Christina Baker Kline

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The Exiles by Christina Baker Kline

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“Monumental. This episode in history gets a top-notch treatment by Kline, one of our foremost historical novelists.”
—Kirkus (starred)

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It's Writing Wednesday, and today I’m going to t It's Writing Wednesday, and today I’m going to talk about motivation. A student wrote to say that her usual seasonal blues have been exacerbated by the seeming endlessness of Covid, and do I have any tips to keep writing? In the past I would’ve said: go to a movie in the middle of the day, go to a different neighborhood and sit in a coffee shop, grab a friend for an unexpected adventure … but it’s hard to escape yourself these days. Here’s my advice to anyone struggling to be creative during Covid:

Be kind to yourself. Watch something on TV that will fuel your work in an interesting way, any genre: a series, a movie, a documentary. Read a thriller or literary suspense, something that’ll take you out of yourself: Tana French, for example. Or Dare Me, by Megan Abbott. (I read an interview with a literary writer the other day who said she reads thrillers for plot and steals all kinds of ideas.) Cook something that smells amazing and makes you feel good. (See the links in my bio for three recipes I love – 1) Red Lentil Soup with Lemon; 2) Alison Roman’s addictive chickpea stew; 3) Marcella Harzan’s famous bolognese). And then: write what you’re feeling in your own life from the POV of one of your characters. Just — transpose it. Give yourself a 15-minute limit. Maybe even write a scene in the late afternoon with a glass of wine, or two. (If you drink wine!) 

How are YOU motivating yourself to be creative right now?
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Upcoming Events

To request Christina’s appearance, contact her assistant, Kat, at: bakerklinebooks@gmail.com. To view recordings of Christina’s book tour events for THE EXILES, scroll down to “Past Events” and click on the events which say “WATCH NOW”

March 2021:

  • March 2: Event with Naima Coster about her new novel, What’s Mine and Yours, hosted by Flyleaf Books, 7pm EST
  • March 3: Event with Northeast Harbor Library, 4:30pm EST
  • March 11: Join Stroock Book Club (private event)
  • March 15: Event with Justine Cowan hosted by Malaprops, 6pm EST (registration coming soon)
  • March 21: Montclair Literary Festival in conversation with Avni Doshi about her novel, Burnt Sugar, 12pm EST
  • March 23: Event in conversation with Jillian Cantor about her new novel, Half Life, hosted by Doylestown Bookshop, 7pm EST (registration coming soon)

Past Events

August 2020:

  • August 23: Left Bank Books in conversation with Lily King, 7:00 PM EST
  • August 25: Center for Fiction in conversation with Amor Towles, 7:30 PM EST
  • August 26: Midtown Scholar in conversation with Claire Messud, 7:00 PM EST
  • August 27: The Vero Beach Book Center in conversation with Jodi Picoult, 7:00 PM EST
  • August 30: Reading with Robin in conversation with Jean Kwok, 7:00 PM EST
  • August 31: WATCH NOW Atlanta History Center in conversation with Paula McLain, 7:00 PM EST

September 2020:

  • September 1: Barnes & Noble in conversation with John Grisham, 7:00 PM EST
  • September 2: Warwick’s in conversation with Kristin Hannah, 7:00 PM EST
  • September 3: An Unlikely Story in conversation with Alice Hoffman, 7:00 PM EST
  • September 4: Malaprops in conversation with Wiley Cash, 7:00 PM EST
  • September 7: Adventures by the Book in conversation with Heather Morris, 8:00 PM EST
  • September 9: WATCH NOW Skylark Bookshop in conversation with Alex George, 7:00 PM CST / 8:00 PM EST
  • September 10: WATCH NOW Parnassus Books with Ann Patchett, 6:00 PM CST/ 7:00 PM EST
  • September 13: WATCH NOW Montclair Literary Festival in conversation with J. Courtney Sullivan, 4:00 PM EST
  • September 16: Room to Read in conversation with Erik Larson, 7:00 PM EST
  • September 17: WATCH NOW Willoughby Public Library in conversation, 6:30 PM EST
  • September 19: WATCH NOW Jesup Library/Shermans Bookstore in conversation with Monica Wood, 5:00 PM EST
  • September 23: Tucson Festival of Books, 3:00 PM PST/ 6:00 PM EST
  • September 24: Book Club Girl’s Night In featuring Seghesio Family Vineyards, 7:00 PM EST
  • September 25: Adams County Library in conversation with Amanda Eyre Ward, 6:30 PM EST

October 2020:

  • October 1: One Book One Community 2020 event about Orphan Train with the Rodman Public Library, 7:00 PM EST
  • October 2: One Book One Community 2020 event with students of Mount Union College  (private event)
  • October 6: Christina in conversation with Monica Wood about her book, Ernie’s Ark hosted by Godine Publisher & Longfellow Books, 6:00 PM EST
  • October 7: Drop-in to Books ‘n Birdies Book Club, 4:30 PM EST (private event)
  • October 7: Drop-in to Bookish Book Club, 4:55 PM EST (private event)
  • October 8: Booktowne event with Cathy Buchanan, 6:30 PM EST
  • October 8: Bud Werner Memorial Library event, 6:00 PM  MDT / 8:00 PM EST 
  • October 10: Maplewood-South Orange Book Festival in conversation with Richard Russo, 5:00 PM EST
  • October 13: CBK takes over Indigo Instagram Live, 3:00 PM EST
  • October 13: Drop-in to Denver Bookclub, 6 PM EST (private event)
  • October 14: Drop-in to private bookclub, 8:20 PM EST (private event)
  • October 19: A Virtual Bibliofeast with Women’s National Book Association, 7:00 PM EST
  • October 22: Quail Ridge Books event with Cate Lineberry, 7:00PM EST
  • October 24: WATCH NOW Keynote Speaker at Sanibel Island Online Writers Conference in conversation with Joyce Maynard, 7:00 PM EST
  • October 26: Drop-in to Soho House Miami Book Club (private event), 7:30 PM EST
  • October 27: WATCH NOW Southwest Harbor Public Library Talk with Lincoln Millstein, 5:30 PM EST
  • October 28: Newark Art Museum with Nadine Sergejeff about A Piece of the World (private event), 11:00 AM EST

November 2020:

  • November 5: Sanibel Island Writers Conference Virtual Classroom Visits
  • November 5: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library Verse & Vino Pre-Recored Event, 7:00 PM EST
  • November 5: Drop-in to Willoughby Public Library Book Club, 7:30 PM EST (private event)
  • November 6: Drop-in to book club, 5:30 PM EST (private event)
  • November 9: Rockville Centre Public Library, 7:00 PM EST
  • November 10: Book Movement Event Virtual Book Launch Party for STORIES FROM SUFFRAGETTE CITY, 7:00 PM EST
  • November 12: “Book the Writer” with Jean Korelitz, 7:30-9:00PM EST 
  • November 16: Suffragette City panel for Greenwich Library, 7:00 PM EST
  • November 17: Blue Door Books Book Club, 10:00 AM EST
  • November 18: Duke University Parents’ Committee Book Club, 4:00 PM EST 
  • November 22: Kauai Writers Conference Book Club moderated by Kevin Larimer, 7:00 PM EST (private event)

December 2020:

  • December 3: Christina Featured on Julie Buxbaum’s Instagram Live, 5:30PM EST
  • December 9: UVA Book Club event, 12:00 PM EST (private event)
  • December 15: Event with Friends of the North Castle Public Library, 6:00 PM EST
  • December 16: Headliners Club and the Austin Country Club WA Book Club, 1:30 PM EST (private event)

January 2021:

  • January 11: Christina Attends Greenwich Book Club (private event)
  • January 11: Authors in Conversation Event with Fiona Davis (private event for Roots & Wings NJ auction winner)
  • January 12: Christina Takes Over Holly Furtick’s Instagram Live, 8:00 PM EST
  • January 13: Christina in Conversation with Melanie Benjamin about her new book, The Children’s Blizzard, 8:00 PM EST
  • January 19: Event with Swampscott Library, 6:30PM EST
  • January 24: Kauai Writers Conference Book Club about The Exiles with Lisa Gornick, 7:00PM EST
  • January 28: Town-wide read of The Exiles with Duxbury, MA (private event)
  • January 28: Event with Ellsworth Public Library, 7:00PM EST

February 2021:

  • February 4: Christina In Conversation with Lauren Fox about her new book, Send for Me, with Watermark Books, 7PM EST
  • February 8: Christina Attends Moriah Senior Center Book Club (private event)
  • February 8: Christina in Conversation with Susan Conley about her new book, Landslide, via Left Bank Books, 7PM EST
  • February 9: Drop-in to Snowmass Book Club (private event)
  • February 16: Zoom with Women’s National Book Association
  • February 18: Christina in conversation with Denise Heinze about her new novel, The Brief and True Report of Temperance Flowerdew, with Fountain Bookstore, 6:00 PM EST
  • February 21: WATCH NOW Virtual “Wrangling Research” Workshop at The Writers Circle, 2:00-4:00 PM EST

 

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About the Author

Christina Baker Kline A #1 New York Times bestselling author of eight novels, including The Exiles, Orphan Train, and A Piece of the World, Christina Baker Kline is published in 40 countries. Her novels have received the New England Prize for Fiction, the Maine Literary Award, and a Barnes & Noble Discover Award, among other prizes, and have been chosen by hundreds of communities, universities and schools as “One Book, One Read” selections. Her essays, articles, and reviews have appeared in various anthologies as well as the New York Times and the NYT Book Review, The Boston Globe, The San Francisco Chronicle, LitHub, Psychology Today, Poets & Writers, and Salon. Kline is a resident of New York City and Southwest Harbor, Maine.
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