Welcome! Here’s what’s coming up:
Long Island LitFest and Newsday Live Present Keith Boykin
Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 7:30 pm
Join us for a free, virtual talk with Keith Boykin, CNN political commentator, New York Times best-selling author, and a former White House aide to President Bill Clinton, speaking about his new book is Race Against Time: The Politics of a Darkening America.
Please register for this free event here.
Celebrations Book Club by Cheryl’s Cookies
Produced by Long Island LitFest
Saturday, October 2, 2021 at 2:00 pm EST
Register here for this free book club with the author, and receive a free cookie sampler!
Lisa Jewell is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of nineteen novels, including The Family Upstairs and Then She Was Gone, as well as Invisible Girl and Watching You. Her novels have sold over 5 million copies internationally, and her work has also been translated into twenty-eight languages. Be sure to read the book in advance so you can interact with the author during the discussion.
Long Island LitFest and Newsday Live Present Stephanie Land
Wednesday, October 6, 2021 at 7:30 pm
Join us for a free, virtual talk with the author of Maid, Stephanie Land, as she chats about her struggle as a single mother — and look for the Netflix series based on her book, starting on October 1st, 2021!
To register for this event, please click here.
Long Island LitFest and Newsday Live Present Susan Orlean
Thursday, October 14, 2021 at 7:30 pm
This is a free virtual talk. Susan Orlean has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1992. She is the New York Times bestselling author of seven books, including The Library Book, Rin Tin Tin, Saturday Night, and The Orchid Thief, which was made into the Academy Award–winning film adaptation.
Please register for this free event here.
Long Island LitFest Presents Elizabeth Strout, in person!
Monday, October 25, 2021 at 7:30 pm
Your $50 ticket includes a copy of her latest book, Oh William!. Purchase here.
Come to our in person talk with Pulitzer Prize-winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Strout. In her latest, Oh William! Strout gives us a masterful exploration of empathy and the quiet forces that hold two people together even after they’ve grown apart.
Elizabeth Strout is the author of Olive, Again, an Oprah’s Book Club pick; Anything Is Possible, winner of the Story Prize; My Name Is Lucy Barton, which was adapted into a Broadway play starring the Tony-nominated actress Laura Linney; The Burgess Boys; Olive Kitteridge, the inspiration for the Emmy Award-winning HBO series and for which Strout was awarded the Pulitzer Prize; Abide with Me; and Amy and Isabelle, winner of the Los Angeles Times Art Seidenbaum Award and the Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize. She has also been a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award and the Orange Prize in London.
This talk will be moderated by Ellen Meister, author of The Rooftop Party, Love Sold Separately and many more. Please join us!
Long Island LitFest and Newsday Live Present Meg Cabot
Thursday, Oct 28, 2021 at 7:30
Join us for a free virtual talk with the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Princess Diaries! Now she will chat with us about her new romantic comedy, No Words.
Meg Cabot was born in Bloomington, Indiana. In addition to her adult contemporary fiction, she is the author of the bestselling young adult fiction series, The Princess Diaries. Over 25 million
copies of her novels for children and adults have sold worldwide, and many of them have been turned into movies and TV series.
Please register here.
My friends and I want to hear the authors but aren’t interested in workshops. How are the authors being scheduled? Is there a talk and then a workshop and then a talk, etc?
Thanks for asking. The workshops are FREE with admission and optional. They are running at Noon, before LitFest begins at 1 pm. Our author reading schedule runs in two sessions, with a book signing break in between. Please take a look at the schedule of events, here. We look forward to seeing you and your friends! It’s going to be an amazing day!
Typo in my name. My fault.
Is there an essay contest this year?
Thank you.
Pamela, We have opted not to include an essay contest this year.
I wanted to come to the Long Island LitFest 2017 for a couple of reasons: 1 of them is that I am in the process of what I hope to be a book about my experience with life in the past 10 or so years. I’ve experienced extraordinary circumstances and I believe that I could be of use to people out there if they read my story period I dealt with most of my tragedies and my dealings by being sober and by believing in something other than nothing. And I wasn’t really too much of understanding of the readings but I was very much interested in the workshops. Unfortunately my financial situation is such that I don’t even have that money to put aside for this function today. What I would like to know is if they offer free workshops anywhere and what do I have to do to sign up for those? Thank you very much for taking the time to read this and I hope to get a reply from you soon period thank you so much Toni Ann lettenberger
Please sign up for updated news and events. We may hold workshops in the future…
I’d love to hear Nelson DeMille, Kristin Hannah, Jodi Picoult, and Lisa Genova. Loved listening to Anna Quinlan- thank you!
Thank you, Maureen! Great suggestions — and we loved Anna Q. also. She was fantastic. Thanks for attending that!
Maureen, have you heard? We are hosting an event with Nelson DeMille on Oct. 10th!
Johnathan Goldsmith. The Most Interesting Man in the World. New Book: “Stay Interesting”
Thank you for that suggestion, Dean! We’ll work on it!
I cannot wait for the book! The tee shirt is awesome.
All the best,
Matt
CONGRATULATIONS, YOU WON A TEE SHIRT! Please email your address to cgc@ClaudiaCopquin.com and we’ll send it to you right away.
Hey, Matt. Please send us an email with your address. cgc@ClaudiaCopquin.com
Anxiously awaiting for your trip to The Poisoned Pen in Scottsdale, AZ. Can’t wait to read your book.
Can we take a photo with Rachel Ray ?
Working on it!
I ordered the book from Barnes and Noble – at your request/behest – right before I registered. Is Barnes and Noble still committed to their promise of 10% contribution?
Oops, I ordered it from Book Revue. (I got my bookstores mixed up). I did order it right before i registered. Please check with Book Revue
Yes, Susan. Book Revue is providing books at a 10% discount, with a percentage of proceeds from all sales going to Newsday’s Covid charities. Hope you enjoy the event!
I visited newsday.com to register for the Jack Pepin chat but could not find anything about LitFest. What’s the link?
Thanks.
Here you go: https://projects.newsday.com/long-island/newsday-live-conversations-an-evening-with-jacques-pepin/