Across the Pond
Across the Pond is a podcast about the most discussed and anticipated books on both sides of the Atlantic. Texas indie bookstore owner Lori Feathers and UK publisher Sam Jordison bring their unique perspectives on the book business, local literary trends, and author news. In each episode Lori and Sam will also provide a critical take on an important book, discussing how it has been anticipated and received on either side of the pond. Exciting US and UK authors occasionally join Lori and Sam to talk about their work.
Across the Pond
Latest Episodes
148. Veronica Gonzalez Peña, "Secret Daughter"
We're visited by writer Veronica Gonzalez Peña to talk about her latest book, Secret Daughter, a work that explores memory, extended family, and the legacy of witholding essential truths.
147. Doireann Ní Ghríofa, "Said the Dead"
Writer Doireann Ni Ghriofa returns to the podcast to talk about her new book, Said the Dead, a sensitive exploration of a female physician at an Irish mental asylum in the early 1900s and the lives of the women who were her patients there. ...
146. Laia Jufresa, "Wishbone"
Sam gets into "the fact that" we're reading Ducks. Newburyport at The Big Book Project, and we talk to Laia Jufresa about her impressive literary novel, Wishbone, published by Fern Books.