Castle Hill Author Talks is a podcast of lively, smart, interviews with today's most exciting writers. Host Karen Dukess, the best-selling author of Welcome to Murder Week and The Last Book Party, chats with authors you may know and authors she thinks you ought to know. A project of Truro Center for the Arts on Cape Cod, the Castle Hill Author Talks are for readers and writers. It's a podcast that will guide you and inspire you, help you choose your next great read, and might even spur you to finish your own novel. For more from Karen Dukess, follow her at karendukess.substack.com or @karendukess on instagram. Find more on her website www.karendukess.com
Castle Hill Author Talks
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Castle Hill Author Talks is a podcast of lively, smart, interviews with today's most exciting writers. Host Karen Dukess, the best-selling author of Welcome to Murder Week and The Last Book Party, chats with authors you may know and authors she thinks you ought to know. A project of Truro Center for the Arts on Cape Cod, the Castle Hill Author Talks are for readers and writers. It's a podcast that will guide you and inspire you, help you choose your next great read, and might even spur you to finish your own novel. For more from Karen Dukess, follow her at karendukess.substack.com or @karendukess on instagram. Find more on her website www.karendukess.com
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