Episode 267 - Author Spotlight with Susan Gregg Gilmore
Episode 267 Show Notes
In celebration of our readalong theme for 2026, we have created a Page to Screen Bingo card. Enjoy filling it out over the course of the year and email a copy by 12/31/2026 to be entered to win a gift card to Bookshop.org. Learn more about how to play the bingo card by watching this video. Tina let us know about reading “Don’t Look Now” the second story in the collection After Midnight by Daphne du Maurier.
– Currently Reading –
American Hagwon – Min Jin Lee (EF) release date 9/29/2026
Point of Origin: Scarpetta #9 – Patricia Cornwell (CW)
– Just Read –
All We Hide – Robyn Gigl (CW) (audiobook)
The Witches of Cambridge – Alice Hoffman (EF) release date 9/8/2026
The Curious Calling of Leonard Bush – Susan Gregg Gilmore (CW)
The Nobel Peace Prize Lecture – Jimmy Carter (CW)
The Complete Persepolis – Marjane Satrapi, translated by Anjali Singh (CW)(EF)
Wake Now in the Fire – Jarrett Dapier with illustrations AJ Dungo (CW)(EF)
– Episode Sponsor –
Social Animals by Camille Perri
Learn more about Camille.
– Biblio Adventures –
Chris took a trip south where she visited the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum where she purchased a Passport to Presidential Libraries, Parnassus Books at the Nashville airport, Virginia Highland Books where she purchased a beautiful bookmark featuring art by Evelyn Edmeades, she drove past the Margaret Mitchell House author of Gone With the Wind run by the Atlanta History Center, Horton’s Books and Gifts where she purchased Cinder House by Freya Marske, and Vestavia Hills Library in the Forest in Vestavia, AL.
Chris and Emily hosted the Q3 readalong discussion of The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, translated by Anjali Singh, the film, and the companion read Wake Now in the Fire by Jarrett Dapier with illustrations AJ Dungo.
– Episode Sponsor –
Greta Garbo and the Rise of the Modern Woman by Scott Reisfield
Learn more about Scott.
– Upcoming Jaunts –
Chris and Our Mystery John Valeri have a planned buddy read discussion of Point of Origin: Scarpetta #9 by Patricia Cornwell.
Chris and Emily will be hosting the August Patreon Salon where the conversation topic is the three books you would bring if stuck on a desert island. Please send us an email with your three choices.
September 22, Chris and Emily have tickets to see Laura Zigman in conversation with Alice Hoffman about her new novel The Witches of Cambridge at The Unlikely Bookstore. This is a ticketed event, learn more here.
– Upcoming Reads –
American Hagwon – Min Jin Lee (CW) release date 9/29/2026
Cookbooking: A Fan’s Guide – Debbie Berne (EF)
The Ninth Circle – James Benn (CW) release date 9/1/2026
Awake Awake – Fiona Mozley (EF)
– Author Spotlight with Susan Gregg Gilmore –
We talk with Susan about winning the Willie Morris Award for her novel The Curious Calling of Leonard Bush.
Other books by Susan:
Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen
The Improper Life of Bezellia Grove
The Funeral Dress
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Susan recommends participating in Darnell Arnoult’s “Mining the Motherlode” drop-in, online prompt writing sessions. Learn more here.
– Also Mentioned –
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum & Boyhood Home
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum
The Orchid Whisperer: Expert Secrets for Growing Beautiful Orchids by Bruce Rogers
The Longevity Paradox: How to Die Young at a Ripe Old Age by Steven R. Gundry, MD
The Curious Cat Bookshop
Elmet by Fiona Mozley
Emma Bell Miles
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