05/28/2024
The New Hampshire Book Festival is thrilled to welcome bestselling author Jean Hanff Korelitz for an evening of literary conversation about her captivating new thriller𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗹, the follow-up to her blockbuster 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗹𝗼𝘁, which Stephen King called “insanely readable.”
Tickets go on sale Tuesday, May 28 at 12 pm, and include a first-edition hardcover copy of THE SEQUEL (Oct. 1, 2024, Celadon Books). For more information: https://www.nhbookfestival.org/tickets-1
All ticket sales support the inaugural New Hampshire Book Festival, which brings acclaimed authors from across the country to Concord, NH, for a free day of conversations and discussions.
As 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗹 opens, Anna Williams-Bonner has taken care of business. That is to say, she’s taken care of her husband, bestselling novelist Jacob Finch Bonner, and laid to rest those anonymous accusations of plagiarism that so tormented him. Now she is living the contented life of a literary widow, enjoying her husband’s royalty checks in perpetuity, but for the second time in her life, a work of fiction intercedes, and this time it’s her own debut novel, The Afterword. After all, how hard can it really be to write a universally lauded bestseller?
But when Anna publishes her book and indulges in her own literary acclaim, she begins to receive excerpts of a novel she never expected to see again, a novel that should no longer exist. That it does means something has gone very wrong, and someone out there knows too much: about her late brother, her late husband, and just possibly... Anna, herself. What does this person want and what are they prepared to do? She has come too far, and worked too hard, to lose what she values most: the sole and uncontested right to her own story. And she is, by any standard, a master storyteller.
With her signature wit and sardonic humor, Jean Hanff Korelitz gives readers an antihero to root for while illuminating and satirizing the world of publishing in this deliciously fun and suspenseful read.
𝗝𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗳𝗳 𝗞𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘇 is the 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘠𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 bestselling author of the novels 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘭𝘰𝘵 and 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘳 (both being adapted as limited series), 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘏𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘒𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯 (which aired on HBO as 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨, starring Nicole Kidman, Hugh Grant, and Donald Sutherland), 𝘈𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 (adapted as a film starring Tina Fey), 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘞𝘦𝘣𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘙𝘰𝘴𝘦, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘢𝘣𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘙𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳, and 𝘈 𝘑𝘶𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘗𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘴, as well as 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘗𝘰𝘸𝘥𝘦𝘳, a novel for children. She lives in New York City with her husband, Irish poet Paul Muldoon.
📚 New Hampshire Book Festival 📚
Presented by Ledyard National Bank
October 4th & 5th, Concord, NH
www.nhbookfestival.org
With thanks to festival supporters: Gibson's Bookstore , Capitol Center for the Arts , City of Concord, New Hampshire , New Hampshire Humanities , Sheehan Phinney, New Hampshire State Library
