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The Book CaseWe Explore How to Write a BookThis week we take a look back at last year’s Book Case episodes focussing on the methodology of writing. We love talking to authors about their technique, their inspirations, and we love exploring how they do what they do. So this week we sew together some of our favorite ideas and methods coming from our authors, on how to write a book. We hope that we have some aspiring authors listening, and that there is inspiration to be taken from each of these ideas.Books mentioned in this week's episode:We Solve...2025-01-0227 min
Behind the Mic with AudioFile MagazineJean Brassard Interview: Best Mystery & Suspense Audiobooks 2024Narrator Jean Brassard joins AudioFile’s Michele Cobb to discuss narrating Louise Penny’s latest in the Three Pines series, THE GREY WOLF. It’s a thrilling mystery and a new voice for a beloved series, and Brassard describes what it was like to step into the shoes of Chief Inspector Armand Gamache. He discusses how his Quebecois background informed his performance and what he enjoyed the most about narrating this mystery named one of AudioFile’s Best of 2024. Read AudioFile’s review of THE GREY WOLF. Published by Macmillan Audio. Audio...2024-12-1014 min
The Book Maven: A Literary RevueWriting as Therapy with Jessica Hendry NelsonJessica Hendry Nelson joins me to talk about memoir vs. creative nonfiction, ownership over a story, and therapeutic outlets in writing. Jessica’s novel, Joy Rides Through the Tunnel of Grief, came out in September of 2023 with The University of Georgia Press. In Pop! Goes the Culture, I discuss manmade monsters in Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, Poor Things by Yorgos Lanthimos, and docuseries Chimp Crazy on HBO Max. These stories call to question what makes a human: communication, community, or creation? This week, my Six Recs are: Dead in Long Beach California by Venita Blackburn, List...2024-10-2526 min
The Book Maven: A Literary RevueWriting as Therapy with Jessica Hendry NelsonJessica Hendry Nelson joins me to talk about memoir vs. creative nonfiction, ownership over a story, and therapeutic outlets in writing. Jessica’s novel, Joy Rides Through the Tunnel of Grief, came out in September of 2023 with The University of Georgia Press. In Pop! Goes the Culture, I discuss manmade monsters in Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, Poor Things by Yorgos Lanthimos, and docuseries Chimp Crazy on HBO Max. These stories call to question what makes a human: communication, community, or creation? This week, my Six Recs are: Dead in Long Beach California by Venita Blackburn, List...2024-10-2526 min
Crime Time FMI S BERRY In Person With PaulI S Berry chats to Paul Burke about her espionage thriller THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW, already an Edgar First Novel, Barry and ITW Award Winner in the US, just published in the UK. The only female former field agent writing spy fiction.THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW Shane Collins, a world-weary CIA spy, is ready to come in from the cold. Stationed in Bahrain for his final tour, he’s anxious to dispense with his mission ― uncovering Iranian support for the insurgency. But then he meets Almaisa, an enigm...2024-10-241h 06
Spybrary Spy PodcastOn Writing Spy Fiction - with Joseph Kanon and Paul Vidich On today’s episode, acclaimed spy authors Joseph Kanon and Paul Vidich sit down for an intriguing discussion that delves deep into the world of writing spy fiction. As many of you know, I’ve been lucky enough to share drinks, meals, and some unforgettable conversations with some of the best spy authors working today. And every time, I think to myself, "I wish I had brought a bug— or called Roddy Ho for some tech to record this!" Well, today, that wish comes true, well, kind of. We’re bring...2024-08-1948 min
Behind the Mic with AudioFile MagazineSHANGHAI by Joseph Kanon, read by Jonathan DavisJonathan Davis digs deep into his narration toolbox in Joseph Kanon’s atmospheric audiobook set in 1939. Host Jo Reed and AudioFile’s Robin Whitten discuss this tense listen. As the world prepares for war, displaced European Jews attempt a departure to parts unknown. Davis employs a stoic tone when describing Kristallnacht, the beatings, and the rounding up of family members. When the disparate citizens gather on a last-chance trip to Shanghai, Davis modulates the tempo and emotion throughout the remainder of the audiobook, ratcheting up the anticipation for the protagonist’s final confrontation with the Japanese Gestapo.2024-08-0807 minThe Book CaseJoseph Kanon Conjures WWII ShanghaiDo you like a good spy novel? Do you love le Carré and Graham Greene? Then we hope, with great sincerity, that you are reading the work of Joseph Kanon. His latest, Shanghai, centers around the city’s lesser known freewheeling WWII history and some of the lawless people who escaped the war to be there. Tune in to find out why he is fascinated by spy novels, and what he calls “spy adjacent novels”, that capture such rich moments in history.Books mentioned in this week's episode:
Shanghai by Joseph Kano...2024-06-2736 min
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Title: Shanghai: A Novel
Author: Joseph Kanon
Narrator: Jonathan Davis
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 10 hours 24 minutes
Release date: June 25, 2024
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2
Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1
Genres: LGBTQ+
Publisher's Summary:
Named a Best Mystery & Suspense Book of the Year by BookPage and CrimeReads “A steamy, thrilling crime story” (The Washington Post) from New York Times bestselling author Joseph Kanon set in pre-World War II Shanghai, where glamour and squalor exist side by side and murder is just the cost of doing business. After the violence of Kris...2024-06-2510h 24
Experience the Story, Anywhere, Anytime With Free AudiobookShanghai: A Novel Audiobook by Joseph KanonListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 719064
Title: Shanghai: A Novel
Author: Joseph Kanon
Narrator: Jonathan Davis
Format: Unabridged
Length: 10:24:40
Language: English
Release date: 06-25-24
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Historical Fiction, Espionage
Summary:
In this dazzling thriller, New York Times bestselling author Joseph Kanon gives us his richest setting yet: pre-World War II Shanghai, where glamour and squalor exist side by side and murder is just a cost of doing business. A love affair against all odds, a city dancing on the rim of a volcano—Shanghai is th...2024-06-2510h 24Download Latest Full Audiobooks in Fiction, LGBTQ+Shanghai: A Novel by Joseph KanonPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/719064to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Shanghai: A Novel
Author: Joseph Kanon
Narrator: Jonathan Davis
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 10 hours 24 minutes
Release date: June 25, 2024
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2
Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1
Genres: LGBTQ+
Publisher's Summary:
Named a Best Mystery & Suspense Book of the Year by BookPage and CrimeReads “A steamy, thrilling crime story” (The Washington Post) from New York Times bestselling author Joseph Kanon set in pre-World War II Shanghai, where glamour and squalor exist side by side and murder is just the cost of doing business. After the violence of Kris...2024-06-2510h 24Download Best Full Audiobooks in Fiction, HistoricalShanghai: A Novel by Joseph KanonPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/719064to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Shanghai: A Novel
Author: Joseph Kanon
Narrator: Jonathan Davis
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 10 hours 24 minutes
Release date: June 25, 2024
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2
Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1
Genres: Historical
Publisher's Summary:
Named a Best Mystery & Suspense Book of the Year by BookPage and CrimeReads “A steamy, thrilling crime story” (The Washington Post) from New York Times bestselling author Joseph Kanon set in pre-World War II Shanghai, where glamour and squalor exist side by side and murder is just the cost of doing business. After the violence of Kris...2024-06-2510h 24
Ignite An Mind-Blowing Full Audiobook And Elevate Your Mindset.Shanghai: A gripping new wartime thriller from 'the most accomplished spy novelist working today' (Sunday Times) by Joseph KanonPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/703640to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Shanghai: A gripping new wartime thriller from 'the most accomplished spy novelist working today' (Sunday Times)
Author: Joseph Kanon
Narrator: Jonathan Davis
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 10 hours 24 minutes
Release date: May 23, 2024
Genres: LGBTQ+
Publisher's Summary:
‘Step forward Kanon, the American Robert Harris, a man who finds untold stories from our recent past and brings them alive’ TIM SHIPMAN, SUNDAY TIMES Daniel Lohr, sensing that the Nazis are closing in on the Jews, leaves his dying father in Berlin and boards a ship to Shanghai. His passage is dependent upon him...2024-05-2310h 24Immerse Yourself In This Addictive Full Audiobook — Perfect In The Car.Shanghai: A gripping new wartime thriller from 'the most accomplished spy novelist working today' (Sunday Times) by Joseph KanonPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/703640to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Shanghai: A gripping new wartime thriller from 'the most accomplished spy novelist working today' (Sunday Times)
Author: Joseph Kanon
Narrator: Jonathan Davis
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 10 hours 24 minutes
Release date: May 23, 2024
Genres: Espionage
Publisher's Summary:
‘Step forward Kanon, the American Robert Harris, a man who finds untold stories from our recent past and brings them alive’ TIM SHIPMAN, SUNDAY TIMES Daniel Lohr, sensing that the Nazis are closing in on the Jews, leaves his dying father in Berlin and boards a ship to Shanghai. His passage is dependent upon him...2024-05-2310h 24
Get Best Full Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, EspionageShanghai: A gripping new wartime thriller from 'the most accomplished spy novelist working today' (Sunday Times) by Joseph KanonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/703640 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Shanghai: A gripping new wartime thriller from 'the most accomplished spy novelist working today' (Sunday Times) Author: Joseph Kanon Narrator: Jonathan Davis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 24 minutes Release date: May 23, 2024 Genres: Espionage Publisher's Summary: ‘Step forward Kanon, the American Robert Harris, a man who finds untold stories from our recent past and brings them alive’ TIM SHIPMAN, SUNDAY TIMES Daniel Lohr, sensing that the Nazis are closing in on the Jews, leaves his dying father in Berlin and boards a ship to Shanghai. His passage is dependent upon...2024-05-2303 minGet Best Full Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, EspionageShanghai: A gripping new wartime thriller from 'the most accomplished spy novelist working today' (Sunday Times) by Joseph KanonPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/703640to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Shanghai: A gripping new wartime thriller from 'the most accomplished spy novelist working today' (Sunday Times)
Author: Joseph Kanon
Narrator: Jonathan Davis
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 10 hours 24 minutes
Release date: May 23, 2024
Genres: Espionage
Publisher's Summary:
‘Step forward Kanon, the American Robert Harris, a man who finds untold stories from our recent past and brings them alive’ TIM SHIPMAN, SUNDAY TIMES Daniel Lohr, sensing that the Nazis are closing in on the Jews, leaves his dying father in Berlin and boards a ship to Shanghai. His passage is dependent upon him...2024-05-2310h 24Get Top Full Audiobooks in Fiction, LGBTQ+Shanghai: A gripping new wartime thriller from 'the most accomplished spy novelist working today' (Sunday Times) by Joseph KanonPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/703640to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Shanghai: A gripping new wartime thriller from 'the most accomplished spy novelist working today' (Sunday Times)
Author: Joseph Kanon
Narrator: Jonathan Davis
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 10 hours 24 minutes
Release date: May 23, 2024
Genres: LGBTQ+
Publisher's Summary:
‘Step forward Kanon, the American Robert Harris, a man who finds untold stories from our recent past and brings them alive’ TIM SHIPMAN, SUNDAY TIMES Daniel Lohr, sensing that the Nazis are closing in on the Jews, leaves his dying father in Berlin and boards a ship to Shanghai. His passage is dependent upon him...2024-05-2310h 24Explore the Latest Full Audiobooks in Fiction, HistoricalShanghai: A gripping new wartime thriller from 'the most accomplished spy novelist working today' (Sunday Times) by Joseph KanonPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/703640to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Shanghai: A gripping new wartime thriller from 'the most accomplished spy novelist working today' (Sunday Times)
Author: Joseph Kanon
Narrator: Jonathan Davis
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 10 hours 24 minutes
Release date: May 23, 2024
Genres: Historical
Publisher's Summary:
‘Step forward Kanon, the American Robert Harris, a man who finds untold stories from our recent past and brings them alive’ TIM SHIPMAN, SUNDAY TIMES Daniel Lohr, sensing that the Nazis are closing in on the Jews, leaves his dying father in Berlin and boards a ship to Shanghai. His passage is dependent upon him...2024-05-2310h 24
Crime Time FMJOSEPH KANON In Person With PaulJOSEPH KANON chats to Paul Burke about his new spy thriller SHANGHAI,SHANGHAI Daniel Lohr, sensing that the Nazis are closing in on the Jews, leaves his dying father in Berlin and boards a ship to Shanghai. His passage is dependent upon him delivering a package to his shady uncle, his father’s brother, upon arrival. Daniel has no idea what the package contains. On board is Leah, also fleeing the Nazis. She and Daniel conduct a passionate but brief shipboard affair, but are separated as soon as the ship docks in...2024-05-031h 16
Crime Time FMPAUL VIDICH & CHARLES CUMMING In Person With PaulPAUL VIDICH & CHARLES CUMMING chat to Paul Burke about their latest novels BEIRUT STATION and KENNEDY 35 respectively. The Cold War, the luminal space, inherently political.BEIRUT STATION Lebanon, 2006. The Israel–Hezbollah war is tearing Beirut apart and the country is on the brink of chaos.The CIA and Mossad are targeting a reclusive Hezbollah terrorist. They turn to young Lebanese-American CIA agent, Analise, who has the perfect plan. However, Analise begins to suspect that Mossad has a motive of its own.She alerts the agency bu...2024-02-071h 14
Crime Time FMDAVID McCLOSKEY In Person With PaulFormer CIA analyst DAVID MCCLOSKEY chats to Paul Burke about his new exhilarating spy thriller MOSCOW X, Russia, Boyars, world views and ubiquitous technological surveillance. MOSCOW X A daring CIA operation threatens chaos in the Kremlin.But can Langley trust the Russian at its center?CIA operatives Sia and Max enter Russia to recruit Vladimir Putin’s moneyman. Sia works for a London firm that conceals the wealth of the super-rich. Max’s family business in Mexico – a CIA front since the 1960s – is a farm that breeds high-end racehors...2024-01-311h 03
Undercover: Action, Adventure, Spy & Thriller WritingI.S. Berry - The Peacock and the Sparrow: A NovelDuring the Arab Spring, an American spy’s final mission goes dangerously awry in this explosive and “remarkable debut” (Joseph Kanon, New York Times bestselling author) from a former CIA officer that is perfect for fans of John le Carré, Viet Thanh Nguyen, and Alan Furst.Shane Collins, a world-weary CIA spy, is ready to come in from the cold. Stationed in Bahrain off the coast of Saudi Arabia for his final tour, he’s anxious to dispense with his mission—uncovering Iranian support for the insurgency against the monarchy. But then he meets Almaisa, a beautiful and...2023-12-0246 min
House of Mystery Radio on NBCI.S. Berry - The Peacock and the Sparrow: A NovelDuring the Arab Spring, an American spy’s final mission goes dangerously awry in this explosive and “remarkable debut” (Joseph Kanon, New York Times bestselling author) from a former CIA officer that is perfect for fans of John le Carré, Viet Thanh Nguyen, and Alan Furst.Shane Collins, a world-weary CIA spy, is ready to come in from the cold. Stationed in Bahrain off the coast of Saudi Arabia for his final tour, he’s anxious to dispense with his mission—uncovering Iranian support for the insurgency against the monarchy. But then he meets Almaisa, a beautiful and...2023-12-0246 min
The Artful Periscope – The Nimble Art of StorytellingEpisode 39: How Many Threads Intersect the Lives of Many? Author Joseph Kanon and Writer Kevin BakerHow many threads intersect the lives of many? In this episode, Larry sits down with author Joseph Kanon to discuss his latest book The Berlin Exchange. Joseph shares his experience switching from working in the publishing industry to becoming a published author, spy swaps in fiction and the harrowing reality of those living in East … Continue reading Episode 39: How Many Threads Intersect the Lives of Many? Author Joseph Kanon and Writer Kevin Baker →2023-01-061h 02
Dedicated with Doug BruntJoe KanonJoseph Kanon: Louis Latour - white Burgundy wineJoe has seen it all - he was CEO of the most prestigious publishing house in the world prior to becoming a bestselling author of spy novels including The Good German which was made into a movie starring George Clooney and Kate Blanchett. Joe talks about the history and future of the novel and the publishing business, writing for TV and film, and how to write novels of moral intrigue (what do you do when forced to chose between two wrongs?).
2022-12-0645 min
I Couldn’t Throw It OutNovelist Joseph Kanon and His Sneaky AssistantWhen bestselling spy novelist Joseph Kanon was a book publisher and I was his assistant, I secretly sent out letters in which I pretended to be the boss. Until the Brooke Shields incident. Listen as Joe learns what really happened in 1979.Have thoughts about this episode? Send us a textMore info, photos, and transcript: throwitoutpodcast.com Don't miss a thing: Join our mailing list Do you save stuff you can't throw out? Tell us about it Want to show support? Please rate/follow us wherever you get your podcasts. 2022-09-3054 min
You've Got Five Pages...To Tell Me It's GoodYou Have Five Pages, The Berlin Exchange by Joseph Kanon, to Tell Me You're Good.The first chapter can make or break a reader's engagement with a story. We as writers must craft brilliant opening pages in order to hook those picky readers, so let's study the stories of others to see how they do it!
The first pages of The Berlin Exchange by Joseph Kanon bring readers to the 1960s and the height of the Cold War. We are to witness a prisoner exchange...only we are quickly transported back in time to before that exchange with the briefest allusions of what has brought one of the prisoners to that moment...2022-04-0621 minBehind the Mic with AudioFile MagazineTHE BERLIN EXCHANGE by Joseph Kanon, read by Jonathan DavisWith a story set against the backdrop of 1960s Berlin and the height of the Cold War, narrator Jonathan Davis helps build the tension, creating a dark atmosphere of suspicion and suspense. Host Jo Reed and AudioFile’s Robin Whitten discuss Davis’s versatile narration of Joseph Kanon’s latest thriller. This audiobook features Martin Keller as he takes part in a spy swap and is moved from an English prison to Berlin, where he hopes to be reunited with his ex-wife and son. Davis’s authentic-sounding pronunciation of names and places sets the scenes, while his excellent pacing amps up the t...2022-03-2506 min
Fuel Your Mind With This Game-Changing Full Audiobook And Feel The Difference.The Berlin Exchange: A Novel by Joseph KanonPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/531108to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Berlin Exchange: A Novel
Author: Joseph Kanon
Narrator: Jonathan Davis
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 10 hours 32 minutes
Release date: February 22, 2022
Genres: Suspense
Publisher's Summary:
From “the most accomplished spy novelist working today” (The Sunday Times, London), a “heart-poundingly suspenseful” (The Washington Post) espionage thriller set at the height of the Cold War, when a captured American who has spied for the KGB is returned to East Berlin, needing to know who arranged for his release and what they now want from him. Berlin, 1963. An early morning spy swap, not at the f...2022-02-2210h 32
Experience Your Day With A Inspiring Full Audiobook.The Berlin Exchange by Joseph KanonPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/500227to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Berlin Exchange
Author: Joseph Kanon
Narrator: Jonathan Davis
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 10 hours 32 minutes
Release date: February 22, 2022
Genres: Espionage
Publisher's Summary:
'A modern master at work’ THE TIMES ‘Heart-poundingly suspenseful’ WASHINGTON POST ‘Joseph Kanon owns this corner of the literary landscape’ LEE CHILD Berlin, 1963. The height of the Cold War and an early morning spy swap. On one side of the trade: Martin Keller, an American physicist who once made headlines, but who then disappeared into the English prison system. Keller's most critical possession: his American passport. His most ardent...2022-02-2210h 32