Bookable Space with Yvonne Battle-Felton

In this episode of Bookable Space, Maxine Blake reads Teacher Bloopers and Pouty Mouth Stories and reminds us to show ourselves grace, enjoy what we do, and learn from our mistakes. About the author: Maxine Blake is of Jamaican descent and was born and raised in Wolverhampton in the UK. She dedicated 37 years of her life to teaching and held management positions within educational institutions acr...

In this episode of Bookable Space, we're joined by author Gloria Galloway. Gloria reads from and talks about her book Amber's Way. About the book: Young Adult/Amber's Way is the story of a young girl's struggle with childhood cancer. The narrative is about courage, inner strength, and a fighting spirit. Above all, it is about the powerful bond of love between a mother and daughter.  About the...

In this episode of Bookable Space, Anton Skornyakov reads from The Art of Slicing Work: How to Navigate Unpredictable Projects. About the Book Ignoring the problem won’t make it go away. And yet, that’s exactly what most organizations do when unpredictability arises. Instead of fighting against it, why not work with unpredictability instead? In The Art of Slicing Work , Anton Skornyakov shows you...

In this episode of Bookable Space, host Yvonne Battle-Felton is joined by Madeline Bocaro. Madeline reads from her book In Your Mind- The Infinite Universe of Yoko Ono. About the book:   In Your Mind - The Infinite Universe of Yoko Ono  The true story of the woman John Lennon loved. This is the ultimate biography and reference guide to Yoko Ono's life and work. It is the first compl...

In this episode of Bookable Space, host Yvonne Battle-Felton is joined by Tim Stretton. Tim will be reading from Catfish Alley. From the book: I once had a girlfriend back in Scotland, Lorna, who was into astrology, karma, healing crystals and all that shite. She always said the universe had a way of knowing when you needed something and providing for you. In my experience, what it gener...

In this episode of Bookable Space, host novelist Yvonne Battle-Felton is joined by Micki R. Pettit. Micki reads from A Kiss for Maggie Moore and talks about research, writing, and more. Born in Wyoming and raised in New Mexico, Micki R. Pettit has been a Texan for twenty-six years, living in Houston with her husband and now twenty-one-year-old, A&M sons.   Micki is a former radio personal...

In this episode of Bookable Space, host, novelist Yvonne Battle-Felton is joined by Linda Jean Hall. Linda Jean reads to us from Gifting Resilience: A Pandemic Study of my Black Female Resistance and talks about fear, writing, and hope. Linda Jean Hall is  a teaching-researcher specializing in Science and Technology Studies at the University of California Riverside. Hall’s book,  Gi...

In this episode of Bookable Space, host Yvonne Battle-Felton is joined by Annie Dawid. Annie reads from Paradise Undone: A Novel of Jonestown. About the book Paradise Undone, A Novel of Jonestown  is a part real, part imagined retelling of the tragic events that led to the USA's biggest single loss of civilian life in the twentieth century. On November 18th 1978, nine hundred and nine people...

In this episode of Bookable Space, host Yvonne Battle-Felton is joined by Gary Hermus. Gary reads from and talks about his novel, The Port Edgerton Chronicles. About the Book : Leaving your childhood home to build a new life is a rite of passage. But what happens when you have to go back?   Self-reliant artist Penelope “Nellie” Simpson, has made a place for herself in the New Mexico art scene...

In this special edition of Bookable Space, host Yvonne Battle-Felton is joined by Larry Zuckerman. Larry reads from Lonely Are the Brave. About the book Historical novelist Larry Zuckerman talks about  Lonely Are the Brave , in which an American war hero returns to his small town in 1919, grieving his late wife, and decides to stay home to raise his infant daughter, only to hear a rumor the c...

In this engaging episode, poet W.C. Aldridge joins host Yvonne Battle-Felton. W.C. reads from My Soul's Journey, discusses her poetry journey and offers poets/writers advice on creating a poetry collection. About the book: My Soul’s Journey, collected poems , by Chicago poet W.C. Aldridge, was released in 2021 as part of Amador Publisher’s Worldwind Books Poetry Series. Ms. Aldridge was involved i...

In this episode, host Yvonne Battle-Felton is joined by Claire Culliford. Claire reads from If You Believe. .. and talks about writing the collection and hope. About the book A collection of short stories about the poignant, possible and positive in our world.  If You Believe...  invites readers to imagine all that can be through tales depicting the best of humanity and the wonderful pow...

In this episode of Bookable Space, host Yvonne Battle-Felton is joined by Walker Zupp. Walker reads to us from Nakadai. About the book Twickley, England – when Hiroshi Nakadai is studying for his PhD in Linguistics he comes into contact with a powerful and evil force... His supervisor, Professor Mutton, has been enslaved by The Great Word: an intergalactic being hell-bent on conquering the world....

In this episode of Bookable Space, novelist Yvonne Battle-Felton is joined by Jane Austin. Jane reads from Renegade . About the book:   My second novel, Renegade, is the story of Justin, a 70s urban guerrilla, who late in life is confronted by the consequences of his rebellious youth and grapples with the fallout for his family. When his son is drawn into radical politics in Rojava, Syria, Ju...

In this episode, host Yvonne Battle-Felton is joined by Rebecca Keller. Rebecca reads to us from You Should Have Known. About the book: A grieving grandmother turns to murder in YOU SHOULD HAVE KNOWN (Crooked Lane Books / April 4, 2023 / $29.99) a literary suspense that explores the bonds of family and the grudges we can’t let go. When retired nurse Frannie Greene moves into a senior living apartm...

In this episode of Bookable Space, host Yvonne Battle-Felton is joined by Steffi Gardener. Steffi reads to us from Charlie to the Rescue. About the book Charlie was different. True he was a Black and White Border Collie, as were his brothers and sister. However, there were two marked differences. One ear stood up whereas the other lay flat against his head. Secondly, he had eyes of...

In this episode of Bookable Space, author Yvonne Battle-Felton is joined by Ron Roman. Ron reads to us from Of Ashes and Dust. About the book: At the time of the Millennium three people struggle for survival in a small New Hampshire town as the world spins into chaos, not realizing that each harbors secrets that will eventually pit them against one another. The story evolves from the U.S. Governme...

In this episode of Bookable Space, host Yvonne Battle-Felton is joined by Ronna Detrick reading from Rewriting Eve: Rescuing Women's Stories from the Bible and Reclaiming Them as Our Own. About the author : Ronna Detrick left the church and its dogma nearly twenty years ago but took the stories of women with her. She has combined her love of writing with a diverse and winding career that...

Joining host Yvonne Battle-Felton, in this episode of Bookable Space Stephanie Cotsirilos reads from My Xanthi. About the author: Tapping prior careers on Broadway and in law, Stephanie Cotsirilos is author of the novella My Xanthi . Twice nominated for the Pushcart Prize, her work has appeared in McSweeney’s, Narrative, Mississippi Review and Beacon Press’ New England essay anthology, Breaking Br...

In this episode of Bookable Space, host Yvonne Battle-Felton is joined by Debbie Burke. Debbie reads from Deep Fake Double Down and talks to us about writing a series, researching deep fakes and more. About the Book: Deep fakes mean deep trouble for investigator Tawny Lindholm and her attorney husband Tillman Rosenbaum. A female corrections officer begs them for help after video goes viral, showin...

Just in time for lunch, welcome back to Bookable Space! In the first episode of Season 2, we're joined by Naomi Kruger reading from and talking about her book May. About the author: Naomi Krüger is a prose writer and Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Central Lancashire. Her debut novel, May was published by Seren in 2018 and her short fiction has been shortlisted for the Galley Beg...

Just a quick thank you for listening to Season I and news about Season II. Thanks for listening and for your support. To read more about what I'm up to, visit my website here or sign up for my newsletter on substack to hear/read about Curdle Creek, my upcoming novel. I hope you'll join in for Season 2. If you would like to be a guest on the show, get in touch. If you'd like to recommend a writer,...

In this episode of Bookable Space, host Yvonne Battle-Felton is joined by Tammy Euliano. Tammy reads from Misfire and Fatal Intent . Please note, Misfire is now available. About the author: Tammy Euliano’s writing is inspired by her day job as a physician, researcher and educator at University of Florida. She’s received numerous teaching awards, ~100,000 views of her YouTube teaching videos, and w...

This episode of Bookable Space features Lynn McAllister reading from About the author: Lynn lives in Twickenham with her family. She has two daughters who are 15 and 17. She has worked in education for some years and was compelled to write about current issues affecting the pre-teens of today, sensing a need to highlight the dangers of living in a technological bubble! Lynn originates from Lancash...

In this episode of Bookable Space we're joined by Robert Rosen reading A Brooklyn Memoir. About the book : Robert Rosen, author of the international bestseller  Nowhere Man: The Final Days of John Lennon , is back with  A Brooklyn Memoir , a childhood journey through 1950s and 60s Flatbush, an insular neighborhood where Holocaust survivors lived side-by-side with WWII vets, and the war l...