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In episode 11 of BookBanter, listeners get to hear from the far north, as I interview multi-award-winning and bestselling Canadian author, Robert J. Sawyer.  Sawyer is the author of many books, including the trilogy Hominids,  Humans, and Hybrids, as well as Flashforward (which is currently being made into a TV series), and the first book in his new trilogy, Wake.  I got a chance to talk with Robert J. Sawyer about how he first became a writer, what his writing process is like, where he got the idea and how he researched Wake, as well as the scoop on Flashforward being made into a TV series which will be airing in the fall.

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Thanks for  listening and see you next time, on July 15th, when I’ll be interviewing bestselling prolific author Christopher Golden, who has collaborated with a number of authors including Amber Benson, Mike Mignola, and Tim Lebbon on the Hidden Cities books.  We’ll be talking about his latest book with Lebbon, The Map of Moments, as well as other books he has coming out this year, and much more.

For now keep up on your reading!

Alex C. Telander.

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It’s April 15th and it’s time for a new episode of BookBanter.  And in episode 6 we have a very special interview with Amber Benson, author of the Albion series, the first of her new three-book series, Death’s Daughter, and she might’ve been the great actress to play Tara on Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

This episode features my review for Death’s Daughter, which is about Calliope Reaper-Jones who discovers that she is, unsurprisingly, Death’s Daughter, and must assume the mantle of her father.  However, she doesn’t just automatically get the job, but must pass some tests first.  The review is followed by my interview with the great author/actress/singer.  Then reviews for The Hunt for Planet X: New Worlds and the Fate of Pluto by Govert Schilling, Panorama: A Foldout Book by Fani Marceau and Joelle Jolivet, and finally Heroes of the Valley by Jonathan Stroud.

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Thanks for listening to BookBanter and see you May 1st for Episode 7 with Mary Roach, author of Stiff, Spook, and now out in paperback: Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex.

Have a good one!

Alex C. Telander.

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