Our State Book Club

Michael Parker talks about writing his new novel, I Am the Light of This World, and talks about living in North Carolina versus living in Texas.

After some 30 years spent writing tales of North Carolina and its people, author Michael Parker moved away to explore a new setting. In an unexpected twist, he returned home, where undiscovered stories await.

Email us at [email protected]

Join The New York Times best-selling author and North Carolina native Wiley Cash as he highlights great writers across the state and their work each month. Listen in on conversations between Cash and his author friends as they discuss how North Carolina inspires them on the Our State Book Club podcast.

After some 30 years spent writing tales of North Carolina and its people, author Michael Parker moved away to explore a new setting. In an unexpected twist, he returned home, where undiscovered stories await.

Email us at [email protected]

Join The New York Times best-selling author and North Carolina native Wiley Cash as he highlights great writers across the state and their work each month. Listen in on conversations between Cash and his author friends as they discuss how North Carolina inspires them on the Our State Book Club podcast.

In this episode, Wiley returns to interviews with past guests and does a deeper dive into the craft of writing. He covers everything from finding an idea to deciding on a narrator. 

Email us at [email protected]

Join The New York Times best-selling author and North Carolina native Wiley Cash as he highlights great writers across the state and their work each month. Listen in on conversations between Cash and his author friends as they discuss how North Carolina inspires them on the Our State Book Club podcast.

In this month's Our State Book Club episodes, Wiley will give listeners a preview of some exciting books releasing this fall.

Email us at [email protected]

Join The New York Times best-selling author and North Carolina native Wiley Cash as he highlights great writers across the state and their work each month. Listen in on conversations between Cash and his author friends as they discuss how North Carolina inspires them on the Our State Book Club podcast.

Writer Carol Ann Collins blends genres in her new book The Seafarer's Secret. She met up with Wiley to talk about her favorite beach reads, the plot devices in her new novel, her second career writing romance novels under a pseudonym, and much more!

Join us for this special episode of the Our State Book Club podcast!

We want to hear from you! Feel free to send us suggestions, questions, and any other feedback to [email protected]

This episode was recorded live at Silver Coast Winery in Ocean Isle Beach. Visit ourstate.com/bookclub to discover more book club events.

The houses in Kristy Woodson Harvey’s life have always fascinated her. Unable to fully uncover their stories, the award-winning novelist dreamed up her own.

Email us at [email protected]

Join The New York Times best-selling author and North Carolina native Wiley Cash as he highlights great writers across the state and their work each month. Listen in on conversations between Cash and his author friends as they discuss how North Carolina inspires them on the Our State Book Club podcast.

The houses in Kristy Woodson Harvey’s life have always fascinated her. Unable to fully uncover their stories, the award-winning novelist dreamed up her own.

Email us at [email protected]

Join The New York Times best-selling author and North Carolina native Wiley Cash as he highlights great writers across the state and their work each month. Listen in on conversations between Cash and his author friends as they discuss how North Carolina inspires them on the Our State Book Club podcast.

Before she became a successful novelist, Jill McCorkle was collecting portions of plots, slivers of settings. Her titles blend fiction with bits of reality from the rich catalog of her life.

Email us: [email protected]

Works discussed in this episode:

Old Crimes - by Jill McCorkle

Our Town - by Thorton Wilder

Hieroglyphics - by Jill McCorkle

Filling Station - by Elizabeth Bishop

The Telephone Game - by William Trevor

The Caretaker - by Ron Rash

Night Watch - by Jane Anne Phillips

Life After Life - Jill McCorkle

I Am the Light of This World - Michael Parker

The Last Ballad - Wiley Cash

Before she became a successful novelist, Jill McCorkle was collecting portions of plots, slivers of settings. Her titles blend fiction with bits of reality from the rich catalog of her life.

Email us: [email protected]

Books mentioned in this episode:

Old Crimes by Jill McCorkle

The Cheer Leader by Jill McCorkle

July 7th by Jill McCorkle