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2001 - 2008
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Audio Buzz (Jonathan Lowe)

2007	2008
	January Reviews
	February Reviews
March Reviews	David Baldacci / March Reviews
Scott Brick / April Reviews	Garrison Keillor / April Reviews
May Reviews	May Reviews
June Reviews	Janet Evanovich / June Reviews
July Reviews	Frank Muller / July Reviews
August Reviews	August Reviews
September Reviews	Brad Meltzer / September Reviews
Don't touch that dial!
November Reviews
December Reviews

Babe to Teen (Beverly Rowe)

2001 Beverly Rowe	2002 Beverly Rowe	2003 Beverly Rowe	2004 Jan Fields	2005 Jan Fields	2006 Beverly Rowe	2007 Beverly Rowe	2008 Beverly Rowe
Charles Albano	August	Lisa Wheeler	Between the lions	Debbie Federici and Susan Vaught & L.O.S.T	Exciting new books and Illumination Arts	K. Osborn Sullivan	Let the Girls (and Boys) Read Comics
Terry Sanders	Eliabeth Dahlie	Janet Muirhead Hill	Dotti Enderle	Novelist Linda Zinnen	Spring Contests	Recommended Reading	Chapter Book Contest by Teens
Darren Shan	Dianne Ochiltree	Glen Ebish	Dori Chaconas	Lisa Wheeler	Learning to read... Then and Now	Stephen J. Brooks	WOO-HOO... Summer Vacation
John Snyder	Penny Pollock	Wendy Mass	Linda Joy Singleton	Looking at the Pictures	Summer Reading	Cynthia Cotton
	Roxanne Camron	Max Allen Anderson	Read Aloud for the Holidays	Of Twinkies and Tortes	Watt Key & Dianne Ochiltree	Connie Lee Berry
	E.J. Stapleton	Evelyn Horan			Cara Lockwood	Mike Kearby
	William Stout
	Courtney Watkins
	Elizabeth Levy
	Thanksgiving
	Emily Somma

Back to Literature (Carolyn Howard-Johnson)

2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Oprah Tolls the Bell For Her Book Club	Poetry and the Universe	2nd Annual "Noble Prizes for Literature	3rd Annual “Noble” Prize For Literature & an Apology	4th Annual “Noble” Prize For Literature	Naming Books to Noble Fame	5th Annual “Noble” Prize For Literature
Ten Works that Might Convince You to Love Literary	How to Make Reading Feel Real	Huge Advances as Damaging for Readers and Publishers Alike	Chiding NBC for Incomplete Research on Publishing	A Tribute to Author Betty Friedan	To Writers with Love: 13 Reading Tips	Fads, Traditions, Genealogy, Scrapbooking and Writing
Russia, A Land for Lovers	What We See Is Not Where We Started	the People’s Encyclopedia	GI Films from Iraq Literature of the New Millennium	Raging On (and Praising) the Used Book Conundrum	Molly Ivins' Tombstone Credentials	Literature, "Little Black Sambo" and the Politically Correct
A Book is a Friend; Find One With Character	Taking the Book Biz to Task	Facing Fear to Rant Against Portions of the Patriot Act	A Simple Good-bye to Robert Creeley	Giving Readers an Inside Look at What Drives Reviewers	Khaled Hosseini's Grand Literary Efforts	Turin's Book Fair, Palestine, Israel and Just Getting Along
Noble Prize for Literature	Willing Surrender of Free Speech Rights	Skunk-Like Odor Emanating from Paid-For Reviews	Lamenting the Patriot Act's Repression of Freedom	Honoring a Dead Nobel Winner and Shaming Those Who Would Commit a Book to Death	Review of Snow Flower and the Secret Fan	On the Joys of Writing, Memories, Personal Growth, and How Fiction Isn't Fiction After All
Lamenting The State of Literary Reading, Publishing, & Support.	Late-Blooming Feminist		Why Even Experts Don't Understand Who the Real Stars Are	Disagreeing with Author and Essayist Katherine Ashenburg	Partnership of Literature and Music
			Pondering Nobel Ignorance		A Rant on Libraries and Their Destiny
					English Is Great When It's Good and Great When It's Rotten

Before the Title (Jeff Shelby)

2001 Susan Johnson	2002 Nancy Marie / Jeff Shelby	2003 Jeff Shelby	2004 Jeff Shelby	2005 Jeff Shelby	2006 Jeff Shelby	2007 Jeff Shelby	2008 Jeff Shelby
Harry Potter	Before the Title Survey	"Honey! Guess what?"	A Laughy New Year	The True Edgars	What's Cookin'?	It’s About The People, People	Don’t Change That Channel!
Jean Goldstrom	Why Do You Read What You Do?	And The Winner Is…	The College Years	Surf's Up	Ghouls Ghosts & Goblins—Oh My!	The Real World	Kindergarten Already?
Cookbooks	Why Writers Write and Why They Write What They Do	Who's on First?	Where's the Remote?				Getting All Sweaty And Healthy
Montel & MS	Biographies	Eloise Hanner	Lissa Warren Is Your Friend
Online Research	Nothing Personal	Back To School	'Tis the Season
Thanksgiving	A Few for the Road	Wayne Turmel
	Gone to the Dogs
	An Unhappy Anniversary
	Confessions of a Former Rubik's Cube
	November is My Favorite Month

Behind the Fiction (Michael G'Francisco)

2001-2 Brenda Weeaks	2002 Vickie Atkins	2003 Vickie Atkins / Brian Hill & Dee Power	2004 Brian Hill & Dee Power	2005 Brian Hill & Dee Power	2006 Brian Hill & Dee Power	2007 Brian Hill & Dee Power/ Michael G'Francisco	2008 Michael G'Francisco
Lisa B.C.O'Connell	Where do characters come from?	Brian Haig	Fact or Fiction	Ten Things That May Surprise You	Christopher Paolini	Murder, Muggings Mayhem—and this is a romance?	Nancy J. Cohen
Novels in Verse	Favorite Fiction Characters	The In-between Season	Why That Book?	Publicity	21 Full Grown Elephants?	The Thrill of It All	Fern Michaels
Amelia Atwater-Rhodes	The Longest Conversation I Ever Had Was With a Book	Memorial Day	Why Don’t More People Enjoy Reading?	Genre?		Book Reviews	Mystery Writing
Lalita Tademy	My Mom Writes Fiction	How Do I Know It's a Good Book?	Are Readers Important to Authors?			What Is Fiction?	Getting Published
Susan Vreeland	Vacation	The Magical Process of Inspiration				What Is Genre Fiction?
Watch by Moonlight	The Value of a Book	A Tale of Two Authors
Deaf Characters	Christian Fiction	You've Come a Long Way Baby (SF/Fantasy)
	The Night Before Christmas

Beneath the Covers (Carol Ann Culbert Johnson)

2001 Suzie Housley	2002 Suzie Housley	2003 Suzie Housley	2004 Elaine Hopper	2005 Lynda Lukow	2006 Carol Ann Johnson	2007 Carol Ann Johnson	2008 Carol Ann Johnson
Dehanna Bailee	Stuart & Wilson	Catherine Andorka	Linnea Sinclair	Spring & Romance	Introducing Michelle McGriff	Blind Love	Mary Muhammad
Kate Douglas	Lisa Hendrix	Annette Blair	Barri Bryan	Writing Romance: How This Gardener Nurtures Love	The Genre of Romance: The Romance in Me	Lillian Brummet	Pleasure Seekers
Susan Krinard	Pamela Johnson	Barbara Raffin	Shirley Martin	Katie Willard	Introducing Glenda Wilson	Romance for the Plus-Size Woman	Steve Aiken
Elaine Nichols	Jaye Roycraft	Deborah Hale	Holly Jacobs	Still the Prince of Hearts	Self-Publishing Made Simple for Romance	Introducing Cheryl Whittaker	The Reader, Writer
Kathryn North	Susan Squire	Exploring Chick Lit	Elizabeth Delisi		Introducing Billy G. Horton, Author	Romance Survey / The Spotlight	Rainbow & a ride to romance
Kristie Leigh Maguire	Hope Tarr	Christmas Reading	Chris Grover		All Genres of Romance for Everyone	Introducing “Torn Between Two Lovers”
Laura Renken	Sue-Ellen Welfonder				Introducing Dani Camden	Introducing "I Confess
Evelyn Rogers	Mary Campisi				Tim Smith	Introducing “Rejection”
Lauren Royal	Susan Wiggs				An Interview with Joseph Frank Baraba	Introducing Marilyn Parrish
	Cindy Dee					Rhonda Noble
	Cathie Linz					Readings for A Rendezvous of Romance...
	Joanna Wayne					Introducing Doug Davis

Between the Pages (Dennis Collins)

2001-2 Susan McBride	2002 Dennis Collins	2003 Dennis Collins	2004 Dennis Collins	2005 Dennis Collins	2006 Dennis Collins	2007 Dennis Collins	2008 Dennis Collins
Laura Belgrave	Meet Dennis	Deborah Morgan	Rules of the Road...	Indies	Reading and writing	Thinking like a writer	Robert W. Walker
Nancy Pickard	Lorie Ham	Writing What You Know	It’s all about characters	Michael Black	Mike Manno	The Supporting Cast	Literary agents
Barbara Seranella	Believability	Where Do You Get Your Ideas?	Publishing Today	Characters	Barry Eisler	Interview with Sylvia Hubbard	Alex Matthews
Rosemary Stevens	Todd Stone	P.J. Parrish	Small Press	Having Your First Book Published	Book Reviews	Interview with Mark Terry (Most Likely to Succeed)	It started with a haircut
Sarah Strohmeyer	Barbara D'Amato	How do I get Published?	Research			The King of Mystery Writers
Mark Waldman		Why Conferences	Genre
Charlene Weir
Chassie West
Letha Albright
Thomas Perry
Mayhem in the Midlands
Denise Swanson

Beyond the Words (Steven Shrewsbury)

2001 Jo Rogers	2002 Jo Rogers	2003 Jo Rogers	2004 Lane Cohen	2005 Lane Cohen / Steven Shrewsbury	2006 Steven Shrewsbury	2007 Steven Shrewsbury	2008 Steven Shrewsbury
Chris Bunch	Casey Fahy	Acorna’s Rebels	A Word to SF Author Charles Dickinson	RPGs Wound Modern Fantasy	Writing What You Don't Know	Why write more?	A Need to Write
Dark Matter	H.J. Ralles	Alternate History	Daughters of the Moon Series	The Paradox of the Time Travel Paradox	Tim Lebbon on his novel DUSK	Hitting it	Fun Forces Behind Words
Gathering Blue	Carl Rafala	Discworld	The "Lost Regiment" Series	Opening doorways	Always the Season for Reading		Summer Reading
Ian Irvine	Science and Science Fiction	Flights of Fantasy	Time Travel in Modern Fiction