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Club Calvi

Club Calvi

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 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.CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. Portions Recorded Art Literary History & Criticism
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  • Susan & James Patterson on "The Mother-Daughter Book Club"

    Susan & James Patterson on "The Mother-Daughter Book Club"
    Apr 29 2026
    James Patterson is perhaps the most popular author of our time with more than 300 million books sold worldwide. He includes Dolly Parton and Viola Davis among his co-authors, but Susan Patterson holds a special place. After nearly 30 years of marriage, James and Susan have released their new novel "The Mother-Daughter Book Club." It's about the reunion of four friends and their daughters in Italy to talk about books, life, and secrets. Susan told Mary how she and James came up with the story, and their trip to Lake Como to live the experiences in the book. James shared the motto that's been driving him for the last few years and how writing with his wife is a beautiful thing. Audiobook used with permission from James and Susan Patterson and Hachette Audio, all rights reserved.
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    24 mins
  • Marie Benedict on fierce women, forgotten legacies

    Marie Benedict on fierce women, forgotten legacies
    Apr 22 2026
    Bestselling author Marie Benedict has traveled the world for her research into women who have left behind crucial legacies, but their stories have largely been forgotten. Her latest book "Daughter of Egypt," a New York Times bestseller, uses two timelines and two points of view to reimagine the lives of two women: Lady Evelyn Herbert, who was crucial in discovery of King Tut's tomb, and Hatshepsut, who was a powerful female Pharoah of ancient Egypt. Benedict told Mary that these women, and all the women she brings to light in her books, share three qualities. Audiobook Credit: Macmillan Audio
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    33 mins
  • Terri-Lynne DeFino on "Didn't You Use to be Queenie B?" (June 2025)

    Terri-Lynne DeFino on "Didn't You Use to be Queenie B?" (June 2025)
    Apr 15 2026
    To mark the paperback publication of "Didn't You Use to be Queenie B?" Club Calvi is sharing its meetup with author Terri-Lynne DeFino from June 2025 when she talked to Mary Calvi and answered readers' questions. "Didn't You Use to be Queenie B?" is a story of second chances and redemption. It's about a woman who was once a celebrity chef and reigned over the culinary world until she lost everything and vanished from public life. She meets a young cook and takes him under her wing. They share a love of food and troubled pasts. DeFino talked about how her love of cooking shows, and her son's battle with addiction, inspired the book. Audiobook Credit: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
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    16 mins
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