Mitch Albom's Blog, page 19
February 19, 2019
New book, ‘Chika’ to publish October 2019
**** #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR MITCH ALBOM returns to nonfiction with CHIKA: A little girl, an earthquake, and the making a family ****
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (New York, NY – February 19, 2019) – In November 2019 Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, will publish CHIKA: A little girl, an earthquake, and the making of a family
by #1 internationally renowned and bestselling author Mitch Albom. With this book the author of Tuesdays With Morrie returns to nonfiction for the first time in over...
December 6, 2018
Lucky 7 Radiothon Raises $1,278,602.00
For the fourth year in a row, the SAY Detroit Radiothon broke the $1 million dollar mark in funds raised during a marathon 15-hour broadcast. Held Thursday, December 6 in the North Grand Court at the Somerset Collection in Troy, the radiothon was broadcast live on WJR 760AM and streamed across the web at www.mitchalbomradiothon.com, clickondetroit.com, wjr.com, freep.com and on Facebook. In its seventh year, the Radiothon has raised over $4.5 million, including a record $1,261,000 in donation...
October 3, 2018
Signed Copies of “Next Person” Available at Indie Bookstores!
In a busy fall book tour, it’s not possible to visit all of the wonderful bookstores in the U.S. With the help of Harper Books, select quantities of signed, first edition hardcovers have been made available for sale at almost 200 independent bookstores.
*Signed stock is limited, so please contact stores directly to see if copies are still available.
Click your state below to find a local store.
AL AR AZ CA CO CT DC DE FL GA HI IA ID IL IN KS KY LA MA MD ME MI MN MO MS NC ND...September 20, 2018
Tour Dates Announced for The Next Person You Meet in Heaven
Most of the following events are ticketed and include a hardcover copy of the book, and some even raise funds for charity in celebration of the release of The Next Person You Meet in Heaven, a sequel to The Five People You Meet in Heaven.
More events in Michigan will be added in November and December.
You can keep up with the events on Facebook, Google, and by RSS on this site.
New York Daily News Unscripted
October 09, 2018 – 7:00PM
Brooklyn, NY
Details and tickets
Baltimore Sun Unscripted
O...
August 23, 2018
The Detroiters Tim Robinson to Join Charity Book Launch!
Actor, comedian, and writer Tim Robinson, co-star of Comedy Central’s “The Detroiters” has joined the line up for the charity launch celebrating the release of The Next Person You Meet in Heaven to be held October 14 at the Detroit Opera House.
A night of conversation, laughter and music, 100% of the profits from the evening will go to medical costs for orphans in Haiti through Have Faith Haiti Mission and reading programs for children in Detroit through SAY Detroit Play Center at Lipke Park....
June 22, 2018
15th Anniversary Edition of The Five People You Meet in Heaven Giveaway
Fifteen years ago this September, Mitch Albom published his first novel, The Five People You Meet in Heaven.
This fall will celebrate the (now-a-series!) books with two new publications: the special 15th Anniversary Hardcover Edition of The Five People You Meet in Heaven (September 4) and the first edition of The Next Person You Meet in Heaven (October 9).
Thanks to publishers Harper Books and Hachette Books, you can get a FREE copy of the special anniversary edition of The Five People You Me...
June 8, 2018
Kevin Smith Updates on ‘Hit Somebody’
During a recent live recording of his Fatman on Batman podcast, Kevin explained:
“I did two episodes of SModcast where I read two of the scripts based on that, somebody heard it and said, ‘Ooh, can we do that here, why don’t you bring it here and we’ll do it here and we’ll do it up?’ So it’s gonna become this other thing and at the same time, Jeremy Simser, who’s the storyboard artist on Flash and Supergirl and Game of Thrones, some episodes of Game of Thrones, has started doing it as a graph...
March 22, 2018
Mitch Albom’s Radiothon Fund Distribution Ceremony Set for March 27
Nearly two dozen local charities and programs will be awarded funding from donations received at last December’s Mitch Albom S.A.Y. Detroit Radiothon at 2 pm Tuesday, March 27 at the Fisher Building (3011 West Grand Blvd., Detroit).
Albom, founder of S.A.Y. Detroit, and Dr. Chad Audi, president of the Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries (DRMM), which helps facilitate the nonprofit, will hand out more than $1 million in checks. Representatives from each charity will be present. The event will be...
March 12, 2018
Rock Bottom Remainders Unites at Tucson Book Festival
Although its farewell tour was in 2016, the Rock Bottom Remainders united on Saturday, March 10th at the Tucson Book Festival.
Coverage in the Arizona Daily Star:
They’re not the most musically inclined and you definitely won’t see them on the Billboard Hot 100 any time soon.
They’re the Rock Bottom Remainders — a rock ’n’ roll cover band made up of famous authors.
“One time Bruce Springsteen joined us on stage, and we had only one song left, which was ‘Gloria,’” Dave Barry says. “This is no...
February 21, 2018
Harper to Publish the Sequel to The Five People You Meet in Heaven
On October 16, 2018 Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, will publish THE NEXT PERSON YOU MEET IN HEAVEN, the long-awaited sequel to the mega bestselling The Five People You Meet in Heaven and the latest novel by #1 internationally renowned and bestselling author Mitch Albom.
Fifteen years ago, in Albom’s beloved tale, The Five People You Meet in Heaven, the world fell in love with Eddie, a grizzled war veteran-turned-amusement park mechanic who died saving the life of a young girl...
