Episode 476 || Into the Backlist, Vol. 3

From the Front Porch

The Bookshelf Thomasville

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

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

This week on From the Front Porch, we have a new episode series: Into the Backlist! Today, Annie changes her focus from new releases to dive into the backlist: the books that came out years ago, the books that didn’t get enough attention, the books you may stumble upon while browsing in an indie bookstore like The Bookshelf. To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, visit our website (type “Episode 476” into the search bar and tap enter to find the books mentioned in this episode) or or download and shop on The Bookshelf’s official app: The Mothers by Brit Bennett The Ensemble by Aja Gabel The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett Annie would put The Mothers on a shelf with these books: Revival Season by Monica West Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi Memorial Drive by Natasha Tretheway A Grown-Up Kind of Pretty by Joshilyn Jackson (unavailable to order) The Color of Water by James McBride Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson Committed by Elizabeth Gilbert 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, Tiktok, and Facebook, 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 Funny Story by Emily Henry. If you liked what you heard in today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. 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...Jennifer Bannerton, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Susan Hulings, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, and Amanda Whigham.

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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. She wanted this baby and that was the difference.
0:27.0	Magic you wanted was miracle.
0:30.0	Magic you didn't want was a haunting.
0:34.0	Britt Bennett, The Mothers
0:37.0	I'm Annie Jones, owner of the Bookshelf,
0:40.0	an independent bookstore in beautiful downtown Thomasville, Georgia, and this week we're
0:44.4	back with an installment of our new podcast series, Into the Backlist.
0:49.2	Before we get started, a thank you to everyone who's been leaving reviews for From the Front Porch.
0:53.7	iTunes reviews and ratings are how new listeners can best find out about From the Front Porch
0:58.7	and, as a result, find out about our Indie Bookstore too. Here's a recent review. Favorite
1:05.2	podcast. I'm a huge fan of the bookshelf and love listening to the bookish
1:09.5	conversations and getting a dose of the South in every episode.
1:14.0	Thank you so much.
1:15.0	If you have not left a review, all you have to do is open up the podcast app on your phone.
1:20.0	Look for from the front porch.
1:22.0	Scroll down until you see write a review and then tell us what you think.
1:26.0	Your reviews really do help us spread the word about not only our podcast, but also about
1:30.2	our brick and mortar business in Thomasville too. Now back to the show.
1:36.3	Because From the Front Forge is a podcast very much wrapped up in the comings and
1:40.6	goings of our indie bookstore, many of the books we feature are new, or many times
1:45.9	not even yet released books, which means backlist titles, books published more than a year
1:51.2	ago, can get lost or overlooked. As I began to think
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