# novel (audio feeds) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 109 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover novel. Page: Feed: --- ## [Wanda Hellmund - Our Dark Incantations](https://soundcloud.com/authorsontheair/wanda-hellmund-our-dark) _2026-10-06 · Authors on the Air Global Radio Network_ Wanda Hellmund discusses her debut gothic fantasy novel 'Our Dark Incantation,' exploring themes of trauma, magic systems, and the creative process behind her world-building. She shares insights into her inspiration, character development, and the challenges of writing a standalone series. Learn More About Wanda: https://www.wandahellmund.com/ Learn More About Bethany: https://bethanymaines.com/ [Listen](https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2381922552-authorsontheair-wanda-hellmund-our-dark.mp3) ## [Kelly Creagh - A Date With Death](https://soundcloud.com/authorsontheair/otherworlds-kellycreagh) _2026-09-14 · Authors on the Air Global Radio Network_ In this episode, Kelly Creagh discusses her transition from YA to adult fiction with her novel 'A Date with Death,' exploring themes of humor, mythology, and her diverse career experiences including belly dancing and library work. Learn More About Kelly: https://www.kellycreagh.com/ Learn More About Bethany: https://bethanymaines.com/ [Listen](https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2381906085-authorsontheair-otherworlds-kellycreagh.mp3) ## [Stacey Marie Brown - White Raven](https://soundcloud.com/authorsontheair/the-otherworlds-stacey-marie) _2026-08-31 · Authors on the Air Global Radio Network_ In this episode, Stacey Marie Brown shares her journey from acting and interior design to becoming a successful fantasy author. She discusses her creative process, world-building, series development, and insights into writing across different genres and age groups. Learn More About Bethany Maines: https://bethanymaines.com/ Learn More About Stacey Marie Brown: https://www.staceymariebrown.com/ [Listen](https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2381900991-authorsontheair-the-otherworlds-stacey-marie.mp3) ## [Self-publishing: Making sure your book's a winner](https://writersonline.substack.com/p/self-publishing-making-sure-your) _2026-08-22 · Writers Online · Writers Online Substack_ Jason Mann describes how he self-published his Cornwall-set thrillers and turned them into books that won literary prizes ## [Amelia: Reading from The Gates of Horn and Ivory - Inspired](https://francisrosenfeld.substack.com/p/amelia-reading-from-the-gates-of-789) _2026-08-21 · Francis Rosenfeld · The Margins_ Because they had been so impactful in every aspect of human culture, people often forgot how young the muses were, and still possessed with the boisterousness of childhood. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/212170405/230299a869507f7fc5953eba09214c2c.mp3) ## [Joylynn M. Ross Co-hosts On the Air with Florenza](https://soundcloud.com/authorsontheair/joylynn-m-ross-co-hosts-on-the) _2026-08-21 · Authors on the Air Global Radio Network_ You wrote the book. Congratulations. Now—do you know how to turn it into a business? Writing the book is only part of the journey. Selling it—and understanding the business behind those sales—is another story entirely. In this episode of On the Air with Florenza, I sit down with Joylynn M. Ross, author of Your Book Is Your Business: Money-Making Sales Strategies, for a candid conversation about… [Listen](https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2381344617-authorsontheair-joylynn-m-ross-co-hosts-on-the.mp3) ## [House of the Dragon \[Season Three\]](https://secondbreakfastpod.libsyn.com/house-of-the-dragon-season-three) _2026-08-21 · Second Breakfast with Cam & Maggie_ Check out Cam's latest novel / audio drama here! We've finally got Tristan back to investigate the tumultuous third season of House of the Dragon. Has the writing improved? Has the acting fallen off? What's with the 'portrait mode' directing this season? In this episode, we're trying to look at the show from both perspectives: as tv watchers and book readers. We're also taking a closer look at… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/secondbreakfastpod/sb_678_hotd_s3.mp3?dest-id=2102846) ## [Journalist Jodi Kantor and happiness expert Arthur Brooks on how to find purpose](https://www.npr.org/2026/08/21/nx-s1-5940079/nprs-book-of-the-day-the-meaning-of-your-life-how-to-start-encore) _2026-08-21 · NPR's Book of the Day_ Journalist Jodi Kantor and Harvard happiness expert Arthur Brooks are both out with new books about identifying and cultivating meaning in one’s life. Brooks says he wanted to write The Meaning of Your Life after observing an explosion in depression and anxiety among young people beginning around 2008. In today’s episode, he chats with Here & Now ’s Indira Lakshmanan about how neglecting… [Listen](https://prfx.byspotify.com/e/play.podtrac.com/npr-510364/npr.simplecastaudio.com/c3f326c7-02ae-4df0-b95a-b35e58973e1a/episodes/c98f5b67-2921-4f85-91e3-fc5d0f96efce/audio/128/default.mp3?awCollectionId=c3f326c7-02ae-4df0-b95a-b35e58973e1a&awEpisodeId=c98f5b67-2921-4f85-91e3-fc5d0f96efce&feed=tZrJMl4P&t=podcast&e=nx-s1-5940079&p=510364&d=1219&size=19516649) ## [The Most Dangerous Idea](https://stangrant1.substack.com/p/the-most-dangerous-idea) _2026-08-21 · Stan Grant · Five Minutes Late_ We have built a cathedral of our minds. We are a babbling mess; everyone speaking and no one listening. Soon, the machines will think for us. The soul – if it exists at all – is a machine in a box. ## [Interview with VCAndrews , the Franchise](https://soundcloud.com/authorsontheair/vcandrews) _2026-08-21 · Authors on the Air Global Radio Network_ Author Interview with International Bestselling Author, VC Andrews [Listen](https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2385442209-authorsontheair-vcandrews.mp3) ## [AI QA that opens fix PRs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/GfsBgjufyMHH) _2026-08-21 · **Sponsored**_ Run a browser QA from plain-English instructions; get GitHub issues and optional fix PRs. ## [Interview with VCAndrews , the Franchise](https://soundcloud.com/authorsontheair/vcandrews) _2026-08-21 · Authors on the Air Global Radio Network_ Author Interview with International Bestselling Author, VC Andrews [Listen](https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2385442209-authorsontheair-vcandrews.mp3) ## [Debbra Kay Laneville Co-hosts On the Air with Florenza](https://soundcloud.com/authorsontheair/debbra-kay-laneville-co-hosts) _2026-08-20 · Authors on the Air Global Radio Network_ On the Air with Florenza | Debbra Kay Laneville What if some of life's greatest teachers are the ones the world too often overlooks? This week on On the Air with Florenza, I'm joined by educator and author Debbra Kay Laneville, whose book, You Can't Make This Stuff Up: Life Lessons from Special Kids, is filled with unforgettable stories from more than four decades of teaching children with special… [Listen](https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2375023241-authorsontheair-debbra-kay-laneville-co-hosts.mp3) ## [How to Publish a Bestseller in 2026](https://writersonline.substack.com/p/how-to-publish-a-bestseller-in-2026) _2026-08-20 · Writers Online · Writers Online Substack_ Join Reedsy for their two-day conference ## [In 'The Foursome,' conjoined twins marry two sisters — and that's just the beginning](https://www.npr.org/2026/08/20/nx-s1-5938866/nprs-book-of-the-day-the-foursome-encore) _2026-08-20 · NPR's Book of the Day_ In 1839, conjoined twins and famous showmen Chang and Eng Bunker — native to Thailand, then called Siam — took a break from touring, settled in North Carolina, bought a slave plantation, and married two American sisters. The interracial union caused a public scandal for more reasons than one, and their story is the inspiration for Christina Baker Kline’s novel The Foursome. In today’s episode,… [Listen](https://prfx.byspotify.com/e/play.podtrac.com/npr-510364/npr.simplecastaudio.com/c3f326c7-02ae-4df0-b95a-b35e58973e1a/episodes/34f602f9-91b2-4f83-9726-35babe25637c/audio/128/default.mp3?awCollectionId=c3f326c7-02ae-4df0-b95a-b35e58973e1a&awEpisodeId=34f602f9-91b2-4f83-9726-35babe25637c&feed=tZrJMl4P&t=podcast&e=nx-s1-5938866&p=510364&d=559&size=8948969) ## [Turn The Page – Episode 416F – Jeremy Szal](http://turnthepage.blubrry.net/2026/08/20/turn-the-page-episode-416f/) _2026-08-20 · Turn the Page Podcast_ Jeremy Szal stops by to discuss THE COMMON SAGA, a dark military space opera series featuring Vakov Fukasawa, a former bio-soldier caught in an intergalactic war. [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/turnthepage/content.blubrry.com/turnthepage/416_F_Jeremy_Szal.mp3) ## [Turn The Page – Episode 416E – Christopher Golden](http://turnthepage.blubrry.net/2026/08/20/turn-the-page-episode-416e/) _2026-08-20 · Turn the Page Podcast_ We welcome back Christopher Golden to chat about CARRY ME TO YOUR GRAVE, a thrilling horror novel about a man trying to lay his mother to rest while the demons of the past hunt them down. Literally. [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/turnthepage/content.blubrry.com/turnthepage/416_E_Cristopher-Golden.mp3) ## [Turn The Page – Episode 416D – Shelly Jay Shore](http://turnthepage.blubrry.net/2026/08/20/turn-the-page-episode-416d/) _2026-08-20 · Turn the Page Podcast_ Shelly Jay Shore shares the delightful and moving LOVE ME LIKE A ROCK SONG, an LGBTQ+ paranormal romance which follows a jilted singer-songwriter on a road trip who picks up a golem. [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/turnthepage/content.blubrry.com/turnthepage/416_D_Shelly_Jay_Shore.mp3) ## [Turn The Page – Episode 416C – Nicole Zwolinski](http://turnthepage.blubrry.net/2026/08/20/turn-the-page-episode-416c/) _2026-08-20 · Turn the Page Podcast_ MOTHERHEAD is an achingly human book of poetry that dissects the public glorification of motherhood and shines a light on the struggles not often discussed. [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/turnthepage/content.blubrry.com/turnthepage/416_C_Nicole-Z.mp3) ## [Elena: Reading from The Garden of Hope - Worlds Within](https://francisrosenfeld.substack.com/p/pearl-reading-from-the-garden-of) _2026-08-20 · Francis Rosenfeld · The Margins_ There is the physical aspect of things, the solid reality of the substance they’re made of, their shape, their color, their properties, their limited footprint in reality, and then there is another as [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211934974/e86832c516a1eee31098b74db2ca9ed7.mp3) ## [Turn The Page – Episode 416B – Jennifer Michelle Herrera](http://turnthepage.blubrry.net/2026/08/20/turn-the-page-episode-416b/) _2026-08-20 · Turn the Page Podcast_ Jennifer Michelle Herrera returns to the show to chat about SIREN SAYS, her intricately woven tale about Raven Wynn, a young woman living in NYC who is living with the trauma of her mother’s death via her own plant magic. Raven’s world is upended when her estranged Aunt Delilah returns to the scene to pull back the curtain on the mysterious past of the Wynn women. [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/turnthepage/content.blubrry.com/turnthepage/416_B_Jennifer-Herrera.mp3) ## [International money transfers (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/dH1mUOz6gYFI) _2026-08-20 · **Sponsored**_ Send money to other countries and manage multi‑currency balances online. ## [Turn The Page – Episode 416A – A.P. Thayer](http://turnthepage.blubrry.net/2026/08/20/turn-the-page-episode-416a/) _2026-08-20 · Turn the Page Podcast_ A.P. Thayer shares TAPE WORM, a riveting body horror debut that follows a group of friends confronting aging, identity, and desire during a terrifying infestation in an isolated California desert town named Superstition. [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/turnthepage/content.blubrry.com/turnthepage/416_A_A_P_Thayer.mp3) ## [Jaclyn Moriarty ~ Time Travel for Beginners ~ Cozy Alchemy Season 3 Episode 1](https://soundcloud.com/authorsontheair/jaclyn-moriarty-time-travel-for-beginners) _2026-08-19 · Authors on the Air Global Radio Network_ A dash of mystery, a sparkle of magic, and all things cozy! Elle interviews fellow cozy authors in this bookish podcast from Authors on the Air. Today on the podcast, meet Jaclyn Moriarty, author of Time Travel for Beginners and more! Elle and Jaclyn talk about the start of an idea, the roles of research and regret in writing, and of course, time travel. Enjoy! Jaclyn’s Bio: Jaclyn Moriarty is an… [Listen](https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2384410599-authorsontheair-jaclyn-moriarty-time-travel-for-beginners.mp3) ## [Tense and point of view: Part four](https://writersonline.substack.com/p/tense-and-point-of-view-part-four) _2026-08-19 · Writers Online · Writers Online Substack_ Author and tutor Ian Ayris looks at what happens when you write from outside the story using Third Person PoV ## [Interview with Rita Popp Ep 4](https://soundcloud.com/authorsontheair/interview-with-rita-popp-ep-4) _2026-08-19 · Authors on the Air Global Radio Network_ RITA POPP Episode 4 Rita Popp is the author of The Bethany Jarviss Mysteries published by The Wild Rose Press. The Middle of Nowhere, book 3 in the series, is her 2026 release. The End of Promise was published in 2024, and the debut novel in the series, The First Fiancée, was released in 2022. Rita’s novelette, Passing on the Farm, a story of inheritance and romance, is part of the publisher’s… [Listen](https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2384290539-authorsontheair-interview-with-rita-popp-ep-4.mp3) ## [Sally Blakley Co-hosts On the Air with Florenza](https://soundcloud.com/authorsontheair/sally-blakley-co-hosts-on-the) _2026-08-19 · Authors on the Air Global Radio Network_ NEW EPISODE: Sally Blakley – Summer People What happens when the place you've always called home becomes the place that asks the hardest questions? In this episode of On the Air with Florenza, bestselling author Sally Blakley joins me to discuss her heartfelt new novel, Summer People. We explore the ties that bind us to family, the pull of nostalgia, the complexity of returning home, and the… [Listen](https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2376504623-authorsontheair-sally-blakley-co-hosts-on-the.mp3) ## [Episode 115 - Count Me In by Varsha Bajaj](https://bookclubforkids.libsyn.com/episode-115-count-me-in-by-varsha-bajaj) _2026-08-19 · Book Club for Kids_ "Count Me In" by Varsha Bajaj looks at the power of social media to combat hate. The story involves a hate crime: an attack on an Indian American family and how that changes a shy girl named Karina and the boy next door who used to hang out with what the grandfather called a pack of hyenas. Our readers are 5th graders from PS 174 in Queens, New York and they interview our author. Our celebrity… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bookclubforkids/Episode_115_-_Count_Me_In_by_Varsha_Bajaj.mp3?dest-id=565350) ## Ep. 438 Hot Odyssey Summer with Paul Yoon _2026-08-19 · The Stacks_ Today on The Stacks, we’re joined by award-winning author Paul Yoon to talk about his latest book, Etna . Told from the perspective of Etna, an ex-military dog, this book follows his long journey home after years spent fighting in a devastating war. We talk about why Paul wanted to write from a dog's point of view, how his love of reading led him to writing, and the movie he's shockingly never… [Listen](https://s.gum.fm/s-611319b4bd3dc100237cd71c/rss.art19.com/episodes/747ee6d4-0244-45c5-a88a-f84183792334.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhRSU1NBbXBsaWZpZXJCb3QGOgZFVA%3D%3D--6345a2e4a0991d4cbe92da92e0fa95ff9d12de2e) ## [Andy Weir reveals his fun and frantic creative process behind 'Project Hail Mary'](https://www.npr.org/2026/08/19/nx-s1-5936630/nprs-book-of-the-day-project-hail-mary-encore) _2026-08-19 · NPR's Book of the Day_ In Project Hail Mary, amateur astronaut Ryland Grace must travel light years from Earth to save humanity from a dying Sun. The stakes are high, to say the least. But author Andy Weir was intentional about centering hope in his bestselling novel, which inspired the recent blockbuster film starring Ryan Gosling . In today’s episode, Andy Weir joins Here and Now ’s Indira Lakshmanan to discuss his… [Listen](https://prfx.byspotify.com/e/play.podtrac.com/npr-510364/npr.simplecastaudio.com/c3f326c7-02ae-4df0-b95a-b35e58973e1a/episodes/c868eae4-8136-46d0-ad4f-806ccdbb946f/audio/128/default.mp3?awCollectionId=c3f326c7-02ae-4df0-b95a-b35e58973e1a&awEpisodeId=c868eae4-8136-46d0-ad4f-806ccdbb946f&feed=tZrJMl4P&t=podcast&e=nx-s1-5936630&p=510364&d=708&size=11331335) ## Eli Davies & Rebecca May Johnson: The Spinster Cookbook _2026-08-19 · London Review Bookshop Podcast_ The kitchen has always been a complex space for women: a place of labour and gendered expectations, as well as a site of nourishment, care and company. But how does this change when you’re alone, not cooking for family or friends, but simply for yourself? In The Spinster Cookbook (Indigo Press) Eli Davies explores what happens when food is uncoupled from domestic duty and romantic relationships… [Listen](https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/LRB5359713039.mp3) ## [Amy Buchanan on THE BEST I NEVER HAD & Being a Short-Fuse Girl](https://soundcloud.com/authorsontheair/amy-buchanan-on-the-best-i) _2026-08-19 · Authors on the Air Global Radio Network_ In Episode 50 of High Stakes, Tracey Devlyn sits down with author Amy Buchanan to discuss her new romantic comedy, THE BEST I NEVER HAD—a warm, funny, and heartfelt second-chance romance with a beautifully chaotic heroine, a man who truly gets her, and the boisterous, supportive family she never saw coming. “Featuring high stakes and trouble at every turn, this is a perfect title for readers… [Listen](https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2383019442-authorsontheair-amy-buchanan-on-the-best-i.mp3) ## [Persona-led AI publishing (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/XXcpYBWUKF2X) _2026-08-18 · **Sponsored**_ Generate drafts, schedule subdomain publishing, and keep human review where needed. ## [Lark Brennan - LOVERS AND LIES](https://soundcloud.com/authorsontheair/lark-brennan-lovers-and-lies) _2026-08-18 · Authors on the Air Global Radio Network_ It's just Lark and Sarah today! Come hang with us as Lark dishes about her new release, LOVERS and LIES, Book 1 in her Tropical Nights series. Spoiler Alert: it's a sultry contemporary romance with the perfect amount of sexual tension and danger. Self-taught and determined, Skyler is one project away from becoming a partner in the island’s top landscape company—until hot-shot Daniel arrives with… [Listen](https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2384085879-authorsontheair-lark-brennan-lovers-and-lies.mp3) ## [The Brothers Karamazov - Fyodor Dostoevsky (Part 2)](https://stangrant1.substack.com/p/the-brothers-karamazov-fyodor-dostoevsky-287) _2026-08-18 · Stan Grant · Five Minutes Late_ Part 2 of our Dostoevsky 'The Brothers Karamazov' discussion. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211687175/4780f108dee88877abf521afb9cfb042.mp3) ## [David Heska Wanbli Weiden, Wisdom Corner, Ep. 57](https://soundcloud.com/authorsontheair/david-heska-wanbli-weiden-2) _2026-08-18 · Authors on the Air Global Radio Network_ Fighting Your Past—Inside WISDOM CORNER with David Heska Wanbli Weiden Virgil Wounded Horse has worked hard to change his past. He once worked as a vigilante on the Rosebud Indian Reservation. But now he faces new threats. Street gangs. Corrupt politicians. And the murder of a good friend. Can Virgil find the killer without going back to old ways? Or will he be forced back into vigilante justice?… [Listen](https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2384042052-authorsontheair-david-heska-wanbli-weiden-2.mp3) ## [Book Club Recap: The Brothers Karamazov](https://athenaeumbooks.com/p/book-club-recap-the-brothers-karamazov-0dd) _2026-08-18 · Athenaeum Book Club · Athenaeum Book Club_ Session 2 of 3 (Books 5–9) [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211764088/4710a761dd58b80708c39957ea4b8949.mp3) ## [Everything I've learned from failing on Substack](https://accidentalauthor.substack.com/p/everything-ive-learned-from-failing) _2026-08-18 · Amber Eve · The Accidental Author_ Allow me to de-influence you... ## [Sarah Pinborough (THEY SAY A GIRL DIED HERE) EP 123](https://soundcloud.com/authorsontheair/sarah-pinborough-they-say-a) _2026-08-18 · Authors on the Air Global Radio Network_ New York Times and #1 Sunday Times bestselling author, Sarah Pinborough, discusses her new release, THEY SAY A GIRL DIED HERE. A young woman moves to a drought-ridden, farming town for a fresh start. Fascinated by the approaching anniversary date of a string of unsolved murders, she starts to investigate. But the land is loathe to share its secrets, and is hungry for another victim. "…the only… [Listen](https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2383900881-authorsontheair-sarah-pinborough-they-say-a.mp3) ## [Sarah E Burr](https://soundcloud.com/authorsontheair/mystery-in-the-margins-ep1) _2026-08-18 · Authors on the Air Global Radio Network_ My guest today is award winning author Sarah E Burr. For more information on her, you can visit: www.saraheburr.com For more information about the host, Nicole Leiren, please visit www.nicoleleiren.com [Listen](https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2383840299-authorsontheair-mystery-in-the-margins-ep1.mp3) ## [The Allure of the Untranslated Masterpiece.](https://literaturegeopolitics.substack.com/p/s-yizhar-days-of-ziklag-english-translation) _2026-08-18 · Robert Fay · Literature & Geopolitics_ S. Yizhar’s 1,100-page Days of Ziklag is a masterpiece of Hebrew modernism. Inside the long-running effort to translate the 1958 novel into English. ## [Patrick O'Donnell, Police Stories, Ep. 12](https://soundcloud.com/authorsontheair/patrick-odonnell-police-1) _2026-08-18 · Authors on the Air Global Radio Network_ Today, I interview Patrick O'Donnell, cop in Milwaukee, for his book "Police Stories: The Rookie Years: True Crime, Chaos & Life as a Big City Cop. "My first week as a rookie cop, I had to decide whether to pull the trigger on a man running at me with a butcher knife. He'd just killed his brother over the last hot dog." O'Donnell hosts the podcast "Cops and Writers." You can find more about… [Listen](https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2383741200-authorsontheair-patrick-odonnell-police-1.mp3) ## [One Night Only](https://secondbreakfastpod.libsyn.com/one-night-only) _2026-08-18 · Second Breakfast with Cam & Maggie_ Check out Cam's latest novel / audio drama here! It's about damn time Cam had another stupid theory about a movie. This time, he's arguing that One Night Only is a rom-com remake of our favorite Christmas movie, Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut. Come all ye skeptical, this is one for the ages! LINKS: Patreon , YouTube , Spotify , Instagram Feedback & Theories: secondbreakfastpod@gmail.com [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/secondbreakfastpod/sb_677_one_night_only.mp3?dest-id=2102846) ## Carol Snow on The Girl on the Beach _2026-08-18 · Uncorking a Story_ "You really have to love the process. It can't be about, 'Oh, if I am an author, everyone will respect me so much.' You really have to love the process of it or there kind of isn't any point to doing it." — Carol Snow About This Episode Carol Snow is the author of ten books spanning romantic comedy, young adult fiction, and now psychological thrillers. She holds a BA in psychology from Brown… [Listen](https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/MPNL4300008803.mp3) ## [How to Write a Book in 60 Days](https://www.christianpublishingshow.com/how-to-write-a-novel-in-60-days-with-colleen-mitchell/) _2026-08-18 · Christian Publishing Show_ How long have you been working on your novel? Has it been years? How do you know when it’s finished? Have you considered why you might not have finished it yet? What if you could finish a book in two months? Would it be a better book than the one you’ve spent years writing? Or would it be worse? In this week’s episode , you’ll hear from Colleen Mitchell, a writing coach and host of the Novel… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/1901851/episodes/19663151-how-to-write-a-book-in-60-days.mp3) ## ['The Correspondent' is an epistolary novel, but can letters tell the whole story?](https://www.npr.org/2026/08/18/nx-s1-5935643/nprs-book-of-the-day-the-correspondent-encore) _2026-08-18 · NPR's Book of the Day_ Virginia Evans’ The Correspondent became a runaway hit for its exploration of a life told through letters. When readers meet Sybil Van Antwerp she’s in her 70s, and she takes readers on a journey through her various correspondences — which include names as revered as Joan Didion and Ann Patchett. But Sybil isn’t telling us everything, and her clever prose might hide as much as it reveals. In… [Listen](https://prfx.byspotify.com/e/play.podtrac.com/npr-510364/npr.simplecastaudio.com/c3f326c7-02ae-4df0-b95a-b35e58973e1a/episodes/1987323e-a566-4431-a211-ac01c4b8d326/audio/128/default.mp3?awCollectionId=c3f326c7-02ae-4df0-b95a-b35e58973e1a&awEpisodeId=1987323e-a566-4431-a211-ac01c4b8d326&feed=tZrJMl4P&t=podcast&e=nx-s1-5935643&p=510364&d=721&size=11546166) ## [Too Jewish - 8/16/26 - James Loeffler](https://toojewishradio.podbean.com/e/too-jewish-81626-james-loeffler/) _2026-08-18 · Too Jewish_ James Loeffler, author of "Exceptional Hatred - Antisemitism and the Fight Over Free Speech in Modern America" [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/vzl1yz0cfb3hiuru/Too_Jewish_2026-08-16.mp3) ## [Turn The Page – Post-SDCC Special Episode #39B – Meghan Fitzmartin](http://turnthepage.blubrry.net/2026/08/18/turn-the-page-post-sdcc-special-episode-39b/) _2026-08-18 · Turn the Page Podcast_ In honor of Comic Con, we have a duo of special interviews with folks in the animation industry! 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