BookTube,
YouTube is launching a new monthly learning series that it is positioning as “the next chapter in book clubs.”
Called “BookTube,” the show will feature some of the world’s most renowned authors, debuting Oct. 17 with Malcolm Gladwell, and following with Margaret Atwood, James Patterson and Melinda Gates already on the schedule. A new episode will air the third Thursday of each month.
Think of “BookTube” as the dream monthly book club meeting that everyone is invited to join. Each episode of this YouTube Original series features a small “book club,” which consists of one of the world’s bestselling authors, a moderator, and top YouTube creators having an engaging conversation about the author’s latest book.
The show trailer highlights episode one’s featured author, Malcolm Gladwell, a New York Times bestseller, as he discusses his latest piece of groundbreaking nonfiction literature – Talking to Strangers, a powerful examination of our interactions with people we don’t know.
Gladwell is joined by guest moderator Derek Muller, the creator behind the Veritasium YouTube channel, and BookTubers Nai’a Perkins (NaiaReadsAndSmiles), Danielle Bainbridge (Origin of Everything) and Ellias Hoang (Ellias) to chat about the ideas behind his new book, his Jamaican roots, and the only five liquids he drinks.
The series is produced by Boardwalk Pictures and YouTube. Executive producers include Andrew Fried, Dane Lillegard, and Jordan Wynn at Boardwalk Pictures. Supervising producer for YouTube is Lauren Vrazilek, former Deputy Press Secretary to First Lady Michelle Obama and Media Consultant for the Becoming Book Tour. Jenya James Hamidi serves as co-executive producer.
