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Recent Events:
Long Island LitFest & Gold Coast Arts Present Anna Quindlen IN PERSON,
in conversation with Jean Hanff Korelitz
Wednesday, April 13, 2022 at 7:30 pm at Manhasset Cinemas, 430 Plandome Road, Manhasset
Join us and the Gold Coast Arts Center for an exciting in person event with New York Times bestselling author Anna Quindlen, as she talks about her latest work, Write for Your Life. This inspiring book shows us how anyone can write and why everyone should.
Anna Quindlen is a novelist and journalist whose work has appeared on fiction, nonfiction, and self-help bestseller lists. She is the author of nine novels: Object Lessons, One True Thing, Black and Blue, Blessings, Rise and Shine, Every Last One, Still Life with Bread Crumbs, Miller’s Valley, and Alternate Side. Her memoir Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake, published in 2012, was a #1 New York Times bestseller. Her book A Short Guide to a Happy Life has sold more than a million copies. Her most recent book is Nanaville: Adventures in Grandparenting. While a columnist at The New York Times she won the Pulitzer Prize and published two collections, Living Out Loud and Thinking Out Loud. Her Newsweek columns were collected in Loud and Clear.
Jean Hanff Korelitz is the New York Times bestselling author of the novels The Plot, You Should Have Known (which aired on HBO in October 2020 as The Undoing, starring Nicole Kidman, Hugh Grant, and Donald Sutherland), Admission (adapted as a film in 2013 starring Tina Fey), The Devil and Webster, The White Rose, The Sabbathday River and A Jury of Her Peers, as well as Interference Powder, a novel for children. Her company BOOKTHEWRITER hosts Pop-Up Book Groups in which small groups of readers discuss new books with their authors. She lives in New York City with her husband, Irish poet Paul Muldoon.
We thank the Dolphin Bookshop in Port Washington for providing the books for this event.
Long Island LitFest Presents NYT Bestselling Author Erik Larson IN PERSON
in conversation with Rep. Steve Israel
Thursday, March 24, 2022 at 7 pm at The Landmark on Main Street, Port Washington
Join us, in person, for a spirited conversation between Erik Larson and Rep. Steve Israel.
Erik Larson is the author of six New York Times bestsellers, most recently The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz, which examines how Winston Churchill and his “Secret Circle” went about surviving the German air campaign of 1940-41. Erik’s The Devil in the White City is set to be a Hulu limited series; his novel, In the Garden of Beasts, is under option by Tom Hanks for a feature film. He recently published an audio-original ghost story, No One Goes Alone, which has been optioned by Netflix. Erik lives in Manhattan with his wife, who is a writer and retired neonatologist; they have three grown daughters.
Steve Israel served in the U.S. Congress between 2001–2017, including 4 years as chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (2011–2015). He left Washington – unindicted and undefeated – to pursue new passions. In 2021 he opened a small independent bookshop, Theodore’s Books, in his historic hometown of Oyster Bay, fulfilling a lifelong dream. He also directs the nonpartisan Institute of Politics and Global Affairs at the Brooks School of Public Policy at Cornell University, which serves as a platform for civic engagement and bipartisan dialogue. He has published two critically acclaimed satires of Washington: The Global War on Morris (2014) and Big Guns (2018). He lives with his wife Cara in Oyster Bay, Long Island. He has two daughters and two grandchildren.
We thank The Dolphin Bookshop in Port Washington for providing the books for this event.
Long Island LitFest & Newsday Live Present Tessa Bailey
Friday, March 4, 2022 at 7:30 pm
Join us for a virtual talk with Tessa Bailey. Tessa Bailey’s It Happened One Summer published in July and quickly became the rom-com darling of the season. From our “for you” pages on Tik Tok, to the USA Today bestseller list, It Happened One Summer topped all the best-of-summer
coverage and became a word-of-mouth sensation amongst legions of romance readers. Now, Avon Books is beyond excited to share the next book in this Schitt’s Creek-inspired series, HOOK, LINE, AND SINKER.
New York Times Bestselling author Tessa Bailey can solve all problems except for her own, so she focuses those efforts on stubborn, fictional blue collar men and loyal, lovable heroines. She lives on Long Island avoiding the sun and social interactions, then wonders why no one has called. Dubbed the “Michelangelo of dirty talk,” by Entertainment Weekly, Tessa writes with spice, spirit, swoon and a guaranteed happily ever after.
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REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED FOR THIS EVENT
Cheryl’s Cookies Celebrations Book Club, Produced by Long Island LitFest, with Janet Evanovich!
Thursday, January 27, 2022, 7:30 P.M. (EST) on Zoom
Join us for our third virtual book club on zoom. Register for this special event now for only $5 and receive a complimentary sampler box of 6 Cheryl’s Cookies to enjoy while you participate in the conversation. Please register by January 16th to receive your cookie sampler* in time for the event on January 27th.
Janet Evanovich, the New York Times bestselling author of Game On, will be joining the Celebrations Book Club by Cheryl’s Cookies® – Produced by Long Island LitFest, for a virtual conversation about her new book Game On – the 28th book in the wildly popular Stephanie Plum series. Over the last 25 years, Janet Evanovich has written a staggering twenty-seven #1 New York Times bestsellers in the Stephanie Plum series.
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/
I would like to join your mailing / email list of notifications.
Thank you, Abby! Please just add your email address to the sidebar on the right — we have so many upcoming events to share with you!