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Club Calvi

Club Calvi

Written by: CBS News NY
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Mary Calvi hosts the book club where you pick what we read next. Club Calvi chooses three new fiction titles. Readers vote to decide the winner and then can engage with the author by asking their most burning questions in a monthly meetup. Every week, Mary talks with authors about their research, writing process, the journey to being published, and with book lovers about their favorite reads.CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. Portions Recorded Art
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  • Emma Straub on "American Fantasy" and finding joy after heartache

    Emma Straub on "American Fantasy" and finding joy after heartache
    Jun 17 2026
    Emma Straub turned her love for a boy band into her latest New York Times bestselling book "American Fantasy." It's about a 50-year-old woman who is recently divorced, empty-nested, and having problems at work, and who travels solo on a boy-band cruise. As Straub told Mary, the character discovers "transcendence." Straub wrote the book after she went on a similar cruise to bring her joy as she healed after the death of her father, author Peter Straub. Emma Straub talks about her love of New Kids on the Block, finding bravery moving through middle age, and her love of books. Audio excerpted courtesy of Penguin Random House Audio from AMERICAN FANTASY by Emma Straub, read by Marin Ireland. © 2026 Emma Straub, ℗ 2026 Penguin Random House, LLC. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    26 mins
  • Mary Kay Andrews on "Road Trip" and the power of reinvention

    Mary Kay Andrews on "Road Trip" and the power of reinvention
    Jun 10 2026
    New York Times Bestselling author Mary Kay Andrews says her books are about women reclaiming their power, discovering who they are, and who they can become. Her latest novel, "Road Trip" takes readers on a journey with two sisters, both broke, who haven't spoken in years and who are now forced together after their mother's death. A painting in their mother's home might be worth millions, and they take a trip to Ireland to solve the mystery. Andrews told Mary how she used her family history and the true-crime story of stolen paintings from a grand estate in Ireland as springboards for the book. Andrews also sprinkled in "some kissing and some killing." She also shared that even after 34 published novels she still suffers from imposter-syndrome, believing that she will fail every time. She has trick a to overcome the self-doubt. Audio excerpt from ROAD TRIP Trip by Mary Kay Andrews Copyright © 2026 by the author and excerpted by permission of St. Martin’s Publishing Group Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    26 mins
  • Fiona Davis on the Met Gala, Ancient Egypt, and "The Stolen Queen" (February 2025)

    Fiona Davis on the Met Gala, Ancient Egypt, and "The Stolen Queen" (February 2025)
    Jun 3 2026
    Fiona Davis brings the forgotten histories and dramatic stories of iconic New York City buildings to life in her historical fiction novels. Among her books, she's written about Radio City Music hall in "The Spectacular," the Frick mansion in "The Magnolia Palace," and the New York Public Library in "The Lions of Fifth Avenue." Her latest book "The Stolen Queen," a dual timeline set in the Metropolitan Museum as it readies for a Met Gala in the 1970s, and in Egypt in the 1930s, was a 2025 Club Calvi Readers' Choice. Now, the New York Times bestseller is out in paperback. Mary talked to Davis about her road to becoming a published author, with stops along the way working as an actress and a journalist, and why New York City is an enduring inspiration. Audio excerpted with permission of Penguin Random House Audio from THE STOLEN QUEEN by Fiona Davis, read by Linda Jones. © Fiona Davis ℗ 2025 Penguin Random House, LLC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    20 mins
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