Episode 152 - Author Spotlight with Kathleen Courtnay Stone

Episode One Hundred Fifty Two Show Notes
KEY: CW = Chris Wolak and EF = Emily Fine

– Currently Reading – [1:32]
The Gilded Page: The Secret Lives of Medieval Manuscripts – Mary Wellesley (CW)
Hurricane Girl – Marcy Dermansky (EF) release date 6/14/22
The Murder of Mr. Wickham – Claudia Gray release date 5/3/22

– Just Read – [11:49]
Both/And: A Life in Many Worlds – Huma Abedin (EF)(audio)
Run Rose Run – Dolly Parton and James Patterson (CW)(audio)
Girl In Ice – Erica Ferencik (EF)
Dead Man’s Walk – Larry McMurtry (CW)
By the Book (A Meant to Be Novel) – Jasmine Guillory (EF) release date 5/3/22
E. J. Josey: Transformational Leader of the Modern Library Profession – Renate L. Chancellor (CW)
French Braid – Anne Tyler (EF)
Sudan: Stories and Pictures – Megan Padelecki (CW)

– Biblio Adventures – [42:02]
Emily took a jaunt to Washington D.C. and went to Second Story Books, Kramer’s Books, Busboys & Poets in Takoma Park, and Jenni Bick Custom Journals.

Chris visited the Book Barn in Niantic, CT.

– Upcoming Jaunts – [47:00]
Chris and Emily are planning a joint jaunt to Savoy Bookshop & Cafe to see Andrea Wang share her book Watercress on April 10, 2022 at 2:00.

Later in April, Chris and Emily plan to visit the The Morgan Library & Museum to see the exhibit Gwendolyn Brooks: A Poet’s Work in Community.

Booktopia 2022 at Northshire Bookstore in Manchester Vermont May 6-7, 2022.
Presenters include:
Brendan Slocumb – The Violin Conspiracy
Hernan Diaz – Trust
Dalia Azim – Country of Origin
Jane Pek – The Verifiers
Ben Shattuck – Six Walks: In the Footsteps of Henry David Thoreau
Courtney Maum – The Year of the Horses: A Memoir
Bill Roorbach – Lucky Turtle
David Wright Faladé – Black Cloud Rising
Craig Popelars, publisher Tin House Books

– Upcoming Reads – [51:55]
Our Second Quarter readalong is Two Old Women: An Alaska Legend of Betrayal by Velma Wallis.
The Zoom discussion will take place on Sunday, May 15th at 7pm (ET). Send us an email if you would like to join in.
You can join the Goodreads discussion here.

Maud Martha – Gwendolyn Brooks (EF)(CW)
Exquisite: The Poetry and Life of Gwendolyn Brooks – Suzanne Slade, Cozbi A. Cabrera (illustrator) (EF)
The Plague of Doves – Louise Erdrich (CW)

Out Now:
The Echoes – Jess Montgomery
Her Last Affair – John Searles

– Author Spotlight with Kathleen Stone – [55:26]
Kathleen’s new book is They Called Us Girls: Stories of Female Ambition from Suffrage to Mad Men. You can learn more about Kathleen and her book tour on her website.

– Also Mentioned –
The Book of Margery Kempe
Library of Alexandria
Walk the Line movie
A Blizzard of Polar Bears – Alice Henderson
Larry McMurtry’s Dead Man’s Walk: The Complete Miniseries
If the Shoe Fits (A Meant to Be Novel) – Julie Murphy
Dumplin’ – Julie Murphy
Dumplin’ the movie
Dr. Carla Hayden – the current librarian of congress
Whitney Scharer
The Doctors Blackwell: How Two Pioneering Sisters Brought Medicine to Women and Women to Medicine – Janice Nimura
Cynren Press

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