Did You Miss Byron Lane on Thursday Night? Also, SKYKU.

This guy.

We had a wonderful start to our late summer/fall reading series on Thursday night. The first installment of what we are calling MUST READ TV featured playwright and novelist Byron Lane in conversation with Mary about his debut novel, the much buzzed-about A STAR IS BORED. Byron and Mary talked about the book, writing, what it’s like to work with Carrie Fisher, and a bunch of other stuff, and there were special guest appearances by Byron’s fiancé Steven Rowley and their dog, Tilda.

If you missed out on the fun, the whole conversation is available for viewing on Facebook and also on our brand-new YouTube channel, where we will posting all our online author events from now on, together with those little staff recommendation movies that we sometimes do.

We announced a fun new thing last night, too. We’re asking all of the authors who appear on MUST READ TV to compose a haiku specifically for Skylark customers. The first 25 people who buy that author’s book from us will receive an extremely limited edition and totally exclusive haiku, each one signed and numbered by the author. Which we thought was pretty fun. And then we thought: we can call them Skyku. Which made us giggle. If you would like to receive one of Byron’s Skyku along with your first edition of A STAR IS BORED (with signed bookplate), drop us a line at mail@skylarkbookshop.com to be sure to snag one. They are going fast!

Next Thursday, August 6, Charlotte McConaghy will be discussing her astonishing novel MIGRATIONS with her editor at Flatiron Books, Caroline Bleeke. Charlotte’s novel has been receiving rave advance reviews and was recently voted the #1 Indie Next Pick for August - the title that independent booksellers are most excited about selling next month. We wholeheartedly concur: it’s an utterly gorgeous novel - sad, revelatory, inspiring, and just beautifully written from start to finish. Click here for more information and to register for free!