Speak Up Talk Radio Network

Oct 30 2024 269 ep. 27 mins 93
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Speak Up Talk Radio Network brings you select podcast hosts, guest interviews, talk radio programming, and author services with a charitable twist. Network funds the pillowcase project to brighten the living spaces of women and children's homeless shelters.

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R.G. de Rouen Firebird Book Award Winner Author Interview

Oct 30 2024 31 mins  
R.G. de Rouen is a graduate of the Institute of Children’s Literature in Connecticut and writes fiction that inspires a love of reading with a pinch of humor along the way. Throughout his 25+ years as an elementary teacher throughout the world, he has also been an advocate of animal and nature protection which he brings into his nonfiction stories.Books For Benjamin, his fir

S.P. Somtow Firebird Book Award Winner Author Interview

Oct 24 2024 45 mins  
  Born in Bangkok, Somtow grew up in Europe and was educated at Eton and Cambridge. His first career was in music and in the 1970s he acquired a reputation as a revolutionary composer, the first to combine Thai and Western instruments in radical new sonorities. Conditions in the arts in the region at the time proved so traumatic for the young composer that he suffered a maj

Aurora Lothbrok Firebird Book Award Winner Author Interview

Oct 22 2024 26 mins  
Aurora Lothbrok was born and raised in Northern Minnesota. She began her lightsaber training at Michigan Tech, where she studied biology, and continued onward to the University of Iowa to study pharmacy. Her love of the outdoors and penchant for adventure took her north to Alaska, where she resides with her hubby, dog, and internet famous cats Nebula and Gamora (as seen in Newswe

Bill DeBarba Returns to Share his 2nd Edition – The Process of Living

Sep 12 2024 30 mins  
Bill DeBarba is a four-decade entrepreneur. He began the classic back- bedroom-office business, developing custom software for local companies. His company, BusinessWare Services, Inc. (BWSI), grew until he had a staff developing products and providing services to a base of loyal customers around the country. Over his 40 years of ownership and management, Bill DeBarba’s un

Marnie Maton Firebird Book Award Winner Author Interview

Aug 15 2024 29 mins  
A graduate of The George Washington University, Marnie is an award-winning global marketing executive and author who writes about leadership, strategic planning, and empowerment. Marnie knew she wanted to be a writer at the age of thirteen. In Vote for You: Take Your Seat at the Table, the pandemic inspired her to chronicle her journey as a woman and first-generation immigrant ch

David Grinnell Firebird Book Award Winner Author Interview

Aug 15 2024 38 mins  
David is a poet, author, and literary scholar from Cleveland, Ohio. He was born 1992 in Norfolk, Virginia, but grew up in the suburb of Bedford. In 2014 he attended Cleveland State University and graduated with his bachelors in English. Grinnell specializes in Romanticism, the Gothic, and draws inspiration from vulnerability. He reflects and portrays love alongside hope, melanch

Mark Shaiken Firebird Book Award Winner Author Interview

Aug 14 2024 27 mins  
  Mark lives with his wife Loren and their dog Emily in Denver, Colorado. He practiced commercial bankruptcy law for almost forty years before moving on in 2019 to write, volunteer, travel, and play music. He is the author of the following books in his award-winning 3J Legal Thriller Series, all set in Kansas City, with a backdrop of Jazz, BBQ and history: “Cram Down&

Marieke Lexmond Firebird Book Award Winner Author Interview

Aug 13 2024 31 mins  
Marieke Lexmond is an award-winning writer of fantasy novels. She has always been fascinated by magic, and loves exploring mystical worlds in her writing. Her books have won numerous awards, and have been praised by critics and readers alike. If you love fantasy, you’ll love Marieke Lexmond’s books. She is a master of world-building, and her characters are un

C.W. Johnson Firebird Book Award Winner Author Interview

Aug 13 2024 29 mins  
Enjoy CW Johnson and the winning book So I Walk: Poems, Songs, Legends and Lore of the Camino de Santiago – part poetry, part history, travelogue, and memoir. VISIT THE WEBSITE

A.S. Norris Firebird Book Award Winner Author Interview

Aug 13 2024 32 mins  
  A.S. Norris is a bit of an adventurer himself. As a Navy veteran, he has deployed on three tours to Asia and the western Pacific Ocean and taken several personal trips to Europe and the Caribbean. Additionally, he has traveled over half of the United States and backpacked or camped in many of its national parks. Now his life consists of adventures as a family man with his