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Indie and small press authors talk about the writing craft and their support for each other’s work.
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Friday Feb 13, 2026
Friday Feb 13, 2026
Award-winning author Frank Demith talks about his unique method of writing his second book historical fiction Defending The Eagle.
Defending The Eagle is a tense, gripping, and emotionally complex portrayal of war—not just as a battlefield of weapons and tactics, but as a crucible for identity, loyalty, and survival.
Sponsored by Moravian Sons Distillery and Doc Chavent
Set against the scorched backdrop of an Iraqi desert warzone, the novel immerses the reader in a world where every decision carries the weight of life and death, and where the line between enemy and ally is constantly shifting.
Listen in for the podcast book giveaway by Frank Demith.
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Saturday Feb 07, 2026
Saturday Feb 07, 2026
"Find Pease, Embrace Change, and Let Your Soul Lead The Way!"
Dr. Barbara Sinor
Sponsored by Modern History Press, Moravian Sons Distillery, author Terri Martin, and Doc Chavent.
Wisdom from Your Soul offers gentle guidance for navigating life's challenges with clarity and grace. Through inspiring reflections on forgiveness, love, resilience, and inner peace, Sinor's new book encourages readers to release the past, embrace the present, and open to the wisdom within.
Listen in for a chance to win a signed copy of Wisdom from Your Soul.
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Friday Jan 30, 2026
Friday Jan 30, 2026
"Writing has always been a persistent calling throughout my life."
-Author Terri Martin-
Straw Horse is a witty and suspenseful romantic mystery set in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, where life for Kathryn "Kat" Wilde is anything but tranquil. Though only in her mid-twenties, Kat finds herself juggling the many demands of a struggling horse operation, Wildwood Stables, while navigating a perplexing romance with her "sort-of" boyfriend, DNR officer, Nikko Olsen.
Sponsored by Modern History Press, Moravian Sons Distillery and Doc Chavent.
Listen in for a chance to win a signed copy of Straw Horse and Gift Horse.
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Sunday Jan 25, 2026
Sunday Jan 25, 2026
Burning season on the exile world of Anduvea means the space station at the edge of the empire is full of rich, drunk tourists and their idiotic antics. When Senior Security Officer Rita Stabinov spots a thief wanted dead or alive by Empaetor Iradio VIII himself, she envisions a hefty reward or maybe a promotion anywhere else.
Sponsored by Moravian Sons Distillery, Modern History Press and Doc Chavent
A deathbed promise to keep the goods out of the Empaetor’s hands puts Rita in possession of a stolen treasure with a value far greater than she’s ever dreamed. The heavy-handed ruler will do everything in his power to get it back, and his agent is already on the way.
Listen in for a chance to win a signed copy of I9.
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Monday Jan 19, 2026
Monday Jan 19, 2026
Beyond Betrayal is set in Baltimore, Maryland at the turn of the century. Abigail and Bill are married and starting a family. Peter, their first born, dies at three months of age.
Sponsored by Moravian Sons Distillery, author Terri Martin and Doc Chavent.
Peter's death is an inciting catalyst for Abigail's mental illness. She taps, counts, and counts and taps feverishly. Her husband Bill and her mother-in-law pursue a way to help Abigail regain her stability. The nascent theories of William James and Sigmund Freud are on the horizon.
Listen in for a chance to win a signed copy of Beyond Betrayal.
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Friday Dec 19, 2025
Friday Dec 19, 2025
I had heard from an early age that we were related to James Otis the Patriot and had the impression he was important in Boston before the American Revolution. I was always curious in the back of my mind about what happened to him; why was he famous then but forgotten in the centuries that followed?
Sponsored by Modern History Press, Moravian Sons Distillery, authors Terri Martin, Diana Magnuson and Doc Chavent.
As I began to research James Otis and then the patriots he influenced, such as Samuel Adams and John Hancock, I came to see he was an extremely powerful force in resistance to the British. As a brilliant lawyer, Otis argued against the use of warrants called the Writs of Assistance which allowed British custom officials to barge into homes or businesses willy nilly looking for smuggled good. Young John Adams was in the courtroom that fateful day and later wrote that Otis’ argument of that case was when “the child Independence was born.” So, you could say that John Adams convinced me to write this book.
Listen in for a chance to win a signed copy of Sparks of the Revolution
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Friday Dec 12, 2025
Friday Dec 12, 2025
Explore the visible and hidden world of Noriko’s garden from her garden’s point of view, in and around all year long. After the deep snow of winter, her soil is prepared for planting.
Sponsored by Modern History Press, Moravian Sons Distillery, authors Terri Martin, Diana Magnuson and Doc Chavent.
Green leaves sprout as plants ripen to fruits and vegetables. Hungry forest animals prowl and pad-pad in to eat them. Insects and birds also aggravate garden, but others are important assistants to her growth. Exuberant and lyrical
Garden’s story explores nature’s wonders that support our lives.
Listen in for a chance to win a signed copy of Garden Sleeping, Garden Growing.
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Friday Dec 05, 2025
Friday Dec 05, 2025
“Deaf and rejected, Luczak longs for visibility among those who erase him: class bullies, teachers, and even his mother, who goes to the grave unable to accept her gay son. I found myself rereading Ironhood, wanting to savor his writing.”
— Beverly Matherne, author of Potions d’amour, thés, incantations / Love Potions, Teas, Incantations
Sponsored by Modern History Press, Moravian Sons Distillery, author Terri Martin and Doc Chavent
In Ironhood, the acclaimed poet Raymond Luczak recalls the neighbors and shopkeepers he once knew while growing up in Ironwood, Michigan during the 1970s and 1980s. They included a scruffy man who smoked cheap cigars while tending to his fragrant backyard garden, a cat-eyed woman who stood watch over a sea of typewriters, a bald jeweler whose dexterous fingers repaired a watch's minuscule innards, and tired cashiers in red smocks who dreamed at the western edge of town.
Listen in for a chance to win a signed copy of Ironhood.
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Monday Nov 10, 2025
Monday Nov 10, 2025
"Are You Okay
being the only one?
My favorite downstate teller asks,
holding photos of the lonely U.P. camper
and noting my nervousness."
Sponsored by Modern History Press, Moravian Sons Distillery, Doc Chavent
At the age of sixty, Suzanne Sunshower moved into an ancient hunt camp trailer that no one had attempted to live in year-around before, which she named Bear Shack, in a remote area of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. This poetic collection is her story of adventure and adjustment.
Listen for a chance to win a signed copy of Still Wild.
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Friday Oct 31, 2025
Friday Oct 31, 2025
Happy Halloween
Yet Another Slice of Fear, book no. 3 in the horror series
by Andrew Allen Smith
Fear never truly fades, it evolves.
Sponsored by author LeAnn Kelley, Moravian Sons Distillery, Doc Chavent
In Yet Another Slice of Fear, Michigan author Andrew Allen Smith returns with a chilling
new collection of psychological and supernatural tales that twist reality, morality, and the
fragile human mind. Each story cuts deep into the quiet moments before terror takes hold,
where a whisper in the dark becomes a scream, and comfort turns to dread.
From haunted memories to the horrors born of obsession, Smith explores the places we
dare not look, and the truths we wish we could forget. With precise prose and unnerving
insight, he reminds us that fear is not always found in monsters, but in the reflection staring
back at us.
Turn the page... if you dare.
Listen in for a chance to win a signed copy of Yet Another Slice of Fear
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