This is such a great story, Steve Silberman! And thank you Call Me Ishmael for making such a neat video. For more of Steve Silberman on Oliver, watch Oliver Sacks Fdn.: His Own Life on American Masters, streaming free until May 8th! Bit.ly/oliversacksPBS #OliverSacksPBS

🗣️ New anonymous voicemail is up on YouTube and it's a DOOZY of an endorsement for reading Insomniac City by @BillHayesNYC youtu.be/t02-ufwhJyc

Love it when writers call about other writers who inspire them. Thanks very much for this wonderful call, Steve Silberman!

“He sat down & someone handed him a Mossman guitar and the little group waited breathlessly... Dr. Sacks had prepared me for this moment.” Hear what happened next and how reading The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat 30 years ago helped this musician. youtube.com/watch?v=8sa894…

Sad to hear about the passing of Eric Carle. What a profound impact he’s had on young readers. One of the fictional adverts in our literary phone book includes a nod to his The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art . To hear about it: 1-774-325-0503 extension 5201

A fun and generous article to remind you that our interactive The Call Me Ishmael Phone Book makes a great coffee table book, or a great gift to the bibliophile in your life. offtheshelf.com/2020/12/call-m… Call Me Ishmael

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I have only just now learned about this. What a wonderful idea. Learned about it through The History of Literature Podcast, naturally. callmeishmael.com

Highly recommended!

So grateful to Malik Books out of L.A. for featuring our book in such good company at this year’s TED conference. We highly recommend this independent, family-owned and family run bookstore + all of the books in pic #2!

Just a lovely day sharing stories about books people love at the local street fair. One huge highlight involved us being totally star struck when roxane gay strolled by our booth!

A friendly (and last second) reminder that The Call Me Ishmael Phone Book makes for a perfect holiday gift for the book lover in your life.

A joy to visit Bookshop Santa Cruz (one of our favorite shops) and see The Call Me Ishmael Phone Book on display.

We’ve been hiding autographed versions of our book on beaches all Summer. Only a month left to hit your Summer reading goals and we’re here to help!

Yeesh! So much discourse around reading lists right now. One of my fave lists is my wife Steph Kent’s annual wrap up. You can see her reflections on everything she read in 2022 here. stephkent.medium.com/what-i-read-in… And check out our Call Me Ishmael project while you’re at it.

This Phone gives book recommendations! The Call Me Ishmael Phone is now available for bookstores, libraries + classrooms. Hear why books matter from real readers + have live conversations with fictional characters (powered by Inworld AI!). Learn more: callmeishmael.com

Sneak peek of Steph Kent demoing our new Call Me Ishmael Phone. Watch her show how this literary device can call fictional characters like Elizabeth Bennet from Pride and Prejudice. Learn more: callmeishmael.com