Program Description: In celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, PBS Books is thrilled to have a bestselling author, Lisa Ko, join us to discuss her highly anticipated book Memory Piece. Lisa takes us on a road trip through time with Giselle (artist), Jackie (internet tech expert) & Ellen (activist), three lifelong friends whose lives as children growing up in the 80s shaped their prospects as adults at the turn of the millennia. We discuss the stories, people, and cultural events spanning the past four decades that inspired this story, and the outlook based on current events that shaped the book's dystopian landscape four [...]
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Program Description: Join PBS Books National Director Heather-Marie Montilla for an update from bestselling author, Kelly Yang. Since our last conversation with Kelly, she has released seven new titles for her middle-grade readers to enjoy, including two additions to her beloved series The Front Desk. We’ll discover more behind these novels and find out what’s next for Kelly Yang on this episode of PBS Books. Front Desk Series https://www.pbsbooks.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Front-Desk-by-Kelly-Yang-200x300.png Front Desk by Kelly Yang Inside Out and Back Again meets Millicent Min, Girl Genius in this timely, hopeful middle-grade novel with a contemporary Chinese twist. Mia Tang has a lot of secrets: Number 1: [...] |
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Program Description: Join PBS Books and the American Library Association’s Booklist Reader teams as we dive into all the must-read adult fiction books this summer. Whether you’re on the hunt for a quick weekend read, looking for a new series, or thinking about re-discovering a favorite author, there will be no shortage of great picks in this can’t-miss episode. So, grab a pen as we help you create your Summer Reading List! What to Read this Summer (2024) https://www.pbsbooks.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/James-by-Percival-Everett-200x300.png James by Percival Everett When the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans, separated from [...] |
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Readers Club HomeEpisodes Episode Description: Read along with the PBS Books Readers Club this May for Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. We’ll dive into Real Americans, the highly anticipated novel by Rachel Khong, author of Goodbye, Vitamin. Rachel Khong joins the PBS Books Readers Club to discuss this sweeping family drama that tells the story of three generations of Chinese Americans, raising questions about identity and what it means to be Real Americans. Real Americans begins on the precipice of Y2K in New York City, when twenty-two-year-old Lily Chen, an unpaid intern at a slick media company, meets Matthew. Matthew is everything Lily is not: easygoing and effortlessly attractive, a native East Coaster, and, most [...] |
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