The Friendly City Books Podcast

Updated: 07 Jan 2025 • 100 episodes
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Since 2020, Friendly City Books has served as an independent bookstore and gathering space for book lovers in our hometown of Columbus, Mississippi. Here at Friendly City Books we read every genre, from romance to horror and everything in between, and so do our customers. We can’t stop professing our undying love of books to anyone who will listen. And now, through our podcasts, we hope to connect our local community with readers and authors around the world. Our team of enthusiastic book sellers and customers will be hosting book discussions, author interviews, and offering up some really awesome recommendations. We can’t wait to share our favorite books with you. Thank you for supporting Friendly City Books by listening to our podcast. Shop with us in store and online through bookshop.org, libro.fm, and friendlycitybooks.com/shop. Happy reading!

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Devan talks with Kate Fagan about her debut fiction novel The Three Lives of Cate Kay! - Kate Fagan is an Emmy-award winning journalist and the No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of WHAT MADE MADDY RUN, which was a semi-finalist for the PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sportswriting. Her first book was the coming-of-ag

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Beth Kander joins Emily in the FCB studio to celebrate her debut novel, I Made It Out of Clay, a darkly funny Jewish holiday romance. - Beth Kander is a USA Today best-selling writer with tangled roots in the Midwest and Deep South. She is the author of the novel I MADE IT OUT OF CLAY and several books for younger read

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Patrick Dean talks with Boyce Upholt, author of The Great River: The making and Unmaking of the Mississippi, his debut book. - Boyce Upholt is a journalist and essayist whose writing has appeared in the Atlantic, National Geographic, the Oxford American, and Virginia Quarterly Review, among other publications. He is th

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Emily talks with Minrose Gwin, author of Beautiful Dreamers, her fourth novel and ninth book. - A native of Tupelo, Mississippi, Minrose has been a writer all of her working life, starting out as a newspaper and wire service reporter and working in Mobile, Atlanta, Nashville, and Knoxville. She has taught as a professo

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Author Interview - Brom

American gothic author and artist Brom joins Rachel in the FCB Studio to discuss his newest book, Evil in Me - available now! - Over the past few decades, acclaimed dark fantasy artist Brom has lent his distinctive vision to all facets of the creative industries, from novels and games to comics and film. He is the nati

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Caroline talks with Dale Gray, author of South of Somewhere and creator of The Daley Plate! Don’t miss Dale Gray at the Possumtown Book Fest in Columbus, MS on August 24th! - Dale Gray was born in South Africa. After graduating from Stellenbosch University, she moved to South Korea to teach English and spent six years

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