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I’m honored and thrilled to be joining Kirkus Reviews.

A little bit about me and my new job as the nonfiction editor of Kirkus Reviews. Enjoy! kirkusreviews.com/news-and-featu…

BIG BOOK NEWS TODAY! 📣

I will miss Steve Silberman. He was a sweetheart. And he had an appreciation of the impermanence of life. In 2011, I asked him to write about his most treasured book; this is what he wrote.

Nonfiction editor @mcmurtriesf recommends PARIS IN RUINS ⭐️ by Sebastian Smee on Fully Booked 🎧 ow.ly/OiB750ThBqu W. W. Norton & Company

Join John McMurtrie at Clio's this Wednesday (Sept. 11) at 7 pm PDT to celebrate the release of his new book Literary Journeys: Mapping Fictional Travels across the World of Literature. Get your tickets today: hubs.ly/Q02Pcqm10

Nonfiction editor John McMurtrie recommends THE RISING by Larry Silverstein on this week's Fully Booked 🎧 ow.ly/fSYR50TmMfK @aaknopf

Please join Chevalier's Books in welcoming John McMurtrie for a discussion on his new illustrated guide, Literary Journeys, tomorrow (9/17) at 6 pm PDT. He will be in conversation with Sarah Mesle. Register for this free in-person event today: hubs.ly/Q02PS1rg0

Join John McMurtrie at Book Passage's SF Ferry Building Store tomorrow (9/18) at 5:30 pm PDT, where he will be discussing his new book Literary Journeys: Mapping Fictional Travels across the World of Literature. To learn more about this free event, visit: hubs.ly/Q02PTcxC0

Nonfiction editor @mcmurtriesf recommends CONNIE ⭐️ by Connie Chung on Fully Booked 🎧 ow.ly/eN3x50Ts1EI @grandcentralpub

Nonfiction editor @mcmurtriesf recommends NIGHT MAGIC ⭐️ by Leigh Ann Henion on Fully Booked 🎧 ow.ly/kwgK50Txofv @algonquinbooks

Nonfiction editor @mcmurtriesf recommends THE DRIVING MACHINE ⭐️ by Witold Rybczynski on this week's Fully Booked 🎧 ow.ly/caBG50TEaSG W. W. Norton & Company

Are you ready for #KirkusPrize2024🏆 tomorrow evening? To prep you, John McMurtrie introduces the finalists for the #nonfiction award. ow.ly/nege50TLJWg penguinpress Avid Reader Press Adam Higginbotham Farrar,Straus&Giroux Tessa Hulls W. W. Norton & Company Doubleday Shefali Luthra 𝕔𝕒𝕣𝕧𝕖𝕝𝕝 📚

Nonfiction editor @mcmurtriesf recommends LINGUAPHILE ⭐️ by Julie Sedivy on this week's Fully Booked podcast 🎧 ow.ly/FEIP50TOXue Farrar,Straus&Giroux

With #Election2024 in its final days, #nonfiction editor @mcmurtriesf weighs in on the season's many, many political tomes. ow.ly/aBcz50TX6L9

Nonfiction editor @mcmurtriesf recommends Gather Me: A Memoir in Praise of the Books That Saved Me by Glory a.k.a #WellReadBlackGirl on Fully Booked 🎧 ow.ly/YTsc50TZG3Y Well-Read Black Girl Festival ™ Random House Group

Nonfiction editor @mcmurtriesf recommends KEEP IT ZESTY by Edy Massih on part one of our Fully Booked Holiday Gift Guide 🎁📚🎧 ow.ly/QeXb50U4Aui Harper Books

“There’s a certain kind of communal silence that speaks for the deepest part of us, where we have much more in common than apart.” Pico Iyer discusses his new book, AFLAME: LEARNING FROM SILENCE, with John McMurtrie. ow.ly/g8Fa50UFgYX Riverhead Books

Nonfiction editor @mcmurtriesf recommends AFLAME (⭐) by @picoiyer on this week's Fully Booked 🎧 ow.ly/kkRU50ULmzS Riverhead Books