Senator Elizabeth Warren Discussing Her Upcoming Book Persist at Wisconsin Book Festival
This week, the Wisconsin Book Festival announced several big names for its upcoming May events, and one of the biggest names is U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren. Senator Warren will appear virtually on May 6 at 7pm to discuss her book Persist. The book is due out from Macmillan imprint Henry Holt & Co. on May 4. To attend the event, you must register on Crowdcast in advance. The first 600 people who sign in to the event will receive a free copy of Persist. For more information about upcoming events, check out www.wisconsinbookfestival.org.
Watch the New Trailer for The Underground Railroad
The first full trailer for the Amazon Original adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s novel The Underground Railroad has finally been released. Critically-acclaimed director Barry Jenkins (If Beale Street Could Talk; Moonlight) will serve as the showrunner for the 10-episode limited series. Additionally, he will executive produce along with Brad Pitt and Colson Whitehead. The series will premiere on May 14th.
Agatha Christie’s Wallingford Home for Sale
Mystery author Agatha Christie’s home, Winterbrook House in Wallingford, Oxfordshire, is up for sale with a guide price of more than £2.75m. Dame Christie moved to her Wallingford home in in 1934, wrote some of her most beloved novels there, and remained in that home until her death in 1976. The five-bedroom house faces on to the River Thames and has a small cottage attached, and the current residents describe it as “wonderful family home.”
An Ode to Stories that Make Us Cry
Why do we keep picking up books that make us cry? Here’s a toast to all the books that have us crying happy tears.