The Catholic Bookworm

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Anthony DeStefano on his book Christmas in Heaven (September 16, 2024) In charming rhyming verse, Christmas in Heaven tells the poignant story of a little boy who is sad because his grandmother has passed away. It is Christmastime, and the boy asks his grandfather where his grandmother might be. The grandfather responds by telling t...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Frank Fraser on his book Already There. Are you ready to come home? A place where no one is ever hungry, afraid, or alone. A golden land of beauty, laughter, and joy. Could there really be such a place? This is the question our protagonist, a little lamb, asks when a mysterious kindly Shepherd appears, promising eternal happiness in...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Peter Kaye on his ministry at K-LOVE Radio.  Mission | Positive Encouraging K-LOVE (klove.com)

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews John Carpay on his contribution entitled "COVID and the Demise of Constitutionality in Canada" in Politics, Law & Religion in Times of COVID, edited by Jane F. Adolphe, Fulvio Di Blasi, and Robert L. Fastiggi. After two years of anti-COVID-19 policies, an international group of Catholic scholars and lawyers gathered in Rome unde...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Fr. Julius Leloczky, O. Cist. on his book All is Grace: My Life. Son of a baker, Julius Lelóczky was supposed to continue the family business, the French style patisserie. He instead felt he was called to be a monk and priest, during a time when in communist Hungary all religious orders had been suppressed. By God’s grace, he was ab...

In this episode of "The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Patrick O'Hearn on his book Nursery of Heaven: Marriage, Stillbirth, and Infant Loss in the Lives of the Saints and Today's Parents. Miscarriage, stillbirth, and infant loss happen more often than we realize, leaving many to suffer in isolation. This unique companion will help those grieving from child loss as they search for comfo...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Julie "Jules" Howe, a California screenwriter, producer and children’s book author whose screenplay, Jasper Milliken, won the comedy category at the Austin Film Festival in 2010. Since then, Jules' screenplays have placed in top-ranking film festivals and screenplay competitions such as BlueCat, Nicholl Fellowship, Page Internationa...

In this episode of The Divinized Person, Kiki Latimer interviews Fr. Dennis Billy, CSsR, on The Divinized Person (July 29, 2024) Scripture tells us that man was created in the image and likeness of God (Gn 1:26). This book explores the meaning of this statement, describing each of us as a living, flesh-and-blood icon, a visible representation intended to lead us to an encounter with the divine. Th...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Jean Kelly on her book Less Helping Them/More Healing You: The Transcendent Gift of an Ancient Spiritual Practice (July 24, 2024) How you can heal difficult, even codependent, relationships. Offers an approach to mindfulness that is an invitation to join an ancient community of seekers who have practiced, taught, and embodied center...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews  Annette Wilcox on her book Bumping the Dock: A Story of God’s Grace and an 18-Wheeler (July 24, 2024) I am an unlikely person to be a long-haul trucker. People comment that I look more like a librarian or an English teacher than a trucker. And I have been both. Trucking is physically a little too hard for me. Perhaps for this reaso...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Antony Kolenc on his Harwood Mystery series. (July 3, 2024) Author Antony Barone Kolenc writes novels for teen audiences, including the multi-award-winning medieval series, The Harwood Mysteries , and his latest contemporary mystery,  Penny and the Stolen Chalice .  For more on his work, see his website at Home (antonykolenc.com)

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Katharine Campbell on her book Love, Treachery, and Other Terrors (July 1, 2024) Fairies have one job. They are tasked with helping people learn and practice virtue. I am sure you've heard stories of fairies taking the form of beggars, blessing those who help them, and cursing those who don't. However, not all fairies are good. Inst...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Jenny duBay on Don’t Plant Your Seeds Among Thorns: A Catholic’s Guide to Recognizing and Healing from Domestic Abuse (6/27/24) In this book, Jenny duBay helps survivors of intimate partner violence identify their situation and begin to heal. With empathy and compassion, she covers such topics as what domestic abuse is, the trauma o...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Donna Marotto on her book Love Changes Everything: An Invitation to Knowing the Healing Power of God (June 3, 2024) Donna L. Marotto is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in the state of Connecticut. She is also a Faith Formation Director and Youth Minister. She is a practicing Third (Lay) Order Franciscan and is part of the Korban Fraternity in Rock...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Jane Adolphe, Fulvio Di Blasi and Robert Fastiggi on Politics, Law & Religion in Times of COVID (May 31, 2024) After two years of anti-COVID-19 policies, an international group of Catholic scholars and lawyers gathered in Rome under the auspices of the International Catholic Jurists Forum to reflect on how society has handled th...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Steven Thomas on his book Catholic Joe Superhero (May 29, 2024) This is the first in the Catholic Joe series. Lieutenant General Joseph Salvatore, husband and father of a large family, is a man’s man. At age 48 he is still considered one of the deadliest men on the planet, able to kill an enemy with his bare hands, and with the same...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews John Wood on The Chronicles of Sir Rolland Paterlot and the Seven Deadly Dragons. (May 29, 2024) FACING, FIGHTING, & DEFEATING The Red Dragon of Pride: The Chronicles of Sir Rolland Paterlot (The 7 Deadly Dragons) THE ADVENTURE BEGINS as young Sir Rolland enrolls in the secret Woodshire Academy of Dragon Slaying in his quest to...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Lynda Rozell on her books Journeys with a Tin Can Pilgrim and Return to Me (May 29, 2024). Three years ago, Lynda Rozell sold her house, quit her job, and began living on the road full-time in an Airstream travel trailer that she tows with a RAM 1500 truck. This book chronicles Lynda's transformation from her previous life to that o...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews S.R. Crickard on her book Misshelved Magic. (May 29, 2024)  Adelina is content to be a humble librarian with no magic, organizing ordinary books and leaving the magical section of the library to the management of the mysterious creature called a cervara…until she finds a misshelved spellbook that refuses to stay in its proper place....

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Leslea Wahl on her Faith-Filled Teen Series (May 29, 2024) Leslea Wahl is an author of faith-filled teen mysteries. She writes, "For as long as I can remember I have been a creator of stories with ideas swirling through my head. I am thrilled now to be able to share some of them with others. For many years I have been driven by a be...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Amanda Lauer on her book Heaven Intended (May 29, 2024) A WORLD SUCH AS HEAVEN INTENDED Winner, 2016 CALA Award! The Civil War tore the United States apart and many friendships and families as well. In “A World Such as Heaven Intended,” Amara McKirnan and Nathan Simmons share a devotion to their Catholic faith but their loyalties li...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Maria Riley on her book series Adventures with the Saints (May 29, 2024) 1 Saint Joseph : The Foster-Father Saint (Adventures With the Saints Book Joshua is a seven-year-old foster child who moves in with the Martin family. They seem really nice, yet Joshua isn’t sure if his new parents can love him as much as their biological child...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Robin Arthur on his book It's Everybody's World: We either Live Together or Die Together. (May 13, 2024) This book invites global communities to seek the peaceful advancement of humanity that globalisation can bring about and open the gates to a common future, casting away the other troubles that nationalist ideologies trigger. http...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Pedro Gabriel on his book The Orthodoxy of Amoris Laetitia (May 17, 2024) When Amoris Laetitia was published in 2016, it became the most controversial papal document since Humanae Vitae. Many said that Amoris Laetitia was “confusing” and “required clarification.” Others claimed that it was heterodox, while comparing it unfavorably w...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Claudia Cangilla McAdam on her book Mother Cabrini: A Heart for the World. Discover the world of Francesca Cabrini in this moving book that not only educates children about a remarkable person in American history, but inspires them with stories of her compassion, courage, vision, and miracles. The first American citizen to be canoni...