Podcasts about Compostela

Tras la Supercopa de la Euroliga, que fue presentada ante la afición el domingo en los prolegómenos del partido contra Unicaja, nos ha sobrevenido una derrota para empezar la competición europea contra Dubai recordando cualquiera de los desastres fuera de casa de la temporada pasada, y el mencionado debut en ACB contra los malagueños que a punto estuvo de costarnos otro disgusto. A mejorar pronto que esto ya entra en plena vorágine de partidos, esta semana dos en Euroliga y fuera de casa (ejem ejem), Estambul contra Efes y Sofía contra Hapoel. Otra visita más también en ACB en Santiago de Compostela que en principio no debería presentar demasiadas dificultades, pero... ojito, a ver como viene el equipo de la doble jornada europea y a no despistarse.

La Audiencia Nacional investiga la entrada masiva de personas en Ceuta. El alcalde de la ciudad autónoma, Juan Jesús Vivas, declara como testigo ante la justicia y reclama una respuesta europea eficaz para proteger la frontera. El Gobierno busca convalidar dos decretos ley sobre la vivienda. La medida genera dudas en sus socios parlamentarios y el rechazo de la oposición, en un contexto de subida del Euríbor y falta de alquileres, mientras en Santiago de Compostela se entregan pisos de promoción pública. Desde Murcia, el programa dedica una emisión especial a la longevidad. El espacio analiza hábitos alimenticios, ritmos circadianos y consejos de salud para envejecer con calidad de vida. En esta jornada destaca la historia de Antonia, una mujer de 70 años que lleva dos décadas intentando aprobar el carné de conducir. Pese a las distracciones en el examen práctico, conserva la ilusión por lograr su meta. En los deportes, Pep Guardiola expresa su respaldo al Manchester City ante las ...

BUFFALO, NY — September 29, 2026 — A new #review was #published in Volume 18 of Aging on September 8, 2026, titled “Developmental senescence misregulation in congenital disorders: CHARGE syndrome as a candidate model.” The article proposes that disruption of developmental senescence—a tightly controlled cellular program involved in embryonic tissue remodeling—may contribute to congenital abnormalities associated with CHARGE syndrome. The review was led by co-first authors Álvaro J. Arana and Pablo Palau-Irisarri, who contributed equally. Arana is affiliated with the Departamento de Zoología, Genética y Antropología Física, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Spain, while Palau-Irisarri is affiliated with the Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain. Arana is also the corresponding author. Cellular senescence is commonly associated with aging, cellular stress and tumor suppression, but it also occurs naturally during embryonic development. Unlike classical stress-induced senescence, developmental senescence is transient and restricted to particular tissues and developmental stages. These cells can contribute to tissue remodeling and patterning before being cleared, helping shape developing organs. Because this process must occur at the right place and time, the authors propose that excessive, insufficient, prolonged or misplaced senescence could interfere with normal morphogenesis. CHARGE syndrome provides a particularly relevant model for investigating this possibility. The rare developmental disorder can involve coloboma, heart defects, choanal atresia, growth and developmental delay, genitourinary abnormalities and characteristic ear defects. Most patients with CHARGE syndrome carry pathogenic variants in CHD7, which encodes an ATP-dependent chromatin remodeler. Full press release - https://www.aging-us.com/news-room/developmental-senescence-emerges-as-a-candidate-mechanism-in-charge-syndrome DOI - https://doi.org/10.18632/aging.206396 Corresponding author - Álvaro J. Arana - alvaro.arana@usc.es Abstract video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtB5390b1To Sign up for free Altmetric alerts about this article - https://aging.altmetric.com/details/email_updates?id=10.18632%2Faging.206396 Subscribe for free publication alerts from Aging - https://www.aging-us.com/subscribe-to-toc-alerts Keywords - aging, CHD7, morphogenesis, p53/p21 pathway, TGFβ signaling, congenital disorders To learn more about the journal, please visit https://www.Aging-US.com​​ and connect with us on social media at: Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/aging-us.bsky.social ResearchGate - https://www.researchgate.net/journal/Aging-1945-4589 X - https://twitter.com/AgingJrnl Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/AgingUS/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/agingjrnl/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/aging/ Reddit - https://www.reddit.com/user/AgingUS/ Pinterest - https://www.pinterest.com/AgingUS/ YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@Aging-US Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/1X4HQQgegjReaf6Mozn6Mc MEDIA@IMPACTJOURNALS.COM

Irlanda y Galicia guardan una importante conexión histórica, cultural y mitológica que ahora suma un nuevo puente de unión entre sus dos lenguas maternas: el gaélico y el gallego. Lucía Fernández, es la primera gallega guía turística en gaélico en Santiago de Compostela. Con ella, los irlandeses que cada año llegan a Santiago, tendrán la oportunidad de realizar una visita por la capital de Galicia en su lengua materna. Es su pequeña contribución al futuro de esta lengua minoritaria que, como el gallego, sobrevive gracias a sus hablantes. Escuchar audio

Cientos de jóvenes acampan en la Puerta del Sol de Madrid para protestar por la grave crisis de la vivienda y el encarecimiento de los alquileres. Los manifestantes exigen regular los precios ante la reunión del Consejo de Ministros, en un contexto en el que comprar una casa requiere casi dos décadas de ahorro. En los deportes, la selección española femenina sub-20 se proclama campeona del mundo tras vencer a Corea del Norte en los penaltis. Mientras tanto, el equipo masculino absoluto prepara en Sevilla su partido contra Croacia dentro de la Liga de Naciones. Además, concluye el plazo de votación para el Balón de Oro, con Lamine Yamal y Kylian Mbappé como favoritos, y el entrenador Javier Aguirre asume la dirección técnica del Valencia. En el área de la salud, la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela presenta un programa de ocho semanas que combina una aplicación móvil con seguimiento psicológico. Este método ayuda a reducir progresivamente el consumo de tabaco, controlar las ...

Bonito e interesante documental que nos muestra los orígenes del Camino de Santiago. El documental comienza en el siglo XIII, en una aldea de montaña situada en algún lugar de Francia. En la aldea vive Mathieu, un joven interesado por el conocimiento que ha oído hablar de un Camino que conduce a Santiago de Compostela, donde dicen que se encuentran enterrados los restos del Apóstol. Pero la motivación de Mathieu no es solo litúrgica; él sabe que toda persona que emprende esta peregrinación acaba convirtiéndose en un ser más sabio, más conocedor de sí mismo. Muchos le reconocen capacidad al camino para transformar al viajero, lo que lo eleva a la categoría de camino de iniciación.

El Gobierno acelera las negociaciones para aprobar el decreto de vivienda con el apoyo de Junts, formación que exige desgravaciones fiscales en alquileres e hipotecas y un control estricto de los desahucios. En el plano internacional, Irán propone a Estados Unidos un plan para reabrir el estrecho de Ormuz en siete días. Esta iniciativa cuenta con la mediación de China ante el aumento en el precio del combustible. En el ámbito religioso, Santiago de Compostela inicia la preparación del Año Santo Compostelano 2027. El arzobispo Francisco Prieto destaca la importancia de la acogida cristiana y confirma que invita formalmente al papa León XIV a acudir como peregrino. En los deportes, la selección española de fútbol vuelve a competir frente a Inglaterra en la Liga de Naciones tras proclamarse campeona del mundo. Mientras tanto, Kylian Mbappé sufre una lesión tendinosa en la rodilla durante la concentración de la selección francesa. Por último, varios expertos abordan la preocupación ...

La reflexión inicial aborda la campaña del Ministerio de Sanidad sobre el aborto y defiende la necesidad de proporcionar a las mujeres información completa, apoyo social y un acompañamiento integral que muestre todas las alternativas existentes. En el ámbito internacional, la atención se centra en el viaje del papa León XIV a Francia y su encuentro con los jóvenes en París, dentro de una sociedad secularizada donde aumenta el interés por encontrar un sentido vital en la fe. Por su parte, la Conferencia Episcopal Española prepara su reunión permanente con el objetivo de definir líneas de acción pastoral, impulsar el ministerio laical de la caridad y gestionar ayudas financieras para reparar los templos dañados por terremotos en Granada. Asimismo, Santiago de Compostela presenta las claves del Año Santo Jubilar 2027. El arzobispo Francisco Prieto resalta que la ruta compostelana transforma a los caminantes y ofrece un espacio único de hospitalidad y esperanza. Finalmente, la Iglesia ...

Enquanto a França se prepara para receber o papa Leão XIV entre os dias 25 e 28 de setembro, um grupo de brasileiros já percorre alguns dos principais locais de peregrinação católica do país. Vindos do estado de São Paulo, os 24 integrantes da viagem participam de missas em português e visitam santuários históricos em busca de uma experiência espiritual. Luiza Ramos, da RFI em Paris A viagem foi organizada meses antes do anúncio da visita do pontífice à França. Ainda assim, a notícia despertou entusiasmo entre os peregrinos. “Quando se fala do papa, todo mundo fica eufórico, fica a mil”, conta Evangevaldo Avelar, diretor da Praxis Viagens, agência especializada em turismo religioso. “Eu sinto isso quando estou em Roma com o grupo na audiência com o papa. Na hora em que o papa aparece, eu vejo a emoção de cada pessoa. É uma coisa indescritível”, diz. Com mais de quatro décadas de experiência no setor, ele lamenta que a visita de Leão XIV não coincida com a peregrinação do grupo. Segundo Avelar, o turismo religioso católico vive um momento de crescimento no Brasil. Tradicionalmente associadas a fiéis mais velhos, as peregrinações também têm atraído novos públicos, especialmente após eventos como a Jornada Mundial da Juventude. “O turismo religioso católico no Brasil vem em um grande crescimento. Nos anos 1980 e 1990 tinha uma, duas agências. Hoje, só no estado de São Paulo, deve ter pelo menos umas 20 agências especializadas nesse tipo de turismo. As pessoas têm procurado muito porque se sentem mais seguras na peregrinação e acolhidas em grupo”, explica. A Terra Santa segue sendo o destino mais desejado pelos peregrinos, mas a guerra no Oriente Médio levou muitos grupos a buscar alternativas. França, Portugal, Itália e Espanha ganharam espaço nos roteiros organizados por agências especializadas. Apesar da tradição laica francesa, o país abriga alguns dos locais mais importantes do catolicismo. Paris, Lourdes, Chartres e Lisieux estão entre os destinos mais procurados pelos brasileiros. Uma viagem diferente do turismo convencional Entre os participantes da peregrinação está a analista financeira Sandra Guardalben, moradora de Santo André, no ABC Paulista. Católica desde a infância, ela participa da terceira viagem internacional com motivação religiosa. Antes da França, Sandra percorreu sozinha o Caminho de Santiago de Compostela, na Espanha, e visitou santuários italianos com a mesma agência. Para ela, a grande diferença está no propósito da viagem. “A gente acaba deixando de lado as compras, os shoppings, os restaurantes importantes, a moda, e foca mais na parte religiosa da fé” Ela afirma que a presença de um padre brasileiro com o grupo é o que diferencia o turismo católico. “A gente tem a oportunidade de participar de uma missa diária com um ‘professor', que, além do lado espiritual, ensina para a gente o verdadeiro sentido das histórias de cada local, dos santos, dos milagres. Isso é muito importante, é um diferencial grande”, conta. Além de visitas aos santuários, missas e momentos de aprendizado religioso, os católicos também passam por pontos turísticos clássicos de Paris, como a Torre Eiffel, o Arco do Triunfo, e passeiam de barco no rio Sena. Peregrinação como experiência espiritual O grupo, acompanhado pela reportagem da RFI, é orientado pelo padre Fernando Rocha Zapaterro, da Diocese de Santo André. Segundo ele, o objetivo vai além do turismo.  “Em geral, os brasileiros quando saem do Brasil, em primeiro lugar, querem viajar. Mas todas as vezes que eu faço uma peregrinação, todos os que viajam comigo já sabem que é para ter um momento de uma experiência religiosa profunda”, explica. “Para poder viver nos santuários um pouco daquilo que aconteceu naqueles lugares, que são lugares para conversão. Para uma nova mudança de vida, para um aprofundamento na fé. Eu normalmente falo isso para os peregrinos e, de algum modo, tento imprimir isso também no coração deles”, diz. Para o sacerdote, as peregrinações oferecem aos participantes uma oportunidade de reflexão e até de transformação pessoal. “Já teve casos de gente que se converte em peregrinações. Gente que vai porque alguém convidou, um familiar, alguém indicou. Acaba indo junto e, no fim das contas, acaba tendo uma grande conversão.” Enquanto a chegada de Leão XIV mobiliza católicos na França, os brasileiros que já estão no país seguem o caminho das peregrinações que terminarão com uma missa no Duomo de Milão, a famosa catedral de estilo gótico, na Itália, local histórico da fé cristã. E, de volta para casa, levarão a mesma expectativa que acompanha a chegada de um papa: fortalecer a fé. Leia tambémFutura visita do papa à França reacende debate sobre fé, laicidade e fim da vida

TESTO DELL'ARTICOLO ➜ https://www.bastabugie.it/8671LETTERE AL SACERDOTE: CHE FINE HA FATTO SANTIAGO MATAMOROS?di Don Stefano Bimbi Cari amici di BastaBugie,quest'estate ho avuto la gioia di fare il Cammino di Santiago e arrivare finalmente a Compostela.Prima di partire avevo letto qualcosa sulla famosa statua di Santiago Matamoros, con San Giacomo a cavallo e la spada in mano. Mi ero ripromessa di cercarla nella Cattedrale, ma una volta arrivata non sono riuscita a trovarla.Ho chiesto anche informazioni e mi è sembrato di capire che non si trovi più nella Cattedrale. Mi è dispiaciuto, perché mi sembra un'immagine molto legata alla storia cristiana della Spagna e alla Reconquista.Sapete dirmi che fine ha fatto? È stata davvero rimossa? E per quale motivo?Grazie e complimenti per BastaBugie, che seguo sempre con interesse.Un caro saluto,CaterinaRISPONDE IL SACERDOTECara Caterina,hai visto bene: la celebre statua settecentesca di Santiago Matamoros, opera dello scultore José Gambino, non si trova più nel posto che occupava nella Cattedrale di Santiago. La sua storia recente è piuttosto significativa.BastaBugie se ne era occupata già anni fa. Nel 2015 pubblicammo anche una fotografia che noi avevamo scattato proprio a Compostela: la statua era ancora al suo posto, ma un'abbondante composizione floreale copriva la parte inferiore, nascondendo alla vista i mori sconfitti sotto il cavallo dell'Apostolo. Con un po' di ironia ci chiedemmo allora se Santiago Matamoros non fosse diventato "Santiago Mataflores".In realtà la questione era iniziata ancora prima. Nel 2004 la statua era stata temporaneamente rimossa e, quando tornò ad essere esposta, le figure dei musulmani ai piedi del cavallo vennero appunto coperte dai fiori.Poi arrivò un nuovo capitolo. Durante i lavori di restauro della Cattedrale la statua fu nuovamente rimossa dal suo camerino e, nel 2021, trasferita nella Cappella dell'Alba. All'epoca si parlò ancora di una sistemazione provvisoria.Adesso sappiamo invece quale è stata la destinazione definitiva: dal 2026 il Santiago Matamoros di Gambino fa parte dell'esposizione permanente del nuovo Museo Diocesano, ospitato nel monastero di San Martín Pinario. Quindi non è stato giudicato degno nemmeno di stare nel Museo della Cattedrale dove vanno principalmente tutti i turisti.Dunque la statua non è stata distrutta, né è scomparsa: è ancora visibile, ma bisogna andare a cercarla perché altrimenti il visitatore medio non la incontrerà mai. Il 100% dei pellegrini visita la cattedrale, una parte soltanto visiterà il museo della cattedrale, ma all'altro museo ci andranno solo l'1% perché motivati a ricercare la statua originale del Matamoros.Vale la pena aggiungere che nella Cattedrale non sono state cancellate tutte le raffigurazioni di Santiago Matamoros. Ne rimangono altre, tra cui quella molto evidente posta in alto sul grande baldacchino barocco dell'altare maggiore e quella sopra l'organo di sinistra della navata centrale.Ma perché Santiago viene rappresentato a cavallo, con la spada in mano?Bisogna tornare alla grande storia cristiana della Spagna. San Giacomo apparve miracolosamente durante la lotta dei cristiani contro la dominazione musulmana. L'episodio più celebre è quello legato alla battaglia di Clavijo, nella quale l'Apostolo è apparso su un cavallo bianco per sostenere l'esercito cristiano del re Ramiro I. Da qui nasce l'iconografia di Santiago Matamoros, cioè San Giacomo uccisore dei mori.Al di là della discussione storica sull'effettivo svolgimento della battaglia di Clavijo, questa tradizione ebbe un'importanza enorme: per secoli Santiago divenne il grande patrono e protettore della Reconquista, il simbolo celeste di una Spagna che lottava per liberare le proprie terre dalla dominazione islamica e ricostruire la propria identità cristiana.Non si comprende quindi Santiago Matamoros giudicandolo semplicemente con le categorie politiche di oggi. Quell'immagine appartiene alla storia, alla fede e alla memoria di un popolo cristiano.E forse proprio chi arriva a Compostela dopo aver percorso centinaia di chilometri dovrebbe poter conoscere Santiago in tutte le forme nelle quali la cristianità lo ha venerato nei secoli: Apostolo, pellegrino, evangelizzatore e anche difensore della fede.Un caro saluto e buon cammino... anche dopo il Cammino di Santiago!

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Al frente del proyecto IMPACT se encuentra el doctor Ángel Carracedo, uno de los pioneros en genética forense y genética clínica, quien junto con un equipo multidisciplinar y la colaboración de grandes genetistas de España, están abordando el estudio de 1000 casos al año con enfermedades raras que llevan años sin un diagnóstico. Gracias a este ambicioso proyecto de salud están logrando encontrar la causa en un 30% de los pacientes, ofreciéndoles por fin un diagnóstico e incluso encontrando genes nuevos que eran la causa de la enfermedad. Todos los pacientes tienen la misma oportunidad de estudio, independientemente de donde hayan nacido. Ángel Carracedo es director de la Fundación Gallega de Medicina Genómica, catedrático de Medicina Legal y director del Grupo de Genómica del Centro Singular de Investigación en Medicina Molecular y Enfermedades Crónicas (CiMUS) de la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela. Ha formado a mucha gente y cree que su legado es haber transmitido una manera de entender la vida, la justicia, la sanidad y la importancia de la investigación. Personas como él logran que nuestro mundo sea mucho mejor.

Psykiatriska diagnoser ökar kraftigt. Är diagnosen vår tids svar på vem jag är och varför livet känns svårt? Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radios app. Det talas om en diagnosinflation. ADHD och andra diagnoser avhandlas i TV-program, i nya böcker och i debatten. Är en del av svaret på de ökade diagnoserna att vi vänder oss till vården och medicinen i stället för att brottas med existentiella frågor som: varför har jag inte lyckats bättre med mitt liv, vad vill jag med mitt liv och varför kan livet kännas meningslöst? I SVT-programmet Alla mina bokstäver söker Carina Bergfeldt en förklaring till sitt psykiska lidande. Efter år med sorg, skam och självhat blir en ADHD-diagnos ett bevis på att det inte är hennes fel utan att det handlar om synapser i hjärnan. Hur mycket kan hjärnan förklara av personligheten och vad missar man om man har allt för stort fokus på den? Vad händer med frågor om individens och samhällets ansvar om man förklarar psykiskt lidande medicinskt? Vad finns det för alternativa förklaringar? Medverkande: Fredrik Svenaeus, professor i filosofi vid Södertörns högskola och aktuell med boken Vem är normal – Så blev diagnoserna vår nya livsmening och Christian Rück, psykiatriker och professor i psykiatri vid Karolinska Institutet och aktuell med boken Generation Trauma – Blir vi skörare i en tryggare värld. Programledare: Cecilia Strömberg Wallin Producent: Marie Liljedahl Veckans tips:Aktiviteter:Pilgrimsvandring, exempel till Santiago de Compostela.Våga göra sådant som känns läskigt, till exempel musicera med andra.Bok: Homo Patologicus: Medicinska diagnoser i vår tid - Fredrik Svenaeus

El ministro de Política Territorial, Ángel Víctor Torres, preside la reunión sobre la crisis migratoria en Ceuta. Torres defiende la gestión actual y destaca los informes del CNI sobre avisos de entradas masivas, mientras la Audiencia Nacional investiga el caso. Por otro lado, la Fiscalía de la Audiencia Nacional recurre el tercer grado al exdirigente de ETA Henri Parot. El ministerio público considera que la semilibertad es prematura e insuficiente dada la extrema gravedad de sus delitos. En Galicia, un vertido de purín procedente de una explotación ganadera amenaza el suministro de agua de Santiago de Compostela desde el río Tambre. Ante este riesgo, el Ayuntamiento decreta medidas preventivas para reducir el consumo de agua. Además, la continua llegada de pateras a Baleares incrementa las cifras de inmigración en el archipiélago, donde ya son más de cinco mil quinientas las personas que llegan a la zona durante el año. Por último, el experto Borja Adsuara analiza la entrada en ...

LA BIBLIOTECA DE LA HISTORIA nos abre uno de sus archivos, que nos va a acercar a: "Tiberio. Su vida tras suceder a Augusto". En el programa de hoy tenemos el placer de contar de nuevo con la historiadora, escritora y arqueóloga Sandra Parente, que nos seguirá hablando de la vida de uno de los emperadores más notables, de Tiberio, el sucesor de Augusto. Tras el primer programa sobre la biografía de Tiberio, en el que Sandra nos habló desde su infancia hasta la muerte de Augusto, en este segundo programa, con el finalizamos su biografía, Sandra nos hablará desde su llegada al poder hasta su muerte. Sin más preámbulos os dejo con el programa. Sandra Parente es Licenciada en Historia por la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela. Está especializada en Arqueología e Historia Antigua. Ha trabajado en numerosas excavaciones arqueológicas y ha dirigido cerca de un centenar de intervenciones en Galicia. Ha escrito varios artículos relacionados con la historia antigua y la arqueología en revistas universitarias, ha publicado diversos poemas y microrrelatos, y ha participado en varias antologías de relatos. En el año 2013, ganó el V concurso de relatos históricos de Hislibris, con el relato "El monje y la pulga". Su primera novela es de 2017, y se titula "El rey de Nemi" que trata, sobre la figura histórica de Calígula, y por la que recibió los Premios Hislibris a Mejor Novela Histórica y Mejor Autor Novel. Y el año pasado publicó su última novela titulada "Las máscaras de Julia" de la editorial Desperta Ferro , libro del que Sandra nos habló en el primer programa que hicimos. Enlace al libro "Las máscaras de Julia": https://amzn.to/4stFVCl Enlace al libro "El Rey de Nemi": https://amzn.to/3Q7MbT2 TikTok Sandra Parente: @yosandraparente Twitter Sandra Parente: @yosandraparente Instagram Sandra Parente: @yosandraparente Facebook de Sandra Parente: https://www.facebook.com/yosandraparente/?locale=es_ES Perfil de Sandra Parente en Desperta Ferro: https://www.despertaferro-ediciones.com/autor/sandra-parente/ Este es un Podcast producido y dirigido por Gerión de Contestania, miembro del grupo "Divulgadores de la Historia". Somos un podcast perteneciente al sello iVoox Originals. Enlace a la web del grupo "Divulgadores de la Historia": https://divulgadoresdelahistoria.wordpress.com/ Canal de YouTube de LA BIBLIOTECA DE LA HISTORIA: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfHTOD0Z_yC-McS71OhfHIA *Si te ha gustado el programa dale al "Like", ya que con esto ayudarás a darnos más visibilidad. También puedes dejar tu comentario, decirnos en que hemos fallado o errado y también puedes sugerir un tema para que sea tratado en un futuro programa de LA BIBLIOTECA DE LA HISTORIA. Gracias. Música del audio: -Entrada: Epic Victory by Akashic Records . License by Jamendo. -Voz entrada: http://www.locutordigital.es/ -Relato: Music with License by Jamendo. Redes Sociales: -Twitter: LABIBLIOTECADE3 -Facebook: Gerión De Contestania Muchísimas gracias por escuchar LA BIBLIOTECA DE LA HISTORIA y hasta la semana que viene. Podcast amigos: Niebla de Guerra: https://www.ivoox.com/podcast-niebla-guerra_sq_f1608912_1.html La Biblioteca Perdida: https://www.ivoox.com/podcast-podcast-la-biblioteca-perdida_sq_f171036_1.html Casus Belli: https://www.ivoox.com/podcast-casus-belli-podcast_sq_f1391278_1.html Victoria Podcast: https://www.ivoox.com/podcast-victoria-podcast_sq_f1781831_1.html Relatos Salvajes: https://www.ivoox.com/podcast-relatos-salvajes_sq_f1470115_1.html Motor y al Aire: https://www.ivoox.com/podcast-motor-al-aire_sq_f1117313_1.html Pasaporte Historia: https://www.ivoox.com/podcast-pasaporte-historia_sq_f1835476_1.html Cita con Rama Podcast: https://www.ivoox.com/cita-rama-podcast-ciencia-ficcion_sq_f11043138_1.html Sierra Delta: https://www.ivoox.com/podcast-sierra-delta_sq_f1507669_1.html Permiso para Clave: https://www.ivoox.com/podcast-permiso-para-clave_sq_f1909797_1.html Héroes de Guerra 2.0: https://www.ivoox.com/podcast-heroes-guerra_sq_f1256035_1.html Calamares a la Romana: https://www.ivoox.com/podcast-calamares-a-romana_sq_f12234654_1.html Lignvm en Roma: https://www.ivoox.com/podcast-lignum-roma_sq_f1828941_1.html Bestias Humanas: https://www.ivoox.com/podcast-bestias-humanas_sq_f12390050_1.html Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

Dnes za námi dorazila moderátorka a stand up komička Adéla Elbel. S Lubkou a Mírou mluvila o rodině, cestování, nových plánech i stand-upech. Prozradila, že právě píše svůj třetí celovečerní speciál, který ponese název Áda na radost. Chce ho pojmout jako terapeutický stand-up plný humoru, ale také radosti, pohody a myšlenek, které si diváci odnesou. Řeč přišla také na její lásku k Amsterdamu, nizozemštinu a další jazyky, které studovala, nebo na čtyři poutě do Santiaga de Compostela, z nichž jednu absolvovala s dcerami. Poslechněte si celý rozhovor.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pôsobí na Teologickej fakulte Trnavskej univerzity , kde vyučuje filozofiu a odborne garantuje študijný program Náboženská a kultúrna mediácia. Absolvoval tri pešie púte do Santiaga de Compostela. Ako počas putovania vstupuje do procesov telo, myseľ a duša? | Hosť: Prof. Miroslav Karaba. | Moderuje: Eva Viteková. | Talkshow Hosť Rádia Regina Západ pripravuje Slovenský rozhlas, Rádio Regina Západ, RRZ.

Almudena Ávalos nos lleva a los alrededores del Mercado de Abastos de Santiago de Compostela para descubrir cómo la gastronomía, la arquitectura y la cultura se mezclan en uno de los barrios con más vida de la ciudad. Una ruta que empieza con una mermelada y termina hablando de todo lo que hace único a este lugar.

"Los tiburones no son máquinas de matar, máquinas de oler, ni máquinas de nada. Bueno, al menos no son más máquinas de lo que somos nosotros. Pero, al margen de estas reivindicaciones, lo que sí son es un magnífico organismo para estudiar la evolución del cerebro de los vertebrados.Para hablar de ello tenemos con nosotros a Idoia Quintana Urzainqui, que estudió Biología entre las universidades de A Coruña y Santiago de Compostela. Obtuvo un Máster en Neurociencia por la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, donde también realizó su doctorado, centrado en el estudio del desarrollo del cerebro de la pintarroja y su comparación con el de otros vertebrados. Posteriormente, realizó un postdoctorado en la Universidad de Edimburgo, adonde se trasladó con una beca Marie Curie para investigar la formación embrionaria del cerebro en mamíferos. Más tarde, consiguió un proyecto para explorar el desarrollo del cerebro del tiburón con nuevas técnicas emergentes, lo que le llevó a incorporarse al Laboratorio Europeo de Biología Molecular en Heidelberg. Ahora lidera un grupo de investigación en el Instituto de Neurociencias de la Universidad Paris-Saclay con un proyecto europeo ERC."Un podcast de Diario La Razón, dirigido y presentado por Ignacio Crespo y producido por https://lafabricadepodcast.com

St. Ingrid of Skänninge turned her grief as a young widow into pilgrimages all the way to Jerusalem and Rome. Widowed young, the Swedish noblewoman Ingrid began gathering with other women to pray, then set out walking — first to Santiago de Compostela, then to the Holy Land itself, then to Rome — offering every hard mile to God. When she came home to Skänninge, she turned that same devotion into a Dominican convent built entirely around a shared life of prayer. "Holiness isn't something you find alone in a corner — it's something you walk toward, often side by side with others." Ingrid's challenge doesn't have to end when the episode does. Our free Family Pack has a saint calendar, feast-day activity pages, and family discussion questions to keep it going at home — free when you subscribe: https://shop.catholicsprouts.com/pages/every-days-a-feast-day-follow-along  

Hoje falo de Santiago de Compostela em cinco palavras. * Bobadela* David Lodge* Caminho* Flauta* Milladoiro This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.pilhadelivros.pt/subscribe

Full Text of Readings Tuesday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 432 The Saint of the day is Saint Giles Saint Giles' Story Despite the fact that much about Saint Giles is shrouded in mystery, we can say that he was one of the most popular saints in the Middle Ages. Likely, he was born in the first half of the seventh century in southeastern France. That is where he built a monastery that became a popular stopping-off point for pilgrims making their way to Compostela in Spain, and the Holy Land. In England, many ancient churches and hospitals were dedicated to Saint Giles. One of the sections of the city of Brussels is named after him. In Germany, Giles was included among the so-called 14 Holy Helpers, a popular group of saints to whom people prayed, especially for recovery from disease, and for strength at the hour of death. Also among the 14 were Saints Christopher, Barbara, and Blaise. Interestingly, Giles was the only non-martyr among them. Devotion to the “Holy Helpers” was especially strong in parts of Germany and in Hungary and Sweden. Such devotion made his popularity spread. Giles was soon invoked as the patron of the poor and the disabled. The pilgrimage center that once drew so many fell into disrepair some centuries after Giles' death. Reflection Saint Giles may not have been a martyr but, as the word martyr means, he was a true witness to the faith. This is attested to by the faith of the People of God in the Middle Ages. He became one of the “holy helpers” and can still function in that role for us today.Saint of the Day, Copyright Franciscan Media

En este nuevo capítulo de Un Momento de Anabautismo, Sandra Güete comparte con nosotros su experiencia en el Camino de Santiago, una peregrinación que, más allá de los kilómetros recorridos, se convirtió para ella en una xperiencia de encuentro, reflexión y fe.A través de su historia, Sandra nos invita a descubrir el significado de caminar como peregrinos y a escuchar lo que Dios puede mostrarnos en medio del camino. Pero esta vez la invitación es también a caminar con ella y con Marco, quienes este año emprenderán juntos esta peregrinación hacia Santiago de Compostela. Este viaje no será solamente una experiencia personal. Sandra y Marco han decidido convertir su peregrinaje en una oportunidad para apoyar la formación teológica y el liderazgo de nuestras comunidades. Las donaciones recibidas durante esta iniciativa serán destinadas a apoyar el IBA y el SeBaH, contribuyendo así a que más personas puedan acceder a espacios de formación y preparación para el servicio en la iglesia.Te invitamos a escuchar este capítulo, conocer la experiencia de Sandra y, de alguna manera, acompañarlos en este nuevo camino. Quizás podamos descubrir que peregrinar también significa caminar con otros, compartir lo recibido y convertir nuestros pasos en una oportunidad para abrir caminos para los demás.

What if the most meaningful Spain tour isn't one you purchase, but one you create for yourself? In this episode, I share my unforgettable 310-kilometer solo travel journey along the Camino Primitivo, the oldest route of the Camino de Santiago for 1,100 years, followed by an extraordinary experience witnessing the 2026 total solar eclipse in León, Spain. Although I began the pilgrimage alone, I was never truly alone. Along the Camino, strangers became companions. Conversations crossed cultures. Shared meals, encouragement, and kindness transformed a solitary journey into one rich with stories. At the same time, the Camino reminded me that wisdom lies in knowing when to embrace solitude and when to welcome a companion. This episode is about much more than hiking across northern Spain. It is about perseverance, resilience, friendship, cultural discovery, and the personal transformation that often comes when we step outside our routines and comfort zones. Whether you're planning a Spain tour, considering your own Camino pilgrimage, interested in solo travel, or simply curious about the lessons learned from walking hundreds of kilometers across Spain, I hope this story inspires you to take your own first step. Read as a blog Watch as a video  In this episode, you'll discover: • What solo travel is really like during a 310-kilometer pilgrimage across northern Spain. • How companionship naturally develops and changes among pilgrims from every corner of the world. • Why walking alone can deepen self-awareness while opening the door to meaningful human connections. • What it was like to continue the journey to León to witness the spectacular 2026 total solar eclipse. • Why the Camino de Santiago is ultimately about far more than reaching Santiago de Compostela. Every journey changes us. Some through breathtaking landscapes. Some through unforgettable people. Some through rare moments that remind us how small we are beneath the vastness of the universe. My Spain tour offered all three, and more. I hope you'll join me on this remarkable journey. About Joanne Z. Tan Joanne Z. Tan is the founder and CEO of 10 Plus Brand, Inc., a Silicon Valley brand strategy, executive branding, and thought leadership consultancy. She helps CEOs, executives, entrepreneurs, and organizations build influential, authentic brands through strategic positioning, content, and digital presence. A speaker, interviewer, writer, photographer, and lifelong traveler, Joanne combines business strategy with creativity to help leaders become recognized authorities in their industries. She is also the host of Interviews of Notables and Influencers, where she explores leadership, branding, innovation, and the stories behind remarkable people. Learn more: https://10PlusBrand.com Copyright © 2026 Joanne Z. Tan. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this podcast description or its contents is prohibited without written permission.

O Luis e a Mara eram casados há quase 30 anos e tinham um sonho de fé. Fazer o caminho de Santiago de Compostela, na Espanha, mas Luis sempre dizia que eles tinham tempo e adiava a viagem. Anos depois, Mara foi diagnosticada com ELA, uma doença degenerativa que ataca o sistema nervoso e ficou incapacitada. Na hora, ele se sentiu culpado e pediu perdão para a esposa. Com muita força, eles encontraram na fé, uma nova perspectiva de vida. Hoje, mesmo sem conseguir chegar a Santiago, os dois seguem juntos, aprendendo a viver um dia de cada vez e a não deixar para amanhã o amor que pode ser vivido hoje.

Después de haberte compartido gran parte de mi trayecto, hoy te cuento cómo fue ese último día, donde por fin entró a la ciudad y me encuentro frente a la Catedral de Santiago de Compostela.

¿Está condenado el sistema de pensiones español tal y como lo conocemos? Hoy reunimos a tres grandes especialistas para analizar sin anestesia uno de los mayores problemas económicos de España: Santiago Calvo, doctor en Economía por la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela y profesor de la Universidad de las Espérides; Daniel Fernández, profesor de la Universidad de las Espérides y director del Centro Ruth Richardson; y Gregorio Hernández (fundador del Club de la Independencia Financiera). Santiago Calvo y Daniel Fernández, autores de *El elefante en la habitación*, confrontan sus propuestas para reformar las pensiones con la visión mucho más radical de Gregorio Hernández. Hablamos del agujero de la Seguridad Social, reparto frente a capitalización, los modelos de Suecia y Chile, impuestos, deuda, inflación, pérdida de poder adquisitivo y, finalmente, de otro de los grandes problemas de España: el precio de la vivienda y las dificultades de los jóvenes para acceder a ella. Un debate con datos, desacuerdos reales y una pregunta incómoda sobre la mesa: ¿quién pagará realmente nuestras pensiones?✅SIN CENSURA en SUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@magnatesladrillo✅¿Necesitas un PSI (Personal Shopper Inmobiliario) para acompañarte a invertir en bienes raíces en la Com.Madrid?: magnatesladrillo@gmail.com✅Si vas en serio «La Biblia del Magnate del Ladrillo» está AQUÍ✅

Llegar al Cielo es la Odisea de tu alma. La nueva película nos hace reflexionar de cuáles son los vicios a combatir, cuáles nuestras armas, cuál nuestra esperanza. Síguenos también en Historias Católicas YouTube, Spotify, Instagram y Tiktok.Y prepárate para leer pronto: "Camino a Santiago de Compostela" Un itinerario espiritual para que encuentres a Dios en tu día a día.P. Gonzalo Viaña

Esmeralda Ruiz y Kelu Robles viajan a las rutas de peregrinación que terminan en la Catedral de Santiago de Compostela.

What can a 173-mile pilgrimage teach a family about faith, resilience, and life together? Dave and Jll McLain join Pastor Nate on Together 4 Good to share how they walked the Camino de Santiago from Porto, Portugal, to Santiago de Compostela, Spain, with their four children. Along the way, aching feet, welcoming villages, fellow pilgrims, and small acts of generosity open into a conversation about family sabbaticals, resilience, faith milestones, and why shared challenges can make strangers feel like family.In This Episode•    The Camino's Christian roots and its modern life as a global pilgrimage route•    Why the McLains chose the Portuguese Way and walked 280 kilometers in 13 consecutive days•    How physical challenge creates resilience, perspective, and lasting family memories•    The scallop shell, pilgrim passport, and rituals that build connection along the way•    How hospitality and generosity let entire communities participate in a pilgrimageKey Takeaways•    Hard things become part of our toolbox. Completing a difficult journey gives us evidence that we can face the next challenge.•    Pilgrimage is communal. The marked path, shared symbols, fellow travelers, and hospitality of local communities remind us that faith is never practiced alone.•    Milestones matter. Camino stamps and certificates echo the faith markers—baptism, confirmation, a first Bible—that help us remember where we have been.•    Travel and time together are intentional investments. Encountering other cultures can nurture empathy while meaningful family experiences strengthen relationships into adulthood.Chapters00:00  Coming up — A Christian pilgrimage through Portugal and Spain—and what it reveals about faith and parenting.01:22  What is the Camino? — Dave traces the tradition of the Camino de Santiago and its modern revival.04:40  Following the Way — Jll explains the route markers, pilgrim infrastructure, and villages that welcome walkers.10:55  A family rhythm of sabbatical — Dave shares how extended family adventures grew from a commitment to work to live.14:42  Why this journey, why now — Their oldest daughter's idea becomes an invitation for the whole family.16:45  Planning lightly — Experienced travelers, last-minute gear, and a willingness to figure things out together.17:52  Thirteen days and 173 miles — The physical reality of walking about 14 miles a day—and when it finally began to feel possible.20:08  We can do hard things — Challenge, shared struggle, and the experiences that equip children for real life.22:00  Going through it — Why pilgrimage is not a resort experience, and how difficult moments can reshape us.24:44  The scallop shell — A visible sign of belonging creates camaraderie and practical care among pilgrims.27:26  Arriving in Santiago — The cathedral square, pilgrim's Mass, passport stamps, and certificates of completion.31:11  Generosity along the path — A box of plums becomes a picture of hospitality offered without recognition or thanks.32:39  A microcosm of faith — The Camino reflects the highs, lows, community, and milestones of a life of faith.33:43  Travel and empathy — Shared meals and cross-cultural experiences help form curiosity, tolerance, and love.34:58  Choosing time with adult children — Dave and Jll reflect on the privilege, sacrifice, and joy of saying yes to time together.

Friends of the Rosary,Today, July 25, is traditionally the Feast of St. James, the Apostle, known as the Greater, in order to distinguish him from the other Apostle St. James. Jesus called him Boanerges, "son of thunder."James the Greater was our Lord's cousin (an old legend states that Salome, his mother, was a sister of Mary), and John the Evangelist's brother and the son of Zebedee, the fisherman from Galilee. With Peter and John, he was one of the witnesses of the Transfiguration, and later of the agony in the garden. He was beheaded in Jerusalem in the year 42 or 43 A.D. by King Herod Agrippa, becoming the first apostle to give his life for proclaiming Christ.In Spain, his magnificent shrine at Santiago de Compostela has been a place of pilgrimage since the ninth century, through el Camino, "the Way of St. James". After the pilgrimage to Rome or the Holy Land, it is the most famous and the most frequented pilgrimage in Christendom. The paths to Compostella form a network over Europe; they are dotted with hospices and chapels.Saint James is a powerful saint for today because he shows both human ambition and holy transformation.In today's Gospel (Matthew 20:20-28), Jesus tells James and John that greatness in His Kingdom is not about status, but service: “Whoever wishes to be great among you shall be your servant.” The glory comes through the chalice — suffering, sacrifice, and service. Saint James followed that path all the way to martyrdom.Staying close to Jesus, we will see how He will turn our ambition into mission.Saint James, pray for us!Ave Maria!Come, Holy Spirit, come!To Jesus through Mary!Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.Please give us the grace to respond with joy!+ Mikel Amigot w/ María Blanca | RosaryNetwork.com, New YorkEnhance your faith with the new Holy Rosary University app:Apple iOS | New! Android Google Play• June 25, 2026, Today's Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET

Send us Fan MailA stranger walks the Camino de Santiago for you, puts your name on a Compostela, and mails it to your door. What would that do to your life? Leigh sits down with her longtime friend Rocco Rossi, a Camino veteran with 23 Caminos behind him, to talk about the true tradition that shaped his debut novel Finding Grace: Vicari Pro Camino, walking on behalf of someone else as an act of blessing, memory, and love.We dig into the real-life tragedy that sparked Rocco's commitment to walking in another person's name, and why the Camino can hold grief without erasing it. Rocco shares how community, ritual, and simple kindness can become a lifeline, especially for people carrying addiction, loss, or shame. We also talk about the “great leveler” effect of the Camino Frances, where a job title or bank account means nothing and what matters is the person you are over a shared meal or a few quiet kilometers.Then we step into some of the most powerful Camino moments from the book and from lived experience: the humbling foot washing ritual at San Nicolas, the deep stillness that modern life steals from us, and why the Meseta can be where the real inner pilgrimage finally begins. If you're planning a pilgrimage to Santiago, or looking for a Camino book that feels like real Camino life, you'll come away with fresh motivation and a bigger view of what walking can be.Subscribe for more Camino stories, share this with a friend who needs a little grace, and leave a review so more pilgrims can find the show.Get the book - Finding Grace : https://a.co/d/0ceHhMhlConnect with Rocco: https://www.roccorossi.com/Episode 40 with Rocco Rossi : https://podcasts.apple.com/th/podcast/40-rocco-rossi-13-caminos-and-still-counting/id1562037974?i=1000548367415Support the showBecome a supporter of The Camino Cafe Podcast:

Esta semana hablamos con María José Alonso Fernández, Catedrática de Farmacia y Tecnología Farmacéutica en la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela. Natural de Carrizo de la Ribera (León), la Premio Nacional de Investigación (2021) nos habla de sus comienzos en León y de cómo ha evolucionado la medicina y la farmacia. Escuchar audio

In the continuing series for July 2026, this episode will explore the mystery and history of Mary Magdalen in relation to the Camino de Santiago de Compostela.To make a one time donation of any amount to support the podcast,  please donate to https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/BlackMadonnaHeartFor The Black Madonna Companion Along the Camino Coursehttps://livingpharmacy.teachable.com/l/pdp/the-black-madonna-companion-along-the-compostelaBecome a Patron for the channel at https://www.patreon.com/TheBlackMadonnaSpeaksTo purchase Black Madonna Speaks extra content, please visithttps://www.patreon.com/theblackmadonnaspeaks/shopTo see all of Stephanie Georgieff's offerings on Teachablehttps://livingpharmacy.teachable.com/l/productsTo purchase The Black Madonna Mysterious Soul Companion course on Teachablelivingpharmacy.teachable.com/l/pdp/the-black-madonna-mysterious-soul-companion

Part two of the July 2026 Series on the Camino de Santiago de Compostela. Author and content creator Stephanie Georgieff explores the mystical meaning behind the Camino and the modern approach to initiation. Special emphasis on the approach of Esoteric Christianity and Anthroposophy in understanding the purpose of initiation and the ultimate destiny of Humankind.To make a one time donation of any amount to support the podcast,  please donate to https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/BlackMadonnaHeartBecome a Patron for the channel at https://www.patreon.com/TheBlackMadonnaSpeaksTo purchase Black Madonna Speaks extra content, please visithttps://www.patreon.com/theblackmadonnaspeaks/shopFor The Black Madonna Companion Along the Compostela Coursehttps://livingpharmacy.teachable.com/l/pdp/the-black-madonna-companion-along-the-compostelaTo see all of Stephanie Georgieff's offerings on Teachablehttps://livingpharmacy.teachable.com/l/productsTo purchase The Black Madonna Mysterious Soul Companion course on Teachablelivingpharmacy.teachable.com/l/pdp/the-black-madonna-mysterious-soul-companion

WHAT IS THE CAMINO, FOR YOU? There are so many different ways to answer the question, what is the Camino? Do we define it? Do we explain it? Do we talk about what it is for me? We know that the Camino is an ancient pilgrimage route. Or more specifically, it is a collection of routes that end at the Cathedral in the Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela, and we know that millions of people have made this pilgrimage over the last thousand plus years. But what is it?  In this episode of the YOU on the Camino de Santiago podcast we explore what the Camino is and what happens when you say YES to the call of the Camino. I also share about how I support people in making their Camino dreams a reality. GET YOUR CAMINO STARTED RIGHT I have just announced the dates for my 2027 Camino Experience groups. You can learn all about what it means to start your Camino with one of my groups and let me know you are interested here: https://thecaminoexperience.com/2027  Registration for the May 2027 groups opens on Monday, July 20th and on Monday, August 3rd for the September groups.   #youonthecamino #caminodesantiago #firsttimepilgrim #thecaminoexperience #caminopodcast

July for The Black Madonna Speaks will be made up of episodes celebrating the Camino de Santiago de Compostela as so many Black Madonnas grace this pathway to the stars. There are many mysteries surrounding both the Camino de Santiago as well as The Black Madonna, which July 2026 programming will explore. In celebration of this month, Stephanie Georgieff has created an entire course on Teachable that takes the participant on an epic journey through the mists of time, ancient ritual practice and the evolution of the Christ Mystery through the lens of The Divine Feminine. Included in the course is a 30 Personal Pilgrimage booklet that outlines the practice of the pilgrims along this ancient route through France and Spain. To join this personal pilgrimage please go to https://livingpharmacy.teachable.com/l/pdp/the-black-madonna-companion-along-the-compostela#Camino #Compostela #BlackMadonna

Nos envian fotos chulísimas con la camiseta de Estación GNG - Hoy desde La Plaza de Obradoiro en Santiago de Compostela Hoy hemos vivido otro programa muy especial en Estación GNG, de esos que nos recuerdan que esto ya no es solo un podcast musical: es una familia que viaja, comparte y lleva nuestra camiseta por rincones mágicos de España. Hoy titulamos el programa con una foto preciosa que nos envían Sonia y José Carlos, amigos de nuestro programa y también amigos personales, desde la Plaza del Obradoiro en Santiago de Compostela, una de las plazas más míticas, emocionantes y reconocibles de nuestro país. Ver la camiseta de Estación GNG en un lugar tan especial nos llena de alegría y nos hace sentir que este proyecto sigue creciendo gracias a vosotros, a quienes nos escucháis, nos acompañáis, nos escribís y nos lleváis con vosotros allá donde vais. En el programa de hoy sonó de todo, como siempre: música variada, buen rollo, recuerdos, novedades y canciones para disfrutar sin etiquetas. Entre otros artistas, pudimos escuchar a Javi Medina, Siloé, Nirvana, Jay Wheeler, Aitana, Steve Aoki, Ely Oais, Sacha, El Canto del Loco, Lola Índigo y muchos más. Gracias de corazón a Sonia y José Carlos por esta foto tan bonita y por llevar Estación GNG hasta Santiago de Compostela. Paz, música y gracias por formar parte de esta familia que no para de crecer.

For the Month of July, 2026 The Black Madonna Speaks will be exploring different aspects of The Camino de Santiago de Compostela. This famous pilgrimage path along the way of the stars is rich with symbolism and has many Black Madonnas adorning it through various shrines, cathedrals and churches. For the first segment of this five part series, Author and Content Creator Stephanie Georgieff will delve into the mysteries of the Divine Feminine through Isis and Sophia.To make a one time donation of any amount to support the podcast, please donate tohttps://www.paypal.com/paypalme/BlackMadonnaHeartBecome a Patron for the channel at https://www.patreon.com/TheBlackMadonnaSpeaksTo purchase Black Madonna Speaks extra content, please visithttps://www.patreon.com/theblackmadonnaspeaks/shopTo purchase The Black Madonna Mysterious Soul Companion course on Teachablelivingpharmacy.teachable.com/l/pdp/the-black-madonna-mysterious-soul-companionTo Purchase The Virgin of Guadalupe Mysterious Messenger of Destiny course on Teachablehttps://livingpharmacy.teachable.com/l/pdp/the-virgin-of-guadalupe-mysterious-messenger-of-destinyTo Purchase Creation Centered Herbalism Course on Teachablehttps://livingpharmacy.teachable.com/l/pdp/creation-centered-herbalism#BlackMadonna #Isis #Compostela #DifineSophia

Entrevista sobre el Camino de Santiago de Compostela: significado e historia.¡Ven con nosotros a peregrinar! del 17 de Septiembre al 3 de Octubre 2026. Caminaremos el Camino Portugués a Santiago de Compostela 7 dias (por la costa mediterránea), visitando antes Fátima y Lisboa. Luego en autobús viajaremos por la costa del Cantábrico, visitando los santuarios de Covadonga y Garabandal. Bajamos a Segovia (año Santo de San Juan de la Cruz), Escorial (palacio y milagro eucarístico), Toledo y Madrid y el increíble parque histórico PUY DU FOU. Imperdible. Cupo limitado.Parte desde CDMX (o puedes sumarte en Madrid, desde cualquier parte del mundo)Informes e inscripción: +52 33 10280903gospazybien4@gmail.com

You are cordially invited to join The Black Madonna Speaks community for a Novena with The Black Madonnas of the Camino de Santiago de Compostela.For a more complete experience, join the Patreon community at any level, even free, to get the special handouts for your Novena experience. Join us as we prepare for July's offerings which will feature episodes on many aspects of The Camino de Santiago de Compostela.Become a Patron for the channel at https://www.patreon.com/TheBlackMadonnaSpeaksTo see all of Stephanie Georgieff's offerings on Teachablehttps://livingpharmacy.teachable.com/l/products#BlackMadonna #Pilgrimage #Novena #Compostela

Send us Fan MailWhy is it that one piece of criticism can stay with us for years, yet we quickly forget the things that are going well?The answer lies in our psychology. Human beings are wired to spot threats and problems. It's how we survived. But in today's world, that negativity bias can leave us stressed, anxious and focused on what's wrong.In this episode, James is flying solo exploring the science of gratitude. Not as a fluffy self-help idea, but as a practical tool for improving wellbeing, resilience and perspective.James looks at what psychology tells us, why gratitude works, and how you can train your brain to notice more of what's good in your life. Support the showBook your Follow The Camino break at the below link:https://followthecamino.com/en/Or email: info@followthecamino.com Use Code: MIDLIFE10 for your exclusive 10% offer - for all trips booked in 2026 (departure date can be in 2027). Exclusions: This offer is not applicable to Budget or Guided Tours.Applicable Routes: The discount is exclusively available for pilgrims choosing the French, English, Portuguese (inland routes), and Original ways.Blackout Dates: To maintain the sanctity and manage the flux of pilgrims during peak events, the discount will not apply if you are reaching Santiago de Compostela from the 24th to the 28th of July 2025, aligning with the city's famous festivities. Additionally, the offer is void if you find yourself in Pamplona during the San Fermin festival, from the 4th to the 16th of July 2025, to accommodate the unique cultural significance of these periods.Please remember, if you find the show helpful or it makes you laugh, motivates and inspires you - please do like, share and rate us. We don't run ads on the podcast or for the show, because we want to keep it as enjoyable for you to listen as possible. So if you can help us spread the word, we'd be incredibly grateful.For more information about The Midlife Mentors, click the below link:...

Hay viajes que nunca son iguales, por muchas veces que se recorran. Y uno de ellos es, sin duda, el Camino de Santiago. Un año más, Carlos Herrera se calza las Chicura para emprender una nueva peregrinación hacia Compostela, una experiencia que compartirá cada día con los oyentes y lectores de COPE.A lo largo de las próximas jornadas, Herrera irá relatando cómo amanece el Camino en cada etapa, los pueblos que atraviesa, las historias que descubre al paso y esos paisajes que permanecen para siempre en la memoria de quien los recorre. Un viaje lleno de encuentros, tradición, patrimonio y naturaleza que cada año atrae a miles de peregrinos de todo el mundo.En esta nueva aventura, el comunicador cuenta además con un aliado fundamental para cualquier senderista: el calzado. Este año recorrerá las distintas etapas con las nuevas zapatillas Chiruca, diseñadas para ofrecer comodidad desde el primer paso y acompañar al caminante kilómetro tras kilómetro.El Camino de ...

Good morning, There's much discussion over flags and marches and what it means to be British at the moment. This has meant the legitimate concerns of some have led to my own legitimate concerns for my family's safety. As an immigrant and a visible ethnic minority in the town in which I live, I can feel a sense of dis-ease and fear about whether or not I'm welcome in the nation which I have called home my whole life. It's within this climate of hyper-vigilance that I boarded a local bus and braced myself for some racist words from one particular man – someone I had judged based on the colour of his skin. To me, he looked like the type of person who might not like me. I thought he might shout some abuse, or tell me to go back to where I came from. Instead he showed me kindness. He held my son's buggy for me as I struggled with mine and my kids' belongings, giving up his seat so we could sit down. I could have wept at the simple humanity of it. And the shame of me pre-emptively judging another based on a perceived difference. All around us we see evidence that our society is fractured and fragmented and polarised. The horror of the scenes in Northern Ireland, and the sadness as we remember MP Jo Cox's murder 10 years ago this week. We're told time and again that we have more in common than what divides us. But I wonder whether this suggests we need to find our commonality before feeling a shared humanity. Maybe it's recognising our difference and choosing decency, kindness, and even love despite those differences that we should value. The Christian tradition can help us here in the example of the early Church – people from many different backgrounds and cultural and religious traditions – came together, sharing everything they had, not because they were the same, but because of a commonality found outside their individual circumstances and characteristics. Their differences were the point. This week, I attended the Sandford St Martin awards honouring the best in religious broadcasting, where a special award went to the BBC's Pilgrimage. The show takes well-known figures in British life with different beliefs – the devoutly religious, the agnostic, and the vehemently atheist – on a journey towards sacred sites including Santiago de Compostela, Holy Island and the Vatican. Perhaps the show's beauty lies not in the pilgrims' sameness, but in their difference. The commonality is not in their beliefs, but in their shared purpose, getting through a gruelling journey; spiritual and personal transformation taking place along the way. I find this a beautiful metaphor for this moment in which we find ourselves - One which might help us to meet the challenges ahead of us, where we might see our differences, and choose kindness and togetherness, anyway.

¿Es posible crear sin sucumbir a la prisa? La escritora y dramaturga María Folguera aborda esta pregunta en La prisa y la espera (Siruela, Biblioteca de Ensayo), un libro que reflexiona sobre el proceso creativo en una época marcada por la inmediatez, la productividad constante y el avance de la inteligencia artificial. A través de referencias que van de Velázquez a Stephen King, pasando por Peter Pan, Las mil y una noches o Carmen Martín Gaite, la autora reivindica el tiempo lento de la creación y la importancia de la espera en cualquier obra artística.La actualidad cultural nos lleva también a Concéntrico, el Festival Internacional de Arquitectura y Diseño de Logroño, que celebra su duodécima edición transformando el espacio urbano con instalaciones, pabellones, jardines colectivos y propuestas que exploran la relación entre arquitectura, clima, memoria y convivencia. El festival reúne a arquitectos, diseñadores, artistas e investigadores de distintos países en una de las grandes citas internacionales dedicadas al pensamiento contemporáneo sobre la ciudad.La música cobra especial protagonismo con la llegada del verano y la celebración del Día Europeo de la Música. Nuestra colaboradora María Taosa repasa la programación especial de Matadero Madrid y de Radio 3, que retransmitirá conciertos en directo con artistas como Rita Payés, Lucía Fumero, Ángeles Toledano, María Arnal, pablopablo y Alizzz. Además, comienza la temporada de grandes festivales con O Son do Camiño, en Santiago de Compostela, que reúne como cabezas de cartel a Katy Perry y Linkin Park, mientras que Sónar Barcelona, uno de los festivales de música electrónica más importantes de Europa, arranca una nueva edición con más de un centenar de actuaciones.Escuchar audio

El expresidente José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero declara ante el juez Calama por corrupción, negando las acusaciones, aunque el juez considera que sus respuestas no desvirtúan los indicios de criminalidad. La Moncloa respira aliviada al no imponerse medidas cautelares. El Papa León XIV hace un balance positivo de su exitoso viaje a España, agradeciendo el cariño y destacando la alegría del pueblo español, así como la necesidad de abordar la migración en Canarias. Se prevé un posible regreso a Santiago de Compostela en 2027. Estados Unidos e Irán alcanzan un principio de acuerdo para un alto el fuego, la reapertura del estrecho de Ormuz y el levantamiento de sanciones, aunque la negociación nuclear se pospone dos meses. En Bruselas, los ministros de defensa de la OTAN y los líderes de la Unión Europea se reúnen para abordar la guerra de Ucrania, la competitividad frente a China y el presupuesto europeo. Además, se investiga el hallazgo de un cadáver en Castellón y se explora el posible ...

— Today, it is a joy to welcome Gideon Enok to A Quest for Well-Being. Since 2010, Gideon has traveled the world, lived in multiple countries, and walked more than 7,000 kilometers with a backpack. He describes himself not simply as a traveler, but as a pilgrim on a lifelong journey of discovery, growth, and transformation. Gideon is the author of The Pilgrim Spirit: The Longer You Walk, The Deeper You Go, a powerful memoir inspired by an extraordinary 3,500-kilometer walk from Denmark to Santiago de Compostela during the height of the 2020 pandemic. At one of the lowest points in his life, he heard an inner calling that led him on a five-month pilgrimage across Europe—a journey that ultimately brought him greater serenity, purpose, self-understanding, and even true love. At the heart of Gideon's work is a beautiful message: that life itself is a pilgrimage, that every person we meet is a fellow traveler, and that what matters most is not where the journey takes us, but who we become along the way. Today, we'll explore the lessons he learned through millions of steps on the Camino de Santiago, the transformative power of trusting life's callings, the wisdom of the pilgrim spirit, and how courage, resilience, gratitude, and openness can guide us toward a more meaningful life. Valeria interviews  Gideon Enok — He is the author of  "The Pilgrim Spirit: The Longer You Walk, The Deeper You Go - Walking 3,500 km Toward a New Life on the Camino de Santiago." Gideon has traveled the world since 2010 and has lived in several countries, including the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Switzerland, Slovakia, and Spain. He has walked over 7,000 km with a backpack and considers himself a pilgrim on a lifelong pilgrimage. A couple of years before the long journey, Gideon had written down a bucket list of over 100 things he wanted to learn, experience, accomplish, and places he wanted to visit, as well as people he wanted to meet. At the top of the list, he wanted to have dinner with his favorite author, Gregory David Roberts, who is the author of the International Bestselling book Shantaram. It was an impossible task, because he was no longer in public life.  Nevertheless, Gideon often looked for when Gregory got online again, and when he did, he began following him, and eventually Gideon and Gregory found each other and amplified the maxim that when the student is ready, the teacher will appear, and how the starting point for the book The Pilgrim Spirit began. A few years later, when the finishing touches was made on the book, Gideon was in Finisterre again, and on a walk toward the 0,0 km marker at The End of The World, he laid eyes on K, found true love and they are still together. To learn more about Gideon Enok and his work, please visit: https://thepilgrimspirit.com/

Send us Fan MailThis week, I, Claire - go solo for a beautiful conversation with executive coach Hazel Martin and, honestly, this episode went somewhere completely different from where I expected.We started out talking about career change for midlife women and how our purpose shifts as we enter our menopause years, but what unfolded was a much deeper conversation about the stories we tell ourselves, the dreams we've quietly put on hold, and why so many women reach midlife feeling disconnected from the parts of themselves that once felt most alive.If you've ever wondered, "Is this really it?" or felt there's something more for you, I truly believe you'll love this conversation. Hazel shares powerful insights about self-talk, courage, joy, and the tiny steps that can completely change the direction of your life. More than anything, this episode is an invitation to remember who you were before the world told you who you should be.Connect with Hazel on Linkedin:https://www.linkedin.com/in/hazelmartincoach/Via email: hazelnorval@gmail.comOr by phone: +44 7796 176928 Support the showBook your Follow The Camino break at the below link:https://followthecamino.com/en/Or email: info@followthecamino.com Use Code: MIDLIFE10 for your exclusive 10% offer - for all trips booked in 2026 (departure date can be in 2027). Exclusions: This offer is not applicable to Budget or Guided Tours.Applicable Routes: The discount is exclusively available for pilgrims choosing the French, English, Portuguese (inland routes), and Original ways.Blackout Dates: To maintain the sanctity and manage the flux of pilgrims during peak events, the discount will not apply if you are reaching Santiago de Compostela from the 24th to the 28th of July 2025, aligning with the city's famous festivities. Additionally, the offer is void if you find yourself in Pamplona during the San Fermin festival, from the 4th to the 16th of July 2025, to accommodate the unique cultural significance of these periods.Please remember, if you find the show helpful or it makes you laugh, motivates and inspires you - please do like, share and rate us. We don't run ads on the podcast or for the show, because we want to keep it as enjoyable for you to listen as possible. So if you can help us spread the word, we'd be incredibly grateful.For more information about The Midlife Mentors, click the below link:...

Send us Fan MailIn this episode of The Midlife Mentors we're talking about health optimisation.  Today we find ourselves living in a obsessive health optimisation culture where we're tracking our sleep, monitoring our HRV, counting steps, taking supplements, cold plunging, fasting and trying to optimise every aspect of our lives.Twenty years ago most people just wanted to lose a bit of weight and feel healthier. Today, health has become a performance metric. And yet despite having more information than ever before, many people seem more anxious, overwhelmed and confused about their health than ever.So have we made health too complicated? Today we're talking about optimisation culture, wearables, supplements, longevity and what really moves the needle when it comes to living a longer, healthier and happier life.Because sometimes the healthiest thing you can do isn't add another habit. It's to get really good at the basics. Let's get into it.Book your Follow The Camino break at the below link:https://followthecamino.com/en/Or email: info@followthecamino.com Use Code: MIDLIFE10 for your exclusive 10% offer - for all trips booked in 2026 (departure date can be in 2027). Exclusions: This offer is not applicable to Budget or Guided Tours.Applicable Routes: The discount is exclusively available for pilgrims choosing the French, English, Portuguese (inland routes), and Original ways.Blackout Dates: To maintain the sanctity and manage the flux of pilgrims during peak events, the discount will not apply if you are reaching Santiago de Compostela from the 24th to the 28th of July 2025, aligning with the city's famous festivities. Additionally, the offer is void if you find yourself in Pamplona during the San Fermin festival, from the 4th to the 16th of July 2025, to accommodate the unique cultural significance of these periods. Support the showBook your Follow The Camino break at the below link:https://followthecamino.com/en/Or email: info@followthecamino.com Use Code: MIDLIFE10 for your exclusive 10% offer - for all trips booked in 2026 (departure date can be in 2027). Exclusions: This offer is not applicable to Budget or Guided Tours.Applicable Routes: The discount is exclusively available for pilgrims choosing the French, English, Portuguese (inland routes), and Original ways.Blackout Dates: To maintain the sanctity and manage the flux of pilgrims during peak events, the discount will not apply if you are reaching Santiago de Compostela from the 24th to the 28th of July 2025, aligning with the city's famous festivities. Additionally, the offer is void if you find yourself in Pamplona during the San Fermin festival, from the 4th to the 16th of July 2025, to accommodate the unique cultural significance of these periods.Please remember, if you find the show helpful or it makes you laugh, motivates and inspires you - please do like, share and rate us. We don't run ads on the podcast or for the show, because we want to keep it as enjoyable for you to listen as possible. So if you can help us spread the word, we'd be incredibly grateful.For more information about The Midlife Mentors, click the below link:...

Kickstarter has become a key part of the author business for those who want to make more money per book, connect directly with readers, and produce beautiful editions they're proud of. In this episode, I share excerpts from interviews with Oriana Leckert, Head of Publishing at Kickstarter, Russell Nohelty, and Sacha Black, alongside my own hard-won lessons from six campaigns that have now made over $140K combined. Whether you're considering your first campaign or looking to refine your process, we cover everything from overcoming your fears to rewards, fulfilment, shipping, marketing, and why I keep coming back for more. In the intro, Writing StoryBundle; Spotify Expands Audiobook Features and Printed Books; Draft2Digital Activation and Maintenance Fees; comment by Kevin McLaughlin; and Barnes & Noble Press change to Minimum Retail Price for Printed Books; AI-Assisted Artisan Author webinars. This show is supported by my Patrons. Join my Community at Patreon.com/thecreativepenn  Joanna Penn is an award-winning New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of thrillers, dark fantasy, short stories and travel memoir under J.F. Penn and also writes non-fiction for authors and hosts The Creative Penn Podcast. What Kickstarter is and why it works differently from a normal book launch The fears that held me back for almost a decade — and whether they were justified Starting small: Why you don't need sprayed edges and special hardbacks to run a successful campaign. Creative reward ideas beyond merch: digital rewards, experiential rewards, naming rights, and bundling your backlist Common mistakes that sink campaigns: overestimating your reach, getting shipping costs wrong, and not allowing enough time Fulfilment realities, printing timelines, and reinvesting profit into future stock Marketing your campaign: pre-launch signups, content marketing, email lists, social media scheduling, and Facebook/Meta ads My update for campaign #7, Bones of the Deep: what's changed, what I'm doing differently, and how AI tools are part of my process now Why I now love Kickstarter campaigns and how the spike income model fits a sustainable creative career You can find my Kickstarter campaign for Bones of the Deep here (until 5 May, 2026) and all my previous campaigns here. Introduction Jo: In this episode, I've included excerpts from my own previous solo show about Kickstarter, as well as excerpts from interviews with Oriana Leckert, the Head of Publishing at Kickstarter; Russell Nohelty, who has done lots of successful Kickstarter campaigns and teaches direct sales; and Sacha Black, who did a six-figure campaign last year. I've also added my updates to the end of the episode filling in any last thoughts. You can listen to the full episodes here: Kickstarter for Authors with Oriana Leckert The Mindset and Business of Selling Direct with Russell Nohelty Lessons Learned and Tips from Pilgrimage, My First Kickstarter Campaign Two Different Approaches to Selling Direct with Sacha Black and Joanna Penn What is Kickstarter, and why use it instead of a normal book launch? Here's Oriana Leckert, Head of Publishing at Kickstarter — and the numbers she shares will be higher now, as the episode is from February 2025. Oriana: Kickstarter is a crowdfunding platform. We are unique in the crowdfunding landscape for a few reasons. We are only for creative projects, so you can't use Kickstarter for medical bills, investment funding, or charitable donations. Every project has to create something new to share with the world. Jo: Have you got any numbers on how big the Kickstarter industry is now with publishing, or anything you can share around that? Oriana: Yeah, I would love to. First I'll tell you Kickstarter overall by the numbers. Since our inception, there have been 273,000 projects funded, eight and a half billion — with a “b” — billion dollars pledged, from more than 24 million backers. In publishing specifically, we've had 69,000 projects launched, 3.2 million unique backers, and over $380 million pledged to campaigns. I have lots of other stats, but a few things I'll share. The publishing category keeps growing The publishing category has grown year over year, every year since 2017, in terms of number of projects launched, number of projects successful, and the overall success rate. There has never been a dip since 2017. Another stat I really love about the publishing category: if you look at campaigns that have at least 25 backers, the overall success rate is 84%. I think that's really telling, because 25 backers is a little bit more than your mum, your best friend, the folks who are essentially obligated to support anything you do. So if you can get a little bit beyond that inner circle, your chances of succeeding on the platform are tremendously high. Backers are paying more — and waiting longer Another thing I wanted to call out — I just got some new numbers around this. The average backing amount per backer across the whole category has nearly doubled since 2020. We used to see an average backing around $40, and it's currently at $72 per backer. I think this is clearly around the trend of special and deluxe editions, but it's a great indication that backer behaviour on Kickstarter is just very different from your general book-buying public. People don't come here looking for 99-cent ebooks — the lowest bargain-basement prices. Folks are really willing to pay more because they understand this is a different kind of thing. It's not exactly a purchase. It really is supporting, bringing a strange and wonderful new thing into the world that wouldn't exist before. People are also much more forgiving about timelines. If you buy something from most online booksellers, you're expecting to have it in your hands within a couple of days. People wait months and sometimes years to get their Kickstarter rewards, and they don't mind if the creator is clear and transparent. You're also doing the work of demystifying the publishing process. Why does it take so long? Where are books printed? How long does it take them to ship via freight over the ocean? What do all these things really look like? So it's really interesting just figuring out what your backers want and will bear versus the general book-buying public out in the world. Kickstarter is not just for “desperate” authors anymore Oriana: People used to think Kickstarter was just for desperate folks who couldn't get a book deal through the traditional systems. The change has been so dramatic — people now understand that Kickstarter can be transformative for an author's career, and that it can work for traditional publishing, indie publishing, hybrid publishing, all kinds of authors. Kickstarter is really about collapsing the boundaries between a writer and their readers, a publisher and their fan base, any creative person and their audience. And there are so many benefits to doing that. You get to really thrill your backers with new and exciting rewards. You get to turn what can be a standard book release into a moment. You get to build your brand, your profile, get press, test out ambitious projects. You get to understand so much more about your audience and what they want and how you can give it to them. It's been really marvellous seeing the great success that people can have on our platform and outside of it. Why do a Kickstarter campaign? Jo: Why Kickstarter and not a usual book launch? Benefits for backers If you back a Kickstarter, you get special editions, bonus content, interesting merchandise, bundles, digital specials, print specials, early access. All of them pretty much are really cool books from creators you either already love or those you've never heard of, because you just want to see their cool stuff. I've started buying books from people I have never heard of because I think their books are really cool. Once you start supporting campaigns on Kickstarter, the algorithm will recommend campaigns for you. It's essentially a different way of shopping for great books and other products, and it's just another part of my ecosystem for how I shop. It's a form of direct sales, so you also have a closer connection with the creator. You can message them, for example, and they get it — rather than buying through an online retailer or bookstore. Benefits for creators In terms of benefits for creators, you get to know people in a more personal way through the campaign, messaging with people and connecting more than you would when selling through a retailer, when you don't know who is buying your books. As an author, you can make more money more quickly and retain a higher percentage of the royalties, rather than wait months or years to get paid and have a large percentage taken out by everyone down the chain — publishers, platforms, distributors, and retailers. Brandon Sanderson's $41 million Kickstarter was clearly the pinnacle of what can be achieved, but many authors are happy making a few thousand for their book project upfront and use campaigns multiple times during the year. Kickstarter takes 5% for their fee, although of course you have to factor in the cost of production and marketing. But even then, I make more profit on my book sales through selling ebooks and audiobooks direct, and also printing with BookVault, than I do with KDP Print or IngramSpark print on demand. Higher average order and faster payment Another way you make more money is that the average order per customer is higher with Kickstarter than sales on the usual stores. The average order on my campaign was £37.24 — that's around $45 US — which is at least four times higher than I might have made selling Pilgrimage in the usual way on the major retailers. You get paid two weeks after the campaign finishes, so the money is in your bank account much faster than if you sell on retailers. In terms of cash flow, make sure you time your campaign so you get the money before you have to pay for printing, shipping, and other significant bills. Spike income vs monthly income There are many creators who now make Kickstarter the core of their business. It's a spike income model rather than a monthly income, which most indie authors are used to. The monthly income model is fantastic — I love getting money every month — but it also has the effect of making indie authors behave as if this is a normal job: work every month, get paid every month, put out another book so you get paid in another few months' time. With the Kickstarter model, you can get a bigger chunk of money in one go, so you could potentially move to a big launch and then take more time off before ramping up to the next launch months later. And amusingly, this sounds a bit more like traditional publishing. It's just that as an indie author, when you get that amount of money, it's much bigger. So that kind of launch tempo is an attractive prospect if you think about it: if I just get this big spike of money even once a year, that's really cool. And then of course you can sell it later. What are some of the fears that might stop you? Jo: I held back from doing a Kickstarter for years — almost a decade, in fact — where I backed campaigns and resisted doing a campaign for my own books. Here are some of my fears. Prepare to face your fears Jo: This entire experience thrust me out of my comfort zone and into a new way of creating, launching, and connecting with readers. Pilgrimage is my first memoir, my first special hardback with colour photos, and my first Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign. So I had a lot to learn. The book is very personal and I bare my soul about some dark times, so that was terrifying in itself, let alone trying a new product edition and publishing platform. On the evening I clicked the launch button — and yes, you have to actually click an actual launch button — my heart was hammering out of my chest. I have not felt that nervous since probably the first time publishing on Amazon. I was afraid of failure. I was afraid of being embarrassed if my campaign didn't fund. I wrote a book on marketing — how to market a book — so I would be mortified if I had not funded. In fact, I even changed my target from £5,000 to £1,000 the night before, as I was so terrified it wouldn't fund. I was afraid of getting something terribly wrong and ending up out of pocket through issues with printing and shipping. I was afraid of letting backers down by promising something I might not be able to deliver. I was afraid I had overcommitted myself to a whole load of work I might even resent doing. I am a one-person business, and although I work with freelancers, I still do pretty much everything myself. I am a control freak — you might have noticed. So yes, there was a lot of apprehension and fear. You don't have to go huge Another fear might be the fear of failure — that you'll put up a campaign and no one will buy from you. But one answer is just to do a modest campaign. You don't have to do special hardbacks or merchandise. As Russell says: Russell: Somehow all of the teaching that we have given over the last two years has been executed in a way that makes it seem like you have to do this enormous campaign with sprayed edges and big, beautiful hardcovers and interior illustrations and vellum and all of that stuff. And I want to say first: that is absolutely not true. You don't have to do any of those things. If you look at two of the last three campaigns I've done, all I was offering was paperback books and ebooks, and then audio commentary for one of the campaigns. You can do a Kickstarter — and I often will tell people, especially if they're not an already successful author — do a campaign that is small and easy to get data on before you do something big. The direct connection is actually the point Jo: One of my resistances to this was a sort of, “Oh, I'm actually going to have to do a more higher-touch thing.” But as you say, the reframe is: oh my goodness, this is amazing, because I actually do get to connect with people. Just yesterday I sent a signed book — Pilgrimage, which I did my last Kickstarter on — and this guy was like, “I bought it for myself. Can you sign it to me, because I'm going to do the Camino in a wheelchair?” And I was just so touched. Emailing him back, I just felt, oh my goodness, I'm having a connection with this person that if they'd just bought a book on Amazon, I would not have had. So now it's almost like — it's this totally different view of my business, which is that direct-first means a much more personal way. It really is like we're in that thousand true fans moment that we first talked about 20 years ago. Were my fears realised? Jo: Just to recap, I was afraid of failure and embarrassment if I failed to fund, of getting something wrong and being out of pocket, of letting backers down, and of overcommitting myself and resenting the workload. Really, the only thing that happened was overcommitment and a lot more work than I expected. But the time I put in was also likely the reason for the campaign's success and the reason that the other things didn't happen. I had to learn a new platform and a new approach to publishing and book marketing, so it was kind of a mini degree at the same time. So yes, I will do another Kickstarter — but only for special projects that are suited to this kind of intensive campaign. Tips for campaigns In this section, Oriana shares her thoughts on rewards, and then I'll go into some more of my tips. Thinking beyond merch Oriana: The rewards are really at the heart of the Kickstarter proposition and what makes this kind of fundraising so interesting and thrilling. Basically, your process is you're inviting people on a creative journey. You're saying, “I'm going to make this cool thing. I want your support, and in exchange, you're going to get stuff, you're going to get to be part of my process.” Obviously your main reward is going to be your book, or your series, or if you're a publishing company, your season — whatever it is. That's your main tier. Then you're going to build everything else out above and below that. A lot of people think rewards means swag and merch. Which is fine, but merch can add a lot to your production costs. It's causing you to learn how to produce all kinds of things that maybe you've never done before. So that's not the only way to do it. If you're going to do some merch, I think it's nice to come up with some custom items that feel really related to the work that you're doing. If you've got a romance novel with a pivotal scene on the beach, maybe you'd make some candles that smell like the ocean. Maybe you do some kind of handkerchief that's printed with the pattern of the dress your heroine is wearing. Digital and experiential rewards Oriana: But you can really think beyond merch into digital rewards and experiential rewards. There are a lot of parts of the writing process that can be pulled out and packaged as rewards — things like notes from the field, outtakes, deleted scenes. I've had people write bloopers, as if it were a comedy movie, added new scenes or novellas, other pieces from different works that you've done. Certainly your backlist and other books you've written can all be included. We've seen people do tours of the writer's studio, things like that. Also think about what skills you have in addition to your writing. Perhaps you're excellent at marketing or social media or poetry — you can offer webinars on those sorts of things. Other kinds of ways that people can experience your creative practice. High-end and naming rewards Oriana: Then you can get into high-end, one-off, crazy rewards. One whole section of rewards I love is naming rights. We've seen all kinds — “We'll name the dragon after your dog, or after your mother-in-law. We'll name the hero after your son.” There's a LitRPG novelist named Matt Dinniman who does this really well. He writes these big-cast novels — there are dungeons, and you're in an intergalactic reality TV show with hundreds of characters. In his last campaign, for $666 he would kill you off in his next book, and for $777 he'd let you live and write a whole scene around you personally. You can also do book release parties. You can do book clubs. If you're writing children's books, you can do colouring pages or supplemental material for teachers or other educators. The sky is really the limit, and it is based on your creativity and the things that both you can make and that your audience wants. This is another opportunity — talk to them. Ask them: if I'm going to do a piece of swag, would you rather have an enamel pin or a makeup bag? If I'm going to do alternate covers, would you like the blue cover or the red cover? See what your people are interested in, and then figure out whether it's possible for you to deliver it to them. Learn about the platform from experts Jo: I've been publishing and selling books through online retailers, as well as my own store, since 2008. I know what I'm doing, but I still had a lot to learn. With Kickstarter, it's essentially a completely different ecosystem, with different rules and a different audience, so you have to learn the ropes. Even if you're super successful in other places, you might crash and burn on Kickstarter unless you understand how it works and change your approach accordingly. Start backing campaigns Jo: See how it feels to back Kickstarter campaigns and discover what draws you in as a reader and a fan of specific things. You might find projects you love outside of books — there's plenty of other projects outside of books. You can browse the publishing category to find new books, and also use the search to find things you might like. In this way, you can support fellow creators and learn how the Kickstarter site works for discoverability and marketing. Make sure you go through the Kickstarter.com resources — they have a creator pack which will give you direction on the campaign. Also, their terms of use are really important to read, as there are some assumptions you'll have because you've published on another platform that are incorrect. So do not assume you know what you're doing if this is your first campaign. Ask for feedback before launch Jo: Once you have a draft of your campaign, ask specific people to review it before it launches. You can share a preview prior to launch and get feedback on your page. This helps you refine your story and the rewards, answer any questions before the campaign goes live, and it can also help pique the interest of your audience. I asked specific people who had done Kickstarter campaigns for help at different stages of the process, and this was really useful too. Review common mistakes from other campaigns Jo: If you examine how others made mistakes, you can learn from them. The most common seem to be: Not finishing the book before the campaign Getting the financials wrong for production, shipping, and any other rewards. I know some authors who have ended up breaking even, or sometimes even out of pocket from campaigns. Don't do that. Not making the most of the story sales page and not including everything necessary, so backers don't understand and don't want to support the campaign — essentially, not being clear enough Setting unrealistic goals, like expecting to make six figures on a first campaign Not allowing enough time for everything Not seeking feedback from people who have done it before Not marketing the campaign enough Overpromising and under-delivering Poor communication with backers about the status of rewards Set aside more time than you think you need Jo: The campaign ended up being far more significant than I expected in terms of workload and time to complete. Everyone told me that beforehand, but it was still a surprise. It took time to prepare the multiple editions for the rewards. I usually produce an ebook, paperback, and a large print edition, and I narrate my own nonfiction audiobooks. But for this Kickstarter, I also wanted to do this special hardback with colour photos, a flyleaf cover and silver foil. I wanted to create a special print product I could be proud of. I'm proud of all my books in terms of the content, but the usual paperback print-on-demand books are more about the content than the true beauty of the product. For Pilgrimage: A Book of My Heart, I wanted a special edition, so I worked with Jane on the design, going through my photos from the various pilgrimages to find those that resonated with the content — for example, the cadaver tomb at Canterbury, and my Compostela from the Camino de Santiago. Once we finished, I had that proof copy rushed so we could turn around everything. And I love, love, love the hardback. It has a silken-finish cover and it feels lovely and weighty. The pictures came out well, as the paper is of a higher quality and weight to allow for colour printing. Overall, I am incredibly proud of the finished product. I even sent a copy to my mother-in-law, which I have never done before. And yes, she thinks it's good. I definitely should have allowed more time, as I spent most of the Christmas and New Year period working on the book, recording and editing the audiobook, and preparing for the campaign. I also didn't have time to prepare, record, edit, and produce the Writing Setting and Sense of Place course until after the campaign, and it was really hard to find the energy to do this afterwards. Building the campaign page Jo: It took time to build the Kickstarter campaign page, create the video, and incorporate feedback. Most authors don't write sales pages anymore. Sure, we write a sales description for the book page on the retailers, but we don't often do a whole page for multiple editions. On Kickstarter, you are basically writing a sales page for your campaign, which they call a “story.” Some of your existing audience might just click through and back the campaign without reading it, but most backers will check out the details to find answers to any questions they have. It is a very long page, and you also need a video — or you don't need one, but it's highly recommended. It's best to record the video at the last stage when everything else is done. You can still see my Kickstarter video on my campaign page, so I won't go through everything in detail. But the key aspects are: Who the campaign is aimed at Why the campaign is important to me and the book What products are available Pictures of everything — the page should be really visual — and I included the images in the video as well Sample chapters and sample audio Specifications, with weight, pages, listening time, table of contents About me, the author Stretch goals Add-ons Any questions, risks, and challenges So it's pretty long. Then the reward levels have to be set up carefully for each pledge level with shipping costs, and specific details about what's included. Eventually, I felt like my page had way too much information, but since I didn't really get many backer questions, I guess it did what it was supposed to do. I rewrote and edited that page so many times — adding and changing the order of things, responding to feedback, switching things around. But hopefully I can use that as a template for other campaigns. Marketing takes time too Jo: It took time to prepare the marketing for the campaign. I'm pretty low-key for most launches these days — I publish a book, send a few emails to my lists, announce it on the podcast, do a little social media, update my websites, and move on to the next book. So this was probably my biggest effort in terms of a launch since my first novel back in 2011. I only had a two-week campaign, so I needed to make the most of that window. I'm going to detail the marketing in a separate section, but it took a lot of time to prepare the various things and execute them, as well as keep the energy up for promotion during the campaign. Two weeks was definitely the longest I would want to do — I was really over it by the end. Delivering stretch rewards Jo: It took more time to create and deliver the extra stretch rewards I promised. Since I had pretty low expectations of funding, I set my first stretch goal at £10,000 for “Lessons Learned from Writing a Travel Memoir.” When I promised it, I thought it might be a few pages of tips, and I didn't even think we would get there. But I'm incapable of delivering something that is half done. So when we did hit £10,000, I wrote essentially a short book on the topic, which I then formatted as an ebook and recorded as an audiobook. I'm actually going to turn that into a proper book at some point, so the content will get reused. But that definitely took more time than I expected, because I hadn't prepared it in advance. The backer spreadsheet and fulfilment Jo: It took time to figure out the backer spreadsheet and check all the fulfilment details. Once you finish your campaign, you send out surveys for mailing addresses and to fulfil rewards. I also needed to turn the backer report into a printing order for BookVault, and that was nerve-wracking. The spreadsheets were different formats, and then we spot-checked the orders to make sure people got the right books based on their orders. I was petrified that some people might get the wrong book, and I checked and checked and checked — both on the spreadsheet, and then once the orders were loaded, I checked BookVault as well. I was worried I'd have to resend the right book, which would end up with me out of pocket because they'd have to do double printing and shipping. But thankfully, all the checking made everything good, and I haven't heard from anyone who got the wrong book. Following up with backers Jo: It took time to follow up on failed payments and address issues. Most backers were easy to deal with — they received the updates and Kickstarter emails, they filled in the surveys, and I didn't have any problems. But there were problems with about 5% of backers, most of which were not their fault. There were failed payments when banks thought Kickstarter might be fraud. There were missed emails because of issues with deliverability, so backers didn't receive the rewards, or they didn't fill in the survey and return their address, which meant I couldn't do the order with BookVault — I had to do it later or manually. I had to follow up with every single one of these, some of them multiple times, and I slowly reduced my list of outstanding backers. A tip: If you back a Kickstarter campaign, please log on to Kickstarter a few weeks after the campaign has finished and check for updates. It's possible that you're not receiving the emails from Kickstarter, and the creator may need details from you in order to fulfil your pledge. Tax implications Jo: It took time to figure out the tax implications. This is not legal or financial advice, and your taxes will vary by jurisdiction. Please ask your accountant how you need to treat Kickstarter or any other book-related income. Wherever you are in the world, you will need to pay tax on the income, because we all have income tax, but the complicating factor is whether you also need to consider sales tax. And this definitely differs by jurisdiction. I went to my accountant, who said we should handle it as per any other book sales. I followed my accountant's advice, which treats backers the same way as my customers who buy on Shopify. Ask a professional in your jurisdiction about taxes and finances, even if you are in the UK. I cannot answer any questions. I'm not an accountant. Closing the loop Jo: I haven't had much time to do anything else, as I felt like I couldn't start anything new until everything in the campaign was finished. As soon as the campaign window closed, I felt like I had an open loop in my brain. I desperately wanted to close it in order to say the project was done. I have now delivered all the book and course rewards, and these lessons learned are really the last part of it. I've talked before about the different kinds of energy you need as an author — starting energy, pushing-through energy, and finishing energy. Once the campaign was funded, my finishing energy kicked in and I was driven to get everything finished as soon as possible. I sent the digital rewards out within a few days of the campaign closing, and also shipped the unsigned books, ordered the print books, then went and signed them, and then recorded the course. It has been my primary focus for the last few months, and I haven't been able to do much else except the podcast, which is my weekly commitment to you. Once again, I should have blocked out the time. Bonus tip: Don't plan an international speaking and book research trip during the campaign. International shipping and fulfilment Jo: Be careful with international shipping and fulfilment of signed books or products. Shipping costs can sink your campaign if you get them wrong, so be very careful with this area. I have sold books in 175 countries, and this podcast has a listenership in 228 countries, so I really wanted to have a completely international campaign. I wanted to ship Pilgrimage in any format to any country. Originally I thought I would just charge a bit extra for the book and include shipping. But once I set the book editions up at BookVault and I had the weight and dimensions sorted, I started checking the shipping costs to different countries. For example, we lived in New Zealand for seven years — my husband is a New Zealander, so we go back — so I definitely had to sell in New Zealand. And of course the shipping to New Zealand is very, very different to the US, for example. It is crazy how much shipping costs vary. I discovered I couldn't just assume it would all wash out and I'd end up making a profit somehow. I had to be a lot more careful with the calculations. So I focused on my biggest markets, which in terms of my book sales are the US, UK, European Union, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. I added a note on the campaign to say I would add any other country for print shipping if people contacted me. As it turned out, no one asked for any other countries, so that was the best way to go in the end. If you're in a country where the shipping is outrageous — if you're willing to pay for the shipping, then that's absolutely fine. It's just that for the campaign, I had to focus. When the unexpected happens Jo: Of course, you can try to prepare for everything and then something unexpected and out of your control happens. A big spanner in the works for my campaign was the Russian hack, which took down the UK Royal Mail just before my launch. If you're not in the UK, you wouldn't have heard about this, because in some ways it's a very small issue — but it basically took down Royal Mail and a lot of shipping went into flux. It specifically hit the international side, and other shipping firms ramped up to take the slack. But it made planning for the launch difficult, as the prices were shifting and I didn't know how delivery was going to work. Even for posting in the UK it was hard, because the mail offices were getting backed up. Once again, I'm grateful for BookVault's adaptability, because I could check different addresses and shipping prices even as things changed, and they added new providers for shipping. About 95% of my shipping ended up being within an acceptable range of what I charged. So do your research, weigh and measure your items so you can get exact quotes for each. Check what kind of packaging you need. If you're doing your own shipping, you have to actually type in the shipping costs per reward and per country — it's a lot of manual setup to get it right. But this is critical, so check and double-check — and in fact, I triple- and quadruple-checked, then went to sleep, and then the next day checked again. Having spent 13 years as an IT consultant prior to this career as an author, I will always remember and have learned from the fact that something just might not be working, and then literally if you just go away, go to bed, come back the next day, it'll probably just be working. Sometimes it actually works. So yes, I did that, and every time I checked, pretty much I found something I'd typed in that didn't quite match, because you also have to retype — if you include all the books in the add-ons, you have to type it again. I didn't stop checking until the day before the launch, and then it was right. I was happy, and everything seemed to be fine. Shipping is always a moving target Jo: Revisiting this section made me laugh, because as I record this, in the week before I launch Bones of the Deep, international shipping is disrupted again — by the war in Iran, and the Strait of Hormuz being closed, which is affecting fuel prices. This underscores yet again how important it is to check your shipping. Of course, you can add shipping on later — Kickstarter allows this, as does BackerKit and other services. But as a backer, a customer of people on the platform, I hate being asked to pay shipping later. And since I hate that myself, I don't want other people to feel the same way. So just add a little buffer in, as asking people to pay an extra dollar in their pledge is not that big a deal, but you being out of pocket for every book shipped may well be. Sacha Black on pre-launch and fulfilment In an interview I did with Sacha Black, who writes as Ruby Roe, in December 2025, we talked about her issues with fulfilment. Sacha does a lot of complex printing, shipping, and custom book boxes and more. Her last campaign made over six figures, but of course it had its challenges. Here's Sacha with some of her tips, and then Oriana to close out this section with some other mistakes. Sacha: The first thing is — even before you start your Kickstarter — the pre-launch followers are critical. A lot of people think, “Well…” I guess there's a lot of loud noise about all these big numbers about how much people can make on Kickstarter, but actually a lot of it is driven by you, the author, pushing your audience to Kickstarter. You need more pre-launch followers than you think you do. Lots of people don't put enough impetus on the marketing beforehand. Almost all of our Kickstarter marketing is beforehand, because we drive so many people to that follow button. The other thing we do is early-bird pricing. We get the majority of our income on a campaign on day one. I think it was something wild, like 80% this time was on day one, so that's really important. Fulfilment takes longer than you think Sacha: The second thing is, it takes so, so very much longer than you think it does to fulfil a campaign, and you must factor in that cost. Because if it's not you fulfilling, you're paying somebody else to fulfil it. And if it is you fulfilling it, you must account for your own time in the pricing of your campaign. The other thing is that the amount of time it takes to fulfil is directly proportionate to the size of the campaign. So you do have to think about that. The other lesson we have learned is that overseas printing will drag your timelines out far longer than you think. So whatever you think it's going to take you to fulfil — add several months more onto that, and put that information in your campaign. Reinvesting profit and exclusive rewards Sacha: The last thing — if you have some profit in the Kickstarter, because not all Kickstarters are actually massively profitable. They either don't account enough for shipping, or they don't account enough in the pricing. Thankfully, ours have been profitable, but we've actually reinvested that profit back into buying more stock and more merchandise, which not everybody would want to do if they don't have a warehouse. However, we do have one. We are stockpiling merchandise and books so that we can do mystery boxes later on down the line. It's probably a year away, but we are buying extra of everything so that we have that in the warehouse. So it depends on what you want to do with your profit. For us, it was all about buying more books, basically. The other thing to think about is: what is it that you're doing that's exclusive to Kickstarter? Because you will get backers on Kickstarter who want that quirky, unique thing that they're not going to be able to get anywhere else. But what about you? You've done more Kickstarters than me — what do you think is the biggest lesson you've learned? Tiers, bundles, and AI for planning rewards Jo: Well, I think all of mine together add up to the one you just did. Although I will comment — you said something like £75 per pre-launch backer. That is obviously dependent on your tiers for the rewards, so most authors won't have that amount. My average order value, which I know is slightly different, but I don't offer things like book boxes as you have — so a lot of it will depend on the tiers. Some people will do a Kickstarter just with an ebook — just with one ebook and maybe a bundle of ebooks — so you're never going to make it up to that kind of value. So this is important too: have a look at what people offer on their different levels of Kickstarter. In fact, here's my AI tip for the day. What you can do — what I did with my Buried and the Drowned campaign recently — is, you know, I'm happy uploading my book. I uploaded it to ChatGPT and said, “Tell me, what are some ideas for the different reward tiers that I can do on Kickstarter?” And it will give you some ideas for what you can do, what kind of bundles you might want to do. So bundling your backlist is another thing you can do — as upsells, or you can just do it like I did for Blood Vintage, where I did a horror bundle of four standalone horror books in one of the upper tiers. Bundling is a good way to do it, and also upselling your backlist is a really good way to up things. And also, if you do it digitally — for ebooks and audiobooks — there's a lot less time in fulfilment. Oriana on the biggest mistakes Jo: What are some of the top mistakes you see that mean the campaign doesn't fund, or there are other issues? Oriana: Totally. I mean, the biggest mistake I think authors make — or any creator — is overestimating their ability to reach their crowd. Making sure that your ambition matches your reach is the number one most important thing to come close to guaranteeing that you will be successful. If you're an emerging writer and you're still building your audience and you don't have that many followers or subscribers out in the world, you should not try to fund a multi-volume leather-bound omnibus. Do a real honest assessment of who's in your crowd, how to find them, what percentage of them are likely to support what you're doing, and then find a project that feels realistic based on those numbers. That's really the biggest thing, conceptually. Building a strong project page Oriana: As far as tips for a project page — again, back campaigns and look at what other people are doing. A project page can be either as simple or as complicated as you want to make it. You definitely want to talk about the book: what is in it, what you're writing. Do a trope card if you want — we're seeing those all over the site. Say what kind of book it is, and the specs: page count, trim size, cover design. Obviously if you're doing a special edition, exactly what sorts of bells and whistles, with a prototype if you can. But you can be really expansive from there. What are your inspirations? Who are your collaborators? What brought you to this work? What are some of the things that make you excited about your writing practice, your timeline, your budget? What made you choose these rewards and how you're going to produce them? All those sorts of things will make backers feel both more trusting that you will do the things you're promising, and just more excited to be part of your journey. Marketing your Kickstarter campaign Let's talk about marketing. First, a snippet from Oriana, and then I'll share specifics around marketing tips — many of which are useful if you're launching in any other way. Kickstarter's algorithm rewards attention Oriana: Being on Kickstarter will help you grow your audience, but it's definitely not everything. You really do need to bring your people first. Our algorithm works on attention, so any project that's getting clicks, getting backings, getting comments — our algorithm says, “Oh, people want to look at this. We will expose it to more and more people.” That means raising it up in search results, slotting it into various of the macros and carousels around the site. Our recommendation engine powers recommended projects on the top of campaigns and at the bottom of emails. We are doing a lot to make sure that projects are being surfaced to folks who want to see them. Talk about the book while you're writing it Jo: Talk and share about the book while you're writing it, even though you might not know what it will turn into. I always share my book research and projects in progress, so this was nothing new. But Pilgrimage was years in the making, so I had years of sharing aspects of it. I've shared pictures from every pilgrimage walk on Instagram at @jfpennauthor and Facebook at J.F. Penn Author, and sometimes Facebook The Creative Penn. I've talked on this podcast about each walk, and I've done solo episodes and blog posts about each on my Books and Travel podcast and blog. I also did a poll and shared my book cover design process, and then I did an article on why I ignored target-reader feedback in the end. All this meant that many in my community — including you listening — became aware of my solo walking and also my ecclesiastical interest, my architecture interest, and you enjoyed my photos along the way if you follow me on social media. So when I announced the launch, it was the culmination of years of build-up. Use the pre-launch page early Jo: Set up the Kickstarter pre-launch page as early as possible, and keep promoting it. You can launch a pre-launch page once Kickstarter has approved your project, and you don't have to have finished everything to make it available — just complete the personal and business setup, and fill in enough detail so they can verify your identity and judge the campaign to be real and within the guidelines, and not a scam or spam campaign. I started to promote my pre-launch page, and by the time we went live, I had people signed up on launch. Those people get an email from Kickstarter. Those people were responsible for my campaign funding within the first few minutes, and then taking it to 5x the target within the first 24 hours. Then I started to email my lists, and all of this type of thing. But it was those pre-launch signups that really kick-started — see what I did there? — the whole thing. The benefit of using Kickstarter for multiple projects is that previous backers are notified of your new project. This compounds the effect over time, and is why those who use Kickstarter successfully do multiple campaigns. Kickstarter SEO and on-platform marketing Jo: Kickstarter has its own ecosystem. There's a discovery algorithm that can help you find projects you might like as a backer, and there are different ways to search, but only certain aspects appear in the search. So your title, subtitle, and your header image need to be optimised so people can find you. Your story sales page needs to be clear, with a compelling pitch. People also have to want your rewards, so marketing has to be baked into the products you're offering and who you're trying to attract. Your video doesn't need to be a professional-level product, but it does need to connect with potential backers, so take the time to make a good one. If you've never made a video before, you will need time to upskill. Kickstarter also has social media. Use #KickstarterReads and tag @KickstarterReads. If your project funds quickly and has a good trajectory, you might get picked for the “Projects We Love” badge, which also gives you better discoverability. I got that pretty fast. You can also tag Kickstarter on social media and inform them of your campaign. Content marketing Jo: Content marketing is offering something useful or interesting or inspiring or funny or entertaining for free, in order to attract your target market so they buy your book. This might be an article or blog post, video, audio, podcast, social media, whatever. For fiction, it's usually a free book or a short story or other free examples of your writing that draw people in. Content marketing is my favourite form of marketing, as it is about attraction, not interruption. It also involves creating something in the world that lasts over time, as opposed to an ephemeral spike ad or a social media post that quickly disappears. Each has its place, of course, and I use them all. This podcast is content marketing, although it now also provides direct revenue in the form of corporate advertising and Patreon support. Thank you, patrons and advertisers — and I consider this to be part of my creative body of work. My Books and Travel podcast is also content marketing. Guest appearances for the launch Jo: For this launch, I did content marketing on my own sites and shows, as well as other people's, which I arranged and recorded in advance. I've also mentioned the campaign in the introduction to every one of these shows leading up to the launch and during the launch. I was on some podcasts: Sacred Steps with Kevin Donahue, Wish I'd Known Then… For Writers with Sara Rosett and Jami Albright, Travel Writing World with Jeremy Bassetti, and Into the Woods with Holly Worton. I also did several of my own. I did one on this feed. I did another on the Books and Travel feed. I also included two chapters from the audiobook on the Books and Travel podcast. All of these took time to prepare and produce, but each is a chance for another person to hear about the book. Plus, they're evergreen, and Pilgrimage is available for everyone to buy now, so I can point people at Pilgrimage on other stores. Use a redirection URL Jo: For all my marketing, I used JFPenn.com/pilgrimage, which I can redirect using the Pretty Links plugin on WordPress and point to wherever I want it to go. Before the launch, it went to the pre-launch page; then the campaign itself; and now it goes to the book page. Once I build a special landing page, it will go there. Depending on where you're listening will depend on where it goes, but that's JFPenn.com/pilgrimage. The URL needs to be easy to say out loud for use in podcast interviews and audio-first media. Email your list multiple times Jo: Some things change in book marketing — like the emergence of new platforms like TikTok — but one thing has stayed the same for decades: if you have an email list, you can always sell books. Your email list consists of people who have opted in to hear from you, so you can email them about normal launches as well as your Kickstarter campaign. I have two email lists: one for The Creative Penn around writing, and the other around J.F. Penn for my fiction. I emailed both lists multiple times at different times in the campaign. I use ConvertKit for my email, but there are other options for authors. Use referral links for tracking Jo: Use specific referral links for different aspects of the campaign for tracking returns. Kickstarter allows you to create different tracking links so you can link revenue to specific marketing events. For example, I used one link for my Creative Penn email list, another for my J.F. Penn email list, and yet another for my Facebook advertising. You can also add the Meta pixel and Google Analytics code to the campaign, which can also help with figuring out advertising. And if you don't know what those are, don't worry — you don't have to use them. Book images and social media Jo: I initially mocked up the book using cover images on MockupShots.com, and then resized them in Canva in order to create social media images. I later did a book photo shoot with the hardback in different places to give me more marketing assets to play with — all of which I will use over time as part of ongoing marketing. I prepared and scheduled social media posts to go out every day, and I did that in advance, primarily for Twitter at @thecreativepenn, my Instagram and Facebook at J.F. Penn Author, and also Facebook at The Creative Penn. It was a lot of work, but I really enjoyed it — weirdly — and I need to do more of this for my other books, especially as with Shopify, Facebook, and Instagram link directly into my store, so I can tag books. These days social commerce is a lot smoother through mobile, so someone can see an image on social, click through, and buy immediately. I also did some quotes from the book — so I did pictures, I also did quotes — and I blatantly used our cute British Shorthair cats, Cashew and Ramen, for marketing reasons. I use Buffer to schedule my social media, but there are other tools. I also asked some friends who are travel influencers to share the book, and I sent them the hardback in advance so they could review if they liked. Thanks to Sarah Baxter and Alastair Humphreys for sharing the book, and especially a big thank you to Anna McNuff, who gave birth to twins that week and still managed to share about Pilgrimage. Backer engagement and stretch goals Jo: Let's be clear — it was not natural for me to push a book every day for two weeks. I also felt awkward about engaging with backers multiple times, let alone the wider community who I was sure was sick of my book, but I did it anyway, as it was only a short campaign of two weeks. I sent four updates during the campaign to backers, some of which are visible to the public on my Kickstarter, and then I sent updates afterwards with delivery of the rewards. Although I did resist the stretch goals, as I mentioned earlier, I went with “Notes on Writing a Travel Memoir” and the backer live Q&A. I did scramble to decide on and deliver those, as I really didn't think I would need them — which is crazy. I had such low expectations of what I might achieve. But next time I would definitely plan stretch goals in advance and in more detail. Facebook advertising Jo: I did some Facebook ads for the campaign — although I should call them Meta ads, because they're also on Instagram. I primarily aimed them at my email lists and people who follow my pages, but also some wider reach using lookalike lists and walking interests. I used a tracking link, so I know that the revenue that came in through people backing it more than paid for the ads. So I would do more of this next time. Marketing things I didn't do Jo: I didn't try to get any press or traditional media attention, mainly because I would have had to approach outlets much earlier in the process. I didn't have the hardback finished until a few weeks before the campaign, rather than a few months before, which is when pitching for press is a better idea. I also didn't collaborate with other creators on Kickstarter, even though I knew other authors doing campaigns at the same time. A couple of people asked me about cross-promotion, but their campaigns were not at all related to Pilgrimage. As with all book marketing, there is only a point to cross-promotion if you target the same readers. I had intended to do some Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube Live videos, but I struggle with live videos in general — and especially when I'm tired — so I didn't go ahead with those. I might consider more of those next time. Do a survey for everyone Jo: My tip is — do a survey for everyone. As part of a campaign I previously backed, I noticed that I didn't actually need to do a survey for the digital backers, because they could just get the rewards if I emailed through Kickstarter. And sure enough, you can just email the BookFunnel links, the course discount code, etc., through the campaign. But this was a mistake. I should have done a survey for everyone. If you do a survey, you can get the real email, as some people use a cloaked email. You can also include a checkbox asking people if they want to sign up for your email list. Respecting backer data Jo: So while you do get the email addresses of everyone who backs your campaign in your backer report, you cannot just upload them to your email provider and start emailing them about your other books. Kickstarter's terms of use include the following: When you use Kickstarter, and especially if you create a successful project, you may receive information about other users, including things like their names, email addresses, and postal addresses. This information is provided for the purpose of participating in a Kickstarter project. Don't use it for other purposes and don't abuse it. This is about data protection and privacy laws. Basically, Kickstarter is the platform in this instance, and people have signed up to receive emails from Kickstarter, but not from you. All emails about the campaign go through Kickstarter, and you don't have permission to just upload that list to your own email system and start sending more emails. They have not specifically said they want that, unless they have in a survey with opt-in — which I didn't do. Of course, there are indirect ways to attract people to sign up for your list. My book Pilgrimage includes ways to hear from me further, so some backers will go on and sign up for my free thriller ebook at JFPenn.com/free, or my Author Blueprint at TheCreativePenn.com/blueprint. You can also do updates later, for example when you have a new campaign, and in this way Kickstarter acts as a different ecosystem for email. Should you consider a Kickstarter campaign for your book? Jo: To be honest — only if you consider this to be a career you want to invest in, and a platform you want to do more than one campaign with. If you just have one book or a couple of books, or you're just starting out, or you don't want to do marketing and connect with readers, then definitely don't do a Kickstarter. It is not some magic button that will make you money — like uploading to Amazon is not a magic button that will make you money. It takes time and effort to have a successful campaign. But if you do want to build a long-term author business, then selling direct should have some part to play, and Kickstarter is a great way to make more money per book and connect with readers. It's really only the beginning of the trend of authors selling direct, so don't worry — you can learn how to do this over time. Update for Bones of the Deep, my 7th campaign in April 2026 Jo: It was interesting to revisit my lessons learned and other people's tips, and really, there are only a few things that have changed. I love doing Kickstarter campaigns now Firstly, I absolutely love doing Kickstarter campaigns. I am not nervous at all anymore, and I am just so thrilled to produce gorgeous hardback editions of my books this way. I love delivering beautiful books and new stories or nonfiction to my readers. I love doing the discovery writing webinars and the coaching, and just in general, I appreciate the opportunity to publish this way. I feel like a “real author” — with beautiful hardbacks, doing a signing, getting photos and emails from readers who receive the books. Custom printing keeps expanding In terms of other changes, over the last few years since Pilgrimage, BookVault has expanded their custom printing, so now I have custom endpapers, sprayed edges, different kinds of foil, as well as the silken paper and the ribbon and photos inside. These gorgeous editions are my personal creative reason to keep doing campaigns. I love saying “I made this!” And over time, I would love to get all my backlist into special editions. A repeatable process I'm still doing similar kinds of rewards — the book in all editions — and it's all finished so it's lower stress. Even the audiobook narration is done, so I can fulfil immediately. There's just the live discovery writing webinar to do, and stretch goal Q&A and consulting sessions. I'm also doing bundles, and all my backlist gets bundled in the add-ons, so I have a repeatable process, which makes things easier. Using AI in production I'm using more AI, specifically in the images and video. I love making book images with ChatGPT and Gemini's Nano Banana, and story images with Midjourney, and I use ElevenLabs with my voice clone for audiobooks. I fill in all the details in the AI section of the Kickstarter page, so you can go have a look at that and model it as you like. Spike income, realistic expectations I still like the spike income — but to be clear, my campaigns have varied in terms of financial success, as would be expected given they are all so different. My highest was Writing the Shadow at over £36,000 ($48,000), and my lowest was The Buried and the Drowned, a short story collection, at just under £8,000 ($10,700) — not a surprise at how different they are, given the audiences. Together my campaigns have now made £105,868 (just over $140,000), which I am very happy with. And of course, that's just the beginning, as then I put the books on my stores — JFPennBooks.com and CreativePennBooks.com — and on the usual platforms. A sustainable launch rhythm I still like the project approach — the short-term campaign focus — as I am good at sustaining marketing energy for a short period, and then I can drop off again. As I discussed with Sara Rosett last week as well, it feels sustainable for my career, unlike constant social media or ads. Lower-key marketing this time around I'm putting a lot less energy into marketing in general, relying on pre-launch signups over months of build-up as I talk about my writing process on the podcast, then emailing my lists, announcing it here, and scheduling some social media. It's pretty low-key these days, and that is a happy thing. However, for this campaign, I am planning to run some Meta ads direct to the campaign page, since I have Claude Code/Cowork to help me set them up and run them and crunch the data — and that takes the strain off considerably. More campaigns to come I will definitely be doing more Kickstarter campaigns, most likely a nonfiction one next. I am so glad I was able to get over my fears and do that first one, and I hope that encourages you to consider what might be possible for you and your book. So, if you'd like to check out my campaign for Bones of the Deep — even if you don't want the book, you can always model the sales page, or check out the book trailer — it's at JFPenn.com/bones. That link will go to the Kickstarter campaign from 20 April until early May 2026, and will then redirect. The post Kickstarter Tips for Authors: Rewards, Shipping, Marketing, and Lessons Learned first appeared on The Creative Penn.