Our December guest was Rick Bleiweiss, director of Business Development at Blackstone Audio. Rick gave us a nice overview of the origin of Blackstone and the broad array of services offered by the publisher. One item of importance for writers is Blackstone’s move to become a full fledged publisher. In addition to audio books, its traditional publishing mode, Blackstone will also issue print and e-books. It’s Downpour service offers not only its own audio books but also those of publishers not yet absorbed by Amazon.
Literary Ashland with Sara Brown and Paul Steinle
Our post-Thanksgiving show was a pre-recorded interview with Sara Brown and Paul Steinle, authors of two books on journalism, Practicing Journalism. The Power and Purpose of the Fourth Estate and The Power and Purpose of Journalism. Journalists Epiphanies.
Sara and Paul talked about what makes journalists tick, how they view their profession, what experiences revealed to them the nature of their profession, and what the future holds for journalism and newspapers in a digital world.
Literary Ashland with Angela Howe-Decker
Our August guest on Literary Ashland was Angela Howe-Decker, Ashland based freelance writer and poet. She teaches writing at Southern Oregon University.
She writes a column for the Ashland Daily Tidings, and articles for the Medford Mail Tribune, and Jefferson Monthly.
Her poems have appeared in African Voices, Sand Hill Review, Comstock Review, Hip Mama, The Wisconsin Review, Blue Arc West: An Anthology of California poets, Verseweavers, and others.
Literary Ashland with Sharan Newman
The July guest on Literary Ashland was medieval historian and author Sharan Newman. She took her Master’s degree in Medieval Literature at Michigan State University and then did her doctoral work at the University of California at Santa Barbara in Medieval Studies, specializing in twelfth-century France. She is a member of the Medieval Academy and the Medieval Association of the Pacific. Newman has done research at the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris, the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique France Meridionale et Espagne at the University of Toulouse and the Institute for Jewish History at the University of Trier, as well as many departmental archives. Her work includes non-fiction and fiction.
Literary Ashland with Darrell James
Last Friday, June 26, Ed Battistella and I interviews mystery author Darrell James on Literary Ashland. Darrell is a recent transplant to Ashland, OR, moving here from Tucson, AZ, via Los Angeles. He is the author of the Award Winning and multi-nominated Del Shannon series of mystery/thrillers that include: Nazareth Child, winner of the 2012 Left Coast Crime Eureka Award for Best First Novel; Sonora Crossing, and Purgatory Key, which was nominated for both the Anthony and Shamus Awards. In addition, his more than thirty short stories have appeared in numerous mystery magazines and book anthologies, and have garnered a number of awards. His most recent Little Earl short story appears in the MWA anthology, Vengeance, edited by Lee Child. For more information, visit his website.
