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Welcome to From the Front Porch, a weekly conversational podcast on books, small business, and life in the South, produced by The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in Thomasville, Georgia.
Episodes
Nov 17, 2016
Nov 17, 2016
17 min
On this unintentionally abbreviated episode of the podcast, Annie and Chris answer a listener email all about finding the time to read.
Have your own bookish question you'd like answered?
Email Annie: annie [at] bookshelfthomasville [dot] com
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Check out The Bookshelf online store here.
Nov 16, 2016
Nov 16, 2016
32 min
Southern hosts and hostesses, unite! On this special bonus episode, Annie chats with Southern lifestyle guru James Farmer. James is the author of A Time to Celebrate, A Time to Cook, Dinner on the Grounds, and several other beautiful coffee table books all about Southern hospitality. He's in Thomasville this week for the city's annual Plantation Wildlife Arts Festival, and -- if you're local! -- you can find James at the following events:
+ Cocktails and Conversations on Thursday, November 17, at 5:30 p.m. Tickets available here. Join James, Julia Reed, and the Mashburns as they chat about Southern hospitality inspired by the fall season!
+ Book signing at downtown Thomasville's store Relish on Friday, November 18, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. James will be signing copies of his beautiful books during this free event.
You can find James online on Instagram and his website.
James is reading:
+ The Flower Hunter and the People by Matthew Jennings
+ Liberating Paris by Linda Bloodsworth Thompson
Nov 3, 2016
Nov 3, 2016
32 min
Annie chats with Chris about the books she read in October:
+ Today Will Be Different
+ Dark Matter
+ In the Garden of Small Beginnings
+ Juniper (listen to this Radiolab episode for more on this story)
+ The Children
+ Who Killed These Girls? (here's the Reply All episode Chris mentioned)
** Shop these titles on The Bookshelf website here. **
Other titles mentioned include:
+ Where'd You Go, Bernadette
+ Leave Me
+ The Martian
+ Before the Fall
+ Kitchens of the Great Midwest
+ Visit from the Goon Squad
+ Seating Arrangements
+ The Nest
+ Commonwealth
+ The Children's Crusade
Annie mentioned how she finds book recommendations on Instagram through Shauna Niequist and Elise Blaha Cripe.
Oct 27, 2016
Oct 27, 2016
39 min
If you're new to From the Front Porch, this episode will introduce you to hosts Annie and Chris. Learn about their reading tastes, what they do when their not at The Bookshelf, and who they'd have over for their dream literary dinner party.
(The interview was inspired by the New York Times' By the Book interviews. Gretchen Rubin's is here.)
Books and authors mentioned include:
+ Station Eleven
+ My Brilliant Friend
+ Present Over Perfect
+ Pond
+ Boss Life
+ Grit
+ Neil Gaiman
+ Mindy Kaling
+ F. Scott Fitzgerald
+ Umberto Ecco
+ Hannah Arendt
+ Flannery O'Connor
+ Madeleine L'Engle
+ J.K. Rowling
+ Shauna Niequist
+ Swing Time
+ The Martian
+ Bread and Wine
+ The Mothers
+ Another Day in the Death of America
+ The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Find The Bookshelf online here.
Oct 20, 2016
Oct 20, 2016
28 min
Ever wonder what it's like to run a small business start-up? Annie and Chris chat with Scott Chastain, the owner and founder of Everfan, a customizable costume accessory company. Everfan bases their thriving Internet business in Thomasville, so Annie, Chris, and Scott discuss entrepreneurship, small town living, and of course, what Scott's been reading lately.
Find Everfan online: Website | Instagram | Facebook
Podcasts mentioned:
+ StartUp
Books mentioned:
+ A Confederacy of Dunces
+ Catch-22
+ Catcher in the Rye
+ When Breath Becomes Air
Oct 13, 2016
Oct 13, 2016
31 min
Anne Bogel of Modern Mrs. Darcy and the What Should I Read Next podcast joins Annie and Chris to chat about book blogging, all those advanced reading copies, and what she's reading right now.
Podcasts Anne recommends:
Books mentioned in this episode:
+ Crossing to Safety
+ Age of Innocence
+ Madame Bovary
+ Alexander Hamilton
+ Commonwealth
+ Run
+ Bel Canto
For additional bookish conversation, hop on over to Episode 44 of What Should I Read Next; Annie was a guest this week!
Oct 6, 2016
Oct 6, 2016
23 min
Annie talks about the effects of stress on her reading life and chats with Chris about the books she read in September. Last month's selections included:
+ Moo by Sharon Creech
+ The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware
+ Ecology of a Cracker Childhood by Janisse Ray
+ The Year of Living Danishly by Helen Russell
You can find these selections and more on our store website: www.bookshelfthomasville.com.
Sep 29, 2016
Sep 29, 2016
33 min
Curious what the life of a book sales rep might look like? Annie and Chris interview Virginia Price, a sales rep for Penguin Random House. Virginia recommends her favorite upcoming fall book releases (and gives readers a preview of some spring titles to come). Plus, the three book lovers share their favorite podcasts and why movie book covers are so, so bad.
FICTION:
+ The Mothers
+ Ninth City Burning
+ Reputations
+ Swing Time
+ Ink and Bone
+ The Girl on the Train
NONFICTION:
+ The Princess Diarist
+ The Book of Joy
+ The Glass Universe
+ Dogs and Their People
Other titles mentioned:
+ War and Peace
+ Anna Karenina
+ Lord of the Rings
+ Exit West
+ MacArthur's Spies
Podcasts mentioned:
+ RadioLab
For more book recommendations, you can reach Virginia at vprice {at} penguinrandomhouse {dot} com.
Sep 22, 2016
Sep 22, 2016
33 min
Ever wonder what a booksellers conference might look like? Annie chats with her mom about this year's Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance (SIBA): the authors, the booksellers, the lessons learned.
Books, podcasts, authors, and blogs mentioned:
+ DesignSponge and Grace Bonney
+ In the Company of Women
+ The King of the Birds
+ Girl in Pieces
+ Author Liane Moriarty
+ Author Mary Kay Andrews
+ Author Shauna Niequist
+ Little Women
+ A Year of Living Danishly
Sep 15, 2016
Sep 15, 2016
28 min
Author Ann Patchett recently compared bookselling to being on a sitcom. Annie and Chris investigate that claim, comparing their fellow booksellers to Friends characters and examining why we identify with fictional characters of all kinds.
+ Read Ann Patchett's original interview, here.
+ Find CJ Hauser's essay all about characters who are "just like us" here.