April 4, 2011 • Category: Author Events, Blog, Book Club
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Join us April 26th, 7:00 pm EST for our next Algonquin Book Club event! Kathryn Stockett, author of The Help, will interview Sara Gruen about her international bestseller, Water for Elephants. As with all Algonquin Book Club events, you’ll be able to see the entire event via a live webcast–and you’ll also be able to ask questions of the author and chat with others who are also tuning in to the webcast.
Visit the Algonquin Book Club website to:
- Read Sara Gruen’s essay “Inside Circus World” and an excerpt from Water For Elephants
- Download discussion questions from our Reading Group Guide
- Create special dishes paired with the novel, like Sara Gruen’s Oyster Brie Soup, and 1930s-era recipes like Vintage Milk Lemonade and Applesauce Cake
- And join the conversation: Ask questions of Gruen via Facebook or Twitter (using #AlgBookClub) or right here on the blog and she might just answer them live.
Each week leading up to the event we’ll be giving away autographed copies of Water for Elephants, Algonquin Book Club tote bags, and more. To enter, leave a comment here, ask a question on our Facebook Discussion section, or tweet about Water for Elephants using #AlgBookClub as your hasthtag.
Good luck and we look forward to seeing you on the 26th!
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Colleen Turner says...
I just loved this book! It was recommended to me by my grandmother in law who also raved about it. I cannot wait to see how the movie compared with the book and hope that Sara Gruen discusses the differences and how much influence she had in the movie. Thanks for the giveaway opportunities and I will check in for the discussion!
April 4, 2011@ 2:28 PMJessica M. says...
So excited! I’m really looking forward to seeing the interview with Sara Gruen, especially with the movie coming out soon as well. Such a good book.
April 4, 2011@ 2:27 PMMargaret Walsh says...
WFE is one of the best books I have ever read!
April 4, 2011@ 2:25 PMAlexis Wenzowski says...
Looks like an amazing book. Thanks for the book club!
April 4, 2011@ 2:16 PMBren McClain says...
I tell every reader I know about this book. The cool thing is this book cuts across every kind of reader, whether male or female, young or old. It’s a gem.
April 4, 2011@ 1:58 PMsteph says...
Looking forward to reading the book and discussion following
April 4, 2011@ 1:32 PMsteph says...
Can’t wait to read the book first and then be part of this fantastic webcast. Thanks for doing this!
April 4, 2011@ 1:29 PMFalise says...
Not often do you get a set of authors of this calibur who stars are rising in both the literary and hollywood stages. And here in this wonderful twist of author interviewing author, what a brilliant idea. Seems for book folks like a world series.
April 4, 2011@ 1:25 PMSheri says...
This is one of the best books I’ve read in a long time. The story was so well-written that an hour passed without my even realizing I had been reading for that long. Loved it.
April 4, 2011@ 12:51 PMTeresa says...
What a fantastic story. Looking forward to the discussion.
April 4, 2011@ 12:16 PM