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J.P. Reedman lives in Wiltshire near to Stonehenge. Born in Canada, she has had a lifelong interest in ancient and medieval history, and is often found lurking around prehistoric sites, ruined castles and abbeys, and interesting churches with camera in hand. She became a full-time writer in 2018.
Series include: I, Richard Plantagenet, 5 books chronicling Richard’s life from childhood to Bosworth, and Medieval Babes, a set of standalone novels about lesser-known medieval queens and noblewomen. Her most recent release is Princess in the Police Station, the tale of little Anne Mowbray, wife of the younger ‘Prince in the Tower’ whose grave was unexpectedly found in the 1960’s. The next book to be released will be The Melancholy of Winter, which is about Edmund of Rutland, Richard’s tragic elder brother.
In our interview, we talked about JP reading Beowulf as a young child, historical foods and records of the menus of great feasts, whether being a noble is over-romanticized, historical hoaxes, and more.00:00 START
05:54 Drink 1: Medicine for Melancholy
08:51 Reading 1: The Young Nobles Want to Skate
14:01 Using obscure historical terms
15:37 From fantasy to historical fiction
19:43 Drink 2: Dilly Bean Dirty Martini
22:55 Reading 2: Finding the Bean on Twelfth Night
25:41 The hideous Henry Holland of history
31:15 England and Canada: the story of a war bride
38:39 Drink 3: The Blackberry Raven
42:59 Reading 3: Fighting with Fish
45:53 Boys and mischief!
51:55 Most interesting and important things learned from history
Visit our PATREON for our extended AFTER HOURS with JP Reedman
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COMING NEXT MONTH:
John Graham, adventurer extraordinaire!
UPCOMING EVENTS:
Gabriel's Horn is accepting submissions for its anthology NEW THEME: CHILDREN.
See Laura's interview at Central Valley Talk: https://youtu.be/ZKdeLPPgdys?si=wqPHZsAxYqgzjKcVOur theme music is from www.bensound.com.
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Michael C. Keith is the author of an acclaimed memoir––The Next Better Place–a young adult novel––Life is Falling Sideways––and 20 story collections, including, Of Night and Light, Everything is Epic, Sad Boy, And Through the Trembling Air, Hoag’s Object, The Collector of Tears, If Things Were Made To Last Forever, Caricatures, The Near Enough, Bits, Specks, Crumbs, Flecks, Slow Transit, Perspective Drifts Like a Log on a River, Let Us Now Speak of Extinction, Stories in the Key of Me, Insomnia 11, Pieces of Bones and Rags, Quiet Geography, The Late Epiphany of a Low-Key Oracle, and Bodies in Recline, Euphony, The Loneliness Channel, and Pings.”
He was nominated for a Pushcart Prize several times, a PEN/O’Henry Award, a PEN/Faulkner Award, an IPPY Award and was a finalist for the National Indie Excellence Award for short fiction anthology and a finalist for the 2013 International Book Award in the “Fiction Visionary” category.
In our interview, we talked about how Michael came to be on the road with his father from the age of 8, the places he saw, the kindnesses he remembers, how he got from no school on the road to a Ph.D. and much more!
00:00 START05:59 Drink 1: On the Road Again
08:45 Reading 1: On the Road
20:15 From years without school to a Ph.D.
24:05 Growing up Nomad: How much of the country did you see?
29:34 Drink 2: Tick of the Clock
34:10 Reading 2: Insomnia
36:34 All about insomnia, causes and cures
44:01 Tales of Larry King
44:48 Drink 3: Love and Fear
48:49 Reading 3: 11:11
51:28 Seeing the same number over and over again
54:33 Pings and the reasons for shorter fiction
Visit our PATREON for our extended AFTER HOURS with Michael C. Keith
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If you enjoy our interviews or have benefitted from them, we invite you to help us continue our work. It takes a great deal of time and money to produce Books and Brews. We’ve been doing interviews since January 2017 as a free service to authors. We continue to promote those authors on our social media for years after their interviews. Subscribing, following, liking, commenting and sharing all help us to keep doing what we do.
A $5 tip helps us pay for our many expenses: Libsyn hosting, web hosting, Google meets, providing the drinks for the interview and the many hours of preparation and editing that go into each episode.
Patreon: patreon.com/BooksandBrewswithLauraVosika Tip Jar: paypal.me/booksandbrewsMN * Books and Brews products: https://www.zazzle.com/store/books_an… (more to come) Sponsor an episode to promote your product or service: contact us [email protected]COMING NEXT MONTH:
JP Reedman, historical novelistUPCOMING EVENTS:
Gabriel's Horn is accepting submissions for its anthology NEW THEMES: MUSIC; FAITH. Laura will be at the Southern Festival of Books in Nashville, TN on October 26 and 27 See Laura's interview at Central Valley Talk See Laura's interview with Rob & Joan Carter at INDIE NOVEL SOURCEOur theme music is from www.bensound.com.
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Steve Downes is a contemporary Irish poet and novelist, currently living and working in Ireland. Educated in N.U.I. Maynooth, he holds a Degree in Classical History and a Masters in Cultural Anthropology.
Steve has published poetry; science fiction, including Cosmogonic Marbles, Temporal Tome, Gadzooks Armageddon and Botolf Tales (the Botolf Chronicles), Warworld: Shadows & Dominions (part 1), Murder on the Alpha Centauri Express and The Deaths of Guner Zoon; and four children’s Books: The Upstairs Cat Series (3 books) & An Apprenticeship to Doctor Vantastic.
Steve continues to write and publish work in many genres.
In 2017 & 2018 Steve exhibited from his collections of historical photographs, Lost Graveyards of Ireland (2017) and A Landscape For Yourself (2018).
Among other things, we talked about his painting, the IRA, angsty poetry, and...the world's oldest maternity hospital!
00:00 START05:26 Drink 1: Irish Coffee
12:28 Reading 1: chase & fight in Dublin
17:53 The Rotunda, world's oldest maternity hospital
23:55 Why the Irish give Dublin's statues...interesting...names
25:52 Tales of the IRA
33:01 Drink 2: The Love and Murder
38:21 Reading 2: Murder on the Alpha Centauri Express
42:07 On marketing
43:07 From high school dropout to a masters in classical history to sci-fi!
48:28 Drink 3: The Mission Impossible
51:57 Reading 3: Dr. Vantastic
55:43 Steve's many genres
Visit our PATREON for our extended AFTER HOURS with Stephen Downes
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If you enjoy our interviews or have benefitted from them, we invite you to help us continue our work. It takes a great deal of time and money to produce Books and Brews. We’ve been doing interviews since January 2017 as a free service to authors. We continue to promote those authors on our social media for years after their interviews. Subscribing, following, liking, commenting and sharing all help us to keep doing what we do.
A $5 tip helps us pay for our many expenses: Libsyn hosting, web hosting, Google meets, providing the drinks for the interview and the many hours of preparation and editing that go into each episode.
Patreon: patreon.com/BooksandBrewswithLauraVosika Tip Jar: paypal.me/booksandbrewsMN * Books and Brews products: https://www.zazzle.com/store/books_an… (more to come) Sponsor an episode to promote your product or service: contact us [email protected]COMING NEXT MONTH:
Michael C. Keith, author of poetry, memoir, short stories, and novelsUPCOMING EVENTS:
Gabriel's Horn is accepting submissions for its anthology NEW THEMES: MUSIC; FAITH. Laura will be at the Southern Festival of Books in Nashville, TN on October 26 and 27 See Laura's interview at Central Valley Talk See Laura's interview with Rob & Joan Carter at INDIE NOVEL SOURCEOur theme music is from www.bensound.com.
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Kathy Murray is a certified personal trainer with over thirty years’ experience in the fitness industry. She is a graduate of The Ohio State University where she was a member of the 1983 National Cheerleading Championship Team. After college she competed in and won the United States Aerobic Championship in 1986 and spent the year traveling the world as a Fitness Ambassador and worked as a free-lance educator to teach fitness to European Instructors.
While in Munich, she coached the Munich Cowboys (American Football) Cheerleaders to six national titles in cheerleading and was head trainer/translator for the German Gladiators during a pilot TV show for the International Gladiators. Kathy has owned her personal training business Fit Bodies for 25 years and in 2022 co-authored the Audible book, The Munich Cowboy Cheerleaders based upon her true story of her time coaching the squad. She has recently released it in both paperback and ebook formats. In her spare time she is a competitive triathlete which she has been enjoying for 20 plus years now. She lives in Atlanta with her husband Lutalo, dog Mingus and cat Sassy.
We talked a lot about the impact of travel, experiencing other cultures, and learning languages, in addition to cheerleading and Kathy's time as a coach.
Kathy's Readings:
00:00 Start
08:40 The Competition Starts!
29:40 Speeding Ticket--AGAIN!
48:45 Conflict with Dad (or...Following Our Dreams)
Chris's Cocktail Pairings:
06:35 The Cheerleader
26:35 The Speeding Ticket
46:12 Grumpy Old man
Interview Highlights:
20:15 Life Lessons from Cheerleading and Band
22:00 The Importance of Fitness and Other Thoughts on Exercise
35:50 Other Countries' Attitudes Toward Foreigners and Americans
41:11 Overcoming the Language Barrier
54:20 Doing What You Love
55:54 Friendship with a Celebrity and Traveling the World
Visit our PATREON for our extended AFTER HOURS with KATHY MURRAY
COMING NEXT MONTH:
Steve Downes, Irish author, poet, and children's writerUPCOMING EVENTS:
Gabriel's Horn is accepting submissions for its anthology NEW THEMES: MUSIC; FAITH. Laura will be at the Southern Festival of Books in Nashville, TN on October 26 and 27 See Laura's interview at Central Valley Talk See Laura's interview with Rob & Joan Carter at INDIE NOVEL SOURCEOur theme music is from www.bensound.com.
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Like any good soldier’s son, Frank Warner moved with his family from fort to fort, accepted each change, and was ready to move again. Then, in 1960, Frank’s father was ordered to Fort Huachuca (WahCHOOka), Arizona. This was the fifth Army post of Frank’s childhood, the first place he never wanted to leave. So when his father was ordered to Vietnam in 1963, sending Frank and the rest of the family to Pennsylvania, the uprooting wasn’t easy. Frank’s book, “Tumbleeweed Forts: Adventures of an Army Brat,” describes the joys of living in Fort Huachuca, and the heartache of leaving it behind.
Tune in for a fun conversation and great cocktails, including in red, white, and blue for July!
Frank's Readings:
00:00 Start
10:02 A Bike Race on Base!
30:57 Atomic Dollars
47:01 Leaving Huachuca
Chris's Cocktail Pairings:
06:11 Red, White, and Blue
25:40 The Atomic Cocktail
44:09 Goodbye Sunshine
Interview Highlights:
19:10 This plane is on fii--ire!
23:29 Why Huachuaca? Why it was magical
35:02 Silver Dollars and Stories on Atomic Testing
38:34 Private Jones' Buried Treasure & the Scientist with Alien Technology
43:31 How Tombstone got its Name
50:15 Finding Old Friends
52:12 Dad going to Vietnam, Saving the Ashes
Visit our PATREON for our extended AFTER HOURS with FRANK WARNER
COMING NEXT MONTH:
Devrie Donalson, comedian and authorUPCOMING EVENTS:
Gabriel's Horn is accepting submissions for its anthology NEW THEMES: MUSIC; FAITH Laura will be selling her books, premium rabbit fertilizer, herbs & more at the Morristown Farmer's Market, 130 W Morris Boulevard, Morristown, TN on July 5, starting at 5 pm. Laura will be at the Southern Festival of Books in Nashville, TN on October 26 and 27 See Laura's interview at Central Valley Talk See Laura's interview with Rob & Joan Carter at INDIE NOVEL SOURCEOur theme music is from www.bensound.com.
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Sharon Bennett Connolly is the best-selling British author of several non-fiction history books. A Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, Sharon has studied history academically and just for fun – and has even worked as a tour guide at a castle. She also writes the popular history blog, www.historytheinteresngbits.com and co-hosts the podcast A Slice of Medieval, alongside historical novelist Derek Birks.
Sharon regularly gives talks on women's history, for historical groups, fesvals and in schools; her book Silk and the Sword: The Women of the Norman Conquest, is a recommended text for teaching the Norman Conquest in the Naonal Curriculum. She is a feature writer for All About History and Living Medieval magazines and her TV work includes Australian Television's Who Do You Think You Are?
Tune in for a fun conversation and great beer!
Sharon's Readings:
00:00 Start
11:16 The Young Bride's First Duties
29:12 Stephen's Coronation
46:43 Matilda at the Helm
Chris's Cocktail Pairings:
08:01 The Nikolaschka from Germany
26: The Mourning Cocktail
43:39 Belgian Brownie
Interview Highlights:
15:21 The Wreck of the White Ship: a king's tragedy
21:33 How oppressed were women in medieval times?
24:06 How a British author ended up on Australian TV
31:33 Widows and abbeys: the real reason
38:17 Why history is important (and a real-life vampire!)
51:50 Women, Leadership, and Leading Warriors
54:43 Do we ever learn from history?
COMING NEXT MONTH:
Like any good soldier’s son, Frank Warner moved with his family from fort to fort, accepted each change, and was ready to move again. Then, in 1960, Frank’s father was ordered to Fort Huachuca (WahCHOOka), Arizona. This was the fifth Army post of Frank’s childhood, the first place he never wanted to leave. So when his father was ordered to Vietnam in 1963, sending Frank and the rest of the family to Pennsylvania, the uprooting wasn’t easy. Frank’s book, “Tumbleeweed Forts: Adventures of an Army Brat,” describes the joys of living in Fort Huachuca, and the heartache of leaving it behind.
UPCOMING EVENTS:
Gabriel's Horn is accepting submissions for its anthology NEW THEMES: MUSIC; FAITH Laura will be selling her books, premium rabbit fertilizer & more at the Morristown Farmer's Market, 130 W Morris Boulevar, Morristown, TN on July 5. Laura will be at the Southern Festival of Books in Nashville, TN on October 26 and 27 See Laura's interview at Central Valley Talk See Laura's interview with Rob & Joan Carter at INDIE NOVEL SOURCEOur theme music is from www.bensound.com.
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Robert Heath grew up in different places around the world, beginning in Japan in the late ‘40s. Robert and his eight siblings followed the assignments of their father, a sergeant in the U.S. Army. He ultimately became an educator for 37 years, serving all grade levels from Pre-K through doctoral programs in South and North Carolina. He now lives in the mountains of NC, where he loves writing and hiking. You can find him at face book at BratBob3of9
We talk about Bob's adventures growing up in Taiwan, Japan, Germany and the United States, with one sister and seven brothers, life as a military brat, the fun of large families and lots of boys and the antics kids get up to behind mom's back, U.S. history, bullying...and the day Bob was captured by Chiang Kai-Shek's soldiers and brought face with the military leader himself!
Tune in for a fun conversation and great beer!Bob's Readings:
00:00 Start
08:56 How About a Date?
25:54 Swinging
43:03 Captured by Enemy Soldiers!
Chris's Beer Pairings:
07:52 Bell's Smitten
23:29 Masthead's Tire Swing
39:54 Great Leap's The Hidden General
Interview Highlights:
12:36 How Bob's mother asked out his future mother-in-law
14:47 The stories mom never knew about--and how they led to a book
18:49 US history through personal experience
33:27 Americans in Japan two years after Hiroshima
36:26 Culture shock on returning to your own country
48:40 Do military parents make a point of not talking politics with brats?
51:16 Wild and free: military life or the times?
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Sharon Bennett Connolly has been fascinated by history for over 40 years and was recently elected as a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, ‘in recognition of your contribution to historical scholarship.’ She’s studied history academically and just for fun and even worked as a tour guide at historical sites.
One Christmas her husband gave her…a blog – and she hasn’t looked back. The blog has given her the chance to share the history she loves – the stories themselves, and the places they happened.
And in 2017 she completed her first non-fiction book, Heroines of the Medieval World.UPCOMING EVENTS:
· Gabriel's Horn is accepting submissions for its anthology NEW THEMES: MUSIC; FAITH
· Laura will be selling her books, premium rabbit fertilizer & more at the Morristown Farmer's Market, 130 W Morris Boulevar, Morristown, TN on May 10, June 7, and July 5.
· See Laura's interview at Central Valley Talk
· See Laura's interview with Rob & Joan Carter at INDIE NOVEL SOURCE
Our theme music is from www.bensound.com.
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J.S. Absher is a poet, memoirist, and independent scholar. As a teetotaler—he is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints—he can’t add much insight into brews, but he can hold his own when it comes to books.
Stan’s first full-length book of poetry, Mouth Work (St. Andrews University Press) won the 2015 Lena Shull Award from the North Carolina Poetry Society. Stan’s second full-length book of poetry, Skating Rough Ground, was published in 2022 by Kelsay Press.
Poems have recently been published or accepted by The McNeese Review, Mormon Lit Blitz, Triggerfish Critical Review, Irreantum, and Tar River Review and have won awards from BYU Studies Quarterly and the journal Dialogue. His poems have been nominated four times for the Pushcart Prize and twice for Best of the Net. He has also published an annotated editions of two memoirs written in the late 19th century by Ida Crumpler Beard.
Stan has two prose projects under way.
His father killed himself in December 1977. Earlier that year he was a whistleblower in a government investigation of the bank where he worked. The confidential information he handed on widened the scope of the investigation and led to the arrest and conviction of the bank’s CEO and two other executives and the firing of several other employees. This turmoil, on top of his already unstable mental state, contributed to his death. Stan’s account of these events is based on his father’s memoirs and letters, more than a hundred newspaper articles, his own journal, and the memoirs of another participant. Outside those directly concerned, it is now a minor story, but it connects in interesting ways with the Watergate scandal and other major events. Stan’s memoir of these events will include poems he’s written and published over many years.
Stan is also currently researching and writing about the history of North Carolina immediately before the imposition of Jim Crow, focusing on fifty African American men who were arrested in 1895 for their efforts to stop a lynching in Winston-Salem, a lynching that thankfully did not occur. Stan is trying to understand who they were—their jobs and professions, their backgrounds, their kinship and social networks (to the extent they can be determined), and what happened to them afterwards. Stan’s interest in this event was sparked by the one-sided account in Ida Beard’s memoir mentioned above.
Absher lives in Raleigh, NC, with his wife Patti. His work in poetry and prose can be followed on www.jsabsherpoetry.com.Stan's Readings:
00:00 Start
08:12 The Pear Tree and Remembering Clara
23:06 What I Knew and When
43:09 Building a Wall
Chris's Cocktail Pairings:
04:21 Brazilian Lime Aid
20:53 The Marigold
40:40 White Peach
Interview Highlights:16:35 The business of being a poet
19:07 Travels to France, Belize, and Taiwan
30:36 Blowing the Whistle: family issues and corporate greed
35:11 Links to the Nixon scandal
40:46 How ancient Rome influenced a poem
50:01 From The Deserted Wife to a thwarted lynching and Jim Crow
COMING NEXT MONTH: Manswell T. Peterson has endured many challenges in his life. He decided to put those experiences to good use by writing novels as an adult. He is founder of OmegaMan Publishing & Manswell Peterson Studios. He has written at least fourteen books since 2012. Escape to the Locrottum Universe – a modern fantasy world where royal drama, tyranny, and misunderstandings run rampant! www.locrottumuniverse.com
UPCOMING EVENTS:
· Gabriel's Horn is accepting submissions for its anthology NEW THEMES: MUSIC; FAITH
· Laura will be selling her books, premium rabbit fertilizer & more at the Morristown Farmer's Market, 130 W Morris Boulevar, Morristown, TN on April 13, June 7, and July 5, noon to 5 pm
· See Laura's interview at Central Valley Talk
· See Laura's interview with Rob & Joan Carter at INDIE NOVEL SOURCE
Our theme music is from www.bensound.com.
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Theresa Halvorsen has a “don’t tell me I can’t do that,” attitude about life and is an author, publisher, editor, and YouTuber. She’s overly-caffeinated and at times, wine-soaked. The author of multiple cross-genre works, including Warehouse Dreams, Lost Aboard and River City Widows, Theresa wonders what sleep is. She’s the owner of No Bad Books Press and one of the hosts of the popular YouTube channel, the Semi-Sages of the Pages.
In whatever free time is left, (ha!) Theresa enjoys board games, concerts, geeky conventions, and reading. Her life goal is to give "Oh-My-Gosh-This-Book-Is-So-Good!" happiness to her readers.
She lives in Temecula with her husband, her adult children, their partners (she has no idea who actually lives in her house and who’s just visiting) and many pets. Find her at www.theresaHauthor.com and on Tiktok and Facebook.
Theresa's Readings:
· Wonderland's Mad Queen – 8:57
· River City Widows, Chapter 1 – 23:52
· Riding the El – 42:55
Chris's Cocktail Pairings:
· Queen of Hearts (paired to Wonderlands' Mad Queen) – 7:20
· River City (paired to River City Widows, Chapter 1) – 21:41
· The El (paired to Riding the El) – 40:21
Interview Highlights:· Building a career as an indie author – 15:08
· The Dad's Playbook to Labor and Delivery – 16:09
· The ghost at Lochranza Castle – 31:36
· PTSD: victimization, responsibility, blame and trauma – 36:07
· Stories of portals: are we seeking escape? – 48:40
· Houses as inspiration – 52:00
COMING NEXT MONTH: J.S. Absher is a poet, memoirist, and independent scholar. As a teetotaler—he is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints—he can’t add much insight into brews, but he can hold his own when it comes to books.
Stan’s first full-length book of poetry, Mouth Work (St. Andrews University Press) won the 2015 Lena Shull Award from the North Carolina Poetry Society. Stan’s second full-length book of poetry, Skating Rough Ground, was published in 2022 by Kelsay Press.
Poems have recently been published or accepted by The McNeese Review, Mormon Lit Blitz, Triggerfish Critical Review, Irreantum, and Tar River Review and have won awards from BYU Studies Quarterly and the journal Dialogue. His poems have been nominated four times for the Pushcart Prize and twice for Best of the Net. He has also published an annotated editions of two memoirs written in the late 19th century by Ida Crumpler Beard.
He currently has two more projects underway.UPCOMING EVENTS:
· Gabriel's Horn is accepting submissions for its anthology NEW THEMES: MUSIC; FAITH
· Laura will be selling her books, premium rabbit fertilizer & more at the Morristown Farmer's Market, 130 W Morris Boulevar, Morristown, TN on April 13, June 7, and July 5
· See Laura's interview at Central Valley Talk
· See Laura's interview with Rob & Joan Carter at INDIE NOVEL SOURCE
· Theresa will be at Wondercon in Anaheim: March 29-31
· LA Festival of Books: April 20-21
· Comic-Con Revolution in Ontario: May 18-19
· Comic-Con San Diego: July 25-28
Our theme music is from www.bensound.com.
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Peter is the Author of 30 books, fiction and non-fiction and published on 4 continents.
He is a resident expert and regular of Top 50 USA radio and TV markets including Fox, CBS, ABC, ESPN, Coast to Coast, iHeart and over 100 major radio and TV networks.Peter is a multi-award-winning, director, cinematographer, actor and producer on 7 continents
Peter has written more than 800 articles (self-help and fiction) appearing in major news media world- wide
He has been a university professor for 28 years, as well as being a psychologist, specializing in criminal psychology, sports psychology and addiction studies.www.peterandrewsacco.com
Peter's Readings:
· Gummer, the World's Last Toothless Vampire – 8:20
· Meeting a Vampire Actor – 27:43
· A Haunted Air BnB – 42:33
Chris's Cocktail Pairings:
· Bloody Maru (paired to Gummer) – 5:57
· Love Bite (paired to Meeting a Vampire Actor) – 26:00
· The Haunted Mansion (paired to A Haunted Air BnB) – 39:45
Interview Highlights:· Jack the Ripper/criminal profiling – 15:40
· Music or criminal psychology? – 22:09
· Adventuring in Antarctica!? – 31:53
· Why are we drawn to vampires & zombies? – 34:03
· From author to TV show host – 47:17
· Scariest things seen--and why Peter quit the TV show – 48:29
COMING NEXT MONTH: Theresa Halvorsen is the author to the Dad’s Playbook to Labor and Delivery and Warehouse Dreams and countless articles on pregnancy, birth and parenting. But her true love is speculative fiction.
Theresa enjoys interacting with other writers and helps to produce a writing Podcast called the Semi Sages of the Pages She co-runs a writer’s group in Temecula that meets once a month, and belongs to various critique groups.UPCOMING EVENTS:
· Gabriel's Horn is accepting submissions for its anthology NEW THEME: MUSIC
· Laura will be selling her books, premium rabbit fertilizer & knit goods at Overhome Trading Post in ThornHill Tennessee, February 10, 2024
· See Laura's interview at Central Valley Talk
Our theme music is from www.bensound.com.
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Stephanie Sanders-Jacob is an author and artist from Sandusky, Ohio. Her alien abduction novel, Singing All the Way Up, debuted with No Bad Books Press in July 2023. Her short fiction has been featured by Books of Horror, Hearth & Coffin, Mixer, Mosaic, and Ether Arts. You can find her online at www.sandersjacob.com and her artwork at www.rabbitandrain.com
Things were better before I killed my dad – 8:28 Airship, 1897 – 28:51 Running from the fighting – 44:50
Stephanie's Readings:Chris's Cocktail Pairings:
Freak Show (paired to Things were better before I killed my dad)– 6:18 Aviation (paired to Airship, 1897) – 25:35 International Incident (paired to Running from the fighting) – 42:32Interview Highlights:
Was Laura really abducted? Seeking truth in our own lives – 14:19 A story about UFOs — with universal themes – 15:36 Watershed years: coincidence...or more? – 31:26 Scientific theories on UFOs: Jung vs Vallee – 33:36 Stephanie’s alien/UFO inspired jewelry – 39:25 Family, relationships, kindness, truth – 49:31COMING NEXT MONTH: Peter Sacco, award-winning film producer, director, writer on 7 continents!
UPCOMING EVENTS:
Gabriel's Horn is accepting submissions for its anthology NEW THEME: MUSIC. See www.gabrielshornpress.com/poetry-anthologyLaura —
Overhome Trading Post, February 10, 2024. See author page for details. www.facebook.com/laura.vosika.author
Books by multiple authors for saleStephanie —
Punk Rock Flea Market Lorain: 4/28 at the soccer sportsplex in North Olmsted Punk Rock Flea Market Akron: 5/4 at the summit county fairgrounds Norwalk Public Library: date to be announcedFind us at —
www.booksandbrews.net www.lauravosika.com www.aperfectpint.netOur theme music is from www.bensound.com.
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M. B. (Michael) Zucker has been interested in storytelling for as long as he can remember. He devoted himself to historical fiction at fifteen and earned his B.A. at Occidental College and his J.D. at Case Western Reserve University School of Law. He lives in Virginia with his family. He is the author of four novels: The Eisenhower Chronicles, A Great Soldier in the Last Great War, Theodore Roosevelt and the Hunt for the Liopleurodon, and The Middle Generation: A Novel of John Quincy Adams and the Monroe Doctrine. Among his honors is the Best Fictional Biography Award at the 2023 BookFest.
www.mbzucker.com
Michael's Readings:
Meeting the Elder Adams – 8:53 The Holy Alliance – 27:53 JQA Helps an Enslaved Woman – 42:46Chris's Cocktail Pairings:
Old Gimlet Eye (paired to Meeting the Elder Adams)– 6:03 Hot Ale Flip (paired to The Holy Alliance) – 23:56 Mint Julep – 38:29Interview Highlights:
Parents and pressure to be president – 17:17 Can our country unite? – 21:50 Writing and publishing from age 14 – 20:05 Summing up the Monroe Doctrine – 33:03 Founding Fathers' intentions regarding slavery – 47:21 How JQA spent a night in the snow to find his brilliant idea – 52:06COMING NEXT MONTH: Theresa Halvorsen, paranormal and pregnancy!
UPCOMING EVENTS: Gabriel's Horn is accepting submissions for its anthology NEW THEME: MUSIC
Our theme music is from www.bensound.com.
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MJ Williams is the pen-name for the writing duo, Peggy Joque Williams and Mary Joy Johnson. Peggy is a freelance writer and book editor.
A retired elementary school teacher, Peggy has taught creative writing classes and workshops for Madison College and the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Department of Continuing Studies. She is a member of the Women’s Fiction Writers Association, Sisters in Crime, and the Wisconsin Writers Association.She will be debuting her first solo historical novel, Courting the Sun: A Novel of Versailles, next May (2024), to be published by Black Rose Writing.
Mary Joy is a retired professor of writing.
Together they co-wrote and independently published two mystery novels centering on Emily and Stan Remington who travel the country in their RV -- On the Road to Death’s Door, a Wisconsin Library Association award winner, and On the Road to Where the Bells Toll.
MJ's Readings:
Surprise in the Rug – 11:29 An Explosive Fourth of July – 27:26 Calamity at Storrow Bridge – 43:10Chris's Cocktail Pairings:
When the Kids are Away (paired to Surprise in the Rug) – 8:39 Blue Independence (paired to An Explosive Fourth of July) – 24:10 The Boston (paired to Calamity at Storrow Bridge) – 39:43Interview Highlights:
How Non-RVers came to write about RVing – 16:45 Writing as a team – 19:50 Is Pelltier based on…? – 23:10 Using a historic event in fiction – 34:02 RV horror stories – 50:30 Daughters of the King – 53:10COMING NEXT MONTH: MB Zucker, author of political and historical fiction
UPCOMING EVENTS: Gabriel's Horn is accepting submissions for its anthology NEW THEME: MUSIC
Our theme music is from www.bensound.com.
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RALPH JARRELLS became an author after retirement from more than four decades in marketing, advertising, and publishing, much of it in senior executive positions. He writes mostly historical fiction with religious themes. His first book was published August 4, 2017 when he was 75—a great example that you’re never too old to start a new chapter in your life.
His firth book, The Essential Last Supper debuted this month.
Ralph's Readings:
· Three Kings – 11:55
· A Lady and a Pirate – 41:05
· Fighting Like a Little Girl – 46:55
Chris’s Pairings:
· Goliath (paired to Three Kings) – 9:06
· Sweet Tea and Vodka (paired to A Lady and a Pirate) – 31:35
· Rum and Grog (paired to Fighting Like a Little Girl) – 46:55
Interview Highlights:
· Did Jesus & Judas know each other in Egypt? – 18:10
· Did he really do it for the money? – 21:48
· Lady vs Pirate – 41:05
· From the Bible to piracy – 42:31
COMING NEXT MONTH: MJ Williams, the sister-in-law mystery-writing team
UPCOMING EVENTS:
· Gabriel’s Horn is accepting submissions for its anthology. This year’s theme is: MUSIC
Our theme music is from www.bensound.com
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DAN COONAN has worn many hats through the years – Conference Commissioner, Athletic Director, CEO, Attorney, Novelist, Senior Congressional Campaign Advisor, Fundraiser, Nonprofit Chairman of the Board, College Adjunct Professor, Political Essayist, Youth Sports Coach, Bartender, Batting Practice Pitcher, Wedding Officiant, Dock Talk Facilitator, devoted husband and father.
His books are Presidential Spirits: Part history lesson, part magical realism these well-researched books imagine conversations of all 45 presidents in a saloon stocked with any drink you want, located above the private quarters of the White House and accessible only to presidents - and a few colorful wait staff- through a secret portal.
Dan's Readings:
· First Night in the Secret Saloon – 9:58
· Teddy Roosevelt: a soft easy life is not worth living – 28:20
· FDR on Churchill – 48:13
Chris’s Pairings:
· Manhattan (paired to First Night in the Secret Saloon) – 6:40
· Old Fashioned (paired to Teddy Roosevelt) – 25:29
· Bohemian (paired to FDR on Churchill) – 43:25
Interview Highlights:
· Beyond the basic plots – 14:50
· Author as main character – 21:49
· What would you ask presidents? – 23:58
· Carrie Nation axing the bars – 32:03
· CAN we come together? – 34:35
· Finding the positive in others – 53:07
COMING NEXT MONTH: Ralph Jarrels, religious-based fiction, Jesus and Judas, Best Friends Forever
UPCOMING EVENTS:
· Gabriel’s Horn is accepting submissions for its anthology. This year’s theme is: MUSIC
Our theme music is from www.bensound.com
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KAREN ESSEX is an award winning, bestselling author of six books including Leonardo’s Swans & Stealing Athena. She has recently co-written a pilot based on her two-volume novel, Kleopatra, for Netflix, which Lauren Hissrich, creator of The Witcher franchise, will executive produce. She adapted Anne Rice’s The Mummy for James Cameron and Fox Studios and collaborated on adapting her novel Dracula in Love as a series for A&E Studios & Lifetime.
She just completed a historical novel about the fabulous Gabor sisters, the first global fashion and glamour influencers, and she's determined to enjoy her summer.
Karen's Readings:
· The Great Egyptian Parade –
· Seeking the Cat Killer –
· The Gabors in Desperate Times –
Chris’s Pairings:
· Winter Wine (paired to The Great Egyptian Parade) –
· Honey Mint Whiskey Smash (paired to Seeking the Cat Killer) –
· Forget Me Not (paired to The Gabors in Desperate Times) –
Interview Highlights:
· The importance of research –
· Cleopatra (Kleopatra) vs Liz Taylor –
· From costume design to VP of production! –
· Evil in the world–or evil in us? –
· The many marriages of the Gabor sisters –
· Alexandria in the Bay –
COMING NEXT MONTH: Dan Coonan, Presidential Spirits in which our 45th president
UPCOMING EVENTS:
· Gabriel's Horn is accepting submissions for its anthology. This year's theme is: MUSIC
· Check out Karen's upcoming trip with readers to the Italian sites in Leonardo's Swans
Our theme music is from www.bensound.com
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Military brat, voracious reader, and now writing books in her favorite genre, Patty Perrin who writes as PTL Perrin grew up in Europe and speaks several languages. A misfit by any account, Patty shares her love for people, Native cultures, our amazing world, alien encounters, astounding mysteries, and the Creator of it all in her writing.
Author of Reflections of a Misfit, an inspirational collection of faith journey snippets, and the four-book TetraPhere series, Patty is working on another YA Scifi/Fantasy series. She enjoys living in Florida and loves her husband and her large and diverse family.
Patty’s Readings:
· The Warning – 9:30
· Terra’s Call: Jewel – 25:10
· Reflections of a Misfit – 39:56
Chris’s Pairings:
· Mind Eraser (paired to The Warning) – 6:49
· Chocolate Raspberry Martini (paired to Terra’s Call: Jewel) – 22:20
· Summer on Corfu (paired to Reflections of a Misfit) – 38:18
Interview Highlights:
· Tetrachromats – 12:00
· Atlantis – 15:13
· A Night at Frankenstein's Castle – 31:46
· Best Marketing Practices – 34:35
· Mutli-lingual and...a new island? – 44:45
· Advice to Misfits – 48:19
COMING NEXT MONTH: Karen Essex, international best-selling author of historical fiction and more
UPCOMING EVENTS:
· Gabriel's Horn is accepting submissions for its anthology. This year's theme is: MUSIC
· Laura will be giving a Pub Talk at the Kitchi-Gammi Club in Duluth
Our theme music is from www.bensound.com
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This month at Books & Brews, with Michael on sabbatical, Laura and Dr. Chris Powell visit Hoops Brewery in Duluth, MN. We talked with Bjorn Erickson, one of the brewers about brewing...and books. Bjorn had a great story about how he got from earning a degree in German to brewing beer. We talked about the blending of science and artistry, the hard parts of being a brewer, and the reasons Bjorn loves his job, and the numerous books and genres Bjorn reads.
If you're in Duluth, we highly recommend stopping at Hoops Brewery, a family friendly place with lots of games for families and kids. You can bring your own food or get pretzels from Hoops with lots of great sauces.
Hoops BreweryThe Beer We Drank:
Laura -- 88 Stout Chris -- 5050 Hefeweizen Bjorn -- 889 Cream AleInterview Highlights:
Lake Superior, granite, and brewing -- 4:07 The road from a degree in German to brewing -- 8:45 On becoming a brewer -- 10:00 Telling a story with beer -- 14:08 Reading in High Middle German -- 27:34 The tour begins -- 41:42COMING NEXT MONTH:
PTL Perrin is a military brat, voracious reader, and now writes books under the name PTL Perrin in her favorite genre, YA sci-fi/ fantasy. P.T.L. Perrin, grew up in Europe and speaks several languages.
UPCOMING EVENTS:
Gabriel’s Horn is accepting submissions for its anthology NEW THEME: MUSIC DTBD: Laura will be giving a Pub Talk at the Kitchi-Gami Club in Duluth, MN Kitchi Gammi Club | Duluth’s Premier Social ClubOur theme music is from www.bensound.com.
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I grew up in Scotland, graduating from Edinburgh University with a degree in genetics. Back then, genetics was all about statistics and probability. So, I became a statistician until I took up the more chancy career of writing children’s books. Exploring the Insect World was published nearly 50 years ago. I then switched to time-slip fantasies and historical fiction. I’ve written nature-activity books, biographies, and more books about insects, which I now look on as my true calling. I married an entomologist. When you share your home, and sometimes your refrigerator, with insects you realize they need an advocate in our world!
Margaret J. Anderson - Homepage (peak.org)Margaret’s Readings:
· Dung Beetle/Scarab Beetle – 12:16
· Ollie Falls into Another Time – 26:52
· Saving the Duck or Destroying Books? – 42:12
Michael’s Beer Pairings:
· Egyptian Process Brew, British Museum and Alpha Beta Brewery ([paired to Dung Beetle] – 8:27
· Belhaven Scottish Ale, Belhaven Brewery Company Ltd. (paired to Ollie Falls into Another Time) – 24:42
· Skull Splitter, Orkney Brewery (paired to Saving the Duck) – 40:37
Interview Highlights:
· Making the study of dung beetles INTERESTING! – 15:48
· Where did those character's names come from!? – 20:20
· Thoughts on Smailholm being restored since In the Keep of Time was written. – 31:07
· Why are we drawn to switching identities? – 35:21
· What really happened to Danny Duck? – 45:35
· Taking things in stride as an adult...good or bad? – 47:17
COMING NEXT MONTH: While Michael takes a hiatus, Laura and Chris will visit a local brewery.
UPCOMING EVENTS:
· Gabriel's Horn is accepting submissions for its anthology NEW THEME: MUSIC
· DTBD: Laura will be giving a Pub Talk at the Kitchi-Gami Club in Duluth, MN Kitchi Gammi Club | Duluth’s Premier Social Club
Our theme music is from www.bensound.com.
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Born and raised in west Michigan, Sharlene MacLaren attended Spring Arbor University. Upon graduating with an education degree, she taught second grade for two years then accepted an invitation to travel internationally for a year with a singing ensemble. In1975, she returned to teaching and married her childhood sweetheart. They’ve raised two lovely daughters, both of whom are now happily married and enjoying their own families. Retired since 2003 after 31 years of teaching, “Shar” loves to read, sing, travel, and spend time with her family, in particular her wonderful, adorable grandchildren.
sharlenecaclaren.comSharlene's Readings:
· Dear Mr. Griffin – 9:30
· Calm Down! – 25:10
· Vandalism at the Church – 39:56
Michael’s Beer Pairings:
· Sapporo Black Beer, Sapporo Breweries Ltd. (paired to Dear Mr. Griffin) – 6:49
· Hitachino Nest White Ale, Kiuchi Brewery (paired to Calm Down!) – 22:20
· Graffiti IPA, Dry County Brewing Company (paired to Vandalism at the Church) – 38:18
Interview Highlights:· Can secrets ever really be kept? – 15:46
· The decision never to write historical fiction--how did it go! – 17:40
· From passing stories in high school to writing professionally. – 19:27
· Differing experiences with anti-Japanese prejudice after WWII – 30:39
· International singing tour! – 36:22
· Do we step down for all our mistakes? – 44:30
COMING NEXT MONTH: Margaret J. Anderson author of children's novels, the time travel that inspired Laura's own books, and non-fiction about bugs
UPCOMING EVENTS:
· Gabriel's Horn is accepting submissions for its anthology NEW THEME: MUSIC
· Laura will be selling her books AND chicken eggs (some so big the cartons can't shut) at Hoops Brewing for the first four Saturdays of April.
· Laura will be giving a Pub Talk at the Kitchi-Gammi Club in Duluth
Our theme music is from www.bensound.com.
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