The Talking Book Atlanta

Patti Callahan Henry's latest historical fiction novel, The Secret Book of Flora Lea releases on May 2, 2023. It is set in 1939/40 and then twenty years later in 1960; and tells the story of two sisters during WWII who had to be evacuated during what was known as the "Operation Pied Piper." There is mystery to the story, love, danger, and a happy ever after. Patti's book tour beg...

Julane Fisher is an award winning author of the middle grade Sour Lemon Series books----Sour Lemon and Sweet Tea, and Sour Lemon Strikes Out. Julane's latest book, The Text is a dystopian young adult thriller set in the future and will release in September of 2023. Julane is also an inspirational speaker for schools and classrooms and has an incouraging blog on her website 2Wrds. Her website i...

A live pop up podcast where we talk with several University of Georgia college students about what they read over spring break, what's on their TBR and what's popular now. Some of the books mentioned on this podcast are: The Summer I Turned Pretty series by Jenny Han, Tuesday's with Morri and Stranger in the Life Boat both by Mitch Albom, Love and Other Words by Christine Laurens, The Secret of th...

Cindy started her writing career after age 50, finally taking the stories that had been haunting her for years and getting them published! Cindy is a native California girl and after having a career in advertising, fashion and owning her own business, she's enjoying creating spicy romance stories and getting the characters who've been in her head onto the page. Cindy's books are found on Amazon an...

Could not help but do a LIVE IG to talk about this wonderful novel by Taylor Jenkins Reid, especially on the same day the miniseries by the same title as the novel came out! For the discussion of Daisy Jones and the Six, I asked an author friend of mine, Josie Kerr to join me. Together, we give insight into the characters, the story and the way Reid approached writing this novel, and we tried to d...

Live Instagram interview with J. Eliza Wall where we discuss her novel, Like the Sun Holds the Moon, her children's book of the same title, and her latest children's book titled Trash Crab. Like the Sun Holds the Moon is a new adult novel that explores tough situations a young girl named Ava Luna faces as her mother goes through a life-threatening surgery, and her father and brother return to help...

Terri joined us at John's Creek Books and Gifts for our 1-year podcast anniversary celebration and local author book signing event on January 21, 2023. Terri's debut novel All the Dark Places is a psychological thriller set in the Boston suburbs where a murder exposes the dark secrets at the center of a group of friends and sets two women ---one with a tramatic past and the other, a Boston police...

Walt Mussell writes Japanese historical fiction set during the 16th Century. His fictional works include: The Samurai's Honor, The Samurai's Heart, and A Second Chance.  You can find Walt on Instagram: @authorwaltmussell Walt has a linktree accunt; linktr.ee/waltmussell his Facebook is: Walt Mussell-author. Walt's books can be found on Amazon. We appreciate Walt joining us for a pop up episod...

Linda is a retired nurse and wrote The Day the Birds Came Calling in 2021. This children's book is a sweet story that takes place in the spring as birds begin to nest in a front door wreath. The illistrations are beautiful. The book is best suited for ages 2-9 years and can be found on Amzaon as well as in the Fulton Co. library. Linda is not on Instagram but you can connect with her on Facebook:...

This interview with Brian Delaney is one of 4 that we did for our 1-year podcast anniversary. We hosted several local Alpharetta, GA authors at John's Creek Books and Gifts and Brian's episode is the first of four that were recorded in-store during the anniversary celebration. Brian has written two books, A Good Mourning---is a murder mystery set in a small southern town where an unusual amount of...

Episode recorded while on vacation during the Christmas holidays in Rome, Italy. Came across some ruins where there is a special cat sanctuary called Torre Argentina. The Gatti Di Roma Torre Argentina Cat Sanctuary and rescue center is the oldest in Rome. While visiting, I asked for a podcast interview because I found the area not only facinating, but what a great story about cat rescues and helpi...

Karen talks about how she became a New York City historian. She shares insight into the period gowns and costumes she makes, and talks about her book about the life of a young girl growing up during the 18th century. Karen's book is titled: Theodosia Burr: Teen Eyewitness to the Founding of a Nation. Information about Karen's historical tours can be found on her website: www.patriottoursnyc.com. I...

Dana's memoir, Dilettante dives into the world of movers and shakers; those who ran the show in Manhattan, that of the magazine world, when Vanity Fair editors where like rockstars. In this humorous, charming almost fairy-tale like story of his life, Dana shares how being in the right place at the right time, took him into a lifestyle and career that would shape his entire future. Since his years...

My Father, James Hixon was in the U.S. Navy during WWII. He enlisted at age 17, and was placed as a motor machinist mate in the engine room of the USS Osprey AMS-28, a USS YMS-422, a 270-ton YMS-410 class auxilary motor minesweeper. It was commissioned in September of 1944, and began its career in the Pacific. In mid-1945, The USS Osprey began a lengthy career in the Western Pacific by participati...

Join us as we go inside Rannah Gray's true crime story about a child preditor named Scott Rogers. After Rogers trial in England ended in a hung jury, he flees with several in his entourage to the U.S. where they land in Baton Rouge. Rogers is a master minipulator, a sheep in wool's clothing as he goes about befriending the mayor, the chief of police, and he even starts a church, making himself the...

We were thrilled to have Dakota on the show!!! Dakota talks about her books as well as her other series Fade into You and her billioniar romance ---the take me trilogy, and her standalone:  The Sound of Silence. Learn about her angle box gift sets, her children's book, and the two other books in which the proceeds benefit Dakota's Dahlia Project where portions of her proceeds benefit various...

A live interview via Zoom with Christie Tate, and the Polo Women's Book Club located in Cumming, GA. Listen in as we go live during their montly book club luncheon to talk about the book club's October, 2022 choice, a memior called---Group about how group therapy changed and saved Christie from loneliness and destructive behaviors. Group was a Reese Book Club pick and a NY Times bestseller. Christ...

M.K. and I interview Anne Armistead and talk about the two books of hers that we read. Anne tells us about writing and winning an award from Highlight's magazine, and M.K. shares her future plans. We give more clues as to who our mystery NY Times bestselling author will be on the May episode, so make sure to listen for those! You can find Anne Armistead on Facebook, on Instagram @annearmisteadauth...

Willow Ford (W.A. Ford) has written The Dogwood Grove (Children of Gweita Book 1) an African American historic gothic horror novel, and The Fadian Experiment (Cards of Fate Book 1) and The Fadian Escape (Cards of Fate book 2) which are sci-fi mystical fantasy thrillers. Willow talks with us about her writting experience and how her family's stories influenced her first novel. Willow can be found o...

M.K. Stabley's latest novel, Lying Lanier is out now. Learn about the books in her Eva St. Claire series as well as what she's working on next! M.K. and Perrie have lunch at BG Tavern in Ball Ground, GA and chat about books and more!! Get M.K. Stabley's lastest novel on Amazon. Her Visions of Murder novel is free on Kindle through September 1st. Her Instagram is @authormkstably and her Facebook is...

Kara shares with The Talking Book Pocast about writing as a tool for healing her past, a way to release creativity, and as a way to use the things she's learned from her education and time spent in the United States Air Force. Kara's book, The Scarring of the Roshanra can be found on Amazon, and her social media platforms are IG: karasbbrown FB: Kara SB Brown and linktree: linktr.ee/KaraSB Brown

We wanted to say thank you to all of our listeners, and we hope you've enjoyed the episodes so far! We are taking a short summer break, but we will be back strong in August with a brand new interview! And, we are hosting a book event in August called BOOKS----N----BITES. We will have NY Times bestselling author, Karen White with us that evening, as well as 6 more award-winning authors of all gengr...

In this interview, Kathy Duffy talks about her farm in Milton, Ga and some of the 20 plus rescue animals on the farm and those who bacame characters in her first children's book titled: Ryder and Piper the Puppy. This book won Kathy the Feathered Quill Bronze award for a children's book in the animal genre. Kathy plans to release two more books in the Southern Season's Farm Series, the 2nd in the...

The Take Me to Church series by L.M. Archer falls into the LGBTQ+ genre specifically, MM Romance. The stories explore some dark topics, some that might be triggering such as suicide, self-harm. The stories also involve religion, and homosexuality. Book one: Born in Sickness introduces the characters of Luka and Harlan. Luka has just moved into a small southern town and comes from a religious churc...

Join us as we interview NY Times bestselling author, Karen White about her latest novel, The Shop on Royal Street and a little about a few of her other 30 plus novels! Karen will also be the guest speaker at our event on Thursday, August 18th at 7 p.m. at Atlanta National Golf Club located in Milton, GA. That event will have an Eventbrite ticket link that will be found on both The Talking Book Fac...