Erin Napier, THE LANTERN HOUSE
Totally Booked with Zibby
Zibby Owens
4.5 • 644 Ratings
🗓️ 8 August 2022
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Star of HGTV's Home Town Erin Napier joins Zibby and her husband Kyle to discuss her picture book, The Lantern House. Erin explains why she's not joined by her husband and co-star Ben and shares why she was set on working with her illustrator and friend, Adam Trest, on this children's book. The three also talk about the house flipping projects that get Erin the most excited, what she's currently reading, and how she and Ben found their way into house flipping in the first place. Shop Erin and Ben's brand, Laurel Mercantile Co., here!
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Zivie Owens, the creator and host of the award-winning podcast that you're listening to right now. Thank you so much, called Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books. It is a daily podcast, 365 days a year, and each day we talk to an author about all of the things related to their career, their book, their life, and more in 30 minutes or |
| 0:21.1 | less, because who has time? I am now an author myself, although I wasn't when I started this |
| 0:25.9 | podcast, and you can get my new memoir, Bookends, a memoir of Love, Loss, and Literature, |
| 0:31.8 | wherever books are sold starting July 1st, and my children's book, Princess Charming. You can |
| 0:37.4 | learn more about me at Zibby Owens.com, |
| 0:39.5 | but really you're here to learn more about the authors, |
| 0:42.2 | and that is what we're going to do. |
| 0:44.4 | Also, be sure to check out all the other podcasts |
| 0:46.9 | in the ZCast Podcast Network. |
| 0:49.4 | You can learn more at ZCastnetwork.com |
| 0:51.9 | and definitely check out those shows as well. |
| 0:59.3 | Thank you. at Zcassnetwork.com and definitely check out those shows as well. Erin Napier is the author of The Lantern House, and actually my husband Kyle and I |
| 1:04.5 | interviewed her together right before the summer. |
| 1:07.7 | Erin is a designer, author, and entrepreneur, along with her husband, Ben Napier. |
| 1:12.6 | She is the co-host of HGTV's hometown, co-author of Make Something Good Today, and founding |
| 1:18.1 | co-owner of their stores, Laurel, Mercantine Co, and Scotsman General Store and Woodshop. |
| 1:22.7 | The Lantern House is her first book for children. She lives in Laurel, Mississippi, |
| 1:26.6 | and she invites you to learn more at Aaron and Ben.com. Welcome, Erin. Thank you so much for coming on moms. Don't have time to read books to discuss The Lantern House. Thank you for having me. We also have a special guest host helping me out here today, which is my husband, Kyle. Owens. Kyle Owens, yes, the one and only. |
| 1:45.7 | And why don't you explain why you want to do this? |
| 1:47.9 | Well, I wanted to do this because I'm a huge fan of Aaron and Ben, and I've been watching the show for quite some time. |
| 1:55.3 | Zibbe and I have really busy, crazy lives in, you know, production and everything that she's doing with with the books and the |
| 2:01.3 | podcast. And a lot of times at night, I just kind of want to like veg out. I get it. And just watch a |
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