Good afternoon everyone and welcome to another edition of the Avid Reader. Today our guest is Josh Barkan author of Mexico:Stories, published by Hogarth just last week. Josh teaches at NYU and is currently Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at Hollings University. He holds an MFA from the Iowa Writers Workshop. His first published work was Before Hiroshima and his next work was the novel Blind Speed. Much of Josh’s work is informed by the place he lives and he has traveled a lot. Mexico is ...
Jan 24, 2017•1 min
There's a reason that some readers view contemporary coming-of-age novels with suspicion. Too many play out the same way: An odd but winsome young person goes on some kind of journey of discovery, either literal or figurative, and learns something about himself or herself in the process. Often, there's an awkward romance. And the ending, whether happy or otherwise, can usually be described as bittersweet. There are exceptions, of course, and Emily Fridlund's electrifying debut novel History of W...
Jan 23, 2017•46 min
There's a reason that some readers view contemporary coming-of-age novels with suspicion. Too many play out the same way: An odd but winsome young person goes on some kind of journey of discovery, either literal or figurative, and learns something about himself or herself in the process. Often, there's an awkward romance. And the ending, whether happy or otherwise, can usually be described as bittersweet. There are exceptions, of course, and Emily Fridlund's electrifying debut novel History of W...
Jan 23, 2017•56 sec
Good afternoon everyone and welcome to another edition of The Avid Reader. Today our guest is Lisa Servon, author of the book The Unbanking of America: How The New Middle Class Survives, just published last week by Houghton Mifflin. Lisa has been Professor of Management and Urban Policy at The New School. She holds degrees from Bryn Mawr, Penn, right down the road and a PhD from UC Berkley in Urban Planning. And is currently involved in City and Regional Planning at Penn. She wrote Bridging the ...
Jan 13, 2017•46 min
Good afternoon everyone and welcome to another edition of The Avid Reader. Today our guest is Lisa Servon, author of the book The Unbanking of America: How The New Middle Class Survives, just published last week by Houghton Mifflin. Lisa has been Professor of Management and Urban Policy at The New School. She holds degrees from Bryn Mawr, Penn, right down the road and a PhD from UC Berkley in Urban Planning. And is currently involved in City and Regional Planning at Penn. She wrote Bridging the ...
Jan 13, 2017•44 sec
Good afternoon everyone and welcome to another edition of the Avid Reader. Today we are happy to have as our guest Dava Sobel, author of The Glass Universe: How The Ladies Of The Harvard Observatory Took The Measure Of The Stars, published just last week by Viking. Ms. Sobel is a prolific author whose books I have enjoyed immensely over the years including Galileo’s Daughter, Longitude, The Planets, A More Perfect Heaven and others and I am automatically in love with anyone who writes about leap...
Dec 12, 2016•31 min
Good afternoon everyone and welcome to another edition of the Avid Reader. Today we are happy to have as our guest Dava Sobel, author of The Glass Universe: How The Ladies Of The Harvard Observatory Took The Measure Of The Stars, published just last week by Viking. Ms. Sobel is a prolific author whose books I have enjoyed immensely over the years including Galileo’s Daughter, Longitude, The Planets, A More Perfect Heaven and others and I am automatically in love with anyone who writes about leap...
Dec 12, 2016•47 sec
Good afternoon everyone and welcome to another edition of The Avid Reader. Today our guest is Arlie R. Hochschild, author most recently of Strangers In Their Own Land: Anger And Mourning On The American Right, published in September by the new press and a finalist for the National Book Award. Her previous works include The Outsourced Self, The Unexpected Community, So How’s The Family and Other Essays, The Managed Heart and many others. Each of these and her other work focuses in good part on em...
Dec 12, 2016•43 min
Good afternoon everyone and welcome to another edition of The Avid Reader. Today our guest is Arlie R. Hochschild, author most recently of Strangers In Their Own Land: Anger And Mourning On The American Right, published in September by the new press and a finalist for the National Book Award. Her previous works include The Outsourced Self, The Unexpected Community, So How’s The Family and Other Essays, The Managed Heart and many others. Each of these and her other work focuses in good part on em...
Dec 12, 2016•42 sec
Every year Sam and Donna of Wellington Square Bookshop post their best books of 2016 in this lively and insult laden episode of the Avid Reader
Dec 12, 2016•56 min
Good afternoon everyone and welcome to another edition of the Avid Reader. Today our guest is James Gleick, author of Time Travel, a history. Published in September by Pantheon. Suppose it could have easily been Time Travel a future but then this interview would have been done some time ago. James was born in NYC graduated from Harvard and worked for years as an editor and reporter for the NYT. He recently wrote The Information, a history, a theory, a flood. Before that was Chaos a National Book...
Nov 10, 2016•38 min
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Good afternoon everyone and welcome to another edition of The Avid Reader. Today our guest is Armando Lucas Correa, author of The German Girl published just last month by Atria. Armando is an award winning author and journalist with 20 years of experience in Hispanic media and is the Editor-in-Chief of People in Espanol. The German Girl is his first novel. In 1939, Jews were already being treated like pariahs in Germany. Kristalnacht had already occurred. Jews were forced to wear armbands, their...
Nov 03, 2016•47 min
Good afternoon everyone and welcome to another edition of The Avid Reader. Today our guest is Armando Lucas Correa, author of The German Girl published just last month by Atria. Armando is an award winning author and journalist with 20 years of experience in Hispanic media and is the Editor-in-Chief of People in Espanol. The German Girl is his first novel. In 1939, Jews were already being treated like pariahs in Germany. Kristalnacht had already occurred. Jews were forced to wear armbands, their...
Nov 03, 2016•1 min
Good afternoon everyone and welcome to another edition of The Avid Reader. Today our guest is Liz Moore. Liz has been here before to discuss her second book, Heft after which she did a reading and signing at our store, Wellington Square Bookshop, and she’ll be appearing again to read and sign from her latest work and the one we will be discussing today, The Unseen World, published in July by Norton. (She will be here on Friday October 28th at 7 o’clock) Liz’ first novel was The Words of Every So...
Oct 19, 2016•55 sec
Good Afternoon everyone and welcome to another edition of The Avid Reader. Today our guest is Madeleine Thien, Author of Do Not Say We Have Nothing, her third novel published this month by Norton and currently shortlisted for the Man Booker Award. Madeline was born in Vancouver. Her story collection is Simple Recipes, and she has also written Certainty and Dogs at the Perimeter. Since 2010 she has been part of the international faculty at the MFA program at City University of Hong Kong. So. Do N...
Oct 19, 2016•52 min
Good Afternoon everyone and welcome to another edition of The Avid Reader. Today our guest is Madeleine Thien, Author of Do Not Say We Have Nothing, her third novel published this month by Norton and currently shortlisted for the Man Booker Award. Madeline was born in Vancouver. Her story collection is Simple Recipes, and she has also written Certainty and Dogs at the Perimeter. Since 2010 she has been part of the international faculty at the MFA program at City University of Hong Kong. So. Do N...
Oct 19, 2016•18 sec
Good afternoon everyone and welcome to another edition of The Avid Reader. Today our guest is Alice Hoffman. Alice has published 23 novels, three books of short fiction and eight children and young adult works. Some of her familiar works are Here on Earth, Practical Magic, At Risk, The Dovekeepers, The Museum of Ordinary Things and The Marriage of Opposites. Her latest book is Faithful published by Simon and Schuster. And Alice will be appearing at the Ambler Theater on November 3rd. A theater I...
Oct 19, 2016•26 min
Good afternoon everyone and welcome to another edition of The Avid Reader. Today our guest is Alice Hoffman. Alice has published 23 novels, three books of short fiction and eight children and young adult works. Some of her familiar works are Here on Earth, Practical Magic, At Risk, The Dovekeepers, The Museum of Ordinary Things and The Marriage of Opposites. Her latest book is Faithful published by Simon and Schuster. And Alice will be appearing at the Ambler Theater on November 3rd. A theater I...
Oct 19, 2016•18 sec
Good afternoon everyone and welcome to another edition of The Avid Reader. Today our guest is Elaine Khosrova, author of Butter-A Rich History, published just last week by Workman. Elaine is an independent writer who specializes in stories about food history and gastronomic culture. She holds a BS in Food and Nutrition and began her career as a test kitchen editor for Country Living and has worked with Classic American Home, Healthy Living and Santé magazines. In 2008 she founded Culture a magaz...
Oct 19, 2016•1 min
Good afternoon everyone and welcome to another edition of The Avid Reader. Today our guest is Elaine Khosrova, author of Butter-A Rich History, published just last week by Workman. Elaine is an independent writer who specializes in stories about food history and gastronomic culture. She holds a BS in Food and Nutrition and began her career as a test kitchen editor for Country Living and has worked with Classic American Home, Healthy Living and Santé magazines. In 2008 she founded Culture a magaz...
Oct 19, 2016•31 min
Good afternoon everyone and welcome to another edition of The Avid Reader. Today our guest is Jodi Picault (pee-ko, pico). Wellington Square Bookshop is thrilled to host Jodi Picoult at the Hilton Garden Inn, Exton on Tuesday, October 25th at 2:00pm. Jodi will be on-hand to read from her latest novel, Small Great Things. Following the reading she will discuss the book and answer readers' questions. Tickets can be purchased on Eventbrite.com by entering Wellington Square Bookshop in the "browse e...
Oct 19, 2016•50 sec
Good afternoon everyone and welcome to another edition of The Avid Reader. Today our guest is Lynne Cox, author of Swimming in the Sink published September 6th, by Knopf. *Swimming in the Sink is Lynne’s sixth work. *Swimming to Antarctica-a whole other swim *Grayson-whale *South with the Sun Roald Amundsen and his conquest of the north and south poles and the Northwest Passage. I always felt so sorry for Scott. Take care of our people *Open Water Swimming Manual-speaks for itself. *Elizabeth Qu...
Oct 03, 2016•38 min
Good afternoon everyone and welcome to another edition of The Avid Reader. Today our guest is Lynne Cox, author of Swimming in the Sink published September 6th, by Knopf. *Swimming in the Sink is Lynne’s sixth work. *Swimming to Antarctica-a whole other swim *Grayson-whale *South with the Sun Roald Amundsen and his conquest of the north and south poles and the Northwest Passage. I always felt so sorry for Scott. Take care of our people *Open Water Swimming Manual-speaks for itself. *Elizabeth Qu...
Oct 03, 2016•22 sec
Today our guest is Jodi Picault (pee-ko, pico). Wellington Square Bookshop is thrilled to host Jodi Picoult at the Hilton Garden Inn, Exton on Tuesday, October 25th at 2:00pm. Jodi will be on-hand to read from her latest novel, Small Great Things. Following the reading she will discuss the book and answer readers' questions. Tickets can be purchased on Eventbrite.com by entering Wellington Square Bookshop in the "browse events" tab. The cost of the ticket is $33.99 and includes a signed copy of ...
Oct 03, 2016•44 min
Good afternoon everyone and welcome to another edition of The Avid Reader. Today’s guest is Patrick Phillips, author of Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in America. Published in September by Norton. This is Patrick’s first work of non-fiction. His poetry is, I guess, his first love, and his Elegy for a Broken Machine was named a finalist for The National Book Award in Poetry. His other works include Boy, When We Leave Each Other and Chattahoochee. His work has appeared in The NYT, WSJ and T...
Oct 03, 2016•52 min
Good afternoon everyone and welcome to another edition of The Avid Reader. Today’s guest is Patrick Phillips, author of Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in America. Published in September by Norton. This is Patrick’s first work of non-fiction. His poetry is, I guess, his first love, and his Elegy for a Broken Machine was named a finalist for The National Book Award in Poetry. His other works include Boy, When We Leave Each Other and Chattahoochee. His work has appeared in The NYT, WSJ and T...
Oct 03, 2016•2 min
