Dog Eared Reads

Beyond the Cover: Stacy Studebaker returns to the show again to promote her workshop, which is happening on April 29th from 10-5 at the Kodiak Public Library ($15 charge, registration required).  She also discusses a bit about her books, both her children’s books and Wildflowers and Other Plant Life of the Kodiak Area, and also talks about the trials and benefits …

Lively LibChats: Katie Baxter from the Kodiak Public Library is joined by Velma Vining who discusses her work with the children’s services department of the Coast Guard, and how she is finding resources to bring the Aluutiq culture and language to children that are new to town. The Long Review: Jordana Long, board member of KPLA, brings her family into …

Beyond the Cover Feature: Liana Brooks, writer of science fiction and sci-fi romance, including both the Heroes & Villians and Time and Shadows book series’, as well as a number of published short stories.  Liana has lived all over America but now calls Alaska home, and shares with us about her writing career, advice for aspiring writers, and why she things Alaska …

Beyond the Cover Feature: Ann Leckie, author of the award-winning science-fiction Imperial Radch Trilogy. The first book in her series, Ancillary Justice won the Hugo, Nebula, Arthur C. Clarke and other best novel awards.  The following year, the second book in the series, Ancillary Sword won the Locus award. The third book in the trilogy, Ancillary Mercy, was released in …

Beyond The Cover Feature: Kodiak’s own Leslie Leyland Fields joins us to discuss her new book, Crossing the Waters: Following Jesus Through the Storms, the Fish, the Doubt, and the Seas.  Leslie also shares with us how she got into writing and teaching, how she started out in Kodiak and some of the amazing projects and careers she has had during her decades …

Beyond the Cover Feature: J.T. Ellison joins us this month.  J.T. Ellison is a bestselling author of dark, psychological thrillers, widely known for her novel “All the Pretty Girls,” among others and her work with Catherine Coulter on the Nicholas Drummond “A Brit in the FBI” series.  She is also a founder of Two Tales Press, an independent publishing house, and …

Beyond the Cover Feature: This month we feature James Rains, the local author of the apocalyptic biomedical thriller Afognak.  He discusses his book and reads an excerpt from it, as well as an excerpt from the next book in this series, entitled Chiniak.  James talks about his books, his writing style, offers advice to aspiring authors and writers, and explains …

Beyond the Cover Feature: Catherine Coulter, author of 70 books of both regency romance and FBI Thrillers, joins us this month to discuss her writing process, what it’s like to co-write with other authors, and shares some stories about her decades-long career as a full-time, bestselling writer.  She also dishes about some of her contemporaries, including J.T. Ellison, Clive Cussler …

Beyond the Cover Feature:  International Best-Seller Christopher Paolini, author of the Inheritance Cycle books; comprised of the books Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr and Inheritance.  Christopher recently revisited Alaska when he visited Anchroage and Fairbanks as part of Barnes & Noble’s B-Fest YA/Teen Book Festival. In the interview, Christopher discusses living in Alaska as a child, writing Eragon as a 15 year …

Beyond the Cover Feature: In this episode, we re-aired the interview we did with Sandor Katz that originally aired on Dog-Eared Reads in July 2015.  Sandor Katz is a fermentation revivalist and author of The Art of Fermentation (2012) & Wild Fermentation (2003).  He gives some great advice for people interested in fermentation, and discusses how to make homemade sauerkraut …