This week on From the Front Porch, it’s another episode From the Archives! In this series, we’re sharing some of our favorite past episodes of the show while Annie is on maternity leave. Enjoy today’s episode about traveling through books.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 540) or download and shop on The Bookshelf’s official app:

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Morgan Page's Substack, In Residence

Morgan Page's podcast, That's The Spirit

84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows

Ordinary People by Diana Evans (unavailable for purchase)

L’Appart by David Leibovitz (unavailable for purchase)

The Hundred-Foot Journey by Richard Morais

The Vacationers by Emma Straub

Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter (unavailable for purchase)

My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante

A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson

Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard

The Next Great Jane by KJ Going (unavailable for purchase)

Maine by J. Courtney Sullivan

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry

The Dutch House by Ann Patchett

Tangerine by Christine Mangan (unavailable for purchase)

Born a Crime by Trevor Noah

Do Not Become Alarmed by Maile Malloy (unavailable for purchase)

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram, Tiktok, and Facebook, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week, Annie is reading The Names by Florence Knapp.

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We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are...Beth, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, Jammie Treadwell, and Amanda Whigham.