BTW Interviews

14 Sep
Anthony Doerr, author of Cloud Cuckoo Land

Anthony Doerr on October Indie Next List Pick "Cloud Cuckoo Land"

“I haven’t felt this hopeful after closing a book in a very long time,” said Julie Slavinsky of Warwick’s.

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09 Sep
Alda P. Dobbs, author of Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna

Alda P. Dobbs on Summer/Fall 2021 Indies Introduce Pick “Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna”

"This suspenseful and inspiring story of war, migration, and the determination of one young girl has left me excited for Petra’s future," said Brein Lopez of Children's Book World. 

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16 Aug
Kate DiCamillo, author of The Beatryce Prophecy

Kate DiCamillo on September/October Kids' Indie Next List Top Pick "The Beatryce Prophecy"

“Kate DiCamillo weaves a medieval tale that reads like a classic fable,” said Julie Jarema of Avid Bookshop.

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16 Aug
Lauren Groff, author of Matrix

Lauren Groff on September Indie Next List Top Pick "Matrix"

“Lauren Groff has created an incredibly powerful portrait of the compelling Marie de France, banished to 12th-century England to live in a failing abbey,” said Rosanna Nissen of Barrett Bookstore.

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03 Aug
Amber McBride, author of Me (Moth)

An Indies Introduce Q&A with Amber McBride, Author of “Me (Moth)”

Kelsy April of Bank Square Books and Title IX Books in Mystic, CT, and Savoy Bookshop in Westerly, RI, called the book “Incredible. Poetic. Jaw dropping.”

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28 Jul
Virginia Feito, author of Mrs. March

An Indies Introduce Q&A With Virginia Feito, Author of "Mrs. March"

“I can't wait to discuss Mrs. March with customers,” said Carrie Koepke of Skylark Books, “perhaps over a freshly baked loaf of olive bread.”

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22 Jul
Afterparties by Anthony Veasna So

An Indies Introduce Q&A with Helen Atsma, Editor of "Afterparties"

"So’s book is a glittering example of what the best story collections do — welcome you fully into a world and render it with diamond-cut detail and deep-well empathy," said Chris Lee of Boswell Book Company.

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21 Jul
Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy

Charlotte McConaghy on August Indie Next List Top Pick “Once There Were Wolves”

Once There Were Wolves affirms the importance of our connections to the human and more-than-human worlds that sustain us, worlds we sever at our own peril,” said Ben Platt of Jackson Hole Book Trader.

 
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29 Jun
Cat Problems by Jory John and Lane Smith

Jory John and Lane Smith on July/August Kids' Indie Next List Top Pick "Cat Problems"

“I am so psyched that there’s a new Jory John and Lane Smith book!" said René Kirkpatrick of University Book Store.

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25 Jun
T.J. Newman Falling

A Q&A With T.J. Newman, Author of July's Top Indie Next List Pick

Falling is an absolute masterclass in unique suspense fiction,” said Shelby Roth of Naughty Dog Books in Nashville, Indiana.

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