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- 5 days ago
Steve Bertrand on Books: Jane Hamilton
Jane Hamilton is known for her novels A Map of the World and The Book of Ruth. Her latest is The Phoebe Variations, which was nearly 10 years in the making. In this week’s podcast, she talks with Steve about Phoebe’s journey into adulthood and about her own fears that her novel-writing career might have […]
- 1 weeks ago
Steve Bertrand on Books: Henry Wise
Novelist Henry Wise joins Steve Bertrand on Books this week to talk about Promised Land, a story of loyalty and simmering antagonism set in the swamps of Virginia. Of particular interest is the impact of the Civil War that Wise says is sometimes still felt in parts of the South.
- 2 weeks ago
Steve Bertrand on Books: Alex Hay
Did you know there’s a book genre called the feminist caper? It’s having its moment with help from Alex Hay’s novel The Midnight Guests. This is a fun read that follows Diana Gold on the night she opens an opulent hotel in 1926. The guests at the party have no idea she has to raise […]
- 3 weeks ago
Steve Bertrand on Books: Elizabeth Letts
Author Elizabeth Letts’ novel Fallen for France takes us from the farthest reaches of Morocco to the front lines in France during the early days of World War l with a captivating story of a young boy and his love for a magnificent horse. It’s a beautiful story of love, trust and survival as the […]
- Aug 19, 2026
Steve Bertrand on Books: Joe Bond
Hope House is described as a tender, and yet profane, study of masculinity. Put another way: Hope House follows a group of delinquents trying to find a better life (in most cases) and a halfway house leader desperate to help them discover their way. It’s a loving tribune from author Joe Bond, whose father ran […]
- Aug 12, 2026
Steve Bertrand on Books: Stephanie Soileau
The Mississippi Delta and the Cajuns who live there are under threat. When the land dwindles, the culture erodes. That’s the setting behind Stephanie Soileau’s novel, Should the Water Take Us. The story begins during the Deepwater Oil explosion and after Katrina but also follows the Acadians’ trek from Canada to elsewhere, including Kankakee county. […]
- Aug 5, 2026
Steve Bertrand on Books: Imogen Willetts
Nightlife is under attack. In Imogen Willetts’ book Up All Night, she says the UK lost half of its nightclubs from 2013 to 2024. And the story is the same elsewhere. Why is that and is the traditional Saturday night doomed? Willetts talks with Steve about the history of nightlife, going back to feudal Japan, and […]
- Jul 29, 2026
Steve Bertrand on Books: Catherine Ryan Howard
Would you buy a house where you know something terrible had happened in the past? That’s the question behind “Buyer Beware,” the latest novel from Irish writer Catherine Ryan Howard. She talks with Steve about her novel, about watching her earlier books adapted for TV, and about and about one of her favorite breakfast places […]
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