BookTube — Season 1, Episode 4: Why James Patterson used to hate books, and what changed his mind
Talk • 30 min • 1 season, 18 episodes
Episode synopsis
The best selling author in the world, James Patterson, is back at it again with two new books to the Alex Cross series, Criss Cross and Ali Cross. James Patterson sits down with YouTuber and guest host Rossana Burgos and her son Roberto from the Eh Bee family, and BookTubers, Nai'a Perkins (NaiaReadsAndSmiles) and Linh Troung (Linh Truong) to discuss his writing process, continuing to write after his high school teacher told him to quit, and the most important book he’s ever written.
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Personalities in YouTube's literary space join renowned authors like Margaret Atwood and Malcolm Gladwell in a conversation about books.
More episodes from Season 1
- E1Michelle Obama on the Importance of Swerving
- E2Why Malcolm Gladwell used to get pulled over by the Police
- E3Why Margaret Atwood waited 30 years to write a Handmaid's Tale Sequel
- E5Melinda Gates: Three barriers that hold women back
- E6Bryan Stevenson: From the courtroom to Hollywood
- E7Jacqueline Woodson: Lying in service of truth
- E8David Sedaris: On Being An Open Book
- E9What Best-Selling Authors are Reading At Home
- E10Meaning and Resilience
- E11The Bush Sisters: Our Wild and Wonderful Life
- E12What Animals Teach Us About Ourselves
- E13Jason Reynolds: Honesty, Joy, and Anti-Racism