Malla Nunn
A brief but revealing Q&A with Malla Nunn, author of A Beautiful Place to Die, the first in a new series set in 1950s South Africa starring Detective Emmanuel Cooper.
Kate DiCamillo
Kate DiCamillo and Yoko Tanaka, the illustrator of The Magician's Elephant, discuss the writing and illustrating of the book. In a separate Q&A, Kate discusses The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane.
Brigid Pasulka
Brigid Pasulka explains why she wrote her first novel, A Long, Long Time Ago and Essentially True, which is set in Poland during World War II, and in Kraków 50 years later.
What is a Book Club?
A book club, sometimes also called a reading group, or book discussion group, is simply a collection of readers who get
together regularly to discuss books.
Book Clubs at BookBrowse...How we can help
Advice.
At the top of this page are some quick links to advice pages we have developed in response to the numerous questions
we receive. These pages include everything you need to start and run a successful and fun book club, including the
critical steps you need to take to get your new book club off to a successful start, how to choose books that will
stimulate discussion, even trouble-shooting tips for dealing with difficult meeting situations!
Reading Guides.
Some book discussion groups find a reading guide (sometimes called a book discussion guide) a useful tool to direct
their club's discussions; many individuals also like to check out the reading guide for a book they've recently finished
to help them think more deeply about the book. BookBrowse currently lists more than 500 reading guides, and each and
every one is backed by a substantial excerpt from the book, multiple reviews (with no plot spoilers!) and more often than
not, an author interview, so you have everything you need to decide which books are exactly right for your book club.
Warning! Don't read the reading guide until you've read the book as they always include plot spoilers!
Instead, use the excerpt and reviews to help you choose the books that are right for your book club. Also, don't feel
restricted to books that have guides; not all publishers provide guides and there are more great books without discussion
guides than there are with discussion guides. It's very easy to come up with questions to provoke a discussion - especially
with the help of our D.I.Y. discussion guide tips!
We usually add at least a dozen new reading guides each month. All reading guides are free and 'printer friendly' but it can
be difficult to keep track of all that's new, so you might wish to consider becoming a BookBrowse member, because one of the
benefits of membership is the monthly Reading Guide and Interview magazine featuring top line summaries of all the new reading
guides and author interviews. More about membership.
Help Choosing a Book
You're a busy person, and would prefer to spend your time reading great books, not tracking them down. This is especially
important when it comes to choosing books for your book club. How to choose the best book to read, or to suggest to your
Book Club? This is where BookBrowse excels!
We believe in quality, not quantity, and only recommend books that have received exceptionally good reviews,
so you have the reassurance that whatever book you choose it's going to be a winner! Unlike so many others, we don't
blindly follow the bestseller lists and the big-budget titles. At BookBrowse you'll find a range of interesting, thought
provoking titles chosen on quality, and not on the size of their marketing budgets!
Featured Book Club Interview
After 15 years, Ron Longe's book club recently transformed their traditional meetings into literary events with the author. They create themed menus and invite other book clubs, publishing professionals, and friends to make it a memorable night of fun, networking, and serious discussion.
Nadeem Aslam. Nadeem Aslam discusses his latest book, The Wasted Vigil, explaining how he approached writing a book which tackles some of the most challenging issues today, such as global jihads, martyrdom, and terrorism.
A spellbinding novel that spans the Victorian era through the World War I years, and centers around a famous children's book author and the passions, betrayals, and secrets that tear apart the people she loves.
A novel on the anxiety and disconnection of post-9/11 America, on the insidiousness of racism, the blind-sidedness of war, and the recklessness thrust on others in the name of love.
Jeannette Walls's memoir The Glass Castle was "nothing short of spectacular" (Entertainment Weekly). Now, in Half Broke Horses, she brings us the story of her grandmother, told in a first-person voice that is authentic, irresistible, and triumphant.
A gripping and fascinating adventure of one young girl's obsession with knowing who her parents really were/are. The delving into the idea of ...
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I borrowed Johnathan Strange and Mr. Norrell from the library, hoping it would be a lively story of two feuding wizards. Instead, the author spends ...
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Borders to close 200 Waldenbooks outlets(Nov 06 2009) As Barnes & Noble prepares to close all but two of their B. Dalton mall stores by January 2010, Borders announced that they will close about 200 of the...
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NPR & ABA Partner to Share Book Coverage(Nov 05 2009) In a joining of like minds, NPR and ABA have partnered to provide thoughtful bestsellers and unique book coverage to readers, both on NPR.org and...
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