“Pineapple Street” – Jenny Jackson

Jenny Jackson is a Vice President and Executive Editor at Alfred A. Knopf. A graduate of Williams College and the Columbia Publishing Course, she lives in Brooklyn Heights with her family. Pineapple Street is her first novel. * Bio and picture by Penguin Random House This unputdownable novel follows three women in an old Brooklyn Heights clan […]

“Dark Mode” – Ashley Kalagian Blunt

Here at QBD Books, our March Book of the Month is “Dark Mode” by Ashley Kalagian Blunt. Exclusively for our blog readers, we have a Q&A with the talented author. Below, get to know more about Ashley, her writing journey, her favourite authors, and more: let’s dive in!  Tell us a little bit about yourself… […]

“Go As A River” – Shelley Read

For fans of “Where The Crawdads Sing” – a lush, immersive, soaring tale by Shelley Read is coming NEXT WEEK.  On a cool autumn day, Victoria Nash heads into the village from her family’s farm in rural Colorado pulling a rickety wagon filled with late-season peaches. As she nears an intersection, a stranger in stops […]

“Really Good, Actually” – Monica Heisey

Photo from Good Reads. Bio from Harper Collins Publishers.  Monica Heisey is a writer and comedian from Toronto. She has been published in The New Yorker, The New York Times, Vogue, Elle, The Guardian, Glamour, New York magazine, and VICE, among others. She has written for television shows like Schitt’s Creek, Workin’ Moms, Baroness von […]