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Mad as Hell: 60 Minutes Took on the Powerful and Made Television History — Foreword by Scott Pelley — 9781632261816 — Harry Moses — Prospecta Press — 256 pages — $27.50 — September 1, 2026 – ebook and audio book editions available Harry Moses has had a long and incredibly interesting career as a documentary […] The post Harry Moses: Mad as Hell: 60 Minutes Took on the Powerful and Made...

The Lost Founder: James Wilson and the Forgotten Fight for a People’s Constitution — Jesse Wegman — Celadon Books — 384 pages — $30.00 — June 23, 2026 — ebook versions available at lower prices It is fairly mind-boggling that few Americans know the name or the story of James Wilson. He was a crucial “founding […] The post Jesse Wegman: James Wilson and the Forgotten Fight for a P...

Publishing Talks began as a series of conversations with book industry professionals and others involved in media and technology. Mostly we’ve talked with people in the book industry about the history and the evolution of publishing and books. I’ve had the pleasure of speaking with editors, publishers, technologists, innovators, and leaders in independent publishing and […] The post Pu...

A Mansion of Her Own: The Mysterious Life of Heiress Alice Delamar – Nona Footz with Audrey Clare Farley – Grand Central Publishing – 9781538772072 – 272 pages – $32.50 – October 8, 2026 – ebook versions available at lower prices It was impossible for me to resist a story about a reclusive heiress who […] The post Interview with Nona Footz: A Mansion...

From Pain to Peace: How Trauma and Tragedy Teach Us Compassion and Wisdom – Mel Harkrader Pine – Prospecta Press – Paperback – 9781632261786 – 240 pages – $18.00 – September 15, 2026 – ebook versions available at lower prices The subject of trauma has become far more discussed and understood over the past half […] The post Mel Harkrader Pine: F...

The 10 Commandments of Successful Corporate Narratives – Jeff Gomez & Alan Berkson – Intelligist Press – Paperback – 9798218853914 – 138 pages – $24.00 – February 15, 2026 – Kindle version $14.99 (Amazon only) Jeff Gomez is an amazing guy. We met years ago in some now forgotten business connection, but I always remembered […] The post Jeff...

I originally began Publishing Talks as a series of conversations with book industry professionals and others involved in media and technology, mostly talking about the future of publishing, books, and culture. I continue to enjoy my conversations with people in the book industry about the evolution of publishing in the context of technology, culture, and […] The post Publishing Talks: Brooke...

Fells Point: A Novel – William Loving – Rare Bird Books – Hardcover – 9781644285558 – 240 pages – $28.00 – June 9, 2026 – ebook available at lower prices Fells Point is a bit of a noirish, bit of a postmodernish novel set in modern day Baltimore. In all honesty, I was surprised by […] The post William Loving: Fells Point: A Novel first appeared...

When Caesar Was King: How Sid Caesar Reinvented American Comedy – David Margolick – Shocken Books – Hardcover – 9780805242553 – 400 pages – $35.00 – November 11, 2025 – ebook edition available at lower cost, audio book also available. I am almost the same age as author David Margolick, so was born too late […] The post David Margolick: When Caesar Was King...

Publishing Talks started as a series of conversations with book industry professionals and others involved in media and technology, mostly talking about the future of publishing, books, and culture. It has been an ongoing education talking with people in the book industry about the evolution of publishing in the context of technology, culture, and economics. […] The post Publishing Talks: Ra...

Death in the Strike Zone: The Mystery of America’s First Baseball Hero — Thomas W. Gilbert — David Godine — Hardcover — 978-1-56792-759-7 — 192 pages — $27.95 — March 24th, 2026 – ebook edition available at lower cost As most of my listeners probably know by now, I love baseball and I really love […] The post Thomas W. Gilbert: Death in the Strike Zone first appeared on WritersCast .

Authors Voices gives writers and poets a platform for reading their work. It’s been too infrequent a series in the past. Starting in 2026, inaugurated by this wonderful reading by Los Angeles poet Kim Dower, we will be presenting a monthly reading series with a representation of poets I feel have not received enough attention […] The post Kim Dower reading her poems for National Poetry...

Attention: Writing on Life, Art, and the World — Anne Enright — W.W. Norton — Hardcover — 978-1-324-12413-9 — 288 pages — $29.99 — April 7, 2026 — ebook and audio book versions available, prices vary Anne Enright has quickly become one of my favorite writers over the past several years. Her fiction is superb, […] The post Anne Enright: Attention: Writing on Life, Art, and the World first app...

I discovered the very interesting Luke Palder by accident one day when I saw an ad he ran for his memoir writing and publishing business, MemoirGhostWriting.com. It sounded really interesting, and similar enough to some of my own work that I wanted to find out more about his work. Luke is a serial entrepreneur in […] The post Publishing Talks Interview: Luke Palder of MemoirGhostWriting.com...

The Nazi and the Psychiatrist: Hermann Göring, Dr. Douglas M. Kelley, and a Fatal Meeting of Minds at the End of WWII — Jack El-Hai — PublicAffairs — 9781610394635 — 304 pages — Published September 2, 2014 — Paperback — $21.99 (ebook available at lower prices; audiobook download also available) The Nazi and the Psychiatrist […] The post Jack El-Hai: The Nazi and the Psychiatrist first appear...

I started Publishing Talks as a series of conversations with book industry professionals and others involved in media and technology, mostly talking about the future of publishing, books, and culture. It has been great fun talking with people in the book industry about the evolution of publishing in the context of technology, culture, and economics. […] The post Publishing Talks Interview: K...

Devouring Time: Jim Harrison, a Writer’s Life — Todd Goddard — 9781799902362 – Blackstone Publishing — Hardcover — 558 pages — $29.99 — November 4, 2025 Jim Harrison was for so many readers – and other writers – one of the central voices of American literature for the last half century. When Harrison began writing, […] The post Todd Goddard: Devouring Time: Jim Harris...

Echoes of Our Origins: Baboons, Humans, and Nature — Shirley C. Strum, with Cassandra Phillips — Johns Hopkins University Press — Hardcover — 978-1-4214-5203-6 — 376 pages — $32.95 — September 9, 2025 — ebook edition available. This book was a fantastic discovery for me. I consider myself fairly well read; I’ve studied anthropology extensively […] The post Shirley C. Strum: Echoes of O...

Publishing Talks started as a series of conversations with book industry professionals and others involved in media and technology, mostly talking about the future of publishing, books, and culture. It has been great fun talking with people in the book industry about the evolution of publishing in the context of technology, culture, and economics. Today’s […] The post Publishing Talks...

Publishing Talks started as a series of conversations with book industry professionals and others involved in media and technology, mostly talking about the future of publishing, books, and culture. It was great fun talking with people in the book industry about the evolution of publishing in the context of technology, culture, and economics. In the […] The post Publishing Talks Interviews T...

Playback (A Novel) — Carla Malden — 9781644284872 — Hardcover — 216 pages — Rare Bird Books — Published August 12, 2025 — $28 — ebook versions available at lower prices Time travel fiction is among my favorite literary genres. I’ve been reading time travel novels avidly since I was a kid. I am sure […] The post Carla Malden: Playback (a novel) first appeared on WritersCast .

Publishing Talks started as a series of conversations I had with book industry professionals and others involved in media and technology, talking about the future of publishing, books, and culture. It was great fun discussing the evolution of publishing in the context of technology, culture, and economics. More recently, I’ve also had conversations with a […] The post Publishing Talks Interv...

Just Willa (a novel)—Helen Sheehy—Cave Hollow Press—978-2-7342678-3-9—paperback—428 pages—$21.95—April 13, 2025—ebook versions available at varying lower prices As many Writerscast listeners know, I only interview writers about books I like and enjoyed reading enough to want to share with my listeners. So every episode of this podcast does represent a certain “best of” approach to my [...

Publishing Talks started as a series of conversations with book industry professionals and others involved in media and technology, mostly talking about the future of publishing, books, and culture. It was great fun talking with people in the book industry about the evolution of publishing in the context of technology, culture, and economics. In the past […] The post Publishing Talks Intervi...

Shelter and Storm: At Home in the Driftless – Tamara Dean – University of Minnesota Press – 9781517918569 – Paperback – 224 pages – April 22, 2025 – $19.95 -ebook editions available at lower prices Books like Shelter and Storm are all too often errantly categorized as “regional,” both by publishers and reviewers alike. That’s […] Th...