Literary Aviatrix: The Power of Story - Women in Aviation

Liz Booker - Pilot, Writer, Aviation Diversity Advocate

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About Literary Aviatrix: The Power of Story - Women in Aviation

Join Liz Booker as she interviews authors whose books feature women in aviation from across genres, historical periods, and types of flying, and be inspired by the tenacity, adventure, and courage of our sisters in the air. * Liz not only promotes books featuring women in aviation, but also provides the tools and information for other women to tell their stories. Check out Writers' Room interviews for in-depth discussions on writing, publishing, and book promotion. * Liz is a retired Coast Guard helicopter pilot and writer, and host of the Aviatrix Book Club, Aviatrix Writers' Group, and Literary Aviatrix website where you'll find hundreds of books featuring women in aviation for all ages. * Sign up for the Literary Aviatrix Newsletter to stay up to date on book news and book discussions and follow her on social media @LiteraryAviatrix. * https://linktr.ee/literaryaviatrix

Language: English
Type: podcast

Episodes(50)

1
Author Cindy Weigand on how a family scrapbook featuring her barnstorming uncle led her to the history of our pioneering women in aviation and her novel Mavis Perkins Flying Journalist
29 May40m
2
Self-Publishing Without Losing Control: A Conversation with Polly Letofsky
12 Apr1h 1m
3
Airline Captain Heidi A. Porch talks about her memoir Ditching the Sky about a ferry flight engine failure 540 miles from Hawaii, a Cold War rescue, and the long road from ocean ditching to the 747
27 Feb1h 2m
4
Flying Around Australia: Author and general aviation pilot Fran West talks about Plane Reflections about her three-month flight around Australia’s coastline—weather, grit, and why turning back is sometimes the bravest choice
19 Feb1h 7m
5
Caroline Paul’s Why Fly—open-cockpit flight, awe from above, and the hard-won clarity that comes when life on the ground gets turbulent
7 Feb1h 33m
6
Aviatrix Writers' Room - Children's Author Kirsten W. Larson talks about writing, publishing, and her 'Reimagine Your Writing' craft books
22 Jan22m
7
Kirsten W. Larson on Wonder Woman, aircraft designer E. Lillian Todd, and astrophysicist Cecilia Payne
22 Jan38m
8
Breaking formation – U2 Pilot Merryl Tengesdal on graphic novels, confidence and courage, and raising the next generation of leaders.
14 Jan24m

+42 more — listen on the platforms above

About Literary Aviatrix: The Power of Story - Women in Aviation

Language: English
Type: podcast

Episodes(50)

Author Cindy Weigand on how a family scrapbook featuring her barnstorming uncle led her to the history of our pioneering women in aviation and her novel Mavis Perkins Flying Journalist

29 May40m

Self-Publishing Without Losing Control: A Conversation with Polly Letofsky

12 Apr1h 1m

Airline Captain Heidi A. Porch talks about her memoir Ditching the Sky about a ferry flight engine failure 540 miles from Hawaii, a Cold War rescue, and the long road from ocean ditching to the 747

27 Feb1h 2m

Flying Around Australia: Author and general aviation pilot Fran West talks about Plane Reflections about her three-month flight around Australia’s coastline—weather, grit, and why turning back is sometimes the bravest choice

19 Feb1h 7m

Caroline Paul’s Why Fly—open-cockpit flight, awe from above, and the hard-won clarity that comes when life on the ground gets turbulent

7 Feb1h 33m

Aviatrix Writers' Room - Children's Author Kirsten W. Larson talks about writing, publishing, and her 'Reimagine Your Writing' craft books

22 Jan22m

Kirsten W. Larson on Wonder Woman, aircraft designer E. Lillian Todd, and astrophysicist Cecilia Payne

22 Jan38m

Breaking formation – U2 Pilot Merryl Tengesdal on graphic novels, confidence and courage, and raising the next generation of leaders.

14 Jan24m

+42 more — listen on the platforms above