This week, on episode 134, I'm joined by podcaster and writer Jonathan Small, author of the recently published Write About Now: Successful Authors on Overcoming Obstacles, Finding Inspiration and the Birth of Their Careers. He also has an incredible podcast called Write About Now!

We talk about origin stories, our shared love of book to film adaptations and Jonathan’s unique hybrid version of consuming books.

This episode is sponsored by Now You Owe Me by Aliah Wright.

Enter to win a copy of Night Magic. Closes October 30th, 2024.
Join me for my Book To Film Series where we will be reading / watching Poor Things in November. Click here to join.

Books Recommended:
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Clean by Alia Trabucco Zeran
Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
The Anthropologists by Aysegul Savas
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

Writing Books Recommended:
On Writing by Stephen King
Bird by Bird Anne Lamott
A Swim in the Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give A Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life by George Saunders
Craft in the Real World by Matthew Salesses
Story Genius: How to Use Brain Science to Go Beyond Outlining and Write a Riveting Novel (Before You Waste Three Years Writing) by Lisa Cron

Bookish news links:
Ursula K Le Guin 2024 Prize
winner: It Lasts Forever and Then It’s Over by Anne de Marcken
Kirkus Prize Finalists
National Book Award Finalists
Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award
Nobel Prize in Literature

Where to find Jonathan Small online:
Instagram: @writeaboutnowpod
TikTok: @writeaboutnow
Website: Writeaboutnowmedia.com
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In episode 133, I'm visited by Leigh Ann Henion author of Night Magic: Adventures Among Glowworms, Moon Gardens, and Other Marvels of the Dark. We discuss artificial light, glowworms, mothapalooza and the biodiversity of night.

Plus, we get a guest recommendation from Dianne C Braley author of The Summer Before.

Book Recommendations:
Night Magic: Adventures Among Glowworms, Moon Gardens, and Other Marvels of the Dark by Leigh Ann Henion
Wintering by Catherine May
Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law by Mary Roach
The Shepherd's Life: Modern Dispatches from an Ancient Landscape by James Rebanks
Intermezzo byy Sally Rooney
The Outermost House: A Year of Life on the Great Beach of Cape Cod by Henry Benton

The Summer Before by Dianne C. Braley
The Making of Genevieve by Judy Lannon

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On episode 132 Louis Bayard discusses his latest historical novel, The Wildes: a novel in five acts. We talk about our shared affinity for Oscar Wilde, Bayyard's favorite work of Wilde's and we share some recent reads we loved.

In addition, Shannon Bowring, author of Where the Forest Meets the River recommends a favorite read.

Books Recommended:

The Wildes: A Novel In Five Acts by Louis Bayard
James by Percival Everett
Peggy by Rebecca Godfrey with Leslie Jamison
This is Happiness by Niall Williams
Ordinary Human Failings by Megan Nolan
The Screw Tape Letters by C.S. Lewis
Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know : the Fathers of Wilde , Yeats and Joyce by Colm Toibin

Louis bayard on social media:
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Instagram: @louisbayardauthor
Threads: @louisbayyardauthor

Where the Forest Meets the River by Shannon Bowring
The Woods by Janice Obuchowsky

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