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KPL Podcast
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KPL Podcast May 2026 Week 5 with Special Guest Donna Jones Alward
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The KPL Podcast is back with another great episode with historical fiction writer Donna Jones Alward. Her latest novel, Ship of Dreams, is set aboard the Titanic and follows two passengers as they navigate complicated relationships and dream of brighter futures. But when the Titanic strikes disaster, their lives and their plans are forever changed.
Author Reads and other books
When the World Fell Silent by Donna Jones Alward
Titanic Styles: dress and fashion on the voyage by Grace Evans
The Volunteers: How Halifax Women Won the Second World War by Leslie Low
The Fourth Princess: A Gothic Novel of Old Shanghai by Janie Chang