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Carl Hiaasen @carlhiaasen.com · 13h

The FEVER BEACH ebook is on sale now for $7.99 everywhere ebooks are sold! 📖🌴
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Carl Hiaasen @carlhiaasen.com · 2d

If that day comes, proud Florida, as always, will be the first to let it happen.

𝐴𝑑𝑚𝑖𝑛 𝑛𝑜𝑡𝑒: 𝑀𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝐵𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝐵𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑠 𝑊𝑒𝑒𝑘 (𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑙𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑔𝑢𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑙𝑖𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙 𝑏𝑜𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑚𝑒𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠), 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑡 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒: ℎ𝑡𝑡𝑝𝑠://𝑤𝑤𝑤.𝑎𝑙𝑎.𝑜𝑟𝑔/𝑏𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒: ℎ𝑡𝑡𝑝𝑠://𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑏𝑎𝑛𝑠.𝑜𝑟𝑔/

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Carl Hiaasen @carlhiaasen.com · 2d

But perhaps some day, not too far in the future, the public won't be told anything in advance -- and just a handful of close-minded zealots will get to decide what books are on the shelves of the libraries that we all pay for.

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Carl Hiaasen @carlhiaasen.com · 2d

If they don't seem eager to publicize what's going on, or to face a large audience, I understand. Book-banning isn't so easy when actual library users show up and speak out. This is true all over the country.

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Carl Hiaasen @carlhiaasen.com · 2d

It will be a big day in the spotlight for Monty, who ran for the school board in 2022 and didn't do so well. It'll also be a big day for the rest of Hernando County's Moms for Liberty, whose modest membership numbers mean that they can conveniently ride to the meeting in the same Dodge minivan.

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Carl Hiaasen @carlhiaasen.com · 2d

I wish I was able to attend the November 4 meeting in Brooksville to hear readers weigh in on FEVER BEACH and, more importantly, share their thoughts about the government telling them what they can and can't read.

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Carl Hiaasen @carlhiaasen.com · 2d

The other two were her husband/videographer, and a woman whose position on the book-banning issue is unknown.

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Carl Hiaasen @carlhiaasen.com · 2d

You can surely understand why the Moms for Liberty might be skittish about media attention after that embarrassing sex scandal in Sarasota, but it's important to point out that only one member of the wild threesome was a card-carrying MFL.

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Carl Hiaasen @carlhiaasen.com · 2d

The group is scheduled to meet at the West Hernando Branch in Brooksville on November 4 at 1:00 pm, though the agenda has not yet been published.

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Carl Hiaasen @carlhiaasen.com · 2d

It's not quite a done deal because the Hernando County Library Advisory Committee, upon which Monty (the lone Dad for Liberty) sits, hasn't yet officially voted to yank FEVER BEACH from library shelves.

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Carl Hiaasen @carlhiaasen.com · 2d

The vice chair of this particular Moms for Liberty chapter is actually a dad named Monty Floyd, so it's either a very small group or a very woke group. Regardless, my publisher is elated because, as any dummy knows, banning a book always boosts sales.

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Carl Hiaasen @carlhiaasen.com · 2d

Some of the country's most popular and well-known authors are on Florida's hit list, so I was honored to learn that the Moms for Liberty in Hernando County are hoping to ban my latest novel, FEVER BEACH.

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Carl Hiaasen @carlhiaasen.com · 2d

According to @penamerica.bsky.social, Florida leads the nation in banning books from libraries. This is the third year in a row, so we've pretty much locked up the title.

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Carl Hiaasen @carlhiaasen.com · Aug 22

Despicable DeSantis wants to erase the memory of one of America’s worst mass murders.

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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · Jul 18

New—and packed!—column is up at @crimereads.bsky.social. This time, I talk about novels by Michael Farris Smith, @alexnorth.co.uk, @carlhiaasen.com, @kairarouda.bsky.social, Katia Lief, and Rob Hart.
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Gabino Iglesias: Let’s Talk About Some New Books

I have such a fantastic column for you this month! Want to know why? Well, there are half a dozen awesome novels here, but the main reason you’re getting such a lengthy column is that I read …

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Ian Karmel @iankarmel.bsky.social · Jul 27

I'll tell you who can write a goddamn book is Carl Hiaasen.

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · Jul 27

Increasingly feels like the most prescient writer of the past few decades/chronicler of our particular brand of depravity is Carl Hiaasen

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Carl Hiaasen @carlhiaasen.com · May 16

Super event at @strandbookstore.bsky.social with @alafairburke.bsky.social talking about FEVER BEACH!
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Tommy Tomlinson @tommytomlinson.bsky.social · May 14

New SouthBound podcast is up! This week's guest is the great @carlhiaasen.com ... we talk about his new book FEVER BEACH, his friendship with Jimmy Buffett ... and a little about his late brother, Rob.
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Carl Hiaasen visits 'Fever Beach' and enjoys making bad guys get what they deserve

Podcast Episode · SouthBound · 05/14/2025 · 45m

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Carl Hiaasen @carlhiaasen.com · May 13

Thank you, Vero Beach Book Center and readers for a fantastic first event for FEVER BEACH!
Tonight (Wednesday, 5/13) is Coral Gables with @booksandbooks.bsky.social . Find all of Carl's upcoming events at carlhiaasen.com/events/
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Carl Hiaasen @carlhiaasen.com · May 13

FEVER BEACH is out now!
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Carl Hiaasen @carlhiaasen.com · May 12

First shot of FEVER BEACH in the wild!
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jafo13.bsky.social @jafo13.bsky.social · May 12

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Carl Hiaasen @carlhiaasen.com · May 12

FEVER BEACH is out tomorrow and Carl is hitting the road! If you have questions about his upcoming events, check out carlhiaasen.com/events/faqs/

Event FAQs - Carl Hiaasen

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Carl Hiaasen @carlhiaasen.com · May 12

New York! Carl will be at @strandbookstore.bsky.social on Thursday, May 15 at 7 pm, interviewed by @alafairburke.bsky.social. Get your ticket now at: www.eventbrite.com/e/carl-hiaas...

Carl Hiaasen + Alafair Burke: Fever Beach

Join us for a release event with bestselling author Carl Hiaasen, discussing his new novel Fever Beach.

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Carl Hiaasen @carlhiaasen.com · May 12

New Jersey! Carl will be at @barnesandnoble.com Paramus on Saturday at 1pm. Get your (free) ticket for the event here: www.ticketleap.events/tickets/bnpa...
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Bestselling author Carl Hiaasen signs copies of FEVER BEACH

Please join us in welcoming bestselling author Carl Hiaasen as he signs copies of his new book Fever Beach! For fans of Midsomer Murders! Another instant classic from Carl Hiaasen-laugh-out-loud funny...

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