Between the Pages: A Bradford Press Podcast
Between the Pages: A Bradford Press Podcast Stories don’t end when the book closes. Between the Pages is a storytelling podcast from Bradford Press, where listeners step inside the worlds of the books themselves. Each week you’ll hear narrated readings, explore the characters behind the stories, and discover the inspirations that shaped them. From small-town cozy mysteries to gripping thrillers and immersive historical fiction, this podcast is for readers who want more than a summary — it’s for those who want to live inside the story. Pour a cup of Misty Lake Coffee, settle into your favorite chair, and join us as we bring novels to life one chapter at a time. New episodes released weekly. Continue the stories and find the books at: www.thecuratedshelf.store
Episodes
What makes someone a hero?
Is it courage? Duty? Compassion? The willingness to tell the truth when it would be easier to remain silent?
In this episode of Between the Pages, Brad Hanson steps beyond genre to explore one of storytelling's most enduring questions. Through three very different characters from three very different novels, he examines how heroism often ap...
How do you convince readers that a fictional world is real?
In this episode of Between the Pages, Brad Hanson takes listeners behind the scenes of The Secret Eye to explore one of the greatest challenges in historical fiction: earning a reader's trust.
Charlie Brand never existed.
Neither did Hadaki Yamatsumi, Lilly, or Gil.
Yet the world they inhabit is built upon years of historical research, decl...
Why tell a World War II story from both the American and Japanese perspective?
In this episode of Between the Pages, Bradford Press founder Brad Hanson takes listeners behind one of the most important creative decisions in writing The Secret Eye. Rather than telling the story through the eyes of only one nation, Brad explores why he chose to follow two young men—Charlie Brand, an American radar...
Every story has an origin.
Sometimes it begins with a character.
Sometimes with a forgotten moment in history.
And sometimes it begins with a person who quietly changes your life.
Season Two of Between the Pages opens with the deeply personal story behind The Secret Eye, Bradford Press's World War II historical novel honoring the radar operators whose co...
History tells us what happened. Historical fiction asks what it felt like to live through it.
In Episode 25 of Between the Pages, we complete our three-part exploration of genre by turning to The Heart of Historical Fiction. Through readings from The Secret Eye, we follow Charlie Brand from secret radar training and the laboratories of MIT to the deck of the USS Lexington, where ne...
What keeps us turning just one more page?
Is it the danger? The chase? The conspiracy? Or is it something deeper?
In this episode of Between the Pages, we continue our exploration of literary genres by stepping into the high-stakes world of the thriller through three readings from The Miami Connection. Host Brad examines how the best thrillers are built&...
Episode 23 – The Heart of a Cozy Mystery
What is it that keeps readers coming back to cozy mysteries long after the final page?
In this episode of Between the Pages, we explore what truly makes the cozy mystery genre so enduring. While every great cozy begins with an intriguing mystery, its lasting appeal comes from something deeper—a sense of comfort, memorable characters who f...
Every unforgettable story eventually asks the same question:
What keeps us moving forward when every reason says we should quit?
In this episode of Between the Pages, we explore one of storytelling’s most enduring themes—hope. Not the easy optimism that ignores hardship, but the quiet resilience that emerges after loss, sacrifice,...
There comes a moment in every great story when the mystery has been solved—but the real journey is only beginning.
In Episode 21 of Between the Pages, The Weight of the Truth, we explore what happens after the truth finally comes to light. Because discovering the truth is one thing. Living with it is something entirely different.
Through three power...
Every story has an adversary.
But the most memorable enemies rarely see themselves as villains.
In Episode 20 of Between the Pages, we explore one of storytelling’s most fascinating questions: What happens when the person standing in the way of the truth genuinely believes they are doing the right thing?
Through readin...
Episode 19: The First Time Everything Changes
Every great story contains a moment when everything changes.
A moment when curiosity becomes responsibility. When questions become consequences. When ordinary people realize they can no longer walk away.
In this episode of Between the Pages, we explore the turning points that transform investigators, journalists, and soldiers into...
Every great story has someone standing in the way of the truth.
In Episode 18 of Between the Pages, we explore one of storytelling’s most important elements: the villain.
Not simply the bad guy.
Not merely the person who commits the crime.
But the force that opposes truth, challenges heroes, protects secrets, and ra...
Sometimes history changes because people act.
And sometimes it changes because they don’t.
In Episode 17 of Between the Pages, we explore the moments when warnings were ignored, questions went unanswered, and dangerous truths remained buried.
Through readings from The Secret Eye, The Miami Connection, and The...
Before history remembers the battles… there were goodbyes.
In this emotional episode of Between the Pages, we step away from strategy, ships, and wartime headlines to explore the deeply human cost of stepping into uncertainty.
Through moving readings from The Secret Eye, we follow Charlie Brand as his journey toward war is unexpectedly transformed by...
Every great mystery has a moment when curiosity becomes consequence.
A hidden chamber beneath an old estate. A dangerous lead in a cartel investigation. A secret uncovered beneath a ruined lighthouse.
In Episode 15 of Between the Pages, we explore the storytelling moment that changes everything: the first wrong move.
Jo...
In small towns, secrets rarely belong to just one person.
In this episode of Between the Pages, we return to Tumblebrook to explore one of the defining elements of the cozy mystery genre: the quiet, unspoken secrets hidden beneath the surface of seemingly peaceful communities.
Through three atmospheric readings from The Bookseller’s Secret, Misde...
Before the first battle is fought… courage has already begun to take shape.
In this episode of Between the Pages, we continue the parallel journeys of Charlie Brand and Hadaki Yamatsumi as they step into the early days of wartime preparation—where uncertainty, discipline, and responsibility begin to redefine who they are.
Through three imm...
At what point does curiosity stop being a choice… and become something you can’t walk away from?
In this episode of Between the Pages, we explore the psychology of investigators—those who continue asking questions even when the answers begin to lead somewhere dangerous.
Through three immersive readings, we follow...
Every town carries its own history—some written in books… and others passed quietly from one voice to another.
In this episode of Between the Pages, we return to Tumblebrook to explore how small-town memory shapes the mysteries hidden beneath its charming surface. Through three readings, we uncover how local legends, whispered warnings, and long-forgott...
Mysteries rarely begin with dramatic discoveries.
More often, they start with something small — a name written where it shouldn’t be, a forgotten journal, or a detail that suddenly refuses to be ignored.
In this episode of Between the Pages, we explore how great mystery stories are built from subtle clues and careful observation. Through readings set i...
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