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WritersCast - Author Interviews

Georgia Lowe: The Bonus (a novel) Georgia Lowe: The Bonus (a novel)

978-0615371450 – Lucky Dime Press – $18.95 – paperback (ebook editions available) I confess to be particularly fond of Depression era novels and nonfiction.  The 1920s and 1930s were incredible periods in American history, so much like the present time... [Listen to this podcast]

Christina Thompson: Come on Shore and We Will Kill and Eat You All Christina Thompson: Come on Shore and We Will Kill and Eat You All

978-1596911277 – Bloomsbury USA – $15.00 – paperback (ebook editions available) Christina Thompson’s Come on Shore and We Will Kill and Eat You All – A New Zealand Story gets one’s immediate attention for its outstanding title, of course. ... [Listen to this podcast]

David Gessner: My Green Manifesto: Down the Charles River in Pursuit of a New Environmentalism David Gessner: My Green Manifesto: Down the Charles River in Pursuit of a New Environmentalism

978-1-571313-24-9 – Milkweed Editions – paperback – $15 (ebook editions available) David Gessner is a sort of post-modernist environmentalist.  He’s written a number of books that celebrate the natural world and the wild, and he is a terrific writer... [Listen to this podcast]

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PublishingTalks - The Future of Publishing

Publishing Talks: David Wilk Interviews Carl Lennertz about World Book Night 2012 Publishing Talks: David Wilk Interviews Carl Lennertz about World Book Night 2012

In this series of interviews, called Publishing Talks, I talk to book industry professionals and other smart people about the future of publishing, books, and culture.  This is a period of disruption and change for all media businesses.  How will publishing evolve as our... [Listen to this podcast]

Publishing Talks: David Wilk Interviews John Sundman Publishing Talks: David Wilk Interviews John Sundman

In this series of interviews, called Publishing Talks, I talk to book industry professionals and other smart people about the future of publishing, books, and culture.  This is a period of disruption and change for all media businesses.  How will publishing evolve as our... [Listen to this podcast]

Publishing Talks: David Wilk interviews Miral Sattar about BiblioCrunch Publishing Talks: David Wilk interviews Miral Sattar about BiblioCrunch

In this series of interviews, called Publishing Talks, I talk to book industry professionals and other smart people about the future of publishing, books, and culture.  This is a period of disruption and change for all media businesses.  How will publishing evolve as our... [Listen to this podcast]

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AuthorsVoices - Live Author Readings

Corinne Demas reading from “The Writing Circle” Corinne Demas reading from “The Writing Circle”

978-1401341145 – Hardcover – Hyperion – $23.99 (e-book edition available $11.99) Writerscast is proud to present the fourth in a series of authors reading from their work, called AuthorsVoices.   I hope you will agree that hearing these works read aloud by the... [Listen to this podcast]

Gayle Brandeis reading from “Delta Girls” Gayle Brandeis reading from “Delta Girls”

978-0345492623 – Ballantine – Paperback – $15.00 (also available as an e-book at $9.99) Writerscast is proud to present the third in a series of authors reading from their work, called AuthorsVoices.   I hope you will agree that hearing these works read aloud by... [Listen to this podcast]

Tatjana Soli reading from “The Lotus Eaters” Tatjana Soli reading from “The Lotus Eaters”

978-0312611576 – St. Martin’s Press – Hardcover – $24.99 (also available as an e-book) Writerscast is proud to present the third in a series of authors reading from their work, called AuthorsVoices.   I hope you will agree that hearing these works read aloud by... [Listen to this podcast]

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Pipeline – News & Commentary

Hurricane Irene delays Writerscast posting Hurricane Irene delays Writerscast posting

Just like millions of other Americans we were hammered pretty hard by this hurricane, in our small Connecticut town 99% of homes lost power, and as of today, September 2, still more than 55% of homes are without power.  We got ours back last night, thankfully, but still... [Read this article]

Slowing Down for the Summer Slowing Down for the Summer

I have been posting two podcasts a week for the better part of the last year, which has been great fun.  But with the summer in full swing, weather wonderful and plenty of work in the hopper, it looks like I may be posting slightly less frequently for the next couple of... [Read this article]

Read All Day Read All Day

Nina Sankovitch has been an inspiration for me.  From October 2008 to October 2009 she read a book a day and wrote about it (intelligently and cogently) at her website ReadAllDay.  Here’s what she says about why she did it: “I began my year in an effort to... [Read this article]

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