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4 episodes with Dick Francis
2 episodes with Dick Francis
2 episodes with Dick Francis
2 episodes with Dick Francis
2 episodes with Dick Francis
2 episodes with Dick Francis
2 episodes with Dick Francis
2 episodes with Dick Francis
4 episodes with Dick Francis
#BettingPeople: Million-selling author Felix Francis started his writing career with a physics paper in 1986 while following his first career in academia. He is the son of best-selling author and ex-jockey Dick Francis ultimately helping with and eventually continuing the family ‘Dick Francis' series of books, however, not before learning to fly a plane, becoming a sharp-shooter, teacher and successful businessman in his own right. Felix talked to Simon Nott as his latest book ‘Syndicate' was launched.
Schulden, Beinbruch, ein Selbstmord: Hier stecken verdächtig viele gute Jockeys in der Krise. Als Ersatzmann bekommt Robert Finn unerwartet seine große Chance. Alles läuft glänzend, bis auch für ihn eine Pechsträhne beginnt. Von Dick Francis Mit Marc Hosemann, Sascha Maria Icks, Hans-Peter Hallwachs, Sylvester Groth u.a. Komposition: Pierre Oser Regie: Walter Adler SWF/MDR 2000 Podcast-Tipp: Das war Morgen - Science-Fiction-Hörspiele aus den 1960er bis 1990er Jahren https://1.ard.de/daswarmorgen Von Dick Francis.
BRITPOD goes Cotswolds! Diese außergewöhnlich schöne Region im Südwesten Englands wird nicht ohne Grund das "Herz Englands" genannt: Wohlhabende Londoner haben hier ihren Zweitwohnsitz. Die Cotswold Hills mit ihren romantischen Villages und Häusern aus honigfarbenen Steinen wurde als "Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty" klassifiziert. Unsere Abenteurer Claus Beling und Alexander-Klaus Stecher entdecken eine Region mit einzigartiger Kultur, Natur und Geschichte. Erster Stop für Tea & Scones: Das wunderschöne Boutique-Hotel "No.38 The Park" in der Ortschaft Cheltenham. Weiter geht es mit dem Mietwagen (Tipp: Automatik-Getriebe buchen, mit links zu schalten ist sonst ziemlich schwierig) zum berühmten Cheltenham Racecourse: Seit 1815 werden auf dem riesigen Gelände des "Nottingham Hill" Pferderennen veranstaltet. Auch der legendäre Jockey Dick Francis begeisterte hier das Publikum und hatte das Privileg, auf den königlichen Pferden von Queen Mum ins Rennen zu gehen. Nach einem Reitunfall konnte er den Sport nicht mehr ausführen und sattelte um zum Autor: Bereits sein erstes Buch wurde ein Weltbestseller. Alexander und Claus ziehen weiter in die Altstadt von Cheltenham und entdecken ein weiteres Highlight: "The Promenade and Long Gardens" - unter hohen Ulmen und Kastanienbäumen laden kleine Geschäfte, Book Stores, Cafés und Restaurants zum Flanieren ein. -- WhatsApp: Du kannst Alexander und Claus direkt auf ihre Handys Nachrichten schicken! Welche Ecke Englands sollten die beiden mal besuchen? Zu welchen Themen wünschst Du Dir mehr Folgen? Warst Du schon mal in Great Britain und magst ein paar Fotos mit Claus und Alexander teilen? Probiere es gleich aus: +49 8152 989770 - einfach diese Nummer einspeichern und schon kannst Du BRITPOD per WhatsApp erreichen. -- Ein ALL EARS ON YOU Original Podcast.
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1001, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Fits U To A T. With U" To A "T in quotation marks 1: If you've wrecked someone's careful planning, you've done this to the applecart. upset. 2: The condition of an apple pie fresh out of the oven, it's also how I like my movies. uncut. 3: Apple pie is often rich, so it makes sense that this part of the pie is a synonym for "rich". the upper crust. 4: Saying that Dutch apple pie is just good is one of these, because it's the best dessert on Earth. an understatement. 5: If a bakery spends $12 producing 6 apple tarts, this cost is $2. a unit. Round 2. Category: This Website Uses Cookies 1: "Wonderfilled" is a section of this sandwich cookie's website. Oreo. 2: snackworks.com has a recipe for fluffy banana pudding parfaits, which use 40 of this wafer brand. Nilla wafers. 3: Debra's Special Tin is part of the signature collection on the website of this cookie brand. Mrs. Fields. 4: The website of this Scottish brand says Scottish thistles adorn its shortbread rounds, packaged in a red tartan box. Walkers Shortbread. 5: "Homemade recipe, homemade taste", says this chocolate chip brand with a name that rhymes. Famous Amos. Round 3. Category: How Can We Miss You If You Never Leave? 1: Pines, firs and spruces stay a certain color all year, as they are this type of tree. an evergreen. 2: This colonial observed, "Fish and visitors stink after three days". Benjamin Franklin. 3: This catastrophe that killed millions had recurrences in 1361, 1369, 1374, 1390 and 1400. the plague. 4: This element's isotope 235 has a half-life of about 700 million years. uranium. 5: Though this world leader left his country on Jan. 16, 1979, he did not abdicate; Sadat would later grant him asylum. the Shah of Iran. Round 4. Category: Readers 1: Cormac McCarthy's "All the Pretty Horses" is read by this hunky "Legends of the Fall" star. Brad Pitt. 2: In "Still Me" he tells of his Memorial Day 1995 riding accident and the struggles since. Christopher Reeve. 3: Edward Herrmann, known for playing this president on TV, reads "No Ordinary Time", a book about him. FDR (Franklin D. Roosevelt). 4: Hollywood is all ears for "The Kid Stays in the Picture" by this producer and ex-husband of Ali MacGraw. Robert Evans. 5: "Second Wind" has this mystery author jockeying for position in front of the microphone. Dick Francis. Round 5. Category: Word Rhymes 1: A gathering of bison. a herd. 2: Postponed until a later date. deferred. 3: Just seeing the mountain variety of this creature brings me happiness. a bluebird. 4: Likely speech pattern for one extremely inebriated. slurred. 5: One from the Taurus Mountains of the Middle East. a Kurd. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia! Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/
Aisha and Abdul Karim speak to Felix Francis who is Dick Francis' younger son, and like his father is also a crime writer. We speak to Francis about carrying the legacy of his father's work and the recently published novel 'No Reserve.'
Muž, který prožil dětství ve stájích a koně se stali jeho vášní, se narodil 31. října 1920 ve Walesu. Byl považován za zázračné dítě. Už ve svých osmi letech dokázal zkrotit jakéhokoli poníka. Stal se úspěšným žokejem, vyhrál 350 překážkových dostihů a jezdil pro stáje anglické královny. Po ukončení jezdecké kariéry se vypracoval na populárního spisovatele detektivních románů z dostihového prostředí.Všechny díly podcastu Příběhy z kalendáře můžete pohodlně poslouchat v mobilní aplikaci mujRozhlas pro Android a iOS nebo na webu mujRozhlas.cz.
DRIVING FORCE by Dick Francis / THE BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES by Tom Wolfe And we're off! This week, Toby reviews DRIVING FORCE by Dick Francis, a certified dad book set in the glamorous world of horse transport. Then Bailey finally discovers what THE BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES is about (fire is surpisingly not involved) and finally gets what everyone likes about Tom Wolfe. Plus, we break Andrew down with the power of film trivia. Neigh!
A mixed tape of an episode that takes in The Saints and New Order at the Seaview Ballroom in 1982 Melbourne, writes a song about a closed cemetery in rainy Paris in 1989, nicks a guitar pick from the INXS stage, and reads a lot of Dick Francis.After the last two interview episodes with special guests, this episode of Bad Diaries Podcast brings Jenny and Tracy back together, to read from our own diaries, on the theme of NOTES.We set the same theme for a Bad Diaries Salon in Melbourne in May this year – our first Melbourne salon since 2019 – and it got us thinking (as our salon themes always do) about the different ways to interpret NOTES. We riff on notes we write, notes to ourselves and to others, musical notes on the page and on the voice and in the ear. Love notes, lists (of books read, of spaghetti marinara eaten); notes that have fallen out of place, and notes that remain where they belong.Both of our readings, though, focus on music. Tracy reads from her travel journals, from a few days in Paris in 1989 that she later turned into song lyrics. Jenny reads from 1982 and her music-soaked Melbourne, nights catching INXS and No Nonsense, The Saints and New Order, Night Moves on the telly.To note is to observe, to notice, and we notice the value of notes, lists, ephemera. As Jenny says, “we might be thinking this is a podcast about diaries … all this other surrounding stuff – the notes, the scraps, the ticket stubs, the postcards … in some ways maybe gives more detail than the diaries themselves.”Find full show notes for this episode on the Bad Diaries Salon website baddiariessalon.com, or get in touch via Twitter, Instagram or Facebook – we're @baddiariessalon everywhere.Thanks for joining us for Bad Diaries Podcast! Don't forget to subscribe, rate and review us, wherever you get your podcasts.Bad Diaries Podcast is recorded and produced in Naarm Melbourne, Australia, on the lands of the Kulin Nation; and in Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand, on the iwi lands of Taranaki Whānui, and Ngāti Toa Rangatira. We pay our respects to Mana Whenua, and to Elders past, present and emerging, of these lands.
Dick Francis brings back Sid Halley in this book. It's an action packed, entertaining read set in the world of horse racing in England. Multiple plotlines are woven together to make for a great book. Do drop a rating if you like what you hear :) Title Music : Sooraj Santhosh Send me your feedback on - Instagram : @thegreedyreader YouTube : The Greedy Reader Website : www.thegreedyreader.com
Kate Slotover, co-host of the podcast The Book Club Review, zooms into the Damn Library and chats book podcast reading, how many books she will get to before she dies, the driving philosophy of what she wants her show's conversations to be like, why we should articulate what we don't like about books, the magic of Dick Francis, the perennial fun of will-they-won't-they, and so much more, including deep dives into the novellas they traded, Kate's Kick the Latch by Kathryn Scanlan and Christopher's Parnassus On Wheels by Christopher Morley. A book lover's feast! Bon appetit! Here's the other half of this conversation: Christopher on Kate's podcast! https://www.thebookclubreview.co.uk/portfolio/items/so-many-damn-books-episode-143/ contribute! https://patreon.com/smdb for drink recipes, book lists, and more, visit: somanydamnbooks.com music: Disaster Magic (https://soundcloud.com/disaster-magic) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Recording of Off the Shelf Radio Show from WDLR with Nicole Fowles and Molly Meyers Labadie. This week's guest is Karen Cowan, the President of the Friends of the Delaware County District Library group. Nicole, Karen, and Molly discuss the Friends' move to the Liberty Branch, upcoming book sales, and more! Recommendations include Post Corona: From Crisis to Opportunity by Scott Galloway, Dick Francis mysteries and Stardust by Neil Gaiman. Read more about today's episode here. Listen live every Friday morning at 9 AM https://wdlrradio.com/program-schedule/off-the-shelf/
The name Dick Francis is synonymous with crime fiction with a horse racing theme and the former champion jockey penned 42 novels before his son Felix took the reins. It is a fascinating story which Felix shares in this chat, as well as his own path to becoming a best selling author. What are your financial goals for 2023? CSCG can help you achieve them and all you need to do is give them a call to get the ball rolling. The CSCG team cover all financial areas and have the experience and knowledge that makes all the difference. Call them on 03-9974 8333 or visit cscg.com.au See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Writing dynasties (part 4): Felix Francis, Andrew Child/Grant & Rajmohan Gandhi tell We'd Like A Word hosts Paul Waters & Stevyn Colgan about taking on a big book brand or carrying on a family writing tradition. It's different from continuation novels, they say, like when Anthony Horowitz took on Ian Fleming's James Bond character (see episode 4, series 1 of We'd Like A Word with Anthony Horowitz https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/rtTQmLv7Ivb ). These are books, stories and characters with whom they have grown up. But do they try to be exactly like their predecessor or collaborator? Distinctively different? How open are they about it? Is it better to keep it a secret until you're sure that readers will like it? And what if the originator decides he maybe does not want to retire after all? How do they write? And what books are they writing next? Lots of interesting answers in this 4-part episode. Felix Francis is the son of Richard and Mary Francis, who together created the internationally bestselling Dick Francis thrillers, set in the world of horse racing. Felix began contributing to, then co-writing, then solely authoring the Dick Francis books long before his name was on the covers. He's written 16 of them now. Where does Dick end and Felix begin? Listen to find out. Andrew Grant - now also known as Andrew Child - is the younger brother of Lee Child (real name Jim Grant), the creator of the bestselling Jack Reacher series - which you may also know from the Tom Cruise movies or the Amazon series starring Alan Ritchson. When decided he had only 4 more books left in him, he asked his brother Andrew to collaborate with him with a view to ultimately taking over. (Though that particular plot thickens...) But Andrew was already a successful thriller author in his own right. And he has a personal past cloaked in mystery. Rajmohan Gandhi was a teenager when he was inspired to investigate how the world works and to write about it when his grandfather, the Mahatma, Mohandas Gandhi was assassinated in 1948. He spoke to We'd Like A Word at the Khushwant Singh Literary Festival in Kasauli in India. It's hard to think of a more famous forebear than Gandhi. So how does Rajmohan fit into the tradition? Lots of other authors, people & topics get discussed too - Tasha Alexander (the Lady Emily Ashton mysteries), Ben McIntyre, Desmond Bagley, Alistair Maclean, Alan Davies (Just Ignore Him), Arthur Ransome (Swallows and Amazons), Paul Gallico (The Snow Goose), Airey Neave and PD James. We'd Like A Word is a podcast & radio show from authors Paul Waters & Stevyn Colgan. We talk with writers, readers, editors, agents, celebrities, talkers, poets, publishers, booksellers, audiobook creators about books - fiction & non-fiction. We go out on various radio & podcast platforms. Our website is http://www.wedlikeaword.com for information on Paul & Steve & our guests. We're also on Twitter @wedlikeaword & Facebook @wedlikeaword & our email is wedlikeaword@gmail.com Yes, we are embarrassed by the missing apostrophes. We like to hear from you - questions, thoughts, ideas, guest or book suggestions. Perhaps you'd like to come on We'd Like A Word to chat, review or read out passages from books. And if you're still stuck for something to read, may we recommend Blackwatertown, the thriller by Paul Waters or Cockerings, the new comic classic by Stevyn Colgan.
Writing dynasties (part 3): Felix Francis, Andrew Child/Grant & Rajmohan Gandhi tell We'd Like A Word hosts Paul Waters & Stevyn Colgan about taking on a big book brand or carrying on a family writing tradition. It's different from continuation novels, they say, like when Anthony Horowitz took on Ian Fleming's James Bond character (see episode 4, series 1 of We'd Like A Word with Anthony Horowitz https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/rtTQmLv7Ivb ). These are books, stories and characters with whom they have grown up. But do they try to be exactly like their predecessor or collaborator? Distinctively different? How open are they about it? Is it better to keep it a secret until you're sure that readers will like it? And what if the originator decides he maybe does not want to retire after all? How do they write? And what books are they writing next? Lots of interesting answers in this 4-part episode. Felix Francis is the son of Richard and Mary Francis, who together created the internationally bestselling Dick Francis thrillers, set in the world of horse racing. Felix began contributing to, then co-writing, then solely authoring the Dick Francis books long before his name was on the covers. He's written 16 of them now. Where does Dick end and Felix begin? Listen to find out. Andrew Grant - now also known as Andrew Child - is the younger brother of Lee Child (real name Jim Grant), the creator of the bestselling Jack Reacher series - which you may also know from the Tom Cruise movies or the Amazon series starring Alan Ritchson. When decided he had only 4 more books left in him, he asked his brother Andrew to collaborate with him with a view to ultimately taking over. (Though that particular plot thickens...) But Andrew was already a successful thriller author in his own right. And he has a personal past cloaked in mystery. Rajmohan Gandhi was a teenager when he was inspired to investigate how the world works and to write about it when his grandfather, the Mahatma, Mohandas Gandhi was assassinated in 1948. He spoke to We'd Like A Word at the Khushwant Singh Literary Festival in Kasauli in India. It's hard to think of a more famous forebear than Gandhi. So how does Rajmohan fit into the tradition? Lots of other authors, people & topics get discussed too - Tasha Alexander (the Lady Emily Ashton mysteries), Ben McIntyre, Desmond Bagley, Alistair Maclean, Alan Davies (Just Ignore Him), Arthur Ransome (Swallows and Amazons), Paul Gallico (The Snow Goose), Airey Neave and PD James. We'd Like A Word is a podcast & radio show from authors Paul Waters & Stevyn Colgan. We talk with writers, readers, editors, agents, celebrities, talkers, poets, publishers, booksellers, audiobook creators about books - fiction & non-fiction. We go out on various radio & podcast platforms. Our website is http://www.wedlikeaword.com for information on Paul & Steve & our guests. We're also on Twitter @wedlikeaword & Facebook @wedlikeaword & our email is wedlikeaword@gmail.com Yes, we are embarrassed by the missing apostrophes. We like to hear from you - questions, thoughts, ideas, guest or book suggestions. Perhaps you'd like to come on We'd Like A Word to chat, review or read out passages from books. And if you're still stuck for something to read, may we recommend Blackwatertown, the thriller by Paul Waters or Cockerings, the new comic classic by Stevyn Colgan.
Writing dynasties (part 2): Felix Francis, Andrew Child/Grant & Rajmohan Gandhi tell We'd Like A Word hosts Paul Waters & Stevyn Colgan about taking on a big book brand or carrying on a family writing tradition. It's different from continuation novels, they say, like when Anthony Horowitz took on Ian Fleming's James Bond character (see episode 4, series 1 of We'd Like A Word with Anthony Horowitz https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/rtTQmLv7Ivb ). These are books, stories and characters with whom they have grown up. But do they try to be exactly like their predecessor or collaborator? Distinctively different? How open are they about it? Is it better to keep it a secret until you're sure that readers will like it? And what if the originator decides he maybe does not want to retire after all? How do they write? And what books are they writing next? Lots of interesting answers in this 4-part episode. Felix Francis is the son of Richard and Mary Francis, who together created the internationally bestselling Dick Francis thrillers, set in the world of horse racing. Felix began contributing to, then co-writing, then solely authoring the Dick Francis books long before his name was on the covers. He's written 16 of them now. Where does Dick end and Felix begin? Listen to find out. Andrew Grant - now also known as Andrew Child - is the younger brother of Lee Child (real name Jim Grant), the creator of the bestselling Jack Reacher series - which you may also know from the Tom Cruise movies or the Amazon series starring Alan Ritchson. When decided he had only 4 more books left in him, he asked his brother Andrew to collaborate with him with a view to ultimately taking over. (Though that particular plot thickens...) But Andrew was already a successful thriller author in his own right. And he has a personal past cloaked in mystery. Rajmohan Gandhi was a teenager when he was inspired to investigate how the world works and to write about it when his grandfather, the Mahatma, Mohandas Gandhi was assassinated in 1948. He spoke to We'd Like A Word at the Khushwant Singh Literary Festival in Kasauli in India. It's hard to think of a more famous forebear than Gandhi. So how does Rajmohan fit into the tradition? Lots of other authors, people & topics get discussed too - Tasha Alexander (the Lady Emily Ashton mysteries), Ben McIntyre, Desmond Bagley, Alistair Maclean, Alan Davies (Just Ignore Him), Arthur Ransome (Swallows and Amazons), Paul Gallico (The Snow Goose), Airey Neave and PD James. We'd Like A Word is a podcast & radio show from authors Paul Waters & Stevyn Colgan. We talk with writers, readers, editors, agents, celebrities, talkers, poets, publishers, booksellers, audiobook creators about books - fiction & non-fiction. We go out on various radio & podcast platforms. Our website is http://www.wedlikeaword.com for information on Paul & Steve & our guests. We're also on Twitter @wedlikeaword & Facebook @wedlikeaword & our email is wedlikeaword@gmail.com Yes, we are embarrassed by the missing apostrophes. We like to hear from you - questions, thoughts, ideas, guest or book suggestions. Perhaps you'd like to come on We'd Like A Word to chat, review or read out passages from books. And if you're still stuck for something to read, may we recommend Blackwatertown, the thriller by Paul Waters or Cockerings, the new comic classic by Stevyn Colgan.
Writing dynasties (part 1): Felix Francis, Andrew Child/Grant & Rajmohan Gandhi tell We'd Like A Word hosts Paul Waters & Stevyn Colgan about taking on a big book brand or carrying on a family writing tradition. It's different from continuation novels, they say, like when Anthony Horowitz took on Ian Fleming's James Bond character (see episode 4, series 1 of We'd Like A Word with Anthony Horowitz https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/rtTQmLv7Ivb ). These are books, stories and characters with whom they have grown up. But do they try to be exactly like their predecessor or collaborator? Distinctively different? How open are they about it? Is it better to keep it a secret until you're sure that readers will like it? And what if the originator decides he maybe does not want to retire after all? How do they write? And what books are they writing next? Lots of interesting answers in this 4-part episode. Felix Francis is the son of Richard and Mary Francis, who together created the internationally bestselling Dick Francis thrillers, set in the world of horse racing. Felix began contributing to, then co-writing, then solely authoring the Dick Francis books long before his name was on the covers. He's written 16 of them now. Where does Dick end and Felix begin? Listen to find out. Andrew Grant - now also known as Andrew Child - is the younger brother of Lee Child (real name Jim Grant), the creator of the bestselling Jack Reacher series - which you may also know from the Tom Cruise movies or the Amazon series starring Alan Ritchson. When decided he had only 4 more books left in him, he asked his brother Andrew to collaborate with him with a view to ultimately taking over. (Though that particular plot thickens...) But Andrew was already a successful thriller author in his own right. And he has a personal past cloaked in mystery. Rajmohan Gandhi was a teenager when he was inspired to investigate how the world works and to write about it when his grandfather, the Mahatma, Mohandas Gandhi was assassinated in 1948. He spoke to We'd Like A Word at the Khushwant Singh Literary Festival in Kasauli in India. It's hard to think of a more famous forebear than Gandhi. So how does Rajmohan fit into the tradition? Lots of other authors, people & topics get discussed too - Tasha Alexander (the Lady Emily Ashton mysteries), Ben McIntyre, Desmond Bagley, Alistair Maclean, Alan Davies (Just Ignore Him), Arthur Ransome (Swallows and Amazons), Paul Gallico (The Snow Goose), Airey Neave and PD James. We'd Like A Word is a podcast & radio show from authors Paul Waters & Stevyn Colgan. We talk with writers, readers, editors, agents, celebrities, talkers, poets, publishers, booksellers, audiobook creators about books - fiction & non-fiction. We go out on various radio & podcast platforms. Our website is http://www.wedlikeaword.com for information on Paul & Steve & our guests. We're also on Twitter @wedlikeaword & Facebook @wedlikeaword & our email is wedlikeaword@gmail.com Yes, we are embarrassed by the missing apostrophes. We like to hear from you - questions, thoughts, ideas, guest or book suggestions. Perhaps you'd like to come on We'd Like A Word to chat, review or read out passages from books. And if you're still stuck for something to read, may we recommend Blackwatertown, the thriller by Paul Waters or Cockerings, the new comic classic by Stevyn Colgan.
We discuss Martin Edwards' latest novel, 'Blackstone Fell', from chapters 1-11. Firebrand journalist Nell Fagan is in the small Yorkshire town of Blackstone Fell, investigating the death of Ursula Murray, after her son, Vernon, alerted Nell to potential foul play. Nell suspects there is something more going on in the town, and returns to London to blackmail Jacob Flint into arranging an audience with the reclusive Rachel Savernake. For our final game of the year, Flex is charged with solving the growing string of murders, and the suspicious demise of Nell herself. We're also joined by British Crime Fiction royalty, Felix Francis, to talk about his latest novel 'Hands Down', the latest Dick Francis' Sid Halley story. As a member of what he calls 'the greatest crime fiction factory (family) of the 20th century', Felix has dined with all the greats. We talk about how his ageless Sid Halley compares to Nell Fagan, and his journey from physics student to author. Thanks to DMCPR and Simon & Schuster AU for providing copies of 'Hands Down'.
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This week, we chat to Felix Francis. His new book is the next in the 'Dick Francis Series', it's called 'Hands Down' and features Sid Halley looking into a conspiracy that threatens the heart of horse-racing.Felix is carrying on the prolific work of his dad, Dick Francis. Dick was an RAF pilot, a champion race jockey, and then a phenomenally bestselling author. Between them they've publish 50 books and sold over 80 million copies. We talk about the transition of him taking the reins (!) of the writing, how he learned from his father and many other authors, and how he's developed his own style. You can hear how he challenges himself with different styles and viewpoints to keep things fresh, also why writing easy reading isn't a challenge, and how much he thinks about getting new readers.You can support the show at patreon.com/writersroutine@writerspodwritersroutine.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
There's a list for everything these days, and Finey has unearthed the top 50 worst baby names in the UK. Guess which two R 'n Rs gets a guernsey? Kev's got a bumper chart attack from February 1981, and with the upcoming Spring Carnival in mind, Brian has some hot racing tips for the punters and Finey brings us a tale or two about author and former jockey Dick Francis. Kevin Hillier, Brian Mannix, Mark Fine Subscribe in iTunes!https://apple.co/2LUQuix Listen on Spotifyhttps://spoti.fi/2DdgYad We're also on iHeartRadio athttps://ihr.fm/35WwZgk Follow us on Facebook...https://bit.ly/2OOe7ag Music tracks used under APRA licenceFind out more here - http://apraamcos.com.au/ Post-production by Steve Visscher | Southern Skies Media for Howdy Partners Media | www.howdypartnersmedia.com.au/podcasts © 2022See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Before Felix Francis became a novelist he spent many years as a physics teacher, helping his father, crime writer and jockey Dick Francis, with research in his spare time. After his father's death, Francis became a full-time author in his own right. His 16th novel is ‘Hands Down', about a conspiracy in the world of horse racing. Here he speaks to Georgina Godwin about his life and work.
Before Felix Francis became a novelist he spent many years as a physics teacher, helping his father, crime writer and jockey Dick Francis, with research in his spare time. After his father's death, Francis became a full-time author in his own right. His 16th novel is ‘Hands Down', about a conspiracy in the world of horse racing. Here he speaks to Georgina Godwin about his life and work.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Key Conversation Points: The ordinary moments anchor us and connect us across neighborhoods, states, countries and oceans....even for Lisa-Jo's friend in Ukraine. Lisa-Jo graciously reminds us that acts of extraordinary courage are getting up and advocating for our kids, sick spouse or family abroad or taking time to serve at church or sharing our platforms with someone. It all is courageous in the middle of hard times when all we really want to do is stay in bed. The rhythms of anticipation can feel like Christmas, even as we feel stuck in the end of winter. What is engraved in Lisa Jo's bag that anchors her in such a powerful way right now? Let us know in the reviews what is anchoring you right now. We want to hear your stories. Read Psalm 77 in The Message, “I yell out to my God, with all my heart…and He listens.” Current ordinary rhythms for Lisa-Jo and Christie: What the Land Already Knows: Winter's Sacred Days (Stories from the Farm in Lucy) by Phyllis Tickle Bitter and Sweet: A Journey Into Easter by Tsh Oxenreider. Amazon Prime show called Upload by Greg Daniels who created The Office and co-created Parks N Rec. Dick Francis's detective novels where the heros are ordinary and unexpected. Dorthy Sayer writes mysteries in Lord Peter. Podcast links: Click here to join the conversations we have with listeners every week around the podcast. https://www.blackbarnonline.com/ _______ Sponsor appreciation: We're so grateful to partner with show sponsors that keep making our work possible. Click here to visit Green Chef and use code ordinary130 to get $130 off including free shipping! The #1 Meal Kit for Eating Well! https://greenchef.com/ordinary130 Click here to join over 1 million people taking charge of their mental health through the online counseling offered by BetterHelp. Get 10% off your first month. http://www.betterhelp.com/ordinary Click here to visit Nutrafol and use the promo code ORDINARY to save $15 off your first subscription. https://nutrafol.com/ _______ Click here to sign up for your own digital Paper&String care package curated by Christie, Lisa-Jo and friends. http://outoftheordinarypodcast.com/ps
Olivia Matthews is the cozy mystery pseudonym of award-winning, national best-selling author Patricia Sargeant. Patricia has been inspired by writers such as Walter Mosley, Dick Francis and Tami Hoag, who put ordinary people in extraordinary situations and have them find the Hero Inside. To learn more about her upcoming releases and events, visit PatriciaSargeant.com. Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/AuthorPatriciaSargeantTwitter https://twitter.com/BooksbyPatriciaWebsite https://patriciasargeant.com/Books mentioned:Black Hearts in Battersea by Joan AikenGoal, Motivation and Conflict by Debra Dixon*************************************Sisters in Crime was founded in 1986 to promote the ongoing advancement, recognition and professional development of women crime writers. Through advocacy, programming and leadership, SinC empowers and supports all crime writers regardless of genre or place on their career trajectory.www.SistersinCrime.orgInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/sincnational/Twitter: https://twitter.com/SINCnationalFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/sistersincrime
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 284, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: "R"T 1: Born in Limoges in 1841, as a child this Impressionist worked in a porcelain factory painting china. Renoir. 2: He was the youngest of the 3 creators of the high Renaissance. Raphael. 3: Fragonard, painter of "The Swing", is considered one of the greatest artists of this ornate style. Rococo. 4: His house in the Jodenbreestraat in Amsterdam is now a museum. Rembrandt. 5: An adjective meaning "voluptuous" comes from the name of this old master. Rubens. Round 2. Category: Car Parts 1: Keep the cap and hoses of this coolant-holding device in good shape, or you may face a long hot walk. the radiator. 2: Cars can be slowed by these parts pressing on the brake drum; don't drag your own on the pavement. shoes. 3: This device turns energy into current, keeping the battery charged while the motor's on. the alternator. 4: An automatic transmission's version of this pedal is sometimes called a torque converter. the clutch. 5: In one steering system, a toothed bar called the rack is engaged by this gear. the pinion. Round 3. Category: The Garfield Era 1: 9 days after Garfield's inauguration, Alexander II of this country was assassinated. Russia. 2: This institute in Alabama opened July 4, 1881 as a school to train black teachers. Tuskegee Institute. 3: Turkey ceded Thessaly to this country. Greece. 4: On April 5, 1881 the Treaty of Pretoria granted independence to this country. South Africa. 5: This British bacteriologist born August 6, 1881 "molded" the lives of future generations. (Sir Alexander) Fleming. Round 4. Category: Readers 1: Cormac McCarthy's "All the Pretty Horses" is read by this hunky "Legends of the Fall" star. Brad Pitt. 2: In "Still Me" he tells of his Memorial Day 1995 riding accident and the struggles since. Christopher Reeve. 3: Edward Herrmann, known for playing this president on TV, reads "No Ordinary Time", a book about him. FDR (Franklin D. Roosevelt). 4: Hollywood is all ears for "The Kid Stays in the Picture" by this producer and ex-husband of Ali MacGraw. Robert Evans. 5: "Second Wind" has this mystery author jockeying for position in front of the microphone. Dick Francis. Round 5. Category: The Job Interview 1: A weakness? I can be too much of this kind of "player" and not standup of the individual credit I deserve. a team player. 2: I'm not only a go-getter but also this other alliterative term that means I don't need a push. self-starter. 3: I noticed in my regular reading of this Time Inc. business magazine that you're on its list of America's most admired Cos.. Fortune. 4: The pin? Industrial engineering studies at this university really prepared me to work here at Amalgamated Button. Texas Tech. 5: I am a people person, but still keep an appropriate distance as this, from the Latin for "over" and "see". supervisor. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
FELIX FRANCIS chats to Paul Burke about his new psychological crime novel ICED, taking on his father's thriller legacy, the home fiction factory, tea with Agatha Christie and marbling.ICED: Miles Pussett is a former steeplechase jockey. Now he gets his adrenaline rush from riding down the Cresta Run, a three-quarter-mile Swiss ice chute, head first, reaching speeds of up to eighty miles per hour.Finding himself in St Moritz during the same weekend as White Turf, when high-class horseracing takes place on the frozen lake, he gets talked into helping out with the horses. It is against his better judgement. Seven years before, Miles left horseracing behind and swore he would never return. When he discovers something suspicious is going on in the races, something that may have a profound impact on his future life, Miles begins a search for answers. But someone is adamant to stop him - and they'll go to any lengths to do it . . . FELIX FRANCIS studied Physics and Electronics at London University and then spent seventeen years teaching Advanced-Level Physics. The younger son of crime writer and Naional Hunt jockey Dick Francis, Felix assisted his father with both the research and writing of his novels in a father-and-son writing partnership. Since Dick's death, Felix has written fifteen successful novels, the latest being ICED. Produced by JUNKYARD DOG Music courtesy of Southgate & LeighCrime Time
Felix Francis has continued the legacy of his father Dick Francis's literary success, selling over 80 million novels in 40 languages. Felix tells us how the books were always a family business, and why the continued success owes so much to knowing the reader wants, and how he works really hard to make the books easy reading. And we announce the winner of the Joe Abercrombie giveaway!
Felix Francis has continued the legacy of his father Dick Francis's literary success, selling over 80 million novels in 40 languages. Felix tells us how the books were always a family business, and why the continued success owes so much to knowing the reader wants, and how he works really hard to make the books […] The post EP345: Felix Francis — Writing as a Family Business appeared first on The Bestseller Experiment.
Episode 35 of Season 2 has two fun jams, starting with our Political Talk segment!In today's Political Talk, we discuss gun control--which as Susan says, means hitting what you aim at. Of course, to other people, it means something very different. Kelly and Susan discuss their own experience with guns and the great importance of proper training, so you know what you're doing when you have one in your hand!In our second jam, we discuss the extraordinary legacy of Susan's all-time favorite thriller writer, former champion jockey Dick Francis, who hung up his racing boots and started a career of writing thrillers that turned him into a legend. Hear what you can learn from a great writer--Susan's many reads of Dick Francis novels have taught her about architecture, art forgery, photography, wine appreciation, the breeding and selling of thoroughbred racehorses, how to transmit a virus (!) successfully, and many other subjects. It's also taught her about plotting complex stories and writing as simply as possible, two lessons she's carried into her own writing career. Dick Francis is a storyteller second to none: we hope you'll look for his books and lose yourself in at least one of them! (All are still available on Amazon, but do avoid the ones written after 2012, as those were written not by him but by his son Felix, a good writer but nothing like his father!)Today's episode of TALK JAM is sponsored by the audiobook of Kelly Fitzgerald Fowler's brilliant Biblical thriller, OVER MY DEAD BODY, read by New York Times best-selling author James L. Rubart:https://www.amazon.com/Over-My-Dead-Body-audiobook/dp/B07KKZ84HF/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=over+my+dead+body+kelly+fitzgerald+fowler&qid=1630468314&sr=8-1Reach out to Kelly Fitzgerald Fowler at http://kellyfitzgeraldfowler.comReach out to Susan Sloate at https://susansloate.com
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In this episode of Tart Words, Linda Hengerer talks about Dick Francis's book Trial Run, and how he uses setting to emphasize the story, shows how societal expectations affect actions, and how to build characters for story. It was first published in the United States in 1978 by Berkley Books and is now available in ebook editions. Description from Amazon:The last place veteran horseman Randall Drew wanted to go was Moscow. But when his royal highness the prince asks a favor, one doesn't refuse. The Royal Family is worried about the prince's brother-in-law, who aims to make the Olympics. Unfortunately a jealous Russian rider has sworn to kill him if he sets one hoof in Moscow. So Randall leaves his thoroughbred horses and loving girlfriend to investigate. But what he finds is more than jealousy. It's a terrifying track of sabotage and murder. And now that he knows, the killer is after him…Takeaways for writers:In Trial Run, Randall Drew has time on his hands due to a recent rule saying jockeys cannot wear glasses while racing. He is asked to go to Moscow, find the mysterious Alyosha, and find out what he has to do with a Prince's brother-in-law. Randall uncovers a plot that will endanger many people at the upcoming Olympics. Exercises for writers:Secrets – Johnny Farringford tells Randall Drew an abbreviated story about his interactions with Hans Kramer. How much of a secret do you share, and how much do you hold back and reveal as the story progresses?Societal Expectations – Randall Drew is an upper-class Brit whose family has served the monarchy over the years. How does his background contribute to his finally agreeing to go to Moscow? How can you incorporate your story's societal expectations into your characters' actions?Setting – How do the descriptions of England and Moscow enhance or reinforce the story? How can you describe the setting to convey the tone of the story, and how setting impacts character?Building Characters for Story – Randall Drew wears glasses and is prohibited from racing due to a recent rule. He is in good health except for being susceptible to lung problems including asthma and bronchitis. How do each of these create problems for him as a character, and play into the story? How do you build characters whose personal flaws contribute to the story?
Join me for the first themed Tart Words podcast week. It begins Monday with an encore presentation of Emilya Naymark's episode. Wednesday's Tart Thoughts are about Trial Run, Dick Francis's novel set mainly in Moscow. End the week on Friday with a recipe for Pryaniki, Russian spice cookies, which are easy and delicious.Emilya Naymark's debut novel is “Hide In Place” from Crooked Lane Books. Her short stories appear in the Harper Collins anthology A Stranger Comes to Town, Secrets in the Water, After Midnight: Tales from the Graveyard Shift, River River Journal, Snowbound: Best New England Crime Stories 2017, and 1+30: THE BEST OF MYSTORY.She has a degree in fine art, and her artworks have been published in numerous magazines and books. When not writing, Emilya works as a visual artist and reads massive quantities of psychological thrillers, suspense, and crime fiction. She lives in the New York Hudson Valley with her family.Visit her website at EmilyaNaymark.com/Author/Sign up for Emilya's newsletter: EmilyaNaymark.com/author/newsletter/Facebook: facebook.com/ENaymarkTwitter: twitter.com/emilyanaymarkGet to know Emilya - The Tart Words Baker's Dozen:1. Plotter or Pantser? Combo? Plotter!2. Tea or Coffee? Tea, rabidly3. Beer, Wine, or Cocktails? Beer with an occasional Cocktail. Allergic to wine. 4. Snacks: Sweet or Savory? Sweet tooth (alas)5. Indie Published, Traditionally Published, or Hybrid? Traditionally6. Strict Writing Schedule: Yes or No Yes7. Strictly Computer or Mix It Up? Mix it up8. Daily Goal: Yes or No Yes9. Formal Track Progress: Yes or no Yes, but only for first draft10. Special Writing Spot? Nope11. Writer's Block? Not really. 12. File of Ideas: Yes or No No, but that's a good idea13. Favorite Author(s)? Neil Gaiman; Susanna Clarke; Brett Easton Ellis; Donna Tartt; Tana French; Mikhail Bulgakov; Vladimir Nabokov; J.K. Rowling
Welcome to the Shelf Care Interview, an occasional conversation series where Booklist talks to book people. This Shelf Care Interview is sponsored by Dreamscape Audio. In this latest installment, Heather Booth talks to the team behind MURDER BY PAGE ONE, Olivia Matthews and Janina Edwards. Olivia Matthews is the cozy mystery pseudonym of award-winning author, Patricia Sargent of a reader. She's been inspired by writers, such as Walter Mosley, Dick Francis, and Tammy Hogue who put ordinary characters in extraordinary situations. Raised in New York city, she lives with her husband in Ohio. Janina Edwards is an earphone award winner, a graduate of New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and recorded her first audiobook in 1987. She excels in portraying authentic characters and voices, the African diaspora west Africa, Southern us and west Indies. Janina is also a yoga teacher, a musician who plays the violin and Kirtan wallah and is owned by two cats. MURDER BY PAGE ONE is available now!
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"It's very difficult to describe the euphoria of what it's like when the first Greyhound you own wins [a race]..."Kiaran O'Brien describes his first Greyhound's (Pole Rating) first win Show Notes Kiaran O'Brien's love affair with Greyhound racing started in the 1970s, growing up in Bristol, England. His father was involved in the betting industry, and he got his first job at the local track as a busboy. He dreamed of one day owning his own Greyhound. His family moved to Ireland in his late teens, far away from English Greyhound racing. Uprooted from his school and his mates, Kiaran learned to farm in a small village in west Ireland. He found work in finance in the 1980s and moved to the Isle of Man. Kiaran returned to England and fulfilled that promise to himself to buy a Greyhound. It would be the first of many Greyhounds he owned and raced. He and his brother even won an English hurdling championship with a Greyhound in the early 2000s. A few years after returning to England, he took a job writing horse racing reviews. As his writing experience grew, he set out to write a Greyhound racing novel in the style of a Dick Francis. John Francome, an English jockey and author, encouraged Kiran to follow through with the endeavor. In 2014, Kiaran self-published his first novel -- Edge Your Bets. He drew inspiration from his Greyhound racing experiences and his time spent in west Ireland. The Greyhound racing community had its first crime thriller. In this episode, join host John Parker and Kiaran O'Brien as they discuss Kiaran's love of Greyhound racing, the inspiration for Edge Your Bets, and the experience of self-publishing a novel. Links Edge Your Bets (Amazon.com)
Welcome to Episode 2 of the Westmoreland Podcast!In this episode, Lisse realizes that she craves really good novels and wonders...can our listeners help her out with some recommendations? Heidi indulges in some childhood nostalgia, and then we discuss our reading goals (or lack thereof) for 2021. We also announce our January buddy read: The Nightingale, by Kristin Hannah. We hope you'll join us in reading and send in your comments and thoughts for our episode on January 22nd! We'll be sure to include some listener comments in that episode too.Stuff We MentionStrong Sense of Place podcast...and The Edge, by Dick Francis is the book Heidi bought on impulse after hearing their episode about trains.Books We MentionButtermilk (The Serendipity Books), by Stephen CosgroveThe Chronicles of Narnia, by CS LewisThe Virgin Blue, by Tracy ChevalierWhere the Crawdads Sing, by Delia OwensRemarkable Creatures, by Tracy ChevalierA Single Thread, by Tracy ChevalierGirl With the Pearl Earring, by Tracy ChevalierThe Eragon Series, by Christopher PaoliniHeidi's recommendation: I Shall Be Near to You, by Erin Lindsay McCabeLisse's recommendation: Warbreaker, by Brandon SandersonNext up for Lisse: To Sleep in a Sea of Stars, by Christopher PaoliniNext up for Heidi: H is for Hawk, by Helen MacdonaldOur next episode is scheduled to release January 15th, 2021.Affiliate disclaimer: all our links are Amazon affiliate links...your cost stays the same, but the little kickback from your clicks and purchases through our links helps us keep recording and provide fun things (in the future!) for our listeners too!
This is TWENTY of our favorite Christmas stories! Buckle up, here come a smorgasbord of our very favorite Christmas reads! Last December we'd created a special bonus podcast episode that folks were able to download as a standalone paid episode. This summer, we thought it would be fun to finally release this nearly two hour binge listen to our whole audience. Lisa-Jo and Christie share their Top 10 Christmas reads that include novels, cook books, mysteries, picture books for the kids, faith reads, fiction, and poetry. What better time than the heat of summer to curl up with a book that reminds us of cold, crisp winters and the promise of new beginnings? This is a deep dive into our favorite Christmas-themed books in an episode that includes read-alouds from our favorite passages and the reasons why we think these books will be good company in this season! Here's your list of all 20 books featured in this bonus episode for you to take to the library this season! Click here to download the full book list. Lisa-Jo's Top Ten The Jesus I Never Knew by Philip Yancey Dear Mr. Knightley by Katherine Read A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny The Sacred Diary of Adrian Plass (aged 37 3/4) by Adrian Plass A Circle Of Quiet by Madeleine L'Engle It's a Magical World: A Calvin and Hobbes Collection by Bill Waterson Betty Crocker The Jubilee Poems by John Blase Boundaries: When To Say Yes, How to Say No by Henry Cloud and John Townsend Break In by Dick Francis Christie's Top Ten Christmas Day in the Morning by Pearl S. Buck Christmas Days: 12 Stories and 12 Feasts for 12 Days by Jeanette Winterson Watch for the Light: Readings for Advent and Christmas, various authors Winter Solstice by Rosamunde Pilcher Christmas in Noisy Village by Astrid Lindgren The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree: An Appalachian Story by Gloria Houston What the Land Already Knows: Winter's Sacred Days by Phyllis Tickle The Christmas Mystery by Jostein Gaarder Accompanied by Angels: Poems of the Incarnation by Luci Shaw The Irrational Season by Madeleine L'Engle _______ Sponsor appreciation: In these uncertain times we're so grateful to partner with show sponsors that keep making our work possible. Click here to check out Laurel Springs for your waived registration fee and their flexible online K-12 program that is designed to encourage each student’s individuality and support their growth through a personalized approach to learning. http://laurelsprings.com/ordinary Click here to try Thrive Market and become a member risk-free! Join today and you’ll get up to twenty dollars in shopping credit toward your first order. http://thrivemarket.com/ordinary
Episode 76 we (eventually) judge the book Whiphand by Dick Francis. We also talk in a chaotic fashion about, Nardwuar, Johnny Knoxville, Whiteclaws, a boy with a great name, and many other things too!
You've all hit the trifecta, because this episode your long shot has finally come in and we take on our first Dick Francis book, the slightly disappointingly not-horse-dense-enough sorta-thriller The Danger. (Still enough horses in the book that one paragraph in the book runs "Horses. So many horses.") What should be a cracking good adventure, with exciting locations (Italy! London! the English seaside! where/whatever the heck "Lambourn" is...Washington DC...hmm. Starting to see the problem) and interesting characters (erm) running around and doing fun work (preventing and resolving kidnappings) somehow collapses into a mostly forgettable affair with the occasional pleasant surprise and a whole lot of opportunities for a nice nap. But that's the bad book business for you: sometimes the books just aren't very good. The episode, however, is good cranky fun, with plenty of rosé flowing and the next digression never waiting for the starting gun. So strap on the feed bag of ... sound, and enjoy the hooves thrumming 'pon the turf as the punters in the stands go mad and the only things flying more gaily than the racing silks are the betting slips being torn up and thrown away, because it's time for the most exciting two gents in podcasts to get into ... The Danger. Stay safe, everybody. Recommendations: Night Moves (2013, Kelly Reichardt) Gravity Falls Music: "Since You've Been Gone" by Rainbow "Beetlebaum" by Spike Jones "Kidnapped by Neptune" by Scout Niblett
Last night I spoke to Cathy Ace and Alan Orloff on First Monday - my open mic night on Authors on the Air. Here are the things I learned about Cathy, who BTW, is just a hoot and has the best stories to tell. Her first piece of fiction was a short story that she wrote in a parking lot ono Baker Street near M&S (very well-known store in London). She had-wrote it on paper and her friend typed it up and she hand delivered it the next day - the deadline for contest entries. She won and was put into an anthology with some well-known authors like Dick Francis. Cathy has travelled the world and her characters in her mysteries reflect her world view. Cathy is warm, funny and so very friendly. Alan Orloff, who is releasing his new book I KNOW WHERE YOU SLEEP next week. We discussed his work and although I had a blonde moment and commented about Tara Laskowski, he promptly reminded me that it was Art Taylor that was married to Tara. Turns out Alan and Cathy know each other well and both blog for 7 Criminal Minds. I also gave some sage advice to Alan about moving to South Florida (avoid Palmetto bugs, falling iguanas, and other little quirky things that undoubtedly will be inspiration for many more books. Here is our podcast with my gratitude.
Episode 38 we (eventually) judge the book The Danger by Dick Francis. We also talk about donuts, maybe Lenny Kravitz, and we take a moment to talk about beard hygiene. Keep those beards clean everybody!
Meredith is holding down the fort this week while Kaytee travels, so her brother, Scott Monday is serving as our special guest host! You’ll hear a “bookish moment of the week” from each host: a Christmas classic that brought the family together and an amazing 2018 reading realization. Next, Meredith and Scott tackle what they are currently reading, and this week will make our non-fiction lovers’ hearts just sing as it’s chock-full of great non-fiction titles. This week’s deep dive is about Scott’s reading life and his weird foibles and quirks. I have a feeling you all are going to have serious WORDS about this! We can’t wait for you to chime in. As always, we finish up with A Book (yep, capitalized) that we’d like to press into every reader’s hands: a data-nerd’s dream book and a book that belongs on every family’s shelves. As always, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down! . . . . . 2:14 – The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg 6:37 – The Best Land Under Heaven by Michael Wallis 7:28 – Bay Books in Coronado, CA 8:58 – The Indifferent Stars Above by Daniel James Brown 9:53 – The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey by Rinker Buck 10:40 – The Hunger by Alma Katsu 11:19 – Devil in the White City by Erik Larson 11:35 – Isaac’s Storm by Erik Larson 11:37 – In the Garden of the Beasts by Erik Larson 16:25 – The Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman 17:18 – Harry Potter by JK Rowling 17:29 – The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis 17:34 – Lord of The Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien 19:02 – It Doesn’t Have to Be Crazy at Work by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson 19:06 – Rework by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson 22:00 – Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari 22:25 – Dopesick by Beth Macy 22:57 – Becoming by Michelle Obama 26:32 – What Happened by Hillary Clinton 30:22 – The Black Stallion by Walter Farley 30:35 – The Black Stallion Returns by Walter Farley 30:36 – Son of the Black Stallion by Walter Farley 30:38 – Fire Stallion by Walter Farley? I think he meant Black Stallion and Satan :-) 30:43 – Island Stallion by Walter Farley 31:14 – The Edge by Dick Francis 31:34 – Longshot by Dick Francis 32:24 – Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill 41:05 – Ulysses by James Joyce 42:26 – Dataclysm by Christian Rudder 45:15 – The Read-Aloud Family by Sarah MacKenzie 45:30 – The Read-Aloud Revival Podcast *Please note that all book titles linked above are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*
If you are a fan of mystery novels or books with horse racing themes, you are going to love Elise’s guest today on the Because Of Horses podcast, Sasscer Hill. She’s a novelist, former thoroughbred breeder, and an amateur steeplechase jockey, and her evocative storytelling is "can't-put-it-down" entertaining, with frequent comparisons to the legendary Dick Francis. Sasscer sets her award-winning novels against a background of big money, gambling, and horse racing. Her first book in the “Nikki Latrelle” series, Full Mortality, was nominated for both an Agatha and a Macavity award. And recently, she has written a new award-winning series featuring protagonist “Fia McKee.” The first book in the series, Flamingo Road, was released in April 2017 and was just honored with the Tony Ryan Book Award... ironically, beating nominee Felix Francis – Dick Francis' son! Sasscer's second book in the series, The Dark Side of Town, came out just a few weeks ago. Tune in to this episode with Elise and Sasscer Hill to hear more about her experiences as a young girl being mentored by incredibly kind and world-renowned equestrians; how she has explored her interests in racing, breeding, and writing; and about the process, plots, and characters behind her award-winning novels. Topics of Discussion: [:46] About Elise’s guest today, Sasscer Hill. [2:19] What stands out for Sasscer when she looks back at the path that led her to become a distinguished author. [4:50] Has Sasscer always known what she wanted to do? And did she always plan on having horses in her life? [6:35] When did Sasscer have the epiphany that she could make writing her career? [9:22] About the two people Sasscer dedicated her first book to (Rhoda Christmas Bowling and Alfred Smith Sr.) and what their kindness meant to her and to her career. [16:10] Ways the Smith family continued to help Sasscer throughout her life — and the monumental race that she won in 1986. [18:27] Reading listener feedback! [19:52] Elise and Sasscer talk about the exhilarating experience that is steeplechasing. [22:04] Sasscer’s story of buying a dubious mare who went on to change her breeding career. [25:47] Sasscer’s take on crafting a well-realized plot with the added component of getting the “horse side” right. [26:33] Elise reads one of Sasscer’s reader reviews that truly captures the appeal she holds for horse-loving book-people. [27:27] What it means to Sasscer to read such fantastic reviews of her books and how she feels when she meets readers in person at book signings and other author events. [29:15] Because of the characters' authenticity and how real-to-life her books are, has Sasscer encountered some readers who believe the books' plots are more fact than fiction? [34:12] When Sasscer finds herself at a race track, does she envision future stories and plots? And how she gets subject matter expert guidance on plot elements and storylines. [36:38] How does Sasscer meet horse racing and police experts, and gain their agreement to work with her? [40:19] Thanking listeners who have recently made a donation to the podcast! [41:14] How Sasscer originally found out about the TRPB and how she used them as inspiration in her newest book series with protagonist “Fia McKee.” [45:26] Sasscer talks about the plot of her newest novel, The Dark Side of Town, and how it continues Fia McKee’s character arc from her last book, Flamingo Road. [51:05] Sasscer speaks about her award nominations. [52:28] A preview of next week’s Because of Horses, with guest, Paula Josa Jones. [53:19] Beyond a “horse book” -- You don’t have to be in the horse world or be invested in horses to read Sasscer Hill’s (and Dick Francis’) books. [56:22] Where to find Sasscer and her books online. Know Someone Inspirational, Whose Life Has Been Forever Changed Because of Horses? Because of Horseswould love to get to share their story! To recommend someone please send an email to elise@becauseofhorses.com. Discover More About this Week’s Guest— Sasscer Hill SasscerHill.com Sasscer Hill’s Amazon Book Page Sasscer Hill’s Facebook Page Mentioned in this Episode: Flamingo Road, by Sasscer Hill The Dark Side of Town, by Sasscer Hill Full Mortality, by Sasscer Hill Barbara Parker (NYT best selling author) Because of Horses Episode 28: Laura Romfh Upcoming Because of Horses Episode with Steve and Connie Tusha of Great Oak Equine Because of Horses Episode 27: Stacy Westfall The video of Stacy Westfall’s viral ride Thoroughbred Racing Protection Bureau (TRPB) Dave Berry Books by Elise Chand Upcoming Because of Horses Episode with Paula Josa Jones Our Horses, Ourselves: Discovering the Common Body: Meditations and Strategies for Deeper Understanding and Enhanced Communication, by Paula Josa-Jones Dick Francis The Hunt for Red October (A Jack Ryan Novel), by Tom Clancy Like what you hear?Because of Horseswould love to hear your feedback! 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We speak to Felix Francis, who has taken the mantle of his father Dick Francis's enormously popular book series for the past eighteen years. He tells us about his friendship with the royal family, how he can predict the future and the time he designed a fictional bomb as an A-level student. CONTACT USEmail: hello@partnersincrime.onlineFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/partnersincrimepodcastTwitter: http://twitter.com/crimeficpodcastWebsite: http://partnersincrime.online/ CONTACT OUR GUESThttps://www.facebook.com/felixfranciswriter/
Author and former jockey Sasscer Hill has been inspired by both her literary heroes and her real life when it comes to writing her horse racing thrillers. Anyone who knows me well knows what a loon I am about the late author Dick Francis. He was a champion jockey in the UK, who rode for the Queen Mother among others, before he became a bestselling author. My guest today, Sasscer Hill, shies away from comparisons to Francis, but I suspect her horse racing novels might appeal to Dick Francis fans among my listeners. Sasscer endeared herself to me by not only citing Francis during our interview, but also two of my other favorite authors; Robert B. Parker and Walter Farley. Our conversation felt like a match made in heaven. ;-) In other mystery novel news, It's a Mystery Podcast guest Peter Bartram (episode #27) has a new trilogy of books out this month in his Colin Crampton 1960s journalism series. You can learn more about the Morning, Noon, and Night trilogy at ColinCrampton.com. You can find out more about today's guest, Sasscer Hill, and all her books on her website SasscerHill.com. You can also find her on Twitter @SasscerHill. Click on any of the book covers to go to Sasscer's books on Amazon. Press play (above) to listen to the show, or read the transcript below. Remember you can also subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts. And listen on Stitcher. You can also click here to watch the interview on YouTube. Transcription of Interview with Sasscer Hill Alexandra: Hi, mystery readers, this is It's a Mystery Podcast. I'm your host Alexandra Amor, and I'm here today with Sasscer Hill. Hi, Sasscer. Sasscer: Hi, how are you? Alexandra: I'm good. How are you? Sasscer: I'm feeling very well, thank you. Alexandra: Oh, good. Well, let me give our listeners an introduction to you. Author Sasscer Hill was involved in horse racing as an amateur jockey and has been a racehorse breeder for most of her life. She sets her novels against a background of big money, gambling, and horse racing. Her mystery and suspense thrillers have received multiple award nominations. Her first book in the Nikki Latrelle series, "Full Mortality" was nominated for both an Agatha and a Macavity Best First Book Award. Sasscer has written a new series for St. Martin's Minotaur. One of the new books in this Fia McKee series won the Carrie McCray 2015 Competition for First Chapter of a Novel, as well as the 2015 Claymore Award Nomination. The first book in the series, "Flamingo Road," was published April 18th, 2017, and we'll talk about that a little later in the interview. I want to start out first to talk about the Nikki Latrelle book. Tell us a little bit about Nikki and her background. Sasscer: Nikki is younger than my new heroine, Fia McKee. Nikki is only 23 years old, and her story is that her mother died when she was very young and left her in the hands of a stepfather, who was also, it turned out, once the mother was gone, she knew for sure that he was a pedophile, and before she'd only been...knew something was wrong. So what she did was in the middle of the night, she escaped out of her window and ran through the streets of Baltimore, you know, in bad areas, and made it to Pimlico Race Track and, climbed over the wire fence, and dropped down into the back stretch of Pimlico, and somehow managed to make a new life for herself because she couldn't go home. Alexandra: She was a teenager when this happened, correct? Sasscer: Yes, she was 13 when that happened. And the first story opens when she's 23 and she's become a jockey. Interestingly enough after I did the whole three series for Wildside Press, and I got the rights back, and I redid the covers and published the books myself. I wrote a prequel, which does go back to when Nikki was 13. I really enjoyed doing it because I had always had the story in the back of my mind. You know how when you're an author,
Ian Stansel's fantastic first novel THE LAST COWBOYS OF SAN GERONIMO plays with the genre expectations of Westerns by setting the murder-revenge in northern California wine country. James and Ian discuss storytelling economy, bringing dead characters to life, horse-y literature, and conclude, "There are a lot of books." Then editor Naomi Gibbs and James discuss her career path working on 'orphaned' novels like Ian's. - Ian and James discuss: SHOTGUN LOVESONGS by Nickolas Butler Farrar, Straus & Giroux Graywolf Roxane Gay Sherman Alexie Cormac McCarthy THE SISTERS BROTHERS by Patrick DeWitt NEWS OF THE WORLD by Paulette Jiles Louis L'Amour Larry McMurtry The Kentucky Book Fair Houghton Mifflin Harcourt BLACK BEAUTY by Anna Sewell THE MARE by Mary Gaitskill Dick Francis THE WAKE OF FORGIVENESS by Bruce Machart THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN (remake) dir by Antoine Fuqua NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN by Cormac McCarthy NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (film) dir by the Coen Bros THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald Bob Dylan Daniel Woodrell HELL OR HIGH WATER dir by David Mackenzie - Naomi and James discuss: Whitman College Counterpoint Press Columbia Publishing Course Bloomsbury Publishing Gary Snyder Jack Shoemaker Politics & Prose Craig Johnson Cormac McCarthy Larry McMurtry Edward Abbey - http://tkpod.com / tkwithjs@gmail.com / Twitter: @JamesScottTK Instagram: tkwithjs / Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/
The Nikki Latrelle Mystery Novels are set in the high-stakes world of horse racing -- a world Sasscer Hill knows well and captures in vivid detail. It's impossible to talk about horse racing mysteries without giving a nod to the master, Dick Francis. But Sasscer was also influenced by Walter Farley's Black Stallion series, which she devoured as a child. She also gives a shout out to Tami Hoag and Margaret Maron, and to Dick's son, Felix, whose new series is set in the same realm as Sasscer's soon-to-be-released Fia McKee series. The first book in Sasscer's new series, Flamingo Road, comes out in early 2017. Check out Sasscer's blog for ongoing updates as well as more info on Irish Travelers, Fia McKee, and horses. ;-) As always, if you'd rather read than listen, a transcript is below. Enjoy! Transcript of Interview with Sasscer Hill Laura Brennan: My guest today is thriller author, amateur jockey and racehorse breeder, Sasscer Hill. Her Nikki Latrelle mysteries are set in a world she knows well: behind the scenes at -- and on -- the racetrack. Sasscer, thank you for joining me. Sasscer Hill: I'm delighted to be here. LB: I absolutely want to talk about writing and your books, but first, I want to talk about horses. You grew up around horses? SH: I did. I took a lot of riding lessons as a child, but it wasn't until my father died when I was 16 and a gentleman who had a lot of champion steeplechase horses took me under his wing -- he was a family friend that my family had known. And I learned almost everything I know about horses from him. And then of course I ended up buying a broodmare and had my own race horses for 30 years. So, yeah, I know a little bit race horses and horses in general. LB: It's just an, it's an entirely different world than anything I've experienced. How did you start riding competitively? SH: The gentleman who took me under his wing, as I said, was a big-time steeplechase person, and so of course he was involved in the sport. And I loved it from the get-go. I just thought it was the coolest thing in the world, racing over fences. But scary, you know? And I ended up entering some amateur, little steeplechase races and it was scary as heck, but it was a real adrenaline rush. And a lot of fun. So I stuck with that and won a big race up in Potomac one year when I was 36, and that was my big day. But it is, you connect with horses. When you're really connecting with the horse, it's like you steer him with your mind. It's incredible. LB: Well, you give your horses, and the books, they have so much personality. SH: Oh, they do in real life, not just in books. They have tremendous personality. LB: So you turned to writing, with a T, and why mysteries? What linked racing with murder for you? SH: Oh, Dick Francis, for sure. And I started out of course with Walter Farley's Black Stallion books, and they were always filled with intrigue. And of course like all of us mystery lovers, who didn't love Nancy Drew? And all those kinds books as we grew up, and as we got older we were reading all those wonderful English writers like Dorothy Sayers and Agatha Christie and I mean I just loved all of those. And of course I graduated to Dick Francis and that was it for me. I thought, boy, I'm gonna write like Dick Francis -- or at least in the tradition of. Nobody can write like Dick Francis, and to try, I thought, would be very foolish. Just in the tradition of. LB: I think there's a commonality though, between you and Dick Francis, in that racing comes first for your main character. SH: It does, for Nikki Latrelle. In the new books that are coming out with St. Martin's, it still at the racetrack, but now instead of a jockey, I'm dealing with a female agent who works for the Thoroughbred Racing Protective Bureau. And that's kind of a different story line, but still it's all about the horses. Because the stories wouldn't exist if it wasn't for the horses at ...
Tammy Kaehler's Kate Reilly Racing Mysteries feature thrills on and off the track. Her fourth book, Red Flags, has just been released. You can learn more about Tammy directly from her website. Plus Tammy has graciously donated an autographed copy of her first Kate Reilly Racing Mystery, Dead Man's Switch for the May book giveaway. Sign up in the box on the right before May 31, 2016 to be entered to win. Speaking of Dead Man's Switch, we talk about how Tammy got the initial spark for the series. She gives a shout-out to Hallie Ephron, and if you want to know the name of the how-to book Hallie wrote, it's Writing and Selling Your Mystery Novel. But if you're into suspense, you should check out her fiction as well. We also talked about drivers who have helped her: Patrick Long, Oliver Gavin and Pippa Mann. Pippa's breast cancer awareness sponsorship for the Indy 500 mirrors a scenario Tammy came up with for Kate, who, in her books, has teamed up with Breast Cancer Research Foundation. Between the time we recorded this and now, Pippa did announce that she will once again be driving the pink car at the Indianapolis 500. Finally, Tammy talked about writers who have influenced her: Dick Francis, Agatha Christie, and a recent spark from Margaret Maron. I had a request to put series books in order, which I think is a brilliant idea, so here are Tammy's Kate Reilly Racing Mysteries, from first to most recent: 1 - Dead Man's Switch 2 - Braking Points 3 - Avoidable Contact 4 - Red Flags I will happily add more as Tammy writes 'em! Meanwhile, if you would rather read than listen to the interview, here is the transcript. Enjoy! -- Laura Transcript of Interview with Tammy Kaehler Welcome to Destination Mystery, a podcast for readers who love a good mystery. I'm Laura Brennan. Laura Brennan: My guest today is Tammy Kaehler, author of the Kate Reilly racing mysteries. Set in the fast-paced world of professional motorsports, the mysteries feature a racecar driver who happens to be a damn good amateur sleuth, as well as a woman proving herself in the male-dominated field of racing. Murder interweaves with the dramas on and off the track. The fourth book in the series, Red Flags, has just been released. Tammy, thank you for joining me. Tammy Kaehler: Thank you for having me. Glad to be here. LB: I want to talk about writing and I want to talk about Kate and Red Flags, but first I want to talk about racing. When did you become a racing fan? TK: It was 2004, and I can pinpoint that very clearly because I didn't know a single darn thing about racing before that year. Not a thing. I was working freelance at the time, and I had a contract with a subprime mortgage lending company and if you remember 2004, that was the heyday for such companies. They were making money hand over fist. And the one I was working for decided that the way they wanted to spend their marketing dollars that year, was sponsoring a racing series and racing team and then taking brokers and entertaining them at the races. So they did that, and they needed extra hands, and I went along to the season of races that year to help entertain, do the corporate marketing as such. And I learned about this fascinating sport sort of from the inside out because I was representing a VIP, I was a VIP, so I got VIP treatment and learned everything there was to know. And I walked into this world and just, like, my jaw dropped, it was fascinating and I thought, there are stories here and I want to tell other people about this crazy sport. LB: Well, your research, is, it must be intense. Because both your second and your third Kate Reilly books won back-to-back awards from the American Auto Racing Writers & Broadcasters Association. TK: Yes. LB: Yay! A) congratulations but, B) that must be the hardest nut to crack because they cover this, that's their world. TK: Yeah, yeah and really, I was so proud of those awards,
The Genealogy Gems Podcast with Lisa Louise Cooke - Your Family History Show
Episode 178 Lisa Louise Cooke Niche record collections that might just be what you are looking for. Interview with genetic genealogist CeCe Moore about using DNA for genealogy research, adoption, and the Finding Your Roots TV show. Announcement of the Genealogy Gems Book Club book for the 2nd quarter of 2015. A listener shares an update on adoption records in Ohio. NEWS: RECORDS CANADIAN MENNONITE PHOTO ARCHIVE: is now online with over 80,000 images of Mennonite life from across Canada and dating back to 1860s. says that the archive “is a project of the Mennonite Historical Society of Canada and includes Mennonite archival partners in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Ontario.” An online ordering system allows visitors to order image copies for noncommercial use. 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The date is 1956, Aintree, and Dick Francis is riding the Queen Mother's horse to victory in the Grand National. Except Devon Loch collapses bizarrely to the ground within sight of the finishing post. The jockey later says that he never recovered from this defeat. But the strange case of Devon Loch and the most famous Grand National of them all is the making of Dick Francis, who becomes both a household name and a best selling author too. Martin Broughton, chairman of British Airways, the British Horse Racing Board and - for a while - Liverpool FC, chooses Dick Francis as his example of a man who succeeded in two careers. The Francis novels have sold in millions. Philip Larkin loved the opening lines: "There was a godawful cock up in Bologna," begins The Danger. But there have been question marks over whether the books were all his own work. Mischievous biographer Graham Lord tells Miles Warde why he thinks Dick's wife, Mary, was responsible. "Garbage," says Martin Broughton. Expert opinion comes from Jonathan Powell, racing correspondent of the Mail on Sunday and a man who knew Dick Francis in his later years. The presenter is Matthew Parris, the producer Miles Warde.
Welcome to episode 105! This week's movie is Paranormal Activity 3. We also discuss the new HBO series 'Luck', the TV show 'Grimm', and whether or not 'Person of Interest' has jumped the shark. Other short topics include Bonanza, Dick Francis, and the Wii. Thanks for joining us this week! 'Paranormal Activity 3' trailer... this trailer contains even MORE scenes that didn't appear in the movie... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dk9_ZwoDWtg 'Luck'... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lumAKUadBA 'Grimm'... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rVy3RBJmNo 'Person of Interest' clip... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcbs19XPNQc&list=SL&feature=sh_e_se Bonanza Theme Song By Lorne Greene... a fan video... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kA-PdP4k4Xw ...another fan video... Bonanza 'funny scenes'... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlGhDpn2sjg&feature=related
Sue Lawley's castaway this morning is the novelist Dick Francis. In what he calls "the best years of my life" as a professional jockey, he broke his nose, his collarbone, his wrist and his skull but also won 345 of the 2,305 races he ran. Now a best-selling author of 37 novels, he chooses eight records to take to the mythical island.[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: Chatanooga Choo Choo by Glenn Miller Orchestra Book: Men and Horses I Have Known by George Lampton Luxury: Waterbed
Sue Lawley's castaway this morning is the novelist Dick Francis. In what he calls "the best years of my life" as a professional jockey, he broke his nose, his collarbone, his wrist and his skull but also won 345 of the 2,305 races he ran. Now a best-selling author of 37 novels, he chooses eight records to take to the mythical island. [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: Chatanooga Choo Choo by Glenn Miller Orchestra Book: Men and Horses I Have Known by George Lampton Luxury: Waterbed
Roy Plomley's castaway is novelist and journalist Dick Francis. Favourite track: I Left My Heart in San Francisco by Tony Bennett Book: The Spirit of St Louis by Charles Lindbergh Luxury: Mirror
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