Okie Bookcast

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Welcome to Chapter 85! We're going big this month with a Round Table of fantasy authors, talking about their work, the genre, and the challenges of creating new worlds. And talking about a ton of books! Our panel includes: Rebecca Loomis - Author of the YA trilogy Touch of Kindness , Taste of Bravery , and Voice of Change WK Gorbet - Epic fantasy auth...

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Welcome to Your Next Great Read! This month, special guest host Melissa Coast and J are joined by the founder of OKC Silent Book Club, Meredith Dennis. Tons of recommendations across a variety of genres, including several Oklahoma-connected books.  Connect with Melissa: Instagram Connect with Meredith: Instagram  Connect with OKC Silent Book Club: Instagra...

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Welcome to Chapter 84! My guest this month is Sara Causey. Sara is an award-winning author, artist, and illustrator whose work often explores power, conscience, creativity, and the uneasy tension between public image and private truth. She is best known for her tireless efforts to preserve the life and legacy of UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld, inclu...

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Welcome to Your Next Great Read! This month, Hannah and J are joined by member of Hannah's infamous Book Club, Devin Green. In addition to tons of book recs, Hannah drops a huge announcement about her future with the show (don't worry, it's good!). Connect with Hannah: website | Twitter | Instagram | TikTok Sign up for the Read LOKal Newslet...

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Welcome to Chapter 83! My guest is author and podcaster, William Bernhardt. We got together on release day for his new book The Superman Wars: A Battle for Truth, Justice, and an American Icon . William is the author of more than sixty books, including the nationally bestselling Ben Kincaid legal thriller series. He has received numerous awards for his boo...

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Welcome to Your Next Great Read! This month, Hannah and J are joined by Grayson Long, author of the brand new contemporary romance, Chasing the Butterflies , and two other books in her Glendale series.  Plenty of fantasy, thriller, horror, and romance recs (plus lots of indie books!) to help you build your TBR! Connect with Grayson: Instagram | Twitch | Ti...

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Welcome to Volume 16! This time we have poems from 11 Oklahoma poets cued up and ready for you to enjoy. Be sure to connect with the poets across their social media (linked below) to let them know how much you appreciate their work. You can check out previous volumes at okiebookcast.com/behindtherain Looking for more work by Oklahoma authors? Check out rea...

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Welcome to Chapter 82. This month we're celebrating the centennial anniversary of Route 66 with authors, historians, and preservationists Jim Ross and Shellee Graham. Jim and Shellee’s new book, Route 66—The First 100 Years , chronicles the birth, life, demise, and renaissance of the legendary highway over its first century. Released in May 2025, it w...

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Welcome to Your Next Great Read! This month, Hannah and J are joined by JC Lamb, author of Reincarnated: The Malicious Queen . Plenty of thriller, scifi, and romance recs to help you build your TBR! Connect with JC: Instagram | Twitch | TikTok Connect with Hannah: website | Twitter | Instagram | TikTok Sign up for the Read LOKal Newsletter Huge thanks to S...

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Welcome to Chapter 81! This is a fun one! My guests are Jes McCutchen and Josh Wann - two Tulsa poets / writers who have created a new book called Side Quests and Shenanigans . The book is part poetry collection, part creative instigation designed to encourage people to create and to do so in community.  Jes is an author, poet, editor, publisher, and all-a...

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Welcome to Your Next Great Read! This month, Hannah and J are joined by bookseller Dani Terrell from Only One Bed Book Truck - a mobile romance bookstore built around a 1968 Ford truck! Plenty of thriller, scifi, and romance recs to help you build your TBR! Connect with Dani: website | Instagram | Facebook Connect with Hannah: website | Twitter | Instagram...

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Welcome to Chapter 80 - Romance Round Table 3.0! We’ve got a fantastic lineup for this year’s romance round table - authors Hayley Elliott and MJ Hughes and owner of Love Stories OKC, Courtney Hedrick. In our conversation, we get to hear about the work of our panelists and then talk about tropes, the growing male audience for romance fiction, writing spice...

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Welcome to Your Next Great Read! This month, Hannah and J are talking about books they're excited to read in 2026, with a little help from some bookstore friends.  Check out the books, and let us know what you're excited to read this year.  Sign up for the Read LOKal Newsletter Connect with Hannah: website | Twitter | Instagram | TikTok Meadow Ma...

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Welcome to Volume 15! This time we have poems from 11 Oklahoma poets cued up and ready for you to enjoy. Be sure to connect with the poets across their social media (linked below) to let them know how much you appreciate their work. You can check out previous volumes at okiebookcast.com/behindtherain Looking for more work by Oklahoma authors? Check out rea...

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Welcome to Chapter 79! We're doing something a little different to kick off the year. I’ve invited three experts working in the field of literacy across Oklahoma to join me for a conversation about where we are as a state and what is being done to help meet childhood and adult literacy challenges. You are going to hear some passionate folks talk about...

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Welcome to Your Next Great Read!  This month, Hannah and J talk about som recent reads and then recap a great year of reading in 2025. We read a lot of great stuff this year and loved getting a chance to talk about all of our favorites in one place.  Sign up for the Read LOKal Newsletter Connect with Hannah: website | Twitter | Instagram | TikTok Huge than...

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Welcome to Chapter 78! This month we are featuring books for kids with our first ever Children's Author Round Table! I'm joined by two great authors to talk about their work and a ton of other books. Mark McCraw is a Former educator, AF and Air Force Reserve Veteran, corrections officer, adjunct professor, daycare teacher, migrant Head Start teac...

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! It's always a blast when Jamie (JL) Hyde joins us on YNGR! In addition to some fantastic mysteries and thrillers, we also manage to go on about Grady Hendrix, Tiger King, Indie Authors, how much reading we did during COVID, tons of other books, and the bookish bullet I dodged when Hannah was about 9 years old (you can hear the fear in my voice as she...

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Welcome to Chapter 77! For this episode, we’re talking about one of, if not the, most iconic Oklahoma story of all - The Outsiders. I got to sit down with Jimmie Trammel from the Tulsa World and Danny Boy O’Connor, founder of the Outsiders House Museum to talk about their new book, S taying Gold: An Oral History of the Outsiders . Jimmie Tramel, who was bo...

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! It's the October edition of YNGR! This month we are celebrating spooky season with our forever October guest - author Stacey Kade (AKA S.A. Barnes)!  Plenty of horror and thriller reads at a variety of scare levels to finish out your October TBR. We also get a quick rundown of Stacey's new book, Death's Daughter ( preorder here )! Connect wi...

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Welcome to Volume 14! This time we have poems from 12 Oklahoma poets cued up and ready for you to enjoy. Be sure to connect with the poets across their social media (linked below) to let them know how much you appreciate their work. You can check out previous volumes at okiebookcast.com/behindtherain Here's the Lineup: Toy Box Apocalypse - Hallie Waug...

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Welcome to Chapter 76 of the Okie Bookcast - Our 4th Bookcastaversary Show! Stay tuned after the conversation for some updates as we move into Year 5. For this special episode of the Bookcast, I sat down with the incredible Daniel H. Wilson. Daniel is a Cherokee citizen, Tulsa native, and the multiple New York Times bestselling author of techno-thrillers s...

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! I'm joined by my YNGR co-host and favorite oldest daughter, Hannah Herron, to talk about the 2025 film adaptation of the Richard Bachman / Stephen King classic - The Long Walk. What did the filmmakers get right? What did they miss? And what do we think of the changes? If you love the book and / or the film, you'll love this conversation. If you h...

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Welcome to Your Next Great Read! Hannah and I welcome author Laura Vogt - her debut novel,  In the Great Quiet , releases in March.  We have a lot of fun with Laura botching author names, giving family shout outs, and hearing Hannah’s first impressions of The Long Walk. Oh, and we talk about books too - historical fiction, fantasy, sci fi, and horror - som...

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Welcome to Chapter 75! My guest is Mark Archuleta, the author of The Reel Thrilling Events of Bank Robber Henry Starr: From Gentleman Bandit to Movie Star and Back Again . Mark grew up in Oklahoma City where his father was a pioneering air traffic controller with the FAA. He now lives in California, but considers Oklahoma his second home state. In addition...