HeyJaredAlways Bring a Book
Always Bring a Book is a podcast for readers who love hearing from the people behind the stories. Hosted by Craig Silva, each episode features candid conversations with authors, booksellers, librarians, and other book-world voices.
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Saratoga Schaefer on queer horror, writing full-time, and A Thousand Monstrous Forms (opens the original)
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Today I sit down with USA Today bestselling author Saratoga Schaefer , whose newest novel, A Thousand Monstrous Forms , is a sapphic gothic retelling of Bluebeard about a ceramic artist who moves into her new wife’s isolated manor and is forbidden from entering the basement. Our conversation covers what drew Saratoga to the Bluebeard folktale, the theme of toxic relationships that connects their four novels and the whirlwind experience of publishing Trad Wife , The Last Time We Drowned , and A T
Hallie Elizabeth Newton on Agnes Lives!, stream of consciousness, and writing from rage (opens the original)
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Today I sit down with author and screenwriter Hallie Elizabeth Newton , whose debut novel, Agnes Lives! , follows a fading New York City socialite over the course of 24 hours as she searches for someone willing to kill her before her next SoulCycle class. Our conversation covers why Hallie set the novel in 2014, writing in an extreme first-person stream of consciousness, and using a strict time constraint to hold together an intentionally messy, human story. We also discuss loneliness and the se
Rachel Harrison on her new novel Kiss Slay Replay, time loops, and the horror community (opens the original)
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Today I sit down with Rachel Harrison , New York Times bestselling author of The Return, Cackle, Such Sharp Teeth, Black Sheep, So Thirsty, and Play Nice and chat about her newest novel, Kiss Slay Replay , follows a reluctant wedding guest trapped in a time loop of masked killers, carnage, and increasingly unpredictable horrors. Our conversation covers the challenges of writing a time-loop story without becoming repetitive, grounding supernatural horror in genuine emotion, and finding humor in d
J.W. Ocker on his new book Don't Go There: A Tour of the World's Most Sinister Spots (opens the original)
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Today I sit down with bestselling and Edgar Award-winning author J.W. Ocker, whose work spans spooky travel guides, children’s books, and horror novels. His newest book, Don’t Go There: A Tour of the World’s Most Sinister Spots, takes readers to 30 dangerous, mysterious, and unsettling locations that continue to inspire stories of hauntings, monsters, disappearances, disasters, and unexplained phenomena. Follow @JWOcker on Instagram / https://www.oddthingsiveseen.com/ Get Don’t Go There Our conv
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