Submitted by Sarah Brubaker
We are pleased to announce that the 2025 Forsyth Reads Together author will be New York Times bestselling author, Shelby Van Pelt. The book selection for this event is Remarkably Bright Creatures. This contemporary novel presents an exploration of friendship, reckoning, and hope, tracing a widow's unlikely connection with a giant Pacific octopus.
Shelby Van Pelt made her debut with Remarkably Bright Creatures in 2022. It was an Instant New York Times Bestseller and a Read With Jenna Today Show book club pick. In 2023, she was awarded the Heartland Prize for Fiction and the McLaughlin-Esstman-Stearns First Novel Prize from The Writer’s Center. Remarkably Bright Creatures has sold over a million copies and has spent, in aggregate, over a year on the NYT Hardcover Bestseller list.
The event is now live on our calendar:
An Evening with Shelby Van Pelt
Tuesday, March 11 at 7:00 p.m.
Forsyth Conference Center
Our patrons will be so excited!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great choice! In the middle of the audiobook right now.
ReplyDeleteLove the book and can't wait to hear her!
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