Amanda Peters joined us for October’s “Bookaccino Live” Book Group to discuss THE BERRY PICKERS, which was the 2023 Barnes & Noble Discover Prize winner and was awarded the 2024 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction. It also was a Bookreporter Bets On selection. Amanda talks about her inspiration for the novel, which involved a trip to Ma…

Benvenuti a una nuova puntata di Tra le righe dei libri con Bookreporter. Oggi abbiamo il piacere di ospitare Andrew Spannaus, analista politico e autore di Rivincita, un libro che ci invita a riflettere sulla crescente frattura tra le élite e la popolazione. In un momento storico in cui il malcontento verso le istituzioni tradizionali è in forte a…

Susan Rieger joins Carol Fitzgerald to talk about her latest novel, LIKE MOTHER, LIKE MOTHER, which is a Bookreporter Bets On selection. She shares what drove her to write this book and why it is structured as a mystery, with the feel of literary Russian nesting dolls. Susan also reveals which was her favorite character to write and discusses the u…

In questo episodio di Book Reporter, Gabriele Barberis ci parla del suo romanzo d’esordio Segnali in codice. Un thriller avvincente che intreccia le vicende irrisolte degli anni di Piombo con le dinamiche contemporanee, offrendo un’analisi profonda sui misteri e gli intrighi politici italiani. Attraverso la figura di Luca Borsier, un giovane giorna…

Jean Hanff Korelitz joins Carol Fitzgerald to talk about her latest book, THE SEQUEL, the appropriately titled follow-up to THE PLOT. In it, Anna, the widow of Jacob Finch Bonner, is enjoying the riches of being a literary widow and has written a debut novel called THE AFTERWORD. But, ah, Anna has a secret to hide. Jean shares the fun she had layer…

Shelley Read was our guest for September’s “Bookaccino Live” Book Group. As this was a book group-style program, we did talk spoilers. Four audience members joined us to ask her questions, all of which looked at GO AS A RIVER from different angles. Shelley shared her inspiration for the book and how she created her characters. She talked about prej…

Laura Dave talks to Carol Fitzgerald about her latest novel, THE NIGHT WE LOST HIM, which is a Bookreporter Bets On selection. At the heart of this story is a secret that has been hidden for years — one that may have caused the death of Liam Noone, a successful hotel magnate. Nora, his daughter from one of his marriages, is convinced by Sam, his so…

Chris Whitaker joins Carol Fitzgerald to talk about his New York Times bestseller, ALL THE COLORS OF THE DARK, which is a Bookreporter Bets On selection. Chris explains how he developed the book by spending a year writing just dialogue to get a feel for his characters, Patch and Saint. Once he had a good grasp of their voices, he could write around…

T.J. Newman joins Carol Fitzgerald to talk about WORST CASE SCENARIO, her third thriller to be a Bookreporter Bets On selection (following FALLING and DROWNING). T.J. shares how she came up with the idea for this book and the research that was required (including a detail that Carol saw to be totally plausible). She discusses her character developm…

Dawn Tripp joins Carol Fitzgerald to talk about her book, JACKIE, a Bookreporter Bets On pick that novelizes the life of the legendary Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis. A rare photograph, which became the cover of the book, inspired Dawn’s writing as much as the reading that she did. Along with books about Jackie, she read books that had been som…

Amy Neff joins Carol Fitzgerald to discuss THE DAYS I LOVED YOU MOST, which is a Bookreporter Bets On selection. Amy talks about her 10-year journey to write this beautiful debut novel and the influences that she had for it. She expounds upon why she chose the time frame that she did for the storyline and what she changed along the way. Amy also sh…

🎙️ Nuovo Episodio di Bookreporter! In questa puntata di Bookreporter, ho avuto il piacere di intervistare Francesco Bechis, co-autore del libro "Realpolitik" insieme a Giampiero Massolo. 📚 Immergetevi con noi in una conversazione affascinante dove esploriamo i retroscena e le ispirazioni dietro questo libro avvincente. Scoprite come la geopolitica …

Beatriz Williams joins Carol Fitzgerald to discuss her new novel, HUSBANDS & LOVERS, which is a Bookreporter Bets On pick. Here, for the first time, she sets one of her story threads in the present day, while the other takes place in 1950s Cairo. Beatriz loves reading about history and actually began developing the older storyline before moving ove…

Caro Carver joins Carol Fitzgerald to discuss her debut thriller, BAD TOURISTS, which is a Bookreporter Bets On pick. Her inspiration for the book came from a trip to the Maldives. It seems like an idyllic setting, but one where a lot more nefarious things might happen. Caro talks about her three characters, who are bound together by a past event, …

Marjan Kamali joins Carol Fitzgerald to talk about her latest novel, THE LION WOMEN OF TEHRAN, which is a Bookreporter Bets On selection. We are told the genesis of the story and how Marjan built on it from there. She delves into her personal history coming to the US as a child and what it means to be a “lion woman.” We learn about how class and cu…

We wrapped up our early 2024 “Bookaccino Live” Book Group programming with William Kent Krueger as our guest. He discussed his New York Times bestseller and Edgar Award-nominated book, THE RIVER WE REMEMBER. Readers joined to ask questions, which covered a myriad of topics. Kent also gave us a preview of his new Cork O’Connor mystery, SPIRIT CROSSI…

Per tutte le citazioni tristi che hai pubblicato su Tumblr. Per ogni circostanza in cui hai preferito lo strazio al divertimento, senza capire il perché. Per tutte le volte che sei stata una sad girl, adesso chiediti perché. Cos’è stato d’intralcio per il tuo ottimismo? La Jeune-Fille, il femminismo, i social network di ieri e oggi, il #MeToo, la r…

Bookreporter al Festival delle narrazioni Squilibri di Francavilla al Mare ha incontrato Anna Cherubini autrice del libro “Diventeremo amiche”. In questa intervista, Anna Cherubini ci parla del suo libro in cui esplora un destino parallelo al suo, quello di Emanuela Orlandi. Entrambe figlie di funzionari vaticani e appassionate di musica, le loro v…

Lisa Wingate joins Carol Fitzgerald to talk about her latest work of historical fiction, SHELTERWOOD, which is a Bookreporter Bets On selection. She explains the origin of the story, a piece she found about a woman named Kate Barnard that sent her down a rabbit hole of learning more about the children known as “elf children” who lived in trees. The…

Ruth Reichl joins Carol Fitzgerald to talk about THE PARIS NOVEL, which is a Bookreporter Bets On selection. The concept for this book was born from a section in SAVE ME THE PLUMS, Ruth’s 2019 memoir, which prompted her longtime editor, Susan Kamil, to ask for a novel with that as a starting-off point. Ruth talks about why she set the book in the 1…

Ann Napolitano joined us for May’s “Bookaccino Live” Book Group event. She talked about her New York Times bestseller, HELLO BEAUTIFUL (which was Oprah’s 100th Book Club selection), and her newly re-released 2004 debut novel, WITHIN ARM’S REACH. There also was a peek inside her writing process, which includes nine months of musing before putting pe…

Bookreporter intervista Beda Romano La transizione e l'integrazione degli undici paesi dell’Europa centro-orientale nell’Unione Europea tra il 2004 e il 2013 rappresentano un fenomeno complesso e multiforme. Questi Stati, precedentemente legati al blocco sovietico, hanno affrontato una significativa trasformazione politica, economica e sociale in s…

Genevieve “Gwen” Kingston joins Carol Fitzgerald to discuss her memoir, DID I EVER TELL YOU?, which is a Bookreporter Bets On selection. When Gwen was three years old, her mother, Kristina, was diagnosed with breast cancer; she passed away when Gwen was 11. When Kristina realized that her cancer was terminal, she created a box filled with individua…

Terah Shelton Harris joins Carol Fitzgerald to talk about her second novel, LONG AFTER WE ARE GONE, which is a Bookreporter Bets On selection. Terah explains what heir property is and the research she did about it to inform her story. She talks about developing the plot from four different points of view and her inspiration for that. Terah always k…

Ann Hood joins Carol Fitzgerald to talk about her latest work of historical fiction, THE STOLEN CHILD, which is a Bookreporter Bets On pick. Ann loves the World War I time period and has researched it through the years. She talks about her travels to World War I battle sites and how her son shares her passion for this history. Her thoughts about th…

Mary Kay Andrews returns to “Bookreporter Talks To” to discuss her latest book, SUMMERS AT THE SAINT, with Carol Fitzgerald. She talks about the resort that she modeled The Saint after and how she conducted research there while spending time with a friend. She also touches on the many storylines that are woven so well into this Bookreporter Bets On…

Kate Morton joined us for April’s “Bookaccino Live” Book Group event to talk about her latest novel, HOMECOMING, a Bookreporter Bets On pick and one of Carol Fitzgerald’s top three books of 2023. At the start of the pandemic, Kate was working on another book in London. When she and her family went to Australia for what was planned as a spring break…

Simone Gorrindo, whose debut memoir, THE WIVES, is a Bookreporter Bets On selection, joins Carol Fitzgerald on this episode of “Bookreporter Talks To.” Simone explains how she found her way to writing this book when her husband, an Army Special Ops team member, was assigned to a base in Columbus, Georgia. There she found herself with a group of wom…

In questa puntata del podcast parliamo di cinema e di come si possa girare un film con uno smartphone prendendo spunto dal Libro di Fabrizio Borni, “Come fare un vero film con lo smartphone” Sempre di più sono i videomaker, cineasti e registi indipendenti che utilizzano gli smartphone come, ad esempio, l'I-phone 15 per realizzare documentari, video…

Megan Miranda returns to “Bookreporter Talks To” to talk about her new thriller, DAUGHTER OF MINE, a Bookreporter Bets On selection with Carol Fitzgerald. She shares her inspiration for the book, as well as insight into her creative process. They talk about how she laid out the twists that make the book so special. She loves the narrator for the au…

Anna Quindlen joins Carol Fitzgerald to discuss her latest novel, AFTER ANNIE. The idea for the opening of the book came to Anna in a moment, which she explains. She thought for a while about just writing from the point of view of Ali, Annie’s 13-year-old daughter, but she changed her mind as she realized that she could not see the complete purview…

Federico Leoni, Classe 1977, giornalista professionista giornalista e studioso della politica e cultura statunitensi, è caporedattore a Sky Tg24. Segue da inviato le elezioni presidenziali americane dal 2008. Autore di due romanzi, Starry Night (Ensemble) e Dicerie della notte (Solferino), è co-autore del saggio John McCain, Tutte le guerre di Mave…

Oggi parleremo di un libro che racconta, attraverso le esperienze di una bambina prima e di adolescente dopo, la vita in uno dei quartieri della periferia romana, il Laurentino 38. Il quartiere prende il nome dal piano di zona numero 38 del Piano Attuativo della legge 167 entrato in vigore nel 1962 che aveva l'obiettivo di acquisire aree destinate …

Un percorso in dodici tappe, fra incontri, libri, teatro, musica e cinema, per condurre il pubblico nell’universo letterario, caratterizzato dalla magistrale abilità di fondere la Storia con la finzione, di Arturo Pérez-Reverte, scrittore e giornalista spagnolo, figura di spicco della letteratura contemporanea: è quello che si appresta a compiere i…

Da alcune settimane circola in rete e nelle più qualificate librerie del Paese un’opera originalissima, “Il Mondo Nuovissimo”, scritta a quattro mani dal Professore di Ingegneria dell’Università Parthenope di Napoli e imprenditore innovativo alla guida di Protom Group, Fabio De Felice, e dal Consulente in corporate e reputation strategy per Multina…

Tamron Hall, the Emmy Award-winning host and executive producer of the syndicated talk show “Tamron Hall” and the bestselling author of the Jordan Manning series, joins Carol Fitzgerald to discuss her latest thriller, WATCH WHERE THEY HIDE. Tamron shares the genesis of the plot for this second book in the series and why it is set in 2009. She also …

La notte del Dramma. La Roma di Prati e il pub Gorilla. Il poliamore. Il BDSM e i fetish party. Il desiderio di amare un amore libero. IIl male che vuole insinuarsi nel bene. Un viaggio nella propria sfera emotiva. Nat Gildi al microfono di Chiara Buoni ci racconta di questo e altro dal suo romanzo “Meno cazzate” edito da Giulio Perrone Editore. St…

Kristin Hannah was our guest for a very special “Bookreporter Talks To” program. She was in conversation with Bookreporter readers and Carol Fitzgerald about her #1 bestseller, THE WOMEN, which is a Bookreporter Bets On pick. A lot of ground was covered, including Kristin’s inspiration for writing the book, why she felt that now was the right time …

“Dalla parte di Lino…vai avanti, cretino!” intervista all’autore Massimiliano Bianconcini, intervista di Alessandro Conte Il libro di Massimiliano Bianconcini offre un'analisi dettagliata delle interpretazioni di Lino Banfi nei film realizzati tra il 1960 e il 1987. In un periodo di difficoltà per gli italiani, il cinema proponeva una comicità sott…

Shelby Van Pelt, author of REMARKABLY BRIGHT CREATURES, joins us for February’s “Bookaccino Live” Book Group event. She explains how a short piece that she had written for a writing class became the start of her New York Times bestseller, how growing up with her Swedish grandmother influenced her character, Tova, and why it worked for Marcellus to …

Ibex edizioni la casa editrice del consenso. Intervista a Gio Fumagalli Ibex Edizioni è una casa editrice che si distingue dalle altre per la sua visione avanguardista e la sua volontà di influenzare il futuro attraverso la cultura. Molto innovativa discosta dalle convenzioni tradizionali, poiché non si limita a seguire il presente, come descrivono…

Hank Phillippi Ryan joins Carol Fitzgerald to discuss her latest thriller, ONE WRONG WORD, which is a Bookreporter Bets On selection. The idea for this book came from something that happened to Hank when she was 19. She talks about crafting the characters and how she tries to keep readers on top of the action by introducing the characters as chapte…

Golda Meir, figura emblematica nella storia di Israele, è ricordata con varie sfumature: alcuni la venerano, altri la criticano, ma è indiscutibilmente considerata un'icona quasi leggendaria. È stata la prima donna a ricoprire la carica di primo ministro dello Stato d'Israele, e finora rimane l'unica, lasciando un'impronta indelebile sull'identità …

In questa edizione del giornale radio dei libri CAPRI: SEQUESTRATA LA BIBLIOTECA COMUNALE SANREMO ANCHE NEI LIBRI, ESCE IL NOIR AMBIENTATO DURANTE IL FESTIVAL DELLO SCENEGGIATORE ADRIANO MOROSETTI LIBRI COME 2024 DEDICATA A 'UMANITÀ', TRA OSPITI BARNES E NAFISI. IL CLUB DEL LIBRO PIÙ INFLUENTE AL MONDO È GESTITO DALLA CELEBRE CONDUTTRICE TELEVISIVA…

In questa edizione del giornale radio dei libri: Renato Pozzetto si racconta in un'autobiografia Con social e club di lettura sono i libri a cercare i lettori Book pride, fiera nazionale dell'editoria indipendente dall'8 al 10 marzo a Milano In libreria, "Il Canto della Casbah" di Giovanni Franco e Nicola Cristaldi Martina Benedetti esce con il suo…

Alessandro Conte intervista Stefania Limiti in occasione del libro scritto a quattro mani con Sandra Bonsanti. Nell’ultimo lavoro delle autrici viene messo in evidenza il rischio di una deriva autoritaria legata alle pulsioni politiche verso il presidenzialismo che con la vittoria della destra pone di fronte a noi la reale possibilità di una signif…

For our first “Bookaccino Live” Book Group of 2024, Lisa See talks about her most recent book, LADY TAN’S CIRCLE OF WOMEN, with Carol Fitzgerald. She explains how she came to discover Tan Yunxian, a female physician from 15th-century China, and why she decided to write a novel based on her extraordinary life. Two readers, Debbie and Michelle, appea…

In questa edizione, del giornale radio dei libri: Levi e la montagna, a Torino una mostra racconta il profondo legame con il famoso scrittore. La Storia culturale degli ebrei raccontata in saggio da Davide Assael e Piero Stefani. Da oggi a in mostra a Roma 'írevolusionaria!', con le opere di Giulia Anania. Sarà conferito il 25 gennaio a Vietri", il…

In questa edizione del giornale radio dei libri: Rita Mattei in uscita con il suo libro “Scusate il disturbo Premio Wondy, Selezionati I 6 Finalisti Della Settima Edizione Rizzoli affida una collana alla bootoker Megi Bulla Dalla gastronomia alla divulgazione, nasce la nuova casa editrice 'Topic Il libro, "Lo smart working tra la libertà degli anti…

Ashley Elston joins Carol Fitzgerald to talk about her instant New York Times bestseller, FIRST LIE WINS, which is Reese's Book Club pick for January and a Bookreporter Bets On selection. Ashley shares how she came to write this book and why the time was right for her to work on it. She explains what she learned about storytelling from the decade s…