Literary Aviatrix: The Power of Story - Women in Aviation

Liz Booker - Pilot, Writer, Aviation Diversity Advocate
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Literary Aviatrix: The Power of Story - Women in Aviation

Join Liz Booker as she interviews authors whose books feature women in aviation from across genres, historical periods, and types of flying, and be inspired by the tenacity, adventure, and courage of our sisters in the air.  * Liz not only promotes books featuring women in aviation, but also provides the tools and information for other women to tell their stories. Check out  Writers' Room interviews for in-depth discussions on writing, publishing, and book promotion.  * Short on time?  * WAYPOINTS are 5-10 minute excerpts from her book interviews with 50+ authors  * AUTHORS NOTES are 5-10 minute excerpts from her Writers' Room interviews with authors and other experts in writing and publishing * Liz is a retired Coast Guard helicopter pilot and writer, and host of the Aviatrix Book Club, Aviatrix Writers' Group, and Literary Aviatrix website where you'll find hundreds of books featuring women in aviation for all ages.  * Sign up for the Literary Aviatrix Newsletter to stay up to date on book news and book discussions and follow her on social media @LiteraryAviatrix.  * https://linktr.ee/literaryaviatrix 

  1. Aviatrix Classics - A Pair of Wings about Bessie Coleman with special guest, author Captain Carole Hopson

    NOV 9

    Aviatrix Classics - A Pair of Wings about Bessie Coleman with special guest, author Captain Carole Hopson

    Send us a textIn this Aviatrix Classics conversation with Guest Hosts Dr. Jacque Boyd and Captain Jenny Beatty, we welcome guest Carole Hopson, author of A Pair of Wings, to discuss the remarkable accomplishments of pioneering aviatrix Bessie Coleman. Despite all of the odds against her, Bessie learned to fly and earned her license in France in 1921, then returned to Europe to learn aerobatics before drawing mixed-race audiences to watch her perform in the U.S. Carole learned about Bessi...

    1h 13m
  2. U.S. Army AH-64 Apache combat helicopter pilots Laura Pangallo Fryar and Morgan Samuels talk about their careers and their picture book Be Something Epic

    NOV 6

    U.S. Army AH-64 Apache combat helicopter pilots Laura Pangallo Fryar and Morgan Samuels talk about their careers and their picture book Be Something Epic

    Send us a textDon’t be fooled by the sweet cover of this picture book by U.S. Army AH-64 Apache combat helicopter pilots, Laura Pangallo Fryar (author) and Morgan Samuels (illustrator). In this interview we geek out on helicopter flying, military careers, “delivering justice” for U.S. ground forces, active duty parenthood, and creative pursuits—and also about their inspiring picture book, Be Something Epic. Laura is a career Army Officer who went through ROTC and, by way of Korea, German...

    58 min
  3. Alaska Bush and Glacier Pilot Kitty Banner Seemann talks about flying elite mountain climbers, hunters, and adventurers into remote locations in some of the most challenging conditions in the world.

    OCT 21

    Alaska Bush and Glacier Pilot Kitty Banner Seemann talks about flying elite mountain climbers, hunters, and adventurers into remote locations in some of the most challenging conditions in the world.

    Send us a textIn this conversation with Kitty Banner Seemann, we talk about her spectacular experiences flying as a bush and glacier pilot in Alaska in planes full of mountain climbers, hunters, and adventurers to remote locations in some of the most challenging flight conditions imaginable, all described in her book Wings of Her Dreams: Alaska Bush and Glacier Pilot Kitty Banner.Buy the book: https://literaryaviatrix.com/book/wings-of-her-dreams-alaska-bush-glacier-pilot-kitty-banner/Did you...

    1h 15m
  4. Aviatrix Classics with guest hosts Dr. Jacque Boyd and Capt. Jenny Beatty - The Fun of It by Amelia Earhart

    SEP 30

    Aviatrix Classics with guest hosts Dr. Jacque Boyd and Capt. Jenny Beatty - The Fun of It by Amelia Earhart

    Send us a textIn this episode of Literary Aviatrix Classics with guest hosts Dr. Jacque Boyd and Capt. Jenny Beatty, we discuss The Fun of It: Random Records of My Own Flying and of Women in Aviation by Amelia Earhart. This book offers fascinating insights to where aviation was at the time the book was published and how Amelia and her contemporaries imagined aviation would impact the future. We also learn from AE’s own words about her pre-aviation life, her selection and participation in the ...

    2h 9m
  5. Aviatrix Writers' Room: Canadian pilot and author Lola Reid Allin talks about writing her memoir, Highway to the Sky, and hybrid publishing with She Writes Press

    SEP 12

    Aviatrix Writers' Room: Canadian pilot and author Lola Reid Allin talks about writing her memoir, Highway to the Sky, and hybrid publishing with She Writes Press

    Send us a textIn this Literary Aviatrix Writers' Room interview with Lola Reid Allin, she talks about her writing journey including courses at Gotham Writers in NYC, overcoming the fear of sharing personal details, hybrid-publishing with She Writes Press, book launch promotion, and her lessons learned on the value of critique. 00:00 Book Release: 'Highway to the Sky'00:25 Finding Your Voice: The Journey of a Writer18:30 Facing your fears in memoir writing24:31 Hybrid Publishing with She ...

    52 min
  6. Book launch interview with Canadian pilot Lola Reid Allin about her memoir, Highway to the Sky: An Aviator's Journey, out on September 17th 2024

    SEP 12

    Book launch interview with Canadian pilot Lola Reid Allin about her memoir, Highway to the Sky: An Aviator's Journey, out on September 17th 2024

    Send us a textIn this interview with Canadian pilot Lola Reid Allin, we talk about her new memoir, launching on September 17th, 2024. 00:00 Introduction and Book Launch01:17 Synopsis and Reading09:28 Lola's Aviation Career11:59 Transitioning Beyond Flying16:01 Inspiring Others: Why did you write the book?17:34 Challenges and Discrimination: Navigating a Male-Dominated Field32:18 Balancing Motherhood and a Flying Career39:55 Exploring the World: Lola's Adventures in Travel49:28 Supporting...

    1h 3m
  7. Aviatrix Writers' Room Picture Book Publishing Panel: Five authors share their journeys through traditional, hybrid, and self-publishing.

    AUG 13

    Aviatrix Writers' Room Picture Book Publishing Panel: Five authors share their journeys through traditional, hybrid, and self-publishing.

    Send us a textIn this Picture Book Panel discussion, we hear from five recently published authors who navigated various routes to publication including traditional, hybrid, and self-publishing to get their stories into print. They very generously share those journeys with us here—everything from the decision about which route to go, to the editing process, how they found their illustrators, what their distribution looks like, the percentage return they receive on book sales, special military/...

    1h 10m
  8. Aviatrix Classics with guest hosts Dr. Jacque Boyd and Captain Jenny Beatty: I Taught Amelia to Fly by Neta Snook Southern

    AUG 2

    Aviatrix Classics with guest hosts Dr. Jacque Boyd and Captain Jenny Beatty: I Taught Amelia to Fly by Neta Snook Southern

    Send us a textJoin guest hosts Jacque Boyd, Jenny Beatty, and me as we discuss this out-of-print treasure, Neta Snook Southern’s I Taught Amelia to Fly. Through Neta’s own aviation journey, we get a very special lens into the experiences of aspiring pilots in the U.S. as they pursued their dreams during and after WWI. Her childhood stories emphasize the importance of exposing our girls to science and mechanics as that exposure imbued her with the skills and confidence to not only hold her own...

    1h 53m
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Join Liz Booker as she interviews authors whose books feature women in aviation from across genres, historical periods, and types of flying, and be inspired by the tenacity, adventure, and courage of our sisters in the air.  * Liz not only promotes books featuring women in aviation, but also provides the tools and information for other women to tell their stories. Check out  Writers' Room interviews for in-depth discussions on writing, publishing, and book promotion.  * Short on time?  * WAYPOINTS are 5-10 minute excerpts from her book interviews with 50+ authors  * AUTHORS NOTES are 5-10 minute excerpts from her Writers' Room interviews with authors and other experts in writing and publishing * Liz is a retired Coast Guard helicopter pilot and writer, and host of the Aviatrix Book Club, Aviatrix Writers' Group, and Literary Aviatrix website where you'll find hundreds of books featuring women in aviation for all ages.  * Sign up for the Literary Aviatrix Newsletter to stay up to date on book news and book discussions and follow her on social media @LiteraryAviatrix.  * https://linktr.ee/literaryaviatrix 

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