Author: Tracy Partridge-Johnson

Episode 9 – in this live reading from The Golden Telescope – Book One in my Jack and the Magic Hat Maker middle-grade fantasy series, I read Chapters Fifteen – Hope and Sixteen – Escape. In Chapter Fifteen, we walk along with Arthur Loyal, the Mac Paidin family butler, as he once again visits the…

Episode 8 – in this live reading from The Golden Telescope – Book One in my Jack and the Magic Hat Maker middle-grade fantasy series, I read Chapters Thirteen – Waterfront Convo and Fourteen – Followed. In Chapter Thirteen, we tag along with Jack as he meets Bart at Portland’s Waterfront Park and tells him…

Episode 7 in this live reading from The Golden Telescope features Chapters Eleven – Arthur, and Twelve – Introspection. In Chapter Eleven, Arthur Loyal, the Mac Paidin family butler, reviews Sir Edward Mac Paidin’s obituary. He goes on to reminisce about the day Sir Edward was notified that Ethan’s magical abilities had been activated. That…

Episode 6 in this live reading from The Golden Telescope features Chapters Nine – Cliff Notes, and Ten – Uncle Earl & Aunt Lizzie. In Chapter Nine, we join Sir Edward and his captors on the Cliffs of Moher, Ireland. In Chapter Ten, we meet Bill Flanagan, Bart’s dad, and owner of Flanagan’s Hobby Shop….

Episode 5 in this live reading from The Golden Telescope features Chapters Seven – Deception, and Eight – The Portal. In Chapter Seven, Thaddeus O’Brien notifies Inez Mac Paidin of Arthur’s appearance in Ethan’s bedroom. He tells her that her father, Sir Edward Mac Paidin, sent the family butler to abduct the boy, and take…

Episode 4 in this live reading from The Golden Telescope features Chapters Five – The Telescope and Six – The Dark Cabal. In Chapter Five, we return to the scene with Jack and Bart at Flanagan’s Hobby Shop in downtown Portland, Oregon. The two boys try to figure out the cause of Jack’s recent visionary…

Episode 3 in this live reading from The Golden Telescope – Book One in my Jack and the Magic Hat Maker middle-grade fantasy series, features Chapters Three: Ethan and Chapter Four: Eaves Dropping. In Chapter Three, we’ll learn more about how Sir Edward Mac Paidin crafts the magic teleportation hats and sends his trusted servant,…

Episode 2 in this live reading from The Golden Telescope features Chapter Two: Edward. In Chapter Two, we are introduced to Arthur “Arty” the Mac Paidin family butler, as well as Sir Edward Mac Paidin, Jack’s grandfather. We meet Edward’s two estranged, adult daughters, and Jack’s aunts; Inez and Clara Mac Paidin. We watch as…

Episode 1 – This first live reading from The Golden Telescope features the Prologue, as well as Chapter One: Jack. In the Prologue, we observe as a mysterious stranger magically materializes into a nursery where three small children are sleeping. He snips a clipping of hair from each of the children, placing them into envelopes,…