The Store Next Door
Thanks for taking a stroll with us and checking out the retail gems down the street, around the corner, and in our own backyards in The Store Next Door podcast where each show we talk to owners, managers, and employees of some of the coolest book stores around and chat with authors about their latest releases.
Featured: Rachel Swearingen, Author of How to Walk on Water
About The Store Next Door
The Store Next Door podcast is about bookstores, booksellers, and the authors behind your favorite books. One of the many misconceptions about the book business is that bookstores are disappearing from the business landscape. In fact, according to Statistica, the number of independent bookstores has increased year over from 2009 to 2019. The purpose of the The Store Next Door is to promote and celebrate the unique people, places, and products that are driving this growth and creating the book-loving communities we need to function and prosper as an educated society.
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Meet The Host
Doug Cooper
Doug Cooper is the author of the award-winning novels Outside In and The Investment Club and the 2019 thriller Focus Lost. Always searching, he has traveled to over twenty-five countries on five continents, exploring the contradictions between what we believe and how we act in the pursuit of truth, beauty, and love. He has also called Cleveland, St. Louis, Detroit, New York, Las Vegas, and Oslo, Norway home, and now resides in Vermilion, Ohio.
His love for books and those who dedicate their lives to writing them and tirelessly promoting and selling them inspired him to create The Store Next Door podcast and share the stories behind the stories. Learn more about Doug and his writing by clicking the button below or following him on social media or asking your favorite bookstore to order his books.
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Author Rachel Swearingen
Rachelis the recipient of the 2015 Missouri Review Jeffrey E. Smith Editors’ Prize in Fiction, a 2012 Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers’ Award, and the 2011 Mississippi Review Prize in Fiction. In 2019, she was named one of 30 Writers to Watch by the Guild Literary Complex. She holds a BA from the University of Wisconsin – Madison and a PhD from Western Michigan University, and teaches at the School of the Art Institute in Chicago. Visit her website to learn more about Rachel and her work.
Episode 4 | 50min
Rachel Swearingen, How to Walk on Water
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