Podcasts about Square Books

Today, we're in with the most famous Certified Fraud Examiner in the nation, hailing from Laurel and serving as our 42nd State Auditor, Shad White is here to talk about his new book “Mississippi Swindle” and his upcoming book signings at Lemuria Books in Jackson and Square Books in Oxford next week, then we're off to check out what's happening around your neck of the woods before a final stop at The Road to 60 Organizing and Training Summit, August 15th – 17th, at the Jackson Convention Complex with the State Director of the Southern Poverty Law Center, Waikinya Clanton. Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop MS!Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and Kamel King, Tourism Development Bureau Manger with Visit Mississippi, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. They'll not only tell you what's going on in your neck of the woods, but also share the history and people behind the markets, sporting events, concerts, fairs and festivals all over Mississippi. Hear the personal stories and traditions behind that favorite event you attend each year on Next Stop, Mississippi. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yoknapatawpha and Faulkner Conference in Oxford, Mississippi This is the longest continually running literary conference in the United States dedicated to the work of one author. This is the 50th Anniversary of the Conference, first held in 1974. Square Book Store, Oxford, Mississippi Square Books is a general independent bookstore in three separate buildings (about 100 feet apart) on the historic town square of Oxford, Mississippi, home of the University of Mississippi and many great writers, including William Faulkner, Barry Hannah, Larry Brown, and, for a time, both Willie Morris and John Grisham. The main store, Square Books, is in a two-story building with a cafe and balcony on the second floor; Off Square Books is a few doors down from the main store and has lifestyle sections such as gardening and cookbooks; Square Books, Jr., the children's bookstore, is in a building on the east side of the square; above it (in the site of the original bookstore) is the more recently opened Rare Square Books, which feature collectible, vintage, first edition books across a broad price range. Square Books is known for its strong selection of literary fiction, books on the American South and by Southern writers, a large inventory of reduced-price remainders, and its emphasis on books for children. The store hosts the popular Thacker Mountain radio show and over 150 author events a year.University Press of MississippiUniversity Press of Mississippi tells stories of scholarly and social importance that impact our state, region, nation, and world. We are committed to equality, inclusivity, and diversity. Working at the forefront of publishing and cultural trends, we publish books that enhance and extend the reputation of our state and its universities.Dr. Jay WatsonHowry Professor of Faulkner Studies Jay Watson, a native of Athens, Georgia, received his B.A. degree from the University of Georgia (1983) and his M.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard University (1985, 1989). He joined the English department at the University of Mississippi in 1989, was promoted to Professor of English in 2007, and became UM's second Howry Professor in 2010. During the 2002-2003 academic year he served as Visiting Fulbright Professor of American Studies at the University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University in Turku, Finland, and he has since been honored with the UM Faculty Achievement Award (2012), the UM Liberal Arts Professor of the Year award (2014), and the UM Humanities Teacher of the Year award (2014). In 2013 he was a finalist for the Southeastern Conference Professor of the Year Award, and in 2018 he was the fall convocation speaker at UM.  Elizabeth Howard, Producer and Host of the Short Fuse Podcast Elizabeth Howard is the producer and host of the Short Fuse Podcast, conversations with artists, writers, musicians, and others whose art reveals our communities through their lens and stirs us to seek change. Her articles related to communication and marketing have appeared in European Communications, Investor Relations, Law Firm Marketing & Profit Report, Communication World, The Strategist, and the New York Law Journal, among others.  Her books include Queen Anne's Lace and Wild Blackberry Pie, (Thornwillow Press, 2011), A Day with Bonefish Joe (David Godine, 2015) and Ned O'Gorman:  A Glance Back (Easton Studio Press, 2016). She leads reading groups at the Center for Fiction in Brooklyn, New York.  @elizh24 on Instagram  

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Authors Love Bookstores headed to Mississippi for a great Joe Moldover interview with Snowden Wright, author of AMERICAN POP and PLAY PRETTY BLUES, and the owner of Snowden's favorite independent bookstore, Square Books. Hosted by Trisha Blanchet

Topic: This weekend, the Mississippi Book Festival kicks off. It is known as the Literary Lawn Party of Mississippi and is always a great showcase of southern culture. We'll build upon that and Mississippi's great literary traditions by talking about cook books and books about foodways with general manager Lynn Roberts of Square Books in Oxford. Also we will travel to Iuka and visit the Apron Museum with founder Carolynn Terry.Host(s): Malcolm White, Carol Palmer, and Java ChatmanGuest(s): Lynn Roberts, and Carolynn TerryEmail: food@mpbonline.org. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

HorseandRiderBooks.com is the storefront for Trafalgar Square Books of North Pomfret, Vermont—a small, privately-owned publisher of fine equestrian books, eBooks, and videos, craft books, and selected other titles. The small publishing company of seven employees still thrives, along with Scottish Highland cattle, on the farm today.

In the literary world of Oxford, Mississippi, hidden gems can be discovered on every corner. Jill Moore, who runs Square Books, Jr., is one of them. She knows what it means to think--and to read--like a child, and that makes all the difference. Written and recorded by Ava Grace Noe and produced by Levi Stevens.

Martha Cook has been horse crazy since the day she first spotted the pinto pony at a neighboring dairy farm in the rural town of Westmoreland in southern New Hampshire. Riding lessons began at age five, followed by her own horse, a wild four-year-old Morgan mare, at the age of 12. After graduating with a degree in history from Mount Holyoke College, Martha moved to Vermont for an entry-level job at what is now known as Trafalgar Square Books. She never thought that job would become a lifetime career, however, many years later Martha is the managing director of the leading publisher of equestrian books. She has owned horses continually, and there's always a Morgan in the barn, now keeping company with an off-the-track Quarter Horse. Besides the horse obsession that has never waned, she is an avid gardener and enjoys maintaining a trail network for riding, biking, and skiing with her husband in Hartland, Vermont.

Publishing industry news, insider interviews, and a look at current non-fiction books featured on C-SPAN's Book TV. In this episode we talked to Richard Howorth owner of Square Books bookstore in Oxford, Mississippi. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Publishing industry news, insider interviews, and a look at current non-fiction books featured on C-SPAN's Book TV. In this episode we talked to Richard Howorth owner of Square Books bookstore in Oxford, Mississippi. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We talk to Martha Cook--Managing Director of Trafalgar Square Books. After that, Felicitas von Neumann-Cosel comes on to talk about contact. And, to close the show, Reese and Phil have a Trainer Tip about geometry. Listen in...GUESTS AND LINKS DRESSAGE EPISODE 677:Co-Hosts: Reese Koffler-Stanfield and Philip ParkesGuest: Martha Cook of Trafalgar Square Books | Coupon Code DRS22Guest: Felicitas von Neumann-Cosel | Facebook | InstagramBook Club: Bolder, Braver, Brighter - The Rider's Guide to Living Your Best Life on Horseback by Daniel StewartHRN Merchandise!  Find a complete line of screen printed stuff....  and The embroidered merchandise at...Download the FREE Horse Radio Network app for iPhone and AndroidCheck out this other great show in the HRN family: Stall and StableFollow Dressage Radio Show on  Facebook, and follow Horse Radio Network on TwitterPlease visit our sponsors, who make all this possible TRVST Design and Kentucky Performance ProductsSupport the show

We talk to Martha Cook--Managing Director of Trafalgar Square Books. After that, Felicitas von Neumann-Cosel comes on to talk about contact. And, to close the show, Reese and Phil have a Trainer Tip about geometry. Listen in...GUESTS AND LINKS DRESSAGE EPISODE 677:Co-Hosts: Reese Koffler-Stanfield and Philip ParkesGuest: Martha Cook of Trafalgar Square Books | Coupon Code DRS22Guest: Felicitas von Neumann-Cosel | Facebook | InstagramBook Club: Bolder, Braver, Brighter - The Rider's Guide to Living Your Best Life on Horseback by Daniel StewartHRN Merchandise!  Find a complete line of screen printed stuff....  and The embroidered merchandise at...Download the FREE Horse Radio Network app for iPhone and AndroidCheck out this other great show in the HRN family: Stall and StableFollow Dressage Radio Show on  Facebook, and follow Horse Radio Network on TwitterPlease visit our sponsors, who make all this possible TRVST Design and Kentucky Performance ProductsSupport the show

We talk to Martha Cook–Managing Director of Trafalgar Square Books. After that, Felicitas von Neumann-Cosel comes on to talk about contact. And, to close the show, Reese and Phil have a Trainer Tip about geometry. Listen in… GUESTS AND LINKS DRESSAGE EPISODE 677: Link to Sound File for Sight Impaired:  Click Here Co-Hosts: Reese Koffler-Stanfield and Philip Parkes Guest: Martha Cook of Trafalgar Square Books | Coupon Code DRS22 Guest: Felicitas von Neumann-Cosel | Facebook | Instagram Book Club: Bolder, Braver, Brighter – The Rider's Guide to Living Your Best Life on Horseback by Daniel Stewart HRN Merchandise!  Find a complete line of screen printed stuff….  and The embroidered merchandise at… Download the FREE Horse Radio Network app for iPhone and Android Check out this other great show in the HRN family: Stall and Stable Follow Dressage Radio Show on  Facebook, and follow Horse Radio Network on Twitter Please visit our sponsors, who make all this possible TRVST Design and Kentucky Performance Products

Three YA authors from Mississippi create memorable young characters who tackle weighty topics--from cult recruitment and teen parenthood to the social struggles of living with Tourette's--in clever, humorous, and heartfelt ways.Panelists:Angie Thomas was born and raised in Jackson, Mississippi. A former teen rapper, she holds a BFA in creative writing from Belhaven University. Her award-winning, acclaimed debut novel, The Hate U Give, is a #1 New York Times bestseller and major motion picture from Fox 2000, starring Amandla Stenberg and directed by George Tillman, Jr. Angie's second novel, ON THE COME UP, is a #1 New York Times bestseller as well, and a film is in development with Paramount Pictures with Angie acting as a producer and Sanaa Lathan directing. In 2020, Angie released FIND YOUR VOICE: A Guided Journal to Writing Your Truth as a tool to help aspiring writers tell their stories. In 2021, Angie returned to the world of Garden Heights with CONCRETE ROSE, a prequel to THE HATE U GIVE focused on seventeen-year-old Maverick Carter that debuted at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list.Heather Truett is an MFA candidate in poetry at the University of Memphis and serves as the Development Director for The Pinch literary journal. She is #actuallyautistic and passionate about bringing more neurodivergent voices to the publishing table. Heather was born in Kentucky, sharing a hometown with Loretta Lynn, and grew up in South Carolina. She moved from there to Alabama and now resides in Mississippi with her husband, teenage sons, and three cats. She works as a copywriter and as a writing consultant for University students. Kiss and Repeat is her debut novel.Jennifer Moffett is the author of the novel Those Who Prey (a 2021 Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Youth Literature nominee) and a forthcoming novel (2022) published by Atheneum/Simon & Schuster. After working in New York for several animated television series, which included Arthur and Disney's Doug, she received an MA in Creative Writing from the University of Mississippi and wrote for regional publications, including Jackson Free Press. Her short stories and poems have appeared in various literary journals, including New Orleans Review and descant, where she is an Associate Fiction Editor. She won the Gary Wilson Short Story Award and published work in Sundress Publications' Not Somewhere Else But Here: A Contemporary Anthology of Women and Place. She teaches creative writing at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, where she is their 2021 Mississippi Humanities Council Instructor of the Year. Learn more at jbmoffett.com. Moderator:Sami Thomason-Fyke (she/her) is a Youth Services Specialist at the Lafayette County and Oxford Public Library. She was formerly a bookseller, events coordinator, and social media coordinator at Square Books in Oxford, MS. You can keep up with her reading recommendations at samisaysread.com. @SamiSaysRead See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

From escapist thrills to stories of self-discovery and solace, these authors discuss their most recent can't-put-it-down books sure to keep your Book Club talking about compelling characters in evocative settings. Panelists:With almost two million books in print in fifteen different languages, Karen White is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of 28 novels, including the popular Charleston-set Tradd Street mystery series, The Last Night in London, Dreams of Falling, The Night the Lights Went Out, and Flight Patterns. She is the coauthor of All the Ways We Said Goodbye, The Glass Ocean and The Forgotten Room with New York Times bestselling authors Beatriz Williams and Lauren Willig. She grew up in London but now lives with her husband and two spoiled Havanese dogs near Atlanta, Georgia and on the Gulf Coast of Florida. Besides writing, Karen spends her time reading, playing piano, and avoiding cooking.Katherine St. John is a native of Mississippi and a graduate of the University of Southern California who spent over a decade in the film industry as an actress, screenwriter, and director before turning to penning novels. When she's not writing, she can be found hiking or on the beach with a good book. Katherine's novels are THE LION'S DEN and THE SIREN.Kristy Woodson Harvey is the New York Times-bestselling author of six novels, including Feels Like Falling, The Peachtree Bluff series, and Under the Southern Sky. A Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's school of journalism, her writing has appeared in numerous online and print publications including Southern Living, Traditional Home, USA TODAY, Domino, and O. Henry. Kristy is the winner of the Lucy Bramlette Patterson Award for Excellence in Creative Writing and a finalist for the Southern Book Prize. Her work has been optioned for film and television, and her books have received numerous accolades including Southern Living's Most Anticipated Beach Reads, Parade's Big Fiction Reads, and Entertainment Weekly's Spring Reading Picks. Kristy is the co-creator and co-host of the weekly web show and podcast Friends & Fiction. She blogs with her mom Beth Woodson on Design Chic and loves connecting with fans on KristyWoodsonHarvey.com. She lives on the North Carolina coast with her husband and son where she is (always!) working on her next novel.Moderator:Lyn Roberts has been a bookseller at Square Books in Oxford, Mississippi since 1988. Sometime after that she became the general manager of what is now four stores on five floors in three buildings on Oxford's town square in the center of town. She lives in Taylor with her husband Douglas. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Marissa joins Kendare Blake for the virtual launch event of her new paranormal murder mystery - ALL THESE BODIES - hosted by Square Books. Topics include the horrifying real-life murders that inspired the story; what happens when you make a book idea wait to be told, sometimes for years, while you tackle other projects; the decision to leave an ending open to reader interpretation, and how to get it right; why the protagonist of your tale may not make the best narrator, and how a strong narrator acts as a natural lens through which readers will view all the other characters of the story. Plus: gore-themed cocktails, dreamy Twilight dates, and some reader-submitted Q&A!Books discussed in this episode can be purchased from your local independent bookstore or buy them online from the Happy Writer bookshop.org store (that benefits indie bookstores) at  https://bookshop.org/shop/marissameyer 

Welcome to Misshelved, a new bi-weekly podcast from award-winning bookseller Nicole Brinkley. This week, meet independent bookseller Sami Thomason-Fyke from Square Books in Oxford, MS as she chats with YA author Emily A. Duncan. Listen in as they talk about D&D, Star Wars, and stupid wizard boys. SHOP SQUARE BOOKS: squarebooks.com FULL TRANSCRIPTIONS + SHOW NOTES: misshelved.nebrinkley.com SUPPORT US ON PATREON: patreon.com/nebrinkley Editing by Nicole Brinkley. Logo by Jean Michel. Music by Mark Shwedow. Book censor effect via Zapsplat.

Michael Bible is the guest. His new novel, The Ancient Hours, is available from Melville House. Support independent booksellers! Get your copy here. Bible's other books include Empire of Light and Sophia, also from Melville House. He is originally from North Carolina. His work has appeared in the Oxford American, The Paris Review Daily, Al-Jazeera America, ESPN The Magazine, and New York Tyrant Magazine. He is a former bookseller at Square Books in Oxford, Mississippi, and lives in New York. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Senate considers a new abortion restriction bill.And, we look at how small businesses hurt by the coronavirus pandemic are receiving additional support.Then, Jackson is home to the national Phi Theta Kappa headquarters. Their leader is pushing on lawmakers to change the flag.Plus, in today's Book Club … Public discussions, through books, focusing on racial and social justice.Segment 1:An abortion bill is making it's way through the Mississippi legislature that would ban the procedure on the basis of race, sex or abnormality. The Life Equality Act of 2020, makes its a felony for a doctor to perform an abortion because of race, sex or disability; unless its a medical emergency. Republican Senator Joey Fillingane of Sumrall introduced the bill on the floor of the Senate yesterday, invoking the 14th Amendment and Civil Rights Act of 1964 in support of the legislation.An attempt was made to change some of the bill's language to protect doctors from bad actors with ulterior motives for seeking an abortion. That amendment failed. Felicia Brown is with Planned Parenthood Southeast Advocates. She tells our Desare Frazier the bill is another in a long line of passed legislation that will likely be struck down as unconstitutional. Segment 2:Small businesses across Mississippi are relying on grants and loans to survive the economic impact of the Coroanvirus pandemic. But, some businesses still need extra support. A family-owned furniture store in Natchez has lost almost two months of sales because of the Coroanvirus. Darby Short, owner of Darby's Furniture and Interiors, tells our Kobee Vance her business qualified for 75 thousand dollars in PPP loans, but that money is already gone.Segment 3:Established in 1918, Phi Theta Kappa is a national junior college honor society with chapters in all 50 state and nearly 60 outside of the U.S. The organization has been based in Jackson since 1935, and has weathered the social and political challenges of the nation throughout the years. Now their President and CEO, Lynn Tincher-Ladner is using her position of leadership to press Mississippi's leaders to take action in regards to Mississippi's state flag. She says the Confederate imagery doesn't reconcile with the Society's diversity and equity initiatives.Segment 4:Today's Book Club segment takes a different tack as we focus on planned discussions about racial and social justice . Richard Howorth, owner of Square Books and Off Square Books in Oxford, says the forums will cover one book at a time with two hosts, one white and one African American. Howorth joins us to talk about the plans, the purpose and book selections. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Reopening the state following the Coronavirus shutdown will be a gradual effort, but what precautions will still need to be taken remains unclear. Listen as Jeremy Thompson, owner of Computer Doctors & Phone Surgeons in Hattiesburg, Lesley Holleman, owner of Fleet Feet in Jackson and Richard Howorth, owner of Square Books in Oxford discuss how the Coronavirus pandemic affected their businesses, what their "new normal" will look like and how they will move forward and keep their employees & customers safe. For more information about the businesses we featured on today's show visit the links below:http://hattiesburgcomputerdoctor.com/http://www.fleetfeetjackson.com/https://www.squarebooks.com/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Meet The Bookseller: Annie Philbrick, from BANK SQUARE BOOKS located in Mystic, Connecticut + SAVOY BOOKSHOP & CAFE located in Westerly, Rhode Island.Learn more about the bookstores, their town and community.We also talked about the development of e-books and e-readers and its effect on physical books. We also discussed the importance of bookstores as community hubs and the shop local movement.Annie shared her biggest challenge being a bookseller and what she enjoys most about it. We also talked about her current reads, favorite go to genre, authors and books she's looking forward to. She even offers up some advice for individuals who are considering opening an independent bookstore in their town!Thank you so much Annie for coming on the show! Become a Patreon Supporter - https://www.patreon.com/bibliofinder CONNECT with BANK SQUARE BOOKShttps://bibliofinder.com/listing/bank-square-books-mystic/ CONNECT with SAVOY BOOKSHOP & CAFEhttps://bibliofinder.com/listing/savoy-bookshop-cafe/ CONNECT with BIBLIO HAPPY HOURPATREON PAGE - https://www.patreon.com/bibliofinderBIBLIOFINDER - https://bibliofinder.comBIBLIO HAPPY HOUR - https://bibliohappyhour.com 

We've seen a photo of Michael Mann! Also, Square released Square Books, which Blake and David suspect could one day soon power a Square Accounting product — which could easily be the biggest threat to Intuit since Xero. We've got updates from Xero, Slack, Bill.com, Gusto, Veem, and Zapier. ScaleFactor unveiled its own credit card for SMBs, and Chime, the online-only bank went down, leaving 5 million customers stranded and unable to pay.

Lisa Howorth and her husband Richard are owners of Square Books in Oxford, Mississippi, one of the most beloved independent book stores in the country. In 2014, Lisa published her debut novel, Flying Shoes. Today we'll be talking about her second one, Summerlings, which is set in suburban Washington, DC during the summer of 1959.

Welcome to Episode 17 of the QWERTY Writing Life Podcast with Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith! Today’s episode is extra special because we’re taking you through our experiences at the one, the only Mississippi Book Festival. This is the annual event where we kicked our writing careers into high gear back in 2016. We’ve grown alongside this event, and we could not be more proud to be part of such an incredible program. Because so many people come together to make this festival such a success and we have so many great things to say about the day, we have quite a few links to share with you all and our episode is a little longer than our usual.We want to hear how the QWERTY Challenge goes for you, too; so please drop us a line. Questions? Comments? You know what to do! Continue this week’s chat with us via email at editorial [at] logosandmythospress [dot] com.We mentioned a bunch of incredible people and places and want to share as many as we can with you, so here goes!Mississippi Book Festival: http://msbookfestival.com/Lorelei Books and owner Kelle Barfield, Vicksburg, MS: http://loreleibooks.com/Dav Pilkey, creator of Captain Underpants and Dogman: https://pilkey.comJanet W. Ferguson, author of the Southern Hearts series and the Coastal Hearts series: https://www.janetfergusonauthor.comCoffee Prose: https://coffeeprose.comBig House Books: https://bighousebooksms.orgLouisiana Books 2 Prisoners (not mentioned by name because Joy couldn’t remember it!): https://lab2p.orgP.J. Devere, author of Pour House and Pour Choices: http://pjdevere.comMichael B. Hewes and Sarah Hewes, author/illustrator (and son/mother) duo of The Tempestuous Trial of Maybelline Meriweather: http://riverroadpress.com/store/p44/Maybelline.htmlLyn Roberts from Square Books, Oxford, MS: https://www.squarebooks.com/Mamta Chaudhry, author of Haunting Paris: https://mamtachaudhry.com/Lisa Patton, author of Rush: https://www.lisapatton.com/Deb Spera, author of Call Your Daughter Home: https://debspera.com/Katy Simpson Smith, author: https://www.katysimpsonsmith.com/Juliet Grames, author of The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna: https://www.julietgrames.com/Julia Phillips, author of Disappearing Earth: https://www.juliaphillipswrites.com/Maurice Carlos Ruffin, author of We Cast a Shadow: https://loweramericanson.com/Ann Patchett, author of Bel Canto, Commonwealth and more and co-owner of Parnassus Books, Nashville: http://www.annpatchett.com and http://www.parnassusbooks.netNatasha Trethewey, two-time U.S. Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner: http://www.blueflowerarts.com/natasha-tretheweyBeth Ann Fennelly, Mississippi Poet Laureate: https://www.bethannfennelly.comPoetry Out Loud: https://www.poetryoutloud.orgHolly Lange, founder and executive director of the Mississippi Book Festival: http://msbookfestival.com/about/staff-boardFor more information about us, the show and our writing craft book series, head over to www.logosandmythospress.com/qwerty-writing-life. Subscribe in your favorite podcast portal. Or, if you’d rather see our grinning faces, ring the bell on our YouTube channel. Can’t get enough of Mea? Head over to her online home at www.measmith.com. Want to know more about Joy? Check out her site, www.joyerancatore.com.

Lisa Howorth was born and grew up in Washington, D.C., where her new novel is set in 1959. She is the author of the 2014 novel, FLYING SHOES, and she has written for the Oxford American and Garden & Gun. Howorth taught art history at the University of Mississippi, receiving the Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts in 1996, and a MacDowell Fellowship in 2007. In Oxford in 1979, she and her husband founded Square Books, which will celebrate its 40th anniversary in September, 2019. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Charlie talks with novelist and bookseller Lisa Howorth about independent bookstores (including Lisa's famous Square Books in Oxford, Mississippi) and her new novel The Summerlings. They discuss childhood in the 1950s, the tradition of the child protagonist in Southern literature, the Cold War, and more as they talk about this funny, moving, thought-provoking, and downright fun novel of childhood.

A random sign for free dogs inspired Mary Miller to drop a manuscript she'd been researching and create the character of Louis McDonald, Jr. for her hilarious and heartbreaking novel, BILOXI. She tells James about feeling indebted to her characters, teaching herself to write, looking in holes with her dog, needing to find joy, and reading with John Grisham. And bologna. And feet licking. Plus a chat with Bennet Johnson from Literati Bookstore in Ann Arbor, MI.  - Mary Miller: http://www.maryumiller.net/ BUY BILOXI: Buy BILOXI from an Indie Bookseller ALSO BY: BIG WORLD, THE LAST DAYS OF CALIFORNIA, ALWAYS HAPPY HOUR  Mary and James discuss:  Frederick Barthelme Jerry Seinfeld  THE MOTEL LIFE by Willy Vlautin  THE OFFICE  THE MOVIEGOER by Walker Percy  THE SECRET HISTORY by Donna Tartt  Books-A-Million ZOETROPE ON WRITING by Stephen King  BIRD BY BIRD by Anne Lamott  Elizabeth Ellen  Aaron Burch  Square Books  Lemuria Book Store  Bennet Johnson  Literati Bookstore Parnassus Books John Evans  Richard Howorth Lisa Howorth  Grisham Writers in Residence  John and Renee Grisham  Michener Center for Writers  Ann Patchett  Ole Miss  Mississippi State  Claudia Smith Chen Kevin Sampsell  REM  Elizabeth Spencer  Tom Franklin  Beth Ann Fennelly  W. W. Norton & Company  Charlie Day  IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA - Bennet Johnson  Literati Bookstore: https://www.literatibookstore.com/ Literati Cultura: https://www.literatibookstore.com/literati-cultura-collectors-club Bennet and James Discuss:  Mike & Hilary Gustafson  SING, UNBURIED, SING by Jesmyn Ward  ON EARTH WE'RE BRIEFLY GORGEOUS by Ocean Vuong  YOU KNOW YOU WANT THIS by Kristen Roupenian  OHIO by Stephen Markley  MIDWEST LITERARY WALK PACHINKO by Min Jin Lee  HAWKING by Jim Ottaviani  "Boys Town" by Jim Shepard  Calvin Trillin  Amy Hempel  Mary Ruefle  Kevin Wilson  Hannah Pittard  Lorrie Moore  Ernest Hemingway  Literati Book Store Presents  John U. Bacon  Randall Munroe Sister Helen Prejean  Salman Rushdie  Jonathan Safran Foer  - http://tkpod.com / tkwithjs@gmail.com / Twitter: @JamesScottTK Instagram: tkwithjs / Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/

Oxford, Mississippi hosts the 24th annual Double Decker Arts Festival April 26-27; and event coordinator Lee Ann Stubbs previews the excitement with host Jon Rawl at the Visit Oxford office. As we continue to broadcast this week on location in Oxford, find out about the amazing lineup of authors having signing events at Square Books before April wraps. We get the latest college baseball projection of Oxford's hometown team that plays in the SEC from "Hotty Toddy Hotline" host Acey Roberts and his insider from College Baseball Daily. Plus, two actual children of Civil War veterans share their amazing story.

Oxford, Mississippi hosts the 24th annual Double Decker Arts Festival April 26-27; and event coordinator Lee Ann Stubbs previews the excitement with host Jon Rawl at the Visit Oxford office. As we continue to broadcast this week on location in Oxford, find out about the amazing lineup of authors having signing events at Square Books before April wraps. We get the latest college baseball projection of Oxford's hometown team that plays in the SEC from "Hotty Toddy Hotline" host Acey Roberts and his insider from College Baseball Daily. Plus, two actual children of Civil War veterans share their amazing story.

“We’re not everyone’s cup of tea” is Southern Lady Code for “We are great friends and sometimes our overt love for each other and our shared history and current interests can be super annoying to people.” In the Season 1 finale, Helen talks about the strong bond between her and her dearest friends and finds writing workshops enjoyable. Follow Helen Ellis on Twitter @WhatIDoAllDay and on Instagram @AmericanHousewife. Her collection of funny essays, SOUTHERN LADY CODE, is available for preorder. And, yes, she reads the audiobook. Come see Helen on tour! - 4/6: San Antonio Book Festival in San Antonio, TX - 4/15 at 7:30pm: Books Are Magic in Brooklyn, NY - 4/16 at 5:00pm: Alabama Booksmith in Birmingham, AL - 4/17 at 7:30pm: Dallas Museum of Art in Dallas, TX - 4/18 at 6:30pm: Murder by the Book in Houston, TX - 4/24 at 5:00pm: Lemuria Bookstore in Jackson, MS - 4/25 at 6:00pm: Square Books in Oxford, MS - 4/27 at 6:00pm: Avid Bookshop in Athens, GA - 4/29 at 7:00pm: Margaret Mitchell House in Atlanta, GA - 4/30 at 11:30am: Ingram in Nashville, TN - 4/30 at 6:30pm: Parnassus Books in Nashville, TN - 5/1: Garden District Book Shop in New Orleans, LA - 5/2 at 6:00pm: Page & Palette in Fairhope, Alabama - 5/5 at 3:00pm: Tuxedo Park Library in Tuxedo Park, NY - 5/11-12: Wordplay Festival in Minneapolis, MN

When her mother suffers a stroke, Tessa Fontaine joins the traveling circus sideshow. She recounts this unique time in her life in her incredible new memoir, THE ELECTRIC WOMAN. She and James talk about being okay with not knowing what you're writing about, how first books are like teenagers, and finding the untold story. And, she is the first guest (to James's knowledge) to flashback to Eagle-Eye Cherry's "Save Tonight." Plus, Meg Reid of Hub City Writers Project.   Tessa Fontaine: http://www.tessafontaine.com/home.html Tessa and James discuss: Annie Hartnett Harper  University of Alabama  University of Utah  Freytag's Pyramid  LET'S NO ONE GET HURT by Jon Pineda  "The First Cut is the Deepest" by Sheryl Crow  "Save Tonight" by Eagle-Eye Cherry  Cormac McCarthy Ernest Hemingway  Jenna Johnson  HELL'S ANGELS by Hunter S. Thompson  - Meg Reid: (Hub City) https://hubcity.org/  (Book Design) http://www.megireid.com/ Meg and James discuss:  WPA  Newtonville Books  Turnrow Book Co.  Square Books  Tessa Fontaine  Betsy Teter  Publisher's Group West  Dzanc Books Milkweed Editions  OVER THE PLAIN HOUSES by Julia Franks  FLIGHT PATH by Hannah Palmer  John Jeremiah Sullivan  Sewanee  WHISKEY & RIBBONS by Leesa Cross-Smith Emily L. Smith  Lookout Books  ECOTONE  UNC-Wilmington  NEA  Sarabande Books  Carolina Wren Press  THE HANDS OF STRANGERS by Michael Farris Smith  Lemuria Books  Parnassus Books  Eric Svenson  Kelly Estep  Carmichael's Books  Bookmarks in Winston-Salem   - http://tkpod.com / tkwithjs@gmail.com / Twitter: @JamesScottTK Instagram: tkwithjs / Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/

In order to learn to write, Frank Bill broke down the fiction that he loved. The lessons those books taught him have served him through a collection of short stories and two novels, the latest of which is THE SAVAGE. He and James talk about universe building, skipping the middle, and the film adaptation of DONNYBROOK. Plus, Jesse Donaldson on his tour of Kentucky for ON HOMESICKNESS.  -  Frank Bill: http://frankbillshouseofgrit.blogspot.com/ Frank and James discuss: BLOOD MERIDIAN by Cormac McCarthy  DETROIT: AN AMERICAN AUTOPSY by Charlie LeDuff  BEAT TO A PULP  THE MISSOURI REVIEW   "Sonny's Blues" by James Baldwin  Jason Starr  THE KILLER INSIDE ME by Jim Thompson  FIGHT CLUB by Chuck Palahniuk  Fyodor Dostoevsky  FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS by Ernest Hemingway  THE ECSTATIC by Victor LaValle  JOE by Larry Brown  FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS by Hunter S. Thompson  Pink Floyd  Jamie Bell  James Badge Dale Margaret Qualley  Frank Grillo  KINGDOM  James Landry Hebert  Tim Sutton  The Old Testament  DEADWOOD  David Milch  SUTREE by Cormac McCarthy  NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN by Cormac McCarthy  Andrew Vachss  TRUE DETECTIVE  JAWS SCALPED by Jason Aaron  Sean McDonald  Emily Bell  Jackson Howard   -  Jesse Donaldson: http://jessedonaldson.com/ Jesse and James discuss: Odysseus  The Israelites  Michel de Montaigne  Augusten Burroughs  West Virginia University Press  IN PLACE series  Becca Wadlinger  Danielle Delph  The Wolly Worm Festival  THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW  LAWRENCE OF ARABIA Parnassus Books  Square Books  LEXINGTON HERALD LEADER  Carry A. Nation House  Magoffin County Historical Society  Melanie Caine  Larry Flynt  Linda Riley  TUNNELING TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH by Kevin Wilson  Brier Books  Wild Fig Books  Crystal Wilkinson  Morris Books  The Kentucky Headhunters  Brandon Atwell  George Clooney  Nick & Nina Clooney  - http://tkpod.com / tkwithjs@gmail.com / Twitter: @JamesScottTK Instagram: tkwithjs / Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/

This week on Book Tour with John Grisham: Grisham returns to Oxford, MS, where his writing career began. Square Books owner (and longtime Grisham friend) Richard Howorth joins the conversation with New York Times bestselling (and Mississippi) authors Ace Atkins (THE FALLEN) and Tom Franklin (CROOKED LETTER, CROOKED LETTER).

Nickolas and James have an honest conversation about the publishing industry and Nickolas's young career, which has featured three great books, including his most recent novel, THE HEARTS OF MEN. They touch on subjects ranging from how Nickolas started taking writing seriously to becoming an Eagle Scout to attending Iowa to Gordon Lightfoot to Cormac McCarthy's table tennis skills. Plus, Nickolas's agent Rob McQuilkin.  - Nickolas Butler: http://nickolasbutler.com/ Nickolas and James discuss: Iowa Writers' Workshop  Square Books  Cormac McCarthy  Canterbury Booksellers  Jim Harrison  POACHERS by Tom Franklin  THE NEW VALLEY by Josh Weil  IN THE LOYAL MOUNTAINS by Rick Bass  Dean Bakopoulos  Jeremiah Chamberlin  LORD OF THE FLIES by William Golding  Kent Haruf JIM THE BOY by Tony Earley FIGHT CLUB by Chuck Palahniuk  - Rob McQuilkin: http://www.mmqlit.com/ Rob and James Discuss:  EO Wilson  Louisa May Alcott  Jhumpa Lahiri  THE HEARTS OF MEN by Nickolas Butler  Lexi Wangler   Eve Gleichman  SHOTGUN LOVESONGS by Nickolas Butler  BENEATH THE BONFIRE by Nickolas Butler  PLOUGHSHARES  OUTSIDE VALENTINE by Liza Ward  Maria Massie  Megan Lynch Tom Perrotta  Peter Ho Davies    - http://tkpod.com / tkwithjs@gmail.com / Twitter: @JamesScottTK Instagram: tkwithjs / Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/

We highlight some of Mississippi’s independent book stores in celebration of National Independent Bookstore Day! In the lineup: Square Books in Oxford, Turnrow Book Co. in Greenwood, Lemuria Books in Jackson, Bay Books in Bay St. Louis, and OffBeat in Jackson! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We introduce Craig Ray, the new head of Visit Mississippi. Natchez turns 300 this week. Square Books is gearing up for the new Harry Potter release, and Byram’s Mayor Richard White talks about the Swinging Bridge Festival. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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