Book Cougars Podcast
@bookcougars.bsky.social
Two Middle-Aged Women on the Hunt for a Good Read.
Emily Fine & Chris Wolak talk books & Biblio Adventures. Author interviews. Every other Tuesday since 2016.
Emily Fine & Chris Wolak talk books & Biblio Adventures. Author interviews. Every other Tuesday since 2016.
Do you remember forgetting to do a school assignment? Well, on Episode 237, which dropped today, for the first time we talked about what we didn’t read!
Give it a listen.
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Give it a listen.
#booksky
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From Connecticut to Carbondale — Book Cougars Podcast
Episode 237 Show Notes – Currently Reading – The Garden – Clare Beams (EF) Join the buddy read. We will be discussing the novel on Episode 238. You can also join the online conversation...
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July 2, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Do you remember forgetting to do a school assignment? Well, on Episode 237, which dropped today, for the first time we talked about what we didn’t read!
Give it a listen.
#booksky
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Give it a listen.
#booksky
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Recording day! Episode 237 drops on 7/1.
June 26, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Recording day! Episode 237 drops on 7/1.
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After a bit of a video break, we are back over on BookTube with our #FridayReads. We also talk about the Q3 readalong pick and companion read.
We hope you get some good reading time in this weekend!
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After a bit of a video break, we are back over on BookTube with our #FridayReads. We also talk about the Q3 readalong pick and companion read.
We hope you get some good reading time in this weekend!
youtu.be/bSwCPauzgjA
Friday Reads and Q3 Readalong Announcement
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June 20, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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After a bit of a video break, we are back over on BookTube with our #FridayReads. We also talk about the Q3 readalong pick and companion read.
We hope you get some good reading time in this weekend!
youtu.be/bSwCPauzgjA
After a bit of a video break, we are back over on BookTube with our #FridayReads. We also talk about the Q3 readalong pick and companion read.
We hope you get some good reading time in this weekend!
youtu.be/bSwCPauzgjA
Thank you to the amazing readers that joined our discussion of THE GOOD HOUSE by Tananarive Due.
Reminder: if you missed the Zoom convo, and want to share thoughts about the novel, the Goodreads thread is open 24/7. 😻
📣 Q3 pick will be announced on Ep 236, dropping on 6/17.
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Reminder: if you missed the Zoom convo, and want to share thoughts about the novel, the Goodreads thread is open 24/7. 😻
📣 Q3 pick will be announced on Ep 236, dropping on 6/17.
#booksky
June 9, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Thank you to the amazing readers that joined our discussion of THE GOOD HOUSE by Tananarive Due.
Reminder: if you missed the Zoom convo, and want to share thoughts about the novel, the Goodreads thread is open 24/7. 😻
📣 Q3 pick will be announced on Ep 236, dropping on 6/17.
#booksky
Reminder: if you missed the Zoom convo, and want to share thoughts about the novel, the Goodreads thread is open 24/7. 😻
📣 Q3 pick will be announced on Ep 236, dropping on 6/17.
#booksky
New episode just dropped!
We talk about our Big Book Summer reading plans and Chris recaps her Biblio Adventures while on her drive from Connecticut to Illinois.
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We talk about our Big Book Summer reading plans and Chris recaps her Biblio Adventures while on her drive from Connecticut to Illinois.
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Hello, Pittsburgh Calling! — Book Cougars Podcast
Episode 235 Show Notes It’s time for the BIG BOOK SUMMER Reading Challenge 2025. Learn more about Sue and the Challenge on her blog or watch her kick-off video . This year Meli...
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June 3, 2025 at 11:39 AM
New episode just dropped!
We talk about our Big Book Summer reading plans and Chris recaps her Biblio Adventures while on her drive from Connecticut to Illinois.
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We talk about our Big Book Summer reading plans and Chris recaps her Biblio Adventures while on her drive from Connecticut to Illinois.
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Episode 234 features an Author Spotlight with memoirist @elissaaltman.bsky.social.
Her new book, PERMISSION: THE NEW MEMOIRIST AND THE COURAGE TO CREATE, is out now.
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Her new book, PERMISSION: THE NEW MEMOIRIST AND THE COURAGE TO CREATE, is out now.
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Author Spotlight with Elissa Altman — Book Cougars Podcast
Episode 234 Show Notes – Currently Reading – One of Ours – Willa Cather (CW) Feeding Ghosts – Tessa Hulls (EF) Renegade Girls: A Queer Tale of Romance and Rabble-Rousing – Nora Neus,...
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May 20, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Episode 234 features an Author Spotlight with memoirist @elissaaltman.bsky.social.
Her new book, PERMISSION: THE NEW MEMOIRIST AND THE COURAGE TO CREATE, is out now.
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Her new book, PERMISSION: THE NEW MEMOIRIST AND THE COURAGE TO CREATE, is out now.
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It was a thrill to chat with @deannaraybourn.bsky.social about her new novel KILLS WELL WITH OTHERS.
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Burning down the publishing industry -- Friday Reads with Deanna Raybourn
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May 16, 2025 at 10:46 PM
It was a thrill to chat with @deannaraybourn.bsky.social about her new novel KILLS WELL WITH OTHERS.
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Interested in climate fiction? We highly recommend Kate’s novel LITTLE GREAT ISLAND.
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Be the Butterfly - Climate Fiction with Author Kate Woodworth - #FridayReads 9 May 2025
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May 10, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Interested in climate fiction? We highly recommend Kate’s novel LITTLE GREAT ISLAND.
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On Ep 233 we welcome @mgoodmanbooks.bsky.social and his book PARIS UNDERCOVER.
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Author Spotlight with Matthew Goodman — Book Cougars Podcast
Episode 233 Show Notes – Currently Reading – The Good House – Tananarive Due (CW) Leaving – Roxana Robinson (EF) The Bean Book: 100 Recipes for Cooking All Kinds of Beans, from the Rancho G...
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May 6, 2025 at 7:30 PM
On Ep 233 we welcome @mgoodmanbooks.bsky.social and his book PARIS UNDERCOVER.
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We picked up some mystery loot from Breakwater Books during #IndependentBookstoreDay and we're opening them over on our BookTube channel.
Click below for the unwrapping and to learn about our #FridayReads.
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Click below for the unwrapping and to learn about our #FridayReads.
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Mystery Loot from Breakwater Books - Friday Reads 02 May 2025
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May 3, 2025 at 12:42 AM
We picked up some mystery loot from Breakwater Books during #IndependentBookstoreDay and we're opening them over on our BookTube channel.
Click below for the unwrapping and to learn about our #FridayReads.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1U4O...
Click below for the unwrapping and to learn about our #FridayReads.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1U4O...
We had a wonderful time celebrating #IndependentBookstoreDay and were able to shop at Breakwater Books and RJ Julia Booksellers. Both stores were buzzing with people so we snapped these pictures of us with our loot at the back entrances.
We ran into Edgar Allan Poe in the Horror Section. 👻
We ran into Edgar Allan Poe in the Horror Section. 👻
April 27, 2025 at 8:53 PM
We had a wonderful time celebrating #IndependentBookstoreDay and were able to shop at Breakwater Books and RJ Julia Booksellers. Both stores were buzzing with people so we snapped these pictures of us with our loot at the back entrances.
We ran into Edgar Allan Poe in the Horror Section. 👻
We ran into Edgar Allan Poe in the Horror Section. 👻
At HQ with @mgoodmanbooks.bsky.social. He will be featured in an Author Spotlight on Episode 233 dropping on 5/6.
His new book PARIS UNDERCOVER is about two unassuming middle-aged women who helped to rescue British and French soldiers trapped behind enemy lines during WWII.
His new book PARIS UNDERCOVER is about two unassuming middle-aged women who helped to rescue British and French soldiers trapped behind enemy lines during WWII.
April 24, 2025 at 3:58 PM
At HQ with @mgoodmanbooks.bsky.social. He will be featured in an Author Spotlight on Episode 233 dropping on 5/6.
His new book PARIS UNDERCOVER is about two unassuming middle-aged women who helped to rescue British and French soldiers trapped behind enemy lines during WWII.
His new book PARIS UNDERCOVER is about two unassuming middle-aged women who helped to rescue British and French soldiers trapped behind enemy lines during WWII.
New episode! We were thrilled to talk with author Eowyn Ivey about her new book, BLACK WOODS BLUE SKY. During our conversation, Eowyn shared her writing habits, including a description of her writing cottage, and tells us about her reading life.
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Episode 232 - Author Spotlight with Eowyn Ivey — Book Cougars Podcast
Episode 232 Show Notes – Currently Reading – The Good House – Tananarive Due (CW) Food Person – Adam Roberts (EF) release date 5/20/2025 – Just Read – Happy Land – Dolan Perkins-Valde...
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April 22, 2025 at 11:39 PM
New episode! We were thrilled to talk with author Eowyn Ivey about her new book, BLACK WOODS BLUE SKY. During our conversation, Eowyn shared her writing habits, including a description of her writing cottage, and tells us about her reading life.
#booksky
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Join us on Wednesday, April 23rd for a fun #BiblioAdventure with author Matthew Goodman.
Free, RSVP at the link below.
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Free, RSVP at the link below.
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Author Matthew Goodman Presents “Paris Undercover” – Guilford Free Library
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April 21, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Join us on Wednesday, April 23rd for a fun #BiblioAdventure with author Matthew Goodman.
Free, RSVP at the link below.
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Free, RSVP at the link below.
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We’ve got our #FridayReads in hand, do you?
EPHEMERA: A Memoir by Briana Loewinsohn
* A debut graphic novel that blends memoir, magic realism, and graphic medicine.
LIFE HACKS FOR A LITTLE ALIEN by Alice Franklin
* A debut coming-of-age novel about what it feels to grow up neurodivergent.
EPHEMERA: A Memoir by Briana Loewinsohn
* A debut graphic novel that blends memoir, magic realism, and graphic medicine.
LIFE HACKS FOR A LITTLE ALIEN by Alice Franklin
* A debut coming-of-age novel about what it feels to grow up neurodivergent.
April 18, 2025 at 8:54 PM
We’ve got our #FridayReads in hand, do you?
EPHEMERA: A Memoir by Briana Loewinsohn
* A debut graphic novel that blends memoir, magic realism, and graphic medicine.
LIFE HACKS FOR A LITTLE ALIEN by Alice Franklin
* A debut coming-of-age novel about what it feels to grow up neurodivergent.
EPHEMERA: A Memoir by Briana Loewinsohn
* A debut graphic novel that blends memoir, magic realism, and graphic medicine.
LIFE HACKS FOR A LITTLE ALIEN by Alice Franklin
* A debut coming-of-age novel about what it feels to grow up neurodivergent.
Great event at Bank Square Books in Mystic, CT celebrating the launch of Maura Casey’s memoir SAVING ELLEN: A Memoir of Hope and Recovery from Skyhorse Publishing.
April 17, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Great event at Bank Square Books in Mystic, CT celebrating the launch of Maura Casey’s memoir SAVING ELLEN: A Memoir of Hope and Recovery from Skyhorse Publishing.
It was such an honor to speak with Ruth about her new book.
For their @bookcougars.bsky.social podcast, NBCC members @chriswolak.bsky.social and @emilyfine.bsky.social spoke with Ruth Franklin about her new book, "The Many Lives of Anne Frank":
Author Spotlight with Ruth Franklin — Book Cougars Podcast
Episode 231 Show Notes Head over to BookTube to watch our conversation with poet James Crews about his new anthology LOVE IS FOR ALL OF US: Poems of Tenderness and Belonging from the LGBTQ+…
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April 17, 2025 at 12:41 PM
It was such an honor to speak with Ruth about her new book.
Catching up with our friend Kate at the Mystic Noank Library in Mystic, CT.
Chris and Kate enjoy reading the classics together. Today they had a book club meeting where they discussed their #buddyreads of THE TENANT OF WILDFELL HALL by Anne Brontë and OLD NEW YORK by Edith Wharton.
Chris and Kate enjoy reading the classics together. Today they had a book club meeting where they discussed their #buddyreads of THE TENANT OF WILDFELL HALL by Anne Brontë and OLD NEW YORK by Edith Wharton.
April 17, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Catching up with our friend Kate at the Mystic Noank Library in Mystic, CT.
Chris and Kate enjoy reading the classics together. Today they had a book club meeting where they discussed their #buddyreads of THE TENANT OF WILDFELL HALL by Anne Brontë and OLD NEW YORK by Edith Wharton.
Chris and Kate enjoy reading the classics together. Today they had a book club meeting where they discussed their #buddyreads of THE TENANT OF WILDFELL HALL by Anne Brontë and OLD NEW YORK by Edith Wharton.
Great event at the Mark Twain House featuring Amity Gaige in convo with Ethan Rutherford about her novel HEARTWOOD.
If you love a wilderness adventure story with compelling female characters, run to your nearest indie bookstore and grab a copy!
If you love a wilderness adventure story with compelling female characters, run to your nearest indie bookstore and grab a copy!
April 10, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Great event at the Mark Twain House featuring Amity Gaige in convo with Ethan Rutherford about her novel HEARTWOOD.
If you love a wilderness adventure story with compelling female characters, run to your nearest indie bookstore and grab a copy!
If you love a wilderness adventure story with compelling female characters, run to your nearest indie bookstore and grab a copy!
Episode 231 dropped today!We were thrilled to talk with Ruth Franklin about her brilliant new work, THE MANY LIVES OF ANNE FRANK, and her previous biography, SHIRLEY JACKSON: A RATHER HAUNTED LIFE. You won’t want to miss our conversation with Ruth!
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Author Spotlight with Ruth Franklin — Book Cougars Podcast
Episode 231 Show Notes Head over to BookTube to watch our conversation with poet James Crews about his new anthology LOVE IS FOR ALL OF US: Poems of Tenderness and Belonging from the LGBTQ+ Com...
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April 8, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Episode 231 dropped today!We were thrilled to talk with Ruth Franklin about her brilliant new work, THE MANY LIVES OF ANNE FRANK, and her previous biography, SHIRLEY JACKSON: A RATHER HAUNTED LIFE. You won’t want to miss our conversation with Ruth!
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It’s #NationalPoetryMonth and we chat with James Crews about the poetry anthology LOVE IS FOR ALL OF US: Poems of Tenderness and Belonging from the LGBTQ+ Community and Friends. Co-edited with his husband Brad Peacock and featuring illustrations by Lisa Congdon.
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Open to Surprise - Celebrating National Poetry Month with James Crews
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April 6, 2025 at 8:18 PM
It’s #NationalPoetryMonth and we chat with James Crews about the poetry anthology LOVE IS FOR ALL OF US: Poems of Tenderness and Belonging from the LGBTQ+ Community and Friends. Co-edited with his husband Brad Peacock and featuring illustrations by Lisa Congdon.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=07TN...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=07TN...
We had a great time chatting with Maura Casey about her newly published book SAVING ELLEN: A Memoir of Hope and Discovery. (From Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.)
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKz-...
Friday Reads with Author Maura Casey
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April 4, 2025 at 6:55 PM
We had a great time chatting with Maura Casey about her newly published book SAVING ELLEN: A Memoir of Hope and Discovery. (From Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKz-...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKz-...
Such a fun (and productive) day in the recording studio yesterday.
Mark your calendar ➡️ Episode 231 drops on Tuesday, April 8th.
Mark your calendar ➡️ Episode 231 drops on Tuesday, April 8th.
April 3, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Such a fun (and productive) day in the recording studio yesterday.
Mark your calendar ➡️ Episode 231 drops on Tuesday, April 8th.
Mark your calendar ➡️ Episode 231 drops on Tuesday, April 8th.