Theater video tags: Simon & Schuster

Aaron John Curtis and Jon Hickey

Redefining Home (Aaron John Curtis, Jon Hickey, moderated by Greg Sarris)

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In this Bay Area Book Festival event featuring Native debut authors, Jon Hickey reads from his novel, Big Chief (Simon & Schuster, 2025), and Aaron John Curtis reads from his novel, Old School Indian (Hillman Grad Books, 2025), followed by a discussion moderated by Greg Sarris on the Native experience through modern political and personal struggles. Curtis and Hickey are featured in “First Fiction 2025” in the July/August issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.

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First Fiction 2025

July/August 2025

Indigenous writers

City Lights Live: Jon Hickey

CITY LIGHTS LIVE! Jon Hickey in conversation with Tomas Moniz

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In this virtual City Lights Live event, Jon Hickey reads from and talks about his debut novel, Big Chief (Simon & Schuster, 2025), in a conversation with author Tomas Moniz. Hickey is featured in “First Fiction 2025” in the July/August issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.

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Cebo Campbell: Sky Full of Elephants

2024 Buzz Book Panel: Author Cebo Campbell and Editor Olivia Taylor Smith

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In this Buzz Books virtual event, Cebo Campbell discusses how the film Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and Toni Morrison inspired his debut novel, Sky Full of Elephants (Simon & Schuster, 2024), in a conversation with Simon & Schuster senior editor Olivia Taylor Smith.

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Cebo Campbell

Sky Full of Elephants

Vanessa Chan: The Storm We Made

‘GMA’ Book Club Pick: ‘The Storm We Made,’ by Vanessa Chan

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“It’s just wonderful to be able to tell my story and tell our family’s story, and it’s very emotional.” In this interview, Vanessa Chan discusses the personal and historical inspiration for her debut novel, The Storm We Made (S&S/Marysue Rucci Books, 2024), which is January’s Good Morning America Book Club Pick.

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The Storm We Made

S&S/Marysue Rucci Books

The Word According to Karp: How to Get a Literary Agent

How to Get a Literary Agent: S&S's CEO Shares the Secrets

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In this video, Simon & Schuster president and CEO Jonathan Karp gives writers advice on how to get a literary agent and their books published, including useful websites and reference books such as The Poets & Writers Complete Guide to Being a Writer (Avid Reader Press, 2020).

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Stephen Markley on The Deluge

Stephen Markley Felt Honored by Stephen King's Reactions to His Book The Deluge

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“The way in is always through human beings.” Stephen Markley discusses his new novel, The Deluge (Simon & Schuster, 2023), and the importance of emotionally connecting to characters when writing about topics such as climate change in this Late Night With Seth Meyers interview.

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Late Night With Seth Meyers

Sidik Fofana: Stories From the Tenants Downstairs

Author Sidik Fofana Reads from Stories from the Tenants Downstairs

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In this Simon & Schuster Books video, Sidik Fofana reads from his debut story collection, Stories From the Tenants Downstairs (Scribner, 2022), which is featured in Page One in the September/October issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.

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Stories From the Tenants Downstairs

September/October 2022

The Word According to Karp: Book Covers

How 2022’s Hottest Book Cover Was Created

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Simon & Schuster president and CEO Jonathan Karp offers a behind-the-scenes look at how book cover art is selected through the lens of Julia May Jonas’s debut novel, Vladimir, forthcoming from Avid Reader Press in February.

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Anthony Doerr on Cloud Cuckoo Land

ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE Author's Inspiration for CLOUD CUCKOO LAND

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“In Cloud Cuckoo Land, I try to tell the story of stewards, people who care deeply about something, and how their actions reverberated through the generations after them,” says Anthony Doerr in this video about the inspiration behind writing his new novel, Cloud Cuckoo Land (Simon & Schuster, 2021), which is featured in Page One in the September/October issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.

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September/October 2021

Patricia Engel on Infinite Country

The Inspiration Behind Infinite Country with Author Patricia Engel

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“The story of this family is a common one. It’s the reality of so many people I know and love, yet it’s one I never saw depicted in any novel,” says Patricia Engel in this video about the inspiration behind her new novel, Infinite Country (Avid Reader Press, 2021), which is featured in Page One in the March/April issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.

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