Podcast appearances and mentions of hazel gaynor

In this interview, I chat with Hazel Gaynor about ⁠⁠Before Dorothy, why this story appeals to everyone not just The Wizard of Oz fans, The Wizard of Oz book is celebrating 125 years, how she was a fan of the book first, the title and cover, why she chose the setting she did, and much more. Hazel's recommended reads are: Elphie by Gregory Maguire The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau by Kristin Harmel Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton Looking for some great summer reads? Check out my printable 18-page Summer Reading Guide ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for a tip of your choice or ⁠for a set price here⁠ via credit card with over 60 new titles vetted by me that will provide great entertainment this summer - books you will not see on other guides. I also include mystery series recommendations, new releases in a next-in-the-series section and fiction and nonfiction pairings. Donate to the podcast ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠on Venmo⁠⁠⁠⁠. Want to know which new titles are publishing in June - October of 2025? Check out our fourth ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Literary Lookbook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠which contains a comprehensive but not exhaustive list all in one place so you can plan ahead.     ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Before Dorothy can be purchased at my Bookshop storefront.  Looking for something new to read? Here is my monthly ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Buzz Reads⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ column with five new recommendations each month. Link to my article about ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠older protagonists in fiction⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.     Connect with me on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Threads⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Send us a textTara and EmKay are thrilled to be joined by another Slipperhood guest, Hazel Gaynor, author of the brand new novel "Before Dorothy"! Hazel shares her experience dreaming up a novel centered around Aunt Em's life and backstory before Oz, writing Dorothy's parents, favorite parts about writing Oz, and so much more.Show Notes:Hazel Gaynor@mrscscozycraftsInstagram: @downtheyellowbrickpod#DownTheYBPTara: @taratagticklesEmKay: www.emilykayshrader.netPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/downtheyellowbrickpodEtsy: https://www.etsy.com/market/down_the_yellow_brick_podMusic by: Shane ChapmanEdited by: Emily Kay Shrader Down the Yellow Brick Pod: A Wizard of Oz Podcast preserving the history and legacy of Oz

The best-selling historical fiction writer explains why leaving the corporate world behind was the right thing to do. Her 12th book has just been published - ‘Before Dorothy' creates a back story for Dorothy and Aunty Em, before ‘The Wizard of Oz'

Book Besties Season 8 Episode 18: Before Dorothy with the Author Hazel GaynorBesties, join us today as we talk about one of the most anticipated historical fiction books of the summer: Before Dorothy. We were lucky enough to have Hazel Gaynor, the author, join us. Things talked about in this episode:Hazel Gaynor: https://hazelgaynor.com/Columbus Book Festival: https://www.columbusbookfestival.org/ Patreon: https://bit.ly/4jQIqes Meet Molly and April, they bonded over books and became Book Besties. So, what do you do when you find your book bestie? Start a podcast of course. Hang out with April and Molly as they talk about everything they love and hate about books. Follow the Book Besties on Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok, and YouTube. If you'd like to contact the Book Besties, please email us at bookbestiespod@gmail.com or visit our website bookbestiespodcast.com. You can support the Book Besties by joining our Patreon at Book Besties Podcast.

In this week's episode of Another Chapter, Claire and Rebecca dive into the world of Irish books, celebrating St. Patrick's Day with a discussion on recent releases and upcoming titles. They share their favorite reads from Irish authors, including "Nesting" by Rosie O'Donnell and "The Stolen Child" by Carmel Harrington, highlighting the depth and diversity of Irish literature.Listeners will also get recommendations for the best books of 2025, with insights into highly anticipated releases like Elaine Feeney's "Let Me Go Mad in My Own Way" and Hazel Gaynor's "Before Dorothy." Claire and Rebecca explore the themes, styles, and emotional impact of these books, making this episode a must-listen for book lovers looking to expand their reading list with top Irish books.Tune in for a conversation filled with book recommendations, literary insights, and a celebration of Irish authors. Don't miss out on discovering your next favourite read!- - -Thanks to Helen Becerra for the artwork and Mark Neville for the mixing.Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/make-it-work License code: PLGGIGEZMJI9NR3G and https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/funky-junkLicense code: BZFZTXSSQI4PW6NW ---Follow us on Instagram and TikTok: @another.chapter.podcastVisit our website www.anotherchapterpodcast.ie Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Send us a textIn this episode, our stack of books is tied together with the common theme of being our Faves of 2024. And we're not going to lie...it was hard to choose soooo...we also have a list of our Runners Up below! Plus, we'll share a Book in Hand. Now, it's time to get started on our list for 2025!Featured Books:The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhorn (LP)Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks (LP)The Lost Queen Series by Signe Pike (LP and LH)The Same Bright Stars by Ethan Joella (LP and LH)How to Read a Book by Monica Wood (LP)We Begin At the End/All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker (LP)The Night in Question by Susan Fletcher (LP)Eddie Winston is Looking For Love by Marianne Cronin (LP)Mrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame by Olivia Ford (LP)Olive Kitteridge/Olive Again by Elizabeth Strout (LP)Good Night Irene by Luis Alberto Urrea (LP)Maybe Next Time by Cesca Major (LH)Horses of Fire and Daughters of Bronze by A.D. Rhine (LH and LP))Wool by Hugh Howey (LH)The Heiress by Rachel Hawkins (LH)The Bear and the Nightingale, The Girl in the Tower and Winter Witch by Katherine Arden (LH)Gone Wolf by Amber McBride (LH)Things Don't Break On Their Own by Sarah Easter Collins (LH)An Elderly Woman is Up to No Good and An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed by Helene Turston (LH)The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See (LH)Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting by Clare Pooley (LH)You Can't Spell Treason Without Tea by Rebecca Thorne (LH)Our Runners Up FavesSearch by Michelle Huneven (LP)The Turtle House by Amanda Churchill (LP)After Annie by Anna Quindlen (LP)Miss Morgan's Book Brigade by Janet Skeslien Charles (LP)Count the Ways/How the Light Gets In by Joyce Maynard (LP)The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali (LP)The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife by Anna Johnston (LP)The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern by Lynda Cohen Loigman (LP)The Instrumentalist by Harriet Constable (LP)Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy (LP)Trash Lands by Alison Stine (LP)Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll (LP)The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher (LP)The Last Gilmore Girl by Kelly Bishop (LP)Be Ready When the Luck Happens by Ina Garten (LP)Same As It Ever Was by Claire Lombardo (LP and LH)Celine by Peter Heller (LH)Lenny Marks Gets Away with Murder by Kerryn Mayne (LH)Why Not Me? By Mindy Kaling (LH)The Underground Library by Jennifer Ryan (LH)Starring Adele Astaire by Eliza Knight (LH)The Queen's Fortune by Allison Pataki (LH)Where Coyotes Howl by Sandra Dallas (LH)Book In HandChristmas With the Queen by Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb (LP)Books Mentioned in this Episode:Meet Me in Monaco by Hazel Gaynor and Heather WebbLast Christmas in Paris by Hazel Gaynor and Heather WebbMe Moth by Amber McBrideWays to contact us:Follow us on Instagram - @thebookbumbleFacebook:  Book BumbleOur website:  https://thebookbumble.buzzsprout.comEmail:  bookbumblepodcast@gmail.comHey Friends, please rate and review us!

Book Besties Season 7 Episode 16: Christmas with the Queen & Special Guests Hazel Gaynor & Heather WebbWhat a perfect way to kick off Christmas Eve, Besties, with this special episode of Book Besties. We have Authors Heather Webb & Hazel Gaynor on to discuss Christmas with The Queen, their newest book. Join the four as they laugh, talk about the writing process, and (of course) Christmas.Things talked about in this episode:Storygraph Challenge: https://bit.ly/3Bx4M40 April's Storygraph: https://bit.ly/41z2Tyc Hazel Gaynor: https://hazelgaynor.com/Heather Webb: https://heatherwebbauthor.com/site/Queen's first Christmas Broadcast: https://youtu.be/mBRP-o6Q85s?si=uvUq93kNHNA5bpYB Meet Molly and April, they bonded over books and became Book Besties. So, what do you do when you find your book bestie? Start a podcast of course. Hang out with April and Molly as they talk about everything they love and hate about books.

Books Mentioned Christmas with the Queen by Hazel Gaynor & Heather Webb All I Want Is You by Fallon Ballard Tea Friendship Blend by Fleur De Lis Tea Company

Books Mentioned The Lost Story by Meg Schaffer The Wishing Game by Meg Schaffer Is She Really Going Out with Him by Sophie The Midnight Feast by Lucy Foley The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley Pictures of You by Emma Grey If I Were You by Cesca Major Christmas with the Queen by Hazel Gaynor & Heather Webb The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year by Ally Carter The Grey Wolf by Louise Penny Somewhere Beyond the Sea by TJ Klune House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune The Paris Novel by Ruth Reichl Save Me the Plums by Ruth Reichl Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty An Unfinished Love Story by Doris Kearns Goodwin The Life Impossible by Matt Haig The Midnight Library by Matt Haig The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong  Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree The Ministry of Time by Khalene Bradley The God of the Woods by Liz Moore Better Left Unsent by Lia Louis Reykjavik by Ragnar Jonasson & Katrin Jacobsdottir All I Want Is You by Fallon Ballard Tea Magical Library Butterbrew from Chapters Tea & Co

Week of 5/5/24 at the Library - Transparent Language | Hosts Dylan Posa and Barb Leitschuh go over upcoming events, talk about Transparent Language, and for "Barb The Bookie" recommend 'The Last Lifeboat' by Hazel Gaynor.

Send us a Text Message.In this episode, award-winning historical fiction author, Hazel Gaynor remembers the World War Two ‘seaevacuees', the children sent away from Britain by sea to escape the bombings at home. This is an often-forgotten part of the history of the war, overshadowed by more familiar events, and it inspired Hazel to write her new novel, The Last Lifeboat.Here she shares the heroine at the heart of this survival story, how she researched it and why these women and children deserve to be remembered.Thank you to our media partner: Family History Zone – a website covering archives, history and genealogy. Please check then out at www.familyhistory.zone and consider signing up for their free weekly newsletter.

Hazel Gaynor, bestselling author on both sides of the Atlantic, joins Theo and Julia to talk about the processes and priorities for writers of dual-timelines. She explains how weaving back and forth between characters and eras can create mystery and allow the author to provide both light and shade in order to ensure variety in tone and mood.    Having written novels set both close to home and far afield, Hazel is also eager to talk about how to find the right story for you. She explains how she finds her stories and characters and explores what it feels like to find the nugget of gold that becomes the foundation for a story.    This episode also explores Hazel's ongoing collaboration with co-author Heather Webb and the unique demands of co-writing historical fiction.   Go to https://thehistoryquill.com/bonus to get access to our special bonus podcast episode on how to succeed in historical fiction, available exclusively to our email subscribers. The episode features accomplished historical fiction authors Gill Paul and David Penny exploring how they've achieved success during their very different writing and publishing journeys and how you can achieve success on your own journey. To get the transcript for this episode, visit https://thehistoryquill.com/9 for the episode page on our website.

In today's episode, we are doing a Podcast Remix! We're bringing you an episode of one of our favorite podcasts, Thoughts from a Page with Cindy Burnett. This episode, from October 2020, is an insightful conversation with author Hazel Gaynor.  You are in for a treat! Here are Cindy's Original Show Notes:Hazel discusses When We Were Young & Brave, her inspiration for the story, writing about World War 2 in the Pacific, her extensive research for the book, exploring the human condition, her reading recommendations, and much more. When We Were Young & Brave can be purchased at Murder by the Book. Hazel's 2 recommended reads are: Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell and The Exiles by Christina Baker Kline.Great Ways to Connect with Thoughts from a Page: Want to know which new titles are publishing in January - May of 2024? Check out the new Literary Lookbook which contains a comprehensive but not exhaustive list all in one place so you can plan ahead. https://www.patreon.com/thoughtsfromapage/shop/literary-lookbook-36254?source=storefrontJoin Cindy's Patreon group to support the podcast.  https://www.patreon.com/thoughtsfromapage?fan_landing=trueOther ways to support Cindy's podcast can be found here.   https://www.thoughtsfromapage.com/p/your-supportConnect with Cindy on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and Threads. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesWays to contact Book Bumble:Follow us on Instagram - @thebookbumbleFacebook:  Book BumbleOur website:  https://thebookbumble.buzzsprout.comEmail:  bookbumblepodcast@gmail.comHey Friends, please rate and review us!

Interview with Hazel Gaynor, author of the novel THE LAST LIFEBOAT.You can support the podcast today by buying me a coffee, or you can subscribe to the podcast via Apple iTunes for ad-free episodes.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/reading-and-writing-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This episode begins with an author interview, Hazel Gaynor, is today's guest. Immediately following is The guide to some of the new books coming out the week of August 1, 2023. You can always contact the Book Bistro team by searching @BookBistroPodcast on facebook, or visiting: https://www.facebook.com/BookBistroPodcast/ You can also send an email to: TheBookBistroPodcast@gmail.com For more information on the podcast and the team behind it, please visit: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/book-bistro

“Emotionally riveting and beautifully told,The Last Lifeboat is an unforgettable story of survival, resolve, and the shimmering stubbornness of hope. You can count on Hazel Gaynor's gorgeous writing to carry you away and safely bring you back. —Susan Meissner, USA Today bestselling author of The Nature of Fragile Things For this episode Hazel Gaynor talks … Continue reading E127: Interview with Hazel Gaynor author of The Last Lifeboat →

Chapter Fourteen and Claire and Rebecca chat to Yorkshire lass, New York Times best-selling author Hazel Gaynor.Hazel lives in Ireland with her husband and two children. She has written seven Historical Fiction Novels and co-authored three with American author Heather Webb. Hazel's work has been translated into eighteen languages and is published in twenty-five territories to date. Her latest novel "The Last Lifeboat" is out now!Book Recommendations/Mentions: The book that got her into History fiction: Philipa Gregory "The Other Boleyn Girl"Hazel's Auto-buy Authors: Tracey Chevalier ("Girl with a Pearl Earring", "Remarkable Creatures"), Rose Tremain, Maggie O' Farrell, Kate Atkinson ("Life after Life").Last book that kept her up - "Yellowface" by Rebecca Kuang. "Weyward" by Emilia Hart.Palate cleansers from Historical Fiction - Emily Henry, Taylor Jenkins Reid, Catherine Ryan Howard.An underappreciated book Hazel loves : "Remarkable Creatures" by Tracey Chevalier and "A Terrible Kindness" by Jo Browning Wroe.- - -Thanks to Helen Becerra for the artwork and Mark Neville for the mixing.Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/make-it-workLicense code: PLGGIGEZMJI9NR3G---Follow us on Instagram: @another.chapter.podcast --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/another-chapter/message

A fun chat with Hazel Gaynor all about her new novel The Last Lifeboat, the seaevacuees of WWII, survival stories, and drawing on her own family history. Plus – Dave is a bad driver.  ITUNES – SPOTIFY – STITCHER HOW TO SUPPORT THE SHOW! For all your shopping needs use our IndieBound link It doesn't … Continue reading Survival At Sea With Hazel Gaynor

The Last Lifeboat by Hazel Gaynor https://amzn.to/3MzsQ7M Inspired by a remarkable true story, a young teacher evacuates children to safety across perilous waters, in a moving and triumphant new novel from New York Times bestselling author Hazel Gaynor. 1940, Kent: Alice King is not brave or daring—she's happiest finding adventure through the safe pages of books. But times of war demand courage, and as the threat of German invasion looms, a plane crash near her home awakens a strength in Alice she'd long forgotten. Determined to do her part, she finds a role perfectly suited to her experience as a schoolteacher—to help evacuate Britain's children overseas. 1940, London: Lily Nichols once dreamed of using her mathematical talents for more than tabulating the cost of groceries, but life, and love, charted her a different course. With two lively children and a loving husband, Lily's humble home is her world, until war tears everything asunder. With her husband gone and bombs raining down, Lily is faced with an impossible choice: keep her son and daughter close, knowing she may not be able to protect them, or enroll them in a risky evacuation scheme, where safety awaits so very far away. When a Nazi U-boat torpedoes the S. S. Carlisle carrying a ship of children to Canada, a single lifeboat is left adrift in the storm-tossed Atlantic. Alice and Lily, strangers to each other—one on land, the other at sea—will quickly become one another's very best hope as their lives are fatefully entwined.

Today we're back to book talk with two historical fiction books and one translated sci-fi! Plus we're discussing what our ideal museum would be! Thank you so much for listening! You can buy BATC merch here: https://www.booksandthecitypod.com/merch. Browse and shop all the books we've discussed on this episode and past episodes at https://www.bookshop.org/shop/booksandthecity. Check out our website for more information about the fan club, any anything else at https://www.booksandthecitypod.com. You can also subscribe to our newsletter there, and send us a note at booksandthecitypod@gmail.com------------->  Becky's pick: Three Words for Goodbye by Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb (8:43-17:19) https://www.harpercollins.com/products/three-words-for-goodbye-hazel-gaynorheather-webb?variant=32952414863394  On Becky's TBR: The Codebreaker's Secret by Sara Ackerman Libby's pick: The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Lui (17:19-32:30) https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780765382030/the-three-body-problem  On Libby's TBR: Motherhood by Sheila Heti Kayla's pick: The Next Ship Home by Heather Webb  (32:30-45:31) https://bookshop.org/p/books/next-ship-home-a-novel-of-ellis-island-heather-webb/17539964?ean=9781728243146  On Kayla's TBR: Looking For Jane by Heather Marshall

"Twelve Sleighs of Christmas" by Sherri Duskey Rinker - Amazon - Goodreads "The Biggest Little Boy: A Christmas Story" by Poppy Harlow - Amazon - Goodreads "Bah! Humbug!" by Michael Rosen - Amazon - Goodreads "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser - Amazon - Goodreads "The Christmas Pig" by J.K. Rowling - Amazon - Goodreads "Royal Holiday" by Jasmine Guillory - Amazon - Goodreads "Twelve Days of Christmas" by Debbie Macomber - Amazon - Goodreads "Last Christmas in Paris" by Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb - Amazon - Goodreads

**Make sure to listen to the end! There is a chance to win something!**Join Rachel Hill and Liz Wilson  on Two Babes and a Book! Today we have some book banter about the book Last Christmas in Paris by by Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb.Follow us on instagram @twobabesandabook. Make a comment there and tell us if you read this book. Make sure to leave us a review on the apple podcasts app, or any app that you listen to this podcast. Thanks to those friends who have already shared the podcast!! It means the WORLD to us! As Holbrook Jackson said, "Never put off till tomorrow the book you can read today."Now go stick your nose in a book!

"Three Words For Goodbye" by Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb - Amazon - Goodreads Recommendations from Jackie: "Forget Me Not" by Ellie Terry - Amazon - Goodreads The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat: and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver Sacks - Amazon - Goodreads The Midnight Library by Matt Haig - Amazon - Goodreads (not super cleanish, so read at your own discretion) You can find Jackie on Goodreads.com under Jackie Shutra and on Instagram @booksjackiereads

“The Austen Escape” by Katherine Reay - Amazon - Goodreads “Austenland” by Shannon Hale - Amazon - Goodreads - movie on Amazon “Three Words for Goodbye” by Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb - Amazon - Goodreads

Charlie and Amanda Geard (The Midnight House) discuss buying big derelict houses, the importance of community in County Kerry, and Amanda's stunning epilogue - which is one of Charlie's favourites. Please note that there are spoilers throughout the episode. Some podcast apps do not show description links properly unless the listener subscribes to the podcast. If you can't click the links below and don't wish to subscribe, copy and paste the following address into your browser to access the episode's page on my blog: http://wormhole.carnelianvalley.com/podcast/episode-63-amanda-geard Writer's Week Patricia O'Reilly My discussion with Liz Fenwick is episode 35; Hazel Gaynor is 46; Nicola Cornick 1 and 38 The Ring of Kerry Delphi Lodge, Galway The Kerry Way Canary Girls Question Index 01:03 You're a geologist - tell us about your background and what came before writing 01:44 Where does your writer self come in to this? 04:43 So you have planned this book meticulously...? 05:18 So are you going to write a time-slip book? 06:25 [Reading] 09:17 How did you come to the title, The Midnight House? 10:13 Whereabouts does the House itself fall on the scale of importance? 13:28 You mentioned the house you bought - you renovated it etc?... 14:57 The community in the book - was it always important from the get go? 17:36 Can you tell us about Nancy, Charlotte, and Hattie? 19:58 Why did you want to explore Charlotte's story through Ellie's, or was it maybe the other way round for you? 21:54 Were there any particular historical influences that worked for Charlotte's story? 23:57 Was it Charlotte's disappearance itself or more so the subject of it that was important? 25:58 You reveal Ellie's 'mysteries' a lot slower. What was the reason for that? 28:32 Had you considered having Charlotte still alive? 30:29 Why the epilogue, why include Charlotte like this? 31:45 Did a lot of pregnant women work as Canary Girls? 34:10 What would have happened with Charlotte if she'd lived? 34:40 What's going to happen with the peerage and the house, would you say? 36:03 What's next? 37:21 [Amanda talks about reader reactions to The Midnight House] Purchase Links The Midnight House: Amazon UK Amazon US Amazon Canada Waterstones Hive Barnes & Noble Indigo Chapters I am an IndieBound affiliate and earn a small commission on qualifying purchases. Photograph used with the permission of the agent.

Anna and Sinead are joined by fellow best selling authors Clauida Carroll and Hazel Gaynor where they chat about what friendships mean to them and whether or not you would do time for a mate! They also share some poignant stories of their own friendships and their favourite books on the topic. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join me as I chat with author Hazel Gaynor, who has SUCH a refreshing take on Titanic's legacy; her book, The Girl Who Came Home, is a peek into some of the smaller, gorgeously human moments aboard the ship, and specifically those of the Irish immigrants she focuses on. This book is a fictionalization of  the ship's real Irish passengers know as the Addergoole 14, who we talk a bit about in terms of collective grief and their legacy. We touch on the role of historical fiction in helping us all to process the tragedy, as well as just historical fiction's value more generally. This was a delight, and I congratulate Hazel on 10 years with this compelling novel of the Titanic!Buy the book here: https://bookshop.org/books/the-girl-who-came-home-a-novel-of-the-titanic/9780062316868?aid=80949&listref=the-unsinkable-book-clubFind Hazel's website here: https://www.hazelgaynor.comAs always, email me anytime: unsinkablepod@gmail.com//or find me on Insta and Twitter @UnsinkablePod

Some exciting announcements of upcoming Book Club picks and author conversations!February 2022--Gareth Russell's Ship of DreamsMarch 2022--Hazel Gaynor's The Girl Who Came HomeAnd looking ahead to April for a joint read--Ben Raines' The Last Slave Ship You can buy any of these easily through my Bookshop link and support indie bookstores as well as the pod: https://bookshop.org/shop/unsinkablepodPatreon Bonus episode posts Monday! If you can, join the Unsinkable VIPs here: https://www.patreon.com/unsinkablepodCheers! xLASupport the show

'Three Words for Goodbye' made me once again steal time from my other activities in order to keep reading it. At the same time not wanting to reach the end. Not because I knew there would be tears, rather that when you're enjoying something, you don't want it to finish. A review of the latest historical romance novel from Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb. Produced by Brian Byrne.

Welcome to the Bent Biblios Podcast! On today's episode, we chat with author Hazel Gaynor all about her book The Cottingley Secret, being plugged in, family history and more! Keep up to date with Hazel here:Website: https://www.hazelgaynor.com/about/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hazelgaynor/Purchase The Cottingley Secret here:Amazon.ca: https://www.amazon.ca/Cottingley-Secret-Novel-Hazel-Gaynor/dp/006249984X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=294H6MF0KSS7F&keywords=the+cottingley+secret&qid=1636118922&sprefix=the+cotting%2Caps%2C172&sr=8-1 Amazon.com: https://www.amazon.com/Cottingley-Secret-Novel-Hazel-Gaynor/dp/006249984X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=TOXSV5B96DU3&keywords=the+cottingley+secret&qid=1636118966&sprefix=the+cottingl%2Caps%2C175&sr=8-1Barnes and Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-cottingley-secret-hazel-gaynor/1124807481?ean=9780062499844All of Hazels books can be found on her website, and can be purchased anywhere books are sold.We hope you enjoyed this episode!  If you did, please leave us a review or visit us on Instagram at @bent.biblios.podcast and let us know!We put up new episodes every Friday.  See you then!

Charlie and Hazel Gaynor (The Bird In The Bamboo Cage) discuss the lives of the pupils and teachers of the Chefoo school for missionaries' children in China during the Japanese occupation, and the way being Brownie Guides helped to keep them going. We also discuss the beginnings of her career, and her collaborations with fellow historical fiction writer, Heather Webb. Some podcast apps do not show description links properly unless the listener subscribes to the podcast. If you can't click the links below and don't wish to subscribe, copy and paste the following address into your browser to access the episode's page on my blog: http://wormhole.carnelianvalley.com/podcast/episode-46-hazel-gaynor Heather Webb's site Question Index 00:55 Can you tell us about the story of your first publication and its bestseller status? 09:29 You have written about something not covered much - can you tell us about the story it's based on? 12:45 What was being done back home to help these people stuck under occupation? 14:33 A big theme is Brownies and Guides - why so central? 18:08 Can you talk us through the reasoning for the two narratives - Elspeth and Nancy? 23:43 Were you able to get stories from war generation to help with the book? 25:49 Can you tell us about the honeypot girls? 28:01 You look at the way these children are the children of missionaries and know nothing of China beyond the school - why was this important to explore? 30:14 If you had to choose one or two characters who were most important to the novel or what you were trying to say, who would you choose? 32:11 How is your book with Heather Webb - Three Words For Goodbye - doing? 33:52 How do you collaborate with Heather, in terms of the writing itself? Purchase Links The Bird In The Bamboo Cage/When We Were Young And Brave: Amazon UK Amazon US Amazon Canada Waterstones Hive Barnes & Noble IndieBound Indigo Chapters I am an IndieBound affiliate and earn a small commission on qualifying purchases. Photograph used with the permission of the author.

Gill and I discuss The Collector's Daughter, the photograph that inspired this book, finding the right way to begin telling the story, the appeal of King Tutankhamen, the curse of King Tut's tomb and how it began, and much more. Gill's recommended reads are: The Hidden Child by Louise Fein People Like Us by Louise Fein Three Words for Goodbye by Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb The Best of Everything by Rona Jaffe Support the podcast by becoming a Page Turner on Patreon here.   Other ways to support the podcast can be found here.    Thanks to Maggie Garza of HTX Real Estate Group for sponsoring this episode. If you enjoyed this episode and want to listen to more episodes, try Julia Claiborne Johnson, Judithe Little, Renee Rosen, Emma Brodie, and Julia Kelly. The Collector's Daughter can be purchased at the Conversations from a Page Bookshop storefront.        Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We welcome writer/producer Cheri Steinkellner whose award gathering body of work includes Cheers, The Jeffersons, Facts of Life, Teacher's Pet and the book for Broadway's Sister Act. She comes to us with stories, writing advice and loads of life-affirming charm and joy. Plus Fritz and Weezy are recommending The Girl Who Came Home by Hazel Gaynor, Worth on Netflix and brace for the impact of Fritz and Weezy's first fight over Only Murders in the Building!Path Points of Interest:Cheri Steinkelnerhttps://www.imdb.com/name/nm0251482/https://groundlings.com/people/cheri-eichenCheers on WikipediaCheers on HuluCheers on PeacockCheers Fan Pageshttps://www.fanpop.com/clubs/cheershttps://cheersboston.com/cheers-fansCheers WikiA Local Production of Hello My BabyOnly Murders in the BuildingWorth - Netflix The Girl Who Came Home

This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss Not a Happy Family, Summer Fun, A Song Everlasting, and more great books. Pick up an All the Books! shirt, sticker, and more right here. Follow All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW: Not a Happy Family by Shari Lapena  Summer Fun by Jeanne Thornton A Song Everlasting by Ha Jin I Am Not Starfire by Mariko Tamaki with art by Yoshi Yoshitani Fierce Little Thing by Miranda Beverly-Whittemore Red Wolf by Rachel Vincent The Accursed Vampire by Madeline McGrane  While We Were Dating by Jasmine Guillory WHAT WE'RE READING: Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness by Da'Shaun Harrison Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales by Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer ‘Salem's Lot by Stephen King An Arrow to the Moon by Emily X.R. Pan MORE BOOKS OUT THIS WEEK: Radar Girls by Sara Ackerman The Rocky Road to Ruin: An Ice Cream Shop Mystery by Meri Allen Breathing Fire: Female Inmate Firefighters on the Front Line of California's Wildfires by Jaime Lowe When We Were Strangers by Alex Richards The Breakup Monologues: The Unexpected Joy of Heartbreak by Rosie Wilby  Rhode Island Red (A Nanette Hayes Mystery) by Charlotte Carter  A Farewell to Gabo and Mercedes: A Son's Memoir of Gabriel García Márquez and Mercedes Barcha by Rodrigo Garcia  Weird Kid by Greg van Eekhout Three Words for Goodbye by Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb The Man Ban by Nicola Marsh How to Find Your Way in the Dark by Derek B. Miller The Silver Blonde by Elizabeth Ross They'll Never Catch Us by Jessica Goodman The Minister Primarily by John Oliver Killens  The Great Peace: A Memoir by Mena Suvari Safe in My Arms by Sara Shepard Swan Dive: The Making of a Rogue Ballerina by Georgina Pazcoguin The Perfect Ruin by Shanora Williams Star Wars The High Republic: Out of the Shadows by Justina Ireland  New Teeth: Stories by Simon Rich  Walls by L.M. Elliott Queer Stepfamilies: The Path to Social and Legal Recognition by Katie L. Acosta Always Crashing in the Same Car: On Art, Crisis, and Los Angeles, California by Matthew Specktor The Second Season by Emily Adrian  The Runaway Heiress by Meg Tilly The Life-Changing Science of Detecting Bullshit by John V. Petrocelli World in Between: Based on a True Refugee Story by Kenan Trebincevic and Susan Shapiro Shooting Out the Lights: A Memoir by Kim Fairley  Much Ado about Nauticaling (A Whit and Whiskers Mystery Book 1) by Gabby Allan We Want What We Want: Stories by Alix Ohlin  Just One Look by Lindsay Cameron Rovers by Richard Lange  Small Favors by Erin A. Craig  Goldenrod: Poems by Maggie Smith  The Women's March: A Novel of the 1913 Woman Suffrage Procession by Jennifer Chiaverini  Nadiya Bakes: Over 100 Must-Try Recipes for Breads, Cakes, Biscuits, Pies, and More by Nadiya Hussain Godspeed by Nickolas Butler Heartbreak For Hire by Sonia Hartl A Good Day for Chardonnay (Sunshine Vicram #2) by Darynda Jones  Below the Edge of Darkness: A Memoir of Exploring Light and Life in the Deep Sea by Edith Widder, Ph.D See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We are thrilled to bring you an interview with award-winning author, Hazel Gaynor. Vanessa and Anna had the opportunity to chat with Hazel about her career and her latest book Three Words to Say Goodbye. Anna found Hazel's book at the beginning of the pandemic, and has read through her literary works, and was excited to speak with her about her insights and passions when writing. "Hazel Gaynor is an award-winning, New York Times, USA Today, Irish Times and international bestselling author. Her most recent historical novel, set in China during WW2, published as THE BIRD IN THE BAMBOO CAGE, in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, and as WHEN WE WERE YOUNG & BRAVE in the USA and Canada, was an Irish Times bestseller, a National Bestseller in the USA and was shortlisted for the 2020 Irish Book Awards. Her next novel, THREE WORDS FOR GOODBYE, co-written with Heather Webb,  will be published in the USA and Canada in July 2021, and in the UK and Ireland in September 2021."

Liliana Russo in TuttoLibri presenta… La ragazza dei girasoli, di Hazel Gaynor

Vanessa and I discuss Island Queen, bringing Dorothy Kirwan Thomas to life, how she pieced together why she created her fabulous Author's Note, how the stunning cover came about, the importance of uncovering stories hidden to history, and much more. Vanessa's recommended reads are: How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House by Cherie Jones Pack Up the Moon by Kristan Higgins Dating Playbook by Farrah Rochon Support the podcast by becoming a Page Turner on Patreon here.  Other ways to support the podcast can be found here.   If you enjoyed this episode and want to listen to more episodes, try Sadeqa Johnson, Hazel Gaynor, Natalie Jenner, Judithe Little, and Julia Kelly. Enjoy reading books in the fantasy genre? Check out the Fantasy Inn Podcast. Island Queen can be purchased at the Conversations from a Page Bookshop storefront.        Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 1917, two young cousins carried a camera into an English dell and returned with a photo of fairies. When Arthur Conan Doyle took up the story it became a worldwide sensation. In this week's episode of the Futility Closet podcast we'll tell the story of the Cottingley Fairies, a curiosity that would remain unexplained for most of the 20th century. We'll also remember a ferocious fire and puzzle over a troublesome gnome. Intro: Poet Harry Graham found "a simple plan / Which makes the lamest lyric scan." In the 1920s, Otto Funk fiddled across the United States. Sources for our feature on the Cottingley fairies: Jason Loxton et al., "The Cottingley Fairies," Skeptic 15:3 (2010), 72B,73-81. Russell Miller, The Adventures of Arthur Conan Doyle: A Biography, 2008. Arthur Conan Doyle, The Coming of the Fairies, 1922. Timothy R. Levine, Encyclopedia of Deception, 2014. Jerome Clark, Encyclopedia of Strange and Unexplained Physical Phenomena, 1993. Joe Cooper, "Cottingley: At Last the Truth," The Unexplained 117 (1982), 2338-2340. A. Conan Doyle, "The Cottingley Fairies: An Epilogue," Strand 65:2 (February 1923), 105. Kaori Inuma, "Fairies to Be Photographed!: Press Reactions in 'Scrapbooks' to the Cottingley Fairies," Correspondence: Hitotsubashi Journal of Arts and Literature 4 (2019), 53-84. Douglas A. Anderson, "Fairy Elements in British Literary Writings in the Decade Following the Cottingley Fairy Photographs Episode," Mythlore 32:1 (Fall/Winter 2013), 5-18. Bruce Heydt, "The Adventure of the Cottingley Fairies," British Heritage 25:2 (May 2004), 20-25. Helen Nicholson, "Postmodern Fairies," History Workshop Journal 46 (Autumn 1998), 205-212. Michael W. Homer and Massimo Introvigne, "The Recoming of the Fairies," Theosophical History 6 (1996), 59-76. Alex Owen, "'Borderland Forms': Arthur Conan Doyle, Albion's Daughters, and the Politics of the Cottingley Fairies," History Workshop 38 (1994), 48-85. "The First, and Best Known, of the Cottingley Fairy Photographs," Nature 346:6281 (July 19, 1990), 232. "Away With the Fairies," Country Life, Nov. 11, 2020, 128-129. Leslie Gardner, "Notes on Mr S. F. Sanderson's Presidential Address, 21 March 1973, on 'The Cottingley Fairy Photographs,'" Folklore 86:3/4 (Autumn-Winter 1975), 190-194. S.F. Sanderson, "The Cottingley Fairy Photographs: A Re-Appraisal of the Evidence," Folklore 84:2 (Summer 1973), 89-103. David Barnett, "Fairy Tales," Independent, March 28, 2021. "Cottingley Fairies: How Sherlock Holmes's Creator Was Fooled by Hoax," BBC News, Dec. 5, 2020. "Cottingley Fairies Fake Photos to Go Under the Hammer," Guardian, March 31, 2019. Edward Sorel, "The Spiritual Life of Arthur Conan Doyle," New York Times, Dec. 28, 2018. "One Hundred Years on From the Famous Cottingley Hoax, Why People Still Believe in Fairies," Yorkshire Post, Feb. 13, 2018. Emily Hourican, "A Country Devastated by War, a Famous Author Desperate to Believe in the Spiritual World and Two Little Girls Who Borrowed a Camera ... the Fascinating Story of the Cottingley Fairies," Belfast Telegraph, Sept. 2, 2017. Hazel Gaynor, "Inside the Elaborate Hoax That Made British Society Believe in Fairies," Time, Aug. 1, 2017. David Barnett, "Why Do So Many People Still Believe in the Cottingley Fairies?" Telegraph, July 17, 2017. Mark Branagan, "Academic's Daughter: Curse of Cottingley Fairies Destroyed My Poor Father's Life," Express, Jan. 15, 2017. Sarah Freeman, "How the Cottingley Fairies Cost My Parents Their Marriage," Yorkshire Post, Dec. 28, 2016. Martin Wainwright, "Obituary: Joe Cooper: He Got the Cottingley Fairy Fakers to Confess," Guardian, Aug. 25, 2011. Chris Cheesman, "Obituary: Geoffrey Crawley: Photographic Scientist Who Played a Key Role in Debunking the Cottingley Fairies," Guardian, Nov. 16, 2010. Rick Whelan, "The Enchanting and Phony Cottingley Fairies," [Stratford] Beacon Herald, Nov. 11, 2010. "Geoffrey Crawley: Photographic Expert and Journalist Who Exposed the Myth of the Cottingley Fairies That Had Been Championed by Arthur Conan Doyle," Times, Nov. 10, 2010. Margalit Fox, "Geoffrey Crawley, 83, Dies; Gently Deflated a Fairy Hoax," New York Times, Nov. 6, 2010. James Johnston, "Memorabilia of 'Fairies' Hoax for Auction," Scotsman, March 12, 2001. Mel Hunter, "Fairy Tales," Birmingham Post, March 6, 2001. Vicki Goldberg, "Photography View; Of Fairies, Free Spirits and Outright Frauds," New York Times, Feb. 1, 1998. "Famous Fairy Photos 'Fakes,'" Canberra Times, March 21, 1983. "Shows Photo of Elves: English Theosophist Here to Lecture on 'Coming of the Fairies,'" New York Times, Feb. 3, 1927. "Has Conan Doyle Gone Mad?" [Perth] Mirror, Jan. 13, 1923. "'The Coming of the Fairies' Made Real by Conan Doyle," New York Tribune, Oct. 15, 1922. "Hoax or Revelation?" Illustrated London News 161:4352 (Sept. 16, 1922), 444. Frank Conroy, "Fairies Photographed," New York Times, Jan. 2, 1921. Naomi Rea, "Faked 'Fairy' Photographs From a Famous 20th-Century Hoax Could Fetch $90,000 at Auction," artnet, April 2, 2019. Karen Sayers, "The Cottingley Fairies: A Study in Deception," Leeds University Library, Oct. 28, 2020. Colin Harding, "Griffiths, Frances, (1907–1986)," Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Sept. 1, 2017. Listener mail: "The King's Cross Fire," London Fire Brigade (accessed June 9, 2021). "Medical Detectives (Forensic Files) - Season 8, Episode 42 - Flashover," YouTube, March 24, 2016 (video). "King's Cross Fire," Wikipedia (accessed Jun. 9, 2021). "Trench Effect," Wikipedia (accessed June 9, 2021). "Flashover," Wikipedia (accessed June 9, 2021). Ryan Meeks, "Gail Halvorsen, aka the 'Candy Bomber,' Has Recovered From COVID-19," KSL News Radio, Jan. 24, 2021. "Rhoticity in English," Wikipedia (accessed June 12, 2021). "Rhotic," Merriam-Webster (accessed June 12, 2021). "Microcosm: Portrait of a Central European City," Wikipedia (accessed June 12, 2021). "Wroclaw, Breslau, Vratislav ... One City, Many Names," In Your Pocket, July 23, 2020. This week's lateral thinking puzzle was contributed by listener Rohan Bassett. It's based on an item in Steven Levy's 2011 book In the Plex. You can listen using the player above, download this episode directly, or subscribe on Google Podcasts, on Apple Podcasts, or via the RSS feed at https://futilitycloset.libsyn.com/rss. Please consider becoming a patron of Futility Closet -- you can choose the amount you want to pledge, and we've set up some rewards to help thank you for your support. You can also make a one-time donation on the Support Us page of the Futility Closet website. Many thanks to Doug Ross for the music in this episode. If you have any questions or comments you can reach us at podcast@futilitycloset.com. Thanks for listening!

Kristin Harmel chats with the writing team of Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb and the writing team Christina Lauren about writing as a team and collaboration.

Join Corban and Alyssa as they discuss romantic books to prove that love is in the air. Books include a variety of J.D. Robb, Meet Me in Monaco by Hazel Gaynor, The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang, and The Hating Game by Sally Thorne.

Patti and I discuss her latest book Surviving Savannah, how she found a door into this story, the way the Pulaski and its passengers spoke to her, how Friends and Fiction came about and what the group is doing now, the fascinating research she conducted, and much more. Surviving Savannah can be purchased at Murder by the Book or the CFAP Bookshop storefront.  Patti’s 5 recommended reads are: Under the Southern Sky by Kristy Woodson Harvey The Newcomer by Mary Kay Andrews The Summer of Lost and Found by Mary Alice Monroe The Forest of Vanishing Stars by Kristen Harmel When the Stars Go Dark by Paula McLain Surviving Savannah is on my recent She Reads Most Anticipated Historical Fiction Books of 2021 list and will is a March Buzz Reads selection. If you enjoy reading historical fiction and want to listen to more podcast episodes like this one, try Erika Robuck, Julia Kelly, Kate Quinn, Hazel Gaynor, and Kristin Harmel.

Kate and I discuss her latest book The Rose Code, writing about the unsung women code breakers at Bletchley Park who helped shorten the war by at least two years, the amount of secrecy required of those who worked at Bletchley Park and the mental and emotional toll on them, her favorite character to write in The Rose Code, and much more. The Rose Code can be purchased at Murder by the Book.  Kate’s 3 recommended reads are: The Invisible Life of Addie Larue by V.E. Schwab The Children’s Blizzard by Melanie Benjamin Yellow Wife by Sadeqa Johnson The Rose Code is on my recent She Reads Most Anticipated Historical Fiction Books of 2021 and is a March Buzz Reads selection. If you enjoy reading historical fiction and want to listen to more podcast episodes like this one, try Erika Robuck, Julia Kelly, Lauren Willig, Hazel Gaynor, and Kristin Harmel.

Lauren and I discuss her latest book Band of Sisters, how she learned about this courageous group of women, how often women’s stories have been erased from the historical narrative, the one issue that almost broke the Smith College group, her 2021 Pink Carnation series Read-a-Long, and much more. Band of Sisters can be purchased at Murder by the Book.  Lauren’s 2 recommended reads are: Tooth and Claw by Joe Walton The Midnight Library by Matt Haig Band of Sisters is on my recent She Reads Most Anticipated Historical Fiction Books of 2021 and will be an April Buzz Reads selection. If you enjoy reading historical fiction and want to listen to more podcast episodes like this one, try Erika Robuck, Julia Kelly, Jennifer Rosner, Hazel Gaynor and Kristin Harmel.

Jennifer and I discuss her book The Yellow Bird Sings, her impetus for telling this story, the significance of the violin and the color yellow in the book, what she learned on her research trip to Poland and how that impacted her writing, why she selected Poland as the setting, and much more. The Yellow Bird Sings can be purchased at Murder by the Book. Jennifer’s 4 recommended reads are: Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell House on Endless Waters by Emuna Elon How Much of These Hills Is Gold by C Pam Zhang The Rose Code by Kate Quinn If you enjoy reading historical fiction and want to listen to more podcast episodes like this one, try Hazel Gaynor, Nguyen Phan Que Mai, Kristin Harmel, Asha Lemmie, and Erika Robuck.

Erika and I discuss her latest novel The Invisible Woman, bringing Virginia Hall to life, highlighting the everyday people who contributed to the French Resistance, touring the CIA Museum, how readers are looking for stories of redemption during the pandemic, and much more.The Invisible Woman can be purchased at Murder by the Book.Erika’s 3 recommended reads are:The Darkest Night by Jennifer RobsonUniverse of Two by Stephen KiernanYellow Wife by Sadeqa JohnsonIf you enjoy reading historical fiction and want to listen to more podcast episodes like this one, try Natalie Jenner, Judithe Little, Gill Paul, Hazel Gaynor, or Elise Hooper.

Welcome back to Big Little Books! Even though 2020 has been tumultuous, to say the least, one thing has remained constant throughout and that is books and all they have to offer. BLB takes a look at our end-of-year stats and the new reading habits that we’ve formed along the way. Since last year, Sam has developed an appreciation for audiobooks, and Yuli might be in the market for a Kindle or e-reader in the near future! We jump into what we have been reading while also entrenched in world events, specifically discussing some of our favourite reads of 2020. Next, we actively look at the year ahead and the changes we hope to see in our reading habits. Already thinking about new book releases coming out? So have we! Yuli and Sam chat about their most anticipated reads for the first half of 2021 and good things coming to the podcast in the year ahead.   Thank you, dear listeners, for tuning into this episode. As always, we would love to hear from you! Find us on Instagram @biglittlebookspod or email us at biglittlebookspod@gmail.com Coming at you in February is BLB Episode 19: From Books to TV, whereby we will be discussing The Queen’s Gambit by Walter Tevis and the Netflix adaptation everyone has been obsessed with since last fall. Friendly reminder to shop at your local independent bookstores. Stay safe out there!   EPISODE GUIDE:   00:01:53 – 2020 Cold Hard Reading Stats   00:06:00 – Goodreads Reading Stats and Goals: Pros and Cons    00:10:40 – Analysis of our 2020 Reading, discussion of BLB episode 13, and how our goals went   00:22:50 – Favourite Reads of 2020   00:23:19 – In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado   00:24:43 – A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic #1) by V.E. Schwab   00:25:58 – Strange the Dreamer (Strange the Dreamer #1) by Laini Taylor   00:27:39 – A Sky Beyond the Storm (An Ember in the Ashes #4) by Sabaa Tahir   00:28:00 – H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald    00:30:15 – The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison   00:31:03 – Saga, Vol. 1 by Brian K. Vaughan (Writer), Fiona Staples (Artist)   00:33:10 – Kindred by Octavia E. Butler   00:35:14 – A Fortune for Your Disaster by Hanif Abdurraqib   00:37:36 – Last Christmas in Paris: A Novel of World War 1 by Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb (Our Book Bangers Book Club December 2020 Pick)   00:40:10 – Intermission   00:40:30 – Reading Goals for 2021   00:45:25 – The StoryGraph Shoutout (THEY HAVE .5 RATINGS!) https://www.thestorygraph.com/   00:48:49 – Our Most Anticipated Books for the First Half of 2021   00:49:03 – No One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood (February 16, 2021)   00:50:55 – The Prophets by Robert Jones Jr. (January 5, 2021)   00:52:36 – A River Called Time by Courttia Newland   00:53:44 – Remote Control by Nnedi Okorafor (January 19, 2021)   00:54:00 – A Court of Silver Flames (A Court of Thorns and Roses #4) by Sarah J. Maas (February 16, 2021)   00:54:45 – Hot Stew by Fiona Mozley (June 1, 2021)   00:55:55 – Home Is Not a Country by Safia Elhillo (March 2, 2021)   00:57:11 – Where is BLB headed in 2021?   00:58:40 – Besides Books

This week on the Live Well Anyway podcast (formerly Cultivating the Lovely) with MacKenzie Koppa and Katie Duckett sit down for a cozy chat about all their favorite things from 2020. Even though it was a rough year, we can still all think of a few things we discovered or experienced or read that were a joy, and that is just what this episode is all about! MacKenzie and Katie list a lot of books, products and other fun items. We have linked as many as we could below, so be sure to scroll down in your podcast app to find everything they talked about! LINKS MENTIONED Subscribe to MacKenzie’s YouTube Channel Sign up for MacKenzie’s newsletter “Well, anyway…” Follow MacKenzie on Instagram @mackenziekoppa Follow Katie on Instagram @katiemduckett Sign up for Katie’s newsletter “Moving Into Light” Katie’s website is KatieDuckett.com Live Well Anyway Facebook Group Noi Skincare on Instagram Wildling_Beauty on Instagram Grace and Lace Katie’s Favorite Supplements (discount code Duckett10) Kion Immune Supplements Care/of Chill Factor WHERE TO FIND THE SHOW Apple Podcasts Google Play Music Spotify Player FM JOIN US ON PATREON Live Well Together! Patreon Community VISIT OUR SPONSORS Acorn TV- Get your first 30 Days FREE when you go to acorn.tv and use code LIVEWELL Pipette- Visit pipettebaby.com and get 30% Off when you use code LIVEWELL Mary Ruth’s Organic Supplements- Shop through this link for 10% off SHOP WITH US THROUGH AMAZON Thank you for using our Amazon affiliate links to support the show! On the Bright Side by Melanie Shankle Stand All the Way Up by Sophie Hudson The Lazy Genius Way by Kendra Adachi The Feel Good Effect by Robin Conley Downs Fighting Forward by Hannah Brencher Clanlands by Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish Last Christmas in Paris by Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb Awakening Wonder by Sally Clarkson Adore by Sara Hagerty Get Your Life Back by Jon Eldredge Mary Oliver Lucy Shaw Louise Penny Becoming Josephine by Heather Webb Drunk Elephant Skin care products Gua sha jade tools Kleem Organics Retinol Moisturizer

In this Book Club episode of the Unabridged Podcast, we talk about Christina Lauren's holiday rom-com, In a Holidaze. After our Bookish Check-in, where we each share what we're reading, we chat about the novel and then offer another holiday book recommendation. We end with our Give Me One and talk about holiday songs that make us cringe.   Bookish Check-in Ashley - Nic Stone’s Dear Justyce (sequel to Dear Martin) Jen - Muriel Barbery’s The Elegance of the Hedgehog Sara - Rumaan Alam’s Leave the World Behind   Our Additional Holiday Book Recommendations Ashley - Karina Yan Glaser’s The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street Jen - Sarah Morgenthaler’s Mistletoe and Mr. Right (sequel to The Tourist Attraction) Sara - Jenny Bayliss’s The Twelve Dates of Christmas   Mentioned in Episode Christina Lauren's In a Holidaze Our previous holiday episodes - #102 discussing Hazel Gaynor and Heather Mariah Webb's Last Christmas in Paris and #50 discussing Gretchen Anthony's Evergreen Tidings from the Baumgartners The infamous Love, Actually debate episode, #104 Christina Lauren's The Unhoneymooners Gilmore Girls   Give Me One - Holiday Song that Makes You Cringe Ashley - “Jingle Bell Rock” Jen - “Frosty the Snowman” Sara - “Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer”   Interested in what else we're reading? Check out our Featured Books page.   Want to support Unabridged? Check out our Merch Store! Become a patron on Patreon.​ Follow us @unabridgedpod on Instagram. Like and follow our Facebook Page. Subscribe to our YouTube channel. Check out our Teachers Pay Teachers store. Follow us @unabridgedpod on Twitter. Subscribe to our podcast and rate us on Apple Podcasts or on Stitcher. Check us out on Podbean.   Please note that we a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.

It isn't unusual for shops to begin playing Jingle Bell Rock or Baby, It's Cold Outside about a minute after summer ends, which shoppers either love or abhor. 2020 has been weird in numerous ways, and shopping for the winter holidays, whether it is Hanukkah, Kwanzaa or Christmas, is going to prove to be unusual. Our little goblins and ghouls may still be counting their candy from Halloween and Thanksgiving is still several weeks away but small businesses including bookstores are encouraging shoppers to start grabbing those gifts early this year for multiple reasons. So today we talk to our favorite bookseller, Sam Miller of Carmichael Books in Louisville, about what books and gifts readers may want to check out this holiday season. Sam tells us why independent bookstores across the country called October the new December, which new books will be hot this holiday season and what books that came out earlier in 2020 have had staying power. Finally Sam gives some suggestions to shoppers about what they can do, in addition to buying their gifts from local businesses, to help stores financially through this weird weird year to still keep their doors open in 2021. Books Mentioned in this Episode: 1- A Promised Land by Barack Obama 2- The Lost Words by Robert MacFarlane and Jackie Morris 3- The Lost Spells by Robert MacFarlane and Jackie Morris 4- Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer 5- Shit, Actually: The Definitive, 100% Objective Guide to Modern Cinema by Lindy West 6- Shrill by Lindy West 7- Ottolenghi Flavor: A Cookbook by Yotam Ottolenghi and Ixta Belfrage 8- Modern Comfort Food: A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook by Ina Garten 9- This Will Make It Taste Good: A New Path to Simple Cooking by Vivian Howard 10- Black Sun (Between Earth and Sky) by Rebecca Roanhorse 11- Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse 12- The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu 13- To Hold Up The Sky by Cixin Liu 14- The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson 15- Once and Future Witches by Alix Harrow 16- Pirenesi by Susanna Clarke 17- Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norell by Susanna Clarke 18- Secret Santa by Andrew Shaffer 19- We Are Santa by Ron Cooper 20- A Literary Holiday Cookbook by Alison Walsh 21- The Official Downton Abbey Cookbook by Annie Gray 22- A Cloud a Day by Gavin Pretor-Pinney 23- Men to Avoid in Art and Life by Nicole Tersigni 24- Stranger Planet by Nathan Pyle 25- The Louisville Anthology edited by Erin Keane 26- A Charity Anthology for COVID -19 by Neil Gaiman 27- The Call Me Ishmael Phone Book: An Interactive Guide to Life- 28- Changing Books by Logan Smalley and Stephanie Kent 29- Estranged by Ethan Aldridge 30- The Changeling King by Ethan Aldridge 31- Olive, Mabel & Me by Andrew Cotter 32- The Searcher by Tana French 33- Metropolitan Stories by Christine Coulson 34- The One & Only Bob by Katherine Applegate 35- The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel 36 - Dreyer's English by Benjamin Dreyer 37- The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo 38- Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath by Heather Clark 39- All Adults Here by Emma Straub 40- The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett 41- Three-Martini Afternoons at the Ritz: The Rebellion of Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton by Gail Crowther 42- Literary Rogues: A Scandalous History of Wayward Authors by Andrew Shaffer 43- This House is Haunted by John Boyne 44- The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne 45- The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne 46- Brain on Fire by Susannah Cahalan 47- The Daily Coyote by Shreve Stockton 48- The Milk Lady of Bangalore by Shoba Narayan 49- The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova Bailey 50- Hiddensee: A Tale of the Once and Future Nutcracker by Gregory Maguire 51- Last Christmas in Paris by Hazel Gaynor 52- The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley 53- The Guest List by Lucy Foley 54- Winter Solstice by Rosamunde Pilcher 55- Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris Games Mentioned: 1- Dreyer's Board Game 2- Bowie Bingo 3- Bless Your Heart   Movies Mentioned: 1- The Lemon Drop Kid 2- It Happened on Fifth Avenue 3- A Christmas Story 4- Love Actually

It isn’t unusual for shops to begin playing Jingle Bell Rock or Baby, It’s Cold Outside about a minute after summer ends, which shoppers either love or abhor. 2020 has been weird in numerous ways, and shopping for the winter holidays, whether it is Hanukkah, Kwanzaa or Christmas, is going to prove to be unusual. Our little goblins and ghouls may still be counting their candy from Halloween and Thanksgiving is still several weeks away but small businesses including bookstores are encouraging shoppers to start grabbing those gifts early this year for multiple reasons. So today we talk to our favorite bookseller, Sam Miller of Carmichael Books in Louisville, about what books and gifts readers may want to check out this holiday season. Sam tells us why independent bookstores across the country called October the new December, which new books will be hot this holiday season and what books that came out earlier in 2020 have had staying power. Finally Sam gives some suggestions to shoppers about what they can do, in addition to buying their gifts from local businesses, to help stores financially through this weird weird year to still keep their doors open in 2021. Books Mentioned in this Episode: 1- A Promised Land by Barack Obama 2- The Lost Words by Robert MacFarlane and Jackie Morris 3- The Lost Spells by Robert MacFarlane and Jackie Morris 4- Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer 5- Shit, Actually: The Definitive, 100% Objective Guide to Modern Cinema by Lindy West 6- Shrill by Lindy West 7- Ottolenghi Flavor: A Cookbook by Yotam Ottolenghi and Ixta Belfrage 8- Modern Comfort Food: A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook by Ina Garten 9- This Will Make It Taste Good: A New Path to Simple Cooking by Vivian Howard 10- Black Sun (Between Earth and Sky) by Rebecca Roanhorse 11- Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse 12- The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu 13- To Hold Up The Sky by Cixin Liu 14- The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson 15- Once and Future Witches by Alix Harrow 16- Pirenesi by Susanna Clarke 17- Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norell by Susanna Clarke 18- Secret Santa by Andrew Shaffer 19- We Are Santa by Ron Cooper 20- A Literary Holiday Cookbook by Alison Walsh 21- The Official Downton Abbey Cookbook by Annie Gray 22- A Cloud a Day by Gavin Pretor-Pinney 23- Men to Avoid in Art and Life by Nicole Tersigni 24- Stranger Planet by Nathan Pyle 25- Louisville Anthology edited by Erin Keane 26- A Charity Anthology for COVID -19 by Neil Gaiman 27- The Call Me Ishmael Phone Book: An Interactive Guide to Life- 28- Changing Books by Logan Smalley and Stephanie Kent 29- Estranged by Ethan Aldridge 30- The Changeling King by Ethan Aldridge 31- Olive, Mabel & Me by Andrew Cotter 32- The Searcher by Tana French 33- Metropolitan Stories by Christine Coulson 34- The One & Only Bob by Katherine Applegate 35- The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel 36 - Dreyer's English by Benjamin Dreyer 37- The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo 38- Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath by Heather Clark 39- All Adults Here by Emma Straub 40- The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett 41- Three-Martini Afternoons at the Ritz: The Rebellion of Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton by Gail Crowther 42- Literary Rogues: A Scandalous History of Wayward Authors by Andrew Shaffer 43- This House is Haunted by John Boyne 44- The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne 45- The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne 46- Brain on Fire by Susannah Cahalan 47- The Daily Coyote by Shreve Stockton 48- The Milk Lady of Bangalore by Shoba Narayan 49- The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova Bailey 50- Hiddensee: A Tale of the Once and Future Nutcracker by Gregory Maguire 51- Last Christmas in Paris by Hazel Gaynor 52- The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley 53- The Guest List by Lucy Foley 54- Winter Solstice by Rosamunde Pilcher 55- Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris Games Mentioned: 1- Dreyer's Board Game 2- Bowie Bingo 3- Bless Your Heart

Bestselling author, Hazel Gaynor talks to Cheryl Akle about the unusual route she took to publication. An excellent episode for aspiring authors. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hazel discusses When We Were Young & Brave, her inspiration for the story, writing about World War 2 in the Pacific, her extensive research for the book, exploring the human condition, her reading recommendations, and much more. When We Were Young & Brave can be purchased at Murder by the Book. Hazel’s 2 recommended reads are:Hamnet by Maggie O’FarrellThe Exiles by Christina Baker Kline

In this week's show, I had the pleasure of speaking with Hazel Gaynor about her latest novel When We Were Young & Brave.  I also highlighted some of the week's new book releases.  Don't forget to download The 2020 Fall Reading List — a reader's free guide to the seasons best reads!  Get your free copy at: bibliolifestyle.com/2020frl Books to keep on your radar:WHITE IVY is a debut novel about a young woman’s dark obsession with her privileged classmate and the lengths she’ll go to win his love. WHITE IVY is filled with surprising twists while offering insights into the immigrant experience. It’s also both a love triangle and a coming-of-age story, and it provides a glimpse into the dark side of a woman who yearns for success at any cost. DEARLY is Margaret Atwood’s first collection of poetry in over a decade.  Atwood addresses themes such as love, loss, the passage of time, the nature of nature, and - zombies.  Her new poetry is introspective and personal in tone, but wide-ranging in topic. Longlisted for the 2020 National Book Award for fiction, LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND by Rumaan Alam is a magnetic novel about two families, strangers to each other, who are forced together on a long weekend gone terribly wrong. Suspenseful and provocative, Leave the World Behind is keenly attuned to the complexities of parenthood, race, and class.  It explores how our closest bonds are reshaped, unexpected new ones are forged - in moments of crisis.  The OLIVE EDITIONS, the much-anticipated annual series from Harper Perennial, the latest collection is an eclectic mix of independent bookstore favorites — all chosen as Indie Next List picks — great reads from booksellers you trust! *** BiblioLifestyle newsletter subscribers are the first to know all the podcast happenings, get free goodies in the mail and they can enter for the chance to win free books. Every Friday you’ll get a special treat in your inbox filled with inspirational content, book recommendations, self-care tips, original interviews, and things we think you’ll enjoy. The best part? You will only receive ONE email per week and it will be an amazing 5-minute read or less! Get our free weekly delivery - bibliolifestyle.com. A list of all the books mentioned in the show can be found at bibliohappyhour.com. To find an independent bookstore near you or when you're traveling, visit bibliofinder.com. For as little as $1/month, you can tune in to our “off the cuff” discussion (aka the aftershow),  get our tailored “top shelf” book recommendations, behind the scenes content, perks, and more when you become a supporter on Patreon. Join us at patreon.com/bibliofinder.

In our first ever full-length episode, we reminisce about how our book club started and we discuss this month’s book pick, The Alice Network by Kate Quinn (Jo and Lee’s pick). This month’s genre was Lynn’s pick: historical fiction, subcategory World War II. Make sure to listen all the way through to find out next episode’s genre and book pick - read along with us and join us next episode for our discussion!Check out these books mentioned on the show! Previous Drink A Book book club picks: Lilac Girls by Martha Hall KellyPractical Magic by Alice HoffmanThe Winter People by Jennifer McMahonThe Hating Game by Sally ThorneOther books mentioned:JO -The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey; Lock Every Door by Riley SagerLEE - An Unwanted Guest by Shari Lapena; The Night Sister by Jennifer McMahon; A Stranger in the House by Shari Lapena; The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena; Conversion by Katherine Howe (article mentioned from The New York Times)LOREN - A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny; A Fire Sparking by Julianne MacLean; Crooked Kingdom by Leigh BardugoLYNN - Last Christmas in Paris by Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb; Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys; The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows; The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie (author controversy mentioned from PBS News)MARIE - One Day in December by Josie Silver; All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr; Night by Eli WieselWe want to connect with you! Email us at drinkabookpod@gmail.com, follow us on instagram @drinkabookpod, and visit our website at: https://drinkabookpod.buzzsprout.com/Our episodes are created, written, and edited by us: Jo, Lee, Loren, Lynn, and Marie.Our music is by Stephanie Trivison.Our episodes are produced by our very own Loren, who also designed our logo.Cheers!

Gill discusses her latest novel Jackie and Maria, the reader who gave her the inspiration for this story, Jackie and her sister Lee’s complex relationship, the rivalry between Jackie and Maria, her year-round love of swimming, and more.Jackie and Maria can be purchased at Murder by the Book. Gill’s 3 recommended reads are:1. 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World by Elif Shafak2. Coming Up For Air by Sarah Leipciger3. When We Were Young & Brave by Hazel Gaynor

Writer Hazel Gaynor's latest book launches in Ireland on 6 August 2020, in advance of launches in the UK and America. Hazel's books have made it to the Best Seller lists of publications such as The New York Times, USA Today, and the Irish Times. Her latest, published by HarperCollins, is The Bird in The Bamboo Cage, based on the true story of a group of English and American schoolchildren and their teachers interned in China by the Japanese during World War II. She talks to the Diary about it. Produced by Brian Byrne.

Hazel Gaynor's latest book, The Bird in the Bamboo Cage, will launch in Ireland on 6 August 2020. The novel is based on the true story of a group of mainly English children and their teachers, caught up in the Japanese invasion of part of China during the Pacific War. Once again, the author brings a story from history back to life for today's readers. Produced by Brian Byrne.

In this episode, Leigh, Jackie and Mary talk about Meet Me at the Museum by Anne Youngson, The Cottingley Secret by Hazel Gaynor, and The How and The Why by Cynthia Hand, as well as books that just aren't right for you.

Being taken on by a high profile literary agency should have been the start of Hazel Gaynor’s career, but unfortunately they couldn’t place her Titanic novel The Girl Who Came Home. With the Titanic anniversary rapidly approaching, Hazel decided to self publish and opened the door to the career as an international bestseller. Drilling into how Hazel achieved this, Sam Blake discusses how she created her own opportunities and the bestselling books that followed it. Delving into how much research goes into bestselling historical fiction, creating unforgettable characters and the incredible buzz when a celebrity tweets about your work, Sam Blake quizzes Hazel on the keys to her success. Hazel Gaynor is an award-winning, New York Times, USA Today and Irish Times bestselling historical novelist. Her 2014 debut novel The Girl Who Came Home—A Novel of the Titanic (http://www.hazelgaynor.com/book/the-girl-who-came-home/) hit the New York Times and USA Today bestseller lists, and went on to win the 2015 Historical Novel of the Year award from the Romantic Novelists’ Association. Her second novel A Memory of Violets (http://www.hazelgaynor.com/book/a-memory-of-violets/) , was also a New York Times bestseller, and her third, The Girl from The Savoy (http://www.hazelgaynor.com/book/the-girl-from-the-savoy/) was an Irish Times and Globe & Mail bestseller, and a finalist for the 2016 Irish Book Awards. Her 2017 release The Cottingley Secret (http://www.hazelgaynor.com/book/the-cottingley-secret-2/) hit the Globe & Mail and USA Today bestseller lists. Last Christmas in Paris (http://www.hazelgaynor.com/book/last-christmas-in-paris/) (co-written with Heather Webb) was also a Globe & Mail bestseller, and won the 2018 Women’s Fiction Writers Association STAR Award. Hazel’s 2018 release The Lighthouse Keeper’s Daughter (https://www.harpercollins.com/9780062869302/the-lighthouse-keepers-daughter) , inspired by true events surrounding the life of Victorian lighthouse keeper, Grace Darling, was a top 10 Irish Times bestseller for five consecutive weeks. Summer 2019 will see the publication of Meet Me In Monaco (https://www.harpercollins.com/9780062885371/meet-me-in-monaco/) , Hazel’s second collaboration with Heather Webb. The book is set against the back-drop of the iconic wedding of Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier of Monaco. All Hazel’s novels have been received to critical-acclaim and are translated into ten foreign languages and published in seventeen countries to date. Hazel lives in Ireland with her husband and two children and is represented by Michelle Brower at Aevitas Creative, New York. Behind the Bestseller is part of the HeadStuff Podcast Network (https://www.headstuff.org/behind-the-bestseller) Theme Music by Tim Nerney 

Hope everyone is staying safe and healthy amid all the coronavirus chaos. You get me solo today as I wanted to share the first book for the 'Cup of Something Lovely' virtual book club.For the first book selection, let's come together to read one of my favourite books of 2019:Meet Me in Monaco by Hazel Gaynor and Heather WebbThis delightful read was a grocery store purchase that I ate up in two-and-a-half days. I love historical fiction and chose this one for us because there are no wars, no sickness --- just a solid story about a feisty French entrepreneur determined to keep her family’s perfume business alive in the 1950’s, with Grace Kelly’s wedding timeline as the foundation for how events unfold. And it’s a love story. Ah, l’amour. It 's the perfect chocolat macaron of a book.Where to buy or borrow it:Indigo (Ebook and paperback formats)Amazon (Ebook, paperback and Audible formats)#GetThrifty by making use of your local library's online book catalogue --- for FREE! (Ebook and sometimes audio formats)JOIN THE CLUB! To formally join the ‘Cup of Something Lovely’ book club and be part of the virtual book discussion, email me at (citygirltalks.podcast@gmail.com). Everyone is welcome!Stuff and Things:If you're working from home these days and finding it a bit weird, check out this great blog post with tips from To Vogue or Bust's Alex Grant. I've also shared some tips for staying positive while the chaos swirls.If you have the means, I'd love it if you could contribute to the virtual food drive that I'm holding for the Greater Vancouver Food Bank. They are in great need of support right now to help families who don't have the resources to stock-pile at this difficult time. The Food Bank is not government funded and every contribution helps!

Hazel Gaynor's best-selling historical novels take famous events and look at how they affected the lives of the “little people.”  Her most recent work - her eighth - Meet Me in Monaco - does just that with the events surrounding Grace Kelly's Monaco marriage to Princess Rainier. Hi there I'm your host Jenny Wheeler and today Hazel talks about what it takes to build a successful author career and the Titanic love story that got her launched. And as a special treat we've got three paperback copies of her latest book Meet Me in Monaco to giveaway in a draw to three lucky readers. Enter through the website or our Joys of Binge Reading Facebook page. Entries close March 27 check. Enter link here. Enter the draw to win a paperback copy of Meet Me In Monaco Six things you'll learn from this Joys of Binge Reading episode: How did Hazel break into writingThe magic of MonacoThe Titanic's Irish connectionWriting with a collaborative partnerThe writers she admires mostWhat she'd do differently second time around Where to find Hazel Gaynor:  Website:  https://www.hazelgaynor.com/ Facebook: @hazelgaynorbooks  Twitter: @hazelgaynor Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hazelgaynor/ What follows is a "near as" transcript of our conversation, not word for word but pretty close to it, with links to important mentions. Jenny Wheeler:  But now here is Hazel. Hello there, Hazel, and welcome to the show. It's great to have you with us. Hazel Gaynor - Best selling historical fiction from her home in Ireland Hazel Gaynor: Hi, it's so great to be here. Thanks so much for inviting me. Jenny Wheeler: Your first novel won a historical novel of the year contest from the Romance Novelist Association.  You've gone on to write seven other historical novels. Most of them have been best sellers in more than one country, and the most recent of them is Meet Me in Monaco, which details Grace Kelly's transition to Princess Grace. So how did you get started? Getting down to being an author Hazel Gaynor: Gosh. Well, it's interesting because actually my first finished novel was never published. That's in a drawer, never to see the light of day, which I think is the experience of most published authors. And it's just that process of believing in yourself, finding time in your day. I was writing at the start of my career when I had very young children, so there was no time to actually sit down and write. The Girl Who Came Home - a Novel of Irish families on the Titanic by Hazel Gaynor But it's funny how you find time. And so that was my learning book, and I think most authors have one of those. But I think the process of writing that gave me the confidence so when I started to write The Girl Who Came Home, which is inspired by the story of the Titanic and a group of Irish passengers on the Titanic specifically, I think because I had sat down at the kitchen table at five o'clock in the morning before anyone was awake, I knew I could do it. Beginning with a 'Mum's column' So that was really where I started. Although I had two years prior to writing a novel, I had written a blog about my life as an ex corporate business woman who then became a stay at home mom and all of the sort of huge changes that brought to my life. So I've been writing about my personal experience, writing about being a mum. And again, I think it just, it's like an apprenticeship. It let me find my voice, my style, and just the confidence to stop doubting myself and to sit down and write and see what happened. Jenny Wheeler: Yes. Now that first unpublished novel, was that also historical? Hazel Gaynor: No, it wasn't actually. It was very contemporary. I suppose it would be  called contemporary women's fiction, and it's interesting because that's probably why it didn't become the book I was meant to get published with because it wasn't really where my passion, where my heart was. My heart has always been,

Today we’re discussing Ghost Talkers by Mary Robinette Kowal, a WWI spy story with fantasy elements. Before we launch into our book discussion, Curtis is sharing pertinent historical background while Chelsey shares some literary history lessons. Check the show notes for spoiler timestamps and a list of book and article recommendations.   Email us here Follow us here Sign up for Libro.fm here   Spoilers begin 12:43 Spoilers end 41:08 Ghost Talkers by Mary Robinette Kowal About the Battle of the Somme J.R.R. Tolkien and WWI WWI “shell shock” WWI poetry Regeneration (trilogy) by Pat Barker Testament of Youth by Vera Brittain Maisie Dobbs series by Jaqueline Winspear Last Christmas in Paris by Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb The Alice Network by Kate Quinn 1917 The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien The Duchess Deal by Tessa Dare

Friends, for our Unabridged Book Club book this month, we're reading Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb's epistolary novel ​Last Christmas in Paris. This book, set predominantly during World War I, unveils the relationships of two characters, Evie and Tom, through the letters they write to each other and to friends and family. Through the lens of their very personal letters, readers also gain an understanding of other concerns of the time, including the growing role of women in Great Britain, concerns of journalism in telling the truth and supporting patriotism, mental health of soldiers, and (of course!) finding love and companionship in the midst of war. ​It's a novel of friendship, of fraternity, and of passion, set over the course of years.​Join us on social media this month to share your thoughts about Gaynor and Webb's novel!   timeline *Introduction and General Discussion: 00:00 - 38:03 *Book Pairings: 38:04 - 43:34 *Classroom Connections: 43:35 - 45:18 *Give Me One: 45:20 - 47:45   book pairings *Ashley - Ruta Sepetys’s Salt to the Sea *Jen - Kate Quinn’s The Alice Network *Sara - Anthony Doerr’s All the Light We Cannot See​   other mentions *Alice Walker's The Color Purple *Pierre Choderlos de Laclos's Dangerous Liaisons  *The Hamilton Soundtrack   give me one - musician to try *Jen's pick - Red Hot Chili Peppers *Sara's pick - Maroon 5 *Ashley's pick - The Chainsmokers   *Check out what's coming up next.   want to support unabridged? *Check out our Merch Store! *Become a patron on Patreon.​ *Follow us @unabridgedpod on Instagram. *Like and follow our Facebook Page. *Follow us @unabridgedpod on Twitter. *Subscribe to our podcast and rate us on iTunes or on Stitcher. *Check us out on Podbean.

Today we have a bookish recommendation show featuring past guest Clara. In this episode, we dive into a few fiction books that includes post-apocalyptic fiction, historical romance. We talk about series vs standalone books, which ones we prefer the most. BOOKS MENTIONED: Meet me in Monaco by Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb Last Christmas in Paris by Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb  The Last by Hannah Jameson  Severance by Ling Ma Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel  No Judgments by Meg Cabot  Lisa Kleypas  The Wallflower Wager by Tessa Dare  The Duchess Deal by Tessa Dare  The Wallflower Series by Lisa Kleypas  Ravenel Series by Lisa Kleypas Bridgerton’s Series by Julia Quinn  Chocolat by Joanna Harris The Strawberry Thief by Joanna Harris Toni Morrison  Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling Royal Holiday by Jasmine Guillory  A Vermont Christmas by Anita Hughes  Chelsea Girls by Fiona Davis The Spellbook of Katrina Van Tassel by Alyssa Palombo The Wedding Party by Jasmine Guillory If there is Still Sex and The City by Candice Bushnell  Sex and the City by Candice Bushnell

Meet Me in Monaco is lovingly written by the team of bestselling author, Hazel Gaynor, and historical novelist, Heather Webb. Meet Me in Monaco begins in May 1955. The London Herald has just printed a news article written by senior fashion editor, Angeline West. All the stars are out in Cannes for the eight annual Film Festival. Hollywood’s darling, Grace Kelly, is one of the loveliest stars in Cannes this year. Each chapter of Meet Me in Monaco tells the story via the alternating points of view of Sophie Duval, James Henderson and Angeline West (via her news articles). Financially-strapped perfumer, Sophie Duval, is also in Cannes running the Duval perfume boutique. Following the death of her father, Sophie has worked long and hard to carry on the family perfume business. Modern perfumes are now being produced faster and cheaper with chemical ingredients. The fragrant ingredients used to make Duval’s unique perfumes are derived from flowers cultivated on the family-owned land. As a talented perfumer, Sophie insists on the continued quality of Duval perfumes. She has learned everything she knows about making perfume from her father. However, Sophie has developed her own expertise at creating just the right scents for customers based on their personalities and interests. Sophie is a master perfumer in her own right. Unfortunately, with her being father gone for a number of years, times are tough for Sophie. Duval’s company finances are a mess. Sophie is beleaguered by the probability of losing both the land and the business.James Henderson, is a news photographer. His daughter Emily lives with her mother and step-father. James to see Emily as much as he can. On assignment, James is covering the Cannes Film Festival. During the festival, Sophie has chance meetings with both Grace Kelly and James. While working during the Cannes Film Festival, James chases Grace into Sophie Duval’s boutique. Sophie effectively thwarts James’ attempt, by hiding Grace. This bad news for James, as his job on the line. He desperately needs some good shots of Grace Kelly. James leaves the boutique with Sophie’s business card. Grace was grateful to Sophie.James attends a news photoshoot for Miss Kelly’s “first meeting” with Prince Rainier. That day resulted in a chance meeting between Grace Kelly and James Henderson. Grace catches a whiff of a lovely scent. James hands her Sophie Duval’s perfume-scented business card. This happening sets the tone for the rest of Meet Me in Monaco. Grace and Prince Rainier of Monaco fall in love and become engaged. James and Sophie were able to spend only a little time to get to know each other before James returned to London. April 1956: The Royal Wedding of Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier of Monaco! Grace would soon be known as Princess Grace of Monaco. Will Sophie be invited to the wedding? Will James Henderson be covering the wedding for the Herald? Will Grace Kelly wear a Sophie Duval fragrance at her wedding? Will James and Sophie find each other again? I enjoyed reading Meet Me in Monaco. I was completely caught up in the story of Sophie, James and Grace Kelly. Meet Me in Monaco was a “I can’t turn the pages fast enough” book for me! I was enthralled with Grace Kelly and amazed at how seamlessly her persona was blended her into the story. With only words on paper, the authors painted an amazing portrait of a lovely woman with a beautiful soul, Grace Kelly.Visit BookClubReporter to get your copy of Meet Me in Monaco.

In perhaps our most international episode ever, we talk with Heather Webb and Hazel Gaynor about their book, Meet Me in Monaco. We discuss writing technique, how to handle major time differences with your work partner and discuss our theoretical hall passes.  Be sure to follow us on Instagram (@winewomenwords), we have a giveaway coming up for our September book of the month.     

Kaytee and Meredith are back in your earbuds with strong opinions and bookish concoctions! You’ll hear a “bookish moment of the week” from each host, and we are TEASES this week. We both have books that we cannot wait to talk about… but we’re not telling you what they are! Next, we’ll remind you about our Bookshelf Thomasville coupon code for you: CURRENTLYLOVING will get you 10% off from our friends over there through the month of August! You’ve got just a few days left before this code expires, so get on it! Moving forward, we discuss our current reads for the week. We are mostly GLOWING about our books this week, and we have lots of words about each of them. We’ve got an update for you on our Slow But Steady reads as well, and we’ve loved having you chime in for what you’re reading for this challenge. Today, we’re also rethinking what Slow But Steady means in terms of content. For our deep dive, we are discussing book clubs. All the different kinds of book clubs there are. How we feel about them personally. What we enjoy about the idea of book clubs. And some other weird tangents. What are your thoughts on book clubs? Finally, this week, we finish the episode by Bellying Up to the Book Bar! Our drinking buddy this week is Angie Dawson, and we have LOTS of titles to throw her way. The show notes for this episode are bananas, friends. B-A-N-A-N-A-S. As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down!  . . . . . 5:39 - Save Me The Plums by Ruth Reichl 5:56 - Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl 9:50 - The Jane Austen Project by Kathleen Flynn 10:02 - Want to get in on the Patron action? Patreon! 15:04 - The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna by Juliet Grames 20:34 - The Whisper Network by Chandler Baker 20:39 - Reese Witherspoon Book Club 24:18 - The Bookshop on the Shore by Jenny Colgan 24:36 - The Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan 29:35 - Lock Every Door by Riley Sager 29:44 - Final Girls by Riley Sager 34:29 - Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry 35:03 - North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell 35:16 - The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas 36:04 - The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt 36:05 - The Stand by Stephen King 36:20 - 11/22/63 by Stephen King 36:27 - War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells 36:49 - The Complete Stories of Flannery O’Connor 37:32 - Les Miserables by Victor Hugo 37:36 - War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy 37:42 - Stamped From the Beginning: A Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibraham Kendi 38:33 - Middlemarch by George Eliot 38:36 - The Fiery Cross (Outlander #5) by Diana Gabaldon 40:35 - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot 43:13 - Silent Book Club 45:04 - Episode 14 with Amy Allen Clark 45:48 - Have opinions about a CR buddy read? Join the Patreon 47:19 - Us Against You by Fredrick Backman 47:33 - Red Rising by Pierce Brown 47:37 - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas 47:39 - Outlander by Diana Gabaldon 47:46 - Twilight by Stephanie Meyer 47:58 - Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys 48:08 - Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys 48:10 - Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah 48:23 - The Royal We by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan 48:24 - The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang 48:25 - The Bride Test by Helen Hoang 48:26 - The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren 48:27 - Joshilyn Jackson Books 48:38 - The Line That Held Us by David Joy 48:39 - The Book of Essie by Meghan MacLean Weir 48:41 - A Hundred Summers by Beatriz Williams 48:46 - We Were Liars by E. Lockhart 49:02 - Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert 49:03 - Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn 49:05 - The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger 49:37 -This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel 50:19 - A Man Called Ove by Fredrick Backman 50:54 - A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer 51:07 - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins 51:35 - The Paper Magician (series) by Charlie Holmberg 52:01 - The Jane Austen Project by Kathleen Flynn 52:09 - Scythe by Neal Schusterman 53:00 - The Red Tent by Anita Diamant 53:52 - A Bridge Across the Ocean by Susan Meissner 53:57 - The Girl Who Came Home by Hazel Gaynor 54:05 - The Book Thief by Markus Zusak 54:17 - Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly 54:18 - Lost Roses by Martha Hall Kelly 55:02 - Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston 55:17 - The Right Swipe by Alisha Rai 55:23 - Christina Lauren books 55:37 - Jasmine Guillory books 56:05 - Never Have I Ever by Joshilyn Jackson 56:30 - The Duchess Deal by Tessa Dare 57:23 - Want some extra Belly Up to the Book Bar? Patreon! *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!*  

Author duo Heather Webb & Hazel Gaynor discuss writer collaboration - they call each other "book wives" - and their fascinating research into the parfumeries of Grasse, France, that resulted in the lush, sensory detail that pervades their brilliant new release Meet Me in Monaco.

A question I get asked often is, "How do you plan your day and keep track of everything in an organized manner?" Well, in this week's episode of The Crystal Paine Show, Jesse and I not only share what's saving our lives and talk about books we are reading, but we also give you an insider look into how we each plan our days. Jesse’s time management plan is a little more detailed than mine, but it works for him. He uses his Appigo app, his Michael Hyatt Full Focus Journal, and our family Google calendar to keep his tasks in order. For me, keeping three separate calendars would feel like overkill, but it works well for him. I like using my Google Calendar to brain dump all of the tasks and the activities for those tasks into one place. I share how I use a hybrid system of Google calendar + a time-blocked to do list and talk about why this works so well for me. Oh and I also talk about one tip that makes such a difference that I was a little embarrassed to admit until I saw that Cal Newport does it, too! In This Episode:  [00:26] - Welcome back to the show! We share about our recent trip to Georgia, our time at Sweetwater Creek State Park, and my Mastermind one-day event. [05:31] - What’s saving our lives? Jesse: Appigo, his to-do list app. Mine: our electric tea kettle! [07:54] - Jesse’s reading The E-Myth Real Estate Investor. I just finished The Last Christmas in Paris. [11:51] - Today we wanted to share how we plan our days, especially since summer is almost over! [16:24] - With his 3 different calendars, how is Jesse not duplicating work/tasks?  [17:25] - Learn why I love using Google Calendar to brain dump my day! [19:00] - While I don’t usually use my calendar for everyday tasks when I’m developing a habit I set a daily reminder. [20:39] - In the evening, I block out my time for the next day. [21:48] - My one not-so-minimalist habit is re-writing my task list halfway through the day and I share the three reasons why I think this is so helpful. [26:02] - Set realistic timeframes for the tasks on your list and start simple. [27:35] - Download my PDF on how I plan my days with Google calendar. Links and Resources: Sweetwater Creek State Park Appigo Bonavita Electric Tea Kettle The E-Myth Real Estate Investor by Michael Gerber Michael Gerber E-Myth Books The Last Christmas in Paris by Hazel Gaynor and Heather Mariah Webb The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows Love Idol by Jennifer Dukes Lee Michael Hyatt's Full Focus Journal Deep Work by Cal Newport Crystal’s Favorite Things on Amazon CrystalPaine.com MoneySavingMom.com Crystal’s Instagram account (I’d love for you to follow me there! I usually hop on at least a few times per day and share behind-the-scenes photos and videos, my grocery store hauls, funny stories, or just anything I’m pondering or would like your advice or feedback on!) Have feedback on the show or suggestions for future episodes or topics? Send me an email: crystal@moneysavingmom.com How to Listen to The Crystal Paine Show The podcast is available on iTunes, Android, Stitcher, and Spotify. You can listen online through the direct player we’ll include in the show notes of each episode. OR, a much easier way to listen is by subscribing to the podcast through a free podcast app on your phone. (Find instructions for how to subscribe to a podcast here.) Ready to dive in and listen? Hit the player above or search for “The Crystal Paine Show” on your favorite podcast app. Note: This post contains affiliate links. If you click through and make a purchase, we may receive a small commission — at no additional cost to you. Thank you so much for your support!    

This week: a negotiation thriller, a book for book nerds and a beach read fit for a princess.

Lori Ann Bailey, Eliza Knight, and Madeline Martin share everything the fashionable medieval person needed to accessorize, protect their head, and carry their valuables.  Have history, book or wine question you want us to answer in a future show?Email us! historybooksandwine@gmail.com This episode was paired with:Eliza Knight: Josh RoseLori Ann Bailey: Curious Beasts Blood Red Wine Madeline Martin: Apothic DarkWe we read this week:Madeline Martin: Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks - https://amzn.to/334KtosEliza Knight: Meet Me in Monaco by Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb - https://amzn.to/2Yzj2UjLori Ann Bailey: The Couple Next Door - Shari Lapena - https://amzn.to/31bbGE9 Our books:Lori Ann Bailey: Highland Salvation, Highland Pride Book Four - https://amzn.to/2LUezFOMadeline Martin: Ella's Desire - https://amzn.to/2Ov9WUMEliza Knight: Savage of the Sea - https://amzn.to/2LOW8SROur Websites-- find our links to social media on our websites and sign up for our newsletters!Lori Ann BaileyEliza KnightMadeline Martin Follow History, Books and Wine on Social Media!Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/HistoryBooksandWineTwitter: @HistoryBksWineInstagram: @HistoryBksWine Stay tuned for our next shows!August 8th: Eliza Knight on Spies...August 15th: Madeline Martin on Spies...August 22nd: Lori Ann Bailey on Spies....August 29th: Our next Happy Hour where we're chatting about more Spies!!! Support the show!https://www.patreon.com/historybooksandwineSupport the show

"A fragrant French bonbon of a book: love, glamour, perfume, and paparazzi all circling around the wedding of the century..."--Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of THE ALICE NETWORK and THE HUNTRESS. Named one of InStyle's best books to put in your totebag for the summer! Named one of Popsugar’s best books to put in your beachbag this summer and one of the best books of July! Set in the 1950s against the backdrop of Grace Kelly’s whirlwind romance and unforgettable wedding to Prince Rainier of Monaco, New York Times bestselling author Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb take the reader on an evocative sun-drenched journey along the Côte d’Azur in this page-turning novel of passion, fate and second chances... Movie stars and paparazzi flock to Cannes for the glamorous film festival, but Grace Kelly, the biggest star of all, wants only to escape from the flash-bulbs. When struggling perfumer Sophie Duval shelters Miss Kelly in her boutique to fend off a persistent British press photographer, James Henderson, a bond is forged between the two women and sets in motion a chain of events that stretches across thirty years of friendship, love, and tragedy. James Henderson cannot forget his brief encounter with Sophie Duval. Despite his guilt at being away from his daughter, he takes an assignment to cover the wedding of the century, sailing with Grace Kelly’s wedding party on the SS Constitution from New York. In Monaco, as wedding fever soars and passions and tempers escalate, James and Sophie—like Princess Grace—must ultimately decide what they are prepared to give up for love.

This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss Gods of Jade and Shadow, Theme Music, The Marriage Clock, and more great books. This episode was sponsored by the Versify podcast, ThirdLove, and Doubleday and The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead. Pick up an All the Books! 200th episode commemorative item here. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, iTunes, or Spotify and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. Books discussed on the show: The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep by H. G. Parry Gods of Jade and Shadow: A Novel by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Theme Music: A Novel by T. Marie Vandelly Three Women by Lisa Taddeo The Marriage Clock by Zara Raheem How to Hack a Heartbreak by Kristin Rockaway Tell Me Everything by Cambria Brockman Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language by Gretchen McCulloch  What we're reading: The Golden Tresses of the Dead: A Flavia de Luce Novel by Alan Bradley Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu More books out this week: Beijing Payback: A Novel by Daniel Nieh Black Sun: A Novel by Owen Matthews Medusa in the Graveyard: Book Two of the Medusa Cycle by Emily Devenport  Jade War (The Green Bone Saga) by Fonda Lee  The Lager Queen of Minnesota: A Novel by J. Ryan Stradal Cowboy Up by Stacy Finz  History. A Mess. by Sigrún Pálsdottír and Lytton Smith The Two Lila Bennetts by Liz Fenton and Lisa Steinke  Hummingbird in Underworld: Teaching in a Men’s Prison, A Memoir by Deborah Tobola  Desdemona and the Deep by C. S. E. Cooney A Terrible Thing to Waste: Environmental Racism and Its Assault on the American Mind by Harriet A. Washington  Gravity Is the Thing: A Novel by Jaclyn Moriarty  Bagehot: The Life and Times of the Greatest Victorian by James Grant A Stranger on the Beach: A Novel by Michele Campbell  Meet Me in Monaco by Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb You've Been Volunteered: A Class Mom Novel by Laurie Gelman  Love Street: Pulp Romance for Modern Women by Leah Rachel Lady in the Lake by Laura Lippman We Love Anderson Cooper: Short Stories by R.L. Maizes  Reasons to Be Cheerful by Nina Stibbe   Screen Tests: Stories and Other Writing by Kate Zambreno The Violent Century: A Novel by Lavie Tidhar The Undoing of Thistle Tate by Katelyn Detweiler The Last Astronaut by David Wellington The Pillars by Peter Polites My Friend Anna: The True Story of a Fake Heiress by Rachel DeLoache Williams Home for Erring and Outcast Girls: A Novel by Julie Kibler  The Redeemed: The West Country Trilogy by Tim Pears  The Dinner Guest by Gabriela Ybarra The Floating Feldmans by Elyssa Friedland  The Possession (The Anomaly Files) by Michael Rutger  The Dark Above: A Novel by Jeremy Finley  Furnace of This World: Or, 36 Observations About Goodness by Ed Simon Skulls! by Blair Thornburgh, Scott Campbell (Illustrator)

In this episode, Sara, Natalie, Stacy, Shannon, Brooke, Amber, and Natalia are looking ahead to books coming out in July. Books included in this episode are: Jennifer Ryan, The Me I Used To Be Noelle Salazar, The Flight Girls Sara MacLean, Brazen and the Beast (Bareknuckle Bastards 2) Leila Meacham, Dragonfly Emily Liebert, Pretty Revenge Meg Keneally, Fled Ann Aguirre, Heartwood Box Barbara O’Neal, When We Believed In Mermaids Elizabeth Lim, Spin the Dawn (Blood of Stars 1) Mary Ellen Taylor, Spring House Yasmine Galenorn, Witching Hour: An Ante-Fae Adventure (Wild Hunt 7) T. Marie Vandelly, Theme Music Coalson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys Alex Marwood, The Poison Garden Karen Hawkins, The Book charmer (Dove Pond 1) Jennifer Estep, Protect the Prince (Crown of Shards 2) Mary Jo Putney, Once a Spy (Rogues Redeemed 4) Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb, Meet Me In Monaco Robyn Harding, The Arrangement Julie Kibler, The Home for Erring and Outcast Girls Ilona Andrews, Sweep of the Blade (Innkeeper Chronicles 4) You can always contact the Book Bistro team by searching @BookBistroPodcast on facebook, or visiting: https://www.facebook.com/BookBistroPodcast/ We are on Twitter as: @bistro_book You can also send an email to: TheBookBistroPodcast@gmail.com

This week Eithne Shortall talks to authors about love and fiction. She's joined by Hazel Gaynor, David Park and Abby Green.

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When we first meet Thomas Harding in 1968, he is facing what he believes will be his last Christmas and mourning the loss of an unnamed woman who clearly meant a great deal to him. He carries with him bundles of letters, which he plans to re-read on his trip to Paris. The letters sweep us back to the very beginning of World War I, then trace the entire course of the conflict. One of them he has not yet seen. Most of the correspondence takes place between Thomas and Evie Elliott, the younger sister of his best friend, Will. We see the early hope and idealism of the troops fade as the realities of trench warfare sink in. We watch from the inside the transformation of womens roles in society because of the absence of men. We become caught up in the developing love between Evie and Thomas, the grief suffered by families who lose their loved ones to war, the frustration of being left behind, unable to take part. We revel in the guilty pleasure of riffling through other peoples things, reading words not meant for our eyes. Other voices fill in circumstances that Evie and Thomas take for granted or have no reason to know. And the drama slowly builds as Armistice Day approaches, and the war that was supposed to end all wars creeps to a close. The letters are vivid and real, each voice distinct. And by the end of Last Christmas in Paris (William Morrow, 2017), Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb have shepherded us along a journey through the tragedy of war and the triumph of survival, the experience of love lost and gained. C. P. Lesley is the author of seven novels, including Legends of the Five Directions (The Golden Lynx, The Winged Horse, The Swan Princess, and forthcoming in December 2017, The Vermilion Bird), a historical fiction series set in 1530s Russia, during the childhood of Ivan the Terrible. Find out more about her at http://www.cplesley.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When we first meet Thomas Harding in 1968, he is facing what he believes will be his last Christmas and mourning the loss of an unnamed woman who clearly meant a great deal to him. He carries with him bundles of letters, which he plans to re-read on his trip to Paris. The letters sweep us back to the very beginning of World War I, then trace the entire course of the conflict. One of them he has not yet seen. Most of the correspondence takes place between Thomas and Evie Elliott, the younger sister of his best friend, Will. We see the early hope and idealism of the troops fade as the realities of trench warfare sink in. We watch from the inside the transformation of womens roles in society because of the absence of men. We become caught up in the developing love between Evie and Thomas, the grief suffered by families who lose their loved ones to war, the frustration of being left behind, unable to take part. We revel in the guilty pleasure of riffling through other peoples things, reading words not meant for our eyes. Other voices fill in circumstances that Evie and Thomas take for granted or have no reason to know. And the drama slowly builds as Armistice Day approaches, and the war that was supposed to end all wars creeps to a close. The letters are vivid and real, each voice distinct. And by the end of Last Christmas in Paris (William Morrow, 2017), Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb have shepherded us along a journey through the tragedy of war and the triumph of survival, the experience of love lost and gained. C. P. Lesley is the author of seven novels, including Legends of the Five Directions (The Golden Lynx, The Winged Horse, The Swan Princess, and forthcoming in December 2017, The Vermilion Bird), a historical fiction series set in 1530s Russia, during the childhood of Ivan the Terrible. Find out more about her at http://www.cplesley.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When we first meet Thomas Harding in 1968, he is facing what he believes will be his last Christmas and mourning the loss of an unnamed woman who clearly meant a great deal to him. He carries with him bundles of letters, which he plans to re-read on his trip to Paris. The letters sweep us back to the very beginning of World War I, then trace the entire course of the conflict. One of them he has not yet seen. Most of the correspondence takes place between Thomas and Evie Elliott, the younger sister of his best friend, Will. We see the early hope and idealism of the troops fade as the realities of trench warfare sink in. We watch from the inside the transformation of womens roles in society because of the absence of men. We become caught up in the developing love between Evie and Thomas, the grief suffered by families who lose their loved ones to war, the frustration of being left behind, unable to take part. We revel in the guilty pleasure of riffling through other peoples things, reading words not meant for our eyes. Other voices fill in circumstances that Evie and Thomas take for granted or have no reason to know. And the drama slowly builds as Armistice Day approaches, and the war that was supposed to end all wars creeps to a close. The letters are vivid and real, each voice distinct. And by the end of Last Christmas in Paris (William Morrow, 2017), Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb have shepherded us along a journey through the tragedy of war and the triumph of survival, the experience of love lost and gained. C. P. Lesley is the author of seven novels, including Legends of the Five Directions (The Golden Lynx, The Winged Horse, The Swan Princess, and forthcoming in December 2017, The Vermilion Bird), a historical fiction series set in 1530s Russia, during the childhood of Ivan the Terrible. Find out more about her at http://www.cplesley.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bookish – September 2017 On this month’s episode we discuss the future of the novel and how Irish publishers are joining up with UK publishers to maximise sales in our News section; we talk about ‘Seven Folds Make a Paper Swan’ by Ruth Gilligan as our Bookclub Pick; and we meet novelist Hazel Gaynor in our […] La entrada Bookish – September 2017 se publicó primero en Headstuff.

Today's episode is sponsored by Riverside.fm. Using the promo code TSNOTYAW offers you a 15% discount on all individual plans! Click here for more info!In today's episode, Hazel Gaynor joins Bianca, Carly, and CeCe to critique Books with Hooks submissions while also talking about The Last Lifeboat. During the episode, they discuss different book titles in international locations; the order of paragraphs in a query letter; line-level writing with specificity and varied sentence lengths; how to achieve the right voicey-ness and what that means; opening with a chaotic and dramatic prologue; advice about where to start stories; fact vs fiction in historical fiction; withholding context and backstory; relatability in world building; and how to keep readers invested in both timelines in a dual-POV novel.Find us on our socials:Twitter: @TSNOTYAW @BiancaM_author @carlywatters @ceciliaclyraInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_shit_about_writing/https://www.instagram.com/biancamarais_author/https://www.instagram.com/carlywatters/ https://www.instagram.com/cece_lyra_agent/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TSNOTYAWWebsites: www.theshitaboutwriting.com, www.biancamarais.com, www.carlywatters.com and www.cecilialyra.comBookshop.org affiliate page: https://bookshop.org/shop/theshitnoonetellsyouaboutwritingMore information about Hazel can be found at hazelgaynor.com. She's on Instagram @hazelgaynor and on Twitter @HazelGaynor.Our Sponsors:* Check out Factor 75 and use my code tsnotyaw50 for a great deal: https://www.factor75.com/* Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com/Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands