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Book Banter 

with Dianne Burckhardt

BOOK TALK PODCAST

Book Banter Productions is Funded by Our Producer
Pedro R. Burckhardt

You can now find all Book Banter podcast episodes on your favorite podcast provider.  Thank you, Pedro!

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Spring Episodes Now Streaming!
S4 EP167: D.M.S. Fick, Author of
Lewis Sinclair and the Gentlemen Cowboys

Dianne is thrilled to share her interview with you today with the incredible mystery author, D.M.S. Fick.  Besides being an amazing author, she is an Emmy-nominated and grant-awarded animator and has worked on two Peabody Award-winning programs broadcast on PBS. Most recently Ms. Fick did design and animation work for SciGirls, a PBS Kids program that encourages girls and young women to become involved in STEM. 

 

In 2015 Ms. Fick received an Artist Initiative grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board for The Oracle of Nuttown, a half-hour cartoon mash-up of forest creatures, Greek mythology, and classic 1970s movies. 

 

Want to check out her work for yourself? You can read her short fiction Fickster the Fixer in Cowboy Jamboree Issue 10.1: A Case of Kink  (<-- click the link to read free). Then go buy her latest book, Lewis Sinclair and the Gentlemen Cowboys.

 

Fun Facts:

  • She attended high school in Walnut Grove, hometown of beloved author Laura Ingalls Wilder.

  • She once traveled in a coach from Valencia to London with a retired showgirl.

  • She was an extra in the movie Fargo. 

Don't wait, go check out this incredible author interview now.

If you love good mystery mixed with a little country flare,

you may have found your new favorite author.​​​


Just click the purple microphone above to join our conversation.

Season 4 Spring Episodes
April 2nd - May 28th

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Season 4 Summer Read Suggestion Episodes
June 4th - July 30th

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Summer
Season 3 highlights

Season 3 Highlights

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(Now Streaming) 
Did You Catch Our Special 100th episode?
Jan. 10th, Special Guest, Book Banter Productions Producer/CTO/IT Reporter

Pedro (P.R.) Burckhardt

 Season Three Finale
December 11th, S3 EP 148: Special Guest

New York Times Bestselling Author

Tosca Lee 

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Click the images for more information on Tosca Lee and her books.

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Great News!

We have decided to continue publishing one issue a per season of
Book Banter Magazine

 

This issue will be published in print in November for holiday shopping. 

It will be a "year end book buying guide" and will feature
every author from the current season.
 

 

Keep watching our social media for more information when we are closer to publication!

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