Emily Henry, BOOK LOVERS

Emily Henry, BOOK LOVERS

Zibby is once again joined by New York Times bestselling author of Beach Read and People We Meet on Vacation Emily Henry to talk about her latest novel, Book Lovers, which follows two characters from the publishing world. The two marvel over the magic of finding the right book at the right time and Zibby shares what happened when she went back to review those very books later in life. They also discuss what inspired Emily's Instagram presence, how she manages fan interactions with such popular books, and which real-life relationships helped her to create such a strong sister dynamic despite only having brothers.

Emily Henry, PEOPLE WE MEET ON VACATION

Emily Henry, PEOPLE WE MEET ON VACATION

Emily Henry joined Zibby for an Instagram Live to discuss her latest novel, People We Meet on Vacation— one of her two books currently on the New York Times bestsellers list! The two had a wide-ranging and fun conversation about everything from expensing vacations to their favorite rom-com, and why it's so hard for them to pick out book recommendations.

Emily Henry, BEACH READ

Emily Henry, BEACH READ

Emily: The other thing, this is a little bit more of a cosmic answer … I did want to share it because I think the biggest revelation for me as far as advice I want to give to creators and artists out there now, I think it's so important to make the thing that only you can make. I've been thinking about this a lot because I was watching this show, The OA on Netflix. I loved it so much. It was so strange and so surprising. It was canceled after two seasons. People were really devastated who were watching it because it was like nothing else out there. It was this weird revelation for me to see something I loved that much that felt so brave and new and strange and not like anything else and to see it be canceled. I wish I could see the rest of the show. It made me realize, just because this got canceled doesn't mean that it didn't have value in getting made in the first place. It'd be so sad if you were making something that you thought, nobody's going to want this, but you really want it and you really believe in it and it feels important to you and the thing that's what your heart desires. To just cast that aside because you don't see it anywhere else I think is huge mistake. That doesn't mean you're necessarily going to sell that thing that speaks so specifically to you, but I think that that's been my biggest revelation that I want to imprint on everyone who's making art of any kind, to just say the thing that you want to make is worthy of being made. You're the only person who can make it. If somebody else does it, it's going to be different. That's great too, but you're the only person who can do it your way. That's special. That's meaningful. I think it's almost a sort of alchemy. You're putting something into the world that only you could make. Who knows how that changes things? Who know what ramifications that could have, what that could mean to someone?