Okie Bookcast

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Welcome to Your Next Great Read! This month, J and Hannah are joined by author and friend o' the pod, Stacey Kade (S.A. Barnes)! We get an update on Stacey's new book and dive in to a ton of recommendations. It's a bit spooky season focused, but plenty of fantastic books.  Come for the recommendations, stay for the rabbits we chase.  Connect...

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Welcome to Volume 18! This time we have poems from 13 Oklahoma poets cued up and ready for you to enjoy. Be sure to connect with the poets across their social media (linked below) to let them know how much you appreciate their work. You can check out previous volumes at okiebookcast.com/behindtherain Looking for more work by Oklahoma authors? Check out rea...

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Welcome to Chapter 88! And welcome to our celebration of 5 years of the Bookcast! 160 episodes and we're still going strong. My guest is Daniel Nayeri. Daniel was born in Iran and spent some years as a refugee before immigrating to Oklahoma at age seven with his family. He is the author of several books, including EVERYTHING SAD IS UNTRUE (A TRUE STOR...

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Welcome to Your Next Great Read! This month, J and Hannah are joined by author and friend o' the pod, J.L. Hyde! Jamie's new book, The Widow Nora , is out later this month.  In the conversation we cover a ton of great books across a variety of genres: thrillers, romance, scifi, romantasy, and some witchy backlist picks. You're going to find...

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! I got to hang out at WriterCon in OKC for a couple of days where I spent time talking with authors about their work. This episode is a compilation of those conversations with each author giving a 60-second talk about one of their books. In this episode, you'll hear from 20 authors from all over the country. Everything from children's books to mys...

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Welcome to Chapter 87!  My guest this month is audiobook narrator and voice actor, Sean Pratt.  Sean has been an audiobook narrator for 30 years, recording over 1,200 books in almost every genre across his career. He has received 12 AudioFile Magazine “Earphones” awards, 5 SOVAS nominations,  and 5 “Audie” nominations from the Audio Publishers Association....

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Welcome to our fourth birthday celebration of Your Next Great Read! Hannah is back and jumped right in like she'd never left. We also have entries from a couple of friends of the show about books they've discovered along the way. And don't miss the announcements of some big shows coming up in the next couple of months.  Thanks for joining th...

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Welcome to Chapter 86! This month, I'm joined by Rebecca Lemke. Rebecca is a multi-genre, no spice author based in Oklahoma. She enjoys a wide variety of hobbies (too many, really, she says)  including reading, baking, traveling, crochet, cosplay, music, and more. She collects pins (usually of National Parks) and pretty paperbacks that she may or may...

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Welcome to Your Next Great Read! This month, special guest host Luke Swanson and J are joined by Beccah Bland from the I Reckon I'll Read It podcast. J's secret list is revealed, Luke pays tribute to Hannah, and Beccah offers a confession. Oh, and we talk about a lot of books.  Connect with Luke: website | IG | Bobcast IG | Bobcast Connect with B...

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Welcome to Volume 17 - our 4th anniversary volume! This time we have poems from 13 Oklahoma poets cued up and ready for you to enjoy. Be sure to connect with the poets across their social media (linked below) to let them know how much you appreciate their work. You can check out previous volumes at okiebookcast.com/behindtherain Looking for more work by Ok...

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Welcome to Chapter 85! We're going big this month with a Round Table of fantasy authors, talking about their work, the genre, and the challenges of creating new worlds. And talking about a ton of books! Our panel includes: Rebecca Loomis - Author of the YA trilogy Touch of Kindness , Taste of Bravery , and Voice of Change WK Gorbet - Epic fantasy auth...

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Welcome to Your Next Great Read! This month, special guest host Melissa Coast and J are joined by the founder of OKC Silent Book Club, Meredith Dennis. Tons of recommendations across a variety of genres, including several Oklahoma-connected books.  Connect with Melissa: Instagram Connect with Meredith: Instagram  Connect with OKC Silent Book Club: Instagra...

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Welcome to Chapter 84! My guest this month is Sara Causey. Sara is an award-winning author, artist, and illustrator whose work often explores power, conscience, creativity, and the uneasy tension between public image and private truth. She is best known for her tireless efforts to preserve the life and legacy of UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld, inclu...

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Welcome to Your Next Great Read! This month, Hannah and J are joined by member of Hannah's infamous Book Club, Devin Green. In addition to tons of book recs, Hannah drops a huge announcement about her future with the show (don't worry, it's good!). Connect with Hannah: website | Twitter | Instagram | TikTok Sign up for the Read LOKal Newslet...

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Welcome to Chapter 83! My guest is author and podcaster, William Bernhardt. We got together on release day for his new book The Superman Wars: A Battle for Truth, Justice, and an American Icon . William is the author of more than sixty books, including the nationally bestselling Ben Kincaid legal thriller series. He has received numerous awards for his boo...

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Welcome to Your Next Great Read! This month, Hannah and J are joined by Grayson Long, author of the brand new contemporary romance, Chasing the Butterflies , and two other books in her Glendale series.  Plenty of fantasy, thriller, horror, and romance recs (plus lots of indie books!) to help you build your TBR! Connect with Grayson: Instagram | Twitch | Ti...

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Welcome to Volume 16! This time we have poems from 11 Oklahoma poets cued up and ready for you to enjoy. Be sure to connect with the poets across their social media (linked below) to let them know how much you appreciate their work. You can check out previous volumes at okiebookcast.com/behindtherain Looking for more work by Oklahoma authors? Check out rea...

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Welcome to Chapter 82. This month we're celebrating the centennial anniversary of Route 66 with authors, historians, and preservationists Jim Ross and Shellee Graham. Jim and Shellee’s new book, Route 66—The First 100 Years , chronicles the birth, life, demise, and renaissance of the legendary highway over its first century. Released in May 2025, it w...

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Welcome to Your Next Great Read! This month, Hannah and J are joined by JC Lamb, author of Reincarnated: The Malicious Queen . Plenty of thriller, scifi, and romance recs to help you build your TBR! Connect with JC: Instagram | Twitch | TikTok Connect with Hannah: website | Twitter | Instagram | TikTok Sign up for the Read LOKal Newsletter Huge thanks to S...

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Welcome to Chapter 81! This is a fun one! My guests are Jes McCutchen and Josh Wann - two Tulsa poets / writers who have created a new book called Side Quests and Shenanigans . The book is part poetry collection, part creative instigation designed to encourage people to create and to do so in community.  Jes is an author, poet, editor, publisher, and all-a...

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Welcome to Your Next Great Read! This month, Hannah and J are joined by bookseller Dani Terrell from Only One Bed Book Truck - a mobile romance bookstore built around a 1968 Ford truck! Plenty of thriller, scifi, and romance recs to help you build your TBR! Connect with Dani: website | Instagram | Facebook Connect with Hannah: website | Twitter | Instagram...

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Welcome to Chapter 80 - Romance Round Table 3.0! We’ve got a fantastic lineup for this year’s romance round table - authors Hayley Elliott and MJ Hughes and owner of Love Stories OKC, Courtney Hedrick. In our conversation, we get to hear about the work of our panelists and then talk about tropes, the growing male audience for romance fiction, writing spice...

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Welcome to Your Next Great Read! This month, Hannah and J are talking about books they're excited to read in 2026, with a little help from some bookstore friends.  Check out the books, and let us know what you're excited to read this year.  Sign up for the Read LOKal Newsletter Connect with Hannah: website | Twitter | Instagram | TikTok Meadow Ma...

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Welcome to Volume 15! This time we have poems from 11 Oklahoma poets cued up and ready for you to enjoy. Be sure to connect with the poets across their social media (linked below) to let them know how much you appreciate their work. You can check out previous volumes at okiebookcast.com/behindtherain Looking for more work by Oklahoma authors? Check out rea...

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Welcome to Chapter 79! We're doing something a little different to kick off the year. I’ve invited three experts working in the field of literacy across Oklahoma to join me for a conversation about where we are as a state and what is being done to help meet childhood and adult literacy challenges. You are going to hear some passionate folks talk about...