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Canada Tour Dates Announced
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Gold Award Winner of the 34th Annual North American Travel Journalists Association Awards Competition
Tayari Jones receives Historical Travel Gold Award for “Carolina in My Mind”, Travel + Leisure
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UK Tour Dates Announced
To celebrate the launch of her new novel KIN, Women’s Prize-Winning author Tayari Jones will be travelling around the UK in May and June
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Tayari Jones profiled in the New York Times
For Tayari Jones, All Roads and All Novels Lead to Atlanta
“In Kin, the follow-up to the best-selling An American Marriage, she looks back on the place and the people that forged her.” – The New York Times
Photo by Kendrick Brinson for The New York Times
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Tayari Jones on Fresh Air
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KIN is instant NYT and international best seller
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KIN debuts on the NYT bestseller list as #3
Kin by Tayari Jones is an instant New York Times bestseller, debuting at #3 on the Hardcover Fiction list for the week ending February 28, 2026
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The New York Times Book Review book club is reading KIN
The New York Times Book Review book club is reading KIN.
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KIN chosen as Oprah’s book club selection
Kin by Tayari Jones was announced as the 121st Oprah’s Book Club pick and the first selection of 2026, officially released on February 24, 2026. This novel marks the second time Jones has been selected by Oprah, following her 2018 pick, An American Marriage.
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Tayari Jones Profiled in Publishers Weekly
“Before finishing her latest novel, Tayari Jones had to overcome serious illness and self-doubt.” Read more of the story from Publishers Weekly.
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Kin Receives Starred Review from Publishers Weekly
“Jones tells her protagonists’ stories with grace, humor, and pathos. It’s a tour de force.” – Publishers Weekly
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KIN Receives Starred Review from Kirkus
“Beautifully written and powerfully compelling.” – Kirkus Reviews
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KIN to be published on February 24, 2026
Tayari Jones’s fifth novel KIN will be published by Alfred A. Knopf/ Penguin Random House on February 24, 2026.
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Tayari Jones profiles Senator Raphael Warnock for TIME Magazine
“Senator Raphael Warnock Is Running Again for the Soul of Georgia” by Tayari Jones appeared in the June 23, 2022, issue of TIME Magazine.
“While the matter at hand is the November election, larger questions loom. Can the sparks that threaten the dry kindling of our democracy be extinguished at the ballot box? In an era of rage and political violence, can a reverend chart a path that gives him victory without fanning the flames?”
Photo by Wayne Lawrence for TIME Magazine
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Travel + Leisure: Tayari Jones Covers Atlanta’s Food Scene
“I Grew Up in Atlanta — Here’s How the Culinary Scene Changed Before My Eyes.”
“The lockdowns of 2020 hit Atlanta hard, as they did the rest of the world. But in the spring of 2021, as the trees once again sprouted new leaves, we emerged from our homes to reacquaint ourselves with our city. For me, the experience was even more intense because I had returned after so many years away, only to be shut in for more than a year. The exploration was emotional.”