Podcasts about best novels

Ibtihal Reda Mahmood, editor and translator of the anthology Snow in Amman: An Anthology of Short Stories from Jordan joins us to talk both about the Jordanian literary landscape from the 1940s to now, as well as her personal relationship with Jordanian writers and books. We talk particularly about the iconic feminist and master of the short-story form Basma Nsour, and how Ibtihal came across her work as a pre-teen; the late, gifted, and generous Amjad Nasser, whose work still needs further translation; and the great Abdulrahman Munif's Story of a City, which describes his childhood in the Jordanian capital of Amman during the 1940s.   SHOW NOTES Abdulrahman Munif's Story of a City was translated by Samira Kawar and published by Quartet books in 1997.   There is no book-length collection of Basma El-Nsour's work in translation, but there are many stories available online: at ArabLit, The Common, and elsewhere.   Amjad Nasser's incredible poetry collection Petra was translated by Fady Joudah. His Land of No Rain was translated by Jonathan Wright. The twentieth century Jordanian classics that made the list of the “105 Best Novels of the 20th Century,” as voted by the Arab writers union, were: Sultanah, by Jordanian author Ghalib Halasa, Confessions of a Silencer, by Jordanian writer Mu'nis al-Razzaz, and Essential Pillars, by the Jordanian author Elias Farkouh.   Although many Jordanian books elide place, one novel that shows the landscape of contemporary Jordan is Ma'an Abu Taleb's All the Battles, which was translated by Robin Moger.   You can subscribe to BULAQ wherever you get your podcasts. Follow us on Twitter @bulaqbooks and Instagram @bulaq.books for news and updates. If you'd like to rate or review us, we'd appreciate that. If you'd like to support us as a listener by making a donation you can do so at https://donorbox.org/support-bulaq.    BULAQ is co-produced with the podcast platform Sowt. Go to sowt.com to check out their many other excellent shows in Arabic, on music, literature, media and more.    For all things related to Arabic literature in translation you should visit ArabLit.org, where you can also subscribe to the Arab Lit Quarterly. If you are interested in advertising on BULAQ or sponsoring episodes, please contact us at bulaq@sowt.com. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Join our book club and online community of readers!https://lifeonbooks.com/bookclubCheck out the Guardian's list herehttps://www.theguardian.com/books/ng-interactive/2026/may/12/the-100-best-novels-of-all-timeWhat do you think are the best novels all time?

When the Guardian drops a list of the 100 Greatest Novels in English it's time to drop everything to talk about it. Luckily pod-regular guest, journalist Phil Chaffee and Joseph Dance, host of the Curious Readers podcast, also had views, and were willing to get together on a Sunday evening to share them. You'll hear our hits, our misses, how many we've read, whether we should have read more and much musing on whether a list like this is the way to get people excited about reading. We explore the joys of the sub-lists – the contributor lists – all squirrelled away on a sub-section of the Guardian's website, that arguably provide more excitement and inspiration than the fairly canonical top 100. Which is the best Brontë? Which is the best Austen? Do we age into certain books? If you've read all seven volumes of Proust shouldn't that count for more than one entry? All this and much, much more. Enjoy – this was an absolute delight to make and I hope it makes you smile as much as it did me.Have your say: get in touch on Instagram @bookclubreviewpodcast or email thebookclubreview@gmail.com, or head to our website for full shownotes. What would be in your top-10?Check out the Patreon for all kinds of extras, from our monthly book club to extra shows and Kate's reading diaries. Find it at patreon.com/thebookclubreviewThe Guardian's List of the 100 Greatest Novels published in English, copied below for ease of reference.*underlined – the ones Kate has readMiddlemarchBelovedUlyssesTo the LighthouseIn Search of Lost TimeAnna KareninaWar and PeaceJane EyrePride and PrejudiceMadame BovaryThe Great GatsbyBleak HouseEmmaMrs DallowayMoby-DickNineteen Eighty-FourOne Hundred Years of SolitudePersuasionThe Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, GentlemanWuthering HeightsThe Portrait of a LadyThings Fall ApartMidnight's ChildrenThe Remains of the DayLolitaDon QuixoteThe TrialThe Brothers KaramazovPale FireFrankensteinThe Prime of Miss Jean BrodieThe God of Small ThingsDavid CopperfieldWolf HallGreat ExpectationsThe Handmaid's TaleInvisible ManThe Age of InnocenceTheir Eyes Were Watching GodSong of SolomonHeart of DarknessThe Magic MountainHousekeepingGiovanni's RoomThe Golden NotebookThe LeopardVanity FairThe MetamorphosisA Fine BalanceWide Sargasso SeaMy Brilliant FriendThe Golden BowlThe Transit of VenusOrlandoThe WavesMansfield ParkThe Sound and the FuryDisgraceNever Let Me GoHowards EndThe Rings of SaturnHalf of a Yellow SunWhite TeethThe Good SoldierThe Color PurpleThe Master and MargaritaThe Man Without QualitiesBlood MeridianCrime and PunishmentJude the ObscureKindredOur Mutual FriendAusterlitzNervous ConditionsThe Bluest EyeDraculaThe RainbowA House for Mr BiswasGo Tell It on the MountainRebeccaBuddenbrooksThe End of the AffairA Farewell to ArmsThe Talented Mr RipleyThe VegetarianThe Turn of the ScrewThe Line of BeautyRagtimeThe Left Hand of DarknessJacob's RoomLife and FateSentimental EducationInvisible CitiesThe Known WorldThe Return of the NativePedro PáramoCatch-22The RoadThe Go-BetweenMy ÁntoniaParticular books we touch on in the showThings Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeUlysses by James JoyceIn Search of Lost Time by Marcel ProustMy Brilliant Friend by Elena FerranteWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëAs I Lay Dying by William FaulknerVillette by Charlotte BrontëOrlando, The Waves and To the Lighthouse by Virginia WoolfOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezMiddlemarch by George EliotPedro Páramo by Juan RulfoRebecca by Daphne du MaurierThe Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di LampedusaNervous Conditions, The Book of Not and This Mournable Body by Tsitsi DangarembgaThe Transit of Venus by Shirley HazzardDon Quixote by Miguel de CervantesThe Magic Mountain by Thomas MannBuddenbrooks by Thomas MannLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryBlood Meridian by Cormac McCarthyThe Memory Police by Yoko OgawaThe English Understand Wool by Helen DeWittA Season of Migration to the North by Tayeb SalihThe Princess of Clèves by Madame de LafayetteThe Cairo Trilogy by Naguib MahfouzThe Makioka Sisters by Jun'ichirō TanizakiThe Trial and Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaThe Go-Between by L. P. HartleyMoby-Dick by Herman MelvilleA House for Mr Biswas by V. S. NaipaulThe New Life by Tom CreweMiss Marjoribanks by Mrs OliphantThe Palliser novels by Anthony TrollopeThe Warden by Anthony TrollopeThe Man Without Qualities by Robert MusilThe Known World by Edward P. JonesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Jeff and Rebecca note The Guardian's new collaborative list of the 100 greatest novels of all time, ponder PRH's delivery of "a strong business performance, updated our Fourth Wing Ever Gets Adapted odds, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. Join The Book Riot Podcast Patreon for bonus content and ad-free listening. Subscribe to The Book Riot Newsletter for regular updates to get the most out of your reading life. Discussed in this episode: The Guardian running down the 100 best novels of all time PRH reports strong first quarter Amazon has ordered the Fourth Wing adaptation to series, no casting news yet Florence Pugh to star in Midnight Library adaptation Margo's Got Money Troubles picked up for season 2 Good Omens is back to wrap things up without Neil Gaiman This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Thanks to our sponsor, Merit Beauty. Right now, Merit Beauty is offering our listeners their Signature Makeup Bag with your first order at meritbeauty.com. Head to quince.com/bookriot for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Now available in Canada, too! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris and Andy talk about the recent ‘Star Wars' viewership data on Disney+ and what it says about the state of that IP (7:19). Then they pitch unadapted literary classics as contemporary TV shows, inspired by the release of Netflix's ‘Lord of the Flies' (29:25). Later, they discuss ‘Euphoria' Season 3, Episode 4 (45:31). Finally, they react to the 76ers' Game 7 win over the Celtics (0:00). Modern Library's 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century Subscribe to the Ringer TV YouTube channel here for full episodes of The Watch and so much more! Email us! thewatch@spotify.com Hosts: Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald Producers: Kaya McMullen and Kai Grady Additional Video Supervision: Sarah Reddy Order and it will come. Like today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In de podcast Wat Blijft hoor je aflevering 11 van de 12-delige serie Grote Geesten over indrukwekkende denkers uit de Humanistische Canon. Annette van Soest volgt het spoor terug van filosoof en schrijver Iris Murdoch. Murdoch dankt haar bekendheid aan haar romans, zoals ‘Under the Net' (Modern Library 100 Best Novels) en ‘The Sea, the Sea' (Booker Prize). Ze leidde een onconventioneel leven, had relaties met verschillende mannen tegelijk, maar trok zich ook regelmatig terug om te schrijven. Ze leed de laatste jaren van haar leven aan dementie, iets dat leidend was in ‘Iris', de speelfilm over Murdochs leven naar het boek ‘Elegy for Iris' van Murdochs echtgenoot John Bayley. 

Tracy O'Neill is the author of the memoir Woman of Interest. Her novels include The Hopeful, one of Electric Literature's Best Novels of 2015; and Quotients, a New York Times​ New & Noteworthy Book, TOR Editor's Choice, & Literary Hub Favorite Book of 2020.  In 2015, she was named a National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 honoree and long-listed for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize. In 2012, she was awarded the Center for Fiction's Emerging Writers Fellowship. She holds an MFA from the City College of New York; and an MA, an MPhil, and a PhD from Columbia University. She teaches at Vassar College. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Las Vegas is a constant backdrop in films, TV shows, and even music videos. But did you know that some of the most accurate and insightful depictions of life in Las Vegas can be found in books? No one understands this better than writer Charles Bock. Literary Hub recently named his 2008 novel Beautiful Children the novel of Las Vegas, and this month, Business Insider recognized him as Nevada's most famous author. He sits down with co-host Dayvid Figler to discuss the most essential Las Vegas reads and explain why our city is the perfect setting for literature.  Catch Charles Bock at The Beverly Theater reading from his new memoir, I WILL DO BETTER, on October 29th. Titles mentioned: Leaving Las Vegas by John O'Brien Beautiful Children by Charles Bock We Are Called to Rise by Laura McBride The Brightest Place in the World by David Phillip Mullens Dragonfish by Vu Tran Dead Ringer by P.Moss Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt I Love You, But I've Chosen Darkness by Claire Vaye Watkins Play It as It Lays by Joan Didion Our fall campaign is happening now! It takes a lot to keep City Cast Las Vegas and Hey Las Vegas running strong. Your membership helps us cover the cost of bringing you the local stories you care about. If you believe in what we do, become a member of City Cast Las Vegas today. Every member makes a difference! Learn more about the sponsors of this October 23rd episode: Global Product Sourcing Want to get in touch? Follow us @CityCastVegas on Instagram, or email us at lasvegas@citycast.fm. You can also call or text us at 702-514-0719. For more Las Vegas news, make sure to sign up for our morning newsletter, Hey Las Vegas. Looking to advertise on City Cast Las Vegas? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads at citycast.fm/advertise. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Critically acclaimed author, Tracy O'Neill, spoke with me about reality hunger vs. the hyper-realness of the pandemic, writing a love letter to friendship, and searching for her birth mother in her noir-adjacent memoir WOMAN OF INTEREST. Tracy O'Neill is a National Book Foundation's 5 Under 35 honoree, and the author of The Hopeful, one of Electric Literature's Best Novels of 2015, and Quotients, a New York Times​ New & Noteworthy Book, TOR Editor's Choice, & Literary Hub Favorite Book of 2020. Her first book of nonfiction is the memoir WOMAN OF INTEREST (HarperOne; on-sale: 6/25/24) described by The Millions as “an intimate memoir written with the narrative propulsion of a detective novel” in their list of Most Anticipated Books of Spring 2024. In a Starred Review Publishers Weekly, called it “…riveting… cool, noir-tinted prose shot through with wit and compassion, O'Neill presents her inquiry as a sort of metaphysical detective story. Readers will be riveted.” Her writing has appeared in Granta, The New York Times, Rolling Stone, The Atlantic, the New Yorker, LitHub, and BOMB, among other publications. She teaches at Vassar College and holds an MFA from the City College of New York and a PhD from Columbia University. [Discover The Writer Files Extra: Get 'The Writer Files' Podcast Delivered Straight to Your Inbox at writerfiles.fm] [If you're a fan of The Writer Files, please click FOLLOW to automatically see new interviews. And drop us a rating or a review wherever you listen] In this file Tracy O'Neill and I discussed: COVID as a catalyst for life change Why real life doesn't adhere to any genre Meditations on language and storytelling How her process has evolved from fiction to non-fiction And a lot more! Show Notes: tracyoneill.net Woman of Interest: A Memoir By Tracy O'Neill (Amazon) Tracy O'Neill Amazon Author Page Tracy O'Neill on Twitter Tracy O'Neill on Instagram Kelton Reid on Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode prolific book blogger Tracy Fenton reviews her ten favourite novels of the past year, while we take a look at dodgy Xmas parties, and chat about Micky Mouse's original avatar arriving in the public domain.

Dark Side of the Library Minisode #112: The Best Novels I Read in 2023 (and some that were not...) (Disclosure: Some of the links in this post are affiliate links. This means if you click on the link and purchase the item, we will receive an affiliate commission at no extra cost to you) The Night House: A novel https://amzn.to/48Bz4NB   Maeve Fly https://amzn.to/3NKo2xB   VAMPS: Fresh Blood: A Novel https://amzn.to/3NILTxO   Masters of Death: A Novel https://amzn.to/3vp1PPh   Tender Is the Flesh https://amzn.to/48zIl9a   Chlorine: A Novel https://amzn.to/3RwJbMM   Tombs: Junji Ito Story Collection https://amzn.to/3RIg60W   The Ferryman: A Novel https://amzn.to/3NFCp6v   The Salt Grows Heavy https://amzn.to/3RHNghz   Dark Side of the Library Amazon Live Channel: https://www.amazon.com/live/darksideofthelibrary/ Dark Side of the Library Podcast:  https://www.darksideofthelibrary.com/ Dark Side of the Library on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/darksideofthelibrary Dark Side of the Library on Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/darksideofthelibrary

Episode #105 of the Last Call Trivia Podcast begins with a round of general knowledge questions. Then, we're en vogue for a round of Fashion Trivia!Round OneThe game begins with a Literature Trivia question about the novel that ranked second on Modern Library's “100 Best Novels” list.Next, we have a Music Trivia question that asks the Team to identify an object that is name-checked in song titles by several different artists.The first round concludes with a Cities Trivia question about the nickname for Reno, Nevada.Bonus QuestionToday's Bonus Question is a follow-up to the Cities Trivia question from the first round.Round TwoGet ready to strut your stuff down the runway, because today's theme round is all about Fashion Trivia! The second round begins with a People Trivia question about the iconic turtlenecks worn by Steve Jobs.Next, we have a Brands Trivia question about a luxury fashion brand that got its start by selling saddles, leather bags, and accessories for horsemen.Round Two concludes with a Magazines Trivia question about a supermodel's famous feature that was once airbrushed out of her Vogue covers.Final QuestionWe've reached the Final Question of the game, and today's category of choice is Television. The Trivia Team is asked to identify four different TV shows based on the catchphrases they made famous.This Game is Cursed | Dungeons and Dragons Podcast4 Friends are Jumanji'd into a D&D game.Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifyTo learn more about how Last Call Trivia can level up your events, visit lastcalltrivia.com/shop today!

EPISODE 1643: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to  Bethanne Patrick, the LA Times book critic, about new fiction from Tania James, Colson Whitehead, Jenny Erpenbeck, Emma Cline, Jamel Brinkley and Luis UrreaBethanne Patrick maintains a storied place in the publishing industry as a critic and as @TheBookMaven on Twitter, where she created the popular #FridayReads and regularly comments on books and literary ideas to over 200,000 followers. Her work appears frequently in the Los Angeles Times as well as in The Washington Post, NPR Books, and Literary Hub. She sits on the board of the PEN/Faulkner Foundation and has served on the board of the National Book Critics Circle. She is the host of the Missing Pages podcast.Named as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadcasters and commentators. In addition to presenting KEEN ON, he is the host of the long-running How To Fix Democracy show. He is also the author of four prescient books about digital technology: CULT OF THE AMATEUR, DIGITAL VERTIGO, THE INTERNET IS NOT THE ANSWER and HOW TO FIX THE FUTURE. Andrew lives in San Francisco, is married to Cassandra Knight, Google's VP of Litigation & Discovery, and has two grown children.

EPISODE 1643: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Bethanne Patrick, the LA Times book critic, about new fiction from Tania James, Colson Whitehead, Jenny Erpenbeck, Emma Cline, Jamel Brinkley and Luis Urrea Bethanne Patrick maintains a storied place in the publishing industry as a critic and as @TheBookMaven on Twitter, where she created the popular #FridayReads and regularly comments on books and literary ideas to over 200,000 followers. Her work appears frequently in the Los Angeles Times as well as in The Washington Post, NPR Books, and Literary Hub. She sits on the board of the PEN/Faulkner Foundation and has served on the board of the National Book Critics Circle. She is the host of the Missing Pages podcast. Named as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadcasters and commentators. In addition to presenting KEEN ON, he is the host of the long-running How To Fix Democracy show. He is also the author of four prescient books about digital technology: CULT OF THE AMATEUR, DIGITAL VERTIGO, THE INTERNET IS NOT THE ANSWER and HOW TO FIX THE FUTURE. Andrew lives in San Francisco, is married to Cassandra Knight, Google's VP of Litigation & Discovery, and has two grown children. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, host Isaac Butler talks to V.V. Ganeshananthan, author of the book Brotherless Night, which takes place during the Sri Lankan Civil War and was recently featured on the cover of the New York Times Book Review. In the interview, Ganeshananthan discusses her experience in journalism school and explains how it laid the foundation for her fiction writing. Then she talks about the unique POV of Brotherless Night, the book's multi-decade writing process, and the careful research that allowed her to depict the Sri Lankan Civil War.  After the interview, Isaac and co-host June Thomas talk about lessons learned in graduate school. Then they explain why you should dare yourself to take creative risks.  Send your questions about creativity and any other feedback to working@slate.com or give us a call at (304) 933-9675. Podcast production by Cameron Drews.  If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get an ad-free experience across the network and exclusive content on many shows—you'll also be supporting the work we do here on Working. Sign up now at slate.com/workingplus to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, host Isaac Butler talks to V.V. Ganeshananthan, author of the book Brotherless Night, which takes place during the Sri Lankan Civil War and was recently featured on the cover of the New York Times Book Review. In the interview, Ganeshananthan discusses her experience in journalism school and explains how it laid the foundation for her fiction writing. Then she talks about the unique POV of Brotherless Night, the book's multi-decade writing process, and the careful research that allowed her to depict the Sri Lankan Civil War.  After the interview, Isaac and co-host June Thomas talk about lessons learned in graduate school. Then they explain why you should dare yourself to take creative risks.  Send your questions about creativity and any other feedback to working@slate.com or give us a call at (304) 933-9675. Podcast production by Cameron Drews.  If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get an ad-free experience across the network and exclusive content on many shows—you'll also be supporting the work we do here on Working. Sign up now at slate.com/workingplus to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, host Isaac Butler talks to V.V. Ganeshananthan, author of the book Brotherless Night, which takes place during the Sri Lankan Civil War and was recently featured on the cover of the New York Times Book Review. In the interview, Ganeshananthan discusses her experience in journalism school and explains how it laid the foundation for her fiction writing. Then she talks about the unique POV of Brotherless Night, the book's multi-decade writing process, and the careful research that allowed her to depict the Sri Lankan Civil War.  After the interview, Isaac and co-host June Thomas talk about lessons learned in graduate school. Then they explain why you should dare yourself to take creative risks.  Send your questions about creativity and any other feedback to working@slate.com or give us a call at (304) 933-9675. Podcast production by Cameron Drews.  If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get an ad-free experience across the network and exclusive content on many shows—you'll also be supporting the work we do here on Working. Sign up now at slate.com/workingplus to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, host Isaac Butler talks to V.V. Ganeshananthan, author of the book Brotherless Night, which takes place during the Sri Lankan Civil War and was recently featured on the cover of the New York Times Book Review. In the interview, Ganeshananthan discusses her experience in journalism school and explains how it laid the foundation for her fiction writing. Then she talks about the unique POV of Brotherless Night, the book's multi-decade writing process, and the careful research that allowed her to depict the Sri Lankan Civil War.  After the interview, Isaac and co-host June Thomas talk about lessons learned in graduate school. Then they explain why you should dare yourself to take creative risks.  Send your questions about creativity and any other feedback to working@slate.com or give us a call at (304) 933-9675. Podcast production by Cameron Drews.  If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get an ad-free experience across the network and exclusive content on many shows—you'll also be supporting the work we do here on Working. Sign up now at slate.com/workingplus to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, host Isaac Butler talks to V.V. Ganeshananthan, author of the book Brotherless Night, which takes place during the Sri Lankan Civil War and was recently featured on the cover of the New York Times Book Review. In the interview, Ganeshananthan discusses her experience in journalism school and explains how it laid the foundation for her fiction writing. Then she talks about the unique POV of Brotherless Night, the book's multi-decade writing process, and the careful research that allowed her to depict the Sri Lankan Civil War.  After the interview, Isaac and co-host June Thomas talk about lessons learned in graduate school. Then they explain why you should dare yourself to take creative risks.  Send your questions about creativity and any other feedback to working@slate.com or give us a call at (304) 933-9675. Podcast production by Cameron Drews.  If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get an ad-free experience across the network and exclusive content on many shows—you'll also be supporting the work we do here on Working. Sign up now at slate.com/workingplus to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, host Isaac Butler talks to V.V. Ganeshananthan, author of the book Brotherless Night, which takes place during the Sri Lankan Civil War and was recently featured on the cover of the New York Times Book Review. In the interview, Ganeshananthan discusses her experience in journalism school and explains how it laid the foundation for her fiction writing. Then she talks about the unique POV of Brotherless Night, the book's multi-decade writing process, and the careful research that allowed her to depict the Sri Lankan Civil War.  After the interview, Isaac and co-host June Thomas talk about lessons learned in graduate school. Then they explain why you should dare yourself to take creative risks.  Send your questions about creativity and any other feedback to working@slate.com or give us a call at (304) 933-9675. Podcast production by Cameron Drews.  If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get an ad-free experience across the network and exclusive content on many shows—you'll also be supporting the work we do here on Working. Sign up now at slate.com/workingplus to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

MEET THE AUTHOR Podcast: LIVE - Episode 90Originally Aired Wednesday January 4, 2023Featuring New York Times Best Selling True Crime Author RON FRANSCELL.ABOUT RON: A veteran journalist, Ron Franscell is the New York Times bestselling author of 18 books, including international bestsellers “The Darkest Night” and Edgar-nominated true crime “Morgue: A Life in Death.” His newest, “ShadowMan: An Elusive Psycho Killer and the Birth of FBI Profiling,” was released in March by Berkley/Penguin-Random House.His atmospheric and muscular writing—hailed by Ann Rule, Vincent Bugliosi, William Least-Heat Moon, and others—has established him as one of the most provocative American voices in narrative nonfiction.Ron's first book, “Angel Fire,” was a USA Today bestselling literary novel listed by the San Francisco Chronicle among the 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century West. His later success grew from blending techniques of fiction-writing with his daily journalism. The result was dramatic, detailed, and utterly true storytelling. Ron has established himself as a plucky reporter, too. As a senior writer at the Denver Post, he covered the evolution of the American West but shortly after 9/11, he was dispatched by the Post to cover the Middle East during the first months of the War on Terror. In 2004, he covered devastating Hurricane Rita from inside the storm. His book reviews and essays have been widely published in many of America's biggestand best newspapers, such as the Washington Post, Chicago Sun-Times, San Francisco Chronicle, San Jose Mercury-News, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Milwaukee JournalSentinel and others. He has been a guest on CNN, Fox News, NPR, the Today Show, ABC News, and he appears regularly on crime documentaries at Investigation Discovery, Oxygen, History Channel, Reelz, and A&E.He lives in northern New Mexico.

Hernan Diaz is the author of the novel Trust, available from Riverhead.  A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for fiction and the PEN/Faulkner Award, Diaz's work has been translated into more than twenty languages. He has published stories and essays in The Paris Review, Granta, Playboy, The Yale Review, McSweeney's, and elsewhere. His first novel, In the Distance, was the winner of the Saroyan International Prize, the Cabell Award, the Prix Page America, and the New American Voices Award, among other distinctions. It was also a Publishers Weekly Top 10 Book of the Year and one of Lit Hub's 20 Best Novels of the Decade. He is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Whiting Award, and fellowships from the New York Public Library's Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers, the The Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center, MacDowell, Yaddo, and the Ingmar Bergman Estate. He holds a PhD from NYU, edits an academic journal at Columbia University, and is also the author of Borges, between History and Eternity. * * *  Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly literary podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. Launched in 2011. Books. Literature. Writing. Publishing. Authors. Screenwriters. Etc. Available where podcasts are available: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, etc. Subscribe to Brad Listi's email newsletter. Support the show on Patreon Merch @otherppl Instagram  YouTube Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com The podcast is a proud affiliate partner of Bookshop, working to support local, independent bookstores. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week's challenge: watch Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time.You can hear the after show and support Do By Friday on Patreon!------Edited by Quinn RoseEngineered by Cameron Bopp------Show LinksKurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time | (Documentary)Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time streaming onlineAmazonSmile: Slaughterhouse-Five: A Novel (Modern Library 100 Best Novels): 9780812988529: Vonnegut, Kurt: BooksSlaughterhouse-Five: The Graphic Novel: North, Ryan, Vonnegut, Kurt, Monteys, Albert: 9781684156252: Amazon.com: BooksNobody Cares But Me, But I Do Care: The John Siracusa StoryFive-Minute Coronavirus Stress Resets - The New York TimesDemi Lovato - I Love Me (Official Video) - YouTubeDemi Lovato - I love me (Emo Version) [Official Video] Feat. Travis Barker - YouTubeSlaughterhouse-Five - WikipediaBanning Comics: It's 1948 Again – CAROL L TILLEYBrian Regan - "Stupid in School"Ed Ames Teaches Johnny Carson to Throw a Tomahawk - YouTubeDemi Lovato - Let It Go (from "Frozen") (Official Video) - YouTube ArcaneBill Cosby's Picture Pages: A3 - YouTube It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia - Flowers for Charlie - The Placebo Effect - YouTubeTaskPaper – Plain text to-do lists for Mac Depersonalization/Derealization Disorder - Psychiatric Disorders - Merck Manuals Professional Edition The Always Sunny Podcast — OvercastSteve Lutz | The IncomparableSkinflint: A Country Christmas Carol - YouTubeThe Wisdom Project (Draft)(Episode recorded Wednesday, December 8, 2021)Next week's challenge: douse your face.

F.I.L.M Sequelmania : Best Novel to Film with Keith-Andrew and Cliff Dorfman !

Podcasting to build an author platform? On writing Good Will Hunting. And here we go again: another list of "all-time greatest novels," as decided by someone who's not us. Join us as we argue about them all! ### - Every Book Lover Should Fear This Graph: https://medium.com/@andyhunter777/every-book-lover-should-fear-this-graph-4f16d85bf2b1 - Good Will Hunting: https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2570968/matt-damon-explains-why-writing-good-will-hunting-with-ben-affleck-inefficient-compared-last-duel - Will Podcasts Build Your Author Platform? https://socialmediajustforwriters.com/2021/07/26/a-podcast-will-build-your-author-platform/ - 100 Best Novels in English: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/aug/17/the-100-best-novels-written-in-english-the-full-list

In this sixth episode of Cabana Chats, we bring you a conversation with Tracy O'Neill, on acclimating to new jobs during a pandemic, the importance of eavesdropping, and the fact that even when you are not writing, you are writing. Also, sandwiches are important. Tracy O'Neill is the author of The Hopeful, one of Electric Literature's Best Novels of 2015, and Quotients, a New York Times​ New & Noteworthy Book, TOR Editor's Choice, & Literary Hub Favorite Book of 2020. In 2015, she was named a National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 honoree, long-listed for the Flaherty-Dunnan Prize, and was a Narrative Under 30 finalist. In 2012, she was awarded the Center for Fiction's Emerging Writers Fellowship. Her short fiction was distinguished in the Best American Short Stories 2016 and earned a Pushcart Prize nomination in 2017. Her writing has appeared in Granta, Rolling Stone, The Atlantic, the New Yorker, LitHub, BOMB, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, The Believer, The Literarian, the Austin Chronicle, New World Writing, Narrative, Scoundrel Time, Guernica, Bookforum, Electric Literature, Grantland, Vice, The Guardian, VQR, the San Francisco Chronicle, and Catapult. She holds an MFA from the City College of New York; and an MA, an MPhil, and a PhD from Columbia University. While editor-in-chief of the literary journal Epiphany, she established the Breakout 8 Writers Prize with the Authors Guild. ​She teaches at Vassar College. Find out more about Tracy O'Neill here: https://www.tracyoneill.net/ Join our free Resort community, full of resources and support for writers, here: https://community.theresortlic.com/ More information about The Resort can be found here: https://www.theresortlic.com/ Cabana Chats is hosted by Resort founder Catherine LaSota. Our podcast editor is Craig Eley, and our music is by Pat Irwin. FULL TRANSCRIPTS for Cabana Chats podcast episodes are available in the free Resort network: https://community.theresortlic.com/

Seventy-two years ago today, the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four was published. It has become a classic literary example of political and dystopian fiction. It also popularized the term “Orwellian” as an adjective, with many terms used in the novel entering common usage, including “Big Brother”, “doublethink”, “Thought Police”, “thoughtcrime”, “Newspeak”, “memory hole”, “2 + 2 = 5”, “proles”, “Two Minutes Hate”, “telescreen”, and “Room 101”. Time included it on its 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to 2005. It was placed on the Modern Library's 100 Best Novels, reaching No. 13 on the editors' list and No. 6 on the readers' list. In 2003, the novel was listed at No. 8 on The Big Read survey by the BBC. Parallels have been drawn between the novel's subject matter and real life instances of totalitarianism, mass surveillance, and violations of freedom of expression among other themes. NBC University Theatre version of Nineteen Eighty-Four This episode is also available as a blog post: http://waldina.com/2021/06/08/nineteen-eighty-four-1949/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/waldina/message

We talk to humorist Karl Sharro about the origins story of his Twitter alter-ego Karl ReMarks and about finding the ideal online nemesis. Marcia takes issue with a new book listing the “hundred best novels in translation.”  Show notes Karl Sharro spoke about Karl ReMarks' new book, And then God Created the Middle East and Said ‘Let There Be Breaking News' (and Analysis). The book is forthcoming July 9. Boyd Tonkin's The 100 Best Novels in Translation was released June 21. The two Arabic novels that made the list were Tayeb Salih's Season of Migration to the North, translated by Denys Johnson-Davies, and Naguib Mahfouz's Cairo Trilogy, translated by William Maynard Hutchins, Olive E. Kenny, Lorne M. Kenny, and Angele Botros Samaan. The translation was overseen by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, along with Martha Levin, and their notes on the manuscript can be found at the Lilly Library Manuscript Collections. You can read the Amazon press release online about how the mega-corporation has (finally) launched some 12,000 Arabic ebooks into the Kindle system. You can find and purchase them on Amazon.com.

Matt Regan is the President of Wealthcare Capital Management, a tech-enabled RIA helping financial advisors maximize the value of their practices.  By developing strategies that create personalized and compelling client experiences, Matt and his team empower advisors to become intentional about the service they deliver. Matt has over two decades of experience in the financial services industry, having served as COO of Wescott Financial Advisory Group, a strategic and operational consultant for Splendid Splinter, and the Co-Founder and Managing Partner for WR Hambrecht + Co. He earned his Bachelor's degree in History from the University of Toronto - University of St. Michael's College and his Master's degree in History from Villanova University. Matt currently resides in Philadelphia, PA with his wife and three children.   Matt joins me today to share his journey from teaching school-age special needs children to starting his career in financial services — and how learning to listen and admitting he doesn't have all the answers has helped him become successful. We discuss what goals-based planning is and why listening and asking questions is at the heart of a successful holistic, goals-based plan. Matt explains how goals-based planning is different from other financial planning strategies and why market performance is less important than your likelihood of achieving your goals. We discuss how Matt's company grew by over 33% in assets over the last 13 months, despite the COVID-19 pandemic, and how the pandemic has impacted the financial advisory industry as a whole. We also discuss the importance of creating a great client service model, how to build your independent practice to scale, and why financial planners and advisors need to create a practice with a standardized approach to succession.   “Advisors have come to the conclusion that the value that they provide isn't in talking about things like standard deviation and market returns. It's in holistic, goals-based planning, and that's all about listening and admitting that you don't have all the answers.” - Matt Regan   This week on The Model FA Podcast:   Matt's career journey from teaching special needs students to working in the financial services industry How Wealthcare Capital Management helps financial advisors maximize the value of their practice The impact of actively listening to your clients and asking questions Why listening to your clients and admitting you don't have all the answers is the heart of holistic, goals-based planning How goals-based financial planning differs from financial planning strategies Why market performance is irrelevant for goals-based financial planning How Matt's company acquired over $1 billion in assets over the last 13 months, despite the economic downturn due to COVID-19 How the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the financial advisory industry Why now is the time to ask your clients for referrals Why Matt is so passionate about helping independent financial advisors Creating true enterprise value on your independent practice Understanding what a great client service model is and why it's important The benefits of specializing your financial advisory services and how to do it Why Matt believes less than 20% of financial advisors actually have a succession plan of their own in place, and why it's vital to create one   Resources Mentioned:   Midnight's Children: A Novel (Modern Library 100 Best Novels) by Salman Rushdie Conversations: How to Manage Your Business Relationships One Conversation at a Time by Ivan Farber S4 EP04 (Part 1) | The Art and Skill of Conversation: The Blueprint for Memorable Conversations S4 Ep05 | The Art and Skill of Conversation (Part 2): Asking the Right Questions to Understand Your Prospective Client's Needs   Our Favorite Quotes:   “If part of your mission as a firm is to serve clients and help them get to their goals, well, realistically, you can't serve the hundreds of millions of people in this country on your own. So if you develop something that can empower other folks to be innovative as well, it's part of perpetuating that mission.” - David DeCelle “Market performance is irrelevant. It's how you're doing with regards to the likelihood of you achieving the goals that matter to you and your plan.” - Matt Regan “Whether you're working with advisors or you're working with individual investors, they're all people. If they feel like they are heard and that you're approaching them with exactly what they were asking for,  there's no real ‘selling' that's going on. It's more filling a particular need that you help them identify.” - David DeCelle   Connect with Matt Regan:   Wealthcare Capital Management Email: mregan@wealthcarecapital.com Wealthcare Capital Management on LinkedIn Wealthcare Capital Management on Facebook Wealthcare Capital Management on Twitter Matt Regan on LinkedIn     About the Model FA Podcast   The Model FA podcast is a show for fiduciary financial advisors. In each episode, our host David DeCelle sits down with industry experts, strategic thinkers, and advisors to explore what it takes  to build a successful practice — and have an abundant life in the process. We believe in continuous learning, tactical advice, and strategies that work — no “gotchas” or BS. Join us to hear stories from successful financial advisors, get actionable ideas from experts, and re-discover your drive to build the practice of your dreams.    Did you like this conversation? Then leave us a rating and a review in whatever podcast player you use. We would love your feedback, and your ratings help us reach more advisors with ideas for growing their practices, attracting great clients, and achieving a better quality of life. While you are there, feel free to share your ideas about future podcast guests or topics you'd love to see covered.    Our Team: President of Model FA, David DeCelle   If you like this podcast, you will love our community! 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Enjoy our presentation of Exit West, written by Mohsin Hamid and published by Riverhead Books. In a country teetering on the brink of civil war, two young people meet--sensual, fiercely independent Nadia and gentle, restrained Saeed. They embark on a furtive love affair, thrust into premature intimacy by the unrest roiling their city. When it explodes, turning familiar streets into a patchwork of checkpoints and bomb blasts, they begin to hear whispers about doors--doors that can whisk people far away, if perilously and for a price. As violence and the threat of violence escalate, Nadia and Saeed decide that they no longer have a choice. Leaving their homeland and their old lives behind, they find a door and step through. Exit West has received many accolades, including Entertainment Weekly’s 10 Best Novels of the Decade and the Aspen World Literary Prize. Please be advised, Exit West contains violence and racism. This title is available in both ebook and audiobook format through Libby.Libby eBook - https://www.overdrive.com/media/2814358/exit-westLibby Audio - https://www.overdrive.com/media/2812965/exit-west Please visit www.calvertlibrary.info for more information.Music: Sad Clown (excerpt) by Orquesta Arrecife. Licensed under CC BY-SA 1.0 http://www.opsound.org/artist/orquestaarrecife/

On this week's episode, we're doing a whirlwind survey of the six finalists from this year's Hugo Award for Best Novel: The Light Brigade by Kameron Hurley, Middlegame by Seanan McGuire, A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine, Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir, The City In the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders, and The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow!   What We’re Into Lately Slippery Creatures by KJ Charles A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik The Memory of Souls by Jenn Lyons A Chorus of Dragons series by Jenn Lyons John Wick John Wick: Chapter 2 John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum The King: Eternal Monarch Kung Fu Hustle The Untamed The Great   Other Stuff We Mentioned Kung Fu Panda Be the Serpent Episode 54 The Magicians Fullmetal Alchemist  The Light Brigade by Kameron Hurley Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir Agatha Christie vibes Skeleton Puzzle-Solving video games Middlegame by Seanan McGuire The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders  A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine John Scalzi   For Next Time His Majesty’s Dragon by Naomi Novik   Transcription The transcript for this episode is available here. We're definitely nominating our transcription team for the Serpents' Award For Best Scribes. ;)

Nineteen Eighty-Four has become a classic literary example of political and dystopian fiction. Many terms used in the novel have entered common usage, including Big Brother, doublethink, thoughtcrime, Newspeak, Room 101, telescreen, 2 + 2 = 5, prole, and memory hole. Nineteen Eighty-Four also popularised the adjective "Orwellian", connoting things such as official deception, secret surveillance, brazenly misleading terminology, and manipulation of recorded history by a totalitarian or authoritarian state.  Time included it on its 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to 2005. It was placed on the Modern Library's 100 Best Novels, reaching No. 13 on the editors' list and No. 6 on the readers' list. In 2003, the novel was listed at No. 8 on The Big Read survey by the BBC. Parallels have been drawn between the novel's subject matter and real life instances of totalitarianism, mass surveillance, and violations of freedom of expression among other themes --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gabutalks/message

Andrew Michael Hurley talks to Mariella Frostrup about new folk horror novel Starve Acre

Colm Tóibín reflects on the fathers of Irish greats and US bestseller Mary Beth Keane

Our guest this month is Biblibio as we discuss the importance of women in translation, the upcoming #WITMonth and #100BestWIT project.  Podcast Transcript Mentioned in this episode; Translations Database The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank (translated by Susan Massotty) Elena Ferrante Macbeth by Jo Nesbø (translated by Don Bartlett) Warwick Prize for Women in Translation Belladonna by Daša Drndić (translated by Celia Hawkesworth)  #WITMonth #100BestWIT Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata (translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori) The 100 Best Novels in Translation by Boyd Tonkin The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu (translated by Royall Tyler) & Other Stories Feminist Press Women in Translation Tumblr Translating Women   Read_WIT online Twitter: Read_WIT Instagram: ReadWIT   Find Meytal online Blog: Biblibio Twitter: Biblibio   Support the show via Patreon Social Media links Email: losttranslationspod@gmail.com Twitter: @translationspod Instagram: translationspod Litsy: @translationspod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/translationspod/ Produced by Mccauliflower.

On this week's episode, we're discussing ASSASSINS! Tentpoles this week are The Perfect Assassin by K.A. Doore, the television show Killing Eve, and the movie Mr. and Mrs. Smith.   What We’re Into Lately The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal The Hating Game by Sally Thorne A Duke in Disguise by Cat Sebastian Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir The Fisherman by John Langan Ship of Smoke and Steel by Django Wexler Killing Eve Proper English by K.J. Charles Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky “Episode 10: Spies & Disguise” from Technique Critique HIStory 3: Trapped   Other Stuff We Mentioned Think of England by K.J. Charles “meditations ex post facto” by singlecrow A Choir of Lies by Alexandra Rowland A Conspiracy of Truths by Alexandra Rowland Freya’s amazing new jacket Ozimandais by Percy Bysshe Shelley Scandal House Mr. Right Pitch Perfect The Bourne series Zoolander John le Carré Grosse Pointe Blank Person of Interest Farseer by Robin Hobbe BtS patreon Naruto Dreaming of Sunshine Discworld Anne McCaffrey For Next TimeThe entire slate of Best Novels from this year's Hugo Award ballot!   Transcript The transcript for this episode is available here. The scribes are amazing! They're so good!! Yay for scribes!!!

Karl Sharro spoke about Karl ReMarks’ new book, And then God Created the Middle East and Said ‘Let There Be Breaking News’ (and Analysis). The book is forthcoming July 9.Boyd Tonkin’s The 100 Best Novels in Translation was released June 21. The two Arabic novels that made the list were Tayeb Salih’s Season of Migration to the North, translated by Denys Johnson-Davies, and Naguib Mahfouz’s Cairo Trilogy, translated by William Maynard Hutchins, Olive E. Kenny, Lorne M. Kenny, and Angele Botros Samaan. The translation was overseen by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, along with Martha Levin, and their notes on the manuscript can be found at the Lilly Library Manuscript Collections.You can read the Amazon press release online about how the mega-corporation has (finally) launched some 12,000 Arabic ebooks into the Kindle system. You can find and purchase them on Amazon.com.

With Boyd Tonkin, former chair of the International Booker and author of the forthcoming The 100 Best Novels in Translation, and Frank Wynne, nominated in the International Booker shortlist for his translation of Virginie Despentes. Presented by Sam Leith.

Award-winning writer Esmé Wang knows from personal experience how tough it is to be ambitious and deal with limitation. She is a woman who lives with chronic illness, including late-stage Lyme disease and schizoaffective disorder. She believes that just because one lives with limitations — whether they be caregiving responsibilities, disability, chronic illness, or any other life circumstance that cause you to feel fenced in, doesn’t mean a person can’t leave a legacy of creative resilience. Esmé Weijun Wang is a novelist and essayist. Her debut novel, The Border of Paradise, was called a Best Book of 2016 by NPR and one of the 25 Best Novels of 2016 by Electric Literature. She was named by Granta as one of the “Best of  Young American Novelists” in 2017, and is the recipient of the Graywolf Nonfiction Prize for her forthcoming essay collection, The Collected Schizophrenias. In her blog, The Unexpected Shape, she provides resources that assist ambitious people who live with limitations In this conversation, Branden and Esmé tackle the question of why people living with illness need both the practice and living-out of resilience in their daily lives — and how boundaries laid out in life’s game can make things more interesting. More: http://soundsgoodpodcast.com/esme

  This week we're chatting with The New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Who Fell From the Sky, Heidi W. Durrow! She's also the winner of Barbara Kingsolver’s 2008 PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction and a book club favorite. The Girl Who Fell From the Sky was hailed as one of the Best Novels of 2010 by The Washington Post, a Top 10 Book of 2010 by The Oregonian, a Top 10 Buzz Book of 2010 by The Boston Herald, and a Top 10 Debut of 2010 by Booklist. In 2011, Durrow was nominated for a NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Debut.She is also an award-winning podcaster and host of "The Mixed Experience," where she explores the multiracial experience in pop culture, academia, and history. Durrow is also the founder and executive director of the Mixed Remixed Festival, an annual public event celebrating the mixed-race experience. It is the largest nationwide gathering of multiracial people in the country. You can follow her here:  Facebook https://www.facebook.com/author.heidi.durrow/ Twitter @heididurrow We also got into the horror of the Las Vegas mass shooting (and what Congress needs to do instead of sending "thoughts + prayers" ). And we sound the air horn for Moms Demand Action, an org that continues to put in the work toward gun sense in America. Listen in.

Watchmen was something rarely seen when it hit the shelves in 1986: superheroes dealing with the struggles and conflicts of real life. It's critical acclaim has earned it a spot on many "best of" lists, including Time magazine's list of 100 Best Novels. It was comics like Watchmen that helped the industry turn the corner from kids' books to serious literature and art.

Watchmen. It was the only comic listed on Time Magazine's List of the 100 Best Novels list. It also was in The Comic's Journal's list of the Top 100 Comics of the 20th Century. It has been revered by comic lovers and neophytes alike. Now Arnie and Jakob come together to review all 12 issues of this series, and also give a brief look at the recent Before Watchmen prequel series! Then head to Now Playing Podcast to hear Stuart, Jakob, and Arnie review crew's thoughts on Zack Snyder's film adaptation!

Creator of the Fiona Griffiths crime series   Interview starts at 12:44 and ends at 37:59   Whoever heard of a retailer offering 70 percent royalty? It's never happened before. How's that not a good thing for authors? So I just think the Authors United group are bananas, quite frankly. And I think there is increasingly a swell of opinion among authors—not amongst yet among the more traditional structures—but there is a sort of side movement thinking, “Hang on. Amazon actually offers us quite a lot.    News “The Rise of Phone Reading” by Jennifer Maloney at The Wall Street Journal - August 12, 2015   Tech Tips Kindle software updates Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life by Richard Rohr   Interview with Harry Bingham1. Talking to the Dead2. Love Story, With Murders3. The Strange Death of Fiona Griffiths 4. This Thing of Darkness The Writers' Workshop Cotard's Syndrome (Wikipedia)Review of This Thing of Darkness by John Cheal at Crime Review - July 4, 2015   Content “The Best Romances of August” by Adrian Liang at The Amazon Book Review - August 7, 2015 “10 Best Novels by Poets” by Naja Marie Aidt at Publishers Weekly - August 7, 2015   Next Week's Guest Jason Snell   Music for my podcast is from an original Thelonius Monk composition named "Well, You Needn't." This version is "Ra-Monk" by Eval Manigat on the "Variations in Time: A Jazz Persepctive" CD by Public Transit Recording" CD.    Please Join the Kindle Chronicles group at Goodreads!

Literary scholars share their thoughts about the novel as a literary form during the 2011 Litquake Festival. (October 10, 2011)

Jack Rabinovitch is a philanthropist best known for founding the annual Scotia Bank Giller Prize (named after his late wife, Doris Giller, a former literary columnist and editor at the Toronto Star) for best Canadian novel. Rabinovitch, a reporter and speechwriter who later turned to business, making his fortune in food retailing and real estate, was an executive with Trizec Corporation where he helped develop close to six million square feet of hotel, commercial and retail space. He was Maclean's magazine's man of the year in 1999 and is a recipient of the Order of Canada and the Order of Ontario. This week his membership in the Order of Canada was upgraded to platinum…he is now an Officer of the Order. Part of the citation for this added honour reads: "Jack Rabinovitch continues to lend extraordinary energy to the promotion of Canadian literature. Maintaining a very active leadership role in the administration of the Scotiabank Giller Prize, he has negotiated a partnership that has solidified the Giller as Canada's most lucrative and illustrious literary award. Canadian authors and publishers alike have gained increased sales as a direct result of either a nomination or a win, while the awards have helped to raise the profile of new and lesser-known authors." We met this morning to talk about the Giller, its contribution to the purchase, reading and discussion of Canadian novels, the various strengths and weaknesses of literary juries adjudicating merit, and his choice for ‘best' Canadian novel of all time.