author talk

In this episode we are listening to Benjamin Moser and Lauren Elkin discuss Ben’s recent publication The Upside-Down World: Meetings with the Dutch Masters, which was recorded in October 2023, live in the bookshop. With the company of some of the finest artists known, Benjamin Moser discusses art, life, and death, with the passion of a knowledgeable guide who dismantles the hierarchical barrier that art can invoke in many of us. 

Benjamin Moser is a biographer and translator. His work Sontag: Her Life and Work won a Pulitzer Prize in 2020. 

Lauren Elkin is the author of Flaneuse: Women Walk the City in Paris, New York, Tokyo, Venice and London, and Art Monsters: Unruly Bodies in Feminist Art. 

Libreria wishes to thank Allen Lane and Penguin Random House for the opportunity to host this live discussion at the bookshop.

In this episode we are listening to Marie Darrieussecq and Brian Dillon discuss Marie’s recent publication Sleepless, which was recorded in October 2023, live in the bookshop.

Plagued by insomnia for twenty years, Marie Darrieussecq recounts her own experiences alongside those of fellow insomniacs, mostly fellow writers like Ovid, Marcel Proust, Virginia Woolf, Marguerite Duras, Franz Kafka, and Georges Perec. With inimitable humour, which ranges between autobiography, clinical observation and criticism, Sleepless is a graceful, inventive meditation by one of the leading voices of contemporary French literature

Libreria wishes to thank the publisher Fitzcarraldo Editions for the opportunity to host this live discussion at the bookshop.

Hello fellow ink drinkers!  Today I am alone in the recording room, but I'm going to talk about Mary Shelley and her life.  I found out some interesting things in the research for this one.  

Research Links:
https://www.biography.com/authors-writers/mary-shelley

https://www.bl.uk/people/mary-shelley

https://www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-25311

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/mary-wollstonecraft-shelley

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 Season 4: Episode 5--The UP Notable Book Club presents Eugene Milihizer author of "Dissecting Anatomy of a Murder"

The Crystal Falls Community District Library in partnership with the U.P. Publishers & Authors Association (UPPAA) presents author events with winners of the UP Notable Book List. 

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DEAN EMERITUS EUGENE R. MILHIZER participated in hundreds of appeals, tried scores of criminal cases, and served in multiple leadership positions as an Army Judge Advocate. For three years, he held a teaching appointment at the Judge Advocate General's School at the University of Virginia. In 2001, he joined the Ave Maria faculty and his course of offerings have included Criminal Procedure, Criminal Law, National Security Law and Military Law. Dean Emeritus Milhizer has been an invited presenter at law schools across the country and his legal scholarship has been published in many prestigious law journals. In May 2006, he was appointed Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, and in April 2009, he was appointed Acting Dean of the Law School. In January 2010, he was appointed the Law School's second President and Dean, and he served in that position until his return to full-time teaching in the summer of 2014. During the summer of 2009, under his leadership, the Law School successfully accomplished the unprecedented feat of relocating from Michigan to Florida. 

This week, we're having drinks with Caitlin Zura (@caitlinlibrary and @‌authorcaitlinzura), really having so much fun.. This or That, lots of SJM talk (the whole multiverse), Fourth Wing, Blake Lively in It Ends with Us,  banter, controversy all around.. And really.. Freda probably drank a liiiitle too much.

We catch up, discuss the latest book tea, share our current reads, and take a deep dive into this week's topic! Of course, there will be some BS'ing involved.

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Outro. 02:05:52

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Author Douglas Ford ("The Trick") joins!

Welcome to this new release feature author episode which also has a good dose of the heart of writing.

Guest host Mary-Lou Stephens, chats to debut thriller author Jo Dixon about her new release The House of Now and Then.

Over ten years ago, Jo moved from suburban Brisbane to rural Tasmania. Since then, she's been wrangling an ever-growing collection of animals, bringing up two sons, and attempting to transform blackberry-infested paddocks into beautiful gardens. Now, she also writes full-time, creating twisty, suspenseful stories that feature flawed characters who've made mistakes, but who turn out to be stronger than they think.

Jo has been a dental assistant, an event co-ordinator, a travel agent, and has run an online shop-never really believing her passion for writing could lead to anything. In 2015, while living in Bangkok with her husband and kids, she completed an MA in writing-realising along the way that she had to stop procrastinating and just write (and finish) at least one book.

So with the mantra 'if not now, when?' stuck to her computer, she did. The House of Now and Then is her debut novel. She is now working on her second book.

Jo writes stories full of imperfect characters dealing with unsettling situations, and making fatal mistakes. There is intrigue and mystery, the moodiness and underlying threat of the wild environment, and provocative twists and turns.

Mary-Lou Stephens was is a born and bred Tasmanian. Previously an actor, singer and radio host, she received great reviews for her memoir Sex, Drugs and Meditation (Pan Macmillan, 2013), the true story of how meditation changed her life, saved her job and helped her find a husband. Her debut novel, The Last of the Apple Blossom, was published by HarperCollins (Harlequin HQ) in 2021. Her next novel will be released in February 2024.

Mary-Lou has worked and played all over Australia and now she’s slow travelling around the world with her husband and a sense of adventure.

Grab a cuppa and join Mary-Lou and Jo on the Writes4Women Convo Couch

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Interview with Karen Yakey, author of Home Beyond Hell!

Karen Yakey writes novels for adult readers who enjoy a cocktail of romance, humor, and action with a dark-drama chaser. Though her literary leanings harken back to a master’s degree in literature, linguistics, and communications, she has spent twenty-three years in global corporations within the tech world and financial services, which helps feed an appetite for diverse experiences. A self-professed queen of beer-brewing and brisket-smoking, she has pulled up her Texas roots to plant them in Florida. Owing to a love of traveling throughout Europe, she has sought to imbue this story with an honest sense of how a simple human connection can bridge any border or culture.

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Originally broadcast on December 05, 2022 on CHMR 93.5 FM in St. John's, and on other great stations across the country. 

Check out As Loved Our Fathers, the latest book from Write Project host Matthew LeDrew: https://amzn.to/3HB7BAB

It's a hunt for the Holy Grail taken on by an American Anthropologist and a Newfoundland History professor that unveils hidden secrets within Newfoundland history!

Listen on CHMR online at http://www.chmr.ca/​

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Guest host Rachael Johns, bestselling author of rural romance and women's fiction, chats to NYT best-selling author Sally Hepworth about writing process, inspirations, dealing with rejections and reviews, and a whole lot more.  

Rachael Johns is the award-winning author of more than 18 novels and Australia’s leading writer of contemporary relationship stories around women’s issues, a genre she has coined ‘life-lit’. She continually places in Booktopia’s Top 50 Aussie Authors poll. Rachael lives in the Swan Valley with her hyperactive husband, three mostly-gorgeous heroes-in-training, and a menagerie of mischievous animals.

Sally Hepworth is the author of eight  books including The Mother-In-Law, The Good Sister, The Secrets of Midwives and her very current book, The Soulmate. 

Sally's novels are available around the globe in English and have been translated into 20 languages. And she's sold more than 1 million books worldwide. She lives in Melbourne with her husband and three adorable children. And if you haven't caught Sally's Instagram, she has some really hysterical stuff on there and and also some great writing tips, so she is definitely worth following.

This is a great writing chat between two very experienced authors, so grab a cuppa, sit back and join Rachael and Sally on the Writes4Women Convo Couch.  

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Among the most respected authors in the cocktail realm, André Darlington has built a solid reputation with tomes like “The New Cocktail Hour” and “Booze Cruise.” However, in his latest book, “Bar Menu”, he’s combined two of his long-held passions: cocktails and food.

This week on FoodCrush, we sat down with Darlington to discuss his new book, which is filled with 100+ easy-to-prepare globally-inspired dishes, plus over 30 cocktail recipes: a true resource for anyone who’d like to host a memorable happy hour (or full fledged cocktail party) at home.

During our chat, Darlington shares information about his journey to cocktail writing, the inspiration behind “Bar Menu” and the recipes within. He also shares tricks and tips, favorite recipes and a preview of his next (hint: White Russian filled) project.

We are joined by author (and literary festival director) Jael Richardson to reframe all things self-love through the angle of kids lit.  We talk about competition, faith, families, self-acceptance in our forties and, of course, books.

Jael is the author of the YA hit Gutter Child and the memoir The Stone Thrower, which was so popular it was eventually reformatted as a children's picture book. Her most recent book for kids is Because You Are. She is also the executive director of two literary festivals: The FOLD, and The FOLD Kids, which celebrate diverse authors and storytellers. These festivals are changing the literary landscape in Canada for the better.

Links:
The Stone Thrower (and the illustrated version with pictures by Matt James)
Gutter Child
Because You Are
The FOLD
The Sleeping Car Porter by Suzette Mayr
The Break and The Strangers by Katherena Vermette
For more from Jael, check out her website and give her a follow on Twitter and Instagram

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Be drawn into the story of the medieval wanderers who travelled out to the edges of the known world during Islam’s fabled Golden Age and the eventual downfall of the empire in Richard Fidler’s new book, The Book of Roads & Kingdoms. 

Australian political academic Peter van Onselen brings insight with his new book, Victory, into the campaigns of all the players in the 2022 election, and reveals how Labor orchestrated its fifth ever election victory. 

Join award-winning Australian author Craig Silvey as he discusses his previous works as well as his new book, Runt, a heart-warming tale of kindness, friendship, and being yourself and bringing out the best in others. 

A haunting and magical novel about joy, grief, courage, and transformation – from the international bestselling author of The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart. 

Journalist Alexandra Smith tells the inside story of the dramatic last weeks of Berejiklian's premiership and examines the political decisions and personal sacrifices that characterised her early days in public life, her rise to the top and her eventual downfall. 

Acclaimed writer/artist Jesse D'Angelo joins for a fun discussion about "An American Werewolf in London," balance a career as a writer with other interests, and his writing process for creating captivating stories!

Interview with author Dr. Hassan Khalili, author of A Life Spent Listening from Breakwater Books Ltd.

Originally broadcast on October 03, 2022 on CHMR 93.5 FM in St. John's, and on other great stations across the country.

A unique and engaging perspective of humanity – a journey to wisdom shared through stories of self-awareness, acceptance, and discovery, by acclaimed psychotherapist Dr. Hassan Khalili.

In A Life Spent Listening, Dr. Hassan Khalili reflects on four decades of being a frontline community psychotherapist and shares the wisdom he has learned over the years. By inviting the reader into his own life and the lives of his patients, Dr. Khalili explores the human condition and explains his concept of the grid as a guiding principle in his psychological practice. The book takes us from his experience as a young Iranian immigrant in Newfoundland and Labrador to his role as one of the top psychologists in the province, by way of his adventures hiking Machu Picchu and Mount Kilimanjaro. Dr. Khalili illuminates what it means to seek contentment and how we hold the key to our own happiness.

Pick up A Life Spent Listening using this link to help the channel: https://amzn.to/3ypyhzm

Check out As Loved Our Fathers, the latest book from Write Project host Matthew LeDrew: https://amzn.to/3HB7BAB

It's a hunt for the Holy Grail taken on by an American Anthropologist and a Newfoundland History professor that unveils hidden secrets within Newfoundland history!

Listen on CHMR online at http://www.chmr.ca/​

This program, and others like it, are helped by support from viewers and fans on Patreon. Consider helping support Engen Books on Patreon for as little as $1.00 a month for excellent rewards, including books! https://www.patreon.com/engenbooks​

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This recording copyright © 2023 Matthew LeDrew

Hello fellow ink drinkers.  Today we are delving into the life of Charles Dodgson aka Lewis Carroll.  TRIGGER WARNING.  We are going to be talking about some of the controversies surrounding this man which may be triggering to some viewers. 

Resources used: 
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lewis-Carroll
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/lewis-carrolls-shifting-reputation-9432378/

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Horror author Christine Morgan ("Lakehouse Infernal," "Warlock Infernal," "Spermjackers from Hell")  joins in for a fun discussion about collaborating with Edward Lee, the movie "Shaun of the Dead," and her writing method!