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Dec 2025

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A 14th-Century Boys’ School & a Myth of ...

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For the final episode of this season, Tsh chats with Abigail Favale, a fellow author and all-around great gal. She shares her childhood book—one Tsh has never heard of—and one she’s read as an adult that’s been on Tsh’s TBR list for absolute ever.* Abigail Favale’s new novel, Our ... Show More

A Magical Wardrobe & A 1953 Foul Ball

Shawn Smucker co-owns an independent bookshop in his town with his wife, and is also a long-time author of several books. He shares with Tsh a classic, perennial favorite childhood book, as well as one of his go-tos from adulthood.* Shawn Smucker’s newsletter, The Courage to Live ... Show More

Fighting Dementors & 19th-Century Parables

Autumn Kern is a mom of four who releases bookish videos in a space called, delightfully enough, The Commonplace, and also hosts Common House, a space for homeschooling moms to get their bearings in the classical Charlotte Mason world. She shares with Tsh a favorite childhood boo ... Show More

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