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- Today34 min
S5:E9 - Carolyn Weber & 'Four Questions God Asks'
Rachel Donahue interviews Dr. Carolyn Weber about how poetry has shaped her life and faith, and also her newest release, Four Questions God Asks. Carolyn is best known for her memoir Surprised By Oxford, which has been turned into a movie (available on Apple, Angel or Amazon) but Carolyn is also a poet and the trajectory of her entire life has been altered by how deeply she engaged with a John Donne poem which helped her understand the gospel as a graduate student.Mentioned in this episode:• Surprised by Oxford (2022)• Four Questions God Asks - Carolyn Weber• Surprised by Oxford - Carolyn Weber• Holy is the Day - Carolyn Weber• Sex and the City of God - Carolyn Weber• Holy Sonnets - John Dunne• ‘Batter My Heart, Three Person’d God’ - John Dunne• Rime of the Ancient Mariner - Samuel Taylor Coleridge• Surprised by Joy - C.S. Lewis• Homegoing: Poetry for a Season - Carolyn Weber• Summering - Carolyn Weber• <a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebec
- 1 weeks ago29 min
S5:E8 - Bethany Faulk & 'Seichō Summer'
Annie Beth Donahue interviews Bethany Faulk about the newest Bandersnatch Book release, Seichō Summer! Bethany describes Seichō Summer as a kind of 90’s Little House on the Prairie, albeit with sushi rather than smoked meats! But both Faulk and Laura Ingalls Wilder lightly fictionalized their own childhoods to make a story that could resonate with all generations about feeling misplaced somewhere… until you slowly grow up and connect the dots. (成長 - Seichō is Japanese for “growth”) Bethany started with her own teenage journals to remember the joys and angsts she’d forgotten and to lovingly recreate the 90’s and to write this coming of age novel from a true place. Annie Beth and Bethany also discuss how Bethany once got a sushi roll named after her! Mentioned in this episode:* Seichō Summer - Bethany Faulkwww.bandersnatchbooks.com/books/seicho-summer* National Novel Writing Month - NaNoWriMo* Little Women - Louisa May Alcott* The Anxious Generation - Jonathan Haidt* Little House in the Big Woods - Laura Ingalls Wilder* Flicker.PressClick to learn more about Bandersnatch Books!www.bandersnatchbooks.comSpecial Thanks to:Son of Laughter for our theme song: “Cricket in a Jar.”Evelyn Warnemuende for our artwork.S.D.G. Morgan for audio engineering: sdgmorgan.substack.com & bammerhab.substack.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit bandersnatchbooks.substack.com
- 2 weeks ago33 min
S5:E7 - Melissa Woodruff & Bandersnatch Books
Carolyn Givens interviews Melissa Woodruff about her path to being a reader, then a homeschool mom who writes novels, works at her church, and now has become a full partner in Bandersnatch Books! From Radio Shack to camp counseling, Melissa has weaved through life with energy, love and engagement with everyone who God sends her way. When she stumbled into Bandersnatch Books’ booth in the Great Homeschool Convention in 2023, she was mostly looking for good things to read, to fill her inexhaustible need for good books for herself and her kids, but instead she discovered three new friends and sparked a vision for what Bandersnatch Books could become. We’re excited to introduce Melissa to you, and we know you’ll love her as much as we do! Mentioned in this episode:* Melissa Woodruff* Eternal Church - Fort Mill, SC* Season 4: Episode 10 - Melissa Interviews Carrie, Annie Beth and Rachel* The Red Door - Rachel Lulich* Promise - Loren Warnemuende* Goblabet - Ken Priebe* Real Poems for Real Moms - Rachel Donahue* Great Homeschool Convention - South Carolina* Gallows Hill - Lois Duncan* Project Hail Mary - Andy WeirClick to learn more about Bandersnatch Books!www.bandersnatchbooks.comSpecial Thanks to:Jacob Collins for key audio assistance!Son of Laughter for our theme song: “Cricket in a Jar.”Evelyn Warnemuende for our artwork.S.D.G. Morgan for audio engineering: sdgmorgan.substack.com & bammerhab.substack.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit bandersnatchbooks.substack.com
- 3 weeks ago44 min
S5:E6 - S.D. Smith & 'The Green Ember'
Carolyn Clare Givens interviews S.D. Smith (The Green Ember) about where the Green Ember came from, how he seeks to serve his audience, how he stumbled into a grace-filled vocation (albeit with hard work and a calling) and the strange concatenation of events that could possibly align to allow for an entire barbecue restaurant to be filled with only bearded men on a Tuesday! Sam is also releasing a new Green Ember book: The Lost Legend!Carrie and Sam further discuss his role in the Oscar nominated short film Forevergreen directed by Nathan Engelhardt and Jeremy Spears. Mentioned in this episode:* S.D. Smith’s Site* The Lost Legend - S.D. Smith* The Green Ember Series - S.D. Smith* Forevergreen - Short Film by Nathan Englehardt and Jeremy Spears* “Leporine” Definition* Withywindle Podcast* CiRCE Institute* Sarah MacKenzie - Read-Aloud Revival* Tale of the Three TreesClick to learn more about Bandersnatch Books!www.bandersnatchbooks.comSpecial Thanks to:Son of Laughter for our theme song: “Cricket in a Jar.”Evelyn Warnemuende for our artwork.S.D.G. Morgan for audio engineering: sdgmorgan.substack.com & bammerhab.substack.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit bandersnatchbooks.substack.com
- 4 weeks ago36 min
S5:E5 - Ambre Sautter & Reshelving Alexandria
A.B. Donahue interviews Ambre Sautter about “Reshelving Alexandria” a bookish community on Facebook and later on Substack (organized originally in 2017). Ambre is a wife and mother of five living in the picturesque landscapes of Iowa, and she aims to be a guide for others on their literary journeys, especially in curating their own home libraries. Though she is a homeschooling parent, Ambre doesn’t primarily use her home library for syllabi, but mostly as a place to track all the souvenirs of the places that books have taken her. (Also did you know the librarians of the Library of Alexandria were all pirates? It’s true!)Mentioned in this episode:* Ambre Sautter* Stories from the Ashes Podcast* Reshelving Alexandria* The Red Door - Rachel Lulich* The Token - Samuel Shellabarger* Steele Savage (Illustrator)* Nellie Bly* The Talisman Ring - Georgette Heyer* The Unknown Ajax - Georgette HeyerClick to learn more about Bandersnatch Books!www.bandersnatchbooks.comSpecial Thanks to:Son of Laughter for our theme song: “Cricket in a Jar.”Evelyn Warnemuende for our artwork.S.D.G. Morgan for audio engineering: sdgmorgan.substack.com & bammerhab.substack.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit bandersnatchbooks.substack.com
- Apr 14, 202635 min
S5:E4 - Théa Rosenburg & 'Strong Allies'
Carolyn Clare Givens interviews Square Halo’s Théa Rosenburg about co-writing and compiling Strong Allies after Leslie Bustard’s death. Thea had originally planned to be an editor and a collaborator on Leslie’s book Strong Allies, a book that expounds upon the Hebrew word ezer which can be translated as helper, but is perhaps better translated as ‘Strong Ally’. Expounding this concept was Leslie Bustard’s focus in her life but she was unable to complete her book before her death, so Thea stepped in to be a strong ally and weave together a vignettes, essays and other materials into a the literary quilt of Strong Allies.Mentioned in this episode:Strong Allies - Leslie Bustard, Théa RosenburgEmma M. Lion - Beth BrowerCarved in Ebony - Jasmine HolmesWild Things and Castles in the Sky - Leslie Bustard, Carey Bustard, Théa RosenburgThe Goodness of the Lord in the Land of the Living - Leslie BustardTiny Thoughts I’ve Been Thinking - Leslie BustardLittle Women - Louisa May AlcottBetsy-Tacy - Maud Hart LovelaceA Wrinkle in Time - Madeleine L’EngleThe Best Christmas Pageant Ever - Barbara RobinsonJacob Have I Loved - Katherine PattersonMaria FearingClick to learn more about Bandersnatch Books!www.bandersnatchbooks.comSpecial Thanks to:Son of Laughter for our theme song: “Cricket in a Jar.”Evelyn Warnemuende for our artwork.S.D.G. Morgan for audio engineering: sdgmorgan.substack.com & bammerhab.substack.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit bandersnatchbooks.substack.com
- Apr 7, 202641 min
S5:E3 - Andy Patton & Serial Publishing
Rachel S. Donahue interviews Rabbit Room’s Andy Patton (Darkling Psalter) about where and how the logistics of productivity overlap with the creative process, and much much more having to do with 3.5x-speed-audiobooks, the Toyota Way, LitRPG, and yellow slime (yes, yellow slime!) and the various niche corners of the internet where LitRPG represents a new kind of publishing model, that’s really a revamp of a very old model: Serial Publishing.Note: Bandersnatch Books has recently joined forces with Flicker.Press a serial publisher for all things good, true and beautifulMentioned in this episode:Flicker.PressDarkling PsalterHousemootAndy Patton - The Rabbit Room, Director of Operations The Toyota WayL’Abri FellowshipYellow Slime MoldLitRPGDungeon Crawler Carl - Matt DinnamanRoyal RoadPatreonLo-Fi Chill Music by Andrii Poradovskyi from PixabayClick to learn more about Bandersnatch Books!www.bandersnatchbooks.comSpecial Thanks to:Son of Laughter for our theme song: “Cricket in a Jar.”Evelyn Warnemuende for our artwork.S.D.G. Morgan for audio engineering: sdgmorgan.substack.com & bammerhab.substack.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit bandersnatchbooks.substack.com
- Mar 31, 202624 min
S5:E2 - Doraine Bennett & 'In The Grip of the Ice'
Annie Beth Donahue interviews Doraine Bennett about writing In the Grip of the Ice, Bandersnatch Books’ most recent adventure. Doraine shares her previous experiences as a writer which prepared her for this epic adventure told from the perspective of real-life stowaway Perce Blackborow, and his journey upon a famous Antarctic exploration ship (Endurance) interspersed with accounts from their valiant leader Shackleton. Doraine’s novel in verse communicates the longing, fear, and courage of the intrepid men who survived this harrowing journey into the unknown, and how they found their way back home.Mentioned in this episode:In The Grip of the Ice - Doraine BennettIn the Grip of the Ice - Study GuideDorraine Bennett’s Website: www.dorainebennett.comThe Infantry Bugler MagazineThe Happy Hollisters - Jerry WestBammerhab: Bible Explainer Podcast - SDG MorganClick to learn more about Bandersnatch Books!www.bandersnatchbooks.comSpecial Thanks to:Son of Laughter for our theme song: “Cricket in a Jar.”Evelyn Warnemuende for our artwork.S.D.G. Morgan for audio engineering: sdgmorgan.substack.com & bammerhab.substack.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit bandersnatchbooks.substack.com
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