Blank Press, Events & More
See below for a full run-down!
For press or speaking inquiries, please contact Erinn McGrath and Alex Feigin here.
Broadcast:
Good Day DC (Fox5) (4/9): “Zibby Owens celebrates her debut novel, ‘Blank’” (live, in-studio)
Good Morning America (ABC) (3/1): “Zibby Owens Talks New Book, ‘Blank’” (live, in-studio plus in feed)
CBS News New York (CBS, New York) (3/6): “Zibby Owens, Author and Entrepreneur, Talks with CBS New York’s Book Club #Club Calvi” (in studio, plus online excerpt)
Eyewitness News with Sandy Kenyon (ABC-7, New York)(3/1): “Podcaster Zibby Owens’ First Novel Hits Stores: Inspiration Came From Author Interviews”
The Rush Hour with Annika Pergament (NY1-Spectrum News)(3/7): “Author Zibby Owens Talks New Book ‘Blank’” (in studio)
Good Day DC (Fox 5-DC)(2/13): “Month of Love Book Recommendations”
Tamron Hall Show (ABC) (2/6): “Tamron Hall Announces Book Tour Dates” mention — plus upcoming in studio appearance!
MyFox28 Columbus with Alissa Henry (4/4): “Popular Bookfluencer, Zibby Owens Visits Central Ohio”
Good Day DC (Fox 5-DC)(4/8): “Zibby Owens celebrates her debut novel, ‘Blank’"
Tamron Hall Show (4/22): “Why Zibby Owens’ Debut Novel ‘Blank’ Is Flying Off the Shelves”
Print/Online:
USA Today (3/5): Best-selling Booklist: Blank!
Vogue essay (2/13/24), Zibby’s Essay: “I Had to Lie to Find True Love”
Kirkus Reviews (12/6/23), Review: “Blank: An enjoyable read full of book industry antics and plenty of drama”
Booklist (2/1/24), Review: “Blank”
Publishers Weekly (2/24), Review: “Blank”
Today.com (3/18): “Zibby Owens Has a Book Empire. Why She Decided to Write Her Own Novel”
The Skimm (12/19/23): “Skimm Reads: What We’re Loving”
La Nacion Magazine (1/21/24): “Las Mamas No Tienen Tiempo de Leer: El Podcast de Una Mama Que Llego a Forbes”
Bookclubs.com (2/5/24): “The Best Debut Books to Read in 2024”
Variety (2/22/2024): “Zibby Owens’ New Novel ‘Overheard’ to be Published by Amazon’s Little A Books”
Palisades Neighbors Magazine (2/22/2024): “The Owenses: A Family of Words & Stories” (cover feature)
Publisher’s Marketplace (2/23/2024): “Deal Alert: ‘Overheard’ by Zibby Owens”
Westport, Weston & Wilton Magazine (2/26): “Get Booked: 5 Spring Titles…”
Shoutout LA (2/27): “Meet Zibby Owens: Author of Blank…”
Jewish Book Council Review (2/27), Review: “Blank”
Reader’s Digest (2/27): “15 Unforgettable Books by Women, Recommended by Women Who Love to Read”
Quest Magazine (2/28): “Blank, a Novel by Zibby Owens”
The Nerd Daily (2/28): “Read an Excerpt from ‘Blank’ by Zibby Owens”
Tertulia (2/29/2024): “Zibby Owens Recommends the Best Books About Books and Publishing”
Katie Couric Media (2/29/2024): Zibby’s Essay: “Can Female Friendship Survive Adulthood, Motherhood, and More?”
Oprah Daily (3/1/2024): “7 Feel-Good Novels We All Desperately Need: Zibby Owens, author of Blank, shares the books that will brighten even the darkest days” (also included in Oprah Daily Insider Newsletter on 3/3 and 3/7)
Spotlight Hamptons (3/1/2024): “Zibby Owens Releases Her New Novel ‘Blank: Q&A’”
Town & Country (3/4): “The 34 Must-Read Books of Spring 2024”
Romper (3/4): “How Zibby Owens Got Back into Writing After Staying Home With 4 Kids”
BNN (3/5): “Zibby Owens: From Stay-at-Home Mom to Literary Influencer and Author”
Bustle (3/6): “This Spring’s 44 Most Anticipated Books”
AARP’s The Ethel (3/7): “6 New Must-Read Books to Brighten the Coming Season”
Hadassah Magazine (3/9): Review: “Blank”
New York Magazine (print) and Curbed.com (3/11): “The Look Book Goes to Zibby Owens’s Book Party”
Good Morning America (3/11): “15 Books to Read Heading into Spring” (with link to TV feature)
Forbes (3/13): “These Podcasts Will Inspire You to Finally Write That Books”
Hotel Business (3/14): “Montage Launches Book Collaboration with Zibby Media”
27 East (3/21): “Zibby Owens Discusses ‘Blank,’ Her Debut Novel”
Scarsdale 10583 (3/21): “Discovering Your Second Act”
Yale Alumni Voices (3/22): “Getting to Know You: Zibby Schwarzman Owens ‘98”
Maria Shriver's The Sunday Paper (3/24): “The Sunday Paper Recommends… Blank” (and in feed post)
Woman’s Day (3/24): In feed video on Instagram
Palm Beach Daily News (3/27): “Author and Podcast Host Zibby Owens to Promote New Book Thursday in Palm Beach” (cover feature)
Columbus Dispatch (3/28): “Author Zibby Owens to Visit Columbus April 4 for Book-Signing Event”
The Palisadian Post (3/28): “Our Town: Zibby’s Bookshop Celebrates One-Year Anniversary”
Thrive Global (3/28): “Zibby Owens on Trusting the Process and Finding Joy”
LitHub (3/29): “More Stories, More Voices: On the Importance of the Small(ish) Book Publisher”
Publishers Weekly: “Zibby Media Invests in Events - With a Touch of Glam”
Providence Monthly (2/29): “Rhody Reads: Winter Book List by Thriller Writer Deborah Goodrich Royce”
Amazon Book Review (3/1): “Editors’ Picks: Best Literature and Fiction Book of March 2024”
J.McLaughlin (3/29): In feed post on Instagram
Hindustan Times (3/9): “Book Box: When I See a Woman Read”
Jewish Telegraphic Agency NY Jewish Week (4/5)
NashvilleScene.com Critics' Picks (4/4)
Book Riot (4/11)
HenLit Central Author Spotlight (4/14)
The Three Tomatoes (4/25)
Newsday (4/26)
Local Press Event Listings:
Hamptons (3/28): Authors Zibby Owens and Joanna Rakoff in Conversation” (also in feed on social)
Tucson.com (3/6): “Your Guide to This Year’s Tucson Book Festival”
Houston Chronicle (3/19): “… Book Events This Weekend”
The Boston Globe (3/1): “Author Readings Around Boston”
Darienite (2/9): “Luncheon with Zibby Owens”
Miami’s Community News (3/27): “An Evening with Zibby Owens and Alexandra Wilkis Wilson”
James Lane Post (3/24): The Zibby-verse Tour
Blog Feature/Substack/Video Interview
The Daily Skimm (4/8)
Moms Matter, Video Interview with Shirin Yadegar video (3/21) (in studio)
Friends and Fiction, Video Interview with Kristy Woodson Harvey (3/1)
A Mighty Blaze, Video Interview with Caroline Leavitt (3/6)
Gretchen Rubin’s Q&A (4/5)
The Agency Journal, “Natasha Sizlo & Melanie Goldberger Celebrate Zibby Owens’ Book Launch”
Book Nation by Jen (3/1/2024)
University of Dayton (8/22)
Bradley Tusk Substack (12/7/23)
Ordinary Habit Taking Note Newsletter (12/28/23)
Kelly Hook’s Winter Books (1/1/24)
Hasty Book List (1/7/24)
Bill Wolfe Sustack (1/9/24)
Abby Maslin Substack (2/9/24)
Annabel Monaghan Newsletter (2/14/24)
Curated by Kayla Newsletter (2/25)
Grown and Flown Newsletter (2/25)
Lee Woodruff Substack (3/21)
Dear Fiction Author Confessions (2/27)
Emily Liebert's Spring Book Picks (3/22)
The Write Review (3/6)
IG Live with Tamsen Fadal (3/6)
The Style That Binds Us Mini Mag
Bookreporter (3/1)
Fresh Fiction (3/1/2024): “Jen’s Jewels Interview: Blank”
Book Notions (3/24): “Q&A with Zibby Owens”
“Book Talk with Rochelle and Ana” (to air in April)(in studio)
Estelle Erasmus Blog (3/29)
Cynthia W. Gentry Newsletter (3/29)
Healthy Wealthy Mama Summit (4/9)
Podcasts
Under the Influence with Jo Piazza (3/14)
9 to 5ish with theSkimm (4/3)
Women with Cool Jobs (11/29)
Meant For It (1/30/24)
Write the Damn Book Already (1/31/24)
Powerful Stories with Tory Archbold (2/25/24)
Unleash Your Inner Creative (2/28/2024)
Books Are Chic (3/1/2024)
I'm Not Your Shrink Podcast (3/4)
Why Is Everyone Yelling? Podcast (3/5)
Dedicated with Doug Brunt Podcast (3/5)
I Don’t Know How You Do It Podcast (3/5)
A Bookish Home Podcast (3/5)
Tablet’s Unorthodox (3/28)
Turn the Page Syosset Library (3/1)
Moms Don’t Have Time to Read Books (2/27, 2/28, 2/29, 3/1)
She’s Got Issues (3/5)
Off the Shelf with Delaware Library (3/29)
Tara Stiles Podcast (2/28)
Upcoming Podcasts:
Cleveland Public Library Writers (live: 5/21)
Healthy Wealthy Mama (releasing 4/4)
NPR-NH “Check this Out” with Rachel Barenbaum (releasing mid-June)
Beyond the Cover with Lauren Cobello (TK)
The Interview with Leslie Heaney (TK)
Book Club Selections:
TinyABC Book Club (3/21)
Strala Reads Book Club (2/14)
Paradox Book Club (4/24)
Readers Coffeehouse Book Club (3/26)
Friends and Fiction Book Club (4/15)
Owl’s Cove Book Group (4/30)
Extra AF Book Club (3/1)
Matzah Book Soup Book Club (4/30)
Festivals/Conferences/Panels:
Erma Bombeck Conference keynote speaker
LA Times Festival of Books
DC/Library of Congress Festival
Montclair Literary Festival
Mom 2.0 Conference
Alt Summit Conference
Authors Night, East Hampton Library
Kauai Writers Conference
Saratoga Writers Conference
Tucson Book Festival
HeyMama Conference
Community Events:
Bedford Playhouse event with Annabel Monaghan, NY
Girls Write Now event with Arianna Huffington, NY
Sue Shapiro salon event with Jonathan Conyers and others, NY
Southampton Cultural center panel, NY
Scarsdale Library event, NY
Happy Women Dinners event, Los Altos, CA
Conversations from a Page salon, Houston, TX
JCC event in Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Temple Emanu-El Streicker Center event with Dani Shapiro, virtual
Friends of the Delaware County Library event, Columbus, OH
Jill Smokler salon event in Maryland
Planet Word, Washington DC
Women’s Media Group virtual event
Charleston Library Society, Charleston, SC
Joe’s Pub “Seriously Entertaining” speaker, NY
Patty Mayeux salon event, Houston, TX
Ann McLean Jordan salon event, Denver, CO
Susy Hayes salon event, Westport, CT
Francene Katzen salon event, Richmond, VA
The Ocean House event series, Watch Hill, RI
Nantucket Atheneum with Elin Hilderbrand, Nantucket, MA
Literary Society of the Southwest event, Scottsdale, AZ
Modern Well Event, Minneapolis, MN
Locust Valley Library event
Jewish Book Council Tour schedule to come*
Bookstore Events and Signings:
Elm Street Books, New Canaan, CT - signing
Bronx River Books, NY — providing books for event
Diesel Bookstore, LA, CA — providing books for event
Barrett Bookstore, Darien, CT - signing
Beacon Hill Books, Boston, MA - signing
Belmont Books, Belmont, MA - signing
The Book Shop of Beverly Farms, Beverly, MA - signing
Saltwater Bookstore, Marblehead, MA - signing
Belmond Books, MA - signing
Athena Book, Greenwich, CT - event
Shakespeare & Co, NY - signing
Katonah Reading Room, NY — providing books for event
Strand Bookstore, NY - signing
P&T Knitwear, NY - event
Blue Willow - books for event
BookHampton, East Hampton - event
B&N, Bridgehampton - event
Newtonville Books, Newton, MA - event
Beacon Hill Books, Beacon Hill, MA - signing
Brazos Bookstore, Houston, TX - event
Zibby’s Bookshop, Santa Monica - event
Books & Books, Coral Gables - event
Palm Beach Bookstore, Palm Beach, FL - event
Parnassus Books, Nashville, TN - event
The Ivy, MD - providing books for event
Politics and Prose — providing books for event
Valley Booksellers, Minneapolis, MN - providing books for event
Buxton Books, Charleston, SC - providing books for event
Virginia Highland Books, Atlanta, GA - event
Booked, Philadelphia, PA - event
Tattered Cover, Denver, CO - event
Interabang, Dallas, TX - event
Madison Street Books, Chicago, IL - event
Warwick’s, San Diego, CA - event and luncheon
Book People, Richmond, VA - providing books for event
The Bookshelf Irvington, Irvington, VA - event
Morgenstern Books, Bloomington, IN - event
Monarch Books, Kansas City, MO - event
Finley’s Fiction, Shelter Island, NY - event
Bank Square Books, Newport, RI - providing books for event
Mitchell’s Book Corner, Nantucket, MA - signing and providing books for event
Bookmarks Winston Salem - event
Bean Bag Books - providing books for event
For press or speaking inquiries, please contact Erinn McGrath and Alex Feigin here.