Book Lust with Nancy Pearl
Seattle's own 'action figure librarian' and best-selling author Nancy Pearl sits down each month with top writers from around the country for conversations about books and the process and art of writing. There's no one better qualified than Nancy to discuss books and writing, bringing an informed reader's perspective to lively conversation and in-depth dialogs about all things literary. Book Lust with Nancy Pearl is part of the SEATTLE CHANNEL'S Art Zone, an innovative, first-in-the-nation TV project that creates programming celebrating local arts and culture and encourages people to go out and take part in the region's rich cultural life in person.
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31 Episodes of this Podcast:
Book Lust Web Extra: Paul Zelinsky
Published: 2010-01-14 03:00:00A half-hour segment simply wasn`t enough to contain all the interesting questions Nancy had for author and illustrator Paul Zelinsky. Please enjoy this extended interview as Paul answers Nancy`s questions through drawings.
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Book Lust with Nancy Pearl featuring Paul Zelinsky
Published: 2010-01-14 03:00:00Nancy`s guest is Paul O. Zelinsky, an American author and illustrator of children`s books. Zelinsky is one of the most highly acclaimed illustrators working today. He has received a Caldecott Medal for his telling of Rapunzel, and three Caldecott Honors, for Rumpelstiltskin, Hansel and Gretel, and Swamp Angel, which the New York Times Book Review called 'in all ways superb.' Zelinsky is noted not only for the richness and experimental nature of his artwork, but also for his versatility. As Zelinsky told Horn Book interviewers Sylvia and Kenneth Marantz, 'I try to make the book talk, as it talks to me, and not worry whether it is in my style or not.... I get a kick out of doing each book differently.'
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Book Lust with Nancy Pearl featuring Sarah Dunant
Published: 2009-12-10 03:00:00Nancy`s guest this month is novelist Sarah Dunant. Dunant is the author of the international bestseller 'The Birth of Venus', which has received major worldwide acclaim and 'In the Company of the Courtesan'. With the publication of 'Sacred Hearts', she rounds out a Renaissance trilogy bringing voice to the lives of three different women in three different historical contexts. Sarah Dunant`s tireless research has resulted in vivid reconstructions of womens` secret histories in the characters of a Florentine Noblewoman, a Venetian Courtesan and the Sisters of Santa Caterina. Dunant has two daughters, and lives in London and Florence.
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Book Lust Web Extra: Sarah Dunant
Published: 2009-12-10 03:00:00A half-hour segment simply wasn`t enough to contain all the interesting questions Nancy had for historical fictionalist Sarah Dunant. Please enjoy this extended interview.
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Book Lust featuring Paul Collins
Published: 2009-11-13 03:00:00Host Nancy Pearl interviews Paul Collins, an author specializing in science writing, antiquarian literature, reviewing and memoir. His latest book is The Book of William: How Shakespeare`s First Folio Conquered the World. His past books include The Trouble with Tom: The Strange Afterlife and Times of Thomas Paine and Banvard`s Folly: Thirteen Tales of People Who Didn`t Change the World. His five books have appeared in eight languages. In addition to appearing regularly on NPR`s Weekend Edition as their 'literary detective' on odd and forgotten old books, he edits the Collins Library imprint of McSweeney`s Books.
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Book Lust Speed Questions: Craig Johnson
Published: 2009-10-08 04:00:00For a little insight into Wyoming mystery writer Craig Johnson's literary inspirations, follow along as Nancy Pearl asks him a lightning round of speed questions.
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Book Lust featuring Craig Johnson
Published: 2009-10-08 04:00:00Host Nancy Pearl interviews Craig Johnson, a mystery writer from Wyoming. Mr. Johnson has received both critical and popular praise for his novels The Cold Dish, Death Without Company, Kindness Goes Unpunished, Another Man`s Moccasins and The Dark Horse.
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Book Lust featuring Michael Perry
Published: 2009-09-10 04:00:00Nancy`s guest is Michael Perry, author of the bestselling memoirs Population 485: Meeting Your Neighbors One Siren at a Time, Truck: A Love Story, and Coop: A Year of Poultry, Pigs and Parenting. Perry lives in rural Wisconsin.
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Book Lust featuring Garth Stein
Published: 2009-08-11 04:00:00Garth Stein's third novel, The Art of Racing in the Rain, which is told from the perspective of Enzo, a dog with heart, was both a runaway best seller and was selected by Starbucks as its Summer Book Pick for 2008. OregonLive.com called it "A fable with a heart that casts a sleeping spell on the readers' native cynicism and persuades us to dust off old questions about faith and humankind's better traits."
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Book Lust featuring Susan Wiggs
Published: 2009-06-17 04:00:00Nancy Pearl's guest this month is bestselling author Susan Wiggs. Wiggs' historical romance novels have given her a reputation for being a consummate story teller with a gift for developing beautifully rendered characters. Publishers Weekly says, "Wiggs writes with refreshingly honest emotion," and Booklist characterizes her books as "real and true and unforgettable." In her latest novel, "Just Breathe", Wiggs keeps her reputation going with the story Sarah Moon, a succesful cartoonist whose world is turned upside down when she discovers that her five year marriage has gone wrong.
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