American booktoker Courtney Henning Novak, known for going viral on social media with praise for Machado de Assis's books, will visit the Brazilian Academy of Letters (ABL) this Monday (14), between 9 AM and 10:30 AM. Invited by the institution, she will tour the Machado de Assis room and space, the private library, and the collection of documents, books, and letters related to the writer.
This week, Courtney participated in the São Paulo Book Biennial, where she spoke on the panel "How to Influence People and Create Readers." In 2023, the influencer won Brazilian fans by describing "Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas" as "the best book ever written." After the viral video, the English translation of the work reached Amazon's bestseller list.
