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Weekly News from Friends & Fiction—December 25, 2024
We wish a very Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah to everyone in our Friends & Fiction family!
Tonight, Wednesday, December 25th, as our holiday gift to you, we are airing a special “Just Us” episode of The Friends & Fiction Show! That’s right, we aren’t even taking Christmas Day or New Year’s Day off around here at F&F
We pre-taped tonight’s episode with the full F&F family all on-screen together — Mary Kay Andrews, Kristin Harmel, Kristy Woodson Harvey, Patti Callahan Henry, Meg Walker & Ron Block. The gang brings the holiday cheer with a rousing round of Name That Holiday Tune, a fun game of Bookish Holiday Trivia, and a laugh-filled Lightning Round where we share favorites and least favorites when it comes to all things Christmas. You’ll want to tune in for the ugly sweaters alone. From the adorable to the shocking to the truly perplexing, they are each a sight to behold.
Catch this episode on Facebook, YouTube, or Instagram where it will be there for your viewing pleasure as of 7pm Eastern on Christmas night. Or give it a listen on our podcast where it will go live on Friday, December 27th.
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Announcing Our Winter 2025 Guest Line-Up!
All shows can be watched on Facebook & YouTube each Wednesday evening at 7pm ET, and listened to on our podcast each Friday, all year long.
Mark your calendars so you never miss a show!
F&F January Pick of the Month: Fiona Davis, The Stolen Queen
Watch: Jan. 1 | Listen: Jan. 3
Kate Fagan, The Three Lives of Cate Kay
Watch: Jan. 8 | Listen: Jan. 10
F&F January Pick of the Month: Tara Dorabji, Call Her Freedom
WATCH LIVE: January 15 | Listen: January 17
Scott Turow, Presumed Guilty
Watch: January 22 | Listen: January 24
Lisa Genova, More or Less Maddy
Watch: January 29 | Listen: January 31
Victoria Christopher Murray, Harlem Rhapsody
Watch: February 5 | Listen: February 7
Christina Clancy, The Snowbirds
Watch: February 12 | Listen: February 14
F&F February Pick of the Month: Pam Jenoff, Last Twilight in Paris
WATCH LIVE: February 19 | Listen: February 21
C.J. Box, Battle Mountain
Watch: February 26 | Listen: February 28
Colleen Oakley, Jane and Dan at the End of the World
Watch: March 5 | Listen: March 7
F&F March Pick of the Month: Patti Callahan Henry, The Story She Left Behind
WATCH LIVE: March 12 | Listen: March 14
Emma Donoghue, The Paris Express
Watch: March 19 | Listen: March 21
Emilia Hart, The Sirens
Watch: March 26 | Listen: March 28
Shop Books by all Our Winter 2025 Author Guests!
We are pleased to share this curated list of books written by the guests whom we are so honored to host on Friends & Fiction during our Winter 2025 season (January – March). When you shop at Bookshop.org, you are shopping small and shopping local, all right from your keyboard, and all at a discount. When you shop from F&F’s Shop, you are supporting our show, our guests, and indie bookstores nationwide.
Upcoming Events
Saturday, January 18, 2025 at 11am – Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 2pm — Patti & Kristin together with Kwame Alexander at the 20th Annual Wild Dunes Author Event & Weekend hosted by Mary Alice Monroe. Info & tickets HERE.
Monday, March 17, 2025 at 6pm — F&F Live in-person event to celebrate the launch of Patti’s The Story She Left Behind at the Atlanta History Center. Save the date! GET TICKETS.
View Patti’s full 20205 book tour for The Story She Left Behind HERE.
Want to know what these F&F Live events are all about? Watch this video compilation!
In Case You Missed It
On last week’s episode of The Friends & Fiction Show, the Fab Four gathered to welcome this month’s F&F Featured Author, the writing duo of Hazel Gaynor & Heather Webb, to discuss our December 2024 Pick of the Month, their co-written heartwarming historical novel, Christmas with the Queen. Order Heather & Hazel’s book from the F&F Shop on Bookshop.org, where you’ll also find books by all our hosts and guests, all at a discount—and where all your purchases support our show and our beloved indie bookstores nationwide!
F&F 2025 Subscription Box with Oxford Exchange
Have you signed up for the 2025 FRIENDS AND FICTION Subscription Box yet? It’s available for purchase now, exclusively from our friends at Oxford Exchange.
This subscription includes three separate shipments:
1. MARCH 18th: A hardcover, signed, first edition of my forthcoming book The Story She Left Behind with an exclusive Friends & Fiction friendship bracelet and car magnet
2. MAY 27th: A hardcover, signed, first edition of Beach House Rules by Kristy Woodson Harvey!
3. JUNE 17th: A hardcover, signed, first edition of The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau by Kristin Harmel!
*Optional add-on: A paperback, signed, first edition of Summers at the Saint by Mary Kay Andrews (coming in paperback June 3)!
Get your subscription NOW from Oxford Exchange!
F&F Merch Store
We have a Friends & Fiction merch store with t-shirts, sweatshirts, coffee mugs and a book bag on Bonfire. We also have other items like wine tumblers, reading journals, and our original white v-neck logo tees available through Oxford Exchange.
F&F Official Book Club & 2024 Reading Challenge
Join Brenda Gardner & Lisa Harrison for monthly book club picks and live online author chats on the Facebook page for the F&F Official Book Club with Brenda & Lisa, where they’ve amassed nearly 35k of their own members. You can also follow the Book Club on Instagram and subscribe to their YouTube channel where you can catch past discussions, including their most recent chat with Debbie Macomber about her novel, A CHRISTMAS DUET. Mark your calendars for January 27th for their next author guest, Lauren Connolly, when they’ll discuss her novel, PS: I HATE YOU. The Book Club is also hosting the 2025 F&F Reading Challenge. Join them for a different category prompt each month to read outside your comfort zone. The January prompt is to read a book with a title that begins with a P, B, or J.
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