Brad and author Hannah Mary McKinnon are here to talk about her book, Sister Dear, which is a Canadian best seller. Oh, her family's drive to consistently reinvent themselves. And some German language weirdness. (It makes sense.)
The Downtown Writers Jam Podcast is staying on the history train with author Dr. James (he goes by Jay, though) Carter (Champions Day: The End of Old Shanghai), who spent his life unpacking how he looks at the world.
Dr. Stephen Knott ran an oral history program that covered the Regan and Bush presidential years. And, it was that project that led Knott to write seven books, including The Lost Soul of the American Presidency: The Decline into Demagoguery and the...
From writing journals at the dinner table to writing her first novel (The Lonely Fajita), novelist Abigail Mann and Brad talk what they didn't know about the publishing industry and the joy of fan fiction readings.
So much of life is about finding comfort in your own skin. Somehow, Brad and author Jennifer Louden (Why Bother?) stumbled down that rabbit hole on this episode of the Jam. But it wasn't all philosophical. Jennifer also explains how she accidentally...
Author Anika Scott has been on the move for most of her life, but that has made all the difference! While her first novel, The German Heiress, is now available, Anika's personal life has also been filled with adventure.
Author Susan Allot went to Australia for a boy, got homesick, came back to Britain, married an Australian...and then more than a decade later she wrote her book about a British woman who returns to Sydney. But, as you'll find out, that's not what...
Saddle up to the bar, y'all as author Hosho McCreesh and Brad talk about the world of DIY writing, publishing, and drinking. You're going to want to leave the top of the bottle for this one. Oh, and make sure you check out A Deep and Gorgeous...
Author Andrew Altschul stopped by to talk about his latest book, The Gringa. In between their shared love of dogs and the outdoors, you can sidle on up to the bar for an insider conversation on what it means to be a writer.
Brad and author Dr. Hilary Green talk the importance of oral culture and the difficulty of tracking down those shared stories. The driving force of that discussion, Hilary's book, Educational Reconstruction, which grew out of her research into the...