Barnes & Noble Selects Afia Atakora’s Conjure Women as April National Book Club Selection

Readers Are Invited to a Free Virtual Book Club Event with Afia Atakora on Monday, May 4

New York, NY –April 7, 2020 – Barnes & Noble, Inc., the world’s largest retail bookseller, today announced Conjure Women by Afia Atakora as the April 2020 selection for the Barnes & Noble Book Club, a monthly book club designed for readers to discuss the most compelling books. Barnes & Noble is selling a special, exclusive Book Club edition of Conjure Women as well as hosting a free virtual discussion on Instagram Live with Afia Atakora and bestselling author Amy Bloom about the book on Monday, May 4, at 7pm East Coast Time. Customers can purchase the exclusive edition at BN.com.

Afia Atakora’s dazzling first novel is the redemptive story of three unforgettable women and their lives in the South before and after the Civil War. While Barnes & Noble can’t hold its usual monthly Book Club meetup in stores, the bookseller is hosting a special virtual Book Club event a month after publication.

The virtual event on May 4 will be hosted on Instagram Live, and will include a conversation between author Atakora and Amy Bloom, the New York Times bestselling writer. Before the virtual event, customers can also join in discussion at their convenience on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, using hashtag #BNBookClub.

Previous Barnes & Noble Book Club selections have included: The Female Persuasion by Meg Wolitzer, An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green, The Last Romantics by Tara Conklin, The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See, Lost Roses by Martha Hall Kelly, Mrs. Everything by Jennifer Weiner, The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead, Inland by Téa Obreht, The Testaments by Margaret Atwood, and Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano.

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