Caroline Donahue

The Secret Library Podcast

Arts EN ↓ 278 episodes

Most people believe that books are created in cabins all alone, where authors pound away on some manner of keyboard. Then they hand this masterpiece off to a publisher and it feels very much like it goes down a tube and comes out the other side as a book. By speaking to authors and other book lovers, I'm diving into the mystery that is the book world today. www.thetattooedgoverness.com

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Caroline Donahue

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#3 Sam Potts on the Secrets of Interior Book Design 15.06.2016 1:08:30

Join me on a huge journey through the aspects of interior design. Not of your house, but the inside of books. Learn the most important thing about what book designers have to think about when designing a book, hear how book design has evolved through the decades, listen to us discect the differences between e-reading and hard copy reading and wonder how long it took to do the show notes once it wa...

#2 Esmé Weijun Wang :: The Border of Paradise 26.05.2016 46:47

This episode, we welcome author Esmé Weijun Wang to discuss her debut novel, The Border of Paradise. Kirkus Reviews called it “Gothic in tone, epic in ambition, and creepy in spades.” While Wang has been a novelist working on this story since very early in her career, many people know her better as an essayist since that work has been out in the world much longer. We discuss the process of writi...

#1 Bari Tessler and The Art of Money 15.05.2016 1:01:17

Bari Tessler joins us to talk about her upcoming book, The Art of Money, coming out June 14, 2016. Bari is an educator and pioneer in the field of financial therapy. We discuss her gentle yet effective approach to personal finance and building a meaningful relationship to your money. We get into the method she shares in the book as well as the process of writing the book, co-authors, how to find...