Based loosely on the format of the popular IFC show Dinner for Five, hosted by John Favreau, Breakfast With the Author aims to bring viewers a glimpse of authors at their most relaxed and unrehearsed. Guests include writers, editors, publishers, literature professors, and critics, many of whom fit into more than one of these categories.The show is completely unscripted and relaxed, and includes (except for on-location episodes) a delicious custom-tailored breakfast cooked by Brand himself at the show's outset. Guests are encouraged to talk about whatever interests them, and in the spirit of a casual gathering of writers that might be found at any of Chicago's popular literary hangouts and bars, gossip and hijinks are encouraged.
Typical topics range from each guest's work and interests to shop-talk about the process of writing and publishing, as well as general literature discussion, recommended reads, stories about how writers balance their work and family lives, as well as plenty of humor, name-dropping, and shameless plugs of their work.
