April 24
Join the all new PBS Books Readers Club!
We’re excited to introduce the PBS Books Readers Club, a new national book club that pairs your favorite PBS shows with amazing reads. Sign up today to enjoy a new video each month featuring in-depth conversations with renowned authors and PBS personalities.
Coming up this month!
Our next PBS Books Readers Club pick of the month is “The Other Valley” by Scott Alexander Howard.
Join Howard and other readers on Wednesday, April 24 to discuss his debut novel. We’ll dive into this literary speculative novel about an isolated town neighbored by its own past and future.
Sixteen-year-old Odile vies for a coveted seat on the Conseil. If she earns the position, she’ll decide who may cross her town’s heavily guarded borders. On either side, it’s the same valley, the same town. To the east, the town is twenty years ahead in time. To the west, it’s twenty years behind. The towns repeat in an endless sequence across the wilderness.
When Odile recognizes two visitors she wasn’t supposed to see, she realizes that the grieving parents of her friend Edme have been escorted across the border, on a mourning tour, to view their son while he’s still alive in Odile’s present.
Edme, who is brilliant, funny, and the only person to truly know Odile, is about to die. Sworn to secrecy in order to preserve the timeline, Odile now becomes the Conseil’s top candidate. Yet she finds herself drawing closer to the doomed boy, imperiling her entire future.
Scott Alexander Howard lives in Vancouver, British Columbia. He has a Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Toronto and was a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University, where his work focused on the relationship between memory, emotion, and literature. “The Other Valley” is his first novel.
Join us for this unique opportunity to connect with fellow book lovers and embark on a literary journey with Scott Alexander Howard and the PBS Books Readers Club.
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PBS Books Readers Club Tech Stickers
PBS Books Readers Club customized decal stickers are the perfect way to show off your love of books and your support of Arizona PBS. Select these stickers when you join the Readers Club and make a gift in support of Arizona PBS and display them on your phone, laptop, car bumper, water bottle, smart speakers, tablet, or other tech gear. Make your gift in support of Arizona PBS today!
More about PBS Books Readers Club
Every month, the PBS Books Readers Club will recommend amazing books and deliver behind-the-book interviews with your favorite authors. It’s also a great place to connect with other book lovers and find your next great read.
New episodes release the last Wednesday of every month on PBS Books Facebook, PBS Books YouTube Channel, and the PBS app on your smart TV or device. We’ll feature books that pair perfectly with your favorite PBS shows, and of course, they’ll be incredible reads.
There will be extended interviews with your favorite authors available to members on Arizona PBS Passport as well as the on-demand library of quality public television programming. Then twice a month, receive an e-newsletter with exclusive interviews, fun bookish articles, and other book recommendations.
Watch the new Readers Club digital video series to see in-depth conversations with some of today’s most prolific and thought-provoking authors and PBS personalities.
Become a PBS Books Readers Club member; it’s free and easy to join!
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Read along with the PBS Books Readers Club
Receive a special code to download one of our featured e-books from the PBS Books shelf on Glose.com and receive a set of PBS Books tech decal stickers. Just select Tech Sticker + E-Book Redemption when you make a gift in support of Arizona PBS. Visit our site to select this e-book redemption.
Don’t miss the PBS Books Readers Club Facebook group
The PBS Books Readers Club Facebook group is your hub for all things bookish. With thousands of members and counting, there’s no shortage of ideas, conversations or recommendations for you to enjoy.
We are thrilled to bring you this exciting interactive space where book clubbers can read along, discuss their favorite books, find book recommendations, chat with fellow readers, and submit questions for featured authors.
