Award-winning author Marlon James launches a literary podcast

Posted on 01/27/2020 at 04:32 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Marlon James, a Man Booker Prize-winning and internationally bestselling author, has launched a podcast today. Marlon and Jake Read Dead...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Classic literature, Podcast

How an unknown narrator landed the Harry Potter audiobook deal

Posted on 01/23/2020 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Just as Harry Potter launched J.K. Rowling’s career, so too did it launch Jim Dale’s. Dale, who went on to...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Audiobook, Literary Hub, Podcast

"Artemis Fowl" author discusses returning to his young protagonist's world

Posted on 01/07/2020 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

2019 was a year full of returns — either delivered or promised — to beloved characters and dystopian worlds we...

Categories: Author Interview

Tagged As: Author interview, Children's literature, Podcast, The Guardian

Former member of Westboro Baptist Church talks about her memoir

Posted on 12/12/2019 at 08:19 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The abundance of family togetherness this time of year can underscore any conflicts we may have with our relatives. But...

Categories: Author Interview

Tagged As: Author interview, Memoir, Podcast, The Guardian

Podcast: Elizabeth Strout talks about bumping back into Olive Kitteridge

Posted on 11/26/2019 at 11:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Elizabeth Strout has explained previously that she hadn’t intended to return to Olive Kitteridge, the prickly heroine of her 2008...

Categories: Author Interview

Tagged As: Author interview, Podcast, The Guardian

Podcast looks at famous crime that intrigued Harper Lee

Posted on 11/12/2019 at 12:57 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

A beloved author makes an appearance on a new episode of the podcast This Is Criminal. Harper Lee, years after...

Tagged As: Nonfiction, Podcast

Ann Patchett discusses life as a writer and indie bookseller

Posted on 10/01/2019 at 12:23 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Ann Patchett’s latest novel, The Dutch House, has been warmly received by critics and readers alike. So it’s not surprising...

Categories: Author Interview

Tagged As: Book club, Podcast, Women in literature

About that long-lost Sylvia Plath short story ...

Posted on 07/26/2019 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

One of our favorite podcasts, Stuff You Missed in History Class, featured a few stories we’ve shared with our readers...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Podcast, Short story

Books that we can look forward to for the rest of 2019

Posted on 07/03/2019 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

So many sites have shared their best-so-far lists for 2019 that maybe you’re ready to look forward. If that’s the...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Book lists, Literary Hub, Podcast

How Ernest Hemingway's widow rescued his literary papers

Posted on 06/08/2019 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Ernest Hemingway may have died in Idaho, but the vast majority of his literary estate was in his Cuba home....

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Classic literature, History, Podcast