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“Great American Read” Resumes 9/11, Offers Reading Tips

Throughout the summer, the multi-platform PBS initiative The Great American Read has been encouraging people across America to read as many books as possible from its list of America’s 100 Favorite Novels and to vote for their favorites. The series resumes Sept. 11. But for now, The Great American Read has partnered with…
BookTrib
August 29, 2018
Miscellany

Your Next TV Obsession: PBS’ ‘The Great American Read’

BookTrib is partnering with Early Bird Books to bring you more great content, including this article on the latest and greatest television series on PBS: "The Great American Read." In an announcement that set our bookish hearts a-flutter, PBS revealed the latest addition to their television line-up: “The Great American Read.” Slated to air throughout…
Early Bird Books
August 15, 2017
Nonfiction

Cook Like Nonna with Lidia Bastianich’s Latest Cookbook

Let’s face it—nobody can cook like Nonna. If you have ever attempted to dazzle family and friends by recreating authentic Italian recipes and you don't have an Italian grandmother handy, you need to go to the source. It doesn’t get more authentic than Lidia Bastianich, the Emmy-winning host of WGBH’s…
Katie Hires
November 11, 2015
Fiction

“Outlander” Origins with Author Diana Gabaldon

Take a time-traveling, fiercely independent, brave British nurse, the Scottish highland, a handsome, courageous, redheaded Scottish warrior, passionate love, conflicted love with two husbands, incredibly exciting history and dozens of riveting characters and you have a genre-defying series encompassing historical fiction, science-fiction, romance, fantasy, and of course time-travel. Bestselling author…
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Great American Listening: Our Country’s Top Picks

PBS has just concluded a national survey and an eight-part series that explored and celebrated the power of reading, told through the prism of America’s 100 best-loved novels: THE GREAT AMERICAN READ. The final results just released put TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD definitively on top, with four finalists: the Outlander series, the Harry Potter series, PRIDE…
Robin Whitten
November 9, 2018