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4/27/2009 4:40 PM UTC
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4/5/2009 9:36 PM UTC
Jane Friedman is so down to earth. Great show, Kate and thanks for all your interviews. This was excellent.
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WordSmitten Guidelines. For an author to be a guest on the show, these are our guidelines. (Note: We select editors and publishing executives by invitation only.) 1. We look for guests who have depth, humor, and insight into the craft of writing. 2. If you are a debut author, please send a query letter to our office and include either a synopsis or A.R.E. (advance edition) of your book. 3. If you are self-published, our policy, currently, is to not review non-trade publications. That policy may change in 2009, so check back with us. 4. We receive too many requests to personally respond to each request. If your query letter is brief, polite, and witty, we tend to respond if we are interested in bringing you in as a guest. 5. We produce and broadcast interviews from our studios located in St. Petersburg, Florida. We do broadcast live from our BTR home when our guests are based in New York. Thank you for your interest in being a guest on the WordSmitten about the books broadcast. We appreciate your support of these programs. For more information, visit us at www.wordsmitten.com and if you are interested in our workshops, visit us at Meetup.com for our schedule. The Editors and Staff WordSmitten Media, Inc, (c) 2008 WordSmitten Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. WordSmitten is a registered trademark.
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6/29/2008 4:41 PM UTC
I'll be tuning in to the archived recording. Is this show on iTunes BTR show listings, too?
i'll be tuning in to the archived recording. Is this show on iTunes BTR show listings, too?
6/23/2008 4:47 PM UTC
I enjoyed listening to Joe Skibell's interview. He was entertaining. Keep up the good work, thanks.
6/22/2008 10:25 AM UTC
Just saw you on the Features page today. Sorry I can't listen in live as my show airs same time Sundays for the past year and a half. I'll tune in to the archived recordings.
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5/17/2008 9:22 PM UTC
I'm so sorry I'll miss Natalie Goldberg live, but I'll be traveling on Sunday, the 18th! Darn. I have been a fan since I first bought "Writing Down The Bones" back in 1988 or thereabouts. I'll be sure to catch the archive. Olivia
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Date / Time: 7/5/2009 8:00 PM UTC
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Tune in to the fun. Listen every Sunday afternoon at 4 PM for the WordSmitten "About the Books" broadcast. Interested in novels, short stories, and non-fiction books? WordSmitten's host, Kate Sullivan, interviews notable authors, editors, literary agents, and publishing executives. These storytellers engage in lively and entertaining discussions about the people, the books, and the business of writing. Listen to authors describing the process, the travel adventures, the researc
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Date / Time: 4/5/2009 8:00 PM UTC
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Tune in to the fun. Kate Sullivan interviews publisher Jane Friedman. ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Publisher and Editorial Director of Writer's Digest Books (the directory that is a great resource for any new writer), Jane Friedman heads up the writing communities, publications, and workshops for the Cincinnati company that publishes Writer's Market. Jane will talk about writing an outstanding book proposal, the changes in publishing, and life as the head of a busy publishing house. :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Writer’s Digest Books | Writer’s Digest magazine Writer’s Market annuals | WritersMarket.com Writers Online Workshops | WritersDigest.com | WritersDigest.tv F+W Media, Inc. 4700 E. Galbraith Rd. Cincinnati, OH 45236 :::::::::::::::::::::::: WordSmitten's host, Kate Sullivan, interviews notable authors, editors, literary agents, and publishing executives. WordSmitten. Tune in to the fun. www.wordsmitten.com www.twitter.com/wordsmitten www.meetup.com/wordsmitten www.blogtalkradio.com/wordsmitten :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Original Air Date: 6/28/2009 8:00 PM UTC
Tune in to the fun. Kate Sullivan interviews two guests on Sunday, June 28. Guests on the show include Noleen McGrath, a broadcast maven and media savvy individual who is a colleague of our second guest. McGrath provides guidance about marketing and public relations for authors. WordSmitten is delighted to have Nolen McGrath joining the broadcast with author Kellyann Zuzulo. Kellyann (K. F. Zuzulo) discusses the writing life, her novel, and her life as a journalist. K. F. Zuzulo lives on the East Coast, outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The "K" stands for Kellyann; the "F", for Fidelma. A journalist by training, Kellyann has worked as a writer for Yankee Magazine, Cobblestone magazine, and national consumer and health magazines; as a book development editor; as a media relations representative; and as a director of communications for a non-profit. Her novel, A Genie in the House of Saud, draws upon her experience as a former managing editor of two publications for the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Washington, DC. Kellyann lives and writes in Bucks County, PA, where she lives with her husband, Martin, three children, and a skittish and fast-moving terrier names Djin-Djin. Tune in Sunday afternoons at 4 PM for the WordSmitten "About the Books" broadcast. WordSmitten. www.wordsmitten.com www.twitter.com/wordsmitten www.meetup.com/wordsmitten www.blogtalkradio.com/wordsmitten
Original Air Date: 6/14/2009 8:00 PM UTC
Kate interviews an author who wrote a current book about the life and times of a notable master of ceremonies and journalist, Ed Sullivan. The author, Bernie Ilson, wrote "Sundays with Sullivan: How The Ed Sullivan Show Brought Elvis, The Beatles, and Culture to America" as his doctoral thesis. He worked as Ed Sullivan's key publicist, helping to get great acts for Sullivan's "Really Big Show" in New York. The book has great insider scoops about how the show became so very successful, about the acts, about Elvis Presley, the Beatles, and Topo Gigio. Every Baby Boomer in America sat with parents and family members to watch The Ed Sullivan Show during the 50s and continuing for more than 20 years. Tune in to the fun. Listen Sunday afternoons at 4 PM for the WordSmitten "About the Books" broadcast. www.wordsmitten.com www.twitter.com/wordsmitten www.meetup.com/wordsmitten [writing workshops] www.blogtalkradio.com/wordsmitten
Original Air Date: 6/7/2009 8:00 PM UTC
Kate Sullivan interviews SAMUEL LIGON, author of DRIFT AND SWERVE, a collection of stories (2009), and SAFE IN HEAVEN DEAD, a novel (2003). His stories have appeared in The Quarterly, Alaska Quarterly Review, StoryQuarterly, New England Review, Noise: Fiction Inspired by Sonic Youth, Post Road, Keyhole, Sleepingfish, Gulf Coast, and elsewhere. He teaches at Eastern Washington University's Inland Northwest Center for Writers, in Spokane, Washington, and is the editor of WILLOW SPRINGS. Tune in to the fun. www.wordsmitten.com www.meetup.com/wordsmitten [writing workshops] www.twitter.com/wordsmitten www.blogtalkradio.com/wordsmitten
Date / Time: 5/31/2009 7:30 PM UTC
Kate Sullivan interviews author Bernie Ilson who wrote his new book as his dissertation for his PhD. Title: SUNDAYS WITH SULLIVAN: HOW THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW BROUGHT ELVIS, THE BEATLES, AND CULTURE TO AMERICA. Ed Sullivan, who could not sing, dance, or act, was TV's greatest showman in its early years. For 23 years, from 1948 to 1971, he hosted America's premiere variety show every Sunday night on CBS, on which he introduced an eclectic array of talent that included everything from opera singers to dancing bears to Elvis Presley and the Beatles. This book is an inside view of The Ed Sullivan Show and the unusual story of one of the most unlikely television stars who played host to such diverse talents as Van Cliburn, Rudolf Nureyev, Robert Goulet, Richard Pryor, and The Rolling Stones. With his distinctive nasal voice, Sullivan regularly promised audiences a really big shew and delivered by offering up virtually every form of twentieth-century entertainment. Bernie Ilson, the Sullivan show's P.R. man for eight years, takes us on a trip down memory lane to revisit one of the most popular shows in television history.
For more than two decades, Ed Sullivan's Sunday night show was, especially for fledgling stars like Elvis Presley and the Beatles, both a hallmark of success and the greatest exposure an act could get. Few people, however, appreciate the sizable cultural impact Sullivan's show had with regards to its commitment to color-blind booking and "high culture" acts from the worlds of opera, ballet and the theater. Buoyed by interviews with producers and executives, Ilson returns to the same few points: high culture bits were popular, but in small doses; Sullivan was not a great host, but a fantastic booker; and Sullivan's success was largely due to his experience in news media. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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Bernie Ilson was born and raised in New York City and attended school there. He graduated with honors from Brooklyn College, and received his Master of Arts Degree from Columbia University. He recently earned a Ph.D degree in Communications from New York University. Prior to opening his own agency, Ilson was a writer for National Broadcasting Company and a senior executive with Rogers & Cowan. He has taught Public Relations at Baruch College of the City University of New York. Ilson is a member of the Public Relations Society of America and the Writers Guild of America, and is listed in the current Who's Who in America and Who's Who in the World. In addition to The Ed Sullivan Show, Bernie Ilson's client list includes:
Liberty Mutual Group On Sight Media Ed Sullivan Show NBC-TV Motown Records
The Missoula Children's Theatre Tony Bennett B.B. King Simon and Schuster The Beatles on Ed Sullivan All In The Family
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Original Air Date: 4/26/2009 8:00 PM UTC
Tune in to the fun. On April 26, Kate Sullivan interviews author Rivka Galchen and they'll discuss her paperback release of "Atmospheric Disturbances" this month. The hardcover, released to high praise in the summer of 2008, reached the bestseller lists. =============================== A New York Times Notable Book of the Year A Salon.com Top Ten Book of the Year A Plain Dealer (Cleveland) Best Book of the Year A Slate Best Book of the Year ================================ Listen every Sunday afternoon at 4 PM for the WordSmitten "About the Books" broadcast. WordSmitten's host, Kate Sullivan, interviews notable authors, editors, literary agents, and publishing executives. These storytellers engage in lively and entertaining discussions about the people, the books, and the business of writing.
Date / Time: 4/24/2009 11:28 PM UTC
A New York Times Notable Book of the Year A Salon.com Top Ten Book of the Year A Plain Dealer (Cleveland) Best Book of the Year A Slate Best Book of the Year When Dr. Leo Liebenstein's wife disappears, she leaves behind a single confounding clue: a woman who looks, talks, and behaves exactly like her. A simulatcrum. But Leo is not fooled, and he knows better than to trust his senses in matters of the heart. Certain that the real Rema is alive and in hiding, he embarks on a quixotic journey to reclaim her. With the help of his psychiatric patient Harvey--who believes himself to be a secret agent able to conrtol the weather--his investigation leads him from the streets of New York City to the southernmost reaches of Patagonia, in search of the woman he loves. Atmospheric Disturbances is a "witty, tender, and conceptually dazzling" (Booklist) novel about the mysterious nature of human relationships. Kate Sullivan interviews author Rivka Galcen, live, Sunday April 26. Tune in to the fun. www.wordsmitten.com www.twitter.com/wordsmitten www.meetup.com/wordsmitten [writing workshops] www.blogtalkradio.com/wordsmitten
Original Air Date: 4/5/2009 8:00 PM UTC
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