Podcasts fans and book lovers enjoy a good story, great dialogue and rememberable characters (real and imagined). So we wanted to end the year by sharing the amazing and thought provoking podcast episodes that made our 2017.
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National BookFest 2017
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I can’t believe I went to my first National Book Festival 6 years agojust weeks into blogging. The festival has undergone quite some changes since that first time and it’s not just the fact that it’s indoors with a variety of concessions and indoor bathrooms.
National Book Festival has always been diverse, but what I really noticed was the diversity among the big name New York Times bestselling authors present. If you want an indicator that the hard work being done to advocate for diversity is working, look no further than National BookFest.
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Margot Lee Shetterly @ The Rappahannock Library
Hidden Figures has taken over the pop culture zeitgeist and it all takes place right here in Virginia!
I’m not sure how I missed that Shetterly was going to be doing a Q&A and signing at the University of Mary Washington, but when my dad (of all people) told me about it, Kat and I took the short ride up to attend.
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Our 16 Favorite Podcast Episodes of 2016
At Books and Sensibility, we don’t just listen to audiobooks, we listen to tons and tons of podcasts. So, After listening to Pop Culture Happy Hour’s “Favorite Podcast of 2016” episode, we started thinking about all great podcasts we heard this year. Here are our favorite episodes from 2016
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The Husband’s Secret and Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
A Tale of Two Panels : Trends In Romance
If you’ve ever checked out the romance blog you’ll see a lot of the books I discover are from Sara Wendell’s Smart Podcast, Trashy Books. So when Kat texted me that Wendell was moderating a Trends In Romance panel at Baltimore BookFest I knew I wanted to find the time to stop by.
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