Happy Tuesday!

…Or also known as the last Tuesday before our whole personality becomes Charlie Brown, and Earth, Wind & Fire playlist!

The seasons might be changing soon, but our mission remains the same: Book Clubs, Conversations, & Community!

Check out our latest Founders Talk Podcast with the masterful Felicia Pride, TV/Film Writer, Author, and founder of the Production Company Honey Chile.

You might know some of the hit shows she has written for, such as Grey's Anatomy, Queen Sugar, and Bel-Air.

We discussed the creation of Honey Chile, aging gracefully, and her brand-new novella Come Close.

This conversation is full of gems.

Enjoy!

This Week’s Standups:

• 📚 Bookum Book Clubs

•  📺 America’s Book Club

• 📖 Come Close

This Week On Bookum:

What's better than a podcast? A book club podcast!

This week, Ashlee from the Too Authentic Podcast announced the launch of her new Too Authentic Book Club on Bookum!

The book club will be a space to read, sip, and grow together. A place to pour into yourself and into others!

The club should be a lot of fun, definitely consider checking it out on Bookum.

The first pick of the Book Club is “All About Love” by bell hooks.

And to kick off her club, she's hosting a special giveaway!

Run, don't walk, for your chance to win!

And on Wednesday, the Bare Bookery Book Club is hosting their Monster in the Middle book discussion live on Nooks in the app!

If you want to read more fiction books from Caribbean authors, this book club is for you!

Download the app today to join!

This Week in The Book World:

The Dallas Cowboys have "America's Team," and now C-SPAN has "America's Book Club."

It was announced today that C-SPAN is premiering a new Fall series called America's Book Club, which is a deep dive with American authors to explore "the ideas that shaped America's past, challenge the nation's present, and inspire our future."

The conversations will be hosted by David Rubenstein and will take place in various famous public libraries and landmarks (Library of Congress, the Folger Shakespeare Library, and the National Archives, to name a few).

Guests will include author John Grisham, Harvard University Professor and Historian Henry Louis Gates, biographer Walter Isaacson, and more.

Not sure who still watches C-SPAN in the year 2025, but the new TV series launches Aug. 25.

What’s your thoughts?

Let us know what you think on the Bookum community feed!

Here’s more from C-SPAN:

https://www.c-span.org/program/interview/david-rubenstein-discusses-americas-book-club/664763

This Week in Publishing:

We are ending this newsletter how we started it this week.

As mentioned, Felicia Pride isn't just a Hollywood filmmaker, she is also the author of a brand-new novella called Come Close and it is out now!

Book Summary:

Get your copy of Come Close - https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/come-close-felicia-pride/1147748931

Add Come Close to your TBR on Bookum today!

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See you next week!

Footnotes (Aka other articles we are reading and Bookum content):

Bookum Club is Reading “Lead Boldly: Seven Principles from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Get Your Copy Today and Join Us - https://www.harpercollinsleadership.com/9781400244102/lead-boldly/

Traci Thomas from The Stacks Podcast is hosting a 5-Week Online “Understanding Shakespeare” Course starting September 17th - https://www.thestackspodcast.com/understanding-shakespeare