Signature Books Podcast
Signature Books, founded in 1981, publishes some of the best books in Mormon studies. We specialize in narrative and documentary history, biography, fiction, poetry, and Western Americana. Our books have received numerous honors over the years from the Mormon History Association, the John Whitmer Historical Association, the Utah State Historical Society, and the Evans Biography Award. This podcast will include interviews with Signature Books authors from both our new releases and some of the significant books from our backlist.
Episodes
56 episodes
"Experiments In The Fading Light" with author Steven L. Peck
Author and poet Steven L. Peck joins Signature marketing manager Beth Brumer Reeve in an interview about his new book of poetry, Experiments in the Fading Light. Listen as Steven reads some of his favorites from this collection and sha...
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"Changemakers: Women Who Boldly Built Zion" with authors McArthur Krishna and Anne Pimentel
Authors McArthur Krishna and Anne Pimentel sat down with Signature Books director Barbara Jones Brown to talk about the impetus behind their new book Changemakers: Women Who Bold...
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"Wallace Stegner: Dean Of Western Writers" with author Alex Beam
Nationally acclaimed author and journalist Alex Beam joins marketing specialist Beth Brumer-Reeve to talk about his new biography, Wallace Stegner: Dean Of Western Writers. Stegner had a prolific career that spanned half a ...
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"Eduardo Balderas: Father Of Church Translation, 1907-1989"
Author and BYU history professor Ignacio M. Garcia and Signature Books editorial manager John Hatch cover a lot of ground while discussing Garcia's new biography, Eduardo Bal...
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Reclaiming Our Narratives: Author Event with Laurie Lee Hall & Nathan Kitchen
In this moving and powerful conversation, authors Laurie Lee Hall and Nathan Kitchen share the genesis of their new memoirs,
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"Dictates of Conscience" with author Laurie Lee Hall
Join memoirist Laurie Lee Hall and Signature Books Director Barbara Jones Brown for this fascinating interview based on Laurie’s new memoir, Dictates of Conscience: Fro...
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"Journeys from a Desert Road," a conversation with author Mary Clyde
"In what novelist John Gardner referred to as 'the vivid and continuous fictional dream,' Mary Clyde writes two stories of alternate realities with the same or similar characters. Here, fugue-like, a post-apocalyptic world in the Arizona desert...
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Writing Mormon History 2: Authors' Stories Behind Their Works
Dive into the stories behind Mormonism’s best-known histories with Signature’s soon-to-be released anthology, Writing Mormon History 2. Authors and contributors Joe Geisner, Elisa Eastwood Pulido, Roger D. Launius, and Konden R. Smith ...
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"Fifty Years of Exponent II" Authors & Contributors Discuss Feminism and Mormonism
Authors Katie Ludlow Rich and Heather Sundahl, along with contributors Kalani Tonga, Linda Hoffman Kimball, and Amy McPhie Allebest, discuss the background behind F...
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To Be a Friend of Christ: The Life of Marion D. Hanks
Marketing specialist Beth Brumer-Reeve talks with author Richard D. Hanks about his new book, To Be a Friend of Christ: The Life of Marion D. Hanks,...
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Fifty Years of Exponent II
Join special guest host Rachel Rueckert, editor-in-chief of Exponent II magazine, for an insightful conversation with Katie Ludlow Rich and Heather Sundahl about their soon-to-be-released book,
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Scholars Share New Insights on Early Mormon Polygamy
Listen as contributors to the new volume, Secret Covenants: New Insights on Early Mormon Polygamy, delve into the complex history of early Mormon polygamy. The discu...
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The Book of Queer Mormon Joy
Marketing specialist Beth Brumer-Reeve is joined by Kerry Spencer Pray, editor and one of more than thirty essayists in The Book of Queer Mormon Joy, jus...
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An Evening with Signature Poets 2024
Signature Books held a captivating evening of poetry to celebrate National Poetry Month with our amazing authors.Utah Poet Laureate Lisa Bickmore emceed the event and introduced our two most recently published poets, Maureen Clark, autho...
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Author Darlene Young discusses her latest poetry collection "Count Me In"
Poet Darlene Young talks with Signature marketing specialist Beth Brumer Reeve about her latest book, Count Me In, and how it is a testament to showing up within her fait...
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Featuring Signature’s Women Authors and Subjects
In honor of Women’s History Month, Signature Books director Barbara Jones Brown talks with just some of the many women authors and editors who are soon-to-publish their books with Signature, including:Cheryl L. Bruno, ed...
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Michael Quinn's daughters, "Chosen Path" annotators discuss his new memoir
At this recent event at Signature Books, D. Michael Quinn’s two daughters and the annotators of Quinn’s posthumously published book, Chosen Path, shared what the...
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Episode 40
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Sneak Peak at Signature’s Forthcoming Books
In this episode, Signature marketing manager Devery Anderson talks with director Barbara Jones Brown and marketing specialist Beth Brumer-Reeve about our forthcoming titles over the next several months. Seven books will be released ...
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Author Maureen Clark on This Insatiable August
In this episode, we talk with Maureen Clark about her collection of poetry, This Insatiable August, which releases in February 2024 wher...
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Episode 38
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Panelists discuss D. Michael Quinn's new memoir, Chosen Path
In this episode, D. Michael Quinn’s son, Moshe; Equality Utah executive director Troy Williams; and historian Sara M. Patterson join Signature Books director Barbara Jones Brown for a compelling conversation on Mike Quinn’s remarkable new me...
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Tribute Event for Lavina Fielding Anderson
The Mormon Studies community lost an icon in October with the death of Lavina Fielding Anderson. She was an important presence and voice for decades as an editor at the Ensign magazine, as an associate editor of Dialogue: A Journal...
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Alex Douglas on The Old Testament for Latter-day Saints
This episode features Alex Douglas, author of the new book, The Old Testament for Latter-day Saints. He and Signature marketing manager Devery...
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Episode 35
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Thomas G. Alexander on John A. Widtsoe: Scientist and Theologian
Today we talk with historian Thomas G. Alexander, author of John A. Widtsoe: Scientist and Theologian 1872-1952, a new biography in Signature’s Brief Biography series....
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Episode 34
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Noel Carmack on Useful to the Church and Kingdom: The Journals of James H. Martineau, Pioneer and Patriarch, 1850-1918
On this episode we talk to Noel Carmack, co-editor with Charles M. Hatch of the new two-volume work to be released in early November, Useful to the Church and...
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Episode 33
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