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Smorgasbord Blog Magazine celebrates ten years in 2021 and features books, reviews, authors, health, music and Humour. The blog supports authors with FREE book marketing in the Smorgasbord Cafe and Bookstore featuring new books on the shelves, author promotions, and Book Reviews. This podcast is hosted by author and poet Sally Cronin and you can find her more information about her books on https://smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/
 
We interview authors, scholars, and other book lovers in Bookings, Canada's only bookstore podcast. We also record author talks from events in the city to share. Recorded from the independent and co-operatively run King's Co-op Bookstore in Halifax, Nova Scotia. www.kingsbookstore.ca
 
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Greenlight was thrilled to welcome award-winning author and long-time friend of the store Saeed Jones back to our store to celebrate the release of his new poetry collection, Alive at the End of the World. In haunted poems glinting with laughter, pierced by grief and charged with history, Jones explores the public and private betrayals of life as w…
 
April's challenge prompt is to read a book recommended to you by a bookseller or librarian. Ideally, you'd ask a bookseller or librarian for one, but also we know there's a lot of reasons you may not want to do that and that's ok! There are other options, like reading something a favorite bookstagrammer or booktok account has recommended, or pickin…
 
The March selection for the Radio Bookclub is Don’t Fear the Reaper, the latest novel by Colorado horror-author Stephen Graham Jones. This slasher novel sees the return of Jade Daniels who returns to her hometown of Proofrock, Idaho, four years […]על ידי KGNU Community Radio and The Boulder Bookstore
 
In her utterly profound and thought-provoking debut memoir and companion to her viral 2018 Salon article “What a Dominatrix Knows about #MeToo,” writer, professor, and former sex worker Belcher retraces her journey from broke gender studies PhD student in Los Angeles who remakes herself as L.A.’s Renowned Lesbian Dominatrix, specializing in male cl…
 
So Lucky by Nicola Griffith is an amalgamation of genres, part autofiction, part disability activist story, part metaphysical, and part crime thriller. Mara Tagareilli is a martial arts master and heads up a successful and important AIDS non-profit in Atlanta. She and her wife of many years have just split and after she collapses while getting a ju…
 
A poem about our bond with others and how today's technology can connect us to our past and those we love. Thank you for listening and if you would like to know more about my books and their reviews you can find them on my books page on my blog https://smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/my-books-and-reviews-2023/…
 
Hannah used to be all about focus, back before she shattered her ankle and her Olympic dreams in one bad soccer play. These days, she’s all about distraction. Enter Bonanza, the local entertainment multiplex and site of Hanna’s summer employment. Under the neon lights of Bonanza--with flirty co-workers, ex-best friends, and her brother's hot best f…
 
Like a song that feels written just for you, Pham's debut work of nonfiction captures the imagination and refuses to let go. Pop Song is a book about love and about falling in love—with a place, or a painting, or a person—and the joy and terror inherent in the experience of that love. Named a Best Book of the Year by Time, Electric Literature, and …
 
An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon is a 2017 science fiction novel about the class and race structure on a generation ship making its way through the universe toward the promised land. It features a well drawn main character and a lot of confusing world mechanics, so hang on, because we have some questions. Content Warnings (for the novel an…
 
Thank you for listening and if you would like to know more about my books and their reviews you can find them on my books page on my blog https://smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/my-books-and-reviews-2023/
 
In this podcast-only episode of the Radio Bookclub, author Rachel King speaks about working in the publishing industry and her new work, a short novel that retells of the true story of a women’s basketball league from the 1930s that […]על ידי KGNU Community Radio and The Boulder Bookstore
 
The February selection for the Radio Bookclub is Bratwurst Haven, a collection of linked short stories by author Rachel King. The twelve stories are set in a small town in Boulder County, where a sausage factory binds the diverse characters […]על ידי KGNU Community Radio and The Boulder Bookstore
 
Green is a vibrant colour all around us and sometimes dreams do come true. Thank you for listening and if you would like to know more about my books and their reviews you can find them on my books page on my blog https://smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/my-books-and-reviews-2023/
 
This week we read the classic noir novel, In a Lonely Place by Dorothy B. Hughes. We love it for subverting typical noir tropes and tackling American machismo at the same time. March's promopt for the 2023 Bookstore Challenge is to read a book by an author with a disability or about disability. Becca's pick, An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomo…
 
Samara Nicoll had wanted to own her own bookshop since her teens. After years of working in one, the dream became reality when she opened Notably – A Book Lover’s Emporium – in Nelson, British Columbia, Canada, in 2021, featuring new books and stationary items. Books We Talk About: The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune, The Woefield Poultry Col…
 
Dolphins are beautiful creatures on the hunt and at play... and the price of winning. Thank you for listening and if you would like to know more about my books and their reviews you can find them on my books page on my blog https://smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/my-books-and-reviews-2023/
 
With Valentine's Day around the corner some thoughts on love ... Thank you for listening and if you would like to know more about my books and their reviews you can find them on my books page on my blog https://smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/my-books-and-reviews-2023/
 
For February's prompt to Read a Western or Pulp Fiction/Noir, Becca's pick is True Grit by Charles Portis. The novel was a bestseller immediately upon publishing in 1968, and has been adapted twice into movies. We loved this entertaining, funny, action-packed story that is essentially just about a girl bent on revenge. Next time we'll be reading Co…
 
Ahu Terzi opened The Hound Books, named after her beagle mix pup, in Roscoe, New York, last fall. In this episode, she shares how she's managing to learn the ropes of the bookselling business while balancing the store with a full-time job and a commute from NYC. Books We Talk About: Upstream and Felicity by Mary Oliver, Hiking the Catskills by Rand…
 
Around the world mothers soothe their babies with a lullaby and a young teenager is embarking on a journey far away... Thank you for listening and if you would like to know more about my books and their reviews you can find them on my books page on my blog https://smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/my-books-and-reviews-2023/…
 
This week, we visit Hanapepe, Hawaii, to learn about Talk Story Bookstore, the western most bookstore in the United States. The doors opened in 2004, when owern Ed Justus was offered a month’s free rent to start a business. Books We Talk About: The Better Angels of Our Nature by Steven Pinker, How to Lie with Statistics by Darrell Huff, and The Aut…
 
Every extra minute of daylight is welcome as nature begins to wake up after the winter and there is so much fake news online that you have to be careful about what you absorb.. Thank you for listening and if you would like to know more about my books and their reviews you can find them on my books page on my blog https://smorgasbordinvitation.wordp…
 
The January selection for the Radio Bookclub is Blackwater Falls, the latest novel by Colorado-based author Ausma Zehanat Khan. The book introduces readers to Detective Inaya Rahman of the Denver Police Department who is called in to investigate the disappearance […]על ידי KGNU Community Radio and The Boulder Bookstore
 
Greenlight welcomed Zakiya Dalila Harris in-person to our Fort Greene events stage to celebrate the paperback release of her New York Times-bestselling novel The Other Black Girl, a "dazzling, darkly humorous story" that explores the tension that unfurls when two young Black women meet against the starkly white backdrop of New York City book publis…
 
For January's prompt, to read a book published in a year ending in 3, Becca had us read The Charioteer by Mary Renault. It was published in 1953 and known for being one of the first popularly published novels about positive homosexual romance. Despite some language differences between two Americans in 2023 and a British woman in 1953, we really lov…
 
Sarah Bagby spent years working at Watermark Books & Cafe in Wichita, Kansas, before taking over the reigns of ownership. She walks us through the store's rich history and shares some of the best-selling titles, including a few spring 2023 releases that she predicts will be hits. Books We Talk About: I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy, Inciti…
 
It seems the longest part of the year as winter drags on as we and nature wait for spring... and also beware the Magpies. Thank you for listening and if you would like to know more about my books and their reviews you can find them on my books page on my blog https://smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/my-books-and-reviews-2023/…
 
Jessi Jezewska Stevens graced our events stage to launch her brilliant new novel out from And Other Stories, one of the most forward-thinking independent publishers based in the UK. The Visitors is a mordantly funny tour through a world where not only civic infrastructure but our darkest desires (not to mention our novels) are vulnerable to malware…
 
This week, we're back in Texas to visit with Jane Estes, one of the founders of Lark & Owl Booksellers in Georgetown. It's a fun shop specializing in new books and community spirit. Jane discusses how they developed their unique name, their varied takes on the traditional book club, and why a bookshop is no place for haters. Books We Talk About: My…
 
Created and hosted by poet and former Greenlight bookseller Angel Nafis, Greenlight’s Poetry Salon welcomes locally and nationally celebrated poets for a powerful and moving evening of poetry and performance. For our triumphant return to in-person Salons, we welcomed Renia White and her collection Casual Conversation, alongside esteemed poet Aracel…
 
Hello, this is our first episode of the year! January's prompt for The Bookstore Challenge 2023 is to read a book from a year ending in 3. Corinne's pick is Maud Martha by Gwendolyn Brooks, published in 1953. It's out of print in the US but you can still buy in the UK, and you should! Bernardine Evaristo says it's wonderful and do you need a better…
 
Thanks to good timing, Maple Grove Books in Williamson, West Virginia, went from an idea to an open business in less than two months! Owner Maryanne Lendearo joins me this week in a "live taped" episode right inside the shop. Books We Talk About: The Mate Games by Meg Anne and Act Your Age Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert.…
 
A trek up the mountains and a mother-in-law's visit Thank you for listening and if you would like to know more about my books and their reviews you can find them on my books page on my blog https://smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/my-books-and-reviews-2019-2022/
 
Nicki Stanton & Jamie Wood and partnering to bring a bookshop to Pocatello, Idaho, and have found some creative ways to raise funds, from pop-up shops to book box subscriptions. Books We Talk About: Wolf By Wolf by Ryan Graudin, One Long River of Song by Brian Doyle, Sea of Tranquility and Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel, All the Light We C…
 
Thank you for listening and if you would like to know more about my books and their reviews you can find them on my books page on my blog https://smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/my-books-and-reviews-2019-2022/
 
Hello, this is our last episode of the year. We made it! This Year in Review is much like the ones from past years, we go over what we did, what we accomplished, any surprising trends we noticed, and have some fun with picking superlatives. If you want to read along with The Bookstore Challenge 2023, you can find Instagram graphics for your story o…
 
Blacksburg Books in Blacksburg, Virginia, opened its doors in the summer of 2021, filling a much-needed void in the college town as the city’s only independent bookstore. Owner Laurie Kelly and manager Ellen Woodall are here this week to tell us all about the shop. Books We Talk About: Shit Cassandra Said by Gwen E. Kirby, City of Orange by David Y…
 
Hello this is Sally Cronin and I hope you had a great Christmas. If you and your family are anything like yours… there will have been some leftovers. This is a poem from my collection Life is Like a Mosaic. Thank you for listening and if you would like to know more about my books and their reviews you can find them on my books page on my blog https…
 
It’s the Bookstore’s third annual reading challenge! For the last two years it has proven to be a fun way to read in a way that is vaguely thematic for the podcast, as well as a very helpful tool for two painfully indecisive people who need to choose what to read. Keep in mind, also, that we not only accept your accommodations and creative interpre…
 
Author Erika Wurth speaks more about Indigenous horror writers, growing up in Idaho Springs and more. This special event was recorded in front of a live audience at the Boulder Bookstore on November 16. In this podcast-only episode of the […]על ידי KGNU Community Radio and The Boulder Bookstore
 
The December selection for the Radio Bookclub is White Horse, the latest novel by Denver author Erika Wurth. It tells the tale of Kari, an Indigenous woman who must face her past when she discovers a bracelet haunted by her […]על ידי KGNU Community Radio and The Boulder Bookstore
 
This week, we visit a shop in the making! James Curtis, founder of the Baton Rouge, Louisiana, art studio Outside Stimuli, has launched a creative fundraising campaign as he prepares to open Baton Rouge Books in 2023. He's elevating the everyday pencil holder into a medium for works of art, activism and awareness. He tells us how listeners can orde…
 
Our last pick for December's prompt to Read a Book Published in 2022 is Becca's choice, You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi. It's also our last book for 2022! While we are not romance fans, as you will be able to tell in this episode, we still enjoyed discussing the wild journey this book took us on. Explicit content and spoi…
 
We are joined by three booksellers from the Boulder Bookstore who share their favorite books of 2022 and give recommendations for readers of all ages. Brad Costa is a buyer at the Boulder Bookstore and his four recommendations are: Seven […]על ידי KGNU Community Radio and The Boulder Bookstore
 
The Season of Goodwill, Retail therapy and Poinsettia Thank you for listening and if you would like to know more about my books and their reviews you can find them on my books page on my blog https://smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/my-books-and-reviews-2019-2022/
 
Main Street Books has been a Frostburg, Maryland, staple for over three decades. Owner Fred Powell joins us this week to discuss this quintessential small-town bookstore, including how it has - and hasn't - changed over the years. We also tease an exciting episode coming up in the new year! Books We Talk About: Matrix by Lauren Groff, The Memoirs o…
 
A time of drought and danger Thank you for listening and if you would like to know more about my books and their reviews you can find them on my books page on my blog https://smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/my-books-and-reviews-2019-2022/
 
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