Ep. #377 – Ben Folds!

On today’s episode, Adam sits down with musical icon Ben Folds to discuss his new memoir A Dream About Lightning Bugs. They discuss how Ben views creativity and how it is essential to foster it, his take on storytelling through his songs, and his experience creating a music video with The Fraggles. This is a […] Read more

Posted on: September 19, 2019 Category:

• Biography
• Memoir
• Non-fiction

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Ep. #376 – Alice Hoffman

On today’s episode, the great Alice Hoffman sits down with Adam to discuss her new book The World That We Knew, writing a fairy tale in the time of World War II, Jewish folklore, and creating the world of Practical Magic. This chat was inspiring and delightful and you’re going to love it. Read more

Posted on: September 16, 2019 Category:

• Fantasy
• Fiction
• Historical Fiction

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Ep. #375 – Brad Meltzer and the importance of children’s books

On today’s episode, our good buddy Brad Meltzer returns to chat about the latest installments in his Ordinary People Change the World series, I am Walt Disney and I am Marie Curie. The breakdown the essential nature of daydreaming in Walt’s life, why it’s important to create real-life role models for children, and how Brad shows his own kids that each day […] Read more

Posted on: September 12, 2019 Category:

• Children's
• General
• Non-fiction
• Page to Screen

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Ep. #374 – Dan Haring and MarcyKate Connolly, authors of The Star Shepherd

On today’s episode, Adam sits down with Dan Haring and MarcyKate Connolly to discuss their wonderful middle-grade novel, The Star Shepherd. This action-packed book is loaded with wonder, falling stars, pirates, and flying robots, and incredible illustrations by Dan. They discuss is day job in visual effects and how they collaborated to bring this story […] Read more

Posted on: September 9, 2019 Category:

• Children's
• Fantasy
• General
• Middle Grade

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