Okie Bookcast

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Have you ever thought to yourself, "I wish I could get more books read"? Then this is the conversation for you! I talk with professor, content manager, and uberreader Kenna Griffin about her tips and strategies for reading 150 books a year. We also talk about how her reading informs the writing she does as a blogger, editor, and academic. If you’...

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Welcome to Chapter 23! My guest is Oklahoma children's literature legend, Anna Myers. Anna has published 20 books for children, including award-winning titles like Red Dirt Jessie , Graveyard Girl , Assassin , and Tulsa Burning . She is a four-time Oklahoma Book Award recipient, received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Oklahoma Center for the...

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! I'm excited to talk with Amanda Bales and Chris Murphy - authors who tell Oklahoma stories using short fiction. Amanda Bales is the author of Pekolah Stories , a collection about life in SE Oklahoma. Born and raised in Oklahoma, Amanda has since lived in many places, including Fairbanks, Alaska, where she completed her MFA at the University of Alaska....

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Welcome to Chapter 21 of the Okie Bookcast! My guests for this episode are Bill Price and Dr. Michael Hightower. Bill and Michael recently released Bill’s biography, called At War with Corruption , chronicling Bill’s life and involvement in prosecuting high-profile cases in Oklahoma. The book recently won the 2022 Nonfiction Book of the Year from the Oklah...

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Connect with the Bookcast: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | WebSite Check out Behind the Rain: An Audio Anthology of Oklahoma Poetry Welcome to Chapter 20! This one is all about Summer Library Reading Programs. I have a great lineup of librarians and other library-connected folks, giving us a bird's-eye view of summer reading and a picture of what it...

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Welcome to Volume One of Behind the Rain: An Audio Anthology of Oklahoma Poetry.  I'm excited to share with you the work of these 10 Oklahoma poets.  Cotton Candy Skies - Hallie McGrath Instagram: @jackrabbit_spiritual Coyote Communion - Brand Rackley Instagram: @brandrackley   Worse than My Bite - Rob Sturma Twitter: @ratpackslim   Website: freezeray...

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Welcome to Chapter 19 of the Okie Bookcast! Jerry Bennett is a full time illustrator and art director and is one of the great comic creators in Oklahoma. He has done work for local film company Reckless Abandonment Pictures, Invisible Layers, Oklahoma Today magazine, Okie Comics, Stan Lee, Marvel, DC and Lucasfilm. He also creates the Chicken Fried News il...

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Welcome to Chapter 18 of the Okie Bookcast! Couple of quick reminders: - Our first Bookcast Newsletter will drop June 1. If you haven't subscribed yet on the website, take a minute to sign up at okiebookcast.com .  - I've had an incredible response to the Behind the Rain audio anthology and a fantastic lineup of poets and poems is coming your way...

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Welcome to Chapter 17 of the Bookcast! Some quick reminders: Submissions for the Behind the Rain audio poetry anthology are due May 15. Visit okiebookcast.com/behindtherain for more information and to submit your poetry. Volume 1 of the anthology will drop June 15.  I’d love to have you on the Okie Bookcast mailing list ! You’ll be the first to get my bran...

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Welcome to Chapter 15 of the Okie Bookcast! We're celebrating National School Libraries Month by talking with a couple of amazing Oklahoma librarians! Jill Slay is the librarian at Putnam City West High School in Oklahoma City. Jill has  been an educator for 23-ish years and was a high school English teacher before moving into the Library about 10 yea...

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Welcome to Chapter 16 of the Okie Bookcast! We're celebrating National School Libraries Month by talking with a couple of amazing Oklahoma librarians! This is Part 2 of our conversation, so I strongly encourage you to check out Part 1 (in Chapter 15) and then come back and enjoy the rest. My guests are Jill Slay, librarian at Putnam City West High Sch...

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Welcome to Chapter 14 of the Okie Bookcast! April Read Oklahoma Challenge category - Read a Sequoyah Award winner from any year My guest is Onikah Asamoa-Ceasar, book lover and founder of Fulton Street Books and Coffee in Tulsa, OK. Fulton Street is a bookshop on a mission to increase intergenerational literacy and build better community by focusing on con...

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! In this chapter of the Okie Bookcast, our focus is on the Sequoyah Book Awards and the Donna Norvell Award . The Sequoyah Awards are sponsored by the Oklahoma Library Association and are one of the oldest child-selected book awards in the country. The awards are presented at the end of March every year, so this is the perfect time to learn more about them...

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Welcome to Chapter 12 and happy sixth month anniversary to the Bookcast! I got to take the show on the road to Tulsa to talk with Victoria Moore, owner and curator of Whitty Books - a bookshop she opened in 2018 in the Kendall Whittier district in Tulsa. Since they opened, Whitty Books has been a community hub for book clubs, live music, black-out poetry,...

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Welcome to Chapter Eleven of the Okie Bookcast! My guest is Heather Zeoli from Metropolitan Library System in Oklahoma County. Heather is the director of development and volunteer services for Metro Libraries. She has worked in fundraising for 20 years and has been with the library system for the past 6. In our conversation, we talk about the history and s...

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Welcome to Chapter 10(!) of the Okie Bookcast! I'm excited that we've made it to this milestone and thankful for all of you who have joined the ride. Quick reminder - the category for the Read Oklahoma Challenge this month is "A Book Set in Oklahoma". You can find a list of suggested titles on the web site - okiebookcast.com/readoklahom...

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Thanks for checking out Chapter Nine of the Okie Bookcast! My guest is Jeremie Kubicek, founder of GiANT Worldwide , serial entrepreneur, and author. Jeremie is a powerful communicator and content builder whose work is used by some of the largest companies and organizations around the globe. He is the author of multiple books, including: 100X Leader , 5 Ge...

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Happy 2022 from The Okie Bookcast! There is so much great stuff coming in the days ahead! If you haven't heard the New Year's Resolutions interlude, I strongly encourage you to take a few minutes to check out the big goals for 2022 and how you can be a part of them. One of those goals is launching the Read Oklahoma Challenge. I'm encouraging...

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! In this short interlude episode, J talks about five goals (resolutions) for the Bookcast for 2022. 1. 24 quality shows - Check out upcoming guests and past conversations at okiebookcast.com/episodes . 2. Growing the scope of the show - 77 counties and 50 states. Track progress at okiebookcast.com/reach . 3. Growing the community - connect with @okiebookcas...

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Welcome to Chapter Seven of the Okie Bookcast! I get to talk with the delightful author Ginny Myers Sain . Ginny's debut YA novel, Dark and Shallow Lies , has exploded this fall, becoming an Indiebound bestseller and showing up on multiple top books of the year lists.  Her book is a mystery-thriller that explores the question, "How do you keep a...

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! My guest is Nick Bremmer. Nick is the owner of Word of Mouth Bookshop X Goods located in Prelude Coffee Roasters at the 8th Street Market in Oklahoma City. We talk about Word of Mouth's beginnings as a pop-up shop, his approach to curating a collection of "books that love to be talked about", and the connection between books and breweries. ...

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! At the halfway mark of National Novel Writing Month, we have great conversation with author and writing teacher Roger D. Colby. Roger teaches writing and literature at Norman High School and is the author of six science-fiction novels and a ton of short stories and poetry. He also hosts a couple of podcasts that we talk about on the show. You can connect w...

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! We're kicking off National Novel Writing Month with a fun and encouraging conversation with author and professor, Mel Odom . Mel has published over 220 novels in genres ranging from science fiction to westerns to romance to tie-ins with popular movie and television franchises. In addition to his writing, Mel has taught in the Professional Writing depa...

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! We're celebrating Halloween at the Okie Bookcast! Our guest for Chapter Three is Jeff Provine - author, professor, and ghost tour guide. Jeff grew up on a Land Run farm outside of Enid and now is a Professor of English at Oklahoma City Community College. Jeff's fiction work ranges from The Academy - a long-running web comic to Celestial Voyages -...

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Welcome to the first episode of the Okie Bookcast! In this chapter, I sit down with Charles Martin, Steve Gooch, Chloe Harrison, and James McGough from Literati Press Comics and Novels. We talk about the history of the publishing house and bookstore, how they make decisions about publishing projects and the curation of their store, their commitment to Okla...