Nearly 400 people across the country attended Hachette's ninth annual Book Club Brunch, which kicked off on Saturday morning with a panel on literary fiction featuring (l.-r., top row) Natasha Lester (The Paris Secret), Emma Donoghue (The Pull of the Stars) and Attica Locke (Heaven My Home), moderated by (bottom row) Bill Goldstein and introduced by Hachette's Karen Torres. The virtual event continued with a session on narrative nonfiction with Ijeoma Oluo (Mediocre), Jennifer Palmieri (She Proclaims) and Leslie Gray Streeter (Black Widow), moderated by Roxanne Coady of R.J. Julia Booksellers in Madison, Conn. (the bookstore partner for the event). The final session featured Michael Farris Smith, author of Nick, in conversation with editor Josh Kendall.
