The virtual event on May 29 will be hosted live on B&N’s Instagram ( at 7:00pm East Coast time. “I am thrilled to be able to host the Barnes & Noble Virtual book club with readers to discuss these concepts and more “When Scholastic announced the The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, Suzanne Collins stated that she wanted ‘to explore the state of nature, who we are, and what we perceive is required for our survival,’” said David Levithan Vice President, Publisher, and Editorial Director for Scholastic. But readers should put aside any preconceived notions about what will happen because odds are in favor of Suzanne Collins surprising you.” “ The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes is going to be just as page-turning and addictive as its precursors. “ Hunger Games fans are going to fly though this book, so we scheduled our virtual event with Scholastic Publisher and Editorial Director David Levithan just ten days after the release,” said Shannon DeVito, Barnes & Noble Buyer, Children and Young Adult. While Barnes & Noble can’t hold its usual Book Club meetups for readers in stores, the bookseller has been hosting special virtual Book Club events with authors as a way for readers to connect, discuss, and comment online. This publication could not come at a better time for booksellers.”
Most of our bookstores offer curb-side pickup and we are certain to have long, appropriately distanced queues on publication day, and record online orders.
“Suzanne Collins has given us now the prequel, a publishing event of a magnitude and excitement that really only a new Harry Potter could rival. “You would have to live under a stone to have missed the triumphant storytelling of the original Hunger Games trilogy,” said Barnes & Noble CEO James Daunt. The bookseller will also be hosting a free virtual discussion live on B&N’s Instagram with David Levithan to discuss the book on Friday, May 29 at 7pm East Coast Time. Barnes & Noble is selling an exclusive Book Club edition of The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes that includes a reader’s group guide and Q&A with Suzanne Collins and Scholastic Publisher and Editorial Director, David Levithan.
Barnes & Noble, Inc., the world’s largest retail bookseller, today announced Suzanne Collins’ highly anticipated Hunger Games prequel, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, as a special selection for the Barnes & Noble YA Book Club.
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