Author-to-Author

In this episode of Author to Author, Dr. Cynthia Toolin-Wilson interviews Fr. Eugen Nkardzedze on his book Nkar: The Village of Myths and Legends (April 25, 2023)

Fr Eugen Nkardzedze has provided a vindicating account of the juiciest myths and legends of Nkar that does justice to history, culture, religion, and the general anthropology of the people of Nkar. Very few people would tell those stories with the reliable authority and authenticity of this talented son of the soil, who has done it with all the strength of his humour and literary prowess. He has opened the door to more works of this kind to follow.

Nkar: The Village of Myths and Legends | En Route Books and Media

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In this episode of Author to Author, Dr. Cynthia Toolin-Wilson interviews Mark Baker on his book Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight (April 13, 2023)

The Devil always begins by giving thee work that is just,” Horrocks said. “Then he tells thee, thou dost just work, therefore thou art just. And then he tells thee, thou art just, and therefore any work thou dost is just.”

When Isabel kills the Elf Knight and takes his horse, sword, and horn, she believes that she has done just work. She has broken his enchantment and has rid the twelve kingdoms of a great evil. Horrocks' advice to lay down the Elf Knight's tools falls on deaf ears.

But something old is waking in Isabel, something that longs for the gallop and the chase, for bright sun and the rush of wind against the cheek, for glimmering steel and bright blood and the dying of light in the eyes of the slain.

Without the Elf Knight's sword at her side, Isabel feels lost and terrified, but after almost murdering the man she is supposed to marry, she realizes that either she must put the Elf Knight's tools aside or exile herself forever. But already it may be too late, for Isabel is losing herself and within her the Elf Maiden grows in strength and fury.

Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight: Baker, G. M.: 9781778066320: Amazon.com: Books

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In this episode of Author to Author, Dr. Cynthia Toolin-Wilson talks with Erin Lewis on her book series Firetender (April 10, 2023)

Sometimes true strength only comes with surrender. Hot-headed Dallas Malone has spent most of his life putting up emotional walls around himself, softened only by his best friend Channing, whom he protects with the fierceness of a big brother. When the two are faced with sudden homelessness, Dallas’s impulsive decisions leave them fleeing from law enforcement and land him in prison. His mistakes threaten to ravish Dallas like a wildfire, unless he can learn to allow something more powerful than himself into his life.

Firetender (Chalice): Lewis, Erin: 9781987970487: Amazon.com: Books

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In this episode of Author to Author, Dr. Cynthia Toolin-Wilson interviews Maurice Prater on his book Kiss Me Goodnight (April 7, 2023)

Kiss Me Goodnight is about the innocent love a family has for one another. Real to life, and rooted in Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition, this is a book for the ages everlasting. Written to be enjoyed by the entire family, Kiss Me Goodnight is the perfect companion to other faithful books by Divine Providence Press: Counting on Faith, Saved by the Alphabet, and What Color is Heaven? May God bless your family with the wholesome kiss of eternal joy!

Amazon.com: Kiss Me Goodnight: 9781951319335: Prater, Maurice, Lawrence, Cecilia: Books




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In this episode of Author to Author, Dr. Cynthia Toolin-Wilson interviews Maria Gallagher on her book Mercy's Power (April 6, 2023)

Home | Maria V. Gallagher (mariavgallagher.com)

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In this episode of Author to Author, Dr. Cynthia Toolin-Wilson interviews Jenny duBay on her book Don't Plant Your Seeds Among Thorns: A Catholic's Guide to Domestic Abuse (April 4, 2023)

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In this episode of Author to Author, Dr. Cynthia Toolin-Wilson interviews Maria Gallagher on her book Joyful Encounters with Mary: A Woman's Guide to Living the Mysteries of the Rosary (April 4, 2023)

Amid life's daily struggles, one can find true joy in encountering and loving the Blessed Mother and, in turn, encountering and loving her Son. We can relate to Mary as not only mother but friend, based on our mutual experiences with the mysteries of life. Joyful Encounters with Mary speaks of the power that can be unleashed when one surrenders to God's sometimes mystifying plan. While facing various challenges -- from birthing a baby to birthing a project -- we can experience a peace that surpasses all understanding and leads to incomparable joy.

Joyful Encounters with Mary: A Woman's Guide to Living the Mysteries of the Rosary: Gallagher, Maria V: 9781596145603: Amazon.com: Books

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In this episode of Author to Author, Dr. Cynthia Toolin-Wilson interviews Karina Fabian talks about her series Rescue Sisters.

As Man ventures into Space, the Church follows. Join the adventures of the sisters of Our Lady of the Rescue, who perform dangerous search and rescue operations in space.

Tales of adventure, danger, and deep faith. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09L59B69G

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In this episode of Author to Author, Dr. Cynthia Toolin-Wilson interviews Mark Baker on his book The Needle of Avocation (Cuthbert's People) (March 28, 2023)

Hilda is the second sister, the plain one, the overlooked, the put upon. She is also the finest needlewoman in Northumbria, though she distrusts anyone who tells her so. Her mother, Edith, was born a slave and seduced and married a thegn's son, a fact which embarrasses Hilda greatly.

Edith has tricked the local ealdorman into betrothing his only son and heir, Anfaeld, to Hilda, an arrangement unwelcome to everyone but Edith, and particularly to Hilda who would rather retire to a nunnery and spend her life in embroidery.

It is Hilda’s right to refuse the marriage, but the future of her mother and sisters may depend on her making the match, a role that should have fallen to her enchanting older sister Elswyth, who was kidnapped by vikingar three years earlier.

On the way to her wedding, Hilda meets a heartbroken king, his petulant child bride, an abbess who wrestles with a great torment, and the shy young man she is supposed to marry.

Feeling herself mistreated by them all, including her prospective mother-in-law, Hilda resolves to refuse the marriage and become a nun. But first she must solve the double enigma of what really happened to Elswyth, and why Anfaeld himself has not refused the marriage.

The Needle of Avocation (Cuthbert's People): Baker, G. M.: 9781778066375: Amazon.com: Books

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In this episode of Author to Author, Dr. Cynthia Toolin-Wilson interviews Mark Baker on his book St. Agnes and the Selkie (March 21, 2023)

“Oh, Agnes,” Eardwulf said, “you are not tired, I’m sure, for you and I are young and vigorous and we do not tire. But what am I to do? No butter for two more days! So I must let you go with Aunty. But two days hence! Ah, then I will attend you, with butter and misrule.”

Mother Wynflaed of Whitby Abbey rules a joint house of monks and nuns, and many layfolk besides. Her office forbids her to have favorites, but when a young woman appears on the doorstep, soaked from the sea and too terrified to speak her name, Wynflaed comes to see her not only as a potential postulant, but as a daughter. She names her Agnes, but before Agnes can become part of the community, Wynflaed must discover her secret.

Though Wynflaed finds it impossible to think ill of Agnes, Agnes herself keeps pulling down one penance after another on her head, as if trying to expiate some grave crime. As some in the abbey begin to fear her, Agnes becomes Wynflaed's obsession, upsetting the harmony of the abbey, and leading Wynflaed to question her own fitness to rule.

When Eardwulf, the young king of Northumbria, comes to Wynflaed seeking counsel, he too becomes infatuated with Agnes. As Wynflaed begins to unwind Agnes' secret, she realizes that Agnes is a danger to both the abbey and the king, and plans to send her away. But Eardwulf has other ideas, and Agnes has other admirers.

St. Agnes and the Selkie (Cuthbert's People): Baker, G. M.: 9781778066344: Amazon.com: Books

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