Life on Words

“What has your life in books cost you — and what has it given you in return?”

A podcast about the life behind the work.

Life on Words is a podcast about building a life around books and writing — what the work costs, what it gives back, and how a career in words ends up shaping the person behind it. Guests are working writers, agents, booksellers, and other book people at every stage of the journey. Not a craft show, not a book-promo circuit: a conversation about the life behind the work.

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Life on Words launches August 12.

Jul 30, 2026 · 2 min

A podcast about the life behind the work — conversations with writers, agents, booksellers, and other book people about one question: What has your life in books cost you, and what has it given you in return?Hosted by Terry Heath of White Rabbit Book Co. First episodes feature novelist Susan Wiggs, author Christina Braver, and Bainbridge Island Press founder Ben Rockwood — with agents, poets, booksellers, and publishers to follow.New conversations every Wednesday. Follow now so the first episodes land in your feed.<a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://lifeonwords.com" target="_blank">lifeonwords.com</a>

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Life on Words grows out of Terry Heath’s own life on words: years as a college English instructor, a bookseller, an events planner, and countless conversations with writers and readers. Terry runs White Rabbit Book Co. and the Inkhorn Writers’ Conference.