Episode 11 - Applied Curiosity and Telling Your Story with Historian Karen Stade
A Little Bit BookedShow Notes
Historian and writer Karen Stade joins A Little Bit Booked to talk about her career from journalist to historian, the importance of regional social history and the questions everyone should ask their grandparents for posterity.
Books mentioned in this episode: - The Private Life of Helen of Troy, John Erskine - Finding Private Webber, Angela Fitchett (Writes Hill Press) - No, I Don't Get Danger Money: Confessions of an Accidental War Correspondent, Lisette Reymer (Allen & Unwin NZ) - John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs, Ian Leslie (Faber & Faber) - Everything But the Medicine: A Doctor’s Tale, Lucy O’Hagan (Massey University Press)
Karen’s books mentioned in this episode are: - Aim High – Nelson Central School 125 - Pasta, Prayer & Promise (co-written with Karen Price) - The Suttons of Richmond: Farming, Family, Faith - Appo Hocton - Driven by the Wind: The Memoir of Captain Henry Rose - The Nelson Club: 1874-2024
Learn more about Karen, her books and commissioning your own family or business history at www.historinz.co.nz
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