The Hope Prose Podcast
The Hope Prose podcast is dedicated to hope-filled books – the authors who write them and the readers they inspire. We upload new episodes once every two weeks and hope to leave our listeners with sparks to ignite their own stories–whether in real life or fictional. We want our podcast to be a place that inspires you to live a life of creative purpose through reading, writing, or maybe even singing. Words are kinda our thing. In our latest season, we are going back to the heart of why we write and interviewing authors who love hope-filled, deeply human stories as much as we do.
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Episode 122 - Don Pape on Writing Stories That Last
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In this episode of Hope Prose, Tara has the joy of speaking with one of her favourite literary citizens: not a writer, but a voracious reader, friend, husband to Ruth, father, and her beloved agent, Don Pape.
Don is the founder of Pape Commons, a collaborative and creative community that leans into each other and embraces one another’s gifts. Bringing over thirty years of experience from publishers such as Doubleday, the Random House imprint, and WaterBrook, Don pairs his passion for excellent stories and ideas with a mission to bring those voices to the readers who need them.
Listen in as they discuss what makes a story stand the test of time, which stories have resonated most closely with Don, how stories can serve different purposes for us across our lifespan, and why we need to continue creating.
You can find out more about Pape Commons at www. papecommons.com
A Reading List of books Don mentioned:
Whale Island, Mary Beth Keane
Stone Angel, Margaret Lawrence
What the Fireflines Knew, Kai Harris
The Hobbit, C.S. Lewis
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