In this episode of the Libro.fm podcast, Craig and Olivia sit down with Annie B. Jones—author of Ordinary Time: Lessons Learned While Staying Put, owner of The Bookshelf in Thomasville, Georgia, and host of the beloved From the Front Porch podcast.
Annie shares the inspiration behind her essay collection, how running an indie bookstore shaped her view of third places, and why books aren’t just escape, but flashlights guiding us back into connection with the world. Plus, see how Libro.fm is celebrating Independent Bookstore Day on April 26!
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I really think after I finish a good book, I am led to then go back out into the world as a bookseller, as a podcast host, as a friend, as a wife, as a daughter. Books give me the courage to do that. They fill up my cup and enable me to go out in the world and be who I need to be.
—Annie B. Jones on the Libro.fm Podcast
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About our guest
Annie B. Jones is a writer, podcaster, and the owner of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in Thomasville, Georgia. Jones hosts From the Front Porch, a weekly podcast about books, small business, and life in the South, and her work has been featured in Southern Living magazine. A native of Tallahassee, Florida, she lives in Thomasville with her husband, Jordan, and their dog, Sam Malone.
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Ordinary Time
By Annie B. Jones • Narrated by Annie B. Jones & Emily P. Freeman
Audiobooks discussed on today’s episode
Wild Dark Shore
By Charlotte McConaghy • Narrated by Cooper Mortlock, Katherine Littrell, Saskia Maarleveld & Steve West
Victorian Psycho
By Virginia Feito • Narrated by Anna Burnett
Woodworking
By Emily St. James • Narrated by L. Morgan Lee, Saoirse Ní Shúilleabháin & Emily St. James
