OWN to Premiere OPRAH WINFREY PRESENTS: BECOMMING MICHELLE OBAMA
OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network and Hearst Magazines announced today that Oprah Winfrey's in-depth conversation with Michelle Obama about her new memoir Becoming will air as a primetime special “Oprah Winfrey Presents: Becoming Michelle Obama” on Thursday, November 15 at 8:00 PT/ET on OWN, with an extended unedited version available on “Oprah's SuperSoul Conversations” podcast starting the same day, with part two available on November 19. In addition, the full interview will be streamed on Oprah's Facebook on Sunday, November 18 at 11:00 am ET/PT. The interview will also be featured in O, The Oprah Magazine on newsstands November 20, with behind-the-scenes content available on Oprahmag.com as well as globally across multiple Hearst Magazines' titles, including the December cover of ELLE.
Oprah's Book Club Announces Newest Selection AN AMERICAN MARRIAGE By Tayari Jones
Oprah Winfrey Network and O, The Oprah Magazine announced today the newest Oprah's Book Club selection, An American Marriage by Tayari Jones. An American Marriage centers around a recently married young African American couple living the dream of the New South in Atlanta, Georgia, and tackles themes of race, loyalty, resilience and love. Additionally, Harpo Films is attached to produce the adaptation of An American Marriage.
Bookworks Presents Shelf Awareness for Readers
Because I live in the Pacific Northwest, the end of January can feel like the farthest point from carefree summer days. The days are getting longer but not fast enough. I'm not warm enough until I'm wearing three sweaters, a blanket and a cat. These days make it easy to forget the discomforts of August--sweltering heat, stifling humidity, sunburns, dehydration--so I find myself longing for the rising peaks of the thermometer's mercury.
Bookworks Presents Today's Shelf Awareness for Readers
Last week, more than 500 booksellers, along with publishers and authors, converged on Seattle for the American Booksellers Association's ninth annual Winter Institute--three days of seminars, socializing and shoptalk (even more energizing than Seattle's collective euphoria over the Seahawks). Adding to the excitement was the abundance of authors, numbering more than 100. Many of them were on hand Thursday evening to sign books, something I'd grown blasé about--until I walked into the hotel ballroom. I gasped, grabbed the nearest arm and exclaimed, 'Look! It's Cynthia Bond!' I sidled over to her table as casually as I could, but then started to gush like a tween at a One Direction concert. Her novel Ruby (to be published by Hogarth in April), the 'unforgettable story of a man determined to protect the woman he loves from the town desperate to destroy her,' is one of the most stunning books I've read this year--order it now in advance from your indie bookstore.