S5:E6 - S.D. Smith & 'The Green Ember'

About this episode

Carolyn Clare Givens interviews S.D. Smith about his work and creative journey related to 'The Green Ember'.

Carolyn Clare Givens interviews S.D. Smith ( The Green Ember ) about where the Green Ember came from, how he seeks to serve his audience, how he stumbled into a grace-filled vocation (albeit with hard work and a calling) and the strange concatenation of events that could possibly align to allow for an entire barbecue restaurant to be filled with only bearded men on a Tuesday! Sam is also releasing a new Green Ember book: The Lost Legend ! Carrie and Sam further discuss his role in the Oscar nominated short film Forevergreen directed by Nathan Engelhardt and Jeremy Spears . Mentioned in this episode: * S.D. Smith’s Site * The Lost Legend - S.D. Smith * The Green Ember Series - S.D. Smith * Forevergreen - Short Film by Nathan Englehardt and Jeremy Spears * “Leporine” Definition * Withywindle Podcast * CiRCE Institute * Sarah MacKenzie - Read-Aloud Revival * Tale of the Three Trees Click to learn more about Bandersnatch Books ! www.bandersnatchbooks.com Special Thanks to: Son of Laughter for our theme song: “Cricket in a Jar.” Evelyn Warnemuende for our artwork. S.D.G. Morgan for audio engineering: sdgmorgan.substack.com & bammerhab.substack.com This is a public episode. If you…

People in this episode

Host: Carolyn Clare Givens

Guest: S.D. Smith

Topics covered

• interview
• children's literature
• storytelling
• creative process
• film adaptation

Keywords

• S.D. Smith
• The Green Ember
• The Lost Legend
• Forevergreen
• children's books

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CiRCE Institute, Withywindle Podcast, Bandersnatch Books

Products: The Green Ember, The Lost Legend

Books & works: Forevergreen, Tale of the Three Trees

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