Do you like books and the people that write them? Then join our hosts, Stephanie and Kevin, as they dig deep into the histories and back stories of the world's most influential authors and the books that made them famous (or infamous). You'll learn the ups and downs of their personal and professional lives and maybe, JUST MAYBE, it will shine a light on how and why they were able to write their novels, poems, short stories, fairy tales, tomes, children's books...yadda yadda yadda........ You get it! So what are you waiting for? LISTEN! Then go Open A F*****g Book!
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On this episode Stephanie and Kevin cover: Stephanie's new books, tweeting us a question, multiple book covers, a death, a serious problem, our 4 books of the week, French words, the Screen Door Killer, teaching children about weather, mispronouncing names, and much more!
On this episode Stephanie and Kevin cover: the Aspen Words nominees, the process of picking a winner, our 4 books of the week, clones, surviving cancer, Stephanie's disability, Kevin's heart surgery, spotting a mom, reality show life, Wattpad, and much more!
On this episode Stephanie and Kevin cover: re-recording, a new play, poverty, writing colonies, a new lover, grants, money advances, a trip to the south, working in the theater, a bar attack, and much, much more!
On this episode Stephanie and Kevin cover: books Stephanie wants, reimagined Great Gatsby, mythology, our 4 books of the week, authors are artists, 400 years of history, public schools, black girl magic, flowers, and much more!
On this episode Stephanie and Kevin cover: quarantine, being illegitimate, Pentecostal church, stepfather problems, Harlem, teachers, Christian hypocrisy, racist New Jersey, book reviews and essays, a misunderstanding over a bed sheet, the Burroughs comparison, and much, much more!!
On this episode Stephanie and Kevin cover: changing release dates, Ramsey vs Hollywood, publishing conglomerates, bookstores of yesteryear, new dictionary words, our 4 books of the week, money, aliens, September 11th, a love story in space, and much more!
On this episode Stephanie and Kevin cover: illness taking its toll, a "Bible" salesman, a bad kiss, going on tv, new friends, attracting lunatics, a trip to Lourdes, public talks, in and out of the hospital, racism, and much more!
On this episode Stephanie and Kevin cover: a fairy tale crime book, vaccination help from a book club, solving a crime with a podcast, a stolen dog, helping boys be better, black characters in YA novels, American Gods, and more!
On this episode Stephanie and Kevin cover: being sick, Stephanie wants books, proper book shipping, sexy RBG calendar, 4 books of the week, daughter of death, first woman Dr., figure skating with an alligator, purgatory in an airport, the difference between YA and AC, and more!
On this episode Stephanie and Kevin cover: not understanding accents, Iowa, being uncomfortable with sex, faith in writing, the meaning of "date", Yaddo, Communism, an ape, getting sick, cortisone, publishing a novel, leaving a corpse by a Coke machine, and much more!
On this episode Stephanie and Kevin cover: Stephanie may be high, an author death, a new book expo, our 4 books of the week, feminist wild west, Japanese football, essential workers, Stephanie likes a certain kind of book, and more!
On this episode Stephanie and Kevin cover: the flu shot, Irish in Georgia, a very different sort of child, ducks and chickens, mystery illness, Stephanie rants on Southerners, Burma Shave, Klan activity, gender confusion among geese, Catholic roots, Iowa, and much more!
On this episode Stephanie and Kevin cover: family deaths, Household Words, getting political, more Christmas stories, an "old friend", unhappiness in marriage, more Christmas stories, failing health, so many Fannys, a nasty separation, public readings, trips to France, more Christmas stories, a train crash, an unfinished novel, ruining the Fresh Prince theme, and much, much more!
On this UNEDITED episode Stephanie and Kevin cover: the mail, failing Spanish, our 4 books of the week, how Stephanie writes, Happy Holidays, and more!
On this episode Stephanie and Kevin cover: getting sad over a character, more father problems, taking time off, an American trip, international copyright, a great wife, Christmas books, falling in love, mesmerism, being attacked by a horse, helping prostitutes, and much much more!
On this episode Stephanie and Kevin cover: The Great British Baking Show, accents, books Stephanie wants, getting free stuff, a major literary death, our 4 books of the week, court room drama, Stephanie's witchy past, science or magic, family secrets, Robert Palmer, and more!
On this episode Stephanie and Kevin cover: friends buying books, Amazon and e-libraries, marking in books, our 4 books of the week, why's it so hard to get weed, and more!
On this episode Stephanie and Kevin cover: when Christmas should start, defrauding the Navy Pay Office, not paying bills, child labor, living in prison, loving the theater, falling in love, side spasms, being very busy, a devastating death, and much, much more!
On this episode Stephanie and Kevin cover: Stephanie messes up the intro, their review of the long awaited Ready Player Two, another author death, our 4 books of the week, an argument about Flowers for Algernon, and much more!
On this episode Stephanie and Kevin cover: getting back into politics, speaking tours, another boxing match, Oscar's disappearance, going to Vietnam, Key West, a new magazine column, 99 days of uncertainty, a gaggle of celebrities, sorting through letters, two funerals, and much, much more!!!
On this episode Stephanie and Kevin cover: getting a deal on a book, PRH buys S&S, the death of a trailblazer, our 4 books of the week, an uncomfortable discussion on race, the English language, and more!
On this episode Stephanie and Kevin cover: Stephanie staying warm, a new baby, political aspirations, the Aspen Wallposter, The Kentucky Derby, Rolling Stone, a Vegas trip, another presidential campaign, Watergate, a strained marriage, and much much more!
On this episode Stephanie and Kevin cover: a rant on conglomerates, self publishing, falling book sales, Stephanie wants a book, Ready Player 2 plot, 4 books of the week, worrying about book length, Sky High, Kevin accidentally gives Stephanie permission to buy books, and more!
On this episode Stephanie and Kevin cover: women being cold, Prince Jellyfish, Puerto Rico, jealousy, abuse, going west, getting published and evicted, South America, marriage, Aspen, a motorcycle gang (club), a book contract, politics, and much much more!
On this episode Stephanie and Kevin cover: Fantastic Beasts vs. Aquaman, word of the year, Mary Wollstonecraft, 4 books of the week, Jar Jar Binks, cats in the background, WWII, the 60's, explaining YA, and more.
On this episode Stephanie and Kevin cover: a difficult child, a merry group of troublemakers, a birth deformity, pranks, an important death, military service, destroying a car, fun with concrete, meeting a new love, and much much more!
On this episode Stephanie and Kevin cover: an author death, book boyfriend vs. imaginary celebrity boyfriends, uncle Rick, 4 books, and much more!
On this episode Stephanie and Kevin cover: problems with trick or treating, meeting a new friend, vampire stereotypes, Stoker getting help writing, Dracula finally, publishing in America, a horrible fire, Egyptian mummies, Friday the 13th, opinions on the book, and much more!
On this special All The Horror episode Stephanie and Kevin cover: the most evil thing in the universe (if you believe in that sort of thing), what monastic vows do you have to break to be sentenced to death, a deal for a soul, a cursed book, a fire, and much more!
On this episode Stephanie and Kevin cover: a new Ransom Riggs book, an independent book store gets help but did the owner really need it, a very dark book store overseas, the 4 books of the week, HAPPY HALLOWEEN, and much more!
On this episode Stephanie and Kevin cover: bidets, buying a trunk, a conflict of interest, a sincere apology, a new "love", perfume commercials, a children's book, meeting an idol, a ship wreck, a very disturbing story, and much more!
On this episode Stephanie and Kevin cover: Ready Player Two, the Game of Thrones finale for some reason, our 4 books of the week, Mean Girls, a busy weekend, and much more.
On this episode Stephanie and Kevin cover: pronouncing Wuthering, horrible epidemics, a famine, premature burial, a mystery illness, fairy tales, pantomimes, loving the theater, 2 fathers dying, being a cheerleader, and much more!
On this episode Stephanie and Kevin cover: new cover art, Hagrid being cancelled, "Boxed Out", trying not to be hypocrites, our 4 books, supporting a great cancer charity, book soaps, #AllTheHorror, and much more!
On this episode Stephanie and Kevin cover: recording late, a series of 1, an author that wasn't an author, when did he live, where was he born, was he blind, a game of wits, differences between two epics, 34 hymns, leaving out Hades, a deadly riddle, BIG NEWS, and much more!
On this episode Stephanie and Kevin cover: a late recording, having to sign for a book delivery, Sherlock Holms has too many feelings, James Patterson, our 4 books of the week, Stephanie's Etsy, a Sloppy Joe food truck, and much more!
On this episode Stephanie and Kevin cover: Stephanie being cold, putting off going to the doctor, weird bodily noises, hologram tours, staying busy, people in your head, floppy disks, pettiness, Fandoms, so many books and so little time, declining sales, and much more!
On this episode Stephanie and Kevin cover: doing dishes, becoming a barefoot bookseller in the Maldives, our four books of the week, "Friends" not being relatable, Kevin forgets how to close a show, and much more!
On this episode Stephanie and Kevin cover: Saturday cartoons, an ordinary childhood, a very talented child, a life changing accident, getting bored easily, a name change, no trust for reporters, a new wealth, the OG Buffy, movie problems, an unexpected death, and much more. Thank you to our listener Angela Guthrie for the suggestion for this author series. Email us at info@audioparfait or tweet us @openafingbook to put in your suggestion for an author you would like to hear. Interview audio provided by Amy Butchas.
On this episode Stephanie and Kevin cover: professional podcasting, their love of fall, marriage money, therapists can't write books about their patients, literary deaths, a theft at the parents house, and much more!
On this episode Stephanie and Kevin cover: a fight with NOI, unpaid taxes, Malcolm X's assassination, searching for roots, Gambia, griots, lecturing, broken promises, unreliable sources, the mini-series, law suits, and much more!
On this episode Stephanie and Kevin cover: J.K. Rowling and the Transgender community, Tenacious D, our 4 books of the week including the best children's book we've ever seen, Stephanie becoming a businesswoman, and more.
On this episode Stephanie and Kevin cover: Stephanie's love of pumpkin spice, a new author, learning a family history, growing up in the south, an argument about seamen/Sea-Men, writing in the Coast Guard, Harleem, San Francisco, Malcolm X, Playboy, and much more.
On this episode Stephanie and Kevin cover: Stephanie's migraines, publishings getting pushed off, a David Copperfield movie, a publishing monopoly, our 4 books of the week, and more.
On this episode Stephanie and Kevin cover: Gadgets and computers, being imprisoned in a hotel, a expedition in Madagascar, a major financial blow, a mountain climb in an animal costume, hard hitting deaths, a life changing birth, STARSHIP TITANIC, and much more!
On this episode Stephanie and Kevin cover: Independent Bookstore Day, the importance of the USPS, Barnes and Noble, 4 books of the week, how we read, and much more.
On this episode Stephanie and Kevin cover: an story of digestive biscuits with a twist, moving back in with mum, missing deadlines, love and loss, more love, the fourth part of a trilogy, and much more! Go to TheBeardStruggle.com and use our code AUDIO15 for 15% off your order at checkout Please rate and review wherever you listen. Donate to our Patreon at patreon.com/audioparfait Part of the Audio Parfait Podcast Network
On this episode Stephanie and Kevin cover: Library supports urging help from Congress, a yet another Trump book, Stephanie buys a book on air, Kevin complains about it, no Comic-con, a book "review", the four books of the week, and much more. Faceless & Evil by Jon Thomas The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab Chain of Iron by Cassandra Clare A Room Called Earth by Madeleine Ryan The Organ Thieves : The Shocking Story of the First Heart Transplant in the Segregated South by Chip Jones Scouts by Shannon Greenland and James Patterson The Secret Runners by Matthew Reilly Go to TheBeardStruggle.com and use our code AUDIO15 for 15% off your order at checkout Please rate and review wherever you listen. Donate to our Patreon at patreon.com/audioparfait Part of the Audio Parfait Podcast Network
On this episode Stephanie and Kevin cover: Kevin's first world problems, our first Sci-fi/Comedy writer, some unique first words, an ever growing family, agnosticism, Dogma, hitchhiking around Europe, Footlights, comedy revues, Monty Python, and much more! Go to TheBeardStruggle.com and use our code AUDIO15 for 15% off your order at checkout Please rate and review wherever you listen. Donate to our Patreon at patreon.com/audioparfait Part of the Audio Parfait Podcast Network
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