#annpatchett — Public Fediverse posts
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Vince is back with our weekly picks in time for your weekend #reading! 📚
Whistler by #AnnPatchett
Louisiana Longshot by #JanaDeLeon
The Hypnotist by #LarsKepler
The Last Wish by #AndrzejSapkowski
The Winds of War by #HermanWouk
It Came From Neverland by #CynthiaPelayo
AcClaim by #JeanThesquare
The Unknown by #RileySager
The Spellshop by #SarahBethDurst
Europa by #GreigBeck
The Last Mrs. Parrish by #LivConstantine
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NBD, just #AndreDubusIII interviewing #annpatchett on a FREE webinar courtesy of none other than UMass Lowell. The conversation began with a discussion of all the sucky writing the two of them have done and are still capable of 😆 That's the thing -- writing is always hard. Writing always sucks. People who publish are people who persevere. #bookstodon 1/2
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Dayton Literary Peace Prize Announces the 2026 Finalists and Distinguished Honoree
American novelist Ann Patchett to receive the Ambassador Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award for her career 'reminding us that literature is a necessity.'
The post Dayton Literary Peace Prize Announces the 2026 Finalists and Distinguished Honoree appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.
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Do you love to read? Then encourage and cultivate others to read. I’m known as the auntie who gives books as gifts and will more than happily introduce you to the #library. It’s so simple yet makes amazing connections for those who may not consider reading to be entertainment or enlightenment :-)
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An absolutely delightful interview with author #AnnPatchett by Seth Meyers. 12 minutes. https://youtu.be/Cn4h9ew8xK8?si=SVyg7Uavh8_ChwH8
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We've got the most comprehensive and accurate listing of celebrity and famous #bookclubs! 📚
June Highlights ✨
The Audacious June:
John of John by #DouglasStuartGood Housekeeping:
Whistler by #AnnPatchettRead with Jenna:
The Children by #MelissaAlbert𝘍𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘳 🔗 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴! #bookstodon
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“She is so often asked what her favorite #book is — & has such difficulty answering — that there is a section titled “Favs” for her own ever-changing choices. During this year’s five-week swing through the South, it showcased #books by #AnneMichaels, #AnnPatchett, #WillaCather…“ #BookSky #bookstores
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Currently I'm listening to Tom Lake by Ann Patchett and read by Meryl Streep - with greatest joy!!! Just wanted you to know.
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"I wanted to believe that I would see him again before he died, but I knew that probably wasn’t going to happen, and this made the solitary ride down in the elevator a sad and singular journey. You get what you get, I told myself. I had got so much. I had not got enough." —Ann Patchett for The New Yorker
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Writing in Your Books Is Good for Your Brain—Here’s Why
Annotating the margins of books is an important part of deep reading and has a long legacy of merit in both science and literature
By Brianne Kane edited by Jeanna Bryner, September 19, 2024
Excerpt: "Readers on TikTok and Instagram are making the aesthetics of reading more visible than ever with creative, and often intricate, annotations. Called marginalia, these markups can be elaborate, with notes that nearly fill full pages and that are color-coordinated with the book’s cover. The emergence of such bookish note-taking has sparked a debate between enthusiasts and skeptics: Is the practice of marginalia a bad habit or a beneficial endeavor?
"#Marginalia have a long history: #LeonardoDaVinci famously scribbled thoughts about gravity years before Galileo Galilei published his magnum opus on the subject; the discovery was waiting under our noses in the margins of Leonardo’s Codex Arundel. Famous writers such as #HermanMelville and #EdgarAllanPoe are somewhat known for their marginalia, making their biographers both overjoyed and overwhelmed. Just last year #AnnPatchett, a staple on any modern fiction shelves, told Literary Hub about the joys of reading her own books and annotating patterns she never before noticed. She created a unique edition of Tom Lake for dedicated deep readers, in which she included her own annotations on her own writing style. The Patchett-ception worked: the special edition raised money at an auction for indie bookstores during 2020, and the endeavor inspired the writer to annotate a copy of her beloved classic Bel Canto as well.
"Alongside this evolution of margin additions, neuroscientists have been researching the cognitive effects of writing, pencil to paper. For instance, a study of electrical activity in the brain published in Frontiers in Psychology found that handwriting itself helps a person remember and understand more about they’ve read and written. Maryanne Wolf, director of the Center for Dyslexia, Diverse Learners and Social Justice at the University of California, Los Angeles, discussed the importance of annotating with NPR in 2022. In classic former-English-major fashion, she paraphrased Marcel Proust in explaining that deep reading allows us to 'go beyond the wisdom of the author to discover our own.' In that vein, marginalia can help the annotator understand the material deeply enough to further develop their own interpretation of the text, she said. In the Journal of Language Learning and Teaching, foreign language professor Demet Yayli of Pamukkale University in Turkey, explained that in writing workshops, especially for genre-fiction writing, deep reading—which includes annotations—is critical in helping students articulate their interpretations and maintain their own 'learner autonomy.' "
Read more:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/go-ahead-write-in-the-margins-its-good-for-your-brain/Archived version:
https://archive.ph/Bts8M#LearnerAutonomy #ReadABook #UseYourBrain #AISucks #BrainHealth #UseAIWithCaution #AIIsDumbingUsDown #Bookstodon #Books
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The 10 best audiobooks for summer https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/jun/18/the-10-best-audiobooks-for-summer #Autobiographyandmemoir #PatriciaHighsmith #PercivalEverett #AgathaChristie #Biographybooks #DavidNicholls #Crimefiction #Romancebooks #AnnPatchett #ToveJansson #Audiobooks #AnitaDesai #Culture #Fiction #Books
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'In my novels, there is more kindness than you might see in other books': Author Ann Patchett on writing amid chaos
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20250320-ann-patchett-interview-influential-katty-kay
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This week on national networks YTA and The Family Channel:
Author Ann Patchett and illustrator Robin Preiss Glasser ("The Verts: A Story of Introverts and Extroverts"); music from Fifty Fifty and Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars.
#YoutooAmerica #YTA #FamilyChannel #itsrealgoodtv #network #broadcast #telecast #USA #interview #music #musicvideo #lifestyle #thisweek #AnnPatchett #RobinPreissGlasser #TheVerts #TheVertsAStoryofIntrovertsandExtroverts #FiftyFifty #LadyGaga #BrunoMars #SidewalksEntertainment
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Reading Tom Lake by Ann Patchett - only a couple of pages in but *loving* it @bookstodon #bookstodon #AnnPatchett #MiddleAmerica
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Great great great #book.
A really engaging story within a really engaging story. Full of characters that are wonderfully constructed.
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On their fruit farm a mother tells the story of her almost-famous young actress days, and its aftermath, to her three 20-something daughters. It's lockdown and they're trying to get the cherry harvest in with 1 migrant family instead of 12. Her good husband already knows the story. As masterful & beguiling as only Ann Patchett can. Five bright stars
#booksofmastodon #reading #bookstodon #readingcommunity #bibliophile #books #Bookreview #bookrecommendation #bookToot @bookstodon #AnnPatchett
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Wife and I just finished “These Precious Days” by Ann Patchett last night. This collection of essays is mindblowingly good, and Patchett gives a perfect 10 performance as narrator of the audio book.
While a good portion of the book deals with her friend Sooki’s pancreatic cancer, the story she weaves about friendship and resiliance is a wonderful ride.
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@PatrickZircher @bookstodon Too hard to pick one. #emilystjohnmandel , #annpatchett , #AnthonyDoerr
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Seven books to get to know me, fiction edition (inspired by @alicemcalicepants and @bjornlarssen )
-A Home at the End of the World, #MichaelCunningham
-Jane and Prudence, #BarbaraPym
-Harriet the Spy, #LouiseFitzhugh
-The Patron Saint of Liars, #AnnPatchett
-Stardust, #NeilGaiman
-Cutting for Stone, #AbrahamVerghese
-Eleanor and Park, #RainbowRowell -
Sitting here while my kid gets braces so let’s do a long ass hashtag list of some things I like:
#hankwilliams #guyclark #johnhiatt #marygauthier #caroleking #lightninhopkins #steviewonder #milesdavis #ravel #billevans #annpatchett #donnatartt #MarilynneRobinson #davidfosterwallace #edwardhopper #MarcChagall #vangogh #pablopicasso #wesanderson #hitchcock #kubrick #annrichards #barackobama #cdmx #paris #texas (sometimes) #losangeles #GoBlue #lakers #newcastlefc #acadianp #zionnp #Olympicnp
