This week, Brea and Mallory help you navigate different types of book events, interview comics editor Chris Ryall and learn the importance of clean hands. Use the hash tag #BookEvents to participate in online discussion on Twitter and Instagram!

Links- Being A Book Escort- https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/10/the-modern-face-of-book-tours/407641/ Frankfurt Book Fair- https://www.buchmesse.de/en/fbf/ LA Festival of Books- http://events.latimes.com/festivalofbooks/ Brooklyn Book Festival- http://www.brooklynbookfestival.org/ Emerald City Comic Con- http://www.emeraldcitycomicon.com/ Chris Ryall- https://twitter.com/chris_ryall IDW Comics- http://www.idwpublishing.com/ Books Mentioned -- American War by Omar El Akkad https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780451493583 Hunger by Roxane Gay https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780062362599 The Secret History of Twin Peaks by Mark Frost https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781250075581 Abandon Me by Melissa Febos https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781632866578 The Shadow of The Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780143034902 On Writing by Stephen King https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781439156810 The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781451678192 A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780802130204 Carter Beats The Devil by Glen Gold https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780786886326

Ep. 6 - Wipe Your Hands and Other Book Event Advice with IDW's Chris Ryall