Mary Calvi hosts the book club where you pick what we read next. Club Calvi chooses three new fiction titles. Readers vote to decide the winner and then can engage with the author by asking their most burning questions in a monthly meetup. Every week, Mary talks with authors about their research, writing process, the journey to being published, and with book lovers about their favorite reads.
Renée Watson on "Everything New Again," First Love, & Writing For Young Readers
Renée Watson, an award-winning and #1 New York Times bestselling author of books for children and young people, tells Mary Calvi that each of her novels is her way of having a conversation with her readers as they navigate life. Watson says she wants to give them a space to process their thoughts and emotions.
Her new book, "Everything New Again," is about first love. It also explores the complexities in some relationships between children and their parents, and the idea of home.
Watson has written 20 books with more than one million copies sold. Her previous book, the middle grade novel "All The Blues in the Sky," won the Newbery Medal. It's considered one of the highest honor in children's literature. Watson shared her reaction when she got the phone call from the medal committee about the win. She also told Mary about how her experiences as a child, and her conversations with the many young people she's mentored and met, inspire her stories.
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Audio excerpted with permission of Bloomsbury Children's Books Audio from EVERYTHING NEW AGAIN by Renée Watson, excerpt read by Bahni Turpin. All rights reserved.
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14 Oct 2026
Bonnie Garmus On "Peck & Peck" & Life After The Success Of "Lessons in Chemistry"
Mary Calvi talks to Bonnie Garmus about her second novel "Peck & Peck," one of the most anticipated books of the year, and her follow-up to her blockbuster debut book "Lessons in Chemistry."
Released in 2022, "Lessons in Chemistry" was on the New York Times bestselling list for 99 weeks, sold 9 million copies globally, and was adapted into a streaming series. Garmus told Mary how she handled the challenges of writing "Peck & Peck" after "Lessons in Chemistry," how she dealt with dozens of rejections at the beginning of her writing career, how "Peck & Peck" is her call to action for careers in the arts, and the power of poetry.
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7 Oct 2026
Amy Chozick on "With Friends Like You" & Its Shocking Twist
Amy Chozick talks with Mary Calvi and answers questions from readers about her debut novel "With Friends Like You." The psychological thriller was voted a Club Calvi Readers' Choice. It's about an overwhelmed and lonely new mother in Manhattan who believes the answer to all of her problems is finding her college roommate who disappeared 15 years prior into the world of adult entertainment.
Club Calvi readers loved the novel's jaw-dropping twist. Chozick also talked about the screenplay she wrote for a planned movie adaptation of "With Friends Like You," and her other projects including writing and executive producing a planned streaming series based on the book "The Nanny Diaries."
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Audio excerpted with permission of Penguin Random House Audio from WITH FRIENDS LIKE YOU by Amy Chozick, read by Ellen Adair. Amy Chozick ℗ 2026 Penguin Random House, LLC. All rights reserved.
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