Okie Bookcast

    The Okie Bookcast is dedicated to helping curious readers like you find your next great read by connecting you to Oklahoma authors and stories. The show features monthly interviews with contributors to the reading life of Oklahoma - it might be an author, publisher, librarian, reader, bookseller, or other figure. In addition to interviews, the show has a monthly book conversation full of reviews and recommendations. New episodes drop on the first and third Tuesdays of the month. Connect with Okie Bookcast on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok - @okiebookcast.

  • Find Your Next Great Read - J and Hannah Talk Favorite Books of 2024

  • Bringing Magic to Middle Grade Readers - Author Russell J. Fellows

  • Find Your Next Great Read - Book Recommendations w/ YA author Emma Jackson

  • When Horror Comes to OKC with author James Cooper

  • Strange Roads, Mermaids, and Gorilla Suits - Book Recs w/ J, Hannah, and author Stacey Kade

  • Behind the Rain: An Audio Anthology of Oklahoma Poetry, Volume 10

  • Celebrating 40 Years of Bookselling with Nan and Dani from Best of Books

  • Time Travel, Cats, and Wedding People - Book Recs w/ J, Hannah, and Tyler Lenz

  • Short Fiction and Springsteen w/ Author Rilla Askew

  • Your Next Great Read LIVE - Hallmark Romance, Rogue Agents, and the End of the World

  • Bringing Up a New Generation of Sooners w/ Children's Author Toby Rowland

  • Dragons, Serial Killers, and Martin Short - Book Recs with J, Hannah, and YA author Candace Kade

  • Behind the Rain: An Audio Anthology of Oklahoma Poetry, Volume 9

  • Finding Bookish Community Online - Bookstagrammer Round Table

  • Your Next Great Read - Book Recommendations with J and Hannah

  • Oklahoma Small Towns and Ghost Towns - Author, Jeff Schmidt

  • Behind the Rain: An Audio Anthology of Oklahoma Poetry, Volume 8

  • Your Next Great Read - Book Recommendations and Talk with J, Hannah, and special guest Andie Schulz

  • Turning Experience into Story - Author and Poet Paul Juhasz

  • The Running Man - Pages to Pictures w/ Jamie Ray

  • Romance Writing Round Table

  • Your Next Great Read - Book Recommendation and Talk with J, Hannah, and special guest Grace Filer

  • Staying True to Your Characters . . . and Bigfoot w/ Author Missy Hancock

  • Behind the Rain: An Audio Anthology of Oklahoma Poetry, Volume 7

  • Where the Red Fern Grows - Pages to Pictures w/ Betsey Kulakowski

  • Storytelling and Comics w/ Buck Berlin from New World Comics

  • Your Next Great Read - Book Recommendations and Talk with J and Hannah

  • The Life of a Small Publisher w/ Casie Dodd from Belle Point Press

  • Adapting A Christmas Carol - Pages to Pictures w/ Luke Swanson

  • Storytelling Beyond Genre w/ Shark Heart author, Emily Habeck

  • Your Next Great Read - Book Recommendations and Talk with J, Hannah, and Lydia Filiou

  • Sharing OKC with the World - Author Rob Roensch

  • Adapting Murder on the Orient Express (1974) - Pages to Pictures w/ guest, Jamie Ray

  • Raising Awareness through Fiction - Vanessa Lillie

  • Your Next Great Read - Book Recommendation and Talk with J, Hannah, and author S.A. Barnes (Stacey Kade)

  • Killers of the Flower Moon - Adapting Book to Film

  • Crime Fiction with Dark Ride Author, Lou Berney

  • Behind the Rain: An Audio Anthology of Oklahoma Poetry, Volume 6

  • Historical Fiction and Family w/ Author Mary Kay Zuravleff

  • Your Next Great Read - Book Recommendation and Talk with J, Hannah, and Special Guest Melissa Coast

  • Launching a New Bookstore w/ Britni and Kathryn from Second Story Books and Cafe in OKC

  • Writing Dystopian Fiction with Author Susy Smith

  • Your Next Great Read - Book Recommendations and Talk with Hannah Herron and J Hall

  • Friends Talking Books w/ Martha, Vonnie, and Magen from 3 Book Girls

  • Writing for Middle Grade Readers with author Eileen Hobbs

  • Your Next Great Read - Book Recommendations and Talk with J and special guests Kami Weems and Chad Lehrmann

  • Life as Married Authors with Will and Julia Bryan Thomas

  • Behind the Rain: An Audio Anthology of Oklahoma Poetry, Volume 5

  • Celebrating Oklahoma History with John J. Dwyer, author of The Oklahomans saga

  • Your Next Great Read - Book Recommendations and Talk with J, Hannah, and special guest Rebecca Inch-Partridge

  • Writing Picture Books with Children's Author, Tammi Sauer

  • Navigating the Journey of Indie Authorship - Amy Prokopis and Tyler Lenz

  • Your Next Great Read - J and Hannah look ahead to summer reads

  • Creating Wild Family Reading w/ Middle-Grade Author J.J. Johnson

  • Your Next Great Read - Book Recommendations and Talk with J, Hannah, and special guest, Aubrey Stanley from the Bookish BFFs

  • Oklahoma Center for the Book and Oklahoma Book Awards with Connie Armstrong

  • Behind the Rain: An Audio Anthology of Oklahoma Poetry, Volume 4

  • Writing Across Genres with Horror and Thriller Author, Hannah Herron

  • Your Next Great Read - Book Recommendations and Talk with J, Hannah, and special guest Melissa Coast

  • Selling Books in a Small Community - Karen Payne, Paper Pages Bookstore

  • Oklahoma Writers' Federation, Inc. - Nick Lyon and Bre Lockhart

  • Your Next Great Read - Book Recommendations and Talk with J, Hannah, and Special Guest, Mel Odom

  • Writing History and Biography with Oklahoma Historian and Author, Bob Burke

  • Creating Worlds with Fantasy Author Kathryn Fogleman-White

  • Your Next Great Read - Book Recommendations and Talk with J, Hannah, and special guest Jamie Hyde

  • University of Oklahoma Press Editorial Director, Andrew Berzanskis

  • Behind the Rain: An Audio Anthology of Oklahoma Poetry, Volume 3

  • Where Are They Now? Catching Up With Past Guests

  • Your Next Great Read - Book Recommendations and Talk with J Hall and Hannah Herron

  • Collaboration and the Creative Process - Kylar Merrell, Foreign Press Comics

  • Representing Culture with Award-Winning Children's Author, Mariana Llanos

  • Your Next Great Read - Book Recommendation and Talk with J, Hannah, and special guest Susan Hall

  • Historical Fiction with Award-Winning Oklahoma Author, Rilla Askew

  • Conquering Chaos and Finding Peace with Author and Entrepreneur, Jeremie Kubicek

  • Your Next Great Read - Book Recommendations and Talk with J, Hannah, and special guest Devin Green

  • Legal Thrillers and Series Writing with Best-Selling author, William Bernhardt

  • Paranormal Stories, Imposter Syndrome, and Bigfoot - Author Betsey Kulakowski

  • Your Next Great Read - Book Recommendations with J, Hannah, and our guest Scott McMurry

  • Leadership, Social Media, and Culture - Kevin DeShazo, Keep Chopping Wood

  • Behind the Rain: An Audio Anthology of Oklahoma Poetry, Volume 2

  • WriterCon 2022 - Authors Introduce You to their Books

  • Tribal Culture and Identity - Oscar Hokeah, Calling for a Blanket Dance

  • Your Next Great Read - Book Recommendations and Talk with Hannah Herron

  • How to Read More Books - Dr. Kenna Griffin

  • Oklahoma Children's Author, Anna Myers

  • Oklahoma Short Fiction - Amanda Bales and Chris Murphy

  • At War with Corruption - Bill Price and Dr. Michael Hightower

  • Summer Reading Opportunities - Oklahoma Librarians

  • Behind the Rain Poetry Anthology, Volume One

  • Jerry Bennett - Comic Artist, Fan, and Teacher

  • Dr. Karlos K. Hill - Telling the Stories of Victims and Survivors with Love

  • Shel Harrington - Marriage, New Words, and Embracing the Next Stage of Your Life

  • Okie Bookcast Chapter Sixteen - School Libraries with Jill Slay and Eric Dabney, Part 2

  • Okie Bookcast Chapter Fifteen - School Libraries with Jill Slay and Eric Dabney, Part 1

  • Okie Bookcast Chapter Fourteen - Onikah Asamoa-Caesar, Fulton Street Books and Coffee in Tulsa

  • Okie Bookcast Chapter Thirteen - Sequoyah Book Awards with Kirsten Walker and Molly Dettmann

  • Okie Bookcast Chapter Twelve - Victoria Moore, owner of Whitty Books in Tulsa

  • Okie Bookcast Chapter Eleven - Heather Zeoli, Metropolitan Library System

  • Okie Bookcast Chapter Ten - Kim Ventrella, Spooky Middle Grade author

  • Okie Bookcast Chapter Nine - Jeremie Kubicek, Writing about Leadership

  • Okie Bookcast Chapter Eight - Dr. Beth Brown, Children's Author of Adventures with Divot and Swish

  • Okie Bookcast Interlude - New Year's Resolutions

  • Okie Bookcast Chapter Seven - Ginny Myers Sain: Dark and Shallow Lies

  • Okie Bookcast Chapter Six - Nick Bremmer, Word of Mouth Bookshop and Goods

  • Okie Bookcast Chapter Five - Roger D. Colby, Science Fiction and Writing Tips for NANOWRIMO

  • Okie Bookcast Chapter Four - Mel Odom, Writing Genres and Tips for New Authors

  • Oklahoma Ghost Stories and Urban Legends with Jeff Provine

  • Okie Bookcast Chapter Two - Amy M. Le

  • Okie Bookcast Chapter One - Literati Press Comics and Novels

  • Okie Bookcast Prologue

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