SELECTED EVENTS AND PRESS

ZIBBY'S BOOKSHOP / HARVARDWOOD PANEL
Celebrating Alana Biden Lytle's new novel MAN'S BEST FRIEND
Wednesday, 4 September 2024

I was in conversation with Alana Biden Lytle about her extraordinary novel Man's Best Friend at Zibby's Bookshop on September 4, 2024. We had a lively conversation examining the role of the themes of agency and bonding in creating depth and emotional power in a suspensful novel and touched on love, social class, life at age 29, and summer in The Hamptons - and how to craft that, too, into an intense novel.  You can see us on Zibby Owen's The Zibby-verse YouTube channel at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DE-YmwiZcRQ

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/author-event-alana-biden-lytle-with-carleton-eastlake-tickets-945122054507?aff=oddtdtcreator

HASTY BOOK LIST- 28 March 2023

Five Things You Don't Know About Carleton Eastlake: A Guest Post by Carleton Eastlake
https://www.hastybooklist.com/home/guest-post-five-things-you-dont-know-about-carleton-eastlake

I'll be appearing live at the Words & Music Festival in New Orleans on November 18, 2022


http://wordsandmusic.org/friday-november-16/
 

I've been named a 2022 Who? New! debut author by the Brooklyn Book Festival and will be appearing live - details below.


https://brooklynbookfestival.org/event/who-new/
 

Appearing live at Vroman's Bookstore Pasadena - Thursday, May 19, 2022 - 7 pm

Official Book Launch! Diesel, A Book Store - May 7, 2022 - 3 pm



To view Diesel's Facebook invitation, see:
https://www.facebook.com/events/219303740392077/

To order a signed copy or view DIESEL'S description of the event, see:
https://www.dieselbookstore.com/event/carleton-eastlake

Live at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books with Red Hen Press - April 23, 2022 - 11:30 am

 

Live at AWP with Red Hen Press - March 22-26, 2022 

 

BOOKTRIB
“‘Inside their heads, humans are caught in a civil war between the little gleam of intelligence they want to believe is them and the animal which that spark of intelligence evolved to serve. Most of the time, the animal wins.’

“In Carleton Eastlake’s provocative and sharply written Monkey Business (Red Hen Press), William Fox is caught somewhere in between that civil war — as a writer immersed in the corporate, political and social minutiae that defines the entertainment industry and, in this case, the TV series for which he writes, and for the animal-like attraction, obsession and love he possesses for an erotic dancer. * * * Eastlake is a master of psychology and personality study, bringing readers deep inside Fox, an intelligent man with flaws, driving to come to terms with his own emotions and actions." * * *
https://booktrib.com/2022/08/09/amid-floridas-lurid-nightlife-a-war-rages-between-the-rational-and-the-animalistic/?fbclid=IwAR0t8s32jZQ7UfOfaak5sniy7JHuc-jCYEc6xdPuvJURsDPxeYkZxfiNBs0 
 

SAN FRANCISCO BOOK REVIEW
"What constitutes the conscious brain? Is subjective love just a mishmash of dopamine and serotonin? What is human existence? Former politico, attorney, and screenwriter Carleton Eastlake’s first novel Monkey Business takes the reader on a wild ride in an attempt to answer these questions and more. This is a fevered dream of a tale; at times a love story, a philosophical treatise on the meaning of being human, a mystery to solve, and a savage expose of the film and television industry’s creative process in the early twenty-first century...It is well worth the read."
https://sanfranciscobookreview.com/product/monkey-business/
 

MANHATTAN BOOK REVIEW
"Monkey Business is bold, entertaining, and quick-witted. It is a book with so many hidden details that it can be read over and over again. This book will make you change the way you think about humankind."
https://manhattanbookreview.com/product/monkey-business/
 

BRADY CAMPAIGN FOR GUN SAFETY
Open Letter from Hollywood Film & TV Leaders — Gun Safety
 

BOOKTRIB’S BITES: STOCK UP ON SOME GREAT SUMMER READING CHOICES
in the Long Island Herald
https://www.liherald.com/premium/newsusa/stories/booktribs-bites-stock-up-on-some-great-summer-reading-choices,141962?
 

THE BEST BOOKS ABOUT WHAT HOLLYWOOD IS REALLY LIKE
on Shepherd
https://shepherd.com/best-books/what-hollywood-is-really-like
 

BOOKTRIB’S BITES: STOCK UP ON SOME GREAT SUMMER READING CHOICES
in the Warwick Beacon
https://warwickonline.com/stories/booktribs-bites-stock-up-on-some-great-summer-reading-choices,174665?
 

TO UNDERSTAND YOUR CHARACTERS, TAKE A TRIP TO THE ZOO
on Career Authors 
https://careerauthors.com/to-understand-your-characters-take-a-trip-to-the-zoo/
 

THE BOOK CLUB COOKBOOK
In Carleton Eastlake's novel,... - The Book Club Cookbook | Facebook
 

WRITER UNBOXED
Books PR & Marketing Questions Answered Part VII: Tips from Authors on Social Media, Events, Expectation, the Long Haul, +
https://writerunboxed.com/2022/04/11/books-pr-marketing-part-vii-tips-from-authors/
 

KRIS CLINK'S WRITING TABLE
Carleton Eastlake's Monkey Business Kris Clink's Writing Table
 

BEYOND THE MIKE WITH SEAN DILLON
https://beyondthemic.com/tag/carleton-eastlake/
 

MRS. TNTBS HOSTS AUTHOR CARLETON EASTLAKE
on THIS NEEDS TO BE READ
https://player.fm/series/this-needs-to-be-said/mrs-tntbs-hosts-author-carleton-eastlake
 

CARLETON EASTLAKE RELEASES THE BOOK MONKEY BUSINESS
on ARROE COLLINS LIKE IT'S LIVE
https://www.spreaker.com/user/arroe/carleton-eastlake-releases-the-book-monk
 

UNCORKING THE STORY WITH MIKE CARLON
Recorded April 27, 2022 - 11 am
Monkeying Around with Carleton Eastlake Uncorking a Story
Streams a few weeks after the recording date. Check the website at: https://uncorkingastory.com
 

BREAK IT DOWN SHOW WITH PETE TURNER
Recorded live April 27, 2022 - 9 am
Stream it at: https://youtu.be/zXD2SZ86ul4
 

THE BUZZ - BOOKS PR & MARKETING QUESTIONS ANSWERED PART VII
Authors' views, including mine, about how to publicize novels.
https://writerunboxed.com/2022/04/11/books-pr-marketing-part-vii-tips-from-authors/?fbclid=IwAR0CE5NG51Q8l_EhiFW_lNfvXI772oCvk-89aehOBlkl0NpN1_pbnYTsemE
 

2022 DEBUT AUTHORS AND THEIR PUBLISHING DAYDREAMS
Hasty Book List
https://www.hastybooklist.com/home/2022-debut-authors-and-their-publishing-daydreams
 

LOOKING FOR NEW BOOKS TO READ? TRY THESE UPCOMING TITLES FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AUTHORS
Orange County Register
https://www.ocregister.com/2022/01/25/looking-for-new-books-to-read-try-these-upcoming-titles-from-southern-california-authors/