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Ted is joined by Bianca Marais, author of the bestselling The Witches of Moonshyne Manor, the beloved Hum If You Don't Know the Words and If You Want to Make God Laugh, and the Audible Original The Prynne Viper.Alternatively, we could've just told you that Ann Patchett (yes, that Ann Patchett) has declared “Bianca Marais is a genius.”When she's not authoring, Bianca co-hosts the popular podcast The Shit No One Tells You About Writing, which is aimed at helping emerging writers become published.Her work in progress is a novel titled A Most Peculiar Tale, Indeed. A closed-room mystery chock-full of puzzles for readers to solve, it has been pitched as “Glass Onion meets the magical family equivalent of Succession” and will be published by Mira in early 2025. Just a couple of weeks removed from sending her manuscript to her editor, Bianca talked with Ted about plotting versus pantsing (i.e., flying by the seat of yours), how she approaches editing her own work before her editor sees it, letting your books tell you what they want to be, managing multiple points of view and backstories, and entertaining your readers while still making them think. She also shared a most outstanding wrinkle to the puzzle-solving in A Most Peculiar Tale, Indeed, that serves the dual purpose of keeping down the publisher's printing costs.Find Bianca Online:Website: biancamarais.comPodcast: The Shit No One Tells You About WritingWorking Drafts episodes and info for requesting transcripts as well as more details about Ted and his books are available on his website, thetedfox.com.

Today, I have the pleasure of interviewing Bianca Marais, CeCe Lyra, and Carly Watters. We'll be taking an inside look at the publishing industry. Before diving in, I wanted to make a quick note. Our wonderful guests are the co-hosts of a fantastic podcast that has a particular word in its title. It would be impossible to talk about their show without saying this particular word, so consider this a heads up that there will be salty language in this episode. If you're listening in public or have little ones around, now would be the time to put on some headphones. Bianca Marais is the author of the bestselling The Witches of Moonshyne Manor, as well as the beloved Hum If You Don't Know the Words and If You Want to Make God Laugh, and the Audible Original, The Prynne Viper. She taught at the University of Toronto's School of Continuing Studies where she was awarded an Excellence in Teaching Award for Creative Writing in 2021. She is the co-host of the popular podcast, The Shit No One Tells You About Writing, which is aimed at helping emerging writers become published. You can find her on her website or follow her on Instagram.   Cecilia (“CeCe”) Lyra is a literary agent at P.S. Literary Agency, representing adult fiction and non-fiction. A long-term strategic thinker, CeCe prioritizes the creative reach and sustainable longevity of her authors' careers, and she is actively looking for clients with whom she can build fruitful, lasting relationships. As a mixed race Latinx immigrant, CeCe understands the power of seeing oneself reflected in books, hence her passion for championing under or misrepresented voices and narratives that contribute to a larger cultural conversation. The popular podcast The Shit No One Tells You About Writing, for which CeCe is a co-host, has over one million downloads.  You can find her on her website or follow her on Twitter and Instagram.   Carly Watters is a SVP and Senior Literary Agent at P.S. Literary and the sitting VP of PACLA, the Professional Association of Canadian Literary Agents. Carly Watters has a BA in English Literature from Queen's University and a MA in Publishing Studies from City University London. Her masters thesis was on the social, political, and economic impact of literary prizes on trade publishing. She began her publishing career in London as an assistant at the Darley Anderson Literary, TV and Film Agency. Carly joined Toronto-based P.S. Literary Agency in 2010 and has sold over 100 books during her career. She represents award-winning and bestselling authors in the adult fiction and non-fiction categories, and select children's books. She is known for her long-term vision for her authors and being an excellent collaborator with a nose for commercial success. She has close ties to publishers in the major markets, is a member of the AALA, and works directly with film agents to option film and TV rights to leading networks and production companies. Her clients' books have been translated into 40 languages, optioned for TV and film, adapted into podcasts, and have been on every bestseller list from coast to coast, including the New York Times, USA Today, the LA Times, the Washington Post, the Toronto Star, and the Globe and Mail. Carly is also an annual judge for the Women's Fiction Writing Association Rising Star Award. The popular writing podcast The Shit No One Tells You About Writing, for which Carly is the co-host, has over one million downloads.  You can find her on her website or follow her on Twitter and Instagram.   In this episode Bianca Marais, CeCe Lyra, Carly Watters, and I discuss: Common myths about writing and publishing and what's actually true Writing groups, beta readers, and how to find them What happens after you sign on the dotted line Plus, their #1 tip for writers. For more info and show notes: diymfa.com/466

5 Minute WriterArticleBianca Marais WebsiteConnect with Bianca on Twitter!The Shit No One Tells You About Writing PodcastConnect with David on Twitter3 BIG TAKEAWAYS Use a variety of ways to develop character voiceThe importance of a great agent-author relationshipWhere The Shit Noone Tells You About Writing podcast is headedBIOIn this week's author interview, I'll be talking to Bianca Marais. She is the author of Hum If You Don't Know the Words and If You Want to Make God Laugh and most recently The Witches of Moonshyne Manor. She teaches at the University of Toronto's School of Continuing Studies where she was awarded an Excellence in Teaching Award for Creative Writing in 2021. She is the co-host of the popular podcast, The Shit No One Tells You About Writing, which is aimed at helping emerging writers become published. 

In Episode 41 of Book Talk, Etc. Tina and Renee share many of their favorite female authors + audiobook narrators. They also share what they've been loving lately, their latest reads, shelf additions, and have book talk about the differences in the reading lives of women and men.  **If you enjoy our podcast, please consider supporting us on Patreon ! We have great bonus episodes all for just $5 a month! *The book titles listed are linked to Amazon Affiliates, where we make a small commission from qualifying purchases (at no cost to you). Thanks for your support!Loving Lately 3:38 The Thursday Murder Club | Richard Osman 4:15 Microfiber (T) 6:04 The Tacklebox  (R) Latest Reads 10:20 The Christie Affair | Nine de Gramont (T) 13:16 Annotated Podcast 14:06 Black Cake | Charmaine Wilkerson (R) 20:23 Book Talk 21:19  Internationalwomensday.com 23:42 Savage Appetites | Rachel Monroe 28:32 Bookstagram Men Article 30:05 Lisa Jewell -I Found You (T) + The Family Remains 31:20 Sharon Bolton - Daisy in Chains (R)32:40 Alice Feeney - Sometimes I Lie (T) 33:18 His and Hers 33:24 Celest Ng - Everything I Never Told You (R) 34:17 Little Fires Everywhere 34:26 Our Missing Hearts 34:47 Charlotte McConaghy - Migrations (T) 35:38 Bianca Marais - If You Want to Make God Laugh (R) 36:23 Hum If You Don't Know the Words 36:39 Jennifer Hillier - Jar of Hearts (T) 37:28 Attica Locke - Heaven, My Home (R) 38:40 Tayari Jones - An American Marriage (T) 39:25 Lily King- Writers and Lovers (R) 40:15 Angie Thomas - The Hate U Give (T) 41:01 Rene Denfield - The Child Finder (R) 41:56 Jane Harper - The Dry (T)  The Survivors 42:58 Brit Bennett - The Vanishing Half (R) 43:49 The Mothers 43:56 Karin Slaughter - The Good Daughter (T) Pretty Girls 44:45 Marjan Kamali- The Stationary Shop (R) 45:29 Gillian Flynn - Gone Girl + Sharp Objects (T) Show Notes Continued Here!Connect with us On Instagram @booktalketc, Tina @tbretc & ReneeSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/booktalketc)

Writerly Lifestyle Free NewsletterArticleBianca Marais' WebsiteConnect with Bianca on Twitter!The Shit No One Tells You About Writing Podcast (& KoFi)Connect with David on Twitter3 BIG TAKEAWAYS Be tenaciousBuild a communityMake sure your first pages show your character, their goal, and what's at stakeBIOIn this week's author interview, I'll be talking to Bianca Marais. She is the author of Hum If You Don't Know the Words and If You Want to Make God Laugh. She teaches at the University of Toronto's School of Continuing Studies where she was awarded an Excellence in Teaching Award for Creative Writing in 2021. She runs an Own Voices Initiative to empower young Black women in Africa to write and publish their own stories, and is constantly fundraising to assist grandmothers who are caring for children who have been orphaned by HIV/AIDS. She is the co-host of the popular podcast, The Shit No One Tells You About Writing, which is aimed at helping emerging writers become published. 

The Soweto Uprising of 1976 was a turning point for the fight against apartheid in South Africa, and the events of that tumultuous time set the background for Hum If You Don't Know the Words, Bianca Marais' gripping debut novel. I spoke to Bianca about the ugly history of racism, finding a true voice for your characters and what it takes to write an enduring novel.

In episode #1 of "Dom's Club," host Dominique Mobley sits down with Bianca Marais, author of the wonderful book "Hum If You Don't Know the Words." During this fascinating interview we learn...Why Bianca chose the Soweto Uprising in South Africa as the historical backdrop of the book;How her own childhood growing up in apartheid as a White child with a Black caregiver influenced her telling of the tale;What her own experiences were like growing up during apartheid;How the woman who inspired the book felt when she was told the impact she had on the author's life;What it was like to grow up - under the apartheid system - being told that you were superior to people of color;Advice Bianca has for aspiring authors;and more!https://DominiqueMobley.comhttp://Twitter.com/Dom_Mobleyhttp://Instagram.com/Dom_MobleyDom's Club: Film, TV, Comedy & Books. Dominique Mobley with guest Bianca Marais, author. Episode 1.

In this episode, we're discussing some books we can't wait to read in 2020, including Brigid Kemmerer’s A Heart So Fierce and Broken, Bianca Marais’s Hum If You Don’t Know the Words, and Rebecca Serle’s In Five Years. We also talk about Sarah J. Maas's works and end our episode talking about some of our favorite places to eat.   Ashley’s Picks Brigid Kemmerer’s A Heart So Fierce and Broken - January 7, 2020 Adib Khorram’s Darius the Great Is Not Okay Valeria Luiselli’s Lost Children Archive *Listen to Jen’s comments about this one on our “All About the Journey” episode   Jen's Picks Bianca Marais’s Hum If You Don’t Know the Words Sarah J. Maas’s House of Earth and Blood (Crescent City series) - March 3, 2020 Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed’s When Stars Are Scattered - April 14, 2020 *Colby Sharp's tweet   Sara’s Picks Rebecca Serle’s In Five Years - March 3, 2020 Ocean Vuong’s On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous Cara Wall’s The Dearly Beloved   Other Mentions Rebecca Serle’s The Dinner List Victoria Jamieson’s Roller Girl Sarah J. Maas’s Court of Thorns and Roses (book 1 in series) and Throne of Glass (book 1 in series)   Give Me One - Our Favorite Type of Food Taste of Thai in Harrisonburg Taj of India in Harrisonburg Corgan’s Publick House of Harrisonburg   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. Follow us @unabridgedpod on Twitter. Subscribe to our podcast and rate us on iTunes or on Stitcher. Check us out on Podbean.

Bianca Marais, Writer’s Bone favorite and author of Hum If You Don’t Know the Words, joins Daniel Ford on Friday Morning Coffee to discuss her latest novel If You Want to Make God Laugh (out now from Putnam Books). We also introduce guest host Guido Fargiorgio, who is filling in for the vacationing Caitlin Malcuit. He chats about the proper Stanley Cup etiquette. To learn more about Bianca Marais, visit her official website, like her Facebook page, and follow her on Twitter and Instagram. Also listen to our first interview with the author and read our review of If You Want to Make God Laugh in July’s “Books That Should Be On Your Radar.”  Today’s episode is sponsored by Libro.fm and OneRoom.

Episode Sixty Five Show Notes CW = Chris WolakEF = Emily FinePurchase Book Cougars Swag on Zazzle! AND at Bookclub Bookstore & More.If you’d like to help financially support the Book Cougars, please consider becoming a Patreon member. You can DONATE HERE. If you would prefer to donate directly to us, please email bookcougars@gmail.com for instructions.Join our Goodreads Group! Please subscribe to our email newsletter here.– Currently Reading –Becoming – Michelle Obama (CW)(audio)Elevation – Stephen King (EF)Manhattan Beach – Jennifer Egan (CW)– Just Read –Kingdom of the Blind – Louise Penny (CW)His Favorites – Kate Walbert (EF)Ayiti – Roxane Gay (EF)– Biblio Adventures –Emily went to RJ Julia Booksellers in Madison, CT to see Virginia Sole-Smith discuss her book The Eating Instinct: Food Culture, Body Image and Guilt in America.Emily went to the Guilford Library to see Andre Dubus III discuss his new novel, Gone So Long.Chris went to the Guilford Library to learn more about the return of black bears in Connecticut.– Upcoming Jaunts –Book-It Repertory Theater – production of My AntoniaDecember 9, 2018 Chris and Emily will head on a joint jaunt to Concord, New Hampshire to see Louise Penny discuss her new book Kingdom of the Blind. The event is sponsored by the Capital Center for the Arts and Gibson’s Bookstore.Emily is heading on a big trip to OR, CA and CO. Hopefully there will be some literary adventuring along the way.– Upcoming Reads –The Widows – Jess MontgomeryPassing – Nella LaursenThe Odyssey – Homer, translated by Emily Wilson (CW)– Readalong #9 –Hum If You Don’t Know the Words – Bianca MaraisBianca is happy to join your book club discussion. Check out her website HERE.If You Want to Make God Laugh – Bianca’s next book will be available July 16, 2019– Also Mentioned –Washington: A Life – Ron ChernowWill SchwalbeJ.K. RowlingGirl with the Dragon Tattoo – Stieg LarssonCriminal ElementThe Untamed State – Roxane GayThe Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals – Michael PollanStone by Stone: The Magnificent History in New England’s Stone Walls – Robert M. ThorsonThe Classics ClubJames Benn – Billy Boyle seriesBorn a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood – Trevor NoahJust Mercy – Bryan Stevenson

Episode Sixty Four Show Notes CW = Chris Wolak EF = Emily Fine Purchase Book Cougars Swag on Zazzle! AND at Bookclub Bookstore & More. If you’d like to help financially support the Book Cougars, please consider becoming a Patreon member. You can DONATE HERE. If you would prefer to donate directly to us, please email bookcougars@gmail.com for instructions. Join our Goodreads Group! Please subscribe to our email newsletter here. – Readalong #9 – Hum If You Don’t Know the Words – Bianca Marais Have comments to us by December 6, 2018 – Currently Reading – Becoming – Michelle Obama (CW)(audio) His Favorites – Kate Walbert (EF) The Stan – Kevin Knodell, David Axe, Blue Delliquanti (CW) The Grain Bowl – Nik Williamson (EF) America: The Cookbook – Gabrielle Langholtz (EF) – Just Read – Becoming – Michelle Obama (EF) Eat, Pray, Love – Elizabeth Gilbert (CW) Lift and Separate - Marilyn Simon Rothstein (EF) Starting From Scratch – Rita Mae Brown (CW) The Proposal – Jasmine Guillory (EF) The Vampires Heart (A Paranormal Lesbian Romance) – C.M. Blackwood (CW) Sea Prayer – Khaled Hosseini, Dan Williams (EF) The Real Lolita: The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel that Scandalized the World – Sarah Weinman (CW) – Biblio Adventures – Sadly, the weather foiled our plans on November 15, 2018. Due to a snowstorm, we were unable to make it to Bank Square Books in Mystic, CT to see Jean P. Moore (Tilda’s Promise) in conversation with Cheryl Suchors (48 Peaks). Chris and Emily went on a joint jaunt to see the movie Can You Ever Forgive Me? Chris met up with Our Mystery Man, John Valeri, at Wesleyan RJ Julia in Middletown, CT. Emily went to Northshire Bookstore in Manchester, VT for small business Saturday. Chris attended the Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair and also had a chance to walk through the Boston Central Public Library in Copley Square. – Upcoming Jaunts – November 27, 2018 Emily would like to visit RJ Julia Booksellers in Madison, CT to see Virginia Sole-Smith discuss her book The Eating Instinct: Food Culture, Body Image and Guilt in America. December 9, 2018 Chris and Emily will head on a joint jaunt to Concord, New Hampshire to see Louise Penny discuss her new book Kingdom of the Blind. The event is sponsored by the Capital Center for the Arts and Gibson’s Bookstore. – Upcoming Reads – Kingdom of the Blind – Louise Penny (CW) Don Quixote – Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (CW) Middlemarch – George Eliot (CW) Hum If You Don’t Know the Words – Bianca Marais (EF) The Perfect Mother – Aimee Molloy (EF) Conversations with Friends – Sally Rooney (EF) Heads of the Colored People – Nafissa Thompson-Spires (EF) The Patch – John McPhee (EF) – Book Launch – We had a chance to chat with Shuly Xochitl Cawood about her new book, 52 Things I wish I Could Have Told Myself When I Was 17, which is now available in Paperback and Kindle. You can order it HERE. Shuly’s other book is The Going and Goodbye: A Memoir. You can learn more about her at https://www.shulycawood.com/. – Also Mentioned – Ohio – Stephen Markley Also by Marilyn Simon Rothstein: Husbands and Other Sharp Objects Also by Jasmine Guillory: The Wedding Date Roxane Gay Also by Khaled Hosseini: The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns Lolita – Vladimir Nabokov My Absolute Darling – Gabriel Tallent A Little Life – Hanya Yanagihara Russell at Ink and Paper Blog Vera (Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov) – Susan Smith Also by Lee Israel: Can You Ever Forgive Me?: Memoirs of a Literary Forger The Overstory – Richard Powers Kimberly McCreight Bookclub Bookstore & More Also by John McPhee: Oranges George Saunders

Episode Sixty Three Show Notes CW = Chris WolakEF = Emily FinePurchase Book Cougars Swag on Zazzle! AND at Bookclub Bookstore & More. If you’d like to help financially support the Book Cougars, please consider becoming a Patreon member. You can DONATE HERE. If you would prefer to donate directly to us, please email bookcougars@gmail.com for instructions. Join our Goodreads Group! Please subscribe to our email newsletter here. – Readalong #9 –Hum If You Don’t Know the Words – Bianca MaraisHave comments to us by December 6, 2018 // Goodreads discussion page is HERE – Currently Reading –Eat, Pray, Love – Elizabeth Gilbert (CW)Kitchen – Banana Yoshimoto (EF)Starting From Scratch – Rita Mae Brown (CW)Florida – Lauren Groff (EF)The Craft of Research – Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, Joseph M. Williams, Joseph Bizup, William T. Fitzgerald (CW)Poetry Will Save Your Life – Jill Bialosky (EF)  – Just Read –Mr. Flood’s Last Resort (or The Hoarder) – Jess Kidd (EF)Ohio – Stephen Markley (EF) – Biblio Adventures –Emily went to Book Trader in New Haven, CT and That Bookstore in Wethersfield, CT. Chris went on a big adventure to Los Angeles, CA that included stops at:Universal Studios The Wizarding World of Harry PotterThe LA Public LibraryThe Last BookstoreBook Soup – Upcoming Jaunts –November 14, 2018 Chris would like to visit BookClub Bookstore & More to see Kristin Tsetsi in conversation with Benjamin Thomas. Her book is The Age of the Child.November 15, 2018 Chris and Emily will go on a joint jaunt to Bank Square Books in Mystic, CT to see Jean P. Moore (Tilda’s Promise) in conversation with Cheryl Suchors (48 Peaks). November 29, 2018 at Guilford Library, Emily will go see Andre Dubus III discuss his new novel Gone So Long. – Readalong #9 –Born A Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood – Trevor NoahGoodreads discussion page is HERE – Holiday Gift Ideas –·     Owl Eyeglasses Holder from Uncommon Goods·     Alibabette Editions journals·     Utilizing VistaPrint, Zazzle or Shutterfly, make a calendar out of favorite book covers and author photos·     Unearth Women Magazine – The 1st Feminist Travel Magazine·     Buy someone an E-Reader! ·     Nice set of markers – Emily has this set from Pentel·     Mastering the Art of Self-Expression a creative journaling workbook by Laura Thoma·     Shuly Cawood has a new inspirational gift book: 52 Things I wish I could have Told Myself when I was 17·     Purchase a complete set of a favorite authors books·     Purchase a book for someone that is in a foreign language·     Literary Candles·     Book Cougars Swag on Zazzle – Also Mentioned –                 Also by Lauren Groff: Arcadia and Fates & Furies Alison Law – Literary AtlantaAlso by Stephen Markley: Publish This Book: The Unbelievable True Story of How I Wrote, Sold and Published This Very Book and Tales of Iceland The Library Book – Susan OrleanAlso by Andre Dubus III: Townie, and House of Sand and Fog, and Dirty LoveCarnegie’s Maid – Melodie BenjaminScribe of Siena – Melodie WinawerRussell – Ink and Paper BlogKinokuniya BookstoreThe Going and Goodbye: A Memoir – Shuly Xochitl CawoodLouise Penny

Episode Sixty Two Show Notes CW = Chris Wolak EF = Emily Fine Purchase Book Cougars Swag on Zazzle! AND at Bookclub Bookstore & More. If you’d like to help financially support the Book Cougars, please consider becoming a Patreon member. You can DONATE HERE. If you would prefer to donate directly to us, please email bookcougars@gmail.com for instructions. Join our Goodreads Group! Please subscribe to our email newsletter here. – Readalong’s 8 & 9 – Born A Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood – Trevor Noah Have comments to us by November 8, 2018 Hum If You Don’t Know the Words – Bianca Marais Have comments to us by December 6, 2018 – Giveaway – We have one copy of Hum If You Don’t Know the Words! Please subscribe to the newsletter by November 5, 2018 to be entered to win. Bonus points if you post a selfie with your favorite read on social media – be sure to #bookcougars. – Currently Reading – Eat, Pray, Love – Elizabeth Gilbert (CW) Mr. Flood’s Last Resort (or The Hoarder) – Jess Kidd (EF) The Monk – Matthew Lewis (CW) Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly – Anthony Bourdain (EF)(audio) – Just Read – Death Comes for the Archbishop – Willa Cather (CW) Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right’s Stealth Plan for America – Nancy MacLean (CW) Fledgling – Octavia Butler (CW) (Chris wrote a review of the book on her blog. Click HERE.) Courageous Women of the Vietnam War: Medics, Journalists, Survivors, and More (Women of Action) – Kathryn J. Atwood The Care and Feeding of an Independent Bookstore: Three Instructive Essays – Ann Patchett (CW) The Best of Us – Joyce Maynard (EF) (audio) Not Our Kind – Kiddy Zeldis (EF) – Biblio Adventures – Chris saw two movies: Crazy Rich Asians and The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society Emily visited Gramercy Books and Bexley Public Library in Columbus, Ohio Chris and Emily went to NYC and visited the Frankenstein exhibit at the Morgan Library and attended the Susan Orlean lecture at the New York Public Library where she discussed her new book – The Library Book. (Chris wrote a review of the book on her blog. Click HERE.) – Upcoming Jaunts – Chris is heading to LA for some bookish fun. Emily is heading to That Bookstore – a new independent bookstore in Wethersfield, CT – Upcoming Reads – 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List – James Mustich (EF) Eventide and Benediction – Kent Haruf (EF) Gone So Long – Andre Dubus III (EF) Five Days at Memorial – Sheri Fink (CW) Starting From Scratch – Rita Mae Brown (CW) – Also Mentioned – Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear – Elizabeth Gilbert Kindred – Octavia Butler Parnassus Books Signature of All Things – Elizabeth Gilbert Lucy Gayheart – Willa Cather Plainsong – Kent Haruf Ruby Fruit Jungle – Rita Mae Brown Sudden Death – Rita Mae Brown Shawn the Book Maniac Book Tuber Reading Envy

Episode Sixty one Show Notes CW = Chris WolakEF = Emily FinePurchase Book Cougars Swag on Zazzle! AND at Bookclub Bookstore & More. If you’d like to help financially support the Book Cougars, please consider becoming a Patreon member. You can DONATE HERE. If you would prefer to donate directly to us, please email bookcougars@gmail.com for instructions. Join our Goodreads Group! Please subscribe to our email newsletter here. – Readalong’s 8 & 9 –Born A Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood – Trevor NoahHave questions/comments to us by November 8th Hum If You Don’t Know the Words – Bianca MaraisHave questions/comments to us by December 6th – Currently Reading –Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right’s Stealth Plan for America – Nancy MacLean (CW)The Best of Us – Joyce Maynard (EF) (audio)Joyce’s editorial in the NY Times can be found HEREGilead – Marilynne Robinson (EF)Ohio – Stephen Markley (EF) – might DNF? – Just Read –Calypso – David Sedaris (EF) (audio)The Library Book – Susan Orlean (CW)Strike Your Heart – Amélie Nothomb (EF)Bitter Orange – Clare Fuller (CW)Read Chris’s review of the book HEREThe Kiss Quotient – Helen Hoang (EF)The Wife – Meg Wolitzer (EF)The World Made Straight – Ron Rash (EF) – Biblio Adventures –September 27, 2018 – The Book Cougars hosted three authors at Mohegan Sun. Panelists were:Fiona Davis –The MasterpieceJames R. Benn – Solumn Graves (Billy Boyle Mystery Series #13)Melodie Winawer – Scribe of Siena Emily visited Edgartown Books in Edgartown, MA.  Chris went to Concord, MA on the 150th anniversary of Little Women. Orchard House had a big celebration. She visited Sleepy Hollow Cemetery and Walden Pond. – Upcoming Jaunts –October 17, 2018 – Meghan MacLean Weir will be at Wesleyan RJ Julia to discuss The Book of Essie. October 18, 2018 at 2:00 – Chris will be hosting the Willa Cather book club at Bookclub Bookstore & More. The book: Death Comes for the Archbishop October 20, 2018 – Chris is participating in the next Dewey’s 24 Hour Readathon  – Upcoming Reads –Death Comes for the Archbishop – Willa Cather (CW)The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie – Andrew Carnegie (CW)Dodging and Burning – John Copenhaver (CW)The Devil and Webster – Jean Hanff Korelitz (EF)Readers Advisory Guide to Horror – Becky Siegel Spratford (CW)Sadness is a White Bird – Moriel Rothman-Zecher (EF)(audio)5 Under 35 honoree – read about it HERE.Middlemarch – George Ellott  – Also Mentioned –Unsheltered – Barbara Kingsolver Open Dyslexic fontThe Immortalists – Chloe BenjaminWally LambAt Home in the World – Joyce MaynardAlso by Susan Orlean: Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Possession and Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the LegendThe Wife - movieThe Female Persuasion – Meg WoliterMalaprop’s Bookstore/CafeMcLean & Eakin BooksellersAtticus BookstoreSerena – Ron RashBilly Boyle – James R. BennGeraldine BrooksPachinko – Min Jin LeeMeg, Jo, Beth, Amy: The Story of Little Women and Why It Still Matters – Anne Boyd RiouxEdgartown Public LibraryAdmission – Jean Hanff Korelitz / the movieBerwyn Public LibraryThe Monk – Matthew LewisLord of the Flies – William GoldingFrankenstein – Mary Wollstoncraft ShelleyThe Color Purple – Alice WalkerThe Bluest Eye – Toni MorrisonBill CleggNational Book Awards

"Bianca Marais Used To Watch Diff’rent Strokes" For anyone in America who grew up in the late ‘70s/early ‘80s, the above headline probably doesn't seem like a very big deal. But for the South African-born author Bianca Marais, it was a very big deal, indeed. Contorting the antenna of her television into the lock-picking bunny ears format, Bianca was able to beam in a station that was broadcasting American sitcoms like “The Jeffersons” and “Diff’rent Strokes.” The experience was the first time Bianca saw black people who weren’t repressed and it marked the beginning not only of a new racial understanding but an organic deprogramming from the institutional racism South Africa tried to instill in its citizens. Bianca talks about how her debut novel Hum If You Don’t Know The Words was received in South Africa, the intricate censorship of her home country and when she first heard hip-hop. We also talk about sea monkeys, Laura Branigan and whether or not South Africans can control the weather… (www.biancamarais.com)

Check out the Richard Crouse Show on NewsTalk 1010 for October 21, 2017! This week Richard welcomes "One Brother Shy" author Terry Fallis and Bianca Marais, author of the South African set novel "Hum If You Don’t Know the Words."

Bianca Marais, author of Hum If You Don’t Know the Words, talks to Daniel Ford about writing stories at a young age, how mystery and detective novels influence her work, and how her upbringing in Apartheid South Africa inspired her debut novel. “If you really want it, and really believe in it, keep writing and make it happen for yourself,” Bianca Marais says.  To learn more about Bianca Marais, visit her official website, like her Facebook page, or follow her on Twitter and Instagram. Also read our official review of Hum If You Don’t Know the Words in August’s “Books That Should Be On Your Radar.”

In this episode, Tara, Jeannette, and Meredith discuss what makes a good “retelling” of a classic story as well as share some of their favorite and least favorite (Pride, Prejudice, and Zombies) retellings of all time. We’re also ramping up for the end of our ERMadlib challenge and the start of our 24 hour readathon! Now with new great prizes! Then we dive into the multiple endings and laughter of Ryan North’s “Romeo and/or Juliet.” -Discuss Romeo and/or Juliet with us on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/18608215-episode-35-romeo-and-or-juliet) -ER Madlibs Challenge (https://eclecticreaders.fireside.fm/madlibs2017) -ER Read-a-thon (https://eclecticreaders.fireside.fm/eclecticreadathon) -Romeo and/or Juliet by Ryan North on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27209455.Romeo_and_or_Juliet_A_Chooseable_Path_Adventure) and Amazon (https://www.goodreads.com/buy_buttons/12/follow?book_id=27209455&ref=x_gr_w_glide_bb&tag=x_gr_w_glide_bb-20) -Hum If You Don’t Know the Words on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28264701-hum-if-you-don-t-know-the-words?from_search=true) and Amazon (https://www.goodreads.com/buy_buttons/12/follow?book_id=28264701&ref=x_gr_w_bb&tag=x_gr_w_bb-20) -Maus on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15195.The_Complete_Maus?from_search=true) and Amazon (https://www.goodreads.com/buy_buttons/12/follow?book_id=15195&ref=x_gr_w_bb&tag=x_gr_w_bb-20) -Archivist Wasp on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23282249-archivist-wasp?from_search=true) and Amazon (https://www.goodreads.com/buy_buttons/12/follow?book_id=23282249&ref=x_gr_w_glide_bb&tag=x_gr_w_glide_bb-20) -Neverwhere on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14497.Neverwhere?ac=1&from_search=true) and Amazon (https://www.goodreads.com/buy_buttons/12/follow?book_id=14497&ref=x_gr_w_glide_bb&tag=x_gr_w_glide_bb-20) -Vicious on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=Vicious) and Amazon (https://www.goodreads.com/buy_buttons/12/follow?book_id=13638125&ref=x_gr_w_glide_bb&tag=x_gr_w_glide_bb-20) -Beastly Bones on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24001095-beastly-bones?ac=1&from_search=true) and Amazon (https://www.goodreads.com/buy_buttons/12/follow?book_id=24001095&ref=x_gr_w_glide_bb&tag=x_gr_w_glide_bb-20) -Uprooted on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22544764-uprooted?ac=1&from_search=true) and Amazon (https://www.goodreads.com/buy_buttons/12/follow?book_id=22544764&ref=x_gr_w_glide_bb&tag=x_gr_w_glide_bb-20) -Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37442.Wicked?ac=1&from_search=true) and Amazon (https://www.goodreads.com/buy_buttons/12/follow?book_id=37442&ref=x_gr_w_glide_bb&tag=x_gr_w_glide_bb-20) -Cinder on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11235712-cinder?ac=1&from_search=true) and Amazon (https://www.goodreads.com/buy_buttons/12/follow?book_id=11235712&ref=x_gr_w_glide_bb&tag=x_gr_w_glide_bb-20) Here are some great recommendations of retellings from the hosts: -Tara: The Mists of Avalon on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/402045.The_Mists_of_Avalon?ac=1&from_search=true) and Amazon (https://www.goodreads.com/buy_buttons/12/follow?book_id=402045&ref=x_gr_w_glide_bb&tag=x_gr_w_glide_bb-20) -Jeannette: Heartless on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18584855-heartless?ac=1&from_search=true) and Amazon (https://www.goodreads.com/buy_buttons/12/follow?book_id=18584855&ref=x_gr_w_glide_bb&tag=x_gr_w_glide_bb-20) -Meredith: My Lady Jane on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22840421-my-lady-jane?from_search=true) and Amazon (https://www.goodreads.com/buy_buttons/12/follow?book_id=22840421&ref=x_gr_w_glide_bb&tag=x_gr_w_glide_bb-20) Next Episode’s Book: Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12000020-aristotle-and-dante-discover-the-secrets-of-the-universe?ac=1&from_search=true) and Amazon (https://www.goodreads.com/buy_buttons/12/follow?book_id=12000020&ref=x_gr_w_glide_bb&tag=x_gr_w_glide_bb-20)