Joe Hill’s “NOS4A2” will be one of the hottest books of the year

By Vick Mickunas | Monday, April 29, 2013, 11:50 AM

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Joe Hill’s latest novel “NOS4A2” was just published. I have read it and I predict that this book will be HUGE.

Do you like a good horror novel? Then be sure to check out “NOS4A2.” The book is already garnering some rave reviews. I had the chance to tape an interview with Joe Hill. You can hear it by clicking HERE:

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An interview with Lisa Scottoline

By Vick Mickunas | Saturday, April 13, 2013, 12:40 PM

Best-selling author Lisa Scottoline’s latest thriller is “Don’t Go” (St. Martin’s). I caught up with Lisa on the telephone last month and taped an interview for WYSO Public Radio in Yellow Springs. We talked about the successful career that she has created for herself as a writer. She published her first book 20 years ago. There are now over 25 million copies of her books in print. Wow!

You can listen to the interview by clicking here:

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Dusty Baker’s Hitting Handbook

By Vick Mickunas | Thursday, April 4, 2013, 12:56 PM

The radio is tuned to the Reds game this afternoon. They just ran an ad for a new electronic book by Reds skipper Dusty Baker. “Dusty Baker’s Hitting Handbook” is now available for downloading as an eBook.

Batter up!

Vick Mickunas

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Edith Hamilton’s “Mythology” now available as an audiobook!

By Vick Mickunas | Tuesday, March 26, 2013, 12:36 PM

My high school years were a time when I discovered many of the great books. One of my particular favorites was Edith Hamilton’s “Mythology.” Hamilton (1868-1963) wrote one of the most approachable texts for gaining a comprehension of the ancient Greek, Roman, and Norse myths which laid the foundations for so much of our finest literature.

I still have my dog-eared copy from my sophomore ancient history class. I am delighted that after all these years this wonderful book has finally been issued by Hachette Audio in audiobook form. Suzanne Toren is the reader. I’m listening right now. She is wonderful. And this is an unabridged edition on 12 CDs. It is all here. Simply marvelous.

This audiobook might make a lovely gift for that lover of ancient history that you know.

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100 years later, here comes the flood (of memories)

By Vick Mickunas | Wednesday, March 20, 2013, 01:14 PM

This week we are marking the 100th anniversary of the great flood of 1913. Tune in for my interview with Geoff Williams this Sunday morning at 11. Geoff has written a book about it: ” WASHED AWAY- How the Great Flood of 1913, America’s Most Widespread Natural Disaster, Terrorized a Nation and Changed it Forever.” You can listen to our conversation on WYSO (91.3fm).

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Remembering the great flood of 1913

By Vick Mickunas | Sunday, March 17, 2013, 10:44 AM

100 years ago this week a terrible flood wrought death and destruction across a wide area of the midwest. Dayton was one of the communities that was hit the hardest. Geoff Williams is a Middletown native and he just published a book about it called “Washed Away” (Pegasus Books).

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You can listen now to 100+ author interviews

By Vick Mickunas | Tuesday, February 19, 2013, 11:12 AM

Back in 1994 when I first began interviewing authors on the radio the technology was really different. If there was e-mail I didn’t have access to it. The radio station didn’t have a website. If I wanted to tape record an interview I did exactly that, I used a cassette tape.

How things have changed. Now I book 99% of my author interviews by e-mail. About the only time I talk to a book publicist on the phone is when there has been a last minute emergency of some kind; the author is ill or is running late. I actually dread phone calls because they usually mean that there’s some sort of problem.

Back in the late 90’s the station had a website but conditions were rather primitive compared to now. For one thing, band width was costly so we really could not afford to archive very much material. That is one of the biggest changes that has occurred. The explosion in inexpensive bandwidth access has made it possible for massive archives to be kept. Think of all those blogs and tweets and eBay listings.

If you visit my program page on the WYSO website you can access an archive of over one hundred of my author interviews. You can download these podcasts and listen to them whenever you please. In my book that is truly amazing.

Check it out by clicking HERE:

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