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Book Lover's Companion - The English Version — 196 episodes

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Author Visibility Without Burnout: Lisa Towles on The Me Factor (Branding, Audience & Social Media)

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Caroline Ailanthus on The Elf, The Dwarf and the Telegraph (Book 1): Epic Fantasy, Democracy, and Environmental Justice

3

Peg Unhinged: Menopause, Dating Apps, and Reinventing Life — with Author Teri M. Brown

4

Author Jess Bowers on Horse Show: Spectacle, History, and Writing Short Stories

5

Through the Lens of Fiction: Bringing Family Stories to Life

6

A Writer's Odyssey: Lexy's Path from Legal Ventures to Literary Adventures

7

Creating Realities: Kristina Bak on Writing for Every Age

8

Whimsical Worlds: The Enduring Allure of Fairy Tales with Ekta Garg

9

Crafting Complex Characters: Carmen Amato on Writing and Cultural Influence

10

Unfolding San Francisco: Magic, Mystery, and Memory with Laura McHale Holland

11

From Venice Mysteries to Dog Tales: A Session with Laury A. Egan

12

Historical Insights and Fictional Journeys with Author Libby Fisher Hellman

13

Beyond Humpty Trump: Exploring the Literary Mind of David Finkle

14

Exploring the Dark World of Medical Mysteries with David Shactman

15

Building Worlds with Dakota Jackson: The Construction of Shadows

16

Writing Without Borders: A Chat with Izzy Arnfeld

17

Exploring Historical Fiction and Nonfiction with Emma Woodhouse and Caroline Ailanthus

18

Retribution and Redemption: Inside James Bateman's Dark Fantasy World

19

Pickles, Poetry, and Passion: Mark McCraw's Literary Adventure

20

Tides of Change: Deborah Hammett on Life and Sailing

21

True Crime Unveiled: Killer Stories with Claire St. Amant

22

Episode 200 Part 3: The Art of Storytelling: Teri M. Brown's Journey

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Episode 200 Part 2: Ink & Insights: The All-Male Panel on Writing

24

Episode 200 Part 1: Women in Fiction - Voices and Perspectives

25

Unveiling Iceland: Crime, Culture, and Change with Jon Atli Jonasson

26

Exploring Sinister Spiritual Realms with Noir Thriller Author Blake Rudman

27

Exploring Historical Noir with Stephen Eoannou: The Journey of Bishop and Gia

28

Discovering Family History with Julie Brill

29

Exploring Horror Writing and Publishing with James Longmore & Xtina Marie

30

From Indie Publisher to Author Consultant: Sharon Woodhouse's Journey and Insights

31

What He Left Behind. Murder and Mayhem in small town America. A conversation with Benjamin Bradley

32

Together We Rise. Fantasy between urban and epic. A conversation with Richie Billing

33

Where the Grass Don't Grow and the Vultures Sing. The art of the short story. A conversation with Edward Rosick

34

To End the Night. Julius Caesar's secret war. A conversation with Lleuw Grey

35

Krispr. Science and the Coming of Age. A conversation with Jennifer Handler

36

Desolation and Epiphany. Poetry and Life. A conversation with James W. A.

37

Soaked. Place, culture and characters. A conversation with Toby LeBlanc

38

Ooops! I Broke the Wizard's Android. A conversation with Royce Roeswood

39

Fair Haven: Small town, diverse characters and a murderer in the loose. A conversation with Laury A. Egan

40

Specimen. A game of cat and mouse. A conversation with Lisa Towles

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A conversation with Robert Craven

42

Rakiya. Stories of Bulgaria. A conversation with Ellis Shuman

43

Homie and the Redneck. Writing, Radio and More. A conversation with Remington Keyes

44

Soul Dancing: Women's Fiction With a Touch of the Paranormal. A conversation with Gail Priest

45

Blood Sapphire's Revenge: A military thriller with philosophical insight. A conversation with Bruce Farmer

46

The Last Tribes of Bigfoot. Exploring the psychology of the paranormal. A conversation with Maxim W. Furek

47

Thirty Days Hath September. Science of medicine vs bedside manners. A conversation with Ronald Dwinnells

48

Death in a Gilded Frame. Life, Society and Murder in the Gilded Age. A conversation with Cecelia Tichi

49

Conspiracy Ignited. A legal thriller between action and a politics. A conversation with Raymond Paul Johnson

50

Burn Out the Day: A Chilling Thriller Adventure. A conversation with Daniel Bautz

51

The Secret of Marketing. A conversation with Rick Lite

52

Someone To Blame. Mystery, Poison Pen Letters and Community. A conversation with J.J. Green

53

The Gambler's Game: From America's West to Monte Carlo. A conversation with James Darnborough

54

Dancing Between the Raindrops: Love, Loss and Memories. A conversation with Lisa Braxton

55

America's Candidate: Media and Politics in the USA. A conversation with Francine Pozner Ehrenberg

56

Weapons of the Mind: A SciFi conversation with Owen Greenwald and Paul Kivelson

57

Malign Intent: Murder in Ireland. A conversation with Robert Craven

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The Vim Hood Chronicles: Talking Steampunk with Terry Mark

59

The Human Trial: Medicine, Research and a Thrilling Tale. A conversation with Audrey Gale

60

The Hungry Bones: Kiwis, Mysteries and Chinese Miners. A conversation with Sara Johnson

61

Youtopia: The Future of Living. A conversation with Joseph Rein

62

Awards & More with C. A. Farlow

63

Piece by Piece: Love, Friendship and Finding Home. A conversation with Twila Mason

64

The Last Indentured Servant: A Hollywood Memoir. A conversation with Aletheia Morden

65

That Pinson Girl: Mississippi in 1918 - Poverty, Racism and More. A conversation with Gerry Wilson

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The Fortress: Survival in a Dystopian Landscape. A conversation with T. A. Styles

67

Red Line: A thrilling conversation with Blake Rudman

68

Prophet's Death: Religion, politics and the strength of friendship. A conversation with Robert Creekmore

69

The Kimoni Legacy: Fantasy, YA Fiction, Coming of Age. A conversation with Omari Richards

70

Ice Reign: Moral Codes and Crime Empires. A conversation with James Michels

71

American Wolf: From Nazi Refugee to American Spy. A conversation with Audrey Birnbaum

72

And Then You Apply Ice: Family Drama, Novels and Short Stories. A conversation with Pamela Kripke

73

Gavel to Gavel: Courtroom Drama and the Law. A conversation with A. X. Foster

74

The Other Side of the Looking Glass: Complicated Families, Friendship and Being a Teenager. A conversation with Dakota Jackson

75

Backlash: Venom and Vendetta from 'Nam. A conversation with Ana Manwaring

76

The Psychologist's Shadow: A Literary Thriller with Laury A. Egan

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Dear Dumb Diary of a Teenage Girl: A conversation with Rodnay DD. Rich

78

The Shakespeare Killer: FBI, Serial Killers and the Death of Defence Lawyers. A conversation with Douglas J. Wood

79

Hammer of the Dogs: Literary Sci-fi in a Dystopian Landscape. A conversation with Jarret Keene

80

Good Mourning: Standing Up to the Grim Reaper with Humour. A conversation with Mark Hofmann

81

The Boys & Girls of America: GenX and Why Books are Important. A conversation with Christopher Gould

82

A Place of Fog and Murder: Dieselpunk, a female Sleuth and a Thrilling Mystery. A conversation with T. E. MacArthur

83

Bifurcation Events: A Live event with Caroline Ailanthus

84

The Committee Will Kill You Now: Medicine, AI and the Role of the Physician. A conversation with JL Lycette

85

The Baby Monitor: Scary Tech, Mental Health and Being a Mother. A conversation with Rosie Walker

86

Rome's Last Noble Palace: Ghosts of the Past and the Shifting Roles for Women. A conversation with Kimberly Sullivan

87

The Path from Regret: Fantasy, Science and Everything in Between. A conversation with Jeffrey Gardner

88

Daughters of Green Mountain Gap: Live with Teri M. Brown

89

Magglio Cervantes: Immortality and the Trials and Tribulations of Life. A conversation with William Klem

90

The Space Between Dreaming: Family, Friends and Art. A conversation with Cherie Burbach

91

The Associate: Interfaith, Vandalism and Solving a Murder Mystery. A conversation with Victoria Goldman

92

The Secrets of Morgarten: Celebrating the Book Launch with Louise Mangos

93

An Evening of Crime with Sheila Bugler, Sarah Ward, Marion Todd, Rachel Lynch and Jeanette Hewitt

94

No Body in Blackberry Cove: Small Town Murder Mystery. A conversation with Ben Cotterill

95

The Solace of Denim: YA Fiction, Crime and Finding a Way Through the Dark. A conversation with Kathy Otten

96

Aristotle James and The Phantom Funeral Coach. A conversation with Daniel Bautz

97

Salt Island: Energy, the CIA, Twisted Plots and PIs to Solve the Case. A conversation with Lisa Towles

98

Science in Fiction. A conversation with Caroline Ailanthus and CA Farlow

99

The Bane of Angelfall Academy: Writing and Creating Fiction for Young Adults. A conversation with Shanti Hershenson

100

Stella Blómkvist: Murder at the Residence. A conversation with Quentin Bates

101

Deadly Autumn Harvest: Crime and Fiction in Romania. A conversation with Tony Mott and Marina Sofia

102

Black Valley Farm: Power, Secrets, Family and Guilt. A conversation with Sheila Bugler

103

Trigger Warnings: If Life Doesn't Come with a Trigger Warning, Then at Least Jane Austen Should

104

Can We Play Baseball, Mr. DeMille? Childhood, Nostalgia and Nature. A conversation with Mark Angelo

105

Cold Mirage: YA Fiction, the Future and the Supernatural. A conversation with Kristina Bak

106

Dark Roux: A Cajun Family Story. A conversation with Toby LeBlanc

107

The Importance of a Writing Community. A conversation with Lucy Lakestone, TJ Logan, Jill Wallace and Natalie Palma

108

Skin Deep: Crime Fiction, Ageism and the Unexpected. A conversation with Antonia Lassa and Jacky Collins

109

Salt Girl: Village Life between Delight and Dread. A conversation with Katherine Graham

110

Ecological Memory: Post-Apocalyptic Optimism. A conversation with Caroline Ailanthus

111

Forensic Psychology in Reality and Fiction. A conversation with Ben Cotterill

112

Weep, Woman, Weep: Everyday Magic, Gothic Fairytales and all Things Witchy. A conversation with Maria DeBlassie

113

Western Horror and Splatterpunk. A conversation with B. L. Blankenship

114

Spectrum Books. Publishing Across Genres. A conversation with Andrew May

115

Indigo Field: Southern History, Communities and the Indigenous People of North Carolina. A conversation with Marjorie Hudson

116

Special: Editing with Elze

117

Dylan's Dog Squad: Heroic dogs and Great Adventures. A conversation with Kathleen Troy

118

Angel of Ambition: Amorality in the World of Advertising and Corporate America. A conversation with Glenn Kaplan

119

Timeless Beginnings: Past Lives, Soulmates and a Perpetrator on the loose. A conversation with Jill Wallace

120

Special: Find your Sources with Pepper Anne

121

Life is in the Blood: Cults and a trio that fights back. A conversation with Daniel Bautz

122

Once, upon an Island: Beauty, Tragedy, Friendship and Family. A conversation with Laury A. Egan

123

The Gift Best Given. A conversation with Edward Di Gangi

124

Special: Celebrating the Indies with Anna M. Holmes, Kimberly Sullivan, Teri M. Brown, Patti Meredith, Caroline Goldsworthy and Karmen Spiljak (Episode 100)

125

Prophet's Debt: Cults, Politics and the Righting of Wrongs . A conversation with Robert Creekmore

126

Arid: Dystopian Sci-fi and the Real Dangers for a Future for Human Kind. A conversation with Anne Joyce

127

Weaver of Worlds & Teller of Tales: A conversation with K. V. Johansen

128

The Birthday Girl: Poison, Unsettling Holidays and an Island in the Storm. A conversation with Sarah Ward

129

Ruby Roy the Reluctant Sleuth. Reading mysteries and the importance of Agatha Christie. A conversation with Rima Ray

130

The Fourth Reason: YA fiction, romance and overcoming a taboo. A conversation with Safa Shaqsy

131

Werwolves, Vampires, Supernatural Legends and Romance. A conversation with Alexa Whitewolf

132

An Enemy Like Me: WWII and the impact on families and relationships. A conversation with Teri M. Brown

133

The Love You Know: Happily ever after or not? A conversation with Elaina Lyons

134

Special Episode: Book Launch Party for "The Paris Contagion"

135

Australia's Wild West: Cold Cases, Horror and a Police Force Hard at Work. A conversation with Anna Willett

136

Dark Ice: Prisons and the Dark Side of Life. A conversation with James Michels

137

Dark Blue Waves: Jane Austen between Past and Present. A conversation with Kimberly Sullivan

138

Donuts, Murder, Art Theft and Furry Overlords. Ingredients for a Cosy Mystery. A conversation with Natalie Palma

139

Hurricamp: Adventures in Summer Camp with Steph Katzovi

140

Dead Lucky: Influencer, Murder and Frenemies. A conversation with Andreina Cordani

141

Wild Salvation: The American West between Romanticism and Hardship. A conversation with Alfred Stifsim

142

Goddess of Everything: Creepy Nuns in the Land of Enchantment. A conversation with Paul DeBlassie III

143

Eli's Redemption: Southern Storytelling and a Family in Turmoil. A conversation with Paul Attaway

144

South of Heaven: Family, Lies and Southern Hospitality. A conversation with Patti Meredith

145

Cleopatra's Revenge: History, Spies, Conspiracies and Propaganda. A conversation with Avanti Centrae

146

The Raven's Mark: A debut by Christie J. Newport

147

Deceit: Murderous Relationships in Iceland. A conversation with Jónína Leósdóttir

148

Harm: Haunted People, Icelandic Nature and the Quest for a Murderer. A conversation with Sólveig Pálsdóttir

149

Special: A Fish Called Andromeda. A conversation with Cynthia Huijgens and Yusuke Watanabe

150

Doublecrossed: Psychological Suspense with Laury A. Egan

151

Stories of Antyfas or Fantasy for Children. A conversation with Laura DiNovis Berry

152

The Secret Field: Treasure Hunting for Gold, Family and Home. A conversation with Susan Dennis

153

Joy: Tipping into Poetry. A conversation with Francis Daulerio

154

Horror, Krampus and Lilith: In Darkness We Walk. A conversation with Kamaya Tarpley

155

Deep Roots: Darkness and Horror in Detroit. A conversation with Edward Rosick

156

Part-time Vicars, Murder and English Village Life. A conversation with Cassie Rush aka Caroline Goldsworthy

157

Swiss Noir and Prosecco. A conversation with Linda Huber and Louise Mangos

158

The House Fire: Between Family Dynamics, Arsonists and Psychopaths. A conversation with Rosie Walker

159

Sunflowers Beneath the Snow: Tenacious Women in Ukraine. A conversation with Teri M. Brown

160

Whitesands: Between Darkness and Hope. A conversation with Johann Thorsson

161

Osprey Calling: Returning Home and Finding Love. A conversation with Ellen Hoil

162

Johnny Carlo and the Heirs of the Godfather. A conversation with James Michels

163

The Doctor is in the House. An appointment with Dr Noir

164

Between Istanbul and the East End. A conversation with Barbara Nadel

165

Killer Women and a Touch of Fragile Gothic. A conversation with Sarah Hilary

166

Cold as Hell: The Dark Side of Iceland. A conversation with Lilja Sigurdardottir

167

Between short stories and novels: Crimechurch and more. A conversation with Michael Botur

168

Stormy Cocktails with a Dash of Romance. A conversation with Lucy Lakestone

169

Leveling Up: Women, Tech and the Gaming Industry. A conversation with Jazzy Mitchell

170

Chasing Dreams: OR Doing the Mundane Job. A conversation with A. L. Brooks

171

Special: Book Launch of "Fractures and Hinges"

172

Methodology, Technology, Misogyny and Northern Crime. A conversation with Mari Hannah

173

Wartime, Spies and Love. A conversation with J. E. Leak

174

Deadly Talk: Romantic suspense with TJ Logan

175

Writing and the Art of Narrating: A conversation with C. A. Farlow and Hillary Huber

176

Episode 50 - Dystopian Landscapes for Young Adults. A conversation with Shanti Hershenson

177

Episode 49 - Of Friends, Foes and the Dangerous Beauty of South Africa. A conversation with Jill Wallace

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Episode 48 - Australian Affairs: Tim Tams, Humour and a Mystery. A conversation with KJ

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Episode 47 - Odyssey of Love. A Memoir of Seeking and Finding. A conversation with Linda Jämsen

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Episode 46 - Christmas Special no. 2: The All you can hear-Christmas catalogue

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Episode 45 - Greenland Noir: Talking Murder and Fishy Business with Christoffer Petersen

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Episode 44 - Christmas Special no. 1: Life under the paw and how it inspired us. A chat with Harriet Armstrong and Simone Carter

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Episode 43 - The Apology Box: Youthful Mistakes and Consequences. A conversation with Naomi Ulsted and Cynthia Huijgens

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Episode 42 - The Commandments: Iceland's Past and Present. A conversation with Óskar Guðmundsson

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Episode 41 - The Tell Tale: Mystery and Romance with Clare Ashton

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Episode 40 - The Wedding Toaster: Talking Chick Lit, Life as a Writer and Everything Between with Emily Rotondi

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Episode 39 - Paris Contagion: Medical Thriller, Global Politics and Angst in Fearful Times. A conversation with C.A. Farlow

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Episode 38 - Add Cyanide to Taste. A culinary conversation with Karmen Spiljak

189

Episode 37 - Citizen Detective: Between the Faroes Islands and a Strange Case. A conversation with Chris Ould

190

Episode 36 - Romanian Crime Connections and Killer Food. A conversation with Bogdan Hrib

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Episode 35 - Inside Out: Dystopian Sci-fi for young adults. A conversation with Natalie Hibberd

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Episode 34 - Psychological suspense at the lake with Linda Huber

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Episode 33 - Fearless in Deep Space with Allen Stroud

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Episode 32 - Bedside manners and food for thought. A conversation with Ankit Shukla

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Episode 31 - Silenced: A conversation with Sólveig Pálsdóttir

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