A Read With Jenna Book Festival is Coming

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Jenna Bush Hager will bring her popular book club to Nashville for the first Read With Jenna Book Festival on May 30-31. The two-day event will include authors, book club discussions, live performances, and more. General admission costs $399 for a single day, with VIP admission at $699 for additional perks. The festival is a month away, and more details on the program are yet to be revealed.

“10 Things I Hate About You” is heading to Broadway as a musical adaptation with Carly Rae Jepsen and Lena Dunham involved. The production will feature Jepsen on the score and Dunham on the script. Additionally, a new magazine called Chrysalis Magazine, created by and for trans youth, is set to launch this fall.

While spicy romance is gaining popularity, the question arises as to why erotica isn’t receiving the same level of attention.

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