Monday Matters #9: The Week of August 15

Hi everyone and welcome to Monday Matters #9 ! Most of us hate to see Monday come, but I’m one for making it a bit more fun. Each week I take a look at new book releases, books on TV or film, recent author interviews and more! Life’s too short to hate Mondays so let’s start the week off right!

5 Books Publishing This Week:

Recent Author Interviews:

Fans of Lisa Jewell’s book “The Family Upstairs” will be happy to learn that she has written a standalone sequel to this book called “The Family Remains”. Bookreporter.com recently interviewed the author about this book and you can find that Here.

Libro.fm Podcast interviewed Clint Smith author of the narrative nonfiction book, “How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning With the History of Slavery Across America”. You can find the interview Here.

NPR interviewed Paul Holes about his book “Unmasked” which talks about his role in identifying the Golden State Killer. You can find that interview Here.

Upcoming Events:

Friends & Fiction will be interviewing Karin Slaughter & Chris Swann on August 17 at 7 PM ET. You can find the link to watch this then or at a later time Here.

The Poisoned Pen will be interviewing several authors this week: Taylor Moore on his book “Firestorm”, Catherine Ryan Howard on her book “Run Time”, Mark Pryor on his book “Die Around Sundown”, Catherine Coulter on her book “Reckoning” and Sandra Brown and Ashley Winstead on their books “Overkill” and “The Last Housewife” respectively. You can find a link to these interviews Here.

Books on TV or Film:

In Theatre:

Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero
Release Date: August 19th (wide)
Based on: The manga series Dragon Ball by Akira Toriyama

Delia’s Gone
Release Date: August 19th (limited)
Based on: The short story “Caged Bird Sing” by Michael Hamblin

Book on Film for TV:

Royalteen
Release Date: August 17th on Netflix
Based on: THE HEIR by Randi Fuglehaug and Anne Gunn Halvorsen

The Next 365 Days
Release Date: August 19th on Netflix
Based on: THE NEXT 365 DAYS by Blanka Lipinska

Groundswell
Air Date: Sunday, August 21st at 9pm ET/PT on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries
Based on: GROUNDSWELL by Katie Lee

Series Premieres:

“Surfside Girls”
Release Date: August 19th on Apple TV+ (Season One)
Based on: The graphic novel series Surfside Girls by Kim Dwinell

“House of the Dragon”
Air Dates: Sundays at 9pm ET/PT on HBO; Series Premiere on August 21st
Based on: FIRE & BLOOD: 300 Years Before A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin

Virtual Events I’ll Be Attending:

I’ll be attending an invitation only event being held by Forever.

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I hope you’ve enjoyed Monday Matters #9. Anyone else attending this virtual event? Let me know! I hope you have a wonderful week!

Previous Editions of Monday Matters:

Monday Matters #8

Monday Matters #7

Monday Matters #6