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Alqonquin Books is launching a new book club series beginning March 21.

We’ll be featuring four Algonquin Book Club selections a year for dynamic literary events held around the country and simultaneously webcast on our site. For each event, an Algonquin author will be interviewed by a notable writer.

I am mentioning the book club at Color Online because in this inaugural year two of four books are written by female authors of color. Its not often that women authors of color make up fifty percent.

March 21 Julia Alvarez (In the Time of the Butterflies) interviewed by Edwidge Danticat, author of Brother, I’m Dying

April 26 Sara Gruen (Water for Elephants) interviewed by Kathryn Stockett, author of The Help
August 18 Heidi Durrow (The Girl Who Fell from the Sky) interviewed by Terry McMillan, author of Getting to Happy

October 20 Robert Goolrick (A Reliable Wife) interviewed by Patricia Cornwell, author of Port Mortuary

Anyone who has read In the Time of Butterflies is encourged to Join the Conversation.

Want to chat with other readers about In the Time of the Butterflies? Each week, we’ll be giving away Algonquin Book Club tote bags, autographed Julia Alvarez books, Advance Review Copies, brand new titles hot off the press, and other swag to people who join in the conversation by:

Posting comments on the In the Time of the Butterflies discussion section on our Facebook page.
Sharing thoughts on Twitter using #AlgBookClub.

Contributing feedback to our In the Time of the Butterflies book club discussion blog posts leading up to the event.

Working at a bookstore, whether I liked a book or not, or haven't even read it, I get tried of seeing the same titles on the bestseller list for weeks then months. Years ago I thought Dan Brown's, Da Vinci Code would stay a bestseller forever. Now I feel the same way about Chris Cleave's, Little Bee and Steig Larsson, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.

Cleave and Larsson's novels have been paperback bestsellers for months. Neither is going anywhere anytime soon. Especially Larsson's since the American version of the movie is in the works. Yes, I am hating.

I wish I could hate on a few female authors of color. I would love to get tired on seeing The Girl Who Fell From the Sky by Heidi W. Durrow, or Wench by Dolen Perkins - Valdez on the paperback best seller list.

The Girl Who Fell From the Sky is currently number 15 on NYT paperback bestseller list. Wench is popular with book clubs and I believe it can break back into the list

It would give me great joy to get tired of seeing The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson on the hardcover bestseller list. The Warmth of Other Suns was choosen one of the 10 best books of 2010 by the NYT. It is also a non fiction finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Honor. The winners will be announced on March 8th.