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From the Front Porch

Bonus: Interview with Annabel Monaghan

From the Front Porch

The Bookshelf Thomasville

Fiction, Society & Culture, Books, Arts:books, Arts

4.71.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

In this bonus episode of From the Front Porch, Annie talks with Annabel Monaghan about her debut adult novel Nora Goes Off Script. The books mentioned in this episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf: Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan If you enjoyed this conversation, here are a few more episodes you might like: I’ll Read What She’s Reading Interview with Christine Pride and Jo Piazza Interview with Elizabeth Passarella From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com.  A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here. Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations.  This week Annie is listening to Cult Classic by Sloane Crosley. If you liked what you heard in today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch. We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week. Our Executive Producers are... Donna Hetchler, Angie Erickson, Cammy Tidwell, Chantalle C, Nicole Marsee, Wendi Jenkins, Laurie johnson and Kate Johnston Tucker. Libro.FM: Libro.fm lets you purchase audiobooks directly from your favorite local bookstore (Like The Bookshelf). You can pick from more than 215,000 audiobooks, and you'll get the same audiobooks at the same price as the largest audiobook company out there (you know the name). But you’ll be part of a different story -- one that supports community. All you need is a smart phone and the free Libro.fm app. Right now, if you sign up for a new membership, you will get 2 audiobooks for the price of one. All you have to do is enter FRONTPORCH at checkout or follow this link: https://tidd.ly/3C2zVbb Flodesk: Do you receive a weekly or monthly newsletter from one of your favorite brands? Like maybe From the Front Porch (Or The Bookshelf)... Did you ever wonder, ‘how do they make such gorgeous emails?’  Flodesk is an email marketing service provider that's built for creators, by creators, and it’s easy to use. We’ve been using it for a couple of years now, and I personally love it. And right now you can get 50% off your Flodesk subscription by going to: flodesk.com/c/THEFRONTPORCH

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to From the Front porch, a conversational podcast about books, small business, and life in the South.

0:08.0

I'm light while I write it, and as I do so, I understand why I write.

0:29.0

To write is to recreate something as you'd like it to be.

0:38.0

I'm Annie Jones, owner of the Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in beautiful downtown Thomasville, Georgia.

0:44.0

And this week I'm bringing you a bonus episode featuring author Annabelle Monahan.

0:49.0

Annabelle's debut adult novel, Nora Goes Off Script, is one of my favorites of the year.

0:54.0

It's a recipe filled with all the bookish ingredients I love the most, a close-knit family, a strong-willed protagonist, and a memorable home.

1:02.0

Hi, Annabelle.

1:03.0

Hi, what an introduction.

1:05.0

Thank you for having me here.

1:06.0

Wow.

1:07.0

I'm so glad you're here.

1:09.0

I'm thrilled to get to talk with you.

1:10.0

I don't do a ton of author interviews anymore just because it's not really the kind of premise of From the Front porch.

1:16.0

We don't do a lot of interviews, but when your name came up, I was like, I have to talk to her because I loved your book so much,

1:21.0

and I really, as a reader, just wanted to get to talk to you.

1:24.0

So this is a selfish endeavor.

1:26.0

Oh, I'm so happy.

1:28.0

Okay, so I want to talk about the book a little bit.

1:31.0

I read this kind of going in, knowing nothing about you as a writer, knowing really nothing about the book.

1:38.0

I got an ARC.

1:39.0

I was intrigued.

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