Publishers Weekly Pw Litcast

PW LitCast speaks with Jessica Walliser, Editorial Director of Quarto's imprint, Cool Springs Press, and author of one of the press's many new gardening titles, 'Attracting Beneficial Bugs to Your Garden: A Natural Approach to Pest Control,' about her own book, and several others providing accessible and innovative approaches to gardening. (Sponsored.)

PW LitCast speaks with author Jason Sommer about his memoir 'Shmuel's Bridge: Following the Tracks to Auschwitz with My Survivor Father,' which recounts his efforts to keep his father's memories of his traumatic experiences during the Holocaust alive. (Sponsored.)

PW LitCast speaks with author Howard Michael Gould about his latest novel, Pay or Play, in which his overly ecologically conscious sleuth helps a celebrity TV judge thwart a blackmailer. (Sponsored.)

In If God Is Love, Don't Be a Jerk: Finding a Faith That Makes Us Better Humans, long-time pastor John Pavlovitz offers guidance on how to treat others more kindly. (Sponsored.)

In Candace Robb's latest historical mystery, The Riverwoman's Dragon, a murder inquiry takes place during a plague in 14th-century York. (Sponsored.)

PW LitCast speaks with author Jeff Lantos about his book Why Longfellow Lied: The Truth About Paul Revere's Midnight Ride, a history that separates the reality of what actually happened the night of April 18, 1775 from the mythmaking in the famous poem. (Sponsored.)

PW LitCast speaks with author David Handler about his latest twisty-but-fair whodunit featuring writer and sometimes amateur sleuth Stewart Hoag, The Man Who Wasn't All There. (Sponsored.)

PW LitCast speaks with author Catriona McPherson about her new comic mystery, Scot on the Rocks, starring marriage counselor-turned-sleuth Lexy Campbell, an expat Scot in California. (Sponsored.)

LitCast speaks with Lida Citroën about her new book, Success After Service: How to Take Control of Your Job Search and Career After Military Duty. (Sponsored.)

What does jazz look like? LitCast speaks with jazz author, presenter, critic, and jazz bassist Alyn Shipton about his new book, The Art of Jazz: A Visual History. (Sponsored.)

PW LitCast speaks with psychologist Tania Israel about her timely book, Beyond Your Bubble: How To Connect Across The Political Divide, which provides practical tips for enabling meaningful communication even between people with very different takes on political issues. (Sponsored.)

PW LitCast speaks with author Michelle Cox about her new Henriett and Inspector Howard novel set in 1930s Chicago, featuring a mystery involving a spiritualist and an insane asylum. (Sponsored.)

PW LitCast speaks with author Tim O'Mara about his new mystery, The Hook, set in Brooklyn, in which his series sleuth, Raymond Donne, a cop-turned-middle school teacher, must solve the bizarre murder—by arrow—on the roof of his school.

PW LitCast speaks with author Michael Wiley about his new series debut, Trouble in Mind, which introduces a unique PI, Sam Kelson, who's afflicted with disinhibition, and thus unable to tell lies.

Sara Berry tells PW's LitCast about the love, perseverance, and connections that saved hundreds of lives in her new book, 'Tap Code: The Epic Survival Tale of a Vietnam POW and the Secret Code That Changed Everything,' co-authored by Carlyle S. Harris.

PW LitCast speaks with 'New York Times' bestselling author Patti Callahan about her seven-part original podcast that explores the improbable and beautiful love story between C.S. Lewis and Joy Davidman. Stay tuned at the end of the episode for a brief except of the podcast featuring Douglas Gresham, and find more info about 'Becoming Mrs. Lewis' here: www.becomingmrslewispodcast.com

PW LitCast speaks with author Shamini Flint about her topical thriller, the Beijing Conspiracy, which uses a fictional plot to explore the US-China Cold War.

PW LitCast speaks with Doug Wilhelm, the editor of 'China In Another Time: A Personal Story,' Claire Malcolm Lintilhac's compelling memoir of life in China during the first half of the 20th century.

Hazel Newlevant talks about their graphic memoir 'No Ivy League.'

Author and radio host Thom Hartmann talks about his latest book 'The Hidden History of Guns and the Second Amendment.'