Off the Shelf Podcast

Off the Shelf is a radio/podcast show hosted by Kghia Gherardi and Simeon Beresford. The show focuses on interviews with authors, poets, publishers, editors, librarians, literary venue hosts, and other bookish people, both within Second Life and outside. Off the Shelf is produced by Kghia Gherardi, Simeon Beresford and Radio Riel. It can be heard on Radio Riel and the podcasts can be downloaded from this site and from iTunes.

 


Off the Shelf Schedule on Radio Riel

The Off the Shelf Season 4 broadcast schedule is as follows for each episode:

All times are North American Pacific Time.

  • First Sunday of the month – Main: 1:00pm – 2:00pm
  • The following Thursday – Reverie: 7:00pm – 8:00pm
  • The second following Monday – Dieselpunk: 1:00pm – 2:00pm
  • The second following Friday – Steampunk: 7:00pm – 8:00pm

A new Off the Shelf episode releases on the third Sunday of the month, and it will run on the same dates and times in the same pattern as the first episode of the month.

Interested in Appearing on a Future Off the Shelf Podcast?

If you are an author, book-relevant Second Life venue owner, librarian or other book enthusiast and you are interested in appearing on an Off the Shelf podcast, please visit our Request for Interview page.

Episodes

Season 4

Produced by Kghia Gherardi, Simeon Beresford for Radio Riel.

  • Episode 7: Teresa Edgerton
  • Episode 6: Kristine Kathryn Rusch (4 December 2011)
  • Episode 5: Robert J Sawyer (20 November 2011)
  • Episode 4: Barbara Hambly (30 October 2011)
  • Episode 3: Author LC Tyler (16 October 2011)
  • Episode 2: Author Geraldine Evans (2 October 2011)
  • Episode 1: Author Seanan McGuire/ Mira Grant (4 September 2011)

Season 3

Produced by Kghia Gherardi, Simeon Beresford and Radio Riel.

  • Episode 1: Publishers Adele Ward and Mike Fortune-Wood (19 September 2010)
  • Episode 2: Author Daniel Wallace (3 October 2010)
  • Episode 3: Librarians of the Community Virtual Library: Samantha Tompson, Rhonda Trueman, and Bill Sower (17 October 2010)
  • Episode 4: Author Marjorie M. Liu (6 November 2010)
  • Episode 5: Author Nancy Holzner (5 December 2010)
  • Episode 6: Donna Fletcher Crow (16 January 2011/rerecorded 14 March 2011)
  • Episode 7: Janny Wurts (6 February 2011)
  • Episode 8: Gail Carriger (6 March 2011)
  • Episode 9: MK Hobson (16 April 2011)
  • Episode 10: Michael A Stackpole (1 May 2011)
  • Episode 11: Jane Nissen (22 May 2011)

Season 2

Produced by Kghia Gherardi, Simeon Beresford and Radio Riel.

  • Episode 1: Author Vicki Pettersson (10 January 2010)
  • Episode 2: Tammy Domike (BookemJackson Streeter) of Jackson Street Books (24 January 2010)
  • Episode 3: Science Fiction Authors Steve Miller and Sharon Lee (14 February 2010)
  • Episode 4: Crime Novelist Peter May (28 February 2010)
  • Episode 5: Science Fiction and Horror Author Mark Eller (14 March 2010)
  • Episode 6: Journalist Mitch Wagner (28 March 2010)
  • Episode 7: Writer Crap Mariner/Laurence Simon (11 April 2010)
  • Episode 8: Writer Robert E Vardeman (25 April 2010)
  • Episode 9: Cassandra Curtis (9 May 2010)
  • Episode 10: Viv Trafalgar (23 May 2010)
  • Episode 11: Rae Lori (6 June 2010)

Season 1

Produced by Kghia Gherardi, Simeon Beresford, Dilana Llewlleyn,  Xinoxi Han and Radio Riel.

  • Episode 1: Derry McMahon and Jenaia Morane (15 Mar 2009)
  • Episode 2: Persephone Phoenix and Alas Zerbino (29 Mar 2009)
  • Episode 3: Manx Wharton and Explorer Dastardly (12 Apr 2009) | Show Notes
  • Episode 4: Glenn Manewell and Mark Eller (27 Apr 2009) – due to technical difficulties, this episode did not record. We will have the guest back on the show soon.
  • Episode 5: Mark Eller and Mark W. Worthen (10 May 2009)
  • Episode 6: Debbie De Louise (Dulcie Mills) (24 May 2009) | Show Notes
  • Episode 7: Melissa Mayhue, Elaine Levine, and Tiffany James (7 June 2009 ) | Show Notes
  • Episode 8: Emerian Rich (Emz Mazie) (28 June 2009) | Show Notes
  • Episode 9: Adele Ward (Jilly Kidd) (12 July 2009) | Show Notes
  • Episode 10: Widget Whiteberry and Kat Klaybourne (26 July 2009) | Show Notes
  • Episode 11: Caledonia Skytower & Shandon Loring (9 August 2009) | Show Notes
  • Episode 12: Saffia Widdershins (23 August 2009)
  • Episode 13: Tobias Buckell (6 September 2009)
  • Episode 14: ToryLynn Writer (20 September 2009)

Off the Shelf Cast and Crew

Kghia Gherardi – co-host, producer and book geek

Kghia Gherardi is an Aquarius, but her typist is a Gemini. One is a water sign, the other air, so the result is a lot of steam.

Kghia is co-founder of Bookstacks, a volunteer at the Caledon Library, and she has been actively creating online reader communities for a decade.


Simeon Beresford – co-host, producer and confirmed reader

Simeon Beresford is younger and fitter than his typist. However he is also less intelligent, so their rivalry remains on the whole friendly.

Simeon is co-founder of Bookstacks, manager of Awen, and a wicked quiz master.


Gabrielle Riel – technical director and founder of Radio Riel

Gabrielle Riel is the Leader of Radio Riel and owner of two Estates in Second Life, Edison and New Toulouse.  She is dedicated to exploring the frontier of new media in virtual worlds.