The Bookshop Podcast

Send us a textWest Side Books is an independent bookstore in the historic Highlands neighborhood of Northwest Denver, providing new, used, and unusual books to the community since 1997. I’m speaking with West Side Books’ owner, Lois Harvey, and store manager, Matt Aragon. Later I talk with local author Kali Fajardo-Anstine, author of Sabrina and Corina. Here’s a list of links, authors, and books mentioned in this podcast.West Side BooksJames BaldwinGuild of Book WorkersThe Edible BookAmerican Gods - Neil GaimanLeave the World Behind - Rumaan Alam Home Going - Yaa GyasiBecoming Duchess GoldblattCharlotte’s Web - E.B. WhiteThe Woman Who Lived in a Prologue - Nina SchneiderGloriana: Or, The Unfulfill’d Queen - Michael MoorcockA Fortunate Life – A.B. FaceyKali Fajardo-AnstineKali on InstagramSabrina and Corina - Kali Fajardo-AnstineThe Rain God – Arturo IslasPen America  Support the showThe Bookshop PodcastMandy Jackson-BeverlySocial Media Links

Send us a textSometime around mid-March, my Earth Mother alter ego kicked in and has since gone into overdrive. Every few days, a malodorous smell wafts from the kitchen—that's the sourdough starter telling me it's ready for attention. I've lost count of how many pics of flowery-patterned loaves I've posted on Instagram. Gone are the bookish images and texts that filled my feed pre-COVID. If I can't eat it, grow it, or walk it, the image isn’t getting posted. I'm not saying my bibliophile persona has gone AWOL. Instead, I'm on a rereading binge; a compulsive need to be comforted by characters dear to my heart and familiar faraway lands. This episode took me to Nantucket, Massachusetts, a place I’d love to visit. I chat with Wendy Morton, owner of Mitchell’s Book Corner, and local children’s author and illustrator, Wendy Rouillard. Here’s a list of links, authors, and books mentioned in this podcast.·      Mitchell’s Book Corner & Nantucket Bookworks·      Nantucket Chamber of Commerce·      The Second Story Loft·      Maria Mitchell·      Nathaniel Philbrick·      Elin Hildebrand·      Nancy Thayer ·      Steven Axelrod·      Isabel Wilkerson – author of Caste·      Ibram X. Kendi – author of How To Be An Antiracist·      Daniel Silva – author of The Order·      Libro.fm – audiobooks·      Bookshop.org·      Ruth Bader Ginsburg – I Know This to Be True·      I Know I Can·      Wendy Rouillard and Barnaby Bear·      Barnaby Bear on Instagram·      Wendy Rouillard on Facebook Buy Local. Read Global. Support your local indie bookshop.  Support the showThe Bookshop PodcastMandy Jackson-BeverlySocial Media Links

Send us a text1987 proved to be a year of major change for me. It was the year I worked with the exceptional David Bowie as the stylist on the music video Day in, Day Out, directed by Julian Temple, and after a lot of coaxing, I joined Bowie and the rest of the crew on the Glass Spider Tour. I left the tour after a few months for a variety of reasons, some related to incidents that occurred on the road, the stress of which did little to maintain my recent sobriety.  1987 was also the year I met my husband, Brian Beverly. We met on the set of an Eddie Money music video—an all-nighter, well, two actually, shot in an alley Downtown LA, with, of course, a rainmaker and fog machine…lots of fog. This was, after all, a David Fincher shoot where the atmosphere is crucial.So how does my story relate to this episode of The Bookshop Podcast? How did I get from music videos to bookshops, books, and authors? Well, you’ll need to listen to find out.Join me in Santa Cruz, California, while I chat with Casey Coonerty Protti at Bookshop Santa Cruz and local author Jill Wolfson.Here’s a list of links, authors, and books mentioned in this podcast.·      Bookshop Santa Cruz·      Instagram·      KEEP KIDS READING FUNDRAISER·      Ibram X. Kendi How to be an anti-racist·      Maggie O'Farrell Hamnet·      Jill Wolfson·      The Beat Within·      Somebody Else’s Children The Courts, the Kids, and the Struggle to Save America's Troubled Families·      What I Call Life·      Home, and Other Big, Fat Lies·      Cold Hands, Warm Heart·      Furious·      Dear Concerned Mother·      Lucas And Sarah This American Life·      Bay Area Parent Jill Wolfson editor ·      Brian Beverly Music   Support the showThe Bookshop PodcastMandy Jackson-BeverlySocial Media Links

Send us a textDuring the 80s and 90s, I spent most of my time in Los Angeles working as a costume designer and stylist. My work included scouring thrift and vintage stores in Venice Beach, Santa Monica, Hollywood, and the valley.  Magnolia Boulevard in Burbank and Lankershim Boulevard in North Hollywood were full of fabulous dinky stores overflowing with bargains, and more than once, my heart raced when I reached for a vintage piece hidden under a pile of used clothing. To me, it was like finding gold!While working on the music video for Tom Petty’s Free Falling, I think I bought out most of the 50s and 60s clothing and jewelry in the valley and topped it off with pieces from my collection along with rentals from costume houses.You can say all you want about 80s and 90s hair and make-up, but being involved with the early days of music videos sure was fun!In this episode, I head back to the valley, but this time I’m off to chat with Dan Weinstein, owner of The Iliad Bookshop, about books, rescue cats, and graphic novels. Later my guest is fiction and non-fiction author Lisa Morton. Enjoy!MandyHere’s a list of links, authors, and books mentioned in this podcast.·      The Iliad Bookshop·      Heritage Bookshop·      Paul Dilworth·      The Iliad exterior murals·      Charles Bukowski·      John Fante·      Lisa Morton·      Reaktion Books·      Dennis Etchison The Dog Park, The Dark Country·      Horror Writers Association·      Philip K. Dick·      Theodore Sturgeon·      Ray Bradbury·      Frank Herbert Dune Buy Local. Read global. Support your local indie bookshop. Support the showThe Bookshop PodcastMandy Jackson-BeverlySocial Media Links

Send us a textI have a fondness for my local bookshop Bart’s Books,  just as I’ve had for local corner bookshops wherever I’ve lived in the world. Plus, the fabulous crew of booksellers who work at Bart’s has saved my butt more than once when my muse has done a 180, and I’ve needed books for research at a moment’s notice. In this maiden voyage episode of The Bookshop Podcast, I asked Matt Henriksen, Bart’s general manager, to share the history of this famous bookstore, which takes us from Paris after WW2 to a cottage in Ojai, California, a 17th-century copy of Chaucer, and a bunch of Gustaf Duray books from the 19th century.Dan Malloy is an author, adventurer, filmmaker, and surfer, and synonymous with Ventura County. While well known in the surfing scene, I chat with him about Slow is Fast, a book he wrote with Kanoa Zimmerman and Kellen Keene. The book came about after the three friends took a 50-day, seven-hundred-mile bike ride down the Californian coast. Dan speaks about his life on the road as a surfing professional and how a magazine he picked up in an airport shop helped change his life direction. Here’s a list of links, authors, and books mentioned in this podcast.·      https://bartsbooksojai.com·      Slum Virgin Gabriela Cabezón Cámara ·      Is that Kafka?: 99 Finds Reiner Stach·      The Murderbot Diaries Martha Wells·      The Museum of Whales You Will Never See A. Kendra Greene·      Guantanamo Voices Sarah Mirk·      Vignettes - Slow is Fast https://vimeo.com/233870442·      Dan Malloy on Instagram·      Poco Farm·      Kanoa Zimmerman·      Kellen Keene·       The Malloy Brothers -- Keith - Chris - Dan ·      Wendell Berry: American novelist, poet, environmental activist, cultural critic, and farmer·      Gospel Flat Farm  Instagram·      The New Family Farm  Instagram ·      Patagonia·      Michael Pollan Author·      Todd Hannigan  Grammy award-winning sound designer and composer ·      Slaid Cleaves American singer-songwriter Buy Local. Read Global.  Support your local indie bookshop.Support the showThe Bookshop PodcastMandy Jackson-BeverlySocial Media Links

Send us a textMandy Jackson-Beverly is a confessed bibliophile who believes independent bookshops are the gems of communities and authors are the rock stars of the literary world. As an author, teacher, and book reviewer for the New York Journal of Books, Mandy profoundly understands and appreciates what it takes to write a book and present it to readers. She is instinctively curious and enjoys connecting with her guests. Learn more at mandyjacksonbeverly.com and follow Mandy on social media. Please subscribe to the show and rate and review! Theme music is created by Brian Beverly.Buy Local. Read Global. Support Your Local Indie Bookshop.Mandy Jackson-BeverlySupport the showThe Bookshop PodcastMandy Jackson-BeverlySocial Media Links