Unstacked with Sarah (Bay County Public Library) and Stephen (Huntsville-Madison County Public Library). Join us for an interview with New York Times Bestselling author, Sarah Beth Durst. We'll discuss her delightful new cozy fantasy novel, The Spellshop , about Kiela the librarian and her assistant, Caz the sentient spider plant, as they navigate the low stakes market of illegal spellmaking and the high risk business of starting over. Unwind with Sarah as she shares her writing process and her ...
Nov 08, 2024•51 min•Season 5Ep. 8
Unstacked with Sarah (Bay County Public Library) and Stephen (Huntsville-Madison County Public Library). Join us for an interview with bestselling urban fantasy author, Ben Aaronovitch. We'll discuss his fantastic Rivers of London series where Peter Grant, an ordinary constable turned magician's apprentice solves crimes across London - there is magic, fae, river gods, and mysteries. Ben discusses his new novella, The Masquerades of Spring set in the 1920's New York featuring Thomas Nightingale a...
Aug 21, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Season 5Ep. 7
Unstacked with Sarah (Bay County Public Library) and Stephen (Huntsville-Madison County Public Library). Join us for an interview with bestselling author, Heather Webber. We'll discuss her new novel, A Certain Kind of Starlight , that will release on July 23, 2024. This book set in a small Alabama town of Starlight will be sure to wrap you in a hug. Unwind with Heather as she shares her writing process and her love of magic in the everyday world, baking, libraries and more! For more information ...
Jul 18, 2024•42 min•Season 5Ep. 6
Unstacked with Sarah (Bay County Public Library) and Stephen (Huntsville-Madison County Public Library). Join us for an interview with bestselling historical fiction authors, Denny S. Bryce and Eliza Knight. We'll discuss their collaborative writing process for Can't We Be Friends: A Novel of Ella Fitzgerald and Marilyn Monroe . Unwind with Denny and Eliza as they share their love of history, archives, film, music, libraries and more! For more information about Denny, visit her website at: https...
Apr 24, 2024•1 hr•Season 5Ep. 5
Unstacked with Sarah (Bay County Public Library) and Stephen (Huntsville-Madison County Public Library). Join us for an interview with fantasy author, Ed McDonald. We'll discuss his Redwinter Chronicles - Daughter of Redwinter (Book 1) and Traitor of Redwinter (Book 2). Raine can see the dead. Due to a rare act of kindness, Raine must go to Redwinter, the fortress-monastery of the Draoihn, warrior magicians who answer to no king, where it becomes clear that her ability might save an entire natio...
Mar 17, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Season 5Ep. 4
Unstacked with Sarah (Bay County Public Library) and Stephen (Huntsville-Madison County Public Library). Join us for an interview with Scottish author, Gareth Brown. We'll discuss his much anticipated debut release, The Book of Doors. New York City bookseller, Cassie Andrews, comes into possession of an extraordinary book. The Book of Doors promises Cassie that any door is every door, and others may be searching for this book for their own means. Unwind with Gareth as he share his writing proces...
Feb 20, 2024•59 min•Season 5Ep. 3
Unstacked with Sarah (Bay County Public Library) and Stephen (Huntsville-Madison County Public Library). Join us for an interview with bestselling historical fiction authors, Janie Chang ( The Porcelain Moon ) and Kate Quinn ( The Alice Network ). We'll discuss their newest novel, The Phoenix Crown, a thrilling and unforgettable narrative about the intertwined lives of two wronged women, spanning from the chaos of the San Francisco earthquake of 1906 to the glittering palaces of Versailles. Unwi...
Feb 13, 2024•57 min•Season 5Ep. 2
Unstacked with Sarah (Bay County Public Library) and Stephen (Huntsville-Madison County Public Library). Join us for an interview with author, editor and food historian, Christina Ward. We'll discuss her newest non-fiction title, Holy Food: How Cults, Communes, and Religious Movements Influenced What We Eat ― An American History . Unwind with Christina as she shares her writing and editing process, love of cookbooks, food preservation, microhistories, libraries and more! For more information abo...
Jan 08, 2024•58 min•Season 5Ep. 1
Unstacked with Sarah (Bay County Public Library) and Stephen (Huntsville-Madison County Public Library). Join us for an interview with award-winning, internationally bestselling author, Samit Basu. We'll discuss his newest science fiction novel, The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport, which is an action-packed retelling of Aladdin full of heart, humor and bots. Unwind with Samit as he shares his writing process, film and comic work, love of Aladdin, tropes, libraries and more! For more information about Sam...
Dec 07, 2023•54 min•Season 4Ep. 18
Unstacked with Sarah (Bay County Public Library) and Stephen (Huntsville-Madison County Public Library). Join us for an interview with author, Helena Greer. We'll discuss her new second chance romance novel returning to Carrigan’s Inn, For Never and Always (Releases 11/28/23). Unwind with Helena as she shares her writing and character development process, love of Hallmark movies, lox, The Adventure Zone, libraries and more! For more information about Helena, visit her website at: https://www.hel...
Nov 19, 2023•1 hr 17 min•Season 4Ep. 17
Unstacked with Sarah (Bay County Public Library) and Stephen (Huntsville-Madison County Public Library). Join us for an interview with USA Today bestselling author, Heather B. Moore. We'll discuss her new historical fiction novel, Under the Java Moon , based on a true story of a Dutch family's experience during WWII when the Japanese occupied the Java Islands. Unwind with Heather as she shares her writing and research process, love of history, libraries and more! For more information about Heath...
Oct 24, 2023•49 min•Season 4Ep. 16
Unstacked with Sarah (Bay County Public Library) and Stephen (Huntsville-Madison County Public Library). Join us for an interview with award-winning, New York Times bestselling author, Jean Kwok. We'll discuss her new novel, The Leftover Woman, that is a suspenseful page-turner from the perspectives of Jasmine who has just arrived in NYC from China in search of her daughter and publicist Rebecca who is her daughter's adoptive mother. Unwind with Jean as she shares her writing and creative proces...
Oct 10, 2023•58 min•Season 4Ep. 15
Unstacked with Sarah (Bay County Public Library) and Stephen (Huntsville-Madison County Public Library). Join us for an interview with #1 New York Times bestselling author, V. E. Schwab. We'll discuss her new fantasy novel, The Fragile Threads of Power (Threads of Power Book 1) that is set seven years after the Shades of Magic trilogy with both new and old favorite characters. This is a new series and does not require you to read the trilogy first, though A Darker Shade of Magic is so good we'd ...
Sep 26, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Season 4Ep. 14
Unstacked with Sarah (Bay County Public Library) and Stephen (Huntsville-Madison County Public Library). Join us for an interview with bestselling author, Rachel Harrison. We'll discuss the her new horror novel, Black Sheep , which will release September 19 and one of September's LibraryReads selections! Unwind with Rachel as she shares her writing and creative process, love of horror, monsters, film, libraries and more! For more information about Rachel Harrison, visit her website at: https://w...
Sep 11, 2023•56 min•Season 4Ep. 13
Unstacked with Sarah (Bay County Public Library) and Stephen (Huntsville-Madison County Public Library). Join us for an interview with award-winning and International bestselling author, Lauren Beukes. We'll discuss her new novel of suspense, Bridge - a psychological thriller across the multiverse. Unwind with Lauren as she shares her writing and creative process, love of neuroparasitology, the charity bookdash.org , libraries and more! For more information about Lauren Beukes, visit her website...
Aug 14, 2023•55 min•Season 4Ep. 12
Unstacked with Sarah (Bay County Public Library) and Stephen (Huntsville-Madison County Public Library). Join us for an interview with NY Times and International bestselling author, Madeline Martin. We'll discuss her newest historical fiction novel that will release August 1st, The Keeper of Hidden Books, based on the true events of Warsaw's secret libraries during World War II. Unwind with Madeline as she shares her writing and research process, love of history, travel, libraries and more! For ...
Jul 25, 2023•45 min•Season 4Ep. 11
Unstacked with Sarah (Bay County Public Library) and Stephen (Huntsville-Madison County Public Library). Join us for an interview with NY Times bestselling and Lambda Literary Award winning author, TJ Klune. We'll discuss his newest novel, In the Lives of Puppets , inspired by Carlo Collodi's The Adventures of Pinocchio and a Roomba named Hank. Unwind with TJ as he shares his writing and research process, love of reading, horror movies, libraries and more! For more information about TJ Klune, vi...
Jun 30, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Season 4Ep. 10
Unstacked with Sarah (Bay County Public Library) and Stephen (Huntsville-Madison County Public Library). Join us for an interview with bestselling author, Eliza Knight. We'll discuss her new historical fiction novel, Starring Adele Astaire, which releases on June 6, 2023. Learn more about Adele Astaire, who performed with her brother Fred for decades on stage in New York and then London. Unwind with Eliza as she shares her writing and research process, love of true crime, wine, libraries and mor...
May 25, 2023•51 min•Season 4Ep. 9
Unstacked with Sarah (Bay County Public Library) and Stephen (Huntsville-Madison County Public Library). Join us for an interview with Sunday Times bestselling author, Kate Thompson. We'll discuss her new historical fiction novel, The Little Wartime Library, based on the true story of an underground library in the Bethnal Green Tube Station during World War II. Unwind with Kate as she shares her writing and research process, love of interviewing the women who lived in the underground shelter fir...
May 13, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Season 4Ep. 8
Unstacked with Sarah (Bay County Public Library) and Stephen (Huntsville-Madison County Public Library). Join us for an interview with award-winning bestselling author, T. Kingfisher aka Ursula Vernon. We'll discuss her new contemporary Southern Gothic horror novel, A House with Good Bones. Unwind with Ursula as she shares her writing and research process, love of pulp novels, gardening, RPG tabletop games, libraries and more! For more information about T. Kingfisher/Ursula Vernon, visit her web...
Apr 29, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Season 4Ep. 7
Unstacked with Sarah (Bay County Public Library) and Stephen (Huntsville-Madison County Public Library). Join us for an interview with author, Erika T. Wurth. We'll discuss her literary horror novel, White Horse, about Urban Native, Kari, who must face her past when she discovers a bracelet haunted by her mother's spirit. Unwind with Erika as she shares her writing process, love of horror literature and film, Denver, libraries and more! For more information about Erika, visit her website at: htt...
Apr 17, 2023•53 min•Season 4Ep. 6
Unstacked with Sarah (Bay County Public Library) and Stephen (Huntsville-Madison County Public Library). Join us for an interview with bestselling fantasy author, Alex Jennings. We'll discuss his brilliant debut novel, The Ballad of Perilous Graves set in a fantastical version of New Orleans where music is truly magic. Unwind with Alex as he shares his writing process, love of New Orleans, Jazz history, Escape Artists Podcasts, Star Wars, libraries and more! For more information about Alex, visi...
Mar 26, 2023•41 min•Season 4Ep. 5
Unstacked with Sarah (Bay County Public Library) and Stephen (Huntsville-Madison County Public Library). Join us for an interview with New York Times Bestselling author and audiobook narrator, Travis Baldree. We'll discuss his cozy fantasy debut novel, Legends & Lattes : a Novel of High Fantasy and Low Stakes with a dollop of romance set in a coffee shop. Unwind with Travis as he shares his writing process, love of audiobook narration, books, RPG, libraries and more! For more information abo...
Mar 13, 2023•50 min•Season 4Ep. 4
Unstacked with Sarah (Bay County Public Library) and Stephen (Huntsville-Madison County Public Library). Join us for an interview with Hugo, Nebula, and Locus award-winning Science Fiction and Fantasy author, Martha Wells. We'll discuss The Murderbot Diaries series, which begins with All Systems Red , as well as her upcoming releases Witch King (May 30, 2023) and System Collapse (November 14, 2023). Unwind with Martha as she shares her writing process, love of libraries and more! For more inform...
Feb 27, 2023•59 min•Season 4Ep. 3
Unstacked with Sarah (Bay County Public Library) and Stephen (Huntsville-Madison County Public Library). Join us for an interview with historical fantasy author, Olivia Atwater. We'll discuss her delightful Regency Faerie Tales Series including Half a Soul , Ten Thousand Stitches and Longshadow . Unwind with Olivia as she shares her writing process, historical research, love of Pathfinder, libraries and more! For more information about Olivia, visit her website at: https://oliviaatwater.com/ . S...
Feb 02, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Season 4Ep. 2
Unstacked with Sarah (Bay County Public Library) and Stephen (Huntsville-Madison County Public Library). Join us for an interview with bestselling YA author, Lauren Blackwood. We'll discuss her amazing new fantasy romance YA novel, Wildblood , that releases February 7, 2023. Unwind with Lauren as she shares her writing process, the realm of Wildblood, love of romance, music, Jamaican folklore, libraries and more! For more information about Lauren, visit her website at: https://www.laurenblackwoo...
Jan 20, 2023•54 min•Season 4Ep. 1
Unstacked with Sarah (Bay County Public Library) and Stephen (Huntsville-Madison County Public Library). Join us for an interview with bestselling author, Lily Brooks-Dalton. We'll discuss her beautiful new novel, The Light Pirate . Unwind with Lily as she shares her writing and research process, love of storytelling, libraries and more! For more information about Lily, visit her website at: https://www.lilybrooksdalton.com/ . Stay safe and read my friend. It's good for you! #LilyBrooksDalton #L...
Dec 15, 2022•52 min•Season 3Ep. 21
Unstacked with Sarah (Bay County Public Library) and Stephen (Huntsville-Madison County Public Library). Join us for an interview with bestselling author, Sarah Gailey. We'll discuss their latest gothic horror novel, Just Like Home . Unwind with Sarah as they share their writing and research process, love of haunted houses, libraries, cats and more! For more information about Sarah, visit their website at: https://sarahgailey.com/ . Stay safe and read my friend. It's good for you! #SarahGailey #...
Nov 26, 2022•59 min•Season 3Ep. 20
Unstacked with Sarah (Bay County Public Library) and Stephen (Huntsville-Madison County Public Library). Join us for an interview with bestselling author, Sara Ackerman. We'll discuss her latest historical novel: The Codebreakers Secret . Unwind with Sara as she shares her writing and research process, love of Hawaii, surfing, her grandmother's stories, libraries and more! For more information about Sara, visit her website at: https://www.ackermanbooks.com/ . And visit her Book Club Kits for dis...
Nov 12, 2022•42 min•Season 3Ep. 19
Unstacked with Sarah (Bay County Public Library) and Stephen (Huntsville-Madison County Public Library). Join us for an interview with bestselling romance author, Kwana Jackson. We'll discuss her latest novels: Real Men Knit , Knot Again , and How to Marry Keanu Reeves in 90 Days . Unwind with Kwana as she shares her writing process, love of romance and a happily ever after, Keanu Reeves, knitting, libraries and more! For more information about Kwana, visit her website at: https://kmjackson.com/...
Nov 05, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Season 3Ep. 18
