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Summer Rerun: All About the Adaptations of And Then There Were None (with guest Mark Aldridge)
24 augustus 2024 · 58 min
I hope you enjoy this trip down memory lane, especially since it will help prepare you for my upcoming live episode at the Agatha Christie Festival, concerning which among the many (many!) screen adaptations of Christie's work is the best.... Lees meer
To find out more and purchase tickets for my appearance at the Bloody Scotland festival on Saturday, 14 September at 11:30am, please click here.
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Special Announcement: I'm Coming to Scotland!
17 augustus 2024 · 3 min
I'm thrilled to be participating in the Bloody Scotland festival this September! Click here for more information about my panel on Saturday, 14 September at 11:30am, at Trinity Church in Stirling. Lees meer
And for those of you in Southern California, here are the details for my upcoming appearance at a brand-new Barnes & Noble in Santa Monica on Saturday, 31 August at 10:00am, at the Third Street Promenade.
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Interview with Kate Gingold, Author of Agatha Annotated
10 augustus 2024 · 51 min
It was such a pleasure to speak with Kate Gingold about her glossary of annotations of Christie novels and short stories from the 1920s. Lees meer
You can find Kate, her book, and many other offerings at her website: Agatha Annotated. You can also find her on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, and you can find out more about her non-Agatha offerings on this website.
You can find out more about Kate's talk at the Agatha Christie Festival (and purchase a ticket) here.
To visit and subscribe to the podcast's Patreon page, click here.
Visit the podcast on Twitter and Instagram.
Visit me personally on Facebook at Kemper Donovan Books, or at my personal website.
You can buy my debut mystery novel, The Busy Body, at your bookseller of choice (make it an indie if you possibly can!) in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia and New Zealand.
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Woof: The Dogs of Agatha Christie
26 juli 2024 · 1 uur 17 min
Whether it's teeny-tiny dogs like the Pekingese, more medium-sized dogs like the VAST array of terriers who appear in this episode, or large dogs like the scary greyhound who makes quite a memorable appearance, there is something for everyone in my discussion of the canine species in Agatha Christie's works. Special thanks to Kate Jackson and Michelle Kazmer, whose expertise I leaned on in preparing this episode. Lees meer
Click here to visit and subscribe to Patreon for bonus episodes. And I encourage you to listen to my Patreon episode all about Next to a Dog, as referenced in this episode. If you don't want to become a paying member, simply sign up as a free member, and you can listen free of charge for up to two weeks following the release of this episode.
Please watch the PBS SoCal YouTube series Won't You Be My Gamer?, in which I play a videogame adaptation of Murder on the Orient Express with two experts! Great fun.
You can read Kate Jackson's excellent lecture on animals in classic mystery fiction here.
Here is a link to that old, dog-and-cat-centric episode of the Crown Court series that I mentioned, Evil Liver, written by Ngaio Marsh and starring Joan Hickson (among others).
Visit the podcast on Twitter and Instagram.
Visit me personally on Facebook at Kemper Donovan Books, or at my personal website.
Click here to purchase tickets for my panel at the upcoming Agatha Christie Festival.
You can buy my debut mystery novel, The Busy Body, at your bookseller of choice (make it an indie if you possibly can!) in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia and New Zealand.
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Interview with David Morris of Collecting Christie
14 juli 2024 · 1 uur 56 min
It was a dream to be able to sit down with David Morris, and pore over all the priceless goodies he brought with him having to do with Agatha Christie books, art, and ephemera. Lees meer
The following titles are spoiled during the course of our conversation: The Mystery of the Blue Train, Death on the Nile.
To watch me watch two gamers play Murder on the Orient Express the videogame while we discuss all things Agatha Christie, click here. This is the first episode of the PBS SoCal series Won't You Be My Gamer? It was a lot of fun.
For more of David's scholarly work from a collector's point of view, you can visit his website here, find him on Twitter here, and on Facebook here. You can also check out his upcoming talk at the Agatha Christie Festival here.
To visit and subscribe to the podcast's Patreon page, click here.
Visit the podcast on Twitter and Instagram.
Visit me personally on Facebook at Kemper Donovan Books, or at my personal website.
Click here to purchase tickets for my panel at the upcoming Agatha Christie Festival.
You can buy my debut mystery novel, The Busy Body, at your bookseller of choice (make it an indie if you possibly can!) in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia and New Zealand.
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Overbearing, Rich, and Idiomatic: The Americans of Agatha Christie
29 juni 2024 · 1 uur 15 min
It's time to discuss those pesky Americans who appear in the Christie canon, and answer such burning questions as: Are all Americans millionaires? (Alas, no.) Do all Americans speak solely by way of idiom? (Happily, no.) I was also able to answer a ton of mailbag questions, which involved one hundred percent more Spice Girls than I expected it to. Lees meer
The following titles are spoiled to varying degrees in this episode: The Actress; After the Funeral; The Big Four; A Caribbean Mystery; Cat Among the Pigeons; Death on the Nile; Destination Unknown; Endless Night; Evil Under the Sun; Lord Edgware Dies; The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side; Motive v. Opportunity; The Mousetrap (though only in a minor way), Mrs. McGinty's Dead; A Murder is Announced, Murder on the Orient Express; The Soul of the Croupier; Sparkling Cyanide; They Do It With Mirrors.
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Visit me personally on Facebook at Kemper Donovan Books, or at my personal website.
Click here to purchase tickets for my panel at the upcoming Agatha Christie Festival.
You can buy my debut mystery novel, The Busy Body, at your bookseller of choice (make it an indie if you possibly can!) in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia and New Zealand.
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Collecting the Collectors: The Gays of Agatha Christie (Special *PRIDE* Edition... with Bonus Jamie Bernthal!)
15 juni 2024 · 1 uur 54 min
It's raining long-haired, antique-loving, architecturally-inclined men! And a few women, too! June is Pride month for the LGBTQIA+ community here in the United States, which I took as an opportunity to explore the topic of "gay" characters in Christie... along with revisiting an interview Catherine Brobeck and I did with long-time friend of the podcast, Jamie Bernthal. Enjoy, my dears! Lees meer
The following titles are spoiled to varying degrees in this episode: The Mousetrap, The Rats, "Death by Drowning," "Greenshaw's Folly," After the Funeral, Cards on the Table, Endless Night, Five Little Pigs, Hallowe'en Party, Lord Edgware Dies, The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side, The Moving Finger, Mrs. McGinty's Dead, A Murder is Announced, Murder is Easy, Nemesis.
To visit and subscribe to the podcast's Patreon page, click here.
Visit the podcast on Twitter and Instagram.
Visit me personally on Facebook at Kemper Donovan Books, or at my personal website.
Click here to purchase tickets for my panel at the upcoming Agatha Christie Festival.
You can buy my debut mystery novel, The Busy Body, at your bookseller of choice (make it an indie if you possibly can!) in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia and New Zealand.
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Interview with Journalist Karen Robinson on the Discovery of a Rare, Early Agatha Christie Artifact
1 juni 2024 · 46 min
It isn't every day a new discovery is made regarding a physical record of Agatha Christie's writing, especially one from her earliest days as a writer.... Thank you to journalist Karen Robinson for sitting down with me to talk about What We Did in the Great War by Agatha Christie... and by others in the VAD in Torquay during the First World War! It was a fantastic discussion. Lees meer
For information about the exhibition in London where you can see this handmade magazine for yourself, click here.
To visit and subscribe to the podcast's Patreon page, click here.
Visit the podcast on Twitter and Instagram.
Visit me personally on Facebook at Kemper Donovan Books, or at my personal website.
Click here to purchase tickets for my panel at the upcoming Agatha Christie Festival.
You can buy my debut mystery novel, The Busy Body, at your bookseller of choice (make it an indie if you possibly can!) in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia and New Zealand.
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Ten Little Poirots & Marples: Ranking Agatha Christie's Detectives on the Screen
17 mei 2024 · 56 min
It's another episode focused on the adaptations of Agatha Christie: specifically, those talented actors who have brought life to Monsieur Poirot and Miss Marple in films and television for nearly 100 years now. Who will win the title of Greatest Poirot and Greatest Marple of Them All? And how will the rankings leading up to my #1 picks shake out? I surprised myself with a few of my choices here, and I look forward to receiving outraged responses from at least a few of you. Special thanks to Scott Ratner for his spirited commentary on one of these actors, and the valuable insights his perspective provided. Lees meer
Please note that I spoil the plot of Curtain, and also the 2018 adaptation of The ABC Murders in this episode.
Click here to purchase tickets for my panel at the upcoming Agatha Christie Festival.
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You can buy my debut mystery novel, The Busy Body, at your bookseller of choice in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia and New Zealand.
I mentioned a few different adaptations over the course of this episode. Click below to access them.
Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple (Japanese-language animated series)
Murder by the Book (starring Ian Holm and Peggy Ashcroft)
Various BBC radio plays
Viki.com (where you can watch Ms. Ma, Nemesis)
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*LIVE!* Episode: Interview with Kemper Donovan, Author of The Busy Body (and Busman's Holidayer)
27 april 2024 · 1 uur 2 min
Saturday, April 27th is Independent Bookstore Day here in the United States, and what better way to celebrate than with this live interview from my book tour last week at Schuler Books in Grand Rapids, Michigan?! Special thanks to Elizabeth Bosscher for conducting this interview. I had such a great time sitting down with her. Lees meer
If you'd like to visit or learn more about Schuler Books, which has four locations in Michigan, click here.
Please visit and subscribe to the podcast's Patreon page by clicking here.
Click here to purchase tickets for my upcoming panel at the Agatha Christie Festival.
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Interview with Andrew Winans, Director of The Hollow by Agatha Christie
12 april 2024 · 1 uur 7 min
Andrew Winans is the director of a new off-Broadway production of Christie's theatrical adaptation of her superb novel, The Hollow. I loved getting to speak with someone who has been in the trenches with his cast of actors and crew of professionals over the past few months, bringing this Agatha Christie play to life.... Lees meer
To purchase tickets for this run of The Hollow (13-21 April) at The Players Theatre in downtown New York, click here.
Come visit me on my ongoing book tour for my mystery novel, The Busy Body! Click here for details.
The Busy Body is available to purchase in the United States, the United Kingdom (where it is available via Kindle for £0.99 for all of April!), and Australia and New Zealand.
Please visit and subscribe to the podcast's Patreon page here.
Click here to purchase tickets for my upcoming panel at the Agatha Christie Festival in September.
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*Special Announcement* re Next Episode
6 april 2024 · 2 min
Next week's episode will be a discussion with Andrew Winans, the director of an upcoming Off-Broadway production of The Hollow, a play written by Agatha Christie, based on her novel. Lees meer
If you are interested in attending this production, which runs from 13-21 April in New York, go ahead and click here.
And my East Coast/Midwest tour of the United States for The Busy Body is about to begin! Click here for more details. I hope to see some of you very soon--in person!
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Klaxon Bell Bonanza: The Actress by Agatha Christie
30 maart 2024 · 52 min
If you're a longtime listener of this podcast, you'll know never to trust an actor in a Christie story. So what happens when not one but two actors feature among the rather small cast of suspects? A lot, as it turns out, in this early short story that showcases Christie's unique ability to spin seemingly endless variations on a single puzzle.... Lees meer
In addition to the titular story, the following Christies are spoiled in the course of this episode:
"Miss Marple Tells a Story"
"The Affair at the Bungalow"
"Murder in the Mews"
Cat Among the Pigeons
Three Act Tragedy
Death in the Clouds
And Then There Were None
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
Lord Edgware Dies
Evil Under the Sun
To purchase tickets for my panel at the upcoming Agatha Christie Festival, click here.
To visit the Festival website and check out all the other fantastic panels on offer, click here.
For details on my upcoming book tour in the Northeast and Midwest of the U.S., click here.
Please visit and subscribe to the podcast's Patreon page here.
You can purchase my debut mystery novel, The Busy Body, in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia and New Zealand.
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Ranking Some (But Not All!) of the Various Screen Adaptations of Agatha Christie (with Teresa Peschel)
16 maart 2024 · 2 uur 9 min
Quick: what is the best Joan Hickson adaptation of a Miss Marple novel? Or how about your least favorite Suchet episode? If you like pondering such questions, then this is the episode for you! Just beware of spoilers; I list all the novels Teresa and I spoil in the course of this wide-ranging conversation at the top of the episode. Lees meer
To buy tickets to the All About Agatha Live! Panel at the upcoming Agatha Christie Festival in Torquay in September, click here.
To check out all the splendid events at this year's Agatha Christie Festival, click here.
Go wild perusing all that Teresa and Bill at Peschel Press have to offer here.
Come visit me in mid-April while I'm on tour in the Northeast and Midwest of the United States! Click here for details.
You can buy my debut mystery novel, The Busy Body, in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia and New Zealand.
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The Island by Agatha Christie Mallowan (with Guest Co-Host Sarah Hinlicky Wilson)
2 maart 2024 · 1 uur 46 min
Sarah Hinlicky Wilson is back! And with this episode, she's officially earned her title as All About Agatha's resident expert on Christian theology. I leaned heavily on her expertise for this episode, which involves a lot of parsing of Biblical and even apocryphal references, as we discussed this curious, fascinatingly revealing short story from the Star Over Bethlehem and Other Stories collection. Lees meer
To read Sarah's newly published article "Agatha Christie: A Very Elusive Christian," click here.
To visit Sarah's website, click here.
To visit my website to check out upcoming dates and locations for my book tour, click here.
You can buy my debut mystery novel, The Busy Body, in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia and New Zealand.
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Agatha Christie's Most Prolific Stage Actor? Interview with Lee Samuel Tanng
17 februari 2024 · 1 uur 15 min
Actor Lee Samuel Tanng has appeared in TEN (!!) regional productions of plays based on Agatha Christie novels over the last eleven years. He sat down with me to discuss the joys of regional theater, the particular challenges (and advantages) of pulling off a murder mystery in real time, and of course, to rank his ten experiences from least to most favorite. This conversation was a blast. Lees meer
You can see a collage of all Sam's roles on the podcast's Twitter/X account here, and on Instagram here.
Check out the Long Beach Playhouse here, which is where Sam has appeared in all these wonderful productions over the years. Long live regional theater!
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Click here for more information on upcoming book tour events for my debut mystery novel, The Busy Body.
And you can now purchase The Busy Body in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia and New Zealand.
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All About The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie (Spoiler-Free!)
3 februari 2024 · 4 uur 11 min
Perhaps it was inevitable that an episode about the longest-running play in history would be the longest episode ever produced on this podcast.... And yet there's nary a spoiler in it; so tuck in, safe in the knowledge that the secret of The Mousetrap remains safely locked in my heart. Lees meer
Nibble nibble. Squeak squeak.
Special thanks to my guests Phil O'Neill and Scott Ratner, and to Nick Cardillo and Christopher Diehl for their invaluable contributions.
Click here to access the BBC Documentary The Mousetrap and Me, which I reference in the show.
You can find Phil O'Neill's wonderful book, Poems from the Unconscious, here, and Scott Ratner's extremely funny original play, Kill a Better Mousetrap, here.
You can find my Crimereads article on why Agatha Christie has endured uniquely among mystery writers here.
You can now purchase my debut mystery novel, The Busy Body (as a paper copy, ebook, or audio book), in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia and New Zealand.
Click here for more information on upcoming book tour events for The Busy Body.
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Interview (#2!) with Alex Michaelides, Author of The Fury
20 januari 2024 · 59 min
Alex Michaelides has a new mystery out, and I had such a great time geeking out with him about Agatha Christie and other literary inspirations of his, including the great Ruth Rendell. Lees meer
You can purchase Alex's new book, The Fury, in the United States here. And you can pre-order it in the UK (it's out February 1st) here.
You can purchase my new book, The Busy Body, in the United States here, the United Kingdom here, and Australia/New Zealand here.
For details on my upcoming book tour, visit my website here.
You can visit and subscribe to the podcast's Patreon page here.
This episode is sponsored by Even the Royals, which you can find wherever you listen to podcasts, including here.
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Putting On an Agatha Christie Play (with Three Guest Co-Hosts)
5 januari 2024 · 1 uur 35 min
I've talked a bunch--especially recently--about Agatha Christie and the theater. But what is it like to put on an Agatha Christie play? In particular, in one of those smaller regional/community venues that so frequently put on Christie's plays? Thanks to the three experts I gathered together for this episode, we can begin to answer that question. You can find out more about each of them directly below. Lees meer
1) Do yourself a favor and check out Brad Friedman's mystery blog. It has provided me heaps and heaps of both entertainment and insight.
2) You can look up Christopher Diehl's community theater here. And here is a link to another theater where he works on numerous projects, including those by Christie.
3) Click here to check out Jamie West's debut mystery novel, Death on the Pier, inspired by his love of mystery and theater.
If you'd like to come see me on my upcoming book tour, the details are on my website here.
And you can still pre-order that book (for a few more weeks) in the United States here, the United Kingdom here, and Australia/New Zealand here.
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A Christmas Christie for Christmas: The Naughty Donkey by Agatha Christie Mallowan (with bonus rerun of Star Over Bethlehem)
22 december 2023 · 2 uur 30 min
And you thought the days of bumper-sized episodes of All About Agatha were behind you.... This one might be a bit of a cheat, since it's a Frankenstein's monster (a Bella Baxter?!) of a few different things: 1) a nice long "mail bag"/"housekeeping" segment; 2) a fresh episode analyzing "The Naughty Donkey" in Christie's Star Over Bethlehem and Other Stories collection; and 3) a rerun of the episode I aired in the summer this year with Sarah Hinlicky Wilson co-hosting, in which we discussed the titular story of the same collection. Lees meer
So much Christie, so much Christianity, so much Christmas. Rejoice!
You can check out Sarah's short story podcast here.
You can see my upcoming book tour events (!!) here. Please come see me!
You can pre-order my mystery novel, The Busy Body, in the United States here, in the United Kingdom here, and in Australia and New Zealand here.
You can visit and subscribe to the podcast's Patreon page here.
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How to Survive an Agatha Christie Novel, with Author Kate Jackson
16 december 2023 · 1 uur 7 min
Kate Jackson knows her stuff when it comes to classic crime, and then some. I had such a good time talking to her about non-Christie authors of the Golden Age, and then engaging in a choose-your-own-adventure-style exercise that took us through various plot points she meticulously pulled from scores of Christie novels, short stories, and plays. What fun! Lees meer
To buy Kate's book How to Survive a Classic Crime Novel in the U.S., click here. In the UK, click here.
To check out Kate's blog, click here.
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To pre-order a copy of my upcoming mystery novel The Busy Body in the U.S., click here. In the UK, click here. And in Australia and New Zealand, click here.
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Interview with Sophie Hannah re: The Mystery of Mr E
8 december 2023 · 1 uur 4 min
It's time to discuss friend of the podcast Sophie Hannah's murder mystery musical movie!! Mystery and musical fans, unite!! Lees meer
To rent/buy Sophie's movie in the U.S., click here.
To rent/buy Sophie's movie in the UK, click here.
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You can pre-order my mystery novel, The Busy Body, in the United States (here), the United Kingdom (here), and Australia and New Zealand (here).
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Interview with Mark Shanahan, Playwright and Director of a New Adaptation of The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
23 november 2023 · 1 uur 8 min
If you like The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, then this episode is for you! If you like theater, then this episode is *really* for you! Mark was a delight; his passion for Ackroyd, theater, and all things Agatha Christie shines through our entire conversation. Enjoy! Lees meer
Click here to download the Orson Welles radio adaptation of The Murder of Roger Ackroyd referenced in the episode.
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You can pre-order my upcoming mystery novel, The Busy Body, in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia and New Zealand.
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Interview with Booktuber (and Agatha Christie Enthusiast) Mara Sinclair
11 november 2023 · 1 uur 27 min
What an excellent opportunity this conversation was to use--and explain--such new-fangled terms as "Booktube," "Bookstagram," and "BookTok." If the online world of readerly appreciation befuddles you (as it often does me), then allow Mara Sinclair to explain all.... Lees meer
For more Mara in your life, check out her YouTube Channel, Bookslikewhoa.
You can also find Mara on Goodreads, Instagram, and Discord.
You can pre-order my upcoming mystery novel, The Busy Body, in the United States, Australia and New Zealand, and the United Kingdom.
Please visit and subscribe to the podcast's Patreon page.
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A Special HALLOWE'EN SPOOKTACULAR Episode: In a Glass Darkly by Agatha Christie
28 oktober 2023 · 1 uur 2 min
'Tis the season for a spooky Christie story, and this one does not disappoint. On the contrary, I would argue it raises the bar by marrying elements of the supernatural and the rational, all in one text. Apparently you can have a trick and a treat; you don't have to choose! Lees meer
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And you can pre-order The Busy Body in Australia and New Zealand here.
You can visit Mara Sinclair's BookTube channel (the subject of my next episode) here.
This episode is sponsored by Britbox. For listeners in the U.S. and Canada, click here and use the promo code "AGATHA" at checkout for 50% off the first month of your monthly subscription.
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Interview with Jamie Bernthal-Hooker, Author of Jessica Brick Investigates
14 oktober 2023 · 34 min
If you are a longtime listener of this podcast, Jamie Bernthal-Hooker is no stranger to you. But until now, our conversations have focused on his scholarly endeavors vis-a-vis Christie. Last month, I was fortunate enough to snag him for a half-hour at the Agatha Christie Festival to discuss his creative project satirizing murder mysteries in general, and Miss Jane Marple in particular. Get ready to meet Jessica Brick! Lees meer
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*LIVE!* Episode: Agatha Christie's Greatest Short Story? (Recorded at the 2023 Agatha Christie Festival)
29 september 2023 · 1 uur 22 min
Get ready for some hot mics: it's time for a live episode of All About Agatha at the 2023 Agatha Christie Festival! I hope you'll be able to share in some of the fun we had down in Torquay this year, because we certainly had a lot of it. Enjoy! Lees meer
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Interview with Colleen Mulaney, Author of a New Book About Agatha Christie and Cocktails
15 september 2023 · 55 min
Yes, yes: Agatha Christie famously abstained from cocktails and all other alcoholic drinks. So how was it possible to write an entire book--and speak for an entire hour--about Christie and cocktails?! Take a listen and find out! Lees meer
Colleen's book, Agatha Whiskey: 50 Cocktails to Celebrate the Bestselling Novelist of All Time is available at all major booksellers. Click here to purchase Colleen's book in the UK, and here for purchase in the U.S.
To pre-order my mystery novel, The Busy Body, click here.
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This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Visit them here for 10% off your first month of therapy.
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Interview with Karen Pierce, Author of a New Cookbook Celebrating the Work of Agatha Christie
1 september 2023 · 58 min
I loved geeking out with Karen over the top ten "food-related" books within the Christie canon, and I think you will too! Lees meer
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All About the (Stage) Plays of Agatha Christie
19 augustus 2023 · 1 uur 12 min
On this episode I talk generally about the stage plays of Agatha Christie (that we know of thus far), but first I do a massive housekeeping segment with messages from all of you. (Letters! We've got letters! We've got stacks and stacks of letters!) It's such a joy to hear from as many of you as I do; please keep in touch. Lees meer
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Interview with Julius Green, Author of Curtain Up: Agatha Christie, A Life in the Theatre
5 augustus 2023 · 1 uur 21 min
I had such a great time focusing on Agatha Christie's theatrical endeavors, with the person who knows more about them than anyone else in the world. Come delight with me and Julius Green in all the drama! Lees meer
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All About the Dedications of Agatha Christie
22 juli 2023 · 1 uur 22 min
Get ready for another panoramic episode, in which I take full stock of the Christie canon from the unusual perspective of the dedications she (usually) inserted at the front of her books. I even managed to unearth some unsolved (by me, anyway) mysteries.... Lees meer
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Summer Rerun: Accident by Agatha Christie
30 juni 2023 · 32 min
My former co-host Catherine Brobeck loved this short story, and this episode about this short story. And so do I! It's also one of the short stories under discussion at this year's upcoming International Agatha Christie Festival in September, during which my co-panelists and I will crown Agatha Christie's Greatest Short Story. Take a listen to the first part of the episode for a sneak peek at the other stories we'll be debating. Happy Summer, everyone! Lees meer
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Ranking the Murderers of Agatha Christie
17 juni 2023 · 1 uur 13 min
I loved everything about this nerdiest of episodes... other than the fact that Catherine Brobeck wasn't here to delight in this exercise alongside me. I know she would have dug it. I hope you do, too. Lees meer
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It's Christmas in June! Star Over Bethlehem by Agatha Christie Mallowan (with a Guest Co-Host)
2 juni 2023 · 1 uur 28 min
You might want to pour yourself some egg nog and download one of those roaring digital fireplaces for today's offering, which is a rare Christmas-themed, and overtly religious, Christie short story. Many thanks to Sarah Hinlicky Wilson for co-hosting this episode with me. Lees meer
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All About Ableism in Agatha Christie (with Three Guest Co-Hosts)
20 mei 2023 · 1 uur 22 min
This episode is one of those happy occasions on which you all get to hear a voice--and a perspective--other than my own. Three voices, in fact. Many thanks to my co-hosts Jenni Bishop, Tina Hodgkinson, and Emma for a fabulous talk on such an important topic. Lees meer
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*Special Announcement* re Live Event at the International Agatha Christie Festival, Sept 2023
12 mei 2023 · 3 min
Please join me if you can in Torquay on Thursday, 14 September 2023 at 7:00pm in the Spanish Barn! Lees meer
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A Miss Marple Nightcap: Sanctuary by Agatha Christie
6 mei 2023 · 1 uur
What better way to celebrate Coronation Day than with a story Agatha Christie wrote to contribute to the restoration of Westminster Abbey? (No, really!) More such fun facts await you in this, our final Miss Marple story for the podcast.... Miss Marple is done! Long live Miss Marple! Lees meer
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Things We Missed Along the Way: Lord Edgware Dies, A Murder is Announced, The Red Signal by Agatha Christie
22 april 2023 · 54 min
In this hodgepodge of an episode, I revisit Christie stories already covered, and discuss a number of adaptations--and one text!--that Catherine and I failed to mention the first time around. (Please know that spoilers will abound for these stories.) Lees meer
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A Hercule Poirot Amuse-Bouche: Four and Twenty Blackbirds by Agatha Christie
7 april 2023 · 1 uur 2 min
If the teeth don't match, you must give your head a scratch. Au revoir, cher Poirot. Lees meer
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Interview with Kitty Murphy, Author of Death in Heels
24 maart 2023 · 45 min
I had a great time chatting with debut author Kitty Murphy about the first book in her "Dublin Drag Mysteries" series. U.S. listeners can find Death in Heels at an indie bookstore by clicking this link. Lees meer
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Agatha Christie: In the Flesh
11 maart 2023 · 42 min
Did you ever wonder what it would be like to meet Agatha Christie in person? Well, here's your answer. Special thanks to Yasuo Sudoh, Dr. Ernestine Elster, and Norman Home for contributing to this episode. Lees meer
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How Many Wonders Can One Island Hold? Manx Gold by Agatha Christie
24 februari 2023 · 54 min
Is this the weirdest thing Christie ever wrote? Maybe! But let's embrace it, and journey together to the Isle of Man, where buried treasure awaits.... Lees meer
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Live-Playing (!!) The Mystery of Hunter's Lodge by Agatha Christie... & Hunt a Killer
11 februari 2023 · 41 min
In this episode, I try my hand at a "live game" experience based on a Poirot short story, which was provided to me for free by the game's creators.... And, spoiler, but I fail. Utterly. Lees meer
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A Revisitation of (a.k.a. *JUSTICE FOR*) The Secret of Chimneys by Agatha Christie
27 januari 2023 · 2 uur
Double, double toil and trouble.... It's time for a second--and much closer--look at the grand estate of Chimneys and its many, many (no really: many) secrets! (Don't worry, that Macbeth quote will make more sense once you listen.) I had more fun than I've had in a long time creating this episode. I also missed my dear partner Catherine Brobeck so very acutely.... I wish she could have done this with me. Lees meer
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It's Raining Rankings! Hallelujah!
14 januari 2023 · 47 min
What a world we live in where Catherine and I are not the only two fanatics who have taken it upon ourselves to rank every single one of Agatha Christie's 66 mystery novels. In this episode, I delight in comparing and contrasting the All About Agatha grid with two other worthy offerings.... I hope you enjoy the nerdfest; it was a blast to record. Special thanks to our A+++ listener, and to Yasuo Sudoh. Lees meer
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Interview with Maureen Johnson, Author of Nine Liars
30 december 2022 · 1 uur 14 min
What a joyous and festive way to close out 2022, by chatting with Maureen Johnson, the talented writer of YA mysteries very much inspired by Agatha Christie. Happy New Year, one and all! Lees meer
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And Now There Is None: The Final State of the Rankings... with John Curran!!
16 december 2022 · 2 uur 32 min
My guest co-host John Curran certainly kept me on my toes (and I never expected to be forced to defend poor Nemesis as much as I was!), but I can truthfully say that having him on was the perfect event for this festive, end-of-year period. Happy holidays to all who celebrate, and please enjoy this very, very special episode. Lees meer
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Getting Happy with Parker Pyne (and Hercule Poirot?!): The Regatta Mystery by Agatha Christie, with guest co-host Michelle Kazmer
3 december 2022 · 1 uur 43 min
I didn't think I'd care this much about saying farewell to Parker Pyne, heart specialist.... Fortunately, there is a LOT to discuss in this jam-packed (really, pilchard-packed) episode: hot mackerel, plasticine, and corncrakes, for starters. Eternal thanks to Dr. Michelle Kazmer for lending her voice and expertise on this episode. If it isn't the sendoff Parker Pyne deserves, it's because Michelle was way too kind and smart for him. Just saying. Lees meer
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In Conversation with Brad Friedman re Marple: Twelve New Mysteries
19 november 2022 · 1 uur 38 min
It's time to discuss the new collection of Miss Marple short stories that came out this fall in a detail some may find excruciating, but which my co-host Brad Friedman and I found to be juuuuuuust right. Come and get down-and-dirty in the weeds of these stories the way Aunt Jane herself would have done, gardener that she was. Because just like foxglove and belladonna, these weeds are beautiful, fascinating... and deadly. Lees meer
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