Episode 137 - Author (and Editor) Spotlight with Juliet Grames
Episode One Hundred Thirty Seven Show Notes
KEY: CW = Chris Wolak and EF = Emily Fine
Chris recited the poem “When Will I Be Home” by Li Shangyin.
– 18th Readalong discussion –
The Doctors Blackwell: How Two Pioneering Sisters Brought Medicine to Women and Women to Medicine by Janice P. Nimura.
The discussion will drop on September 28th via Episode 139, please get questions/comments to us by September 20th.
The Goodreads discussion thread can be found HERE.
The Zoom discussion will take place on Sunday, September 19th at 7:00 p.m. (EST). If you would like to join please send an email to save a spot.
– Currently Reading –
The Madness of Crowds – Louise Penny (CW)
Pie Academy – Ken Haedrich (EF)
Below the Edge of Darkness: A Memoir of Exploring Light and Life in the Deep Sea – Edith Widder (CW)
Radiant Fugitives – Nawaaz Ahmed (EF)
– Just Read –
Anna Karenina – Leo Tolstoy (EF)
The Woman They Could Not Silence: One Woman, Her Incredible Fight for Freedom, and the Men Who Tried to Make Her Disappear – Kate Moore (CW)
The Paper Palace – Miranda Cowley Heller (EF)
The Final Girl Support Group – Grady Hendrix (CW)
Once There Were Wolves – Charlotte McConaghy (EF)
– Biblio Adventures –
Chris, Emily, and Aunt Ellen went on a Joint Jaunt to visit the new little free library in the neighborhood.
Chris also found a new-to-her little free library in Niantic, CT.
Chris and Emily attended an event with Susan Cain, author of Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking, in conversation with Lisa Miller about her new book The Awakened Brain: The New Science of Spirituality and Our Quest for an Inspired Life. You can watch a video of the event through RJ Julia Booksellers here.
Emily watched an event with Miranda Cowley Heller, author of The Paper Palace, in conversation with MacKenzie Newcomb. You can watch the event here.
Chris attended an event hosted by Politics and Prose, Gibson’s Bookstore, and Books & Books, with Peter Heller discussing his new book, The Guide, with Diane Les Becquets.
– Upcoming Jaunts –
Emily is signed up to attend an event on Thursday, September 2 at 8PM ET via Boswell Book Company with William Kent Krueger introducing his new book Lightning Strike. You can sign up for the event here.
Chris is planning to attend some of the events of Bloody Scotland taking place September 17-19, 2021.
Readers Imbibing Peril (RIP) is doing a joint readalong of The Sundial by Shirley Jackson from September 1 – October 31, 2021.
– Upcoming Reads –
The Doctors Blackwell – Janice P. Nimura (CW)(EF)
Salt – Catrin Kean (CW)
In the Country of Others – Leila Slimani (EF)
Monster She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror and Speculative Fiction – Lisa Kroger and Melanie R. Anderson (CW)
The Sundial – Shirley Jackson (CW)
– Author Spotlight with Juliet Grames –
We chat about her book The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna. Opera singer Lisa Flanagan is the narrator for the audiobook.
Juliet has given us a few copies of the book The Seven or Eight Recipes of Stella Fortuna, if you would like one, please send us an email.
You can learn more about Juliet here.
Juliet is also Editor and Associate Publisher at Soho Crime.
– Also Mentioned –
The Green Mile – Stephen King
Bleak House – Charles Dickens
Article about Dickens: The Turning Point review – how Charles Dickens Built Bleak House
Simon Vance audiobook narrator
Rage Baking: The Transformative Power of Flour, Fury, and Women’s Voices – Kathy Gunst and Katherine Alford (EF)
The Lovely Bones – Alice Sebold
The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires – Grady Hendrix
Migrations – Charlotte McConaghy
Also by Peter Heller: The River, Celine, and The Orchard
Marilynne Robinson
Marilynne Robinson - Home, Gilead, Housekeeping
The Perfect Nanny – Leila Slimani
Lady Joker – Kaoru Takamura, translated by Allison Markin Powell and Marie Iida
Clark and Division – Naomi Hirahara
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