Sarah jessica parker reveals first book acquisition, and. Book club centrals first pick parker was joined onstage by watts, a whiting award winner and lehigh university professor, along with moderator donna seaman booklists editor for adult books in an intimatestyle book talk for no one is coming to save us, a novel that explores the american dream among african americans living in the contemporary south and that is inspired by the great gatsby. Her love for books led her to become both an editorial director for her own imprint, sjp for hogarth, and an honorary chair of book club central for the american library association. Sarah jessica parker unveils alas book club central. Sjp, in collaboration with the american library association, is heading up book club central, an online platform where you can discuss your latest find. Sarah jessica parker announces first pick for alas book. Sarah jessica parker selects ayobami adebayos stay with. Im honored to announce the newest selection for book club central, heartland. Book club central, designed in consultation with expert librarians, provides the public with the very best in reading and is a place for engaging content and information for book clubs and readers everywhere. Sarah jessica parker is helping to launch a new book club that you can join.
To enter, take a picture of your book club with the sjp read more. Back in february, the american library association announced that it would be partnering with actress sarah jessica parker to launch book club central, a. The sex and the city star is partnering with the american library association to launch book club central, a. I would never leave the house without something to read. Whether shes balancing grocery bags with a new haul of books from three lives in greenwich village or reading behind tom hanks at a sporting event in this iconic photo, sjp has become a passionate advocate for bookssharing bestselling novels like the nix and a gentleman in moscow alongside history books like secondhand time and the gilded rage on instagram. In a packed auditorium at the 2017 ala annual conference in chicago, sarah jessica parker unveiled her first pick as honorary chair of the alas new book club central initiative. She is also partnering with the american library association on their book club central. A memoir of working hard and being broke in the richest country on earth by sarah. Sarah jessica parker book club pick explores the meaning.
A memoir of working hard and being broke in the richest country on earth by sarah smarsh. Book club central is being designed to provide the public with the very best in reading. Smarsh writes with authority and urgency about the entrenched deprivation of overlooked americans born into poverty across the country. Ala to launch book club central with sarah jessica parker.
Parker chairs the american library associations book club central, selecting favorite reads to discuss with fellow bookworms throughout the year. Sarah jessica parker reveals first book acquisition, and her a. Sarah jessica parker also known as sjp played a writer on the longstanding hit series sex and the city, but in real life, shes a voracious reader. Read one of sarah jessica parkers book club central selections with your book club this summer and enter for your chance to win a prize pack of book club central swag and a collection of books that sjp has recommended on her instagram. She also acts as the honorary cochair of the american library associationss book club central program and is heading up a new. This is the book sarah jessica parker thinks you should. Sarah jessica parker, actress, designer, and perpetual style icon, has taken to her new role as editorial director of sjp for hogarth quite nicely, announcing that she will publish fatima farheen. Sjp has just launched a digital platform called book club central with the american library association, proving that she and her famed sex and the city character carrie bradshaw share a. The american library association ala officially launched book club central with the unveiling of its website and honorary chair sarah jessica parker s inaugural book selection, no one is coming to save us, by stephanie powell watts, published by eccoan imprint of harpercollins publishers.
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