066: Seven Tears Into The Sea by Terri Farley
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Terri Farley discusses and reads from Seven Tears Into The Sea (Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers, 2005), a coming-of-age novel in which seventeen-year-old Gwen revisits her seaside childhood home to learn about herself, about her family, and about a mysterious boy who just may be a mythological selkie. https://www.terrifarley.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HboMoHe2_HU&list=RDHboMoHe2_HU&start_radio=1 [email protected] Bluesky:@abookanditsauthor.bsky.social Instagram: a_book_and_its_author Facebook: abookanditsauthor Threads: a_book_and_its_author...
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065: O’Ceagan’s Legacy by Lillian I. Wolfe
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Lillian I. Wolfe discusses and reads from O’Ceagan’s Legacy (Pynhaven Press, 2016, 2025), a star-faring adventure in which the crew of a family-run cargo ship must contend with space pirates, Celtic spirits, and wormhole travel gone horribly wrong. lillianwolfe.online [email protected] Bluesky:@abookanditsauthor.bsky.social Instagram: a_book_and_its_author Facebook: abookanditsauthor Threads: a_book_and_its_author Twitter/X: @it_author
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064: The Mansion by Bill Brown
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Bill Brown discusses and reads from The Mansion (Lobos Coast Media, 2025), a haunted house yarn in which a team of scientists sets out to prove the existence of ghosts and find something far more terrifying in the abandoned 18th century mansion. billbrownnovels.com [email protected] Bluesky:@abookanditsauthor.bsky.social Instagram: a_book_and_its_author Facebook: abookanditsauthor Threads: a_book_and_its_author Twitter/X: @it_author
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063: The Darling Of The Black Rock Desert by Laura Newman
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Laura Newman discusses and reads from The Darling Of The Black Rock Desert (Delphinium Books, 2025), a collection of three novellas of the West, which explores how diverse characters forge connections, in ways that are by turn funny and tragic, informed by grief and hope. lauranewmanauthor.com [email protected] Bluesky:@abookanditsauthor.bsky.social Instagram: a_book_and_its_author Facebook: abookanditsauthor Threads: a_book_and_its_author Twitter/X: @it_author
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062: The Shining Mountains by Alix Christie
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Alix Christie discusses and reads from her novel, The Shining Mountains (High Road Books, 2023), which begins in the Rocky Mountain west of the 1830s and tells the story of a Scottish fur trader and the Nez Perce woman he loves, set against a backdrop of sweeping landscapes and seismic colonial upheaval. https://alixchristie.com/ [email protected] Bluesky:@abookanditsauthor.bsky.social Instagram: a_book_and_its_author Facebook: abookanditsauthor Threads: a_book_and_its_author Twitter/X: @it_author
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061: Past Crimes by John Jacob Dawson
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John Jacob Dawson discusses and reads from his debut novel, Past Crimes (John Jacob Dawson, 2024), which uses the development of time travel as a means of examining the ramifications of trauma, grief, and obsession, and how the pursuit of justice can shape people, for good or bad. https://linktr.ee/jjdauthor [email protected] Bluesky:@abookanditsauthor.bsky.social Instagram: a_book_and_its_author Facebook: abookanditsauthor Threads: a_book_and_its_author Twitter/X: @it_author
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060: Muslim Comics And Warscape Witnessing by Esra Mirze Santesso
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Esra Mirze Santesso discusses and reads from Muslim Comics And Warscape Witnessing (The Ohio University Press, 2023), which looks at the growing body of Muslim graphic narratives, and how these comics have become an increasingly potent means of visualizing a variety of Muslim perspectives and experiences. Plus music by The Discipline. https://thediscipline.bandcamp.com/ [email protected] Bluesky:@abookanditsauthor.bsky.social Instagram: a_book_and_its_author Facebook: abookanditsauthor Threads: a_book_and_its_author Twitter/X: @it_author
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059: The Mad, Mad Murders Of Marigold Way by Raymond Benson
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Raymond Benson discusses and reads from The Mad, Mad Murders Of Marigold Way (Beaufort Books, 2022), a comic mystery in the vein of the Coen Brothers thrillers, set in the strange setting of the American suburbs, in the even stranger period of the COVID-19 pandemic. Plus music by Raymond Benson. https://raymondbenson.com/ [email protected] Bluesky:@abookanditsauthor.bsky.social Instagram: a_book_and_its_author Facebook: abookanditsauthor Threads: a_book_and_its_author Twitter/X: @it_author
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058: Reno’s Big Gamble: Image And Reputation In The Biggest Little City by Alicia Barber
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Alicia Barber discusses and reads from Reno’s Big Gamble: Image And Reputation In The Biggest Little City (University Press Of Kansas, 2008), which explores the history of this Northern Nevada city, and the unique push-and-pull between urban identity, civic pride, nonconformist reputation, and economic growth. https://aliciambarber.com/ [email protected] Bluesky:@abookanditsauthor.bsky.social Instagram: a_book_and_its_author Facebook: abookanditsauthor Threads: a_book_and_its_author Twitter/X: @it_author
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057: Bull Rider by Suzanne Morgan Williams
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Suzanne Morgan Williams discusses and reads from her YA/middle grade novel, Bull Rider (Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2009), in which fourteen-year-old Cam O’Mara must face the fears of riding bulls and having to reforge a relationship with his war-wounded older brother. https://suzannemorganwilliams.com/ [email protected] Bluesky:@abookanditsauthor.bsky.social Instagram: a_book_and_its_author Facebook: abookanditsauthor Threads: a_book_and_its_author Twitter/X: @it_author
info_outlineMarc Laidlaw discusses and reads from his novel, Underneath The Oversea, the culmination of the Gorlen Vizenfirthe stories, about a gargoyle-handed bard, a human-handed gargoyle, and the family that they’ve built in the fantastical world of Ique.
“Sombre Hombre” by Marc Laidlaw comes from the independently released EP, Sombre Hombre. Used with permission.
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https://uvlamprey.bandcamp.com/album/sombre-hombre
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