Bookable Space with Yvonne Battle-Felton

Hosted by Yvonne Battle-Felton, this episode features Antoinette Tyrrell reading from and talking to us about her book, The Secrets Left Behind. About the book: : What pain must a woman suffer to rob her of the ability to love her own child? It is the harrowing question Alice Millington faces following the tragic death of her own mother, Kate. The Secrets Left Behind, is a multi-layered tale of th...

In this episode of Bookable Space, host Yvonne Battle-Felton is joined by Joie Davidow with her book, The Unofficial Marriage. About the book: Set against the backdrop of the tumultuous events of 19th century Europe, An Unofficial Marriage dramatizes the equally tumultuous real-life love affair of two great artists—the famous Russian author, Ivan Turgenev, and the celebrated French opera singer, P...

In this episode host Yvonne Battle-Felton is joined by Dr. William H. Reid who will be reading from and talking about his book,  A Dark Night in Aurora: Inside James Holmes and the Colorado Mass Shootings. About the book : James Holmes killed or wounded seventy people in a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado. Only one man was allowed to record extensive interviews with the shooter in addition t...

Hosted by Yvonne Battle-Felton, this episode features Angela Page with There's a Dead Girl in My Yard . About the book:  The life of a struggling actress is turned upside down when she witnesses the burial of an urn in her yard. She gets entangled with the “dead girl,” a Latina health guru, whose criminal antics, range from Miami to New York to L.A.   About Angela:   Angel...

Hosted by Yvonne Battle-Felton, in this episode of Bookable Space we're joined by Katie Munnik reading from The Aerialists . About the author: Katie Munnik is a Canadian writer living in Cardiff, UK. In 2017, she won the Borough Press Open Submission, and her debut novel  The Heart Beats in Secret  was a USA Today Bestseller. Her second novel  The Aerialists  was published...

Hosted by Yvonne Battle-Felton, in this episode we're joined by Louise Morrish reading from Operation Moonlight . About the book : 1944: newly recruited SOE agent Elisabeth Shepherd is faced with an impossible mission; to parachute behind enemy lines into Nazi-occupied France to monitor the new long-range missiles the Germans are working on. Her only advice? Trust absolutely no one. With danger lu...

Hosted by Yvonne Battle-Felton, this episode of Bookable Space features Karla Huebner reading from In Search of the Magic Theater. Karla Huebner’s short fiction has appeared in many literary and genre magazines. Having worked in theater and performed in early music ensembles and gamelans, she is also an art historian whose prizewinning book on the Czech surrealist Toyen was published by University...

Hosted by Yvonne Battle-Felton, this episode of Bookable Space features Sharon Skinner reading from Lostuns Found. About the book: The smoke-covered, steam-powered city of Landings is a rough place where orphans and lost children known as streeters struggle to survive by banding together, forming rival crews. But when their fellow streeters begin to disappear, Gage and Wynd must put aside their lo...

In this episode, Heleen Kist joins host Yvonne Battle-Felton to read from and answer questions about her book, What I Hid From You. About the book: Radha thought she was her own worst enemy … until the real one came after her   Traumatised by the death of a patient, and crippled with anxiety, Glaswegian dentist Radha Bakshi succumbs to an addiction to Valium she can't acknowledge, even to her...

In this episode of Bookable Space, Valerie Nieman joins us to read from and talk to us about her book, To The Bones. In conversation with Yvonne Battle-Felton, author of Remembered. Bio:  Valerie Nieman has toured extensively for her five novels (the latest being  In the Lonely Backwater)  and three collections of poetry.  To the Bones , her genre-bending novel about the coal i...

Hosted by award-winning writer Yvonne Battle-Felton, this episode features Grant Carrington reading from Down in the Barraque. About the Book: :  A starship is being built in orbit and a unique piece of equipment is stolen and falls into the hands of Kip and his friends. Blood brothers and bandmates, Kip Marten, Flyte Error, and Red Green spend their nights playing clubs in the barrique...

In this episode, I'm joined by Gabrielle Robinson reading to us from and talking about her book, Berlin Diaries. My Quest to Understand my Grandfather's Nazi Past. The episode goes over the usual 30 minutes and I forgot to say her name when introducing the episode. About the author: I was born in Berlin in 1942. In 1945 my mother and I fled after bombs had destroyed our apartment. Yet as I grew up...

In this episode we talk with Diane Dreher who will be reading from her book The Tao of Inner Peace . About the book: Diane Dreher’s book  The Tao of Inner Peace  draws upon the ancient wisdom of the  Tao Te Ching  to help us meet today’s challenges. Inspired by nature’s enduring principles, the  Tao  expands our awareness, showing us how to balance the energies within...

About the author: Linda C. Wisniewski is a former librarian and journalist. Her work has been published widely in literary magazines and anthologies, and on her blog, www.lindawis.com . She is the author of a memoir, Off Kilter: A Woman’s Journey to Peace with Scoliosis, Her Mother and Her Polish Heritage. Linda lives with her husband in Bucks County, PA.  WHERE THE STORK FLIES BY LINDA C WIS...

Hosted by Yvonne Battle-Felton, in this episode of Bookable Space we're joined by Eve Karlin reading from Track 61. About the Author : Eve Karlin is the author of City of Liars and Thieves . Eve lives in East Hampton, New York with her husband and triplets and is a bookseller at BookHampton, where she runs the book club and the local author program. She is a recipient of the 2021 James Patterson H...

Hosted by author Yvonne Battle-Felton, in this episode of Bookable Space we're joined by Sara Hosey reading from Imagining Elsewhere. About the book : It’s 1988, and former bully Astrid is forced to move from Queens to the small town of Elsewhere. Although the town is totally weird, Astrid sees the move as a way to reinvent herself. That is, until Candi—the teenage tyrant with supernatural powers...

In this episode of Bookable Space, we're joined by Amy L. Bernstein reading from The Potrero Complex. About the Autho: Amy L. Bernstein writes for the page, the stage, and forms in between. Her novels include  The Potrero Complex ,  The Nighthawkers , and  Dreams of Song Times . She is an award-winning journalist, playwright, and certified nonfiction book coach. Her literary pr...

In this episode of Bookable Space we're joined by Lulah Ellender reading from Grounding: Finding home in a garden Blurb Lulah Ellender's garden in Sussex is an unruly but beloved place. It is also not permanently her own. When just a few weeks after losing her mother, Lulah is told that she and her family might have to leave the rented house that they have made their home, her immediate response i...

In this episode of Bookable Space, Fil Reid reads from Bio: I live on a canal boat in the south of England with my husband, and our rescue dog and cat. I have Asperger's Syndrome and King Arthur and horses are my obsessions. In 2021 I won the Dragonblade WriteStuff competition which brought me a traditional three book deal.  BLURB from Amazon The present day – 24-year-old librarian Gwen goes...

In this episode, we're joined by Hillary S. Webb reading from The Friendliest Place in the Universe: Love, Laughter, and Stand-Up Comedy in Berlin. About the author : Hillary S. Webb, PhD, is a cultural anthropologist and mixed-media storyteller. A professor at Goddard College in the United States, she is the author of  The Friendliest Place in the Universe ,  Yanantin and Masintin...

In this engaging episode, Tim Wendel reads to us from and talks about Escape from Castro's Cuba . About the author : Tim Wendel is the award-winning author of 15 books, including 'Summer of '68' and 'Cancer Crossings.' A writer in residence at Johns Hopkins University, his stories and columns have appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, National Geographic, Psychology Today, and Esqui...

This episode features the legendary Courttia Newland reading from and talking about A River Called Time. About the Author: Courttia Newland is the author of eight books including his much-lauded debut,  The Scholar.  His most recent novel,  A River Called Time , was longlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize. He coedited  The Penguin Book of New Black Writing in Britain , and hi...

Welcome to Bookable Space, an audio literary salon celebrating books published anytime in the 2000s. It's a podcast where authors read to us, discuss their books, and more. Starting Tuesday, September 13, new episodes are released on Tuesdays and Thursdays. I'll be your host, Yvonne Battle-Felton. I hope you'll join me. For information about Yvonne's books, events, and more vist https://www.yvonne...