Stephen Burckhardt's Blog: My Blog Ramblings

Dr. David Gibson is back on the show, and this time he’s traded forensic botany for a dystopian adventure. The longtime scientist and professor known for Planting Clues: How Plants Solve Crimes returns to chat about his bold new novel Elite Memories, a futuristic story where memory transfers, sentient animals, and survival all collide.

Imagine waking up in your childhood home, with your ten-year-old self still living there. How different would look past be when seen though your adult eyes? That’s the wild premise at the heart of You Cannot Mess This Up: A True Story That Never Happened by award-winning author Amy Weinland Daughters.

This week on Book Banter with Dianne Burckhardt, we’re heading back to the wild, wonderful 1990s. A Time before smartphones, Google Maps, or Instagram-worthy selfies. Author Candace MacPhie joins us to talk about her Back in a Year travel series, a hilarious and heartfelt chronicle of one woman’s global backpacking adventures.

Today I welcome YA fantasy author Heather Ogden, whose writing blends magical realism with the emotional depth of human resilience. Her debut novel, The Betrayal: The Lies We Fear (Morgan James YA), introduces readers to Angelette Arabella—a young woman living in the shadow of her nation’s supposed hero, her father, Valerius Arabella.

This is my favorite time of year. Today on Book Banter with Dianne Burckhardt I celebrate with a hauntingly good discussion with award-winning author K.T. Anglehart, creator of The Scottish Scrolls trilogy. Her stories weave Celtic folklore, reincarnation, and the pull of destiny into modern-day magic that feels just right for seasonal reading in October.

Halloween is quickly approaching and the nights are growing darker, a perfect time to read a great thriller. Which is why I'm sharing my chat with award-winning author Chad Boudreaux with you all today. We discussed his latest thriller, Homecoming Queen, and all of his incredible work.

We are just spiriting away though this Halloween season. Today is another hauntingly good episode with award-winning, best-selling author, and podcaster, Tricia Copeland. Tricia joins me for a magical episode of Book Banter with Dianne Burckhardt–Book Talk Podcast.

My favorite time of year is in full swing. In this hauntingly good episode of Book Banter with Dianne Burckhardt – Book Talk Podcast, I sit down with J.E. Weiner, the author who’s turning heads and raising goosebumps with her Southern Gothic debut, The Wretched and Undone.Set in the mist-shrouded hills of Texas on the eve of the Civil War, this novel is a genre-bending tale of ghosts, grief, and generational curses inspired by real people and actual events.

This week on Book Banter with Dianne Burckhardt – Book Talk Podcast, we kick off our Hauntingly Good Reads for Halloween with debut middle grade author Carol Williams. We talked about her new book The Supernatural Files of CJ Delaney.

This week on Book Banter with Dianne Burckhardt – Book Talk Podcast, Dianne welcomes retired Air Force Special Agent Derrick Jackson, author of the military  thriller Shadow One: Based on a True Story.  Drawing on his 21 years of experience in the Air Force Office of Special Investigations, Jackson delivers a gripping story that blends high-stakes criminal investigations with deep emotional conflict and a touch of romance.