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In this episode, Kelly and Nikki discuss their thoughts on the book The Art of Catching Feelings by Alicia Thompson. They discuss catfishing versus secret penpal tropes, baseball, and whether or not community service is a good idea for a date.Thank you to Berkley Books for the Advanced Reader Copy in exchange for an honest review from BYOB.Catfishing romance books: sexy, or ick with a capital I? Nikki and Kelly are ready to chat- let them know your take by sending them a message!Socials:Tiktok: @bringyourownbookpodcastInstagram: @byobookpodcastFacebook: @byobookpodcastYoutube: @bringyourownbookpodcastSend Nikki & Kelly a message! :)
Joanna Lowell is known for her witty historical romances set in late Victorian England, a period both undergoing and resisting dramatic social change. Her previous novels in this series pair a young artist from the East End with her tortured muse, a duke; a runaway duchess with an admirably calm young man convinced she is a plant lover like himself; and a reluctant, poverty-stricken art forger with an art critic who is alienated from his aristocratic family. A Shore Thing (Berkley Books, 2024) follows the romantic fortunes of Kit Griffith, a former painter who now makes his living selling bicycles, and Muriel Pendrake—the intrepid, intelligent, world-traveling botanist impersonated in book 2. Muriel has traveled to St. Ives, Cornwall, to collect seaweed—not because that is her own preference, beautiful as some of it is, but because the stodgy male chauvinist in charge of a forthcoming talk that Muriel has agreed to present in New York has declared that no other topic is acceptable for a woman. She travels in the company of her old friend James, a doctor with a secret, and they are returning to their hotel when a near-accident involving a bicycle leads to Muriel's dramatic encounter with a semi-conscious Kit. It's 1888, and most of the bicycles in town are the old-fashioned penny farthings, with a huge front wheel and a tiny back one. One thing leads to another, and soon Muriel—who has never mounted a bicycle in her life, not even the kind that Kit rides, which we would now consider standard—agrees to accompany this devastatingly handsome young rake (or so she thinks) on a cycling trip around the Cornwellian coast. Joanna Lowell lives among the fig trees in North Carolina, where she teaches in the English department at Wake Forest University. She is the author of four interconnected historical romances set in late Victorian England—most recently, A Shore Thing. She writes in other genres as Joanna Ruocco. C. P. Lesley is the author of two historical fiction series set during the childhood of Ivan the Terrible and four other novels—including The Merchant's Tale, co-written with P.K. Adams. Her next novel, Song of the Steadfast, will appear early in 2025. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network
Joanna Lowell is known for her witty historical romances set in late Victorian England, a period both undergoing and resisting dramatic social change. Her previous novels in this series pair a young artist from the East End with her tortured muse, a duke; a runaway duchess with an admirably calm young man convinced she is a plant lover like himself; and a reluctant, poverty-stricken art forger with an art critic who is alienated from his aristocratic family. A Shore Thing (Berkley Books, 2024) follows the romantic fortunes of Kit Griffith, a former painter who now makes his living selling bicycles, and Muriel Pendrake—the intrepid, intelligent, world-traveling botanist impersonated in book 2. Muriel has traveled to St. Ives, Cornwall, to collect seaweed—not because that is her own preference, beautiful as some of it is, but because the stodgy male chauvinist in charge of a forthcoming talk that Muriel has agreed to present in New York has declared that no other topic is acceptable for a woman. She travels in the company of her old friend James, a doctor with a secret, and they are returning to their hotel when a near-accident involving a bicycle leads to Muriel's dramatic encounter with a semi-conscious Kit. It's 1888, and most of the bicycles in town are the old-fashioned penny farthings, with a huge front wheel and a tiny back one. One thing leads to another, and soon Muriel—who has never mounted a bicycle in her life, not even the kind that Kit rides, which we would now consider standard—agrees to accompany this devastatingly handsome young rake (or so she thinks) on a cycling trip around the Cornwellian coast. Joanna Lowell lives among the fig trees in North Carolina, where she teaches in the English department at Wake Forest University. She is the author of four interconnected historical romances set in late Victorian England—most recently, A Shore Thing. She writes in other genres as Joanna Ruocco. C. P. Lesley is the author of two historical fiction series set during the childhood of Ivan the Terrible and four other novels—including The Merchant's Tale, co-written with P.K. Adams. Her next novel, Song of the Steadfast, will appear early in 2025. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literature
Joanna Lowell is known for her witty historical romances set in late Victorian England, a period both undergoing and resisting dramatic social change. Her previous novels in this series pair a young artist from the East End with her tortured muse, a duke; a runaway duchess with an admirably calm young man convinced she is a plant lover like himself; and a reluctant, poverty-stricken art forger with an art critic who is alienated from his aristocratic family. A Shore Thing (Berkley Books, 2024) follows the romantic fortunes of Kit Griffith, a former painter who now makes his living selling bicycles, and Muriel Pendrake—the intrepid, intelligent, world-traveling botanist impersonated in book 2. Muriel has traveled to St. Ives, Cornwall, to collect seaweed—not because that is her own preference, beautiful as some of it is, but because the stodgy male chauvinist in charge of a forthcoming talk that Muriel has agreed to present in New York has declared that no other topic is acceptable for a woman. She travels in the company of her old friend James, a doctor with a secret, and they are returning to their hotel when a near-accident involving a bicycle leads to Muriel's dramatic encounter with a semi-conscious Kit. It's 1888, and most of the bicycles in town are the old-fashioned penny farthings, with a huge front wheel and a tiny back one. One thing leads to another, and soon Muriel—who has never mounted a bicycle in her life, not even the kind that Kit rides, which we would now consider standard—agrees to accompany this devastatingly handsome young rake (or so she thinks) on a cycling trip around the Cornwellian coast. Joanna Lowell lives among the fig trees in North Carolina, where she teaches in the English department at Wake Forest University. She is the author of four interconnected historical romances set in late Victorian England—most recently, A Shore Thing. She writes in other genres as Joanna Ruocco. C. P. Lesley is the author of two historical fiction series set during the childhood of Ivan the Terrible and four other novels—including The Merchant's Tale, co-written with P.K. Adams. Her next novel, Song of the Steadfast, will appear early in 2025. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/historical-fiction
Amanda Hayes, an actress known for roles on The Sopranos and The Stepford Wives, was convicted of conspiring with her husband, Grant Hayes, to murder Laura Ackerson, his ex-wife and mother of his two children. The murder and its cover-up would be one of the most grisly crimes investigators had ever encountered. Sources: Bitter Remains, author Diane Fanning, Berkley Books, 2016. See No Evil: Who killed Laura Ackerson and where are they now? ID's See No Evil: Who killed Laura Ackerson and where are they now? (sportskeeda.com) Amanda Hayes: Deadly Women - https://deadlywomen.fandom.com/wiki/Amanda_Hayes Sponsors: Arrow Sand - Go to www.arrowsand.com to find out about their fee-free travel service. Join the email list to score deals from 50% - 60% off travel!
Mark Greaney is now best known for his long-running Grey Man series, starring the burned CIA op, Court Gentry. And as a special treat, Mark brought along his editor, Tom Colgan, who is Vice President, Editorial Director for Berkley Books. Today we'll be talking about entry number 13 in the series, The Chaos Agent.
After a tumultuous journey across the Atlantic (detailed in last year's Miss Aldridge Regrets), Lena Aldridge has reached New York City only to discover that the Broadway show that lured her away from London will not run. While waiting to board a ship home, she accepts an invitation to stay with the Linfields, longtime friends of Will Goodman, the musician Lena came to trust on the passage over. She hopes to learn more about Will and explore the possibilities of a warmer relationship—although his job on the Queen Mary means, Lena assumes, that they can never be together as a couple. She also seeks to find out more about her own father, who died less than a year before this novel opens in 1936 but originally hailed from New York—or so he told Lena. As this main narrative unfolds, it is interspersed with two others. One involves a woman who falls from a third-story window in Harlem eight days after Lena's arrival. The second, set in 1908–1909, gradually reveals the events that convinced Lena's father, Alfred, to leave the United States without looking back. The rapid shifts in time require a nimble reader, but each story is compelling in its own terms. And by the time we reach the end, all the loose threads have been tied up, and we eagerly wait to find out what will happen next. Louise Hare, a London-based writer, is the author of This Lovely City, Miss Aldridge Regrets, and Harlem After Midnight (Berkley Books, 2023). C. P. Lesley is the author of two historical fiction series set during the childhood of Ivan the Terrible and three other novels. Her latest book, Song of the Storyteller, appeared in January 2023. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/historical-fiction
Have you ever pondered the existence of cosmic guardians and galactic alliances in the universe? Ever considered the tantalizing prospect of alien races that might hold the reins to the welfare and betterment of lesser developed worlds, like ours? This episode explores these fascinating concepts, drawing parallels with popular science fiction narratives like Star Wars and Star Trek.We take you on a thrilling journey through the cosmos, as we speculate about different alien species and their potential relationships with humanity. From the Anunnaki and the Reptilians to the Pleiadeans and the Nordics, we investigate the roles these alien races may have played in our evolutionary development. We dig deep into ancient mythologies, the concept of divine knowledge givers, and the intriguing Ancient Alien Theory.Wrapping up this cosmic ride, we discuss the importance of independent thought and the pursuit of knowledge. We're also excited to announce our new YouTube channel, where we'll be sharing even more riveting content. So, put on your thinking caps and join us in this journey across the universe!We remember the 22nd anniversary of 9-11, and all those who we lost that day. https://www.projectavalon.net/forum/showthread.php?t=629 https://nexusnewsfeed.com/article/ancient-mysteries/legends-of-the-star-people-ancestors-in-high-placeshttps://www.annunaki.org/pleiadians-nordic-aliens/https://www.gaia.com/article/who-are-the-pleiadiansWatch the Skies: A Chronicle of the Flying Saucer Myth. (1995), C. Peebles, p 115, Berkley Books, New York"Space Journey" by Geoff HarveyCopyright © 2021 Melody Loops LPFull License Royalty-Free Music https://www.melodyloops.com Support the showVisit our website
I'm back, partially rested and with some romance lingering in my soul. Good timing, cos this week's episode focuses on the heart as well as the blood that it pumps. Isabel Cañas returns to the show to talk about her second novel, Vampires of El Norte – a sweeping historical love-story set against a backdrop of class tumult, war and … yeah… vampires. It's not a spoiler guys – it's in the title! Isabel speaks so eloquently about the relationship between vampirism and cultural legacy, about how it isn't only the undead who invade your space and drain your essence. She describes the intense, insane schedule of writing the book, how landscape invites the supernatural, Mexican boogeymen and boogeywomen, and historical fiction as feminist conundrum. Enjoy. With heart, soul and viscera. Vampires of El Norte was published on August 15hth by Berkley Books mentioned: The Hacienda(2022), by Isabel CañasMexican Gothic (2020), by Silvia Moreno GarciaLone Women (2023), by Victor LavalleIsland Witch (forthcoming 2024), by Amanda Jayatissa Support Talking Scared on Patreon Come talk books on Twitter @talkscaredpod, on Instagram, or email direct to talkingscaredpod@gmail.com Support the show
A Fatal Illusion (Berkley Books, 2023)—the eleventh installment in Anna Lee Huber's Lady Darby Mysteries featuring Kiera and Sebastian Gage—opens in Yorkshire in 1832. The two of them have come a long way since their first acrimonious meeting two years earlier; in fact, they have married and produced an infant daughter. Yet Kiera, Lady Darby, is still known by her detested first husband's title—a courtesy extended by society that she would much rather forgo in favor of being plain Mrs. Gage. On this occasion, Gage has received word that his father has been attacked and left for dead on the Great North Road. Despite years of neglect and mistreatment, Gage rushes to his father's side, bringing his family with him. After discovering his father alive, if not well, Gage and Kiera set out to discover who attacked him and why, but they have to contend with both the victim's refusal to share all he knows and resistance from the locals, who are determined to protect a group of highwaymen (or is it a group of smugglers?) whom they believe to be the nineteenth-century equivalent of Robin Hood. As always in these mysteries, the setting comes vividly to life, the problems unknot themselves in satisfying but not always predictable ways, and the characters slowly move toward greater understanding of themselves and others. If you haven't encountered Kiera and Gage before, you should certainly seek out their adventures. But do yourself a favor and start with book 1, The Anatomist's Wife. Although you can tackle the books in any order, you will enjoy them more if you read them as I did, from start to finish. Anna Lee Huber is the USA Today bestselling and Daphne award-winning author of the Lady Darby Mysteries, the Verity Kent Mysteries, and the Gothic Myths series, as well as the anthology The Deadly Hours. A Fatal Illusion is her most recent novel. C. P. Lesley is the author of two historical fiction series set during the childhood of Ivan the Terrible and three other novels. Her latest book, Song of the Storyteller, appeared in January 2023. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network
A Fatal Illusion (Berkley Books, 2023)—the eleventh installment in Anna Lee Huber's Lady Darby Mysteries featuring Kiera and Sebastian Gage—opens in Yorkshire in 1832. The two of them have come a long way since their first acrimonious meeting two years earlier; in fact, they have married and produced an infant daughter. Yet Kiera, Lady Darby, is still known by her detested first husband's title—a courtesy extended by society that she would much rather forgo in favor of being plain Mrs. Gage. On this occasion, Gage has received word that his father has been attacked and left for dead on the Great North Road. Despite years of neglect and mistreatment, Gage rushes to his father's side, bringing his family with him. After discovering his father alive, if not well, Gage and Kiera set out to discover who attacked him and why, but they have to contend with both the victim's refusal to share all he knows and resistance from the locals, who are determined to protect a group of highwaymen (or is it a group of smugglers?) whom they believe to be the nineteenth-century equivalent of Robin Hood. As always in these mysteries, the setting comes vividly to life, the problems unknot themselves in satisfying but not always predictable ways, and the characters slowly move toward greater understanding of themselves and others. If you haven't encountered Kiera and Gage before, you should certainly seek out their adventures. But do yourself a favor and start with book 1, The Anatomist's Wife. Although you can tackle the books in any order, you will enjoy them more if you read them as I did, from start to finish. Anna Lee Huber is the USA Today bestselling and Daphne award-winning author of the Lady Darby Mysteries, the Verity Kent Mysteries, and the Gothic Myths series, as well as the anthology The Deadly Hours. A Fatal Illusion is her most recent novel. C. P. Lesley is the author of two historical fiction series set during the childhood of Ivan the Terrible and three other novels. Her latest book, Song of the Storyteller, appeared in January 2023. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literature
A Fatal Illusion (Berkley Books, 2023)—the eleventh installment in Anna Lee Huber's Lady Darby Mysteries featuring Kiera and Sebastian Gage—opens in Yorkshire in 1832. The two of them have come a long way since their first acrimonious meeting two years earlier; in fact, they have married and produced an infant daughter. Yet Kiera, Lady Darby, is still known by her detested first husband's title—a courtesy extended by society that she would much rather forgo in favor of being plain Mrs. Gage. On this occasion, Gage has received word that his father has been attacked and left for dead on the Great North Road. Despite years of neglect and mistreatment, Gage rushes to his father's side, bringing his family with him. After discovering his father alive, if not well, Gage and Kiera set out to discover who attacked him and why, but they have to contend with both the victim's refusal to share all he knows and resistance from the locals, who are determined to protect a group of highwaymen (or is it a group of smugglers?) whom they believe to be the nineteenth-century equivalent of Robin Hood. As always in these mysteries, the setting comes vividly to life, the problems unknot themselves in satisfying but not always predictable ways, and the characters slowly move toward greater understanding of themselves and others. If you haven't encountered Kiera and Gage before, you should certainly seek out their adventures. But do yourself a favor and start with book 1, The Anatomist's Wife. Although you can tackle the books in any order, you will enjoy them more if you read them as I did, from start to finish. Anna Lee Huber is the USA Today bestselling and Daphne award-winning author of the Lady Darby Mysteries, the Verity Kent Mysteries, and the Gothic Myths series, as well as the anthology The Deadly Hours. A Fatal Illusion is her most recent novel. C. P. Lesley is the author of two historical fiction series set during the childhood of Ivan the Terrible and three other novels. Her latest book, Song of the Storyteller, appeared in January 2023. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/historical-fiction
On this week's episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing: Bookish Moments: a mom win via a bookish fail, and fielding reader retreat questions Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we've been reading lately Deep Dive: we both got a bit of education this week learning about publishers versus imprints and discussing our favorites The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you'd like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don't scroll down! We are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). The goal here is to increase accessibility for our fans! *Please note that all book titles linked below are Bookshop affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. If you'd prefer to shop on Amazon, you can still do so here through our main storefront. Anything you buy there (even your laundry detergent, if you recently got obsessed with switching up your laundry game) kicks a small amount back to us. Thanks for your support!* . . . . 1:36 - Bookish Moment of the Week 6:16 - Current Reads 6:20 - The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas (Kaytee) 6:25 - The Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas 8:28 - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins 8:55 - Jaysen Headley aka EzeeKat on Instagram 10:12 - The Senator's Wife by Liv Constantine (Meredith) 12:00 - The Last Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine 14:13 - Dele Weds Destiny by Tomi Obaro (Kaytee) 17:27 - The Twist of A Knife by Anthony Horowitz (Meredith) 18:33 - The Sentence is Death by Anthony Horowitz 19:24 - Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz 21:38 - The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka (Kaytee) 22:55 - Garcia Street Books 23:15 - The Booker Prize 23:32 - Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders 24:51 - The Original by Branden Sanderson and Mary Robinette Kowal (Meredith, audible link) 25:32 - Scribd 29:22 - Publishing Houses and Imprints 30:17 - Flatiron Books 30:18 - Riverhead Books 30:19 - Tor Books 30:20 - Atria Books 30:22 - Balzer + Bray on Instagram 30:44 - Penguin Random House 30:45 - MacMillan 30:46 - Hachette Book Group 32:29 - Sarah's Bookshelves Live 32:25 - Minotaur Books 35:03 - Blackstone Publishing 35:36 - The Guncle by Steven Rowley 36:16 - Simon & Schuster 36:19 - HarperCollins 37:21 - St. Martin's Press 37:22 - Berkley Books 37:24 - Harlequin Books 39:18 - Legend and Lattes by Travis Baldree 40:16 - Psalm for the Wild Built by Becky Chambers 42:27 - Meet Us At The Fountain 42:35 - I wish for everyone to follow Jaysen Headley @ezeekat on socials and reach out to him about coming on the podcast! (Kaytee) 42:37 - Jaysen Headley aka EzeeKat on Instagram 44:10 - I wish everyone would read Bird Box, a great summer read by Josh Malerman (Meredith) 44:10 - Bird Box by Josh Malerman 45:23 - Daphne by Josh Malerman Connect With Us: Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram Roxanna is @roxannatheplanner on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast.com @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast and www.zazzle.com/store/currentlyreading
Fans of Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin, know that the individual tales that form his saga combine complex, fast-paced, often political mysteries with a series of revelations about his family's history that it would be churlish to reveal. All this takes place against the background of the Napoleonic Wars, mostly in Regency-era London with its vast social gap between the aristocratic rich and the starving, crime-ridden poor. The eighteenth of Sebastian's adventures, Who Cries for the Lost (Berkley Books, 2023) begins a few days before the Battle of Waterloo, a cataclysmic event—unknown to the characters, obviously—that will end Napoleon's military ambitions once and for all. A mutilated body is fished out of the Thames River and taken to Paul Gibson—a friend of Sebastian's who served as a surgeon during the Peninsular War—for an autopsy. When Paul's lover identifies the victim as her former husband and an aristocrat, the creaky wheels of the London policing system grind into gear. The Thames River Police may provide as much hope for justice as the costermongers and wherry boatmen of the city deserve, but a nobleman falls under the jurisdiction of Bow Street. As the number of corpses rises and pressure from the Prince Regent in Carlton House intensifies, Sebastian must race to solve a series of baffling, seemingly disconnected murders before the outcry demanding a solution leads to the arrest and execution of his friends. Meanwhile, the country anxiously awaits reports from the Duke of Wellington's army on the Continent, further stoking the tension, even as Sebastian confronts the reality of his nation's past misdeeds during the war and wonders whether those atrocities explain the crimes being committed in the present. Candice Proctor, aka C.S. Harris and C.S. Graham, is the USA Today bestselling, award-winning author of more than two dozen novels, including the Sebastian St. Cyr Regency mystery series written under the name C.S. Harris, the C.S. Graham thriller series co-written with Steven Harris, and seven historical romances. She is also the author of a nonfiction historical study of women in the French Revolution. C. P. Lesley is the author of two historical fiction series set during the childhood of Ivan the Terrible and three other novels. Her latest book, Song of the Storyteller, appeared in January 2023. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network
Fans of Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin, know that the individual tales that form his saga combine complex, fast-paced, often political mysteries with a series of revelations about his family's history that it would be churlish to reveal. All this takes place against the background of the Napoleonic Wars, mostly in Regency-era London with its vast social gap between the aristocratic rich and the starving, crime-ridden poor. The eighteenth of Sebastian's adventures, Who Cries for the Lost (Berkley Books, 2023) begins a few days before the Battle of Waterloo, a cataclysmic event—unknown to the characters, obviously—that will end Napoleon's military ambitions once and for all. A mutilated body is fished out of the Thames River and taken to Paul Gibson—a friend of Sebastian's who served as a surgeon during the Peninsular War—for an autopsy. When Paul's lover identifies the victim as her former husband and an aristocrat, the creaky wheels of the London policing system grind into gear. The Thames River Police may provide as much hope for justice as the costermongers and wherry boatmen of the city deserve, but a nobleman falls under the jurisdiction of Bow Street. As the number of corpses rises and pressure from the Prince Regent in Carlton House intensifies, Sebastian must race to solve a series of baffling, seemingly disconnected murders before the outcry demanding a solution leads to the arrest and execution of his friends. Meanwhile, the country anxiously awaits reports from the Duke of Wellington's army on the Continent, further stoking the tension, even as Sebastian confronts the reality of his nation's past misdeeds during the war and wonders whether those atrocities explain the crimes being committed in the present. Candice Proctor, aka C.S. Harris and C.S. Graham, is the USA Today bestselling, award-winning author of more than two dozen novels, including the Sebastian St. Cyr Regency mystery series written under the name C.S. Harris, the C.S. Graham thriller series co-written with Steven Harris, and seven historical romances. She is also the author of a nonfiction historical study of women in the French Revolution. C. P. Lesley is the author of two historical fiction series set during the childhood of Ivan the Terrible and three other novels. Her latest book, Song of the Storyteller, appeared in January 2023. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literature
Fans of Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin, know that the individual tales that form his saga combine complex, fast-paced, often political mysteries with a series of revelations about his family's history that it would be churlish to reveal. All this takes place against the background of the Napoleonic Wars, mostly in Regency-era London with its vast social gap between the aristocratic rich and the starving, crime-ridden poor. The eighteenth of Sebastian's adventures, Who Cries for the Lost (Berkley Books, 2023) begins a few days before the Battle of Waterloo, a cataclysmic event—unknown to the characters, obviously—that will end Napoleon's military ambitions once and for all. A mutilated body is fished out of the Thames River and taken to Paul Gibson—a friend of Sebastian's who served as a surgeon during the Peninsular War—for an autopsy. When Paul's lover identifies the victim as her former husband and an aristocrat, the creaky wheels of the London policing system grind into gear. The Thames River Police may provide as much hope for justice as the costermongers and wherry boatmen of the city deserve, but a nobleman falls under the jurisdiction of Bow Street. As the number of corpses rises and pressure from the Prince Regent in Carlton House intensifies, Sebastian must race to solve a series of baffling, seemingly disconnected murders before the outcry demanding a solution leads to the arrest and execution of his friends. Meanwhile, the country anxiously awaits reports from the Duke of Wellington's army on the Continent, further stoking the tension, even as Sebastian confronts the reality of his nation's past misdeeds during the war and wonders whether those atrocities explain the crimes being committed in the present. Candice Proctor, aka C.S. Harris and C.S. Graham, is the USA Today bestselling, award-winning author of more than two dozen novels, including the Sebastian St. Cyr Regency mystery series written under the name C.S. Harris, the C.S. Graham thriller series co-written with Steven Harris, and seven historical romances. She is also the author of a nonfiction historical study of women in the French Revolution. C. P. Lesley is the author of two historical fiction series set during the childhood of Ivan the Terrible and three other novels. Her latest book, Song of the Storyteller, appeared in January 2023. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/historical-fiction
Sherry Thomas' latest book in her Lady Sherlock Series, A Tempest at Sea (Berkley, 2023), finds Charlotte Holmes in a dangerous investigation at set in the seventh book in this bestselling series. After feigning her own death in Cornwall to escape from Moriarty's perilous attention, Charlotte Holmes goes into hiding. But then she receives a tempting offer: Find a dossier the crown is desperately seeking, and she might be able to go back to a normal life. Her search leads her aboard the RMS Provence. But on the night Charlotte makes her move to retrieve the dossier, in the midst of a terrifying storm in the Bay of Biscay, a brutal murder takes place on the ship. Instead of solving the crime, as she is accustomed to doing, Charlotte must take care not to be embroiled in this investigation, lest it become known to those who harbor ill intentions that Sherlock Holmes is abroad and still very much alive. Thomas talks about writing the series, her approach to a female Sherlock, romance, writing about social class, and how difficult it is to find a layout of a passenger ship from the 1880s. Rebekah Buchanan is a Professor of English and Director of English Education at Western Illinois University. Her research focuses on feminism, activism, and literacy practices in youth culture, specifically through zines and music. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network
Sherry Thomas' latest book in her Lady Sherlock Series, A Tempest at Sea (Berkley, 2023), finds Charlotte Holmes in a dangerous investigation at set in the seventh book in this bestselling series. After feigning her own death in Cornwall to escape from Moriarty's perilous attention, Charlotte Holmes goes into hiding. But then she receives a tempting offer: Find a dossier the crown is desperately seeking, and she might be able to go back to a normal life. Her search leads her aboard the RMS Provence. But on the night Charlotte makes her move to retrieve the dossier, in the midst of a terrifying storm in the Bay of Biscay, a brutal murder takes place on the ship. Instead of solving the crime, as she is accustomed to doing, Charlotte must take care not to be embroiled in this investigation, lest it become known to those who harbor ill intentions that Sherlock Holmes is abroad and still very much alive. Thomas talks about writing the series, her approach to a female Sherlock, romance, writing about social class, and how difficult it is to find a layout of a passenger ship from the 1880s. Rebekah Buchanan is a Professor of English and Director of English Education at Western Illinois University. Her research focuses on feminism, activism, and literacy practices in youth culture, specifically through zines and music. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literature
Can anyone break into high society? From Cinderella, Eliza Doolittle and Jay Gatsby to Don Draper and Anna Sorokin, characters that can fool their way into the elite through their smarts, willpower and chutzpah help us pierce the pretensions of the rich. Kyla Zhao, in her debut novel, The Fraud Squad (Berkley Books: 2023) creates her own version of the character in Samantha Song, a harried writer at a Singaporean public relations firm who embarks on a scheme with a close friend and a very handsome and wealthy acquaintance to break onto the city's social scene in just three months. But The Fraud Squad is Singaporean: Samantha drinks kopi, swelters under the summer heat, lives in an HDB flat and deals with overbearing Asian parents–a different setting than what readers might normally experience. You can purchase the book here. In this interview, Kyla and I talk about Singapore, its elite society, the glamor (or lack thereof) in the publishing industry–and why audiences may finally be ready for works by Asian and Asian-American authors. Born and raised in Singapore, Kyla Zhao graduated in 2021 from Stanford University. Right now, she works in marketing at a tech company in Silicon Valley, California. Besides novel-writing, Kyla has an extensive magazine editorial portfolio. Previously, she was a fashion and lifestyle writer at Vogue Singapore. She has also written for the Singapore editions of Harper's Bazaar and Tatler, covered the Asian Television Awards, and interviewed personalities such as singer Nathan Sykes. She can be found on Twitter at @kylazhao_, Instagram at @kylajzhao, and TikTok at @kylazingaround. You can find more reviews, excerpts, interviews, and essays at The Asian Review of Books, including its review of The Fraud Squad. Follow on Twitter at @BookReviewsAsia. Nicholas Gordon is an associate editor for a global magazine, and a reviewer for the Asian Review of Books. He can be found on Twitter at @nickrigordon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network
Can anyone break into high society? From Cinderella, Eliza Doolittle and Jay Gatsby to Don Draper and Anna Sorokin, characters that can fool their way into the elite through their smarts, willpower and chutzpah help us pierce the pretensions of the rich. Kyla Zhao, in her debut novel, The Fraud Squad (Berkley Books: 2023) creates her own version of the character in Samantha Song, a harried writer at a Singaporean public relations firm who embarks on a scheme with a close friend and a very handsome and wealthy acquaintance to break onto the city's social scene in just three months. But The Fraud Squad is Singaporean: Samantha drinks kopi, swelters under the summer heat, lives in an HDB flat and deals with overbearing Asian parents–a different setting than what readers might normally experience. You can purchase the book here. In this interview, Kyla and I talk about Singapore, its elite society, the glamor (or lack thereof) in the publishing industry–and why audiences may finally be ready for works by Asian and Asian-American authors. Born and raised in Singapore, Kyla Zhao graduated in 2021 from Stanford University. Right now, she works in marketing at a tech company in Silicon Valley, California. Besides novel-writing, Kyla has an extensive magazine editorial portfolio. Previously, she was a fashion and lifestyle writer at Vogue Singapore. She has also written for the Singapore editions of Harper's Bazaar and Tatler, covered the Asian Television Awards, and interviewed personalities such as singer Nathan Sykes. She can be found on Twitter at @kylazhao_, Instagram at @kylajzhao, and TikTok at @kylazingaround. You can find more reviews, excerpts, interviews, and essays at The Asian Review of Books, including its review of The Fraud Squad. Follow on Twitter at @BookReviewsAsia. Nicholas Gordon is an associate editor for a global magazine, and a reviewer for the Asian Review of Books. He can be found on Twitter at @nickrigordon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literature
Can anyone break into high society? From Cinderella, Eliza Doolittle and Jay Gatsby to Don Draper and Anna Sorokin, characters that can fool their way into the elite through their smarts, willpower and chutzpah help us pierce the pretensions of the rich. Kyla Zhao, in her debut novel, The Fraud Squad (Berkley Books: 2023) creates her own version of the character in Samantha Song, a harried writer at a Singaporean public relations firm who embarks on a scheme with a close friend and a very handsome and wealthy acquaintance to break onto the city's social scene in just three months. But The Fraud Squad is Singaporean: Samantha drinks kopi, swelters under the summer heat, lives in an HDB flat and deals with overbearing Asian parents–a different setting than what readers might normally experience. You can purchase the book here. In this interview, Kyla and I talk about Singapore, its elite society, the glamor (or lack thereof) in the publishing industry–and why audiences may finally be ready for works by Asian and Asian-American authors. Born and raised in Singapore, Kyla Zhao graduated in 2021 from Stanford University. Right now, she works in marketing at a tech company in Silicon Valley, California. Besides novel-writing, Kyla has an extensive magazine editorial portfolio. Previously, she was a fashion and lifestyle writer at Vogue Singapore. She has also written for the Singapore editions of Harper's Bazaar and Tatler, covered the Asian Television Awards, and interviewed personalities such as singer Nathan Sykes. She can be found on Twitter at @kylazhao_, Instagram at @kylajzhao, and TikTok at @kylazingaround. You can find more reviews, excerpts, interviews, and essays at The Asian Review of Books, including its review of The Fraud Squad. Follow on Twitter at @BookReviewsAsia. Nicholas Gordon is an associate editor for a global magazine, and a reviewer for the Asian Review of Books. He can be found on Twitter at @nickrigordon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/asian-review
The essential contribution of The Woman with the Cure (Berkley Books, 2023) can be summarized in one sentence: like most of its future readers (I assume), I had never before heard of Dorothy Horstmann and her fundamental role in the research that led to the near-eradication of polio, despite having benefited hugely from her work. Throughout the 1940s, 1950s, and into the 1960s, she devoted her considerable talents and endless hours to tracking how polio spread throughout the body, but like the other remarkable women portrayed in this novel, she was forced because of her gender to play second fiddle to Doctors Jonas Salk and Albert Sabin, her academic colleagues. Their contributions, of course, were also real and worthy of acclaim, but it was Dr. Horstmann—too often dismissed as “Dottie” or “Dot,” as if she were someone's secretary—who made the crucial discovery that early in its path from the digestive to the nervous system, the polio virus created antibodies in the blood. That finding made the polio vaccine possible by defining an entry point for medical intervention. Reading this novel has a particular resonance at this moment, when polio outbreaks are again affecting US cities because of vaccine hesitancy and the final eradication of the disease has been deterred in certain countries by political concerns—not to mention the COVID-19 pandemic, which has changed everyone's experience of quarantine and disease. But I would like to emphasize that this is, first and foremost, a novel, centered on complex characters, a gripping plot, and the age-old battle between science and nature. I don't know, for example, whether Dorothy's love interest is a real person or the author's way of contrasting the attractions of home with the pull exerted by fulfilling work. In the end, it doesn't matter, because The Woman with the Cure works as a story, provoking questions about the choices its heroine makes and what we might do in similar circumstances—and that's what counts. Lynn Cullen is the bestselling author of the historical novels The Sisters of Summit Avenue, Twain's End, Mrs. Poe, Reign of Madness, and I Am Rembrandt's Daughter. The Woman with the Cure is her latest book. C. P. Lesley is the author of two historical fiction series set during the childhood of Ivan the Terrible and three other novels. Her next book, Song of the Storyteller, appeared in January 2023. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network
The essential contribution of The Woman with the Cure (Berkley Books, 2023) can be summarized in one sentence: like most of its future readers (I assume), I had never before heard of Dorothy Horstmann and her fundamental role in the research that led to the near-eradication of polio, despite having benefited hugely from her work. Throughout the 1940s, 1950s, and into the 1960s, she devoted her considerable talents and endless hours to tracking how polio spread throughout the body, but like the other remarkable women portrayed in this novel, she was forced because of her gender to play second fiddle to Doctors Jonas Salk and Albert Sabin, her academic colleagues. Their contributions, of course, were also real and worthy of acclaim, but it was Dr. Horstmann—too often dismissed as “Dottie” or “Dot,” as if she were someone's secretary—who made the crucial discovery that early in its path from the digestive to the nervous system, the polio virus created antibodies in the blood. That finding made the polio vaccine possible by defining an entry point for medical intervention. Reading this novel has a particular resonance at this moment, when polio outbreaks are again affecting US cities because of vaccine hesitancy and the final eradication of the disease has been deterred in certain countries by political concerns—not to mention the COVID-19 pandemic, which has changed everyone's experience of quarantine and disease. But I would like to emphasize that this is, first and foremost, a novel, centered on complex characters, a gripping plot, and the age-old battle between science and nature. I don't know, for example, whether Dorothy's love interest is a real person or the author's way of contrasting the attractions of home with the pull exerted by fulfilling work. In the end, it doesn't matter, because The Woman with the Cure works as a story, provoking questions about the choices its heroine makes and what we might do in similar circumstances—and that's what counts. Lynn Cullen is the bestselling author of the historical novels The Sisters of Summit Avenue, Twain's End, Mrs. Poe, Reign of Madness, and I Am Rembrandt's Daughter. The Woman with the Cure is her latest book. C. P. Lesley is the author of two historical fiction series set during the childhood of Ivan the Terrible and three other novels. Her next book, Song of the Storyteller, appeared in January 2023. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literature
The essential contribution of The Woman with the Cure (Berkley Books, 2023) can be summarized in one sentence: like most of its future readers (I assume), I had never before heard of Dorothy Horstmann and her fundamental role in the research that led to the near-eradication of polio, despite having benefited hugely from her work. Throughout the 1940s, 1950s, and into the 1960s, she devoted her considerable talents and endless hours to tracking how polio spread throughout the body, but like the other remarkable women portrayed in this novel, she was forced because of her gender to play second fiddle to Doctors Jonas Salk and Albert Sabin, her academic colleagues. Their contributions, of course, were also real and worthy of acclaim, but it was Dr. Horstmann—too often dismissed as “Dottie” or “Dot,” as if she were someone's secretary—who made the crucial discovery that early in its path from the digestive to the nervous system, the polio virus created antibodies in the blood. That finding made the polio vaccine possible by defining an entry point for medical intervention. Reading this novel has a particular resonance at this moment, when polio outbreaks are again affecting US cities because of vaccine hesitancy and the final eradication of the disease has been deterred in certain countries by political concerns—not to mention the COVID-19 pandemic, which has changed everyone's experience of quarantine and disease. But I would like to emphasize that this is, first and foremost, a novel, centered on complex characters, a gripping plot, and the age-old battle between science and nature. I don't know, for example, whether Dorothy's love interest is a real person or the author's way of contrasting the attractions of home with the pull exerted by fulfilling work. In the end, it doesn't matter, because The Woman with the Cure works as a story, provoking questions about the choices its heroine makes and what we might do in similar circumstances—and that's what counts. Lynn Cullen is the bestselling author of the historical novels The Sisters of Summit Avenue, Twain's End, Mrs. Poe, Reign of Madness, and I Am Rembrandt's Daughter. The Woman with the Cure is her latest book. C. P. Lesley is the author of two historical fiction series set during the childhood of Ivan the Terrible and three other novels. Her next book, Song of the Storyteller, appeared in January 2023. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/medicine
The essential contribution of The Woman with the Cure (Berkley Books, 2023) can be summarized in one sentence: like most of its future readers (I assume), I had never before heard of Dorothy Horstmann and her fundamental role in the research that led to the near-eradication of polio, despite having benefited hugely from her work. Throughout the 1940s, 1950s, and into the 1960s, she devoted her considerable talents and endless hours to tracking how polio spread throughout the body, but like the other remarkable women portrayed in this novel, she was forced because of her gender to play second fiddle to Doctors Jonas Salk and Albert Sabin, her academic colleagues. Their contributions, of course, were also real and worthy of acclaim, but it was Dr. Horstmann—too often dismissed as “Dottie” or “Dot,” as if she were someone's secretary—who made the crucial discovery that early in its path from the digestive to the nervous system, the polio virus created antibodies in the blood. That finding made the polio vaccine possible by defining an entry point for medical intervention. Reading this novel has a particular resonance at this moment, when polio outbreaks are again affecting US cities because of vaccine hesitancy and the final eradication of the disease has been deterred in certain countries by political concerns—not to mention the COVID-19 pandemic, which has changed everyone's experience of quarantine and disease. But I would like to emphasize that this is, first and foremost, a novel, centered on complex characters, a gripping plot, and the age-old battle between science and nature. I don't know, for example, whether Dorothy's love interest is a real person or the author's way of contrasting the attractions of home with the pull exerted by fulfilling work. In the end, it doesn't matter, because The Woman with the Cure works as a story, provoking questions about the choices its heroine makes and what we might do in similar circumstances—and that's what counts. Lynn Cullen is the bestselling author of the historical novels The Sisters of Summit Avenue, Twain's End, Mrs. Poe, Reign of Madness, and I Am Rembrandt's Daughter. The Woman with the Cure is her latest book. C. P. Lesley is the author of two historical fiction series set during the childhood of Ivan the Terrible and three other novels. Her next book, Song of the Storyteller, appeared in January 2023. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/biography
The essential contribution of The Woman with the Cure (Berkley Books, 2023) can be summarized in one sentence: like most of its future readers (I assume), I had never before heard of Dorothy Horstmann and her fundamental role in the research that led to the near-eradication of polio, despite having benefited hugely from her work. Throughout the 1940s, 1950s, and into the 1960s, she devoted her considerable talents and endless hours to tracking how polio spread throughout the body, but like the other remarkable women portrayed in this novel, she was forced because of her gender to play second fiddle to Doctors Jonas Salk and Albert Sabin, her academic colleagues. Their contributions, of course, were also real and worthy of acclaim, but it was Dr. Horstmann—too often dismissed as “Dottie” or “Dot,” as if she were someone's secretary—who made the crucial discovery that early in its path from the digestive to the nervous system, the polio virus created antibodies in the blood. That finding made the polio vaccine possible by defining an entry point for medical intervention. Reading this novel has a particular resonance at this moment, when polio outbreaks are again affecting US cities because of vaccine hesitancy and the final eradication of the disease has been deterred in certain countries by political concerns—not to mention the COVID-19 pandemic, which has changed everyone's experience of quarantine and disease. But I would like to emphasize that this is, first and foremost, a novel, centered on complex characters, a gripping plot, and the age-old battle between science and nature. I don't know, for example, whether Dorothy's love interest is a real person or the author's way of contrasting the attractions of home with the pull exerted by fulfilling work. In the end, it doesn't matter, because The Woman with the Cure works as a story, provoking questions about the choices its heroine makes and what we might do in similar circumstances—and that's what counts. Lynn Cullen is the bestselling author of the historical novels The Sisters of Summit Avenue, Twain's End, Mrs. Poe, Reign of Madness, and I Am Rembrandt's Daughter. The Woman with the Cure is her latest book. C. P. Lesley is the author of two historical fiction series set during the childhood of Ivan the Terrible and three other novels. Her next book, Song of the Storyteller, appeared in January 2023. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/american-studies
The essential contribution of The Woman with the Cure (Berkley Books, 2023) can be summarized in one sentence: like most of its future readers (I assume), I had never before heard of Dorothy Horstmann and her fundamental role in the research that led to the near-eradication of polio, despite having benefited hugely from her work. Throughout the 1940s, 1950s, and into the 1960s, she devoted her considerable talents and endless hours to tracking how polio spread throughout the body, but like the other remarkable women portrayed in this novel, she was forced because of her gender to play second fiddle to Doctors Jonas Salk and Albert Sabin, her academic colleagues. Their contributions, of course, were also real and worthy of acclaim, but it was Dr. Horstmann—too often dismissed as “Dottie” or “Dot,” as if she were someone's secretary—who made the crucial discovery that early in its path from the digestive to the nervous system, the polio virus created antibodies in the blood. That finding made the polio vaccine possible by defining an entry point for medical intervention. Reading this novel has a particular resonance at this moment, when polio outbreaks are again affecting US cities because of vaccine hesitancy and the final eradication of the disease has been deterred in certain countries by political concerns—not to mention the COVID-19 pandemic, which has changed everyone's experience of quarantine and disease. But I would like to emphasize that this is, first and foremost, a novel, centered on complex characters, a gripping plot, and the age-old battle between science and nature. I don't know, for example, whether Dorothy's love interest is a real person or the author's way of contrasting the attractions of home with the pull exerted by fulfilling work. In the end, it doesn't matter, because The Woman with the Cure works as a story, provoking questions about the choices its heroine makes and what we might do in similar circumstances—and that's what counts. Lynn Cullen is the bestselling author of the historical novels The Sisters of Summit Avenue, Twain's End, Mrs. Poe, Reign of Madness, and I Am Rembrandt's Daughter. The Woman with the Cure is her latest book. C. P. Lesley is the author of two historical fiction series set during the childhood of Ivan the Terrible and three other novels. Her next book, Song of the Storyteller, appeared in January 2023. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The essential contribution of The Woman with the Cure (Berkley Books, 2023) can be summarized in one sentence: like most of its future readers (I assume), I had never before heard of Dorothy Horstmann and her fundamental role in the research that led to the near-eradication of polio, despite having benefited hugely from her work. Throughout the 1940s, 1950s, and into the 1960s, she devoted her considerable talents and endless hours to tracking how polio spread throughout the body, but like the other remarkable women portrayed in this novel, she was forced because of her gender to play second fiddle to Doctors Jonas Salk and Albert Sabin, her academic colleagues. Their contributions, of course, were also real and worthy of acclaim, but it was Dr. Horstmann—too often dismissed as “Dottie” or “Dot,” as if she were someone's secretary—who made the crucial discovery that early in its path from the digestive to the nervous system, the polio virus created antibodies in the blood. That finding made the polio vaccine possible by defining an entry point for medical intervention. Reading this novel has a particular resonance at this moment, when polio outbreaks are again affecting US cities because of vaccine hesitancy and the final eradication of the disease has been deterred in certain countries by political concerns—not to mention the COVID-19 pandemic, which has changed everyone's experience of quarantine and disease. But I would like to emphasize that this is, first and foremost, a novel, centered on complex characters, a gripping plot, and the age-old battle between science and nature. I don't know, for example, whether Dorothy's love interest is a real person or the author's way of contrasting the attractions of home with the pull exerted by fulfilling work. In the end, it doesn't matter, because The Woman with the Cure works as a story, provoking questions about the choices its heroine makes and what we might do in similar circumstances—and that's what counts. Lynn Cullen is the bestselling author of the historical novels The Sisters of Summit Avenue, Twain's End, Mrs. Poe, Reign of Madness, and I Am Rembrandt's Daughter. The Woman with the Cure is her latest book. C. P. Lesley is the author of two historical fiction series set during the childhood of Ivan the Terrible and three other novels. Her next book, Song of the Storyteller, appeared in January 2023. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The essential contribution of The Woman with the Cure (Berkley Books, 2023) can be summarized in one sentence: like most of its future readers (I assume), I had never before heard of Dorothy Horstmann and her fundamental role in the research that led to the near-eradication of polio, despite having benefited hugely from her work. Throughout the 1940s, 1950s, and into the 1960s, she devoted her considerable talents and endless hours to tracking how polio spread throughout the body, but like the other remarkable women portrayed in this novel, she was forced because of her gender to play second fiddle to Doctors Jonas Salk and Albert Sabin, her academic colleagues. Their contributions, of course, were also real and worthy of acclaim, but it was Dr. Horstmann—too often dismissed as “Dottie” or “Dot,” as if she were someone's secretary—who made the crucial discovery that early in its path from the digestive to the nervous system, the polio virus created antibodies in the blood. That finding made the polio vaccine possible by defining an entry point for medical intervention. Reading this novel has a particular resonance at this moment, when polio outbreaks are again affecting US cities because of vaccine hesitancy and the final eradication of the disease has been deterred in certain countries by political concerns—not to mention the COVID-19 pandemic, which has changed everyone's experience of quarantine and disease. But I would like to emphasize that this is, first and foremost, a novel, centered on complex characters, a gripping plot, and the age-old battle between science and nature. I don't know, for example, whether Dorothy's love interest is a real person or the author's way of contrasting the attractions of home with the pull exerted by fulfilling work. In the end, it doesn't matter, because The Woman with the Cure works as a story, provoking questions about the choices its heroine makes and what we might do in similar circumstances—and that's what counts. Lynn Cullen is the bestselling author of the historical novels The Sisters of Summit Avenue, Twain's End, Mrs. Poe, Reign of Madness, and I Am Rembrandt's Daughter. The Woman with the Cure is her latest book. C. P. Lesley is the author of two historical fiction series set during the childhood of Ivan the Terrible and three other novels. Her next book, Song of the Storyteller, appeared in January 2023. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The essential contribution of The Woman with the Cure (Berkley Books, 2023) can be summarized in one sentence: like most of its future readers (I assume), I had never before heard of Dorothy Horstmann and her fundamental role in the research that led to the near-eradication of polio, despite having benefited hugely from her work. Throughout the 1940s, 1950s, and into the 1960s, she devoted her considerable talents and endless hours to tracking how polio spread throughout the body, but like the other remarkable women portrayed in this novel, she was forced because of her gender to play second fiddle to Doctors Jonas Salk and Albert Sabin, her academic colleagues. Their contributions, of course, were also real and worthy of acclaim, but it was Dr. Horstmann—too often dismissed as “Dottie” or “Dot,” as if she were someone's secretary—who made the crucial discovery that early in its path from the digestive to the nervous system, the polio virus created antibodies in the blood. That finding made the polio vaccine possible by defining an entry point for medical intervention. Reading this novel has a particular resonance at this moment, when polio outbreaks are again affecting US cities because of vaccine hesitancy and the final eradication of the disease has been deterred in certain countries by political concerns—not to mention the COVID-19 pandemic, which has changed everyone's experience of quarantine and disease. But I would like to emphasize that this is, first and foremost, a novel, centered on complex characters, a gripping plot, and the age-old battle between science and nature. I don't know, for example, whether Dorothy's love interest is a real person or the author's way of contrasting the attractions of home with the pull exerted by fulfilling work. In the end, it doesn't matter, because The Woman with the Cure works as a story, provoking questions about the choices its heroine makes and what we might do in similar circumstances—and that's what counts. Lynn Cullen is the bestselling author of the historical novels The Sisters of Summit Avenue, Twain's End, Mrs. Poe, Reign of Madness, and I Am Rembrandt's Daughter. The Woman with the Cure is her latest book. C. P. Lesley is the author of two historical fiction series set during the childhood of Ivan the Terrible and three other novels. Her next book, Song of the Storyteller, appeared in January 2023. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/historical-fiction
Richard, Sheryl and Stacey Kananen survived a horrific upbringing of violence and abuse on the part of their father. Sheryl left home to marry and raise a family, but Stacey and Ricky continued to live at home with their parents in Orlando. When their father Larry disappeared, no-one missed him. But when their mother Marilyn disappeared 15 years later, police became suspicious, especially when, shortly after her mother went missing, Stacey, 37, moved with her partner Susan to live in a nudist resort. Searching the siblings' home, police unearthed the remains of their father under the garage floor. Their mother's mummified body was found buried in the rock garden. After being questioned by police, Ricky and Stacey unsuccessfully attempted suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning. When they were separated, Ricky admitted to the murders in return for a 30-year-sentence. But when Stacey agreed to testify against him, Ricky turned on her and claimed she was responsible. After her acquittal, Stacey wrote a book about the case, Fear of Our Father: a true story of abuse, murder and family ties (Berkley Books, April 2013).
It's the end of the world! Apocalyptic radio broadcasts, computer bugs and an alien invasion! Follow us on Instagram & Twitter for extra content and updates! We're @FantasticHPod Email us with questions/suggestions at FantasticHistoryPod@gmail.com New Fantastic History Stickers available Here! Please subscribe and leave a review! Sources Infographic: https://i.redd.it/cfw4acjeskc91.png W: https://www.historylink.org/File/5136 W: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/infamous-war-worlds-radio-broadcast-was-magnificent-fluke-180955180/ X: Peebles, Curtis (March 24, 1995). Watch the Skies!: A Chronicle of the Flying Saucer Myth, Ch 2 'The 1947 Flap'. Berkley Books. X: https://www.history.com/news/roswell-ufo-aliens-what-happened Y: https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/Y2K-bug Y: https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4138-2004Jun24.html Y: https://www.911memorial.org/connect/blog/years-911-wtc-security-experts-prepared-y2k Z: https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4766 Music: Order by ComaStudio (royalty free) This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
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Marisa Serafini (@serafinitv) and I are book lovers and we've decided to do a monthly in-depth book discussion. Our 11th book is The Word For World Is Forest's, written by Ursula K Le Guin, and next month we'll be chatting about Adam Silvera's They Both Die At The End. What's The Word For World Is Forest about? "The Word for World Is Forest is a science fiction novella by American writer Ursula K. Le Guin, first published in the United States in 1972 as a part of the anthology Again, Dangerous Visions, and published as a separate book in 1976 by Berkley Books. It is part of Le Guin's Hainish Cycle. The story focuses on a military logging colony set up on the fictional planet of Athshe by people from Earth (referred to as "Terra"). The colonists have enslaved the completely non-aggressive native Athsheans, and treat them very harshly. Eventually, one of the natives, whose wife was raped and killed by a Terran military captain, leads a revolt against the Terrans, and succeeds in getting them to leave the planet. However, in the process their own peaceful culture is introduced to mass violence for the first time. The novel carries strongly anti-colonial and anti-militaristic overtones, driven partly by Le Guin's negative reaction to the Vietnam War. It also explores themes of sensitivity to the environment, and of connections between language and culture. It shares the theme of dreaming with Le Guin's novel The Lathe of Heaven, and the metaphor of the forest as a consciousness with the story "Vaster than Empires and More Slow". The novella won the Hugo Award in 1973, and was nominated for several other awards. It received generally positive reviews from reviewers and scholars, and was variously described as moving and hard-hitting. Several critics, however, stated that it compared unfavorably with Le Guin's other works such as The Left Hand of Darkness, due to its sometimes polemic tone and lack of complex characters." Thanks for tuning in. Also, feel free to ask questions or offer opinions of your own, whether down in the comment section or by hitting me up on social media @PhilSvitek. Lastly, for more free resources from your 360 creative coach, check out my website at http://philsvitek.com.
My guest this week is Tom Colgan, editorial director at Berkley Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House. Tom has spent more than 35 years championing such authors as Tom Clancy, mark Graeney, and Janet Evanovich. We talk about how he got his start as an editor, what editors do and don't do (you may be surprised!), how the creative process is different for everyone, and why, despite coming up with many ideas for books, he doesn't dream of writing one. He also has some advice for aspiring authors. I would love for you to leave a review for the show, and in it, tell us about your relationship with books and writing. Check out the show notes at fycuriosity.com, and join the conversation on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter! I also post pretty regularly on TikTok, and you can also listen on YouTube. If you're feeling stuck in your own creative process, you owe it to yourself to get my free 6 Creative Beliefs That Are Screwing You Up series—it'll slice through those myths to help get you back on track! Here's a handy playlist with all my previous interviews with guests in writing and publishing!
London, 2017. Lucille will do anything for her beloved grandmother. So when Granny Sylvie volunteers to send her to Paris to retrieve a beloved Dior creation left in the city many years ago, Lucille accepts. Why not escape for the weekend, when home means dealing with her hostile, demanding boss and a mother so uncaring that she's forgotten Lucille's birthday for five years in a row? Not long after arriving in Paris, however, Lucille discovers that the one dress is actually eight, and two of those are missing, including the Maxim's, which she was specifically tasked with bringing back to London. Soon she is searching all over the city, in the company of her new friends Veronique and Leon, while her boss screams his frustration over the phone. This present-day story intertwines with one set in Paris in 1952, featuring Alice Ainsley, the young, newlywed wife of Britain's ambassador to France. Alice's wealth and her position in society require her to look and act the part of the perfect hostess. Who better to dress her for that role than Christian Dior, whose New Look is taking the fashionable world by storm? Alice soon becomes the envy of her insulated social set, but her apparently blissful existence conceals great insecurity and hurt. Her husband has lost interest in her since the honeymoon, and the couple only grows farther apart over time. Jade Beer does a wonderful job of interweaving these two timelines, keeping us guessing as to how they connect well into the book. And the contrast between Lucille's modern approach to life, even when it lets her down, and Alice's more limited options, despite her apparent prosperity, reveal the vast gulf between the 1950s view of women and our own, as well as the subtle ways in which one generation's choices influence those of the next. Jade Beer is an award-winning editor, journalist, and writer. In addition to The Last Dress from Paris (Berkely Books, 2022), she has published the contemporary novels The Almost Wife and What I Didn't Say. C. P. Lesley is the author of two historical fiction series set during the childhood of Ivan the Terrible and three other novels. Her latest novel, Song of the Sinner, appeared in January 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network
London, 2017. Lucille will do anything for her beloved grandmother. So when Granny Sylvie volunteers to send her to Paris to retrieve a beloved Dior creation left in the city many years ago, Lucille accepts. Why not escape for the weekend, when home means dealing with her hostile, demanding boss and a mother so uncaring that she's forgotten Lucille's birthday for five years in a row? Not long after arriving in Paris, however, Lucille discovers that the one dress is actually eight, and two of those are missing, including the Maxim's, which she was specifically tasked with bringing back to London. Soon she is searching all over the city, in the company of her new friends Veronique and Leon, while her boss screams his frustration over the phone. This present-day story intertwines with one set in Paris in 1952, featuring Alice Ainsley, the young, newlywed wife of Britain's ambassador to France. Alice's wealth and her position in society require her to look and act the part of the perfect hostess. Who better to dress her for that role than Christian Dior, whose New Look is taking the fashionable world by storm? Alice soon becomes the envy of her insulated social set, but her apparently blissful existence conceals great insecurity and hurt. Her husband has lost interest in her since the honeymoon, and the couple only grows farther apart over time. Jade Beer does a wonderful job of interweaving these two timelines, keeping us guessing as to how they connect well into the book. And the contrast between Lucille's modern approach to life, even when it lets her down, and Alice's more limited options, despite her apparent prosperity, reveal the vast gulf between the 1950s view of women and our own, as well as the subtle ways in which one generation's choices influence those of the next. Jade Beer is an award-winning editor, journalist, and writer. In addition to The Last Dress from Paris (Berkely Books, 2022), she has published the contemporary novels The Almost Wife and What I Didn't Say. C. P. Lesley is the author of two historical fiction series set during the childhood of Ivan the Terrible and three other novels. Her latest novel, Song of the Sinner, appeared in January 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literature
London, 2017. Lucille will do anything for her beloved grandmother. So when Granny Sylvie volunteers to send her to Paris to retrieve a beloved Dior creation left in the city many years ago, Lucille accepts. Why not escape for the weekend, when home means dealing with her hostile, demanding boss and a mother so uncaring that she's forgotten Lucille's birthday for five years in a row? Not long after arriving in Paris, however, Lucille discovers that the one dress is actually eight, and two of those are missing, including the Maxim's, which she was specifically tasked with bringing back to London. Soon she is searching all over the city, in the company of her new friends Veronique and Leon, while her boss screams his frustration over the phone. This present-day story intertwines with one set in Paris in 1952, featuring Alice Ainsley, the young, newlywed wife of Britain's ambassador to France. Alice's wealth and her position in society require her to look and act the part of the perfect hostess. Who better to dress her for that role than Christian Dior, whose New Look is taking the fashionable world by storm? Alice soon becomes the envy of her insulated social set, but her apparently blissful existence conceals great insecurity and hurt. Her husband has lost interest in her since the honeymoon, and the couple only grows farther apart over time. Jade Beer does a wonderful job of interweaving these two timelines, keeping us guessing as to how they connect well into the book. And the contrast between Lucille's modern approach to life, even when it lets her down, and Alice's more limited options, despite her apparent prosperity, reveal the vast gulf between the 1950s view of women and our own, as well as the subtle ways in which one generation's choices influence those of the next. Jade Beer is an award-winning editor, journalist, and writer. In addition to The Last Dress from Paris (Berkely Books, 2022), she has published the contemporary novels The Almost Wife and What I Didn't Say. C. P. Lesley is the author of two historical fiction series set during the childhood of Ivan the Terrible and three other novels. Her latest novel, Song of the Sinner, appeared in January 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/historical-fiction
Join us as we discuss The Parade, by Dave Eggers; Lessons in Chemistry, by Bonnie Garmus; The Change, by Kirsten Miller, City of Orange, by David Yoon and The Women of Chateau Lafayette, by Stephanie Dray.To learn more about the books or to purchase - click below!https://bookshop.org/shop/youvegottoreadthisVisit us on our Instagram Page - Click below!https://www.instagram.com/youvegottoreadthispodcast/Visit us on our Facebook Page - Click below!https://www.facebook.com/Youve-Got-to-Read-This-100997165428924Please note - we receive a percentage of each purchase you make on our Bookshop page that goes to support the production of our podcast.
For this episode's special guest, we have paramedic Kevin Grange. He is also an award-winning freelance writer who talks about the medical field adventure and travel. We will talk about some of those adventures and travel and what it takes to work in the national parks. As a paramedic, He's got some very cool stories. And we're also getting up some tips with Spring Break ahead and outdoor adventure season coming about how to be safe in the outdoors. Let's jump right into this episode with Kevin. In this episode, you will learn:
Starting a new historical mystery series is always fun, but summarizing one at book 7 creates a certain conundrum: how to convey the essence of a character and her development without giving away too much information? Since her first adventure in 1887 (A Curious Beginning, published in 2015), Veronica Speedwell, a lepidopterist by inclination and training, has had an exciting two years. Early in that book, she leaves a family funeral only to encounter a housebreaker and would-be abductor. She evades the villain with help from an unknown rescuer who promises to reveal a decades-old secret but dies before he can fulfill his promise. Veronica is nothing if not intrepid, and she flees London in the company of the unkempt and misanthropic Stoker. Together they attempt to discover who perpetrated the murder and why without falling under suspicion themselves. By 1889, Veronica and Stoker have tackled more than a few complicated cases. In An Impossible Impostor (Berkley Books, 2022), the head of Scotland Yard's Special Branch asks them for help. Jonathan Hathaway supposedly died during the eruption of Krakatoa six years before, but he has returned from the grave—or has he? His putative grandmother identifies him, but other family members disagree. And the family owns a priceless parure that may be the newcomer's real target. So off Veronica and Stoker go to Hathaway Hall, a gentry estate on the Devon Moors. There another piece of Veronica's personal history surfaces when least expected, threatening her partnership with Stoker as well as her peace of mind. Deanna Raybourn has a gift for writing fast-moving, richly imagined, intriguing, and at times flat-out hilarious mysteries filled with well-rounded and opinionated characters at all levels. I can't wait to find out where she will send Victoria and Stoker next. Deanna Raybourn is the bestselling author of two Victorian mystery series featuring Lady Julia Grey and Veronica Speedwell, as well as several stand-alone works. C. P. Lesley is the author of two historical fiction series set during the childhood of Ivan the Terrible and three other novels. Her latest novel, Song of the Sinner, appeared in January 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/historical-fiction
Starting a new historical mystery series is always fun, but summarizing one at book 7 creates a certain conundrum: how to convey the essence of a character and her development without giving away too much information? Since her first adventure in 1887 (A Curious Beginning, published in 2015), Veronica Speedwell, a lepidopterist by inclination and training, has had an exciting two years. Early in that book, she leaves a family funeral only to encounter a housebreaker and would-be abductor. She evades the villain with help from an unknown rescuer who promises to reveal a decades-old secret but dies before he can fulfill his promise. Veronica is nothing if not intrepid, and she flees London in the company of the unkempt and misanthropic Stoker. Together they attempt to discover who perpetrated the murder and why without falling under suspicion themselves. By 1889, Veronica and Stoker have tackled more than a few complicated cases. In An Impossible Impostor (Berkley Books, 2022), the head of Scotland Yard's Special Branch asks them for help. Jonathan Hathaway supposedly died during the eruption of Krakatoa six years before, but he has returned from the grave—or has he? His putative grandmother identifies him, but other family members disagree. And the family owns a priceless parure that may be the newcomer's real target. So off Veronica and Stoker go to Hathaway Hall, a gentry estate on the Devon Moors. There another piece of Veronica's personal history surfaces when least expected, threatening her partnership with Stoker as well as her peace of mind. Deanna Raybourn has a gift for writing fast-moving, richly imagined, intriguing, and at times flat-out hilarious mysteries filled with well-rounded and opinionated characters at all levels. I can't wait to find out where she will send Victoria and Stoker next. Deanna Raybourn is the bestselling author of two Victorian mystery series featuring Lady Julia Grey and Veronica Speedwell, as well as several stand-alone works. C. P. Lesley is the author of two historical fiction series set during the childhood of Ivan the Terrible and three other novels. Her latest novel, Song of the Sinner, appeared in January 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literature
Starting a new historical mystery series is always fun, but summarizing one at book 7 creates a certain conundrum: how to convey the essence of a character and her development without giving away too much information? Since her first adventure in 1887 (A Curious Beginning, published in 2015), Veronica Speedwell, a lepidopterist by inclination and training, has had an exciting two years. Early in that book, she leaves a family funeral only to encounter a housebreaker and would-be abductor. She evades the villain with help from an unknown rescuer who promises to reveal a decades-old secret but dies before he can fulfill his promise. Veronica is nothing if not intrepid, and she flees London in the company of the unkempt and misanthropic Stoker. Together they attempt to discover who perpetrated the murder and why without falling under suspicion themselves. By 1889, Veronica and Stoker have tackled more than a few complicated cases. In An Impossible Impostor (Berkley Books, 2022), the head of Scotland Yard's Special Branch asks them for help. Jonathan Hathaway supposedly died during the eruption of Krakatoa six years before, but he has returned from the grave—or has he? His putative grandmother identifies him, but other family members disagree. And the family owns a priceless parure that may be the newcomer's real target. So off Veronica and Stoker go to Hathaway Hall, a gentry estate on the Devon Moors. There another piece of Veronica's personal history surfaces when least expected, threatening her partnership with Stoker as well as her peace of mind. Deanna Raybourn has a gift for writing fast-moving, richly imagined, intriguing, and at times flat-out hilarious mysteries filled with well-rounded and opinionated characters at all levels. I can't wait to find out where she will send Victoria and Stoker next. Deanna Raybourn is the bestselling author of two Victorian mystery series featuring Lady Julia Grey and Veronica Speedwell, as well as several stand-alone works. C. P. Lesley is the author of two historical fiction series set during the childhood of Ivan the Terrible and three other novels. Her latest novel, Song of the Sinner, appeared in January 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network
Macabrepedia: A Marriage of True Crime and the Truly Bizarre
When beauty goes missing, people notice. In the early 1840s, Mary Rogers worked as a cigar girl. Her beauty brought customers in, making this the most popular cigar shop in NYC. But when she went missing... and a body turned up a few days later... speculation ran wild about who killed this beautiful cigar girl. Join us as we add another entry.Stashower, D. (2007). The beautiful cigar girl: Mary Rogers, Edgar Allan Poe, and the invention of murder. Berkley Books. Welcome! NYS Historic Newspapers. (n.d.). Retrieved January 22, 2022, from https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/ Twitter & Facebook: @macabrepediaInstagram: @macabrepediapodEmail us at: macabrepediapod@gmail.comSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/Macabrepedia)
On today's episode of The Literary Life, Mitchell Kaplan talks to Kerri Maher about her latest book, The Paris Bookseller, out now from Berkley Books. Kerri Maher is the author of The Girl in White Gloves, The Kennedy Debutante, and, under the name Kerri Majors, This Is Not a Writing Manual: Notes for the Young Writer in the Real World. She holds an MFA from Columbia University and was a writing professor for many years. She now writes full-time and lives with her daughter and dog in a leafy suburb west of Boston, Massachusetts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Co-hosts, Laurie and Joe, explore the significance of the Pleiades seven-star cluster to the ancient thinkers, and how it may have shaped religious ideas because it is home to the "mentors" of humanity.https://www.annunaki.org/pleiadians-nordic-aliens/https://www.gaia.com/article/who-are-the-pleiadiansWatch the Skies: A Chronicle of the Flying Saucer Myth. (1995), C. Peebles, p 115, Berkley Books, New York Bringers of the Dawn: Teachings from the Pleiadians, (1992), B. Marciniak, United States: Inner Traditions/BearFollow us on Facebook
In this week's episode, Joce talks with Helen Hoang about her latest novel, The Heart Principle, which is out from Berkley Books. Check out our Patreon page to learn more about our book club and other Patreon-exclusive goodies. Follow along over on Instagram, join the discussion in our Goodreads group, and be sure to subscribe to our newsletter for more new books and extra book reviews! Books Mentioned The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang The Bride Test by Helen Hoang The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang About the AuthorHelen Hoang is that shy person who never talks. Until she does. And the worst things fly out of her mouth. She read her first romance novel in eighth grade and has been addicted ever since. In 2016, she was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder in line with what was previously known as Asperger's Syndrome. Her journey inspired THE KISS QUOTIENT. She currently lives in San Diego, California with her husband, two kids, and pet fish. Website | Instagram | Twitter CONTACT Questions? Comments? Email us hello@readingwomenpodcast.com. SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Website Music by Miki Saito with Isaac Greene Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Since Arthur Conan Doyle first created Sherlock Holmes, the great detective has gone through many permutations and been the subject of much study. As Sherry Thomas admits in this latest New Books Network interview, finding a new element to explore is not easy. But she has managed to discover one—perhaps an angle that is particularly fitting in this age of gender fluidity, although the Lady Sherlock series draws much of its punch from and plays off the stereotypes of the past, in this case Victorian England. In Thomas's reimagining of the great detective, Sherlock Holmes is not only a fictional character but a front for the real detective, the disgraced younger daughter of a poverty-stricken baronet. Charlotte Holmes has an incisive intellect, an unflappable temperament, little respect for convention, and a love of books—traits that undermine her intended purpose in life as defined by her parents: to marry a wealthy, titled man. Charlotte cuts a deal with her father: if she's still unmarried at twenty-five, he will fund her education so that she can earn her living as the headmistress of a girls' school. But when Dad reneges on the deal, Charlotte takes matters into her own hands, with disastrous (from her parents' perspective) but delightful (from her own) results. This is the setup in the first book of the Lady Sherlock series, aptly titled A Study in Scarlet Women. By the time this sixth book rolls around, Charlotte has made a name for her alter ego and had several run-ins with the infamous Professor Moriarty and his underlings. In Miss Moriarty, I Presume? (Berkley Books, 2021) the tables are turned, and the professor seeks out Charlotte for assistance in finding his missing daughter. Unless, of course, the mission is simply a trap aimed at getting the meddlesome Charlotte out of the professor's life permanently. It's best to read this engrossing series from beginning to end, as each book builds on those that came before. But watching Sherry Thomas turning the Holmes canon on its head is tremendous fun, and if you tear through the novels as I did, it won't take long to reach Miss Moriarty, I Presume? Sherry Thomas is the author of historical romances, YA fantasy, and the Lady Sherlock series, which begins with A Study in Scarlet Women. Find out more about her at https://sherrythomas.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network
Since Arthur Conan Doyle first created Sherlock Holmes, the great detective has gone through many permutations and been the subject of much study. As Sherry Thomas admits in this latest New Books Network interview, finding a new element to explore is not easy. But she has managed to discover one—perhaps an angle that is particularly fitting in this age of gender fluidity, although the Lady Sherlock series draws much of its punch from and plays off the stereotypes of the past, in this case Victorian England. In Thomas's reimagining of the great detective, Sherlock Holmes is not only a fictional character but a front for the real detective, the disgraced younger daughter of a poverty-stricken baronet. Charlotte Holmes has an incisive intellect, an unflappable temperament, little respect for convention, and a love of books—traits that undermine her intended purpose in life as defined by her parents: to marry a wealthy, titled man. Charlotte cuts a deal with her father: if she's still unmarried at twenty-five, he will fund her education so that she can earn her living as the headmistress of a girls' school. But when Dad reneges on the deal, Charlotte takes matters into her own hands, with disastrous (from her parents' perspective) but delightful (from her own) results. This is the setup in the first book of the Lady Sherlock series, aptly titled A Study in Scarlet Women. By the time this sixth book rolls around, Charlotte has made a name for her alter ego and had several run-ins with the infamous Professor Moriarty and his underlings. In Miss Moriarty, I Presume? (Berkley Books, 2021) the tables are turned, and the professor seeks out Charlotte for assistance in finding his missing daughter. Unless, of course, the mission is simply a trap aimed at getting the meddlesome Charlotte out of the professor's life permanently. It's best to read this engrossing series from beginning to end, as each book builds on those that came before. But watching Sherry Thomas turning the Holmes canon on its head is tremendous fun, and if you tear through the novels as I did, it won't take long to reach Miss Moriarty, I Presume? Sherry Thomas is the author of historical romances, YA fantasy, and the Lady Sherlock series, which begins with A Study in Scarlet Women. Find out more about her at https://sherrythomas.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/historical-fiction
Since Arthur Conan Doyle first created Sherlock Holmes, the great detective has gone through many permutations and been the subject of much study. As Sherry Thomas admits in this latest New Books Network interview, finding a new element to explore is not easy. But she has managed to discover one—perhaps an angle that is particularly fitting in this age of gender fluidity, although the Lady Sherlock series draws much of its punch from and plays off the stereotypes of the past, in this case Victorian England. In Thomas's reimagining of the great detective, Sherlock Holmes is not only a fictional character but a front for the real detective, the disgraced younger daughter of a poverty-stricken baronet. Charlotte Holmes has an incisive intellect, an unflappable temperament, little respect for convention, and a love of books—traits that undermine her intended purpose in life as defined by her parents: to marry a wealthy, titled man. Charlotte cuts a deal with her father: if she's still unmarried at twenty-five, he will fund her education so that she can earn her living as the headmistress of a girls' school. But when Dad reneges on the deal, Charlotte takes matters into her own hands, with disastrous (from her parents' perspective) but delightful (from her own) results. This is the setup in the first book of the Lady Sherlock series, aptly titled A Study in Scarlet Women. By the time this sixth book rolls around, Charlotte has made a name for her alter ego and had several run-ins with the infamous Professor Moriarty and his underlings. In Miss Moriarty, I Presume? (Berkley Books, 2021) the tables are turned, and the professor seeks out Charlotte for assistance in finding his missing daughter. Unless, of course, the mission is simply a trap aimed at getting the meddlesome Charlotte out of the professor's life permanently. It's best to read this engrossing series from beginning to end, as each book builds on those that came before. But watching Sherry Thomas turning the Holmes canon on its head is tremendous fun, and if you tear through the novels as I did, it won't take long to reach Miss Moriarty, I Presume? Sherry Thomas is the author of historical romances, YA fantasy, and the Lady Sherlock series, which begins with A Study in Scarlet Women. Find out more about her at https://sherrythomas.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literature
We loved this book! If you're also a fan of Practical Magic, Hocus Pocus, and books both spooky and pretty, Lana's newest work, Payback's A Witch, is a beautiful, fun, sexy rom com for your October. We discuss how to know when you've written *just* enough description (and the fact that many readers don't want to smell characters), writing villains we can't stand (who are just charming enough to be believable), and the creation of a magical system (which is somehow, at once, beautiful, believable, and escapist). Lana studied psychology and literature at Yale University and law at Boston University. She is a graduate of the Emerson College publishing and writing program and the author of YA novels Wicked Like a Wildfire, Fierce Like a Firestorm, Blood Countess, the forthcoming Poison Priestess, and the adult rom-com, Payback's A Witch, from Berkley Books. Lana was born in Serbia and lived in Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania before moving to the United States. She lives in Chicago with her family.
Golden Globe winning actress Meg Tilly, is back with her latest book "The Runway Heiress." We are thrilled to have her on the show to talk about it and much more. She may be best known for her acclaimed Golden Globe-winning lead performance in the movie “Agnes of God,” but Meg Tilly is taking on an exciting new persona these days, as a romance novelist. After successfully publishing six standout young adult and literary women's fiction novels, the Canadian American actress/author decided to write the kind of books she loves to read—romance novels. She self-published SOLACE ISLAND, a romantic suspense set in the Pacific Northwest, to rave reviews in spring 2017. However, that experience taught her she's happiest when she's writing and not involved in the myriad tasks of publishing. She closed out 2017 by signing with Berkley Books for three novels, including a new, improved edition of SOLACE ISLAND, which was released in November 2018. Book 2 in Meg's series, CLIFF'S EDGE, was published in May 2019, and the series finale, HIDDEN COVE, in October 2019. Meg's latest novel, THE RUNAWAY HEIRESS, is a standalone novel set in the world of Hollywood. In this spin-off of Meg's Solace Island series, on the run from her estranged, police lieutenant husband, Sarah Rainsford assumes a new identity and lands a job as personal assistant to Hollywood golden boy director, Mick Talford. Soon their relationship becomes more than boss and employee, and Sarah and Mick join forces to keep her out of harm's way. But danger trails them. Will their desperate efforts be enough to keep them both alive? Meg's exciting new novel will be published July 27, 2021 as a mass market paperback, eBook and audiobook.
In this episode of Tart Words, Linda Hengerer talks about Dick Francis's book Trial Run, and how he uses setting to emphasize the story, shows how societal expectations affect actions, and how to build characters for story. It was first published in the United States in 1978 by Berkley Books and is now available in ebook editions. Description from Amazon:The last place veteran horseman Randall Drew wanted to go was Moscow. But when his royal highness the prince asks a favor, one doesn't refuse. The Royal Family is worried about the prince's brother-in-law, who aims to make the Olympics. Unfortunately a jealous Russian rider has sworn to kill him if he sets one hoof in Moscow. So Randall leaves his thoroughbred horses and loving girlfriend to investigate. But what he finds is more than jealousy. It's a terrifying track of sabotage and murder. And now that he knows, the killer is after him…Takeaways for writers:In Trial Run, Randall Drew has time on his hands due to a recent rule saying jockeys cannot wear glasses while racing. He is asked to go to Moscow, find the mysterious Alyosha, and find out what he has to do with a Prince's brother-in-law. Randall uncovers a plot that will endanger many people at the upcoming Olympics. Exercises for writers:Secrets – Johnny Farringford tells Randall Drew an abbreviated story about his interactions with Hans Kramer. How much of a secret do you share, and how much do you hold back and reveal as the story progresses?Societal Expectations – Randall Drew is an upper-class Brit whose family has served the monarchy over the years. How does his background contribute to his finally agreeing to go to Moscow? How can you incorporate your story's societal expectations into your characters' actions?Setting – How do the descriptions of England and Moscow enhance or reinforce the story? How can you describe the setting to convey the tone of the story, and how setting impacts character?Building Characters for Story – Randall Drew wears glasses and is prohibited from racing due to a recent rule. He is in good health except for being susceptible to lung problems including asthma and bronchitis. How do each of these create problems for him as a character, and play into the story? How do you build characters whose personal flaws contribute to the story?
On this brand new episode of the Development Hell podcast, New York Times bestselling author Grady Hendrix (My Best Friend’s Exorcism) joins host Josh Korngut to uncover the never-made HALLOWEEN sequel: THE REVENGE OF LAURIE STRODE. Before H20, Dimension Studios hired Kevin Williamson to usher HALLOWEEN into the fast-paced world of post-SCREAM horror. And who better for the job than the SCREAM and I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER scribe himself? THE REVENGE OF LAURIE STRODE treatment written by Williamson would provide the general foundation for H20’s plot, but the story itself still stands on its own as an interesting cancelled HALLOWEEN sequel. Grady Hendrix also talks about his upcoming horror novel The Final Girl Support Group (out July 13th via Berkley Books). The novel follows a community of middle-aged women who are murdered one by one, years after surviving their initial horrifying ordeals. Lastly, Josh and Grady also dig up the dirt on several other cancelled franchise entries like HALLOWEEN H2K, HALLOWEEN 3000, HALLOWEEN RETRIBUTION, and even MICHAELMYERSDOTCOM. Make sure to subscribe to Development Hell anywhere you listen to podcasts so you never miss an episode. Development Hell is a proud member of the Dread Podcast Network. Original music by Drew PidgeonPromo artwork by David Burk / Design by Josh Korngut Follow Grady Hendrix: @grady_hendrix on TwitterGradyhendrix.com Pre-order The Final Girl Support Group now Follow the Podcast: @DevelopmentHell on Instagram @DevelHellPod on Twitter @JoshKorngut on both
Joanna Ruocco is the author of several books, including, most recently, The Week, Field Glass, written with Joanna Howard, and Dan. Her novel, Another Governess / The Least Blacksmith: A Diptych won the FC2 Catherine Doctorow Innovative Fiction Prize. She also writes historical romance under noms de plume. The Duke Undone, written as Joanna Lowell is forthcoming from Berkley Books in Spring 2021. She is an associate professor in the English Department at Wake Forest University and chair of the board of directors of the independent, author-run press Fiction Collective Two.
To help celebrate the Woman's History Month. We feature four fiction books that include real woman of history.The Alice Networkby Kate Quinn Published June 6th 2017 by William Morrow PaperbacksThe Diabolical Bones (Brontë Sisters Mystery #2)by Bella Ellis Published February 16th 2021 by Berkley Books (first published October 8th 2020) A Knife in the Fog (Margaret Harkness and Arthur Conan Doyle #1)by Bradley Harper Published October 2nd 2018 by Seventh Street BooksDear Miss Kopp (Kopp Sisters #6)by Amy Stewart Published January 12th 2021 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
In Episode 6, Bolton and Grace finish recapping the 2007 movie, Zodiac, and discuss the facts of the true crime story that the movie is based on. The movie was directed by David Fincher and is based on Robert Graysmith’s book, Zodiac. The film stars Jake Gyllenhaal as political cartoonist/sleuth/author Robert Graysmith, Robert Downey Jr. as San Francisco Chronicle reporter Paul Avery, and Mark Ruffalo as San Francisco Police Inspector Dave Toschi. The film focuses on the rise of the Zodiac killer in the San Francisco bay area during the late 1960s and early 1970s and Robert Graysmith’s fascination with solving the mystery of the Zodiac’s identity. Both Fincher and Graysmith had access to actual Zodiac case files in their work and generously provide viewers with accurate reproductions of Zodiac letters and writings throughout the film. Zodiac provides an entertaining and frustrating look into the mystery of the Zodiac killer. Nonetheless, it is important to note that because the movie is based on Robert Graysmith’s book, it focuses on the suspects Graysmith was most interested in and is by no means a complete look at all of the Zodiac suspects identified by law enforcement. Sources:Zodiac (2007)Graysmith, Robert. Zodiac. St. Martin’s Press, 1986.Graysmith, Robert. Zodiac Unmasked. Berkley Books, 2002.“Zodiac (Film).” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 2 Mar. 2021.“Zodiac Killer.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 27 Feb. 2021.“Zodiac.” IMDb.com, 2 Mar. 2007.McCormick, Colin. “Zodiac: 8 Things Fincher's Movie Gets Right About The Unsolved Case (& 7 It Gets Wrong).” ScreenRant, 8 Feb. 2021.Netzel, Daniel, director. Zodiac | When Truth Is Stranger than Fiction, YouTube, 28 Mar. 2018.Sharf, Zack. “'Zodiac': David Fincher's Historical Accuracy Is More Specific Than You Can Imagine - Watch.” IndieWire, IndieWire, 2 Apr. 2018.“Ted Cruz–Zodiac Killer Meme.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 2 Mar. 2021.Stevens, Dana (March 2, 2007). "Zodiac: The surprisingly cerebral new thriller from David Fincher". Slate Magazine. Archived from the original on July 7, 2019.Lim, Dennis (July 22, 2007). "David Fincher's masterful 'Zodiac'". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on July 7, 2019.Monster: The Zodiac Killer, podcast by iHeartRadio and Tenderfoot TV, hosted by Matt Fredric.Butterfield, Mike. ZodiacKillerFacts.com. (was also involved in the podcast Monster: The Zodiac Killer) Unethical Podcast trailer.
In Episode 5, Bolton and Grace begin recapping the 2007 movie, Zodiac, and discuss the facts of the true crime story that the movie is based on. We had too much to say about this movie & case to fit it all in one episode- so be on the lookout for Part 2! The movie was directed by David Fincher and is based on Robert Graysmith’s book, Zodiac. The film stars Jake Gyllenhaal as political cartoonist/sleuth/author Robert Graysmith, Robert Downey Jr. as San Francisco Chronicle reporter Paul Avery, and Mark Ruffalo as San Francisco Police Inspector Dave Toschi. The film focuses on the rise of the Zodiac killer in the San Francisco bay area during the late 1960s and early 1970s and Robert Graysmith’s fascination with solving the mystery of the Zodiac’s identity. Both Fincher and Graysmith had access to actual Zodiac case files in their work and generously provide viewers with accurate reproductions of Zodiac letters and writings throughout the film. Zodiac provides an entertaining and frustrating look into the mystery of the Zodiac killer. Nonetheless, it is important to note that because the movie is based on Robert Graysmith’s book, it focuses on the suspects Graysmith was most interested in and is by no means a complete look at all of the Zodiac suspects identified by law enforcement. Sources:Zodiac (2007)Graysmith, Robert. Zodiac. St. Martin’s Press, 1986. Graysmith, Robert. Zodiac Unmasked. Berkley Books, 2002. “Zodiac (Film).” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 2 Mar. 2021.“Zodiac Killer.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 27 Feb. 2021. “Zodiac.” IMDb.com, 2 Mar. 2007.McCormick, Colin. “Zodiac: 8 Things Fincher's Movie Gets Right About The Unsolved Case (& 7 It Gets Wrong).” ScreenRant, 8 Feb. 2021. Netzel, Daniel, director. Zodiac | When Truth Is Stranger than Fiction, YouTube, 28 Mar. 2018.Sharf, Zack. “'Zodiac': David Fincher's Historical Accuracy Is More Specific Than You Can Imagine - Watch.” IndieWire, IndieWire, 2 Apr. 2018.“Ted Cruz–Zodiac Killer Meme.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 2 Mar. 2021.Stevens, Dana (March 2, 2007). "Zodiac: The surprisingly cerebral new thriller from David Fincher". Slate Magazine. Archived from the original on July 7, 2019.Lim, Dennis (July 22, 2007). "David Fincher's masterful 'Zodiac'". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on July 7, 2019. Monster: The Zodiac Killer, podcast by iHeartRadio and Tenderfoot TV, hosted by Matt Fredric. Butterfield, Mike. ZodiacKillerFacts.com. (was also involved in the podcast Monster: The Zodiac Killer)
În episodul de azi vorbim cu Carolina Vozian despre antologia de proză queer-feministă speculativă Lumile noastre posibile. În prima parte a episodului discutăm despre ce reprezintă termenii de science-fiction, ficțiune speculativă și ficțiune vizionară, și despre cum autoare ca Ursula K Le Guin și Octavia Butler au împins frontierele acestor categorii. În a doua parte vorbim despre antologie, despre procesul lung care a culminat în apariție ei și toate muncile vizibile și invizibile care au contribui la aceasta, despre autoare, despre format și cum lucruri mici ca acesta pot fi și ele politice și despre multe alte lucruri. ====== Re(Surse) Literatură și feminism https://literaturasifeminism.wordpress.com/ Lumile noastre posibile: Antologie de proză speculativă queer-feministă https://literaturasifeminism.wordpress.com/2020/01/28/e-book-lumile-noastre-posibile-antologie-de-proza-speculativa-queer-feminista/ Octavia’s Brood, Ed. adrienne maree brown & Walidah Imarisha, AK press (2015). https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23129839-octavia-s-brood The Dispossessed, Ursula K Le Guin, Harper and Row books (1974). https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13651.The_Dispossessed Against Creativity, Oli Mould, Verso books (2018). https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39728820-against-creativity Ecology of Everyday Life, Chaia Heller, Black Rose Books (1999). https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2695947-ecology-of-everyday-life Kim TallBear, The Critical Polyamorist (blog) http://www.criticalpolyamorist.com/ Sylvia Marcos, Femeile indigene și cosmoviziunea decolonială, trad. Ovidiu Țichindeleanu, Ed. Idea (2014). https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50514334-femeile-indigene-i-cosmoviziunea-decolonial The Parable of the Sower, Octavia Butler, Four Walls Eight Windows (1993). https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52397.Parable_of_the_Sower The Parable of the Talents, Octavia Butler, Seven Stories Press (1998). https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60932.Parable_of_the_Talents The Word for World is Forest, Ursula K Le Guin, Berkley Books (1976). https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/276767.The_Word_for_World_is_Forest Lilith’s Brood, Octavia Butler, Grand Central Publishing (1987-89). https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60926.Lilith_s_Brood The Broken Earth Trilogy, N.K. Jemisin, Orbit Books (2015-17). https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38496769-the-broken-earth-trilogy Ammonite, Nicola Griffith, Del Rey Books (1992). https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/180270.Ammonite Arta de Alex Horghidan instagram.com/0sens sloth metal riffs de Zomfi Piesa de intro/outro: Healing Spells, de Sofia Zadar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1ZJV5hHhv4
大家新年好。欢迎收听普通读者，这一期我们聊一下2021年期待的新书。聊一下我们的2021 Reading Challenge，还会公布1月份的主题阅读和共读的名著，欢迎大家参与。普通读者有了豆瓣账号，欢迎来找我们玩儿。 时间节点： 0:40 期待的新书 30:45 国内2021年引进的新书中我们读过的，英语圈翻译的国内作家的书中我们读过的 33:33 2020 Reading Challenge 36:20 一月主题阅读 36:37 1月-2月名著共读书目 期待的新书 虚构： Klara and the Sun，Kazuo Ishiguro，出版日期：2021-3-2，出版社：Knopf / 中文版：《克拉拉与太阳》，石黑一雄，2021-4，上海译文 Isn't It Bromantic? ，Lyssa Kay Adams，出版日期：2021-7-20，出版社：Berkley Books 熟年, 伊北，出版日期： 2021-1-1，出版社：中信出版集团·文艺社 Nightbitch, Rachel Yonder，出版日期：2021-6，出版社：Doubleday Books In the Quick, Kate Hope Day ，出版日期 2021-3-2，出版社：Penguin Random House The Dangers of Smoking in Bed, Mariana enriquez，出版日期：2021-1-12，出版社：Hogarth Press 喷火器，罗伯特·阿尔特，出版日期：2021-1，出版社：四川文艺 The Committed，Viet Thanh Nguyen，出版日期：2021，出版社：Grove Press Land of Big Numbers，Te-Ping Chen，出版日期：2021-2-2，出版社：Mariner Books Whereabouts，Jhumpa Lahiri，出版日期：2021-5-4，出版社：Knopf 非虚构： Capitalism and the Sea: The Maritime Factor in the Making of the Modern World，Liam Campling and Alejandro Colás, 出版日期：2021-1-5，出版社：Verso Helgoland，Carlo Rovelli, 出版日期：2021-3，出版社：Penguin Random House Finding the Mother Tree: Discoveries of a Forest Ecologist，Suzanne Simard，出版日期： 2021-5，出版社：Penguin Random House The Rise and Decline of Patriarchal Systems: An Intersectional Political Economy，Nancy Folbre, 出版日期：2021-2，出版社：Verso A Swim in a Pond in the Rain，George Saunders，出版日期：2021-1-12，出版社：Random House Suzanne Simard on TED Talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/suzanne_simard_how_trees_talk_to_each_other?language=en Radiolab, “Plant Parade”: https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/episodes/plant-parade Nancy Folbre's Lecture on Youtube: Women's Work and the Limits of Capitalism https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNBQU_ESqtw&list=PU1iFTPspSKcb4vb1N7czmRQ&index=184 2021年国内翻译引进的书： 伯娜丁·埃瓦里斯托《女人，女孩，其他》，上海译文 小川洋子《秘密结晶》，上海译文 菲利普·罗斯《波特诺伊的怨诉》，上海译文 约翰·勒卡雷《战场特工》，上海译文 玛德琳·米勒《喀耳刻》，中信出版社 2021年国内作品翻译成英语出版的书： Li Juan “Winter Paster” (李娟《冬牧场》) 2021年Reading Challenge： 图片下载链接： https://pan.baidu.com/s/17whmMKqcmeDSNJs0tdjYxQ 密码: uoc4 电邮：commonreader@protonmail.com 微博： 普通读者播客 欢迎关注普通读者的豆瓣： 豆瓣“普通读者播客”：https://www.douban.com/people/commonreaders/ 片头音乐credit： Flipper's Guitar - 恋とマシンガン- Young, Alive, in Love - 片尾音乐credit：John Bartman - Happy African Village (Music from Pixabay)
WE HEAR VOICES author Evie Green talks about creating her new horror / science fiction novel. We discuss her leap into horror after writing many thriller and YA books, juggling complicated thematic elements, and why readers love the "creepy kids" trope. In near-future England, the economy is collapsing, humanity makes plans to leave earth for other worlds, and a deadly pandemic steals the lives of children. But, when some kids manage to survive, they return from the brink of death with new "imaginary friends" in tow. Rachel, a divorced mother struggling against poverty, holds her illness-stricken son as life leaves his body. Yet Billy rallies, shaking off the fatal flu. Rachel rejoices at this miracle and feels grateful for "Delfy", the persistent imaginary companion she views as Billy's coping mechanism. But, as her son's behavior grows stranger and more unsettling, she must face the fact that this healing flight of fancy might be something more sinister. Nina, Rachel's teenage daughter, splits her time between parents, school, her first relationship—and training to be among a generation of space colonists looking for hope on a New Earth. But when she realizes Billy's friend Delfy might be dangerous, she learns that he isn't the only child suffering such a condition, and begins seeking answers for her family and others affected. And deep in an underground medical facility, an aging doctor named Graham looks after several of these children whose minds carry an extra passenger. He'll do anything he can to discover how and why they become afflicted, hostile, and violent. And anything to avoid his home, which seems to be occupied by the ghost of his dead wife. WE HEAR VOICES is a unique blend of horror and science fiction, available now from Berkley Books. Buy it now at: Amazon Bookshop Barnes & Noble Books-a-Million Indiebound » Some of these links are affiliate links. Whenever possible, I *strongly* encourage you to look for and purchase these books from your local & independent bookstores. That said, I earn a small commission if you click to and buy a product. That supports the channel and helps me out, at no additional cost to you! Use your best judgment and purchase wisely. ABOUT EVIE GREEN Evie Green is a pseudonym for a British author who has written professionally for her entire adult life. She lives by the sea in England with her husband, children, and guinea pigs, and loves writing in the very early morning, fueled by coffee. FOLLOW EVIE GREEN Website Twitter Instagram Amazon profile Goodreads ABOUT WE HEAR VOICES An eerie horror debut about a little boy who recovers from a mysterious pandemic and inherits an imaginary friend who makes him do violent things... Kids have imaginary friends. Rachel knows this. So when her young son, Billy, miraculously recovers from a horrible flu that has proven fatal for many, she thinks nothing of Delfy, his new invisible friend. After all, her family is healthy and that’s all that matters. But soon Delfy is telling Billy what to do, and the boy is acting up and lashing out in ways he never has before. As Delfy's influence is growing stranger and more sinister by the day, and rising tensions threaten to tear Rachel's family apart, she clings to one purpose: to protect her children at any cost—even from themselves. We Hear Voices is a gripping near-future horror novel that tests the fragility of family and the terrifying gray area between fear and love. FOLLOW FICTITIOUS Fictitious Twitter Adron's Twitter Instagram Website
Diane Fanning is the author of fourteen true crime books published by St. Martin's Press and Berkley Books including the Edgar Award nominated Written in Blood, about Michael Peterson of Netflix's The Staircase and the best-selling Mommy's Little Girl, about the infamous Casey Anthony case. For the work she began with Through The Window about serial killer Tommy Lynn Sells, she received the "Defender of Innocence" award from the Downstate Illinois Innocence Project.Diane's 14 true crime books are Written in Blood, Baby Be Mine, Under The Knife, Gone Forever, Through The Window, The Pastor's Wife, A Poisoned Passion, Mommy's Little Girl, Her Deadly Web, Sleep My Darlings, Under Cover of the Night, Out There, Bitter Remains and Death on The River.We will discuss how her incredible true crime writing began; the cases and books that most effected her career, and what's next for the incomparable author. DIANE FANNING TRUE CRIME RETROSPECTIVE-Diane Fanning
Hour 1: Got to cover the inside news, and overall topic of the week which was this Ukraine phone call by our President Number 45 as we lovingly call him here. Donald Trump, and some sniffing of coke by religious church peeps, and much more! Joe Biden audio, Fox News clips, and again tons of stuff to talk about during the first hour. Hour 2: Returning to the show in hour number 2! Is the one, and only Mr Mack Maloney! Now Mack Maloney has written more than fifty novels including military thrillers, men’s action-adventure, science fiction and historical fiction. He's with us for a good half hour, and we get into his fine work, and show. After he's done with us we had more clips, and news! Hope you enjoyed it live if not well here is the podcast. Mack Maloney created the long-running Wingman series, with one million copies sold. The 18th book of this series was published by Open Road Media in May, 2017 and praised by Publishers Weekly. He also wrote the popular Chopper Ops series, (Berkley Books), the Superhawks series, (St. Martin’s Press) and the Pirate Hunters series, (Tor Books). Mack has also done novelizations for films (“Need for Speed” -- Dreamworks, 2014) and television (“JAG – Cold Steel”) as well as for the Hercules and Xena TV shows. He was a columnist for Turner Broadcasting’s TruTV.com Conspiratorium website, 2012-2015. He has also worked as a consultant to a company working for U.S. government on anti-terrorist programs. Mack is a native of Boston and a graduate of Emerson College. Mack's official website: https://www.mackmaloney.com/ His Books: https://tinyurl.com/y5odlfsf Always keep informed on the show by checking out the main site for more information. My Websites: www.psn-radio.com www.sofloradio.com www.angelespino.com www.thajackalshead.com www.thajackal.com
In this episode Kelle invites Caris Turpin, a Michael channel, to join her on Spirit Sherpa. Caris talks about what “Michael” is as well as gives listeners an introduction to some of the terms, structures, and history related to the teachings explained in Chelsea Quinn Yarbro’s 1979 book, “Messages From Michael”. Caris also shares her perspective on channeling in general and when it is safe, and when it isn’t. In this episode, Kelle also introduces her new premium content Patreon offering (www.patreon.com/KelleSparta) where listeners can get additional Spirit Sherpa content and information from guests.References:-For more information about Kelle Sparta or Kelle Sparta Enterprises:-Website: www.kellesparta.com-Email: kelle@kellesparta.com-Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KelleSparta1/-Patreon: www.patreon.com/KelleSparta-For more information about Joe Caliendo Jr (Joey C) or Honu Voice Productions:-Email: joeyc@honuvoice.com-Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HonuJoeyC/-For more information about Caris Turpin:-Website: https://lightcatcher.com/-(Coming Soon) Website: http://www.michaelmessages.com/-(Coming Soon) Website: http://www.noisyheaded.com/-Driveabout (Spirit Sherpa Theme): Driveabout (Full Version)-Written by: Kelle Sparta-Performed by: Kelle Sparta and Daniel Singer-Produced by: Daniel Singer-Messages from Michael, by Chesea Quinn Yarbro, Original Publication 1979-MESSAGES FROM MICHAEL: approx 77,000 words, occult studies, 1stpublication Playboy Press hardcover New York 1979. Reprint: PlayboyPaperbacks mass market paperback New York 1980. Berkley Books massmarket paperback New York 1983, 1984, 1985. Berkley Books trade paperbackNew York 1995. Revised 25 Anniversary edition 81,000 words, Caelum Presshardcover and trade paperback Ohio 2005.-For more information about the Michael writings by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro: http://www.chelseaquinnyarbro.net/michael.htmlKeywords:Kelle Sparta, The Spirit Doctor, Spirit Sherpa, Spirit, Spiritual Life, Manifestation, Magick, Realms, Shaman, Shamanism, Wicca, Paganism, Life Transformation, Personal Journey, Personal Growth, Messages From Michael, Michael, Caris Turpin, Channeling, Agape, Overleaves, George GurdjieffCredits and Licensing:“Spirit Sherpa” is the sole property of Kelle Sparta Enterprises and is distributed under a Creative Commons: BY-NC-ND 4.0 license. For more information about this licensing, please go to www.creativecommons.org. Any requests for deviations to this licensing should be sent to kelle@kellesparta.com. To sign up for, or get more information on the programs, offerings, and services referenced in this episode, please go to www.kellesparta.com. This episode of “Spirit Sherpa” has been produced by Honu Voice Productions. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
This week, we are joined by Nebula Award-winning Sarah Pinsker, whose first story collection A Song for a New Day, will appear from Berkley Books in September. We talk about the challenges of a dual career as writer and songwriter/performer—and the differences in audience interactions between the two—as well as her early reading and writing in the field, her creative writing classes in college and later attendance at the Sycamore Hill workshops, and the varied relationships between SF, fantasy, dystopia, the classic road novel, and mainstream “literary fiction.” Sooner or Later Everything Falls into the Sea is available from Small Beer Press and her novel is available for preorder.
It's the last episode of season 3! This week Gracie & Abbey talk about the infamous pre-code, Tod Browning film, FREAKS! Thanks to Lily LeBlanc for our theme music: www.lilythecomposer.com Thanks to Dalton Dobson for our promo photos: www.facebook.com/LightenedImagination/ Check out our sponsors at www.recesscoffee.com --- Resources: Badley, Linda. Film, Horror, and the Body Fantastic. Greenwood Press, 1995. Questia.com, Tod Browning, Freaks. Birth. Movies. Death. - The Unseen “Freaks”: https://birthmoviesdeath.com/2014/10/03/the-unseen-freaks Bitch Flicks: Freaks Sing the Body Eclectic http://www.btchflcks.com/2013/10/freaks-sing-the-body-eclectic.html#.WxFdkFMvy9Y Browning, Tod, director. Freaks. Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer, 1932 Church, David. “Freakery, Cult Films, and the Problem of Ambivalence.” Journal of Film and Video, vol. 63, no. 1, 2011. Questia.com, Tod Browning, Freaks. Disability in Tod Browning’s FREAKS: https://justanotherbodiesoffilmblog.wordpress.com/2013/04/03/disability-and-tod-brownings-freaks/ Freaks Documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPfgrN7ZfCY “Freaks still has the power to shock” - The Irish Times: https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/freaks-tod-browning-s-greatest-film-still-has-the-power-to-shock-1.2249914 Freaks & Old Weird America: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jun/09/tod-browning-freaks-banned Herzogenrath, Bernd. “Join the United Mutations: Tod Browning's Freaks.” Post Script, vol. 21, no. 3, July 2002. Questia.com, Tod Browning, Freaks. Horror Film History: Freaks (1932): http://www.horrorfilmhistory.com/index.php?pageID=freaks In Profile: Tod Browning’s Freaks: http://www.thedoublenegative.co.uk/2015/04/in-profile-tod-brownings-freaks-1932/ King, Stephen. Danse Macabre. Berkley Books, 1981. LA Times Review: http://articles.latimes.com/1995-10-30/entertainment/ca-62791_1_freaks-movie-browning Nussbaum, Emily. “The New Abnormal.” The New Yorker, vol. 90, no. 39, 8 Dec. 2014. Questia.com, Tod Browning, Freaks. Read, Jacinda. "The Cult of Masculinity: From FanBoys to Academic Bad-Boys." Defining Cult Movies: The Cultural Politics of Oppositional Taste. Ed. Mark Jancovich, Antonio Lázaro Reboll, Julian Stringer, and Andy Willis. Manchester: Manchester UP, 2003. 54-70. Print. Sandahl, Carrie. "Ahhhh Freak Out! Metaphors of Disability and Femaleness In Performance." Theatre Topics 9.1 (1999): 11-30. Print Skal, David J. The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2001. Wikipedia Article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freaks
Tom Colgan is our special guest on episode 44 of the Spybary Spy Podcast with Shane Whaley Tom is an Editorial Director of Berkley Books which is an imprint of Penguin Random House. Over a thirty year (actually 33 but who's counting?) publishing career he has worked with many authors including Tom Clancy, Mark Greaney and Janet Evanovich. He's edited numerous books that have been bestsellers and won Edgar, and Anthony Awards as well. Now Shane gets to turn the tables and interview this veteran book editor! What is Dead Drop 5? Agent Tom Colgan finds himself embedded deep in Communist-controlled East Berlin, and has asked his handler to leave him 5 of his favorite spy books at their Dead Drop location in Friedrichshain Park. What will he choose to help him cope with life undercover? Having edited thousands of books in a 30+year career which books will Tom pick out? Listen to Episode 44 of the Spybrary Spy Podcast to find out what he picks out and why!
His name is Derek Young. He has made two feature films both of which have distribution. They are titled Family Property Backwoods Killing Spree and Midnight Matinee Psycho. He has done several conventions and been accepted to a dozen film festivals including the MadMonster Party Film Festvial and The Va Film Festival. He has had reviews done in a few of the major horror magazines including Rue Morgue, Fangoris, and Stigg Magazine. This will be his third feature. He is shooting this in full HD on a Sony Fx7. Thee fourths of the film is already shot. Himself and Eric Morse who (wrote the Camp Crystal Lake Novels in the 90's published by Berkley Books) are working on novelizing the screenplay for the film. The novel already has a guaranteed publication deal. The movie and book are about 28 yr old David Coleman. He is bullied and stabbed in the back his whole life even by his family. When David gets off his medication for being bi-polar against his psychiatrist orders he reaches his breaking point and goes into a Psychotic State. Because of this state of mind he becomes a serial killer looking for revenge. The underlined meaning of these projects is that all bullying needs to stop and needs to be taken more seriously. Helping this project means you will be making your voice heard against bullying.
His name is Derek Young. He has made two feature films both of which have distribution. They are titled Family Property Backwoods Killing Spree and Midnight Matinee Psycho. He has done several conventions and been accepted to a dozen film festivals including the MadMonster Party Film Festvial and The Va Film Festival. He has had reviews done in a few of the major horror magazines including Rue Morgue, Fangoris, and Stigg Magazine. This will be his third feature. He is shooting this in full HD on a Sony Fx7. Thee fourths of the film is already shot. Himself and Eric Morse who (wrote the Camp Crystal Lake Novels in the 90's published by Berkley Books) are working on novelizing the screenplay for the film. The novel already has a guaranteed publication deal. The movie and book are about 28 yr old David Coleman. He is bullied and stabbed in the back his whole life even by his family. When David gets off his medication for being bi-polar against his psychiatrist orders he reaches his breaking point and goes into a Psychotic State. Because of this state of mind he becomes a serial killer looking for revenge. The underlined meaning of these projects is that all bullying needs to stop and needs to be taken more seriously. Helping this project means you will be making your voice heard against bullying.
Sylvia Day discusses her latest best seller Bared To You. Author Sylvia Day first self published Bared To You, as an eBook and a print-on-demand title. The buzz for Day’s erotically-charged novel began within days of the April 3 publication—reviewers across the internet compared the book (favorably) to Fifty Shades of Grey. "Bared to You" immediately jumped into the list of top 40 bestselling eBooks at both Amazon and Barnes & Noble. The book is now a national bestseller, landing on both the New York Times and USA Today bestseller lists. On May 24, Berkley Books took over the publication of "Bared to You," releasing a slightly revised eBook edition, complete with brand-new cover art that speaks directly to the Fifty Shades of Grey audience. On June 12, Berkley will release a trade paperback edition of the book.
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