Bookish

Let's start a book club; that's what part two of this two-part episode is all about. Maybe it's crazy to think that we can connect people from all over the world through a podcast and get them talking about the same book, but what the hell, it's worth a shot. Be sure to check out part one, and let's get Bookish. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bookish/support

On today's two-part Bookish we're talking again about book clubs: what they are, why you should be part of one, and how to start one for yourself. Reading is a solitary endeavor, but a book club can help make it a communal one as well. And be sure to check out part two later today. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bookish/support

Everyone knows about novels and short stories, but do you know the often overlooked middle child of the fiction genre? In today's Sunday Ramble we get to know the novella. Let's get Bookish. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bookish/support

There are 5 Thursdays this month, so to keep things on schedule I am doing Throwback Thursday in the slot it would normally occupy. And since it is Hemingway's birthday week, today's throwback episode returns to the greatest American author ever and looks at five essential books on his time in Paris in the 1920s. Let's get Bookish. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bookish/support

Today is the birthday of the late, great Ernest Hemingway. Let's get Bookish with my favorite author and one of the greatest of all time. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bookish/support

In today's episode I want to ramble a bit about something I've mentioned before but never devoted an entire episode to: the books that I've written. Let's get Bookish. And here are the links to the books I mention in the episode: The Last Word: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0692235388/ Writer in Residence: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0692496572/ Book Town: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0692142991/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bookish/support

It's Ernest Hemingway's birthday weekend, so today's special Short Story Saturday features the great man himself. Let's get Bookish. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bookish/support

In today's episode, I want to call attention to an often overlooked result of the current COVID-19 pandemic: a critical shortage of used books. Let's get Bookish. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bookish/support

It's time again for the Sunday Ramble, and in this episode we'll update you on both the launch of the Bookish YouTube channel and a forthcoming Bookish book. We also recommend an excellent Ukrainian novel you must add to your reading list. Let's get Bookish. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bookish/support

Meet the woman who knew all the great writers of the 1920s, helped publish one of the most acclaimed novels ever, and is rightly called the patron saint of booksellers. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bookish/support

It's time for another installment of our not-as-regular-as-it-should-be Author Profile segment. Today's author is one you probably don't know, but definitely should. Let's meet Patrick Modiano. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bookish/support

It's time again for the Sunday Ramble, and this one is more rambling than usual. Let's get Bookish. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bookish/support

Happy 4th of July! In honor of Independence Day, today's episode is about history, specifically reading history. We'll be talking about why you should be reading history (in both nonfiction and fiction), how to do it in a way that broadens your horizons rather than narrowing them, and why it's way more fun than you ever imagined. Let's get Bookish. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bookish/support

It's time for our monthly Throwback Thursday episode, and today we look again at why our independent bookstores matter, maybe more now than ever. As you'll see, ensuring they survive the current health and economic crisis is as important as the survival of any of our local small businesses. Let's get Bookish. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bookish/support

Today's Sunday Ramble is dedicated to Carlos Ruiz Zafon, who passed away last week at 55. It is hard to express the impact he had on me, but I'm going to try. Let's get Bookish. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bookish/support

Have you always dreamed of writing a novel but just didn't know where to start? In today's episode we're going to point you in the right direction. We're talking about Camp NaNoWriMo, an offshoot of the phenomenon that is National Novel Writing Month. Let's get Bookish. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bookish/support

In today's episode I offer five books about history everyone should read. Some you may recognize, and some you may never have heard of, but all are worth your time. Let's get Bookish. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bookish/support

For as long as books have existed, there have been those who attempt to destroy the ideas they contain. Today we look at the most direct, destructive method: the burning of books and libraries. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bookish/support

In today's Sunday Ramble we will be looking at dads in literature, both the good and the bad. Happy Father's Day! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bookish/support

I woke today to the news that Carlos Ruiz Zafon, author of "The Shadow of the Wind," had died from cancer at age 55. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bookish/support