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KPL Podcast
Each week the Kirkwood Public Library Podcast delves into in depth conversations with bestselling authors, provides book and film recommendations.
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KPL Podcast July 2026 Week 3 with Special Guest Hallie Cantor
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This week on the KPL Podcast, we have author Hallie Cantor. We discussed her latest novel Like This But Funnier. A debut novel about a TV writer who is having difficulty getting any project into development. She accidentally finds her therapist husband's notes about a patient and decides to pitch a TV show based on this patient's personal life. Hollywood loves it but the patient knows nothing about it. An entertaining, witty debut novel
Author Reads
Saves the Cat Writes a Novel by Jessica Brody
Refuse to Be Done: How to write and rewrite a novel in three drafts by Matt Bell
Craft in the Real World, Rethinking Fiction Writing and Workshopping
by Matthew Salesses
Writing down the Bones: Feeling the writer within by Natalie Goldberg
Bird by Bird: some instructions on writing and life by Anne Lamott