Ooops. Sorry I fell into the black hole of my master’s thesis again. Right now I’m on a grueling reading schedule that is making it difficult to find a little writing time. All of this academic reading also makes it difficult to keep up with current literary news. If it wasn’t for the occasional tidbits I glean from wordsy.com, I’d have no idea what was going on in the publishing world.
In fact, listening to the weekly Wordsy podcast really opened my eyes to everything I’m missing. While downloading their recent podcast on iTunes, I decided to search for other book related podcasts. What I discovered was a bibliophiles dream.
Almost everyone is podcasting, from Havard University Press to The New Yorker. (Well, now I’m really glad Hans gave me the chance to get that first interview under my belt.) Even iTunes produces a “Meet the Author” podcast.
Since I have an iPod, I download my favorite podcasts through the iTunes store and I can take them with me. Subscribing is not only easy, it’s free. Now I can stay on top of all of the latest reviews and interviews without adding to my already over-taxed reading list. Don’t worry, you don’t need an iTunes account or an MP3 player, you can also access the podcasts directly from the producer’s website.
As always, I wanted to share this little discovery with my readers. Perhaps many of you already know about them, but if you’re as clueless as I was, well then, I present some of my favorites with a little bow on top. Yes, they are that good:
Harvard University Press: Off the Page with . . .
Princeton University Press Podcasts
Enjoy!
