Maribel Garcia, Author At Book Club Babble

Greetings from Book Club Babble! We wanted to both congratulate this year's winners of the IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards and keep our readers updated on next week's ceremony. We have asked Christopher Locke, E... Read More...

5 Tips for Authors to Promote during COVID-19

Maribel Garcia

on Books, on Publishing, Writing during the Covid-19 Crisis

Today is World Book Day and the good folks at PR by the Book would like to share these five tips for authors to promote their book during COVID-19. They are also doing their part to promote a digital learning... Read More...

Las Comadres para las Americas connects Latinas around the World through the love for literature…

Maribel Garcia

Literary Lagniappe

Now Comadres para las Americas wants you to know about the Lideramos Fellowship! LIDERAMOS is offering eight Fellowships to Latino leadership program directors, staff, and alumni in 2020 ... Read More...

Finding Strength in Susceptibility by REBECCA FAYE SMITH GALLI

Maribel Garcia

Writing during the Covid-19 Crisis

Across the globe, a coronavirus culture is emerging, and forcing us all to adapt to a new normal. Here at Book Club Babble we send nothing but good thoughts, shine and healthy vibes out to our readers. We also... Read More...

Calling all Authors: AuthorBuzz and BookMovement Can Help You Connect!

Maribel Garcia

Book Club Profiles, Book Club Questions, on Books, on Publishing, Product Reviews

Recently, M.J. Rose of AuthorBuzz shared the following letter from Pauline Hubert, Founder of BookMovement. She answers the question: What Do Book Clubs Want Right Now? Dear Authors & Publishers-... Read More...

Super Humans, Suspense, and Intrigue: An interview with A.M. Wilhelm about her recent thriller Brainstorm

Maribel Garcia

Interviews

In A.M. Wilhelm's debut thriller Brainstorm, we first learn about Melissa, a mother in search of the child she once dropped off at the Sunshine Children's Home in D.C. eight years ago. When she discovers that t... Read More...

A Novel Idea and a Labor of Love: The Story of a South Philly Bookstore

Maribel Garcia

Interviews, Literary Lagniappe, on Books, on Reading

Maribel Garcia: You two have a very special story. Can you tell us how two newly-weds, working multiple jobs decided to get into the bookselling business and acquired their own store? Christina and Alex: The... Read More...

Daralyse Lyons, author of Yoga Cocaine, on Memoir Writing

Maribel Garcia

Interviews, Literary Lagniappe, Memoir, on Creativity, on Writing

I never expected to make the transition to writing memoir. As a long-time novelist, I was used to fabricating stories – as opposed to recounting them. But then I realized that the most memorable, most “true,”... Read More...

See something, Say nothing: An interview with Pamela Fernandes about her recent thriller Painting Kuwait Violet

Maribel Garcia

Interviews

What happens when a young college graduate, Violet Baretto leaves her home in India to work in oil-rich Kuwait as a maid for a wealthy Kuwaiti woman? She stands up, not just for herself, but for the most vulne... Read More...

An Interview with Elizabeth Mosier, Author of Excavating Memory: Archaeology and Home (New Rivers Press, 2019).

Maribel Garcia

Interviews, Memoir

Drawing from her seven-year experience as a technician at Philadelphia’s Independence National Historical Park Archaeology Laboratory as well as her own personal experience, Elizab... Read More...

Come Aboard the Starship Horizon: An Interview with Tabitha Lord

Book Club Questions for Good Morning, Midnight

Book Club Questions for Rita Williams-Garcia’s A Sitting in St. James

Spotlight on What We Leave Behind – Christine Gallagher Kearney’s Debut Historical Fiction Novel

Rachel Howzell Hall And What Never Happened

Your Next Book Club Read – Snakes of St. Augustine by Ginger Pinholster

The Best Laid Plans – Guest Post by Mark Goldblatt

Isola Book Review: Allegra Goodman's Powerful Story of Resilience

Yesteryear Book Club Questions to Get People Talking

Book Club Recommendations for Historic Fiction Fans

Women Don’t Always Want the “Perfect Ending” in Books and Life By Harper Ross

Best Book to Screen Adaptations of 2024 & 2025

Why Are Book Club Picks Always So Heavy? How About Some Fantasy, Sci-Fi, and Romantasy Instead!

Book Club Questions for Children of Ever After by Avery Yearwood

Should I Watch Chaos Walking

Best Book to Screen Adaptations of 2024 & 2025

Should I Watch The People We Hate at the Wedding?

Should I Watch All the Old Knives? – Joint Review with Katie Kupstas

The Best Book-To-Movie Adaptations To Hit Your Screens

The Top Fantasy Book Adaptations to Look Forward To

Why BCB Thinks Dune Will Be A Spectacular Movie

Why Read? My Top Eight Reasons

Bookstore Revival: A Nostalgic Journey Back to the Love of Reading

Why Are Book Club Picks Always So Heavy? How About Some Fantasy, Sci-Fi, and Romantasy Instead!

How To Write a Kick-Ass Love Scene

IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards – The Show Must Go On… Virtually!

5 Tips for Authors to Promote during COVID-19

Las Comadres para las Americas connects Latinas around the World through the love for literature…

Finding Strength in Susceptibility by REBECCA FAYE SMITH GALLI

Calling all Authors: AuthorBuzz and BookMovement Can Help You Connect!

Super Humans, Suspense, and Intrigue: An interview with A.M. Wilhelm about her recent thriller Brainstorm

A Novel Idea and a Labor of Love: The Story of a South Philly Bookstore

Daralyse Lyons, author of Yoga Cocaine, on Memoir Writing

See something, Say nothing: An interview with Pamela Fernandes about her recent thriller Painting Kuwait Violet

An Interview with Elizabeth Mosier, Author of Excavating Memory: Archaeology and Home (New Rivers Press, 2019).

Author Maribel Garcia