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Kirsty Lang onThe author Jane Gardam, whose works included The Queen of the Tambourine and Old Filth.Sir Roger Birch, the former Chief Constable of Sussex Police who oversaw the investigation following the IRAs' Brighton bomb attack in 1984. Mike Peters, the lead singer of the band The Alarm, whose own battle with cancer saw him become a campaigner and fundraiser for cancer treatment. Professor Francoise Hampson, a lawyer who specialised in human rights in conflict zones. Producer: Ed PrendevilleArchive: Front Row, BBC Radio 4, Presenter Kirsty Lang, 16/09/2009; World Book Club, BBC World Service, 12/10/2017; Desert Island Discs, BBC Radio 4, 20/10/2017; “Somebody” by Jane Gardam, Read by Gillian Bevan, BBC Radio 4, 06/03/2022; File on Four, BBC Radio 4; Witness History, BBC, 2015; Human Rights Map, BBC Two, 05/12/1998; Human Rights and Human Wrongs, John Simpson, BBC TV, 02/11/1994; BBC Breakfast News, 14/08/1990; I Write the Songs, Archive: Mike Peters, BBC Radio Wales, 31/12/2014; Value Judgements, BBC Radio Wales, 30/06/2006; Brighton Bomb Attack, BBC News, 12/10/2009; Drink Drive Crackdown, BBC News, 12/10/1984; Breakfast Time – Drink Driving at Christmas, BBC News, 14/03/2020

On this episode of World Book Club Harriett Gilbert talks with nobel Laureate Abdulrzak Gurnah about his hauntingly beautiful novel ‘Paradise' It tells the story of Yusuf, a 12 year-old boy living in East Africa at the beginning of the 20th century. Sold off to settle his father's debts, Yusaf embarks on a journey across the African continent. Through his naive and innocent eyes, the journey starts out as an adventure, but every wonderous thing Yusuf sees, every glimpse of paradise, is polluted by violence, the growing influence of colonialism, and the looming spectre of the First World War. This is a stunning novel - a multi-faceted, vivid exploration of the shifting culture of Africa at the turn of the century. It's layered with mythology, Biblical and Koranic symbolism, and an unflinching insight into the effects of colonialism. Abdulrazak will be answering our listeners' questions here on World Book Club.

Send us a textMark, Sean, and Tad continue their journey through Jack Kirby's Fourth World Saga.Forever People #2New Gods #2Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #137Mister Miracle #2Consider becoming a patron!Support the show

Class is in session! It’s time for the debut of the Pod Meets World Book Club. The inaugural selection is “Blob: A Love Story” by Maggie Su, a Sci-Fi romantic mind-bender and our hosts have done their homework!! While sharing their thoughts and opinions on the book’s symbolism, the gang is faced with the eternal question: which Boy Meets World character’s body part would you choose for your “blob?” How many Turners do you give Blob?? And how many Feenies? Face forward and pay attention! Don’t miss your chance to join the Pod Meets World Book Club today…See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sean Harklerode, Mark Pracht, and Tad discuss the first full slate of monthly comics from Jack Kirby at DC - Forever People #1, New Gods #1, Mister Miracle #1, & Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #136.Consider becoming a patron!Support the show

Mark Pracht, Sean Harklerode, and Tad discuss Jack Kirby's 1970s arrival at DC Comics -  Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #133-135.Consider becoming a patron!Support the show

Front Row continues to look at how culture has changed in the first 25 years of this century with an edition focusing on books.Tom Sutcliffe is in the Front Row studio with two writers who've helped to shape the literary landscape over those years – the novelists Zadie Smith and Andrew O'Hagan. They are joined by the presenter of Radio 4's A Good Read and World Book Club, Harriett Gilbert, who's chosen Smith's White Teeth as one of her key books so far this century. Plus Editor of The Bookseller Philip Jones joins the discussion to reflect on the changes in publishing and the impact of technology on our reading habits Presenter: Tom Sutcliffe Producer: Ciaran Bermingham

Following the death of the acclaimed Irish author Edna O'Brien, who died aged 93 in July 2024, a bonus edition of World Book Club which was first published in 2008. Edna O'Brien was born in rural County Clare in 1930, and found her education by nuns suffocating. She moved to Dublin, and subsequently spent much of her life in London. The Country Girls tells the story of two girls from rural Ireland growing up in a convent school before moving to Dublin to begin their adult lives.

On this month's World Book Club, Harriett Gilbert will be talking to bestselling American writer Paul Auster about his acclaimed work The New York Trilogy. In three brilliant variations on the classic detective story, Auster makes the well-traversed terrain of New York City his own. Each interconnected tale exploits the elements of standard detective fiction to achieve an entirely new genre that was ground-breaking when it was published three decades ago. In each story the search for clues leads to remarkable coincidences in the universe as the simple act of trailing a man ultimately becomes a startling investigation of identity and what it means to be human. Hear what readers made of Paul and his novel and what happened when another Paul Auster stood up to introduce himself to the Paul Auster on the stage.

Following the death of the Irish author Edna O'Brien in July 2024, another chance to hear a 2008 World Book Club episode in which she talked to Harriett Gilbert and an audience of readers about her renowned debut novel The Country Girls. Banned in her homeland on publication, it has become one of O'Brien's most admired and renowned works.Producer: Oliver Jones

Christian Historical Fiction Talk is listener supported. When you buy things through this site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Become a patron and enjoy special perks and bonus content.Amanda Cabot returns to the show this week to talk about her new book, Into the Starlight. We chat about why books set in Texas are more popular than ones set in Wyoming, why our husbands put up with our craziness, and what it means to have a sister. Patrons will also hear about the fear Amanda conquered on a trip to Australia.Into the Starlight by Amanda CabotAfter more than a year in Europe, Joanna Vaughn returns to Sweetwater Crossing, her dreams of becoming a concert pianist shattered. As if that weren't enough, her husband, whom she married after a whirlwind courtship, has died. The only thing sustaining her on the journey back to Texas was the thought of her childhood home. But to Joanna's dismay, she's changed so much that the place she once loved no longer feels like home. After his fiancée married his partner and both blamed him for a patient's death, Dr. Burke Finley believes it's time for a change. A quick trip with his almost-aunt Della Samuels to Sweetwater Crossing turns into an extended stay to discover what happened to his uncle and her would-be husband. But the beautiful and musical Joanna makes it more than bearable. As the two join forces to help Della, there is no denying the attraction felt on both sides. But ghosts from the past are coming to call--and threatening to destroy any chance at happily-ever-after. Get swept away by this emotional tale of family, friendship, and the kind of love that overcomes every obstacle.Get a copy of Into the Starlight by Amanda Cabot.Amanda Cabot is the bestselling author of more than forty novellas, eight novellas, four nonfiction books, and what she describes as enough technical articles to cure insomnia in a medium-sized city. Her stories have appeared on the CBA and ECPA bestseller lists, have garnered a starred review from Publishers Weekly, were a Woman's World Book Club selection, and have been finalists for the ACFW Carol, the HOLT Medallion, and the Booksellers Best awards.A former director of information technology for a major international corporation, Amanda is now a full-time writer living happily ever after with her husband in Cheyenne.Visit Amanda's website.

In Miriam Toews's novel, Women Talking, the women of a remote Mennonite colony are hold secret meetings to talk about the crimes of the men who they live alongside. After years of being told that they were suffering from hysterical delusions, the women “came to understand that they were collectively dreaming one dream, and that it wasn't a dream at all.” Women Talking is a response to the real life events on a Mennonite settlement in Bolivia between 2005 and 2009. Miriam Toews talks to World Book Club readers in Toronto and around the world about her unique and powerful story about the power of language and solidarity.

This is the 3rd bonus episode of The Podgoblin's Hat, with Nina and Dave. You can find it on it's own feed wherever you get your podcasts. We're popping in with something a little different for you this week, it's a video game review! That's right, we're almost topical! Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley is a beautiful, relaxing, not quite open world exploration of Moomin Valley through the eyes and musical instruments of Snufkin. We discuss the way it feels, the way it looks, the way it sounds. Dave has some nitpicks. We wonder how canon the good ship SnufMin is to these game developers. Did the Groke really break Nina's Switch?! Our Spirits of the Moomins this week are games. Nina's is Untitled Goose Game and Dave's is Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna). Our Spirit of the Podgoblin's Hat is The End of the World Book Club.

In this episode we read 'The Water Will Come' by Jeff Goodell.Thanks to Sanne for buddy reading this week! https://www.youtube.com/@booksandquills/ Don't forget to check out Sanne's new podcast, The End of the World Book Club! https://www.booksandquills.co.uk/the-end-of-the-world-book-clubNo Books on a Dead Planet is produced and presented by Leena Norms. Artwork by Gung Ho Studios. Edited by Craig Simmonds.Nab yourself a positive panic patch: https://leenanorms.com/shopFollow Leena's work elsewhere…YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@leenanormsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/leenanorms/Poetry collection: https://linktr.ee/bargainbinromcom

Overcoming depression and finding your purpose in writing books…Books provide an escape. I think most writers know and appreciate this, but sometimes we forget our books reach people on a fundamental level, giving them an experience they can't find in the real world. Today's guest, Tonya Kappes, leans into a desire to help one reader each week, and in so doing, has found massive success reaching thousands of readers. With over 180 books published, she is an incredibly savvy author-preneur who never loses sight of her core purpose.Amazon All Star Author Tonya Kappes has written more than 180 southern cozy mysteries, all of which have graced numerous bestseller lists, including USA Today and Woman's World Book Club pick twice. Best known for stories charged with southern charm, emotion and humor and filled with flawed characters, her novels have garnered reader praise and glowing critical reviews. She lives with her husband in northern Kentucky. Now that her four boys have flown out of the nest, Tonya writes full-time in her camper!Question of the week:  What's your purpose for writing? Or have you ever even thought about it? Join our new Facebook group and let's chat!Follow Us! Tonya Kappes:Website: https://tonyakappes.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/authortonyakappes/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TonyaKappesInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/tonyakappesbooks/The Author Wheel:Website: www.AuthorWheel.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorWheelGreta Boris:Website: www.GretaBoris.comFacebook: @GretaBorisAuthorInstagram: @GretaBorisMegan Haskell:Website: www.MeganHaskell.comFacebook & Instagram: @MeganHaskellAuthorSupport the show Support the showFREE Mini Email CourseHave you ever struggled to explain to others exactly what you write? Or wondered which of the many fiction ideas running through your brain you should tackle? If so, The Author Wheel's new mini-course might be your solution. 7 Days to Clarity: Uncover Your Author Purpose will help you uncover your core writing motivations, avoid shiny-thing syndrome, and create clear marketing language. Each daily email will lead you step by step in defining your author brand, crafting a mission statement, and distilling that statement into a pithy tagline. And, best of all, it's free. Click here to learn more!

The three of us discuss the last two chapters of The End of This World: Climate Justice in So-Called Canada.

World Book Club took to the air over two decades ago and it is still going strong. Each month an author is quizzed by a live audience. We speak with its long-running host Harriett Gilbert and ask how do you make a show appeal to those who are not heavy readers? And listeners give their thoughts. Plus, how a recent edition of HardTalk on Iranian Kurds hit the nail on the head for a listener in the US. Presenter: Rajan Datar Producer: Howard Shannon A Whistledown Production for BBC World Service

Amazon All Star Author Tonya Kappes has written more than 175 southern cozy mysteries, all of which have graced numerous bestseller lists, including USA Today and Woman's World Book Club pick twice . Best known for stories charged with southern charm, emotion and humor and filled with flawed characters, her novels have garnered reader praise and glowing critical reviews. She lives with her husband in northern Kentucky. Now that her four boys have flown out of the nest, Tonya writes full-time in her camper! You can find her all over social media and at Tonyakappes.com.

Amazon All Star Author Tonya Kappes has written more than 175 southern cozy mysteries, all of which have graced numerous bestseller lists, including USA Today and Woman's World Book Club pick twice . Best known for stories charged with southern charm, emotion and humor and filled with flawed characters, her novels have garnered reader praise […]

Amazon All Star Author Tonya Kappes has written more than 175 southern cozy mysteries, all of which have graced numerous bestseller lists, including USA Today and Woman's World Book Club pick twice . Best known for stories charged with southern charm, emotion and humor and filled with flawed characters, her novels have garnered reader praise and glowing critical reviews. She lives with her husband in northern Kentucky. Now that her four boys have flown out of the nest, Tonya writes full-time in her camper! You can find her all over social media and at Tonyakappes.com.

Christian Historical Fiction Talk is listener supported. When you buy things through this site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Become a patron and enjoy special perks and bonus content.It is my true pleasure to welcome Amanda Cabot to the podcast this week. She's a returning guest, but she has a new book out, After the Shadows, and it's the first book in a new series, "Secrets of Sweetwater Crossing." She once again has created this lovely fictional town, and she shares with us the story behind the house on the book's cover, we talk about all the ways you can pronounce Cabot, and what her most memorable trip was. For my patrons, you get to hear about her brief stint (and mine) as a playwright. After the Shadows by Amanda CabotA brighter future awaits--if she can escape the shadows of the pastEmily Leland sheds no tears when her abusive husband is killed in a bar fight, but what awaits her back home in Sweetwater Crossing is far from the welcome and comfort she expected. First she discovers her father has died under mysterious circumstances. Then the house where the new schoolteacher and his son are supposed to board burns, leaving them homeless. When Emily proposes turning the family home into a boardinghouse, her sister is so incensed that she leaves town.Alone and broke, her family name sullied by controversy, Emily is determined to solve the mystery of her father's death--and to aid Craig Ferguson, despite her fears of men. The widowed schoolmaster proves to be a devoted father, an innovative teacher, and an unexpected ally. Together they must work to unmask a killer and escape the shadows of their own pasts in order to forge a brighter future.Bestselling author Amanda Cabot transports you to 1880s Texas Hill Country for a brand-new series that will have you flipping pages to solve the mystery and get to the happily-ever-after you long for.Get your copy of After the Shadows by Amanda Cabot.Amanda Cabot is the bestselling author of more than forty novellas, eight novellas, four nonfiction books, and what she describes as enough technical articles to cure insomnia in a medium-sized city. Her stories have appeared on the CBA and ECPA bestseller lists, have garnered a starred review from Publishers Weekly, were a Woman's World Book Club selection, and have been finalists for the ACFW Carol, the HOLT Medallion, and the Booksellers Best awards. A former director of information technology for a major international corporation, Amanda is now a fulltime writer living happily ever after with her husband in Cheyenne. Visit Amanda's website.

Mommy & Daddy Do You Still Love Me Anymore?, 2nd Ed. by Frenchaire Gardner spreads love and hope to foster and adopted children with the message that their biological parents still love them despite their separation. This book discusses from the point of view of the child, the experience of being taken to foster care, being adopted, and feeling abandoned by their families. This book is dedicated to my four children Joseph Jr., Frenchaire-Two, Melchizedek Malcolm X, and Sarai. Mommy and daddy love you very much. This book was awarded Honorable Mention this Spring 2022 in The Book Fest Awards in the Family non-fiction genre. The book is available on Amazon, Dreamspire.com, bn.com, Birmingham Civil Rights Institute gift shop, Love n Light Cuisine, Love Goddess Healing Oasis, On Our Way Books in Canada, and Mia's World Book Club. Check out the book at your local New York City, Cedar Hill, Texas, and Birmingham, Alabama libraries. Request the book at your local libraries. Donate $200 to buy 20 books for a class. LET'S CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION ON INSTAGRAM @ FRENCHAIRE_GARDNER Email your positive music to melchizedekllc at gmail dot com. SHOP FRENCHAIRE'S BOOKS & DESIGNS: https://bit.ly/FrenchyBooks http://frenchyswonders.threadless.com/ AFFILIATE LINK FOR OMNIA RADIATION BALANCER: https://www.omniaradiationbalancer.comE?p=B1dZwBsTD USE CODE BE FOR 10% OFF Support the podcast: buymeacoffee.com/Frenchaire Paypal.me/Frenchaire $Beandusllc Cashapp --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/news-you-can-use/message

This month World Book Club visits Paris, France to be guests of the iconic bookshop on the Left Bank of the River Seine, Shakespeare & Co. There Harriett Gilbert and a bookshop audience talk to acclaimed French writer Marie Darrieussecq about her extraordinary novel Pig Tales. Pig Tales is the story of a young woman who works at a shady Parisian massage parlour, becoming a favourite with her lustful clients until, that is, she slowly and alarmingly metamorphoses into a pig. A dark feminist fable of political and sexual corruption, and a grim warning of what can happen in a society without a soul, Pig Tales scandalised its readers when it first came out and became the most popular first novel published in decades. (Picture: Marie Darrieussecq. Photo credit: Charles Freger.)

World Book Club travels to The Crucible Theatre in Sheffield in England, as guests of The Off the Shelf Festival and talks to local prize-winning Sheffield writer Sunjeev Sahota about his compelling novel, The Year of the Runaways. Voyaging from India to England, from childhood to the present day, Sunjeev Sahota's heart-rending novel follows a group of young men each in flight from India and desperately searching for a new and fulfilling life in the northern British town of Sheffield. Tarlochan is silent about his past in Bihar, and Avtar has a secret that binds him to protect the traumatized Randeep. Randeep has a visa wife living separately in a flat nearby, who constantly dreads a surprise call from the immigration authorities. An unforgettable story of dignity in the face of adversity and of the enduring power of the human spirit. (Picture: Sunjeev Sahota. Photo credit: Simon Revill.)

This month as World Book Club continues its year-long season celebrating the Exuberance of Youth it also celebrates the 20th anniversary of the programme. To mark this happy occasion World Book Club are guests of the London Literature Festival at the South Bank Centre on the River Thames and Harriett Gilbert talks to Bangladeshi-born British novelist Tahmima Anam about her enthralling novel, A Golden Age. Winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award, A Golden Age is a story of passion and revolution, of hope, faith and unexpected heroism in the middle of chaos. Set against the backdrop of the Bangladesh War of Independence we follow Rehana, a mother struggling to protect her children as the civil war intensifies. Wanting only to keep them safe she finds herself facing a heartbreaking dilemma in a war that will eventually see the birth of Bangladesh. (Picture: Tahmima Anam. Photo credit: Abeer Y Hoque.)

Welcome to Killer Women Podcast, a proud member of the Authors on the Air global network with over 4 million listeners. Today's guest is Yasmin Angoe. Yasmin is the author of the award nominated Her Name Is Knight, the first book in the Nena Knight trilogy. She is a first-generation Ghanaian American, former English teacher, and the recipient of the 2020 Eleanor Taylor Bland Award for Emerging Writers of Color from Sisters in Crime. Her Name Is Knight was an Amazon Best Book of the Month for Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, and is an Editor's Pick. Yasmin is a nominee for the 2022 Anthony Awards for Best First Book, the Silver Falchion Award for Best Thriller, and the AAMBC Awards for Debut Author of the Year. Yasmin's work has received numerous recognitions, Best Of lists, and a Library Journal Starred Review. Her Name Is Knight has appeared in OprahDaily.com, Woman's World Book Club, POPSUGAR, Nerd Daily, the Washington Independent Review of Books, and on other platforms. Her Name Is Knight received a Kirkus Review calling it, “A parable of reclaiming personal and tribal identity by seizing power at all costs". The second in the Nena Knight series, They Come At Knight publishes Sept. 13, 2022. Copyrighted by Authors on the Air Global Radio network #podcast #author #interview #authors #KillerWomen #KillerWomenPodcast #authorsontheair #podcast #podcaster #killerwomen #killerwomenpodcast #authors #authorsofig #authorsofinstagram #authorinterview #writingcommunity #authorsontheair #suspensebooks #authorssupportingauthors #thrillerbooks #suspense #wip #writers #writersinspiration #books #bookrecommendations #bookaddict #bookaddicted #bookaddiction #bibliophile #read #amreading #lovetoread #daniellegirard #daniellegirardbooks #yasminangoe #theycomeatknight #hernameisknight #oprah #apub #thomasandmercer #popsugar #nerddaily #WomansWorldBookClub

Welcome to Killer Women Podcast, a proud member of the Authors on the Air global network with over 4 million listeners. Today's guest is Yasmin Angoe. Yasmin is the author of the award nominated Her Name Is Knight, the first book in the Nena Knight trilogy. She is a first-generation Ghanaian American, former English teacher, and the recipient of the 2020 Eleanor Taylor Bland Award for Emerging Writers of Color from Sisters in Crime. Her Name Is Knight was an Amazon Best Book of the Month for Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, and is an Editor's Pick. Yasmin is a nominee for the 2022 Anthony Awards for Best First Book, the Silver Falchion Award for Best Thriller, and the AAMBC Awards for Debut Author of the Year. Yasmin's work has received numerous recognitions, Best Of lists, and a Library Journal Starred Review. Her Name Is Knight has appeared in OprahDaily.com, Woman's World Book Club, POPSUGAR, Nerd Daily, the Washington Independent Review of Books, and on other platforms. Her Name Is Knight received a Kirkus Review calling it, “A parable of reclaiming personal and tribal identity by seizing power at all costs". The second in the Nena Knight series, They Come At Knight publishes Sept. 13, 2022. Copyrighted by Authors on the Air Global Radio network #podcast #author #interview #authors #KillerWomen #KillerWomenPodcast #authorsontheair #podcast #podcaster #killerwomen #killerwomenpodcast #authors #authorsofig #authorsofinstagram #authorinterview #writingcommunity #authorsontheair #suspensebooks #authorssupportingauthors #thrillerbooks #suspense #wip #writers #writersinspiration #books #bookrecommendations #bookaddict #bookaddicted #bookaddiction #bibliophile #read #amreading #lovetoread #daniellegirard #daniellegirardbooks #yasminangoe #theycomeatknight #hernameisknight #oprah #apub #thomasandmercer #popsugar #nerddaily #WomansWorldBookClub

Welcome to Killer Women Podcast, a proud member of the Authors on the Air global network with over 4 million listeners. Today's guest is Yasmin Angoe. Yasmin is the author of the award nominated Her Name Is Knight, the first book in the Nena Knight trilogy. She is a first-generation Ghanaian American, former English teacher, and the recipient of the 2020 Eleanor Taylor Bland Award for Emerging Writers of Color from Sisters in Crime. Her Name Is Knight was an Amazon Best Book of the Month for Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, and is an Editor's Pick. Yasmin is a nominee for the 2022 Anthony Awards for Best First Book, the Silver Falchion Award for Best Thriller, and the AAMBC Awards for Debut Author of the Year. Yasmin's work has received numerous recognitions, Best Of lists, and a Library Journal Starred Review. Her Name Is Knight has appeared in OprahDaily.com, Woman's World Book Club, POPSUGAR, Nerd Daily, the Washington Independent Review of Books, and on other platforms. Her Name Is Knight received a Kirkus Review calling it, “A parable of reclaiming personal and tribal identity by seizing power at all costs". The second in the Nena Knight series, They Come At Knight publishes Sept. 13, 2022. Copyrighted by Authors on the Air Global Radio network #podcast #author #interview #authors #KillerWomen #KillerWomenPodcast #authorsontheair #podcast #podcaster #killerwomen #killerwomenpodcast #authors #authorsofig #authorsofinstagram #authorinterview #writingcommunity #authorsontheair #suspensebooks #authorssupportingauthors #thrillerbooks #suspense #wip #writers #writersinspiration #books #bookrecommendations #bookaddict #bookaddicted #bookaddiction #bibliophile #read #amreading #lovetoread #daniellegirard #daniellegirardbooks #yasminangoe #theycomeatknight #hernameisknight #oprah #apub #thomasandmercer #popsugar #nerddaily #WomansWorldBookClub

In this year-long celebration of The Exuberance of Youth, World Book Club revisits the multi-prize-winning debut novel Homegoing by the acclaimed Ghanaian author Yaa Gyasi. The story of two half-sisters, separated by forces beyond their control: one sold into slavery, the other married to a white slave-trader, Homegoing traces the generations of family who follow, as their destinies lead them through two continents and three hundred years of history. A novel of remarkable sweep and power, with each character's life indelibly drawn, Homegoing reveals the devastating legacy of slavery and the resilience of the human spirit. (Picture: Yaa Gyasi. Photo credit: Peter Hurley/Vilcek Foundation.)

Designed for adults and older teens with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Gwinnett County Public Library's Open Your World Book Club welcomes readers and aspiring readers to join together for reading, listening, and discussion of one book over the course of each 6-8 week session.

Bomani Jones shares his thoughts on his trip to Las Vegas to watch the NBA Summer League, getting a look at Chet Holmgren, the scene in Vegas, dangly earrings making a comeback for men and the WNBA All-Star Game's tiny MVP trophy. Plus, author of #TheRightTimeBookClub selection “King of the World” David Remnick joins to discuss why he decided to write a book about Muhammad Ali, not making a plaster saint of Ali, feeling bad for Floyd Patterson, Frank Sinatra taking pictures to get into a fight and writing a definitive text. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the season celebrating The Exuberance of Youth, World Book Club talks to Pakistani writer Mohsin Hamid about his compelling novel, Exit West. Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize Exit West features Nadia and Saeed, two ordinary young people, attempting to fall in love in a world turned upside down. Civil war is driving them from their homeland and they join the great outpouring of people fleeing a collapsing city, hoping against hope, to find their place in the world. Then something extraordinary happens: doors start appearing, all over the world. They lead to other cities, other countries, other lives. But once you leave there's no coming back. Readers from around the world put their questions to Mohsin Hamid about this dazzling book. (Picture: Mohsin Hamid. Photo credit: Jillian Edelstein.)

Lynda Cohen Loigman grew up in Longmeadow, MA. She received a B.A. in English and American Literature from Harvard College and a J.D. from Columbia Law School. Her debut novel, Two-Family House, was a USA Today bestseller and a nominee for the Goodreads 2016 Choice Awards in Historical Fiction.Her second novel, The Wartime Sisters, was selected as a Woman's World Book Club pick and a Best Book of 2019 by Real Simple Magazine. The Matchmakers Gift is her third novel.Intro roll for WTPC

Jennifer Egan answers audience questions about her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel A Visit From The Goon Squad. It's a dazzling, exciting book which plays with form and storytelling traditions. Goon Squad is made up of connected short stories circling around musician and record executive Bennie Salazar, and Sasha, the passionate, troubled young woman he employs. It explores their pasts and catapults them into the future using a rich variety of voices and narrative styles. This special edition of World Book Club, presented by Katherine Lanpher, was recorded at Brooklyn Central Library. (Picture: Jennifer Egan. Photo credit: Pieter M. Van Hattem.)

In the latest in World Book Club's season celebrating The Exuberance of Youth, Harriett Gilbert talks to Zimbabwean writer NoViolet Bulawayo about her extraordinary novel, We Need New Names. A remarkable literary debut shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize We Need New Names is the unflinching, compelling story of a young girl's journey out of Zimbabwe and into America. A coming-of-age story, we follow a young girl named Darling, first as a 10-year-old in Zimbabwe with her friends, navigating a vibrant world of colour, political chaos and ultimately lethal danger. Later as a teenager emigrating to the Midwest United States, she hopes to find a better future living with her Aunt Fostalina in Michigan, only to discover that her options as a young immigrant are perilously few. (Picture: NoViolet Bulawayo. Photo credit: Nye Lyn Tho.)

Find us online at www.jurassicparkpodcast.comWelcome to The Jurassic Park Podcast! In episode 313, we present the final analysis episode of The Lost World Book Club! Ben (@JurassicSiteB) hosts the book club and brings along Vector That Fox, Jo Breese, and Tom Jurassic to analyze the final-third of the book (Fifth Configuration stopping at The End). Sit back, relax and ENJOY this episode of The Jurassic Park Podcast!If you missed the first installment of The Lost World Book Club, be sure to catch up HERE. Catch the second installment of The Lost World Book Club HERE.The Lost World Book Club may be over, but we will continue to accept your thoughts on the novel. Please send you AUDIO MESSAGES to jurassicparkbookclub@gmail.com - We can't wait to hear from you!If you missed The Jurassic Park Book Club, please revisit our previous episodes. Episode One, Episode Two, Episode Three!Don't forget to give our voicemail line a call at 732-825-7763!Email us: jurassicparkpod@gmail.comBook Club Email: jurassicparkbookclub@gmail.comThanks for listening, stay safe and enjoy!

Find us online at www.jurassicparkpodcast.comWelcome to The Jurassic Park Podcast! In episode 309, we present the second episode of The Lost World Book Club! Ben (@JurassicSiteB) hosts the book club and brings along Jurassic Dave and Steven Ray Morris to analyze the second-third of the book (Third Configuration stopping at the Fifth Configuration). Sit back, relax and ENJOY this episode of The Jurassic Park Podcast!If you missed the first installment of The Lost World Book Club, be sure to catch up HERE.Final Book Club Date: Episode 3 - March 14thTo be a part of the FINAL episode of The Lost World Book Club, please send us your thoughts on the next portion of the book (Fifth Iteration to the end) by March 12th! Please send you AUDIO MESSAGES to jurassicparkbookclub@gmail.com - We can't wait to hear from you!If you missed The Jurassic Park Book Club, please revisit our previous episodes. Episode One, Episode Two, Episode Three!LinksJurassic World Dominion Trailer ReleasedJurassic World Dominion Trailer REACTION Podcast | Jurassic World Dominion Trailer BREAKDOWN Don't forget to give our voicemail line a call at 732-825-7763!Email us: jurassicparkpod@gmail.comBook Club Email: jurassicparkbookclub@gmail.comThanks for listening, stay safe and enjoy!

Welcome to The Jurassic Park Podcast! In episode 306, we present the first episode of The Lost World Book Club! Ben (@JurassicSiteB) hosts the book club and brings along James Hawkins and Steven Hurrell of Jurassic Unicast to analyze the first-third of the book (Page One up to the Third Configuration). Sit back, relax and ENJOY this episode of The Jurassic Park Podcast!Upcoming Book Club Dates: Episode 2 - February 14th Episode 3 - March 14thTo be a part of the next episode of The Lost World Book Club, please send us your thoughts on the next portion of the book (Third Iteration up to the Fifth Iteration) by February 12th! Please send you AUDIO MESSAGES to jurassicparkbookclub@gmail.com - We can't wait to hear from you!If you missed The Jurassic Park Book Club, please revisit our previous episodes. Episode One, Episode Two, Episode Three!Don't forget to give our voicemail line a call at 732-825-7763!Email us: jurassicparkpod@gmail.comBook Club Email: jurassicparkbookclub@gmail.comThanks for listening, stay safe and enjoy!

The first of our season of celebrating The Exuberance of Youth in this the centenary year of the BBC, World Book Club talks to Irish writer Naoise Dolan about her dazzling novel Exciting Times. Psychologically astute and dryly funny, Exciting Times is a modern, intelligent dissection of youth, power and privilege set amongst the international circles of contemporary Hong Kong. Clever, young millennial Ava, an Irish graduate teaching English, is having an affair with rich cynical banker Julian. Then she meets Edith. Earnest, attentive and all the things Julian isn't. A raw, intimate exploration of love and sexuality amongst millennials, Exciting Times charts the often transactional nature of relationships in our complicated modern world. (Photo courtesy of Naoise Dolan.)

Find us online at www.jurassicparkpodcast.comWelcome to The Jurassic Park Podcast! In episode 303, Sabrina and Garret of ‘I Know Dino: The Big Dinosaur Podcast' join Ben for The Lost World Book Club Preview! Sit back, relax and ENJOY this episode of The Jurassic Park Podcast!If you want to contribute to an upcoming episode of The Lost World Book Club, please send in your comments to jurassicparkbookclub@gmail.com - we will be splitting the novel into thirds, so please send in your comments in reference to each section of the book before the corresponding release dates. Episode One - January 10thEpisode Two - February 14thEpisode Three - March 14thAgain, be sure to send in your thoughts before each episode release date in order to be a part of the upcoming episodes. Don't forget to give our voicemail line a call at 732-825-7763!Email us: jurassicparkpod@gmail.comBook Club Email: jurassicparkbookclub@gmail.comThanks for listening, stay safe and enjoy!

Continuing our month-long season to celebrate the English PEN centenary, World Book Club talks to multi-award-winning Turkish-Kurdish writer and activist Burhan Sönmez about his unforgettable novel Istanbul, Istanbul. At once powerfully political and intensely personal, Istanbul, Istanbul is the story of four prisoners kept in underground cells beneath the city, who tell one another stories about their city to pass the time. There are two Istanbuls, one below ground and one above, yet in reality both are one and the same. Sonmez worked as a lawyer in Istanbul and was a member of IHD, the Human Rights Society, and a founder of BirGün, a daily opposition newspaper. He was seriously injured following an assault by police in 1996 in Turkey and received treatment in Britain afterwards. Here he discusses his novel, censorship and the tense political situation in Turkey, and the invaluable impact of English PEN and other such pressure groups with presenter Ritula Shah and readers from around the globe. Istanbul, Istanbul was translated by Ümit Hussein. (Picture: Burhan Sönmez. Photo credit: Roberto Gandola.)

This month, to kick off a mini-season to celebrate a very special centenary World Book Club talks, for a second time, to the Nobel Prize-winning giant of world literature, Professor Wole Soyinka, about one hundred years of the writers' organisation English PEN. PEN is the influential pressure group which helps support and campaign for the release of writers held unlawfully in jail around the globe and which helped to secure Soyinka's release in 1969, after 26 months of detention without trial by the military regime in Nigeria. Guest presenter Ritula Shah also discusses Wole Soyinka's first new novel in half a century with the author and his readers around the world: Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth is a bitingly witty whodunit, a scathing indictment of Nigeria's ruling elite, and a powerful call to arms from one of the country's most relentless political activists and world-famous writer. (Picture: Wole Soyinka. Photo credit: Simone Padovani/Awakening/Getty Images.)

World Book Club this month talks to the award-winning French writer Maylis de Kerangal about her remarkable and haunting novel Mend the Living. After a horrific car accident on the Normandy coast surfer Simon Limbeau is rushed to hospital where his devastated parents are later told that he is on life-support, but is brain-dead. His heart, however, is still beating perfectly and could be donated to save someone's life. They are faced with an agonising choice. ‘Mend the Living' is the story of Simon Limbeau's heart – and the story of all the lives that are turned upside down in the 24 hours between the accident that cuts short his life and offers hope of new life to another. (Picture: Maylis de Kerangal. Photo credit: Philippe Quaisse.)

World Book Club this month talks to the world-renowned Australian author Jane Harper at her home in Melbourne, Australia, about her internationally garlanded thriller, The Dry. Amid the worst drought to ravage Australia in a century, tensions in a small town community become unbearable when the Hadler family are found brutally murdered. Everyone thinks Luke Hadler's guilty, committing suicide after slaughtering his wife and son. But policeman Aaron Falk returns to the town of his youth for the funeral of his best friend and is reluctantly drawn into the investigation. As he probes deeper into the killings, secrets from the past bubble to the surface and he questions the truth of his friend's crime. A chilling story set under a sweltering sun dealing with issues of climate change, alcoholism and a community on the brink of breaking down. (Picture: Jane Harper. Photo credit: Katsnapp Photography.)

This month World Book Club talks to acclaimed Canadian writer Louise Penny about the very first in her astonishingly successful series of Inspector Gamache crime novels. When a much-loved inhabitant of the village of Three Pines in the Eastern Townships of Quebec is found dead in the woods during Thanksgiving, the locals are certain that it was just a tragic hunting accident. But Chief Inspector Armand Gamache from Montreal suspects foul play and won’t rest until he’s rootled out the darkness at the heart of this seemingly peaceable and bucolic community. His always courteous but also insistent sleuthing gradually brings to light the family secrets and long-held grudges seething under its apparently serene surface. (Picture: Louise Penny. Photo credit: Jean-Francois Berube.)

This month World Book Club discusses Bill Bryson’s hugely acclaimed travelogue Notes from a Small Island with the author and his readers around the world. After two decades as a resident of the United Kingdom, Bryson took what he thought might be a last affectionate trip around his adoptive country before returning to live in his native America. Notes from a Small Island is the irreverent and hilarious account of this meandering journey through his beloved island nation. From Dover to Downing Street, from Giggleswick to Loch Ness by way of Titsey and Nether Wallop, Bryson rejoices in Britain’s inimitable placenames and much else of more substance besides, his very own State of the Nation address, as it were. A huge number-one bestseller when it was first published, Notes from a Small Island has become that nation's most loved book about Britain.

On this month’s World Book Club, Icelandic literary superstar Sjón will be answering questions from readers around the world about his novel Moonstone: The Boy Who Never Was. Set in Reykjavik in 1918, it’s the story of sixteen year old Mani, whose life is completely changed by the arrival of the Spanish flu in the city. It’s a fascinating novel about human resilience and connections, a love letter to cinema and a portrait of a place at a very particular moment in its history. Moonstone won The Icelandic Literary Prize in 2013. Sjón is one of Iceland’s leading novelists and his work has been translated into 30 languages. He’s also a poet and librettist and was Oscar nominated for his lyrics for the film Dancer In The Dark. Presented by Harriett Gilbert. (Picture: Sjón. Courtesy of Sjón.)

A novel of breathtaking sweep revealing the devastating impact of slavery through history. This month World Book Club discusses the multi-prize-winning debut novel Homegoing with its acclaimed Ghanaian author Yaa Gyasi and her fans around the world. The story of two half-sisters, separated by forces beyond their control: one sold into slavery, the other married to a white slave-trader, Homegoing traces the generations of family who follow, as their destinies lead them through two continents and three hundred years of history. A novel of remarkable sweep and power, with each character’s life indelibly drawn, Homegoing reveals the devastating legacy of slavery and the resilience of the human spirit.

Life or death choices in a bid to survive the horrors of 1970s Communist China This month in the penultimate edition of a year celebrating the globe’s greatest women writers World Book Club talks to acclaimed Chinese author Yiyun Li about her harrowing debut novel The Vagrants. Winner of the Guardian First Book Award The Vagrants is based on real events which took place in China in 1979 during the era that ultimately led to the fateful Tiannanmen Square uprising. In the provincial town of Muddy Waters a young woman, Gu Shan, is sentenced to death for her loss of faith in Communism. The citizens stage a protest after her execution and, over the following six weeks, the novel charts the hopes and fears of the leaders of the protest and the pain of Gu Shan’s parents and friends, as everyone in the town is caught up in the remorseless turn of events. (Picture: Yiyun Li. Photo credit: Roger Turesson.)

Brave New World by Huxley was a eugenist fan fiction novel. Learn the not so obvious agenda of its story. From censored thought control to morality pills, listen to the discussion as @Beth_E_K joins the podcast for a robust dive into this timeless giant! #BraveNewWorld #1984 #AldousHuxley #Censorship #Orwell @twitter @facebook @westernMichU #protest #Bible #eugenics