Bookable Space with Yvonne Battle-Felton

In this episode of Bookable Space, we're joined by Maisie Nesbitt. Maisie reads to us from Stay Calm and Cheerful. We talk about writing, safe spaces, and more. About the writer : Maisie Nesbitt is the nom-de-plume of a teacher who has dabbled in poetry since the Covid-19 pandemic. Writing about her experiences with online learning and more broadly, the rollercoaster of emotions tha...

In this episode of Bookable Space, we're joined by Kristina W. Kelly. Kristina reads to us from Tavern Tale and Imaginari and talks about writing, gaming, and the joy of exploring the side quest. About Tavern Tale: What if the side quest is really the main quest? Divine has chased the thief who stole her talisman across half of Trelvania. The talisman is the key to accessing her magic well, and wi...

In this episode of Bookable Space, host Yvonne Battle-Felton is joined by Allie Cresswell. Allie reads to us from The Cottage on Winter Moss . About the author: UK-born Allie Cresswell has a BA and an MA in English Literature. She was a print-buyer, pub landlady, bookkeeper and college lecturer, but nowadays she writes full time, producing the kinds of books that she herself enjoys readi...

In this engaging episode of Bookable Space, we’re joined by Joanne Limburg. Joanne reads from Small Pieces and talks to us about writing grief, taking care of yourself while writing, and writing as a monument.  About the book When Joanne Limburg's brother Julian took his own life, she found herself holding the fragments of a shattered family narrative. In  Small Pieces , she as...

Bookable Space is a reading podcast that celebrates books and introduces readers to books we may have missed the first time around. In this episode of Bookable Space, host Yvonne Battle-Felton is joined by Laura Gwendolyn Hill. Laura reads to us from The Saxon Sword: The Song of Artemis Book One About the book: On a remote Scottish island, a baby girl, Artemis, is born. As a child, she is determin...

Bookable Space is a reading podcast that introduces readers to books we may have missed the first time around. In this episode of Bookable Space, Yvonne Battle-Felton, author of Curdle Creek, is joined by C.C. Legault. C.C. reads to us from Who is Bobbie-Mae? About the book:  Bobbie-Mae wakes up alone in a hospital room. In the aftermath of a life-threatening car accident, there is complete d...

Bookable Space is a reading podcast that introduces readers to books we may have missed the first time around. In this episode of Bookable Space, Yvonne Battle-Felton, author of Curdle Creek , is joined by Victoria Bennett. Victoria reads to us from All My Wild Mothers. About the book:  Weaving together memoir and herbal folklore, All My Wild Mothers is a story of motherhood, grief, and growi...

Bookable Space is a reading podcast that introduces readers to books we may have missed the first time around. In this episode of Bookable Space, Yvonne Battle-Felton, author of Curdle Creek, is joined by Sharon Tyers. Sharon reads to us from Linen and Rooks. About the book: Linen and Rooks is set in 1830’s Denbigh, North Wales at the time when cholera visited twice. The Bleachworks where the line...

In this special holiday edition of Bookable Space, host Yvonne Battle-Felton turns the tables as she reads from Curdle Creek. This episode was recorded live at Autumn Book Launch 2024. Curdle Creek was published by Holt/Macmillian in the US and Dialogue Books/Hachette in the UK. About the book Osira, a forty-five-year-old widow, is an obedient follower of the strict conventions of the remote all-B...

In this episode of Bookable Space, host Yvonne Battle-Felton is joined by Emily Grandy. Emily reads to us from Michikusa House. About the book While spending a year on a small farm in rural Japan, a young woman struggling with mental illness finds meaning in learning to grow her own food and cook with the seasons. But transformation is often bittersweet, and she will be forced to choose betwe...

In this episode of Bookable Space, host Yvonne Battle-Felton is joined by Francine Pozner Ehrenberg. Francine reads to us from America's Candidate. About the author Francine Pozner-Ehrenberg has been an attorney for over 30 years. She was a Supervising Deputy Attorney General who specialized in Financial and Computer Crimes. She also served as a Major in the U.S. Army, Judge Advocate General'...

In this episode of Bookable Space, host Yvonne Battle-Felton is joined by Kathy Harms. Kathy reads from Resilience in the Rubble. About the Book  As paramedic Kathy Harms navigates the devastation in the aftermath of the catastrophic 2005 Kashmir Earthquake as a first-time medical aid worker, she is confronted by the scale of suffering she observes in the region, and her own lack of experienc...

In this engaging episode of Bookable Space, host Yvonne Battle-Felton is joined by Bryan Thomas Schmidt. Bryan reads to us from his book Shortcut. About the book: A mathematical genius. A formula that speeds up space travel called SHORTCUT. His loving wife. When Laura Maxx disappears after an attack that leaves Jason Maxx in the hospital, his only goal is to find her and bring her back. Then he ge...

We're back with Season III. In this episode of Bookable Space Dr Khadijah Z. Ali- Coleman. Kadijah read to us from her book For The Girls Who Do Too Much . In this lively discussion with novelist Yvonne Battle-Felton, Khadijah talks to us  about writing influences, impact, creativity, vulnerability, and more in this engaging and uplifting episode.  About the writer: Dr. Khadijah&nbs...

In this engaging episode, we are joined by Michal Spiegelman. Michal reads from Becoming Soulful Six Keys for Profound Transformation in Your Therapy, Coaching, or Healing Practice and talks to us about her writing practice, listening to our souls, and more. About Michal: Michal Spiegelman is the visionary behind Beacons of Change, a transformative platform dedicated to guiding women and healing p...

In this engaging episode of Bookable Space, host Yvonne Battle-Felton is joined by Rosie Wilby. Rosie reads to us from The Breakup Monologues: The Unexpected Joy of Heartbreak and talks to us about writing, science of relationships, immersive research, and more. About the author: Rosie Wilby is an award-winning comedian, writer and podcaster who has appeared on BBC Radio 4 programmes including Wom...

In this engaging episode of Bookable Space, host Yvonne Battle-Felton is joined by Inés G. Labarta. Inés reads from The Three Lives of Saint Ciarán and talks to us about writing, reading, life, and more. The Three Lives of Saint Ciarán A young girl, un-dead and un-alive, brought to the shores of Iberia and nurtured to become the saviour of Madrid. A crippled boy drowning in the waters of Loughmich...

In this episode of Bookable Space, host Yvonne Battle-Felton is joined by Steve Schlam. Steve reads from The Harvesting of Haystacks Kane and talks to us about writing, dreaming, creativity, taking readers on a journey on the river of words, and more. About the Author : STEVE SCHLAM was born and brought up in the Borough of Brooklyn in The City That Never Sleeps, and has since lived in cities...

In this episode of Bookable Space, Angie Elita Newell joins host Yvonne Battle-Felton. Angie will be reading from her novel, All I See is Violence . About the Book: Following the real-life historical events caused by colonialism, such as the 1876 Battle of Little Bighorn, Indigenous author Angie Newell dives into the chaos that resulted from these events and the fallout modern Indig...

In this episode of Bookable Space, host Yvonne Battle-Felton is joined by Ishi Robinson. Ishi reads from Sweetness in the Skin . We talk about home, family, and food. About the Book Sweetness in the Skin is set in 90s Kingston, Jamaica and tells the story of the irrepressible Pumkin Patterson who is trying and failing to find her place: at home, at school, and in wider society.   When her fam...

Hosted by Yvonne Battle-Felton, in this episode of Bookable Space we're joined by James Morehead. James reads from The Plague Doctor . About the writer James Morehead is Poet Laureate of Dublin, California, author of three collections of poetry, and host of the Viewless Wings Poetry Podcast. James' poem "tethered" was transformed into an award-winning animated short and "gallery" was set to music...

In the final part of this three-part episode, Laine Love reads another chapter from A Bigger Mission. Written in the style of a script, this chapter is about love, acceptance, and belonging. BIO: Lainne Love is an Award Winning Spiritual Psychology Coach & Bestselling Author, Leading Edge Healer, Founder + CEO of A Bigger Mission, and Momma. She’s dedicated to standing for others as they...

In part two of this three-part episode, Lainne Love joins host Yvonne Battle-Felton and reads from another section of A Bigger Mission . Lainne reminds us all that there is only one us. BIO: Lainne Love is an Award Winning Spiritual Psychology Coach & Bestselling Author, Leading Edge Healer, Founder + CEO of A Bigger Mission, and Momma. She’s dedicated to standing for others as they rise...

In this episode of Bookable Space, we're joined by Lainne Love reading A Bigger Mission. This is the part one of a three-part episode. BIO: Lainne Love is an Award Winning Spiritual Psychology Coach & Bestselling Author, Leading Edge Healer, Founder + CEO of A Bigger Mission, and Momma. She’s dedicated to standing for others as they rise up, reclaim their power, and lead by birthing their...

In this episode of Bookable Space, the show where writers read to us, we're joined by Laurie Kaye reading Confessions of a Rock 'n' Roll Name-Dropper: My Life Leading Up to John Lennon's Last Interview. About a Rock 'n' Roll Name-Dropper Laurie Kaye is a writer and producer, and 'Confessions of a Rock ’n’ Roll Name-Dropper: My Life Leading Up to John Lennon’s Last Interview' is her long-awaited me...