Library Love Fest
@librarylovefest
The Library Marketing team at HarperCollins. Above all things, we love bringing librarians and good books together.
LISTEN UP! 📢 Next week, August 11th at 2 PM ET, we'll participating in the Hear the Hits: Fall Audiobook Preview hosted by Library Journal! 🔗 Register here: www.libraryjournal.com/event/hear-t... #ewgc
When I tell you to RUN—don't walk—to download this egalley, I mean it! RED CHERRY by Maggie Thrash (author of RAINBOW BLACK) is the spy drama & epic love story of my dreams. Complete with the paranoia of John le Carré & the delirium of V. C. Andrews. Up now on Edelweiss/NetGalley. #ewgc 🍒
Looking for the next read? Find all October reading suggestions here: www.edelweiss.plus#catalogID=46... #ewgc
We have a really great author event coming up. Four powerful stories from authors you know and love. Writers to Watch is on 8/20 at 7 PM ET B.K. Borison/GRIM TIDINGS Lisa Kleypas/QUEEN OF LOMBARD STREET Becky Chambers/AS YOU WAKE, BREAK THE SHELL Lauren Willig/WHAT HAPPENS AT NIGHTFALL
📢 HAPPENING NOW 📢 Tune in for an amazing, multi-publisher book buzz hosted by ALMA! 🔗 Join here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
📚 You’re invited to the Virtual Gala Author Tea! ☕ Join United for Libraries for a free virtual author talk featuring Lisa Kleypas, author of QUEEN OF LOMBARD STREET! 🔗 Register here: https://bit.ly/4pBwwsD 🗓️ July 30th 🕓 4:30 PM ET 💻 Virtual & free—open to all book and library lovers!
Wondering what you should be voting for next for the September LibraryReads list? We've got you covered! ‼️ Reminder to get your votes in for the September list by August 1st. 🔗 Find our staff suggestions here: bit.ly/4yzcDGF
TONIGHT is a star-studded episode of Writers to Watch! Join us at 7 PM ET to hear from... Gregory Maguire/GALINDA Victoria Aveyard/TEMPEST Deesha Philyaw/THE TRUE CONFESSIONS OF FIRST LADY FREEMAN Laleh Khadivi/FEMALE LIFE ON PLANET EARTH 🔗Facebook: bit.ly/3SMqnh0 🔗Crowdcast: bit.ly/4wubXAJ #ewgc
Are you going to ALA?? We'll have our full schedule up on librarylovefest.com and in our newsletter soon but until then, don't forget to RSVP to our breakfast buzz on Sat 6/27: form.jotform.com/261245575587... Slight change, it's at 9 AM (30 min later) this year! #ewgc
Are you attending the ALA Conference in Chicago this year? Be sure to mark yourself present for our WORLD-FAMOUS BOOK BUZZ on Saturday, 6/27 at 9 AM. There will be breakfast, buzzy books, & an exclusive galley drop of LIFE OUT OF ORDER by Audrey Niffenegger! 📚 🔗 RSVP here: bit.ly/48VtTuH
☀️ Summer is here and it’s time to pack your beach bag! Check out our curated list of summer reads that’ll keep you company while you’re checked out for the summer. 🦀🐚 🔗 More info here: www.librarylovefest.com/dive-into-su...
April's showers brought May flowers, and the newest episode of Writers to Watch! Be sure to join us on May 12th at 7 PM ET to hear from four fantastic authors about their forthcoming novels. 🔗 RSVP on Facebook: bit.ly/4d4f7TP 🔗 Register on Crowdcast: bit.ly/4tDblaj
Kat Rosenfield, author of HOW TO SURVIVE IN THE WOODS, sat down with us for a killer conversation about her latest novel! This page-turning thriller, set in Maine’s Hundred Mile Wilderness, is a tale of passion, betrayal, control, & what it means to survive. 🔗 Watch here: bit.ly/4eNY4rl
For Galley Gab fest this month, we are excited to welcome Lara Baez, Assistant Director of Marketing & Publicity at Harper Voyager! She'll be talking about the LitRPG (Literary Role-Playing Game) craze! 🔗 Register on Crowdcast: bit.ly/4udZUX1 🔗 RSVP on Facebook: bit.ly/3P3GIMN
Catherine Newman, author of WRECK, will be in conversation with Virginia Stanley on April 30th at the Darien Library! It'll be a night to remember, so be sure to register at the link below. 🔗 Find more info here: www.darienlibrary.org/event/cather...
Looking for reading recs for LibraryReads? Well, look no further! Find our recommendations for the June LibraryReads list below. Reminder to get your votes in for the June list by May 1st! 🔗 Link to download the egalleys and find more info: bit.ly/4cxQnTy
Almost that time again! Join us for Writers to Watch on 4/23 at 7 PM ET to hear from... Alexandra Bracken/IMMORTAL ROSE David Heska Wanbli Weiden/WISDOM CORNER Julie Murphy/VERA STEIN IS FINE Nadia Hashimi/CITY OF WIDOWS 🔗 RSVP on FB: bit.ly/41qWbJr 🔗 Register on Crowdcast: bit.ly/4tDblaj #ewgc
We have Paul Tremblay coming on our May Writers to Watch event. RSVP here: www.crowdcast.io/c/writers-to... Oh boy do I have a lot to gush about for DEAD BUT DREAMING OF ELECTRIC SHEEP, out in June. Philip K. Dick meets the Coen Brothers in this genre-bending near-future tech nightmare. #ewgc
Going to PLA 2026? Make sure you're signed up for Library Journal's Evening of Dialog! 📚 On April 1st at 6 PM, Justin Ellis, author of THE CRUELTY OF NICE FOLKS, will be speaking about his timely and powerful forthcoming publication! 🔗 RSVP here: www.eventbrite.com/e/library-jo...
The April 2026 LibraryReads winners have been announced! Congrats to all 🎉 🔗 Listen to the authors' reactions here: bit.ly/3PElsNo
WHEN LEMONS GIVE YOU LIFE is a novel about family, second chances, & the lengths we go for those we love. It follows a woman fighting to hold onto life & her older brother who's rediscovering reasons to embrace it. This is a new one from the author of THE BORROWED LIFE OF FREDERICK FIFE! #ewgc
Beyond excited for THE OCCIDENTAL BOOK OF THE DEAD by T. Geronimo Johnson! This long-awaited, visionary novel is centered on a Black cop in an Atlanta precinct, whose façade of white alliance begins to crumble after a highly publicized murder. The egalley is up now, so RUN to download it! #ewgc
Horror Movie meets The Blair Witch Project in this supernatural chokehold of a book told entirely through found documents! THE SHIP OF DEATH is the cursed story of a couple ensnared by a tabletop role-playing game, who are commanded to do the unthinkable... #ewgc
Punk is always relevant! Dive into PUNK IN FIFTY PIECES to read about how it redefined music and popular culture. This cultural history explores fifty iconic alternative songs, and how they changed music forever. #ewgc
We have a new magical Madeline Martin novel! In A TIME OF WITCHES, two women, bound by blood and betrayal, must break silence across centuries—or be silenced forever. #ewgc
The Libby Book Award winners were announced, & we’re thrilled that these three phenomenal authors have won awards! Congratulations to Catherine Newman (WRECK, Best Book Club Book), Nnedi Okorafor (DEATH OF THE AUTHOR, Best Science Fiction), & Alison Bechdel (SPENT, Best Comic/Graphic Novel)! #ewgc
So lucky to have this lineup for Writers to Watch! 🍀 At 7 PM ET on 3/19, hear from these authors: Kelly Rimmer/THE STORY KEEPER Natalie Sue/YOU'LL LOVE IT HERE Alexandra Andrews/THE FINE ART OF LYING Meg Charlton/VOYAGERS 🔗 RSVP on FB: bit.ly/47lnB6D 🔗 Register on Crowdcast: bit.ly/3Phd2eG #ewgc
Today at 2 PM ET, we'll be LIVE for an hour of book talking! Be sure to join us to hear all about the forthcoming titles that should be on your TBR list. 📚 🔗 RSVP on Facebook: www.facebook.com/share/189LpM... 🔗 Register on Crowdcast: www.crowdcast.io/c/galley-gab...
Congrats to all of our LibraryReads winners! We had a beautiful showing for March 2026, including two authors on the Top Ten list and three authors in the Hall of Fame. 🎉 🔗 Hear directly from the authors: bit.ly/4rXkJ7Z