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‘Next Person’ a Wilbur Award Winner
Presented annually since 1949, The Wilbur Awards are given to secular media – print and online journalism, book publishing, broadcasting, and motion pictures – who have thoughtfully brought religious issues and spiritual themes into the public discourse. This year,...2018 Michigan APME Finalists Announced
Finalists in the Michigan Associated Press Media Editors 2018 newspaper contest were announced today. The top three places — the awards in order of finish — will be announced at the annual awards banquet in Lansing on April 28. Mitch Albom’s column in the...
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...
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...
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. Find them by state here.
Signed stock is limited, so please contact stores directly to see if copies are still available.
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...
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...
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...
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...The Next Person You Meet in Heaven