Episode 178 - Author Spotlight with Jennifer Savran Kelly
Episode One Hundred Seventy Eight Show Notes
KEY: CW = Chris Wolak and EF = Emily Fine
– Announcing our 25th Readalong –
The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams. Order a print copy from Bookshop.org or the audiobook from Libro.fm to support the Book Cougars. Join the online conversation on Goodreads. Please send an email if you would like to participate in the Zoom readalong discussion on May 21st at 7PM (ET), Chris and Emily will discuss it on Episode 183.
– Giveaway News –
Thank you to William Morrow, we have one copy of The Reading List to giveaway. Join our newsletter by March 29th to be automatically entered to win.
The upcoming Patreon giveaway is The Hidden Life of Aster Kelly by Katherine A. Sherbrooke To be automatically entered to win, become a Patreon by April 15th.
– Currently Reading – [4:30]
Chase of the Wild Goose – Mary Gordon (CW)
Life B: Overcoming Double Depression – Bethanne Patrick (EF) release date 5/16/2023
Why Am I So Anxious: Powerful Tools for Recognizing Anxiety and Restoring Your Peace – Tracey Marks (CW)(audio)
You can find her on YouTube.
Cook As You Are: Recipes for Real Life, Hungry Cooks, and Messy Kitchens: A Cookbook – Ruby Tandoh (EF)
Voyager – Diana Gabaldon (CW)
– Just Read – [15:15]
“Jack-A-Boy” – Willa Cather (CW)
Join the Willa Cather Short Story Project with Chris Wolak.
The Memory of Animals – Claire Fuller (EF) release date 6/6/2023
Dragonfly In Amber – Diana Gabaldon (CW)
Our Best Intentions – Vibhuti Jain (EF)
The Warden – Anthony Trollope (CW)
I Have Some Questions for You – Rebecca Makkai (EF) narrated by Julia Whelan and JD Jackson
A Mystery of Mysteries: The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe – Mark Dawidziak
– Episode Sponsor – [41:38]
Episode 177 is sponsored by FREEGIFT by James Benn; watch the book trailer. Learn more about James here.
– Biblio Adventures – [42:47]
Chris went on a jaunt to New Haven and visited the Institute Library hoping to find a copy of The Sunwise Turn: A Human Comedy of Bookselling by Madge Jenison, Atticus Bookstore Cafe, and Sterling Memorial Library.
Emily went to RJ Julia Booksellers in Madison, CT to hear Ann Napolitano author of Hello Beautiful in conversation with Soon Wiley author of When We Fell Apart.
Chris attended two virtual events via the Biographer’s International Organization podcast (Bio):
Podcast #124 – Eliza Scidmore: The Trailblazing Journalist Behind Washington’s Cherry Trees by Diana P. Parsell.
Podcast #125 – Inventing the It Girl: How Elinor Glyn Created the Modern Romance and Conquered Early Hollywood by Hilary A. Hallett.
– Upcoming Jaunts – [54:15]
Chris and Emily are planning a trip to Simmons University Library in Boston and Flour Bakery in Boston.
Chris is heading to New York City to meet a fellow writer and visit the new McNally Jackson bookstore in Rockefeller Center.
– Upcoming Reads – [55:40]
Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret – Judy Blume (CW)(EF)
Watch the video with us talking about the book on YouTube.
Properties of Thirst – Marianne Wiggins (EF)
Travels with Charley in Search of America – John Steinbeck (CW)(EF)
Learn more about the Vintage Book Club.
– Author Spotlight with Jennifer Savran Kelly – [1:00:55]
We speak with Jennifer about her debut novel Endpapers. Learn more about Jenn here.
– Also Mentioned –
Bright and Deadly Things – Lexie Elliott
Speak for the Dead – Amy Tector
Leaving Coy’s Hill – Katherine Sherbrooke
Pegasus Books
Lurid Editions
Sarah Waters
Also by Ruby Tandoh: Eat Up!: Food, Appetite and Eating What You Want and Flavour: Eat
What You Love
Tin House
Charles Dickens
Matthew Pearl
Drafting the Past podcast
Boys in the Boat – Daniel James Brown
Ann Petry – watch a video of Chris and Emily in front of Ann’s house in Old Saybrook, CT
Jenny Holzer
Cornell University Press
Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood
9 to 5 movie
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