills everyone in one fell swoop\, the last thing he expects to see is a woman left alive and standing. But Lazarus has her own extraordinary gift: she cannot be killed—not by humans\, not by the elements\, not by Death himself. \nThe end is here. Humankind is set to perish\, and not even the horsemen can stop Death from fulfilling his final task. \nOnly Lazarus can. \n\n  \n\nAbout Fireside\nWe are thrilled to announce that Adventures by the Book has been invited to host a literary series on Fireside which will include book discussions\, author talks\, book clubs\, special presentations\, and much more. During the course of WWII\, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt instituted a series of “fireside chats” on the radio\, as a way to regularly communicate self-assurance and calm during times of despair and uncertainty in our country. \nWhile once a thing of the past\, thanks to the brilliant collaboration of billionaire entrepreneur and Shark Tank TV star\, Mark Cuban\, and Falon Fatemi\, former CEO and Founder of Node.ai\, Fireside Chats are back\, bigger and better than ever\, and in a technological format that allows YOU to actively participate! \n \nFireside Chat is the exclusive\, invite-only new podcast platform for the next generation – a socially responsible space for us to come together in real-time to collaborate and create meaningful conversations. Together\, we will engage in discussion\, debate\, and discourse in a public forum and make it a thing of celebration and beauty. We are ready to share our microphone with you and hope you’ll join us as we collaborate in the world’s most dynamic auditorium. \n\nSave
URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/scarlett-st-clair-5-25-22/
CATEGORIES:Event,Fireside Chat,San Diego Adventures,Virtual Adventure
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SUMMARY:Mother County: a virtual Fireside Adventure featuring award-winning author Jacinda Townsend
DESCRIPTION:About the Event\nIn her new novel\, Mother Country\, award-winning author Jacinda Townsend offers a bone-deep and unsparing portrayal of the ethical and emotional claims we make upon one another in the name of survival and in the name of love. \nJoin us live as we chat with Jacinda about her new transnational feminist novel\, where you have the unique opportunity to converse and ask questions live with the author on our virtual stage. \nTo join our virtual event on the exciting new storytelling platform\, Fireside\, simply purchase a book or register below and we will send you a private VIP link to attend the virtual event. If you have an iPhone or iPad\, you can be part of the virtual audience to chat live with Jacinda. With other devices\, you can still listen live here to the broadcast. \nYour Adventure includes a hardcover copy of Mother Country\, tax\, shipping within the U.S.\, a live Fireside chat with Jacinda\, and Q&A. \n\nAbout the Author and Book\n \nJacinda Townsend is the author of Saint Monkey\, set in 1950’s Eastern Kentucky\, which won the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize and the James Fenimore Cooper Prize for historical fiction. She is a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and teaches in the MFA program at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Saint Monkey was also the 2015 Honor Book of the Black Caucus of the American Library Association. \nHer new transnational feminist novel\, Mother Country\, explores human trafficking and motherhood. \nSaddled with student loans\, medical debt\, and the sudden news of her infertility after a major car accident\, Shannon\, an African American woman\, follows her boyfriend to Morocco in search of relief. There\, in the cobblestoned medina of Marrakech\, she finds a toddler in a pink jacket whose face mirrors her own. \nWith the help of her boyfriend and a bribed official\, Shannon makes the fateful decision to adopt and raise the girl in Louisville\, Kentucky. But the girl already has a mother: Souria\, an undocumented Mauritanian woman who was trafficked as a teen\, and who managed to escape to Morocco to build another life. \nIn rendering Souria’s separation from her family across vast stretches of desert and Shannon’s alienation from her mother under the same roof\, Jacinda Townsend brilliantly stages cycles of intergenerational trauma and healing. Linked by the girl who has been a daughter to them both\, these unforgettable protagonists move toward their inevitable reckoning. \n  \n\n\nAbout Fireside\nWe are thrilled to announce that Adventures by the Book has been invited to host a literary series on Fireside which will include book discussions\, author talks\, book clubs\, special presentations\, and much more. During the course of WWII\, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt instituted a series of “fireside chats” on the radio\, as a way to regularly communicate self-assurance and calm during times of despair and uncertainty in our country. \nWhile once a thing of the past\, thanks to the brilliant collaboration of billionaire entrepreneur and Shark Tank TV star\, Mark Cuban\, and Falon Fatemi\, former CEO and Founder of Node.ai\, Fireside Chats are back\, bigger and better than ever\, and in a technological format that allows YOU to actively participate! \n \nFireside Chat is the exclusive\, invite-only new podcast platform for the next generation – a socially responsible space for us to come together in real-time to collaborate and create meaningful conversations. Together\, we will engage in discussion\, debate\, and discourse in a public forum and make it a thing of celebration and beauty. We are ready to share our microphone with you and hope you’ll join us as we collaborate in the world’s most dynamic auditorium. \n\nSave
URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/jacinda-townsend-5-17-22/
CATEGORIES:Event,Fireside Chat,San Diego Adventures,Virtual Adventure
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