For those of you who missed the live chat on 6/1, you can watch the full recording here.

We’re thrilled to announce that Bookclubs will be hosting an exciting lineup of exclusive Instagram Live author interviews this Spring! Bookclubs Author Chats is a free, monthly interview series book club with featured buzzworthy authors and online book discussions. Members of the Bookclubs team will interview one (sometimes two) talented novelists each month via Instagram Live. Tune in to the interview and then share your thoughts on the message board. If you miss the interview, no problem–links to recordings of all interviews can be found in the past meeting’s notes.

Spring & Summer Author Chat lineup:

April: Danielle Friedman, author of Let's Get Physical, AND Matt Higgins, author of Burn The Boats
May: Costanza Casati, author of Clytemnestra, AND Meredith Bagby, author of The New Guys
June: Geena Rocero, author of Horse Barbie, AND Shelley Read, author of Go As A River
July: Crystal Smith Paul, author of Did You Hear About Kitty Karr?

June Author Chats

On Thursday, June 1, 2023, at 1 pm ET via Instagram Live, join us for a special AAPI + Pride Month Author Chat interview with model-turned-producer, Geena Rocero about her debut memoir, Horse Barbie, which publishes in the US on May 30th. In Horse Barbie, Rocero pens a heartfelt memoir of her life as a prominent and successful trans pageant queen from the Philippines who went back into the closet to model in New York City — until she realized she felt most powerful living her truth as the iconoclast she’d always been. When she moved to the United States, Rocero was able to change her name and gender marker on her documents, but in order to survive, she hid her trans identity, gaining one type of freedom and truth at the expense of another. The tenuous double life finally led Geena to a breaking point when she had to decide how to reclaim her power and truth. It's a radiant testimony from an icon who sits at the center of transgender history.

Next up on Wednesday, June 28, 2023, at 7pm ET, Bookclubs Co-Founder Nancy Brown will chat with author Shelley Read about her best-selling debut novel, Go As A River, a heartbreaking coming-of-age story of a resilient young woman whose life is changed forever by one chance encounter. Fans of Where The Crawdads Sing won't want to miss this tragic yet uplifting novel about love and loss, family and survival, and most of all—hope.