Charlotte Readers Podcast

Apr 16 2024
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This is the Beyond 300 version of the podcast where hosts Landis Wade, Hannah Larrew, and Sarah Archer recommend books they've read, interview and feature talented authors (local, regional, national, and international), discuss writing and book marketing topics, and engage with listeners. It's a place where readers and writers can be entertained, learn about good books to read, and enjoy conversations with authors about their stories and the craft and business of writing. The show offers a variety of literary work and diverse voices in a laid-back style. Show notes, images and links are available at charlottereaderspodcast.com.

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“Between Two Trailers” is a Survival Story: How a Preschool Drug Dealer Became a Duke Divinity School Graduate

Apr 16 2024 47 mins  
In this episode 387, we feature Dana Trent and her memoir, Between Two Trailers, a powerful story about a girl who escapes her childhood as a preschool drug dealer in rural Indiana, to become a graduate of Duke Divinity School. Publishers Weekly calls the memoir a “blend of grit and hope.” Other reviews invoke the phrases: “luscious prose,” “ludicrously good plot,” “u

Katherine Faulkner Weaves Murder, Class, and Motherhood Together in Twisty New Mystery Novel

Apr 09 2024 43 mins  
In this episode 386, we feature Katherine Faulkner, an award-winning journalist, studied history at Cambridge. She has worked as an investigative reporter and an editor and was formerly the joint Head of News at The Times (London). She lives in London, where she grew up, with her husband and two daughters. She is the author of The Other Mothers and Greenwich Park. Show discussion

M. Scott Douglass Takes Us on an 8000 Mile Role in His Motorcycle Travel Memoir

Apr 02 2024 41 mins  
In this episode 385, we feature M. Scott Douglass, acclaimed writer and publisher/managing editor at Main Street Rag Publishing Company, and his memoir, “8000 Mile Roll,” a story about a motorcycle adventure across America. Joseph Bathanti, former North Carolina Poet Laureate, says it is impossible to read the memoir “and not conjure Steppenwolf’s ‘Born to Be Wild,” the

Writing, Publishing, and Book Marketing Lessons Learned from Bestselling Authors

Mar 26 2024 58 mins  
In this episode 384, Hannah, Sarah, and Landis share a wealth of writing advice from writers interviewed in the first four years of the podcast, with favorite quotes and takeaways from all eight books in The Write Quotes series. We cover a variety of topics from finding inspiration and writing techniques to publishing and marketing your finished book. Today’s Featured Topics

The Fireballer is a Poignant Story of Hopes and Dreams and an Ode to Baseball

Mar 19 2024 45 mins  
In this episode 383, on the cusp of Major League Baseball’s opening day, we feature award-winning author Mark Stevens and his novel, The Fireballer, a poignant story about hopes, dreams, and how far one man’s talents takes him before he realizes it’s about what you do — and how you do it. Named one of the Best Baseball Books of the Year in 2023 by Spitball, the Baseball Lit

Exploring Addiction in Joe Clifford’s “Gritty” Psychological Thriller

Mar 12 2024 46 mins  
In this episode 382, we welcome award-winning author Joe Clifford, and discuss his new psychological thriller, All Who Wander. Clifford’s work has been praised as “taut, pacey and with a powerful sense of pace...” by celebrated mystery writer, Paula Hawkins, and Anthony- nominated author E.A. Ayman calls his latest “gritty, compelling, and fearless… a powerful read.” To

Pulling the Curtain Back on How Literary Agents Work

Mar 05 2024 68 mins  
In this episode 381, we have a special feature for writers (or curious readers): a double interview with two literary agents about the business and process of being an agent for authors. Jamie Chambliss of Folio Literary Management and Kristina Sutton Lennon of Focused Artists share a behind-the-scenes glimpse at what it is like to work with a literary agent and how they do their w

Rekindling an Old Friendship Unravels Secrets in Sarahlyn Bruck’s Light of the Fire

Feb 27 2024 39 mins  
In this episode 380, we feature Philadelphia author Sarahlyn Bruck, and her latest novel, Light of the Fire, which is both a mystery and exploration of the landscape of friendship between two people over time. A. J. Banner, #1 Kindle, Publishers Weekly, and USA Today bestselling author, calls Light of Fire “[a] deftly crafted, moving novel of friendship and family, the weight of

New Poetry from AE Hines Finds Meaning in the Everyday

Feb 20 2024 42 mins  
In this episode 379, we feature Adam in the Garden, the second collection from acclaimed local poet AE Hines. These poems touch on everything from current events and climate change to sexuality and relationships to the beauty of small moments in one’s own home or backyard. Pulitzer finalist Dorianne Laux calls Hines “a poet willing to risk sentimentality without collapsing into

Finding Beauty in the Gray: Stories and Verse From the Third Age

Feb 13 2024 50 mins  
In this episode 378, we feature Hugh Willard, a psychotherapist, singer-songwriter, and author with a career spanning more than thirty years, and his book “Finding Beauty in the Gray: Stories and Verse From the Third Age,” which Kirkus Reviews calls “a thoughtful, upbeat, and accessible…primer on understanding and enjoying middle age.” The book is filled with stories, ess