My Podcast
Gil Mansergh’s name (and voice) should be familiar to many KRCB listeners. His movie columns appear in four Sonoma County newspapers, and his “Cinema Toast” radio show has been a Thursday morning staple on KRSH-FM for over ten years. Author or “Book Doctor” of over 60 books, manuals and curriculums, Gil was honored as a “Freelance Success” by Writers Digest Magazine. A dynamic seminar leader, Gil honed his interview skills during his five year tenure as Director of the prestigious California Writers Conference at Asilomar. “I m excited to have this opportunity to share my conversations with authors with KRCB’s listeners,” Gil says, “and I appreciate your
comments.”
To hear Word By Word, tune in to KRCB at 91.1 FM or online at www.krcb.org the first wednesday night each month at 7:00 PM.
November, 2009
Jeffrey Weissman 
“Uncorked,” “Back to the Future II and III” Hollywood actor/screenwriter
NOTE: Tie-in with Filmmakers Sampler at Sebastopol Center for the Arts
October, 2009
REDWOOD WRITERS 2009 CONFERENCE PRESENTERS:
Karen Batchelor 
Patricia V. Davis 
Patricia V. Davis “Murder at Ocean View College” “Harlot’s Sauce”
Catharine Bramkamp 
Adair Lara 
Adair Lara “Death Revokes the Offer” “Naked Drunk and Writing”
Steve Hockensmith 
R. K. Koslowsky 
R. K. Koslowsky “Holmes on the Range,” “The Black Dove” “A World Perspective Through 21st Century Eyes”
Mark Sloan 
Barbara Truax 
Barbara Truax “Birth Day” President, Marin Branch of CWC
NOTE: Tie-in with California Writers Club 100th Anniversary Celebration and the
Redwood Writers 2009 Conference
September, 2009
REDWOOD WRITERS READING CIRCLE
NOTE: Tie in with Sonoma County Book Festival
August, 2009
Linda Morganstein 
“Ordinary Furies,” 
“My Life With Stella Kane” 
“My Life With Stella Kane” July, 2009
Lisa See 
“Shanghai Girls” Novel of mid-century Chinese in LA
“Shanghai Girls” Novel of mid-century Chinese in LAJune, 2009
Noah and Logan Miller 
“Either You’re In or You’re In the Way” Twin Marin brothers making movie
May, 2009
Jonah Raskin 
and Barbara Hale 
and Barbara Hale 
“Field Days:A Year of Farming, Eating and Drinking Wine in California” NOTE: Barbara Hale recorded onstage at the Glaser Center
April, 2009
Filmmakers/Screenwriters
Tie in with Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival
NOTE: Several interviews were juggled “live” on the phone while other guests were in the studio. Rosemary Manchester called after the program aired to tell me this show “was superb.”
March, 2009
Matthew Pearl 
“The Last Dickens” Literary-Historical mystery
“The Last Dickens” Literary-Historical mysteryFebruary, 2009
Yiyun Li 
“The Vagrants” Novel of modern Chinese village
“The Vagrants” Novel of modern Chinese villageJanuary, 2009
Ann Wilkes 
“Awesome Levratt” Humorous Science Fiction novel
“Awesome Levratt” Humorous Science Fiction novelDecember, 2008
Patricia Volonakis Davis 
“Harlot’s Sauce: A Memoir of Life, Love, Family, Food and Greece” NOTE: Actor/Bookseller Dana Kelly joins Patricia on air for her readings
November, 2008
Margaret Cezair-Thompson 
“Pirate’s Daughter”
“Pirate’s Daughter” Novel of Errol Flynn in Jamaica
October, 2008
Michael Krasny 
“Off Mike: A Memoir of Talk Radio and Literary Life” 
NOTE: Recorded onstage at the Glaser Center. Extensive press coverage
September, 2008
Julia Whitty 
“The Fragile Edge” Ocean-based nonfiction
“The Fragile Edge” Ocean-based nonfictionNoelle Oxenhandler 
“The Wishing Year: A Memoir of Fulfilled Desire”
NOTE: Tie-in with Sonoma County Book Festival
August, 2008
Seth Harwood 
“Jack Wakes Up” SF-based crime thriller
“Jack Wakes Up” SF-based crime thriller NOTE: Includes thematic music excerpts from Seth’s website
July, 2008
Molly Dwyer 
“Requiem for the Author of Frankenstein” Literary-historical novel
June 2008
Kemble Scott 
“SoMa” Literary novel set in San Francisco neighborhood
April, 2008
Page Stegner 
“The Selected Letters of Wallace Stegner”
NOTE: Tie-in with “Geography Of Hope” Conference in West Marin
March, 2008
Phillip L. Fradkin 
Wallace Stegner and the American West” Biography
February, 2008
Eoin Colfer 
“Artemis Fowl,” “Half Moon Investigations,” “Airman”
Irish mystery/fantasy/thrillers for YA readers
January, 2008
December, 2007
CHILDREN’S AUTHORS
Megan McDonald
“Judy Moody” “Julie: An American Girl”
Terri Sloat
“I’m a Duck,” “Berry Magic”
October 2007
FUTURE HISTORY & THE BIG READ
Ray Bradbury 
“Farenheit 451”
“Farenheit 451” Eliot Fintushel 
“Breakfast With the Ones You Love”
“Breakfast With the Ones You Love” Lee (Shelley) Singer 
“Blackjack”
“Blackjack”September 2007
WRITING FOR CHANGE
Philip Zimbardo Riane Eisler Richard Rodriguez
“The Lucifer Effect” “The Chalice and the Blade” “Hunger of Memory”
NOTE: Tie-in with Writing for Change Conference at Grace Cathedral
August 2007
THE WORLD OF PUBLISHING
Elizabeth Pomada & Michael Larson
“How to Write a Book Proposal,”
“Painted Ladies”July 2007
YIDDISH POLICEMEN and OTHER THOUGHTS
Michael Chabon 
JUNE 2007
THE PERFECT CRIME
Steve Hockensmith JJ & Bette Lamb
“Holmes on the Range” 
“Heir Today,” “Bone Dry” 
Sarah Andrews Michael Kurland
“Fault Line” “The Empress of India” 
May 2007
LITERARY LANDSCAPES
Greg Sarris 
“Grand Avenue,” “Watermelon Nights”
“Grand Avenue,” “Watermelon Nights”Jean Hegland 
“Into the Forest”
“Into the Forest”
Word By Word:
Conversations With Writers
