RA #227 - The Fiction of Catholic Fiction
Slammin’ Week, Grace Before Meals Launches, Mr. Tumnus Gets Married, Amazing Guests at the CNMC, and Catholic Author Regina Doman about where to find Catholic fiction. 206-984-1899 for Feedback!
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In reference to where to find Catholic fiction;look in your local big name book stores (both of the ones that start with a “B”) for an author named Tim Gautreaux. He has a number of books,including two books of short stories that I absolutely love. One is called “Same Place, Same Things”, and the other one is “Welding with Children”. all of his books have three themes, they are all set in Louisiana (mostly rural), they all have a slight Cajun feel to them, and they are all in some way shape or form, Catholic.In fact,if you google his name, the first thing to pop up is a review by Amy Wellborn of Gautreauxs short stories “Same Place, Same things” . heres the direct link for those interested:
http://www.amywelborn.com/gautreaux/article.html
Also, on a smaller level, Ken Follet has a series of two excellent books out that revolve around a Catholic church in Englad during the 11th and 12th centuries. the first is a book called “Pillars of the earth”, and it was a hit that his fans demanded a sequel, so he wrote “World without End”, which picks up roughly 100 years later where the first book left off. While it is a secular book to be sure, it is a fascinating look into how the Cathedrals were built and the daily lifves of monks and the population who lived around the grounds of the cathedrals. I’ll put it to you this way;Until I read “pillars”, I had never read a book that made me jump up and cheer for the hero before.
HI Grag
I know that you guys are getting ready for the SQPN’s Catholic New Media Celebration. I was hoping that you might have time to put up links to the diffrient podcasts that are not on sqpn or RA web pages.
I will not be coming and it makes me upset but I would like to get to know some of these people that are coming and that I have not been able to meet. so if you guys could put of there websites or links to there blogs/podcasts. Then I might be able to at least feel like I was there. So when you Guys all get back to normal life. and are talking about what just happend I would have some clue what these people do. They all seem to be great people. But I just don’t know some of them.
thank you
Mary MN
Great show! I love to read, so hearing from Mrs. Doman was great. I think a Catholic Reading Club would be great! If I knew how to create a website it’s something that I would love to put out there. Hope someone smarter than me gets one going. Also I pick up Ken Follet’s books today thanks for the tip Steve.
Mary,
Check the newsletter blog page here:
http://datelinesqpn.com
In the 5 April newsletter I had links to the blogs, podcasts, web sites, etc. of all the Special Guests listed to that point. The newsletter scheduled for Monday morning will have similar links to the people who have been added to the list since then.
I know there’s at least one Catholic bookclub out there.
I help to facilitate “Faith Meets Fiction” through Pauline Books and Media in Toronto. We’re still a pretty new group, but maybe one day we’ll expand into the online world.
I think it’s important to have good quality Catholic fiction out there, but I also think it’s valuable to be able to read “mainstream” fiction through the lens of faith and to be able to find Catholic messages and ideas sometimes in the most unlikely places.
With the new bookclub I hope to do a bit of both.
If anybody in the Toronto area is interested our next meeting is June 21 from 2-3 pm. We’ll be discussing “The Jeweler’s Shop” by Karol Wojtyla (aka John Paul II). We meet at Pauline Books at Media, 3022 Dufferin St.
Okay, my shameless plug is over.
God Bless
OK, I admit I haven’t listened to the show yet. BTAIM, there’s a good discussion of Catholic Fiction at
http://insidecatholic.com/Joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3504&Itemid=80
My first comment is #30
Brian