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Cool People ReadingKimberley Allsopp, author and publicistI'm Steph from @Stephanieshouseofbooks and today I'm chatting to author, book publicist and mum of two, Kimberley Allsopp.Find out how Kimberley finds the time to read, the hilarious reason she hasn't seen Baby Girl, and if being a book publicist is just like being on our favourite TV show Younger. Plus, what did guests at a late night book dinner let on about Anne Tyler's new book?Kimberley is the author of Love and Other Puzzles (Harper Collins, 2022) and the soon to be released Rise and Shine (Harper Collins, 2025).++Is there...2025-02-2529 min
You're BookedNina Stibbe and Daisy Buchanan - You're Booked Live at Ink 84To celebrate the release of Daisy's new book Read Yourself Happy (out now!), here's a very special conversation with a returning champion. Daisy was interviewed by the great Nina Stibbe at Ink@84 in North London in front of a packed audience. There's lots of chat about books that bring you joy, the fear and ecstasy of reviews, book club horror stories and Nina's legendary pony story. Find out more about all the books mentioned by visiting our Bookshop.org store. Order your copy of Daisy's Read Yourself Happy by contacting The Margate Bookshop and visit DK RED to find...2025-02-1059 min
Makenna-Gima(EPub DOWNLOAD) Happy All the Time BY Laurie Colwin in Kindlestart Reading or Download ebook Happy All the Time Written by Laurie Colwin Pdf Visit Link Bellow You Can Download or Read Book online for free Get Book Here 👉 https://anytimesbook.com/?book=0307474402 Available versions: EPUB, PDF, MOBI, DOC, Kindle, Audiobook, etc. Summary : Guido and Vincent are childhood best friends?third cousins, really?living in Cambridge and dreaming about their futures. Guido plans to write poetry while Vincent feels confident he will win a Nobel prize for physics. When Guido spots Holly while exiting a museum, he can immediately sense that she will be difficult, quirky, and hard to live...2024-11-2500 minYou're BookedRukmini Iyer - You're BookedThis week we're delighted to bring you this delicious and delectable conversation with the amazing Rukmini Iyer! Rukmini is the visionary behind the multi-million-selling Roasting Tin series of cookbooks with the latest being the Green Roasting Tin. She is also a voracious and wide-ranging reader. We talked to her about Jilly Cooper, early, eye-popping reads, life-changing food writing and she reveals her secret, and surprising passion. Find out more about all the books mentioned by visiting our Bookshop.org store. Order your copy of The Book Lovers Journal HERE. Find out more about Daisy's Read Yourself Happy retreat at...2024-11-041h 02
Books, Beach, & BeyondBarbara KingsolverBarbara Kingsolver is the Pulitzer Prize winning, #1 best-selling author of Demon Copperhead, The Bean Trees, and The Poisonwood Bible. Elin, Tim, and Barbara start by telling listeners their favorite literary quotes inspired by a character in Demon Copperhead and then continue into Barbara’s origin story as a reader and a writer. They talk about the importance of setting in Barbara’s books, the Belgian Congo in The Poisonwood Bible, and Charles Dicken’s inspiring Demon Copperhead. They cover Barbara’s writing process, writers’ block, her favorite writers, the three characters in her own books she would take to dinner, an...2024-10-0251 minYou're BookedCatherine Newman - You're BookedWe are ending series 15 in style with one of our all-time favourite authors Catherine Newman! Catherine wrote the memoirs Catastrophic Happiness and Waiting for Birdy, novel for kids One Mixed-Up Night, craft book Stitch Camp and the acclaimed novels We All Want Impossible Things and Sandwich. We talked to her about food in books, Laurie Colwin, disaster reading, the importance of pretension and reading the Ikea catalogue for fun. Find out more about all the books mentioned by visiting our Bookshop.org store. Order your copy of Daisy's new novel Pity Party RIGHT HERE and see book tour dates...2024-08-1957 min
sexy & bodenständigFolge 114: Feind*innensexy & bodenständig
Wir sprechen über die Gegenspielerinnen im Roman (und auch ein bisschen über Feindinnen in der Realität), und dabei geht es hoch her: Till findet, er kann keine Antagonistinnen schreiben, Alena versucht, ihm das Gegenteil zu beweisen. Till möchte von Alena lernen, wie man Antagonistinnen schreibt, sie versucht ihm beizubringen, warum die Antagonist*innen in ihren Romanen auch nicht viel anders sind als in seinen. Ein Gespräch über Scheinriesen, darüber, dass niemand nur böse ist, und ob zu viel Harmonieliebe schlecht fürs Schreiben ist.
Vieles davon erklärt Till anhand des Buches „Fam...2024-06-1654 min
Access Unmissable Full Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, Arts & EntertainmentMore Home Cooking: A Writer Returns to the Kitchen by Laurie ColwinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/732210 to listen full audiobooks. Title: More Home Cooking: A Writer Returns to the Kitchen Author: Laurie Colwin Narrator: Rebecca Lowman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 29 minutes Release date: May 14, 2024 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: With a new foreword by Deb Perelman of Smitten Kitchen, the triumphant sequel to Home Cooking by “a home cook, like you and me, whose charm and lack of pretension make her wonderfully human and a welcome companion as she chatters on about the small culinary accomplishments and discoveries that occur in her kitchen” (Chicago Tribune). Lucky readers in the 197...2024-05-1405 min
Savor An Vivid Full Audiobook And Elevate Your Mindset.A Big Storm Knocked It Over: A Novel by Laurie ColwinPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/732205to listen full audiobooks.
Title: A Big Storm Knocked It Over: A Novel
Author: Laurie Colwin
Narrator: Rebecca Lowman
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 7 hours 45 minutes
Release date: April 16, 2024
Genres: Drama
Publisher's Summary:
“Laurie Colwin’s beautiful final book, A Big Storm Knocked It Over, is funny and moving and rich with complicated happiness—a love story for anyone who tends to overthink things, a comic novel about trying to find a place in the world.” — Maile Meloy, author of Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It In her fifth and final novel, acclaimed au...2024-04-167h 45
Download High-Quality Full Audiobooks in Fiction, DramaA Big Storm Knocked It Over: A Novel by Laurie ColwinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/732205 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Big Storm Knocked It Over: A Novel Author: Laurie Colwin Narrator: Rebecca Lowman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 45 minutes Release date: April 16, 2024 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “Laurie Colwin’s beautiful final book, A Big Storm Knocked It Over, is funny and moving and rich with complicated happiness—a love story for anyone who tends to overthink things, a comic novel about trying to find a place in the world.” — Maile Meloy, author of Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It In her fifth and final novel, accla...2024-04-1605 min
Listen to Trending Full Audiobooks in Fiction, Contemporary WomenA Big Storm Knocked It Over: A Novel by Laurie ColwinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/732205 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Big Storm Knocked It Over: A Novel Author: Laurie Colwin Narrator: Rebecca Lowman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 45 minutes Release date: April 16, 2024 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: “Laurie Colwin’s beautiful final book, A Big Storm Knocked It Over, is funny and moving and rich with complicated happiness—a love story for anyone who tends to overthink things, a comic novel about trying to find a place in the world.” — Maile Meloy, author of Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It In her fifth and final novel...2024-04-1605 minYou're BookedMarian Keyes - You're Booked Archive All-StarsWhile we take a little break, we're sharing just a few of our favourite ever episodes from the archives. This week we're with the author who has probably been discussed on the show more than any other and one of our favourite writers of all time - the legendary Marian Keyes! Marian is one of the most successful Irish novelists of all time, selling over 30 million books in 33 different languages. When we chatted to Marian, she was about to release the brilliant, chart-topping Grown Ups. Since then we've seen a sequel to Rachel's Holiday, Again Rachel and her latest...2024-04-1157 min
Big Blend RadioChef Ivan Flowers - Sunday Suppers and Pan Roasted DuckCelebrate Sunday Supper Month (January) on this episode of Big Blend Radios BIG DAILY BLEND podcast features Ivan Flowers, 5-Star Chef and Culinary Instructor, who also shares how to make his recipe for Pan Roasted Muscovy Duck Breasts. See his recipe here: https://blendradioandtv.com/listing/pan-roasted-muscovy-duck-breasts/ QUOTE OF THE DAY: "The table is a meeting place, a gathering ground, the source of sustenance and nourishment, festivity, safety, and satisfaction. A person cooking is a person giving: Even the simplest food is a gift." Laurie ColwinPUZZLE OF THE DAY: World of Wine o...2024-01-1443 min
Stacks and StoriesShelf Absorbed - Best of 2023Join Tracy and Shellie on this newest episode of Shelf Absorbed as they talk about their favorite books of 2023 and the books they're looking forward to in 2024!
Books mentioned in the episode:
The Anthropocene Review by John Green
I Must Be Dreaming by Roz Chast
Camp Zero by Michelle Min Sterling
Shine On, Bright and Dangerous Object by Laurie Colwin
My Murder by Kate Williams
Chenneville by Paulette Jiles
2024-01-1052 min
Book Delight with Chrissie WrightEp 24 - Favorites - Kids Nonfiction & Grown-Up ReadsIt's here! It's time to share my favorite reads of 2023.In this episode, Chrissie shares her 10 favorite kids nonfiction books and 10 favorite grown-up reads of 2023.FEATURED BOOKS:Kids NonfictionANIMALS IN PANTS by Suzy Levinson, illustrated by Kevin and Kristen HowdeshellBUTT OR FACE? A HILARIOUS GUESSING GAME BOOK FOR KIDS by Kari LaVelleFUNGI GROW by Maria Gianferrari, illustrated by Diana SudykaGOOD BOOKS FOR BAD CHILDREN by Beth Kephart, illustrated by Chloe Bristol READY, SET, RUN!: THE AMAZING NEW YORK CITY MARATHON by Leslie Kimmelman, illustrated by Jessie HartlandSEARCH FOR A GIANT SQUID b...2023-12-1835 minBooks, Beach, & BeyondSeason 1 Wrap UpThe final bonus episode of Books, Beach, & Beyond for 2023 features a friendly conversation between your beloved hosts, Elin Hilderbrand and Tim Ehrenberg! The two recap the first season of the podcast, dish on their favorite episodes, favorite books of 2023, most anticipated books of 2024, their reading routines, offer writing and reading advice, discuss Elin's final Nantucket novel Swan Song and her upcoming The Perfect Couple show, and answer wonderful questions from all of YOU listeners. It’s the perfect listen for those wanting to get to know your hosts more!A special thank you to our Episode Sp...2023-12-1354 min
Three IngredientsEpisode 2: Critic bait, vanity cooking and the queen of pistachiosWhy do we call Nancy the queen of pistachios? What secrets can Ruth tell us about critic bait? And is Laurie really the only one of the three of us who loves tripe? Also, can food be too flavorful? These are just some of the things we’re talking about in today’s episode, including the vanity of cooking. We dish on show-off chefs and why Nancy says Thomas Keller and Massimo Bottura don’t fit in that category. We talk about why we love Sarah Cicolini’s Rome restaurant Santo Palato and the Pie Room at London’s Holborn Di...2023-12-0639 min
Cookbook Love PodcastBeing a Cookbook Writer: Writing Eleven Cookbooks with Tessa KirosWelcome to the latest episode of the podcast. I’m excited to be here today with an interview with food writer Tessa Kiros. Born in London to a Greek-Cypriot father and Finnish mother, international best-selling author Tessa Kiros developed an interest in the food of different cuisines and travel from an early age. She grew up in South Africa and left home at 18 to travel and cook, working in restaurants in London, Sydney, Athens, and Mexico. Today on the podcast, we talk about Tessa’s 11th book, Now and Then Tessa’s reflection on a lifetime of cooking and eating...2023-11-301h 07
Entre Historias02x2 Wrap up mitad de año + 🎤Respondo a vuestras preguntas¡Qué ganas tenía de compartir con vosotras un buen wrap up! En el programa de hoy os pongo al día de todos los libros que leí en abril, mayo, junio, julio y agosto☀️
Así que en este programa os encontraréis la reseña de:
☕️Legends & Lattes de Travis Baldree
📝Escuela de escritura de Mercedes Abad
🐍Escamas de luz de Benjanun Sriduangkaew
⛱La novela del verano de Emily Henry
🤖Monje y robot de Becky Chambers
🥣Una escritora en la cocina de Laurie Colwin
🫀El alma del brujo de Be...2023-10-1548 min
Un Día Eres Joven27. Para cocinillas: recibir en casa, crear menús y hacerte un curso de cocina.Un día eres joven y al otro cocinas, te damos 4 razones por las que tu relación con la cocina cambia cuando eres medianer. Te hablamos de cursos de cocina, cocinillas y principiantes. Ser buen anfitrión o buen comensal, cómo triunfar con tus recepciones en casa, menús fallidos y comidas con las que te reconcilias de adulto (o como conseguirlo). Desgranamos las dificultades de hacer un menú diario en casa, el cajón de las proteínas y algunos truquis2023-10-0236 min
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Book Chat9. Augustown & Home CookingAfter last month’s crowd-pleasers, Bobby and Pandora sink their teeth into two very different, equally meaty books. In Augustown by Kei Miller, a “dismal little valley” in Jamaica becomes a boiling pot of tension when a young boy’s dreadlocks are cut off. And in Home Cooking by Laurie Colwin, the boiling pots are a little more literal – and Pandora shares an all-timer of a kitchen horror story.You can get in touch bookchatpod@gmail.com Books/articles mentioned:Augustown by Kei MillerHome Cooking by Laurie ColwinThe Pi...2023-09-1236 min
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The Eternal OptimistUnveiling the Light Within: Overcoming Adversity and Embracing Life with Debbie WeissDebbie Weiss shares her personal journey of loss and resilience. From losing her mother at a young age to becoming a widow later in life, Debbie navigated the challenges of grief while finding the strength to rebuild her life. She discusses the impact of her father's support, the lessons she learned about self-care and self-compassion, and her newfound passions in writing and yoga. Debbie's story is a testament to the power of resilience and finding hope in the face of adversity.Chapters:00:00:00 Debbie's Journey: Overcoming Grief & Finding Joy00:05:08 High School Romances: Unlikely Bonds & Enduring Love00:09:01 Crafting...2023-08-1540 min
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iyemahDOWNLOAD [Pdf] Bomb Shelter: Love, Time, and Other Explosives by Mary Laura PhilpottDOWNLOAD [Pdf] Bomb Shelter: Love, Time, and Other Explosives Download at https://suruhkuning.blogspot.com/58438569 As a daughter, mother, and friend, Mary Laura Philpott considered herself an “anxious optimist”—a natural worrier with a stubborn sense of good cheer. And while she didn’t think she had any sort of magical protective powers, she believed in her heart that as long as she loved her people enough, she could keep them safe. Then, in the early hours of one dark morning at home, her belief was upended. In the months that followed, she turned to poignant memories, priceless stories, and a medley...2023-08-0710 minBook Chat8. Bridget Jones’s Diary & High FidelityIt’s a bumper episode 8, with Pandora and Bobby tackling two million-copy-bestselling, much-loved-movie-inspiring titans of the nineties. In Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding, Pandora finds a surprisingly feminist heroine who’s no less funny 25 years on. And in Nick Hornby’s beloved High Fidelity, Bobby meets his match in a perpetually depressed man-boy who needs to love himself before anyone else can love him back.Books/articles mentioned:Bridget Jones’s Diary and Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason by Helen FieldingHigh Fidelity, Fever Pitch and About a Boy by Nick Ho...2023-08-0156 min
Una pregunta, literal¿Una novela “gustosa” para el verano?En el capítulo de esta semana, Helena Farré Vallejo contesta a la siguiente pregunta: ¿me recomendarías una novela para verano, que sea interesante pero “gustosa”?
Además, Helena comenta cómo hace su maleta libresca para verano y propone unas cuantas lecturas para meter en la vuestra.
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Libros mencionados en el capítulo:
- En un lugar seguro, de Wallace Stegner
- El pájaro espectador, de Wallace Stegner
- Canciones de amor a quemarropa, de Nicholas Butler
- Salvatierra...2023-07-1213 minYou're BookedAndrew Hunter Murray - You're BookedOur love of Jane Austen should be painfully aware. But this week's guest might put our devotion to shame. The brilliant Andrew Hunter Murray hosts two hit podcasts: No Such Thing as a Fish (Andrew is also a QI Elf) and Page 94: A Private Eye Podcast (Andrew also writes for the magazine). He was also part of the UK's premier (and possibly only) Jane Austen based comedy improv group Austentatious - so his devotion to the beloved author is assured. Andrew is also a bestselling author, his first novel The Last Day, was a Sunday Times Top 10 Bestseller, and...2023-06-1952 min
Lit UpHannah Goldfield on finding her way into food & restaurant criticism.This week, we welcome New York City food critic and writer Hannah Goldfield to Lit Up!Angela and Hannah discuss what makes a restaurant experience special, how Hannah captures New York City's shifting moods through the lens of food for The New Yorker, early influences that inspired Hannah to pursue a career in food criticism, quintessential food writers, and the pleasures of reading non-fiction on topics she doesn't devote her time to thinking and writing about.Hannah's recommendations:Save Me the Plums: My Gourmet Memoir by Ruth ReichlCounter Intelligence: Where to Eat in the Real Los Angeles by the late...2023-05-3040 minYou're BookedJenny Jackson - You're BookedDream guest alert! We are very, very excited to welcome the wonderful Jenny Jackson to You're Booked! As well as being the author of smash hit novel Pineapple Street, Jenny has been a book editor for many years working with such YB faves as Katherine Heiny and Helen Fielding. So we had much to talk about. On the agenda is the genius of Laurie Colwin, the joy (and stress) of discovering new authors, some great, secret Katherine Heiny insight and Helen Fielding's paramedic skills (plus the recording is interrupted by a cheese alarm!) This conversation took place at the...2023-05-2241 min
普通读者Ep 58 3月总结：忙里偷闲地读书3月了，主播们的生活依然忙忙碌碌，忙里偷闲着也读了一些书，和大家分享一下。一则好消息是，在播客上聊到过的Ling Ma的短篇小说集Bliss Montage，要被引进出版成简体中文版，译者是周嘉宁😄
时间节点：
00:00:34 3月生活近况更新
00:11:35 From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler（《天使雕像》）, by E. L. Konigsburg
提到的链接：关于书的灵感和巧合，另一个可爱的链接
00:16:39 All the Beauty in the World, by Patrick Bringley
00:23:33 《魔术师》科尔姆·托宾
00:28:35 Ada’s Room/Ada's Realm （德语原版Adas Raum, by Sharon Dodua Otoo
00:35:38 My Name Is Lucy Barton, by Elizabeth Strout
00:43:06 Monster, She Wrote, by Lisa Kröger, Melanie R. Anderson
00:50:44 Sister Outsider, by Audre Lorde
01:00:22 《早春》佩内洛普·菲茨杰拉德
01:03:39 A Bookshop in Berlin, The Rediscovered Memoir of One Woman's Harrowing Escape from the Nazis, by Françoise Frenkel
01:08:38 Why God is a Woman, by Nin Andrews
01:12:52 Home Cooking, by Laurie Colwin
01:19:23 好消息一则：Bliss Montage, by Ling Ma要被引进出版，翻译是周嘉宁。
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2023-04-181h 20You're BookedNikki May - You're BookedThis was so much fun! Get ready for a funny, frank and fulfilling conversation with the brilliant Nikki May! Nikki's debut novel Wahala was a former Steal of the Week and one of our favourite books in recent times. It's currently being adapted for TV and was recently shortlisted for the CWIP prize. We talked to Nikki about the problems associated with reading as a kid in Lagos, favourite food books, spies, crime and dystopias and what Nikki believes is the perfect book. For your chance to appear on the podcast, pre-order Daisy's next book Limelight from Bookshop.org...2023-03-2755 min
Let’s Talk Memoir33. Finding the Themes in Your Story featuring Debbie WeissDebbie Weiss joins Let’s Talk Memoir for a conversation about widowhood and capturing grief and loneliness in ways that keep readers invested, starting scenes in the middle, finding themes in your story, how her blog was a stepping stone to watching her writing take off, and her new memoir Available As Is.
Also in this episode:
-writing about the character-you from the narrator-you lens
-the online dating scene after 50
-structuring a memoir with lots of material
Books Mentioned in this episode:
Consider the O...2023-03-1431 minYou're BookedKevin Wilson - You're BookedThis is such a treat! Prepare for the wise words, dulcet tones and excellent book taste of the great Kevin Wilson! Kevin is the author of the massive bestseller Nothing to See Here, The Family Fang which was turned into an acclaimed film with Nicole Kidman, the critically lauded novel Perfect Little World and two story collections Tunnelling To the Centre of the Earth and Baby, You're Gonna Be Mine and his latest, the brilliant Now is Not the Time to Panic. We talked to him about his love of British pop music, Shirley Jackson as a comfort read...2023-02-2753 min