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The Okie Bookcast is dedicated to helping curious readers like you find your next great read by connecting you to Oklahoma authors and stories. The show features monthly interviews with contributors to the reading life of Oklahoma - it might be an author, publisher, librarian, reader, bookseller, or other figure. In addition to interviews, the show has a monthly book conversation full of reviews and recommendations. New episodes drop on the first and third Tuesdays of the month. Connect with Okie Bookcast on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok - @okiebookcast.

  1. 4H AGO

    Poetry and Creative Community - Jes McCutchen and Josh Wann

    Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Welcome to Chapter 81! This is a fun one! My guests are Jes McCutchen and Josh Wann - two Tulsa poets / writers who have created a new book called Side Quests and Shenanigans. The book is part poetry collection, part creative instigation designed to encourage people to create and to do so in community.  Jes is an author, poet, editor, publisher, and all-around creative from Tulsa, OK who has written several novels and contributed to and / or edited poetry and horror anthologies.  Connect with Jes: website | IG | FB Josh Wann is a writer and educator in Tulsa, OK. His plays have been produced by Blackjack Rewrite Company, among others, at Living Arts, The Nightingale Theater, and Studio 308. His essays have been published in The Black Wall Street Times, Calliope Crashes, and others. Lastly, his poetry and comedy have been performed at various venues and events throughout Tulsa. He gravitates towards laughter, nature, picking the guitar, and big plates of breakfast foods. Connect with Josh: IG We talk a lot about creativity and the challenge of finding whimsy and joy in the midst of difficult times. And we laugh. A lot. Mentioned on the Show: Quraysh Ali Lansana Meadow Market Books The Perfect Bastard: Poems - Quinn Carver Johnson LuvBytes - Hank Byrd Sistah Samurai - Tatiana Obey Lone Woman - Victor LaValle A Master of Djinn - P Djèlí Clark The Sun Also Rises - Ernest Hemmingway The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams These Are Not My Final Words - Samantha Ryan Connect with J: website | TikTok | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Shop the Bookcast on Bookshop.org Music by JuliusH

    49 min
  2. Find Your Next Great Read - Book Recommendations with J, Hannah, and Dani Terrell

    FEB 17

    Find Your Next Great Read - Book Recommendations with J, Hannah, and Dani Terrell

    Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Welcome to Your Next Great Read! This month, Hannah and J are joined by bookseller Dani Terrell from Only One Bed Book Truck - a mobile romance bookstore built around a 1968 Ford truck! Plenty of thriller, scifi, and romance recs to help you build your TBR! Connect with Dani: website | Instagram | Facebook Connect with Hannah: website | Twitter | Instagram | TikTok Sign up for the Read LOKal Newsletter Huge thanks to Self Publish Me for sponsoring this episode!  Books Discussed on the Show: Dani Moms of Mayhem - Amy Vance  Heir of Illusion - Madeline Taylor In Stormy Weather - Chelsea Curto The Deal (Off Campus Book 1) - Elle Kennedy   Hannah My Husband’s Wife - Alice Feeney  The People We Meet on Vacation - Emily Henry  A Killing Cold -  Kate Alice Marshall A Walk to Remember - Nicholas Sparks J Consider This: Moments in My Writing Life After Which Everything Was Different - Chuck Palahniuk The End of the World Running Club - Adrian J. Walker Everybody Wants to Rule the World - Ace Atkins Saga - Brian K. Vaughn and Fiona Staples Connect with J: website | TikTok | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Shop the Bookcast on Bookshop.org Music by JuliusH

    55 min

  3. FEB 10

    Romance Round Table 3.0

    Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Welcome to Chapter 80 - Romance Round Table 3.0! We’ve got a fantastic lineup for this year’s romance round table - authors Hayley Elliott and MJ Hughes and owner of Love Stories OKC, Courtney Hedrick. In our conversation, we get to hear about the work of our panelists and then talk about tropes, the growing male audience for romance fiction, writing spice, and I attempt to get to the bottom of the hockey romance trend. It's a great time with equally great folks. Support the show: Buy Me A Coffee Subscribe to Read LOKal - our monthly newsletter of Oklahoma new releases.  Connect with Hayley: website | TT | IG | FB Connect with MJ: Linktree | TT | IG | FB Connect with Courtney: website | TT | IG | FB Mentioned on the Show: All the Missing Pieces - Cathrine Cowles Yours Truly - Abby Jimenez Hat Trick - Chelsea Curto The 12 Week Year - Brian P. Moran Carlie Walker Ally Carter If He Had Been With Me - Laura Nowlin Falling Into Place - Allison Ashley Elle Kennedy Dating in Decay - Lindsey Montgomery Catherine Cowles Laurel K. Hamilton DC Stars Series - Chelsea Curto Off Campus Series - Elle Kennedy Playing for Keeps Series - Becka Mack Abby Jimenez Allison Ashley Annabel Monaghan Katherine Center Ashley Poston Sophie Cousins Carly Fortune A Court of Thorns and Roses - Sarah J. Maas Anne of Green Gables - L.M. Montgomery Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle Connect with J: website | TikTok | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Shop the Bookcast on Bookshop.org Music by JuliusH

    53 min
  4. Your Next Great Read - J and Hannah (and friends) look forward to 2026 books

    JAN 20

    Your Next Great Read - J and Hannah (and friends) look forward to 2026 books

    Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Welcome to Your Next Great Read! This month, Hannah and J are talking about books they're excited to read in 2026, with a little help from some bookstore friends.  Check out the books, and let us know what you're excited to read this year.  Sign up for the Read LOKal Newsletter Connect with Hannah: website | Twitter | Instagram | TikTok Meadow Market Books The Last Page Bookstore Huge thanks to Self Publish Me for sponsoring this episode!  Books discussed on this episode: Hannah The House in the Pines - Ana Reyes How To Kill Your Family - Bella Mackie Dead But Dreaming of Electric Sheep - Paul Tremblay Nowhere Burning - Catriona Ward House of Vipers - Emma Jackson Long Bright River - Liz Moore Guest Picks The Last Page Bookstore Dear Debbie - Frieda McFadden Blood and Roses - Callie Hart Meadow Market Books Side Quests and Shenanigans - Jes McCutchen and Josh Wann Father Material - Alexis Hall Operation Bounce House - Matt Dinniman A Parade of Horribles - Matt Dinniman J The Art Thief - Michael Finkel The Lost House - Melissa Larsen A Parade of Horribles - Matt Dinnimann (DCC 8) Platform Decay - Martha Wells (Murderbot 8) Children of Strife - Adrian Tchaikovsky (CoT4) Everyone in this Bank is a Thief - Benjamin Stevenson (Ernest Cunningham 4) Red God - Pierce Brown (Red Rising 7) The Midnight Train - Matt Haig (Midnight World 2) Exit Party - Emily St. John Mandel The Superman Wars - William Bernhardt Downbelow Station - C.J. Cherryh Connect with J: website | TikTok | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Shop the Bookcast on Bookshop.org Music by JuliusH

    45 min
  5. Behind the Rain: An Audio Anthology of Oklahoma Poetry, Vol. 15

    JAN 15

    Behind the Rain: An Audio Anthology of Oklahoma Poetry, Vol. 15

    Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Welcome to Volume 15! This time we have poems from 11 Oklahoma poets cued up and ready for you to enjoy. Be sure to connect with the poets across their social media (linked below) to let them know how much you appreciate their work. You can check out previous volumes at okiebookcast.com/behindtherain Looking for more work by Oklahoma authors? Check out readlokal.substack.com Here's the Lineup: Halcyon - Cassie Grimm IG: @cassandrie_The Music I Hear - Ken Hada Facebook: @ken.hada.3Website: kenhada.orgIt's 3AM and I Need Your Glow - Durell Carter Instagram: @durell.carterGlass Houses - Kelley Morris Website: kelleymorris.comThank Yous and Testimonies - MAC Woods IG: @mac_since1985Pigs - Brand Rackley IG: @brandrackley The Dead Were Singing - Zachariah Hobia FB: @zachariah.hobiaThe Infant Jesus of Prague, Oklahoma - Seth Copeland IG: @sethtcopeSite: https://neutralspaces.co/seth_t_copeland/Is This Still Our Team? - Jake Spann FB: @jake.spann.9Out of Eden - David Jennings FB: @DJennPhotosWebsite: davidjenningsartinphotographyandpoetry.comA Perpetual Spring - Nichole Yates IG: @nicholeyatesConnect with J: website | TikTok | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Shop the Bookcast on Bookshop.org Music by JuliusH

    19 min

  6. JAN 6

    Literacy In Oklahoma

    Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Welcome to Chapter 79! We're doing something a little different to kick off the year. I’ve invited three experts working in the field of literacy across Oklahoma to join me for a conversation about where we are as a state and what is being done to help meet childhood and adult literacy challenges. You are going to hear some passionate folks talk about some inspiring interventions and results and you’re also going to hear about how you can get involved.  Erin Bell - Project Manager for Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library in Oklahoma Connect: Imagination Library Website | Erin on IG Melissa Ahlgrim - Program Director of Literacy Policy and Programs at the Oklahoma State Department of Education Connect: OKDOE on FB | Website | Melissa on IG Christopher Myers - Director of Academics for the Opportunities Industrialization Center of Oklahoma County.  Connect: OICOKC Website | OICOKC on IG | 405.235.2651 Sign up for the Read LOKal Newsletter Support the Okie Bookcast through Buy Me A Coffee Mentioned on the Show Nancy Drew Mysteries - Carolyn Keene Get Out of Your Own Way - Mark Goulston and Philip Goldberg The Mountain is You - Brianna Wiest Connect with J: website | TikTok | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Shop the Bookcast on Bookshop.org Music by JuliusH

    57 min
  7. Find Your Next Great Read - J and Hannah Look Back on 2025

    12/23/2025

    Find Your Next Great Read - J and Hannah Look Back on 2025

    Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Welcome to Your Next Great Read!  This month, Hannah and J talk about som recent reads and then recap a great year of reading in 2025. We read a lot of great stuff this year and loved getting a chance to talk about all of our favorites in one place.  Sign up for the Read LOKal Newsletter Connect with Hannah: website | Twitter | Instagram | TikTok Huge thanks to Self Publish Me for sponsoring this episode!  Books discussed on the show: Hannah The Ghostwriter - Julie Clark In a Holidaze - Christina Lauren Favorites of 2025: When the Wolf Comes Home - Nat Cassidy The God of the Woods - Liz Moore Normal People - Sally Rooney This Thing Between Us - Gus Moreno The Winter People - Jennifer McMahon J Death of the Author - Nnedi Okorafor We Are Legion (We Are Bob) - Dennis H. Taylor Favorites of 2025: Buffalo Hunter Hunter - Stephen Graham Jones Crooks - Lou Berney Shake Bouchon series - Lou Berney Children of the Neon Bamboo - B. Glynn Kimmey Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck Connect with J: website | TikTok | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Shop the Bookcast on Bookshop.org Music by JuliusH

    52 min

  8. 12/09/2025

    Children's Author Round Table w/ Mark McCraw and Eileen Hobbs

    Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Welcome to Chapter 78! This month we are featuring books for kids with our first ever Children's Author Round Table! I'm joined by two great authors to talk about their work and a ton of other books. Mark McCraw is a Former educator, AF and Air Force Reserve Veteran, corrections officer, adjunct professor, daycare teacher, migrant Head Start teacher, children's book author, and non-profit executive. He’s the author of 12 books for children and speaks and reads to kids all over the state and across the country.  Eileen Hobbs is the author of 8 books for ages 7-11 including the Heath Cousins Series, Under the Golden Rain Tree, Stella and the Sea Stars, and The Girl from Korn. She also completed her first picture book titled "Charlie's No Fun Day at the Beach".  Connect with Mark: website | FB | YouTube Connect with Eileen: website | FB | IG Don't forget to subscribe to Read LOKal, our new newsletter highlighting Oklahoma new releases and bookish events. Find out more, subscribe, and submit your book (all for FREE) at readlokal.substack.com. Mentioned on the Show: Mary the Missionary: A Kenya Adventure - Yvonne M. Morgan I Move a Lot and That’s OK - Shermaine Perry-Knights The Silent Patient - Alex Michaelides Inspiration in Uniform - Dona T. Mularkey Una Belle Townsend Tammi Sauer Rizzoli and Isles Series - Tess Gerritsen The Ship of Brides - Jojo Mayes Something In the Water - Catherine Steadman The Couple Next Door - Shari Lapena Diana Kathryn Penn Visions: Stories and Poems from Peculiar Perspectives - Diana Kathryn Penn, ed.  The Quire: An Omnibus of Story - Diana Kathryn Penn Flights of Fantasy: Bedtime Stories and Poems for Children - Diana Kathryn Penn Dr. Seuss Little Women - Louisa May Alcott The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe - C.S. Lewis Connect with J: website | TikTok | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Shop the Bookcast on Bookshop.org Music by JuliusH

    40 min
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The Okie Bookcast is dedicated to helping curious readers like you find your next great read by connecting you to Oklahoma authors and stories. The show features monthly interviews with contributors to the reading life of Oklahoma - it might be an author, publisher, librarian, reader, bookseller, or other figure. In addition to interviews, the show has a monthly book conversation full of reviews and recommendations. New episodes drop on the first and third Tuesdays of the month. Connect with Okie Bookcast on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok - @okiebookcast.

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  • Creator
    J Hall
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
    143
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2026 Okie Bookcast
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