Best Caroline Leech Podcasts (2024)

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#31 - Norah Woodsey and Kealani Natane 53:55

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Norah Woodsey, is an indie author, with three novels, THE CONTROL PROBLEM and LIFELESS, and the novella WHEN THE WAVE COLLAPSES. Her next book, THE STATES, will be out in April 2024. After short careers in finance and tech, Norah began writing novels featuring subjects of which she says she has “intense interest but not quite expertise”, such as hi…

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#30 - Emily Bain Murphy talks comp titles and overcoming nerves 49:44

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Emily Bain Murphy is the author of two gorgeous magical fantasy books for young adults - THE DISAPPEARANCES and SPLINTERS OF SCARLET - and has this month published her first novel for adults, ENCHANTED HILL, with Union Square & Company, Emily has not only transitioned to writing for an adult audience, she's also turned to the world of a detective a…

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#29 - Kathryn Casey - from true crime to historical fiction 52:48

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Kathryn Casey is an award-winning journalist and the author of eleven true crime books and seven crime fiction novels. As a journalist, Casey has written more than a hundred national magazine articles and pieces for The Washington Post, the Boston Globe, and the Houston Chronicle. Her true crime story, DEADLY LITTLE SECRETS was made into a movie, S…

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#28 - NaNoWriMo 2023 - Five great tips for your social media 20:48

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Today is November 1st, the opening day of National Novel Writing Month – or NaNoWriMo which takes place every November, as writers from all over the world come together, in person and online, to write 50,000 words in just 30 days. I'm a big fan of NaNoWriMo, because the book I drafted during NaNoWriMo 2010 ended up being published as WAIT FOR ME, m…

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#27 - Dhonielle Clayton & P. Djèlí Clark - MG authors 1:09:28

6M ago1:09:28

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Welcome to the new season of Author and Audiences, and we're starting off with my recent in-person conversation with two incredible middle-grade authors - Dhonielle Clayton and P. Djèlí Clark- during Banned Books Week 2023 Dhonielle Clayton is an NYT bestselling YA and middle grade author. She is COO of the hugely influential non-profit We Need Div…

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The best advice from Season 1 33:49

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I’m so delighted to be back here with you on your favorite podcast app, and I'm absolutely thrilled to kick off my second season, which I hope you will listen to, love and learn from along with me. This season, I’ll still be bringing you fantastic authors, ready to share with you their stories, their experiences and their advice to help you build y…

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The countdown is on - Season 2 is almost here 3:16

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Season 2 of Authors & Audiences begins this week, so to make sure you don't miss any of the coming episodes, please subscribe to the show on your favorite podcast provider. Please Rate, Review, & Subscribe to Authors & Audiences! Sign up for my newsletter Music by Oleg Kirilkov - #We StandWithUkraine…

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#25 - Joy Preble & Melissa Buron discuss school visits 1:11:32

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PART THREE – THE SCHOOL VISITS SERIES – EXTENDED EPISODE Joy Preble is both a successful YA author, and the Children’s Programming Director at Brazos Bookstore in Houston. Her first picture book, Lost and Found Hanukkah, will be published in 2025 by Chronicle Books. Melissa Buron is one of Houston Independent School District’s Library Media Special…

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#24 - Scott Reintgen and the science of School Visits 1:12:31

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PART TWO – THE SCHOOL VISITS SERIES – EXTENDED EPISODE Scott Reintgen is a young adult and middle grade author, who specializes in writing fantasy and science fiction. His tenth novel, A Door in the Dark, which came out this week from Simon & Schuster, is the first installment of his Waxwings series. His other series are the Nyxia Triad and Ashlord…

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#23 - Performance poet Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton marks International Women's Day 49:07

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Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton is an internationally-known writer, librettist, educator, activist and performer. She began as a slam poet, competing regularly in national poetry slams, and was even voted one of the top performance poets in the world. In 2017, she was the first African American to be appointed as Poet Laureate of Houston, In 2019 her poetr…

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#22 - MG debut, Lisa Stringfellow talks Black History Month and School Visits 56:42

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To mark Black History Month, I talk this week to Lisa Stringfellow, whose debut middle-grade fantasy novel, A Comb of Wishes, was published last February by HarperCollins/Quill Tree Books. The paperback came out this month, and it tells the story of a 12 year old Black girl as she deals with loss and longing. A Comb of Wishes won Kweli Journal’s in…

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#21 Ghostwriter L.A. Mitchell pulls back the curtain on publishing's best kept secret 1:03:04

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Bestselling author L.A. Mitchell published her first story—a time travel short called THE LOST HIGHWAY—in 2008. Since then, she has published over 33 works of fiction and non-fiction as a ghostwriter. Her works include memoir, business non-fiction, self-help, young adult, women’s fiction, and—most prevalently—romance. Spotlights have been turned re…

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#20 - Louise Marburg, short story writer 47:16

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Louise Marburg is the author of three short story collections – The Truth About Me, No Diving Allowed and her latest one, You have reached your Destination, which came out in November. Her stories have also been published in any number of highly respected literary journals and she’s won awards for them too. Louise’s new collection captures turning …

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#19 Amelia McHenry shares wisdom on setting goals for 2023 1:02:07

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Amelia McHenry is a Technical Writer and Business Analyst, meaning she examines business processes and produces manuals and timelines for them. She’s also a certified money, marketing and soul coach, and founder of Dodona Coaching. She offers her clients the support and encouragement they need to follow their dreams to fruition, and she also helps …

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#18 - The Holiday Survival Guide, and Caroline shares plans for A&A in 2023 15:24

1+ y ago15:24

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Caroline shares her Holiday Survival Guide for authors and illustrators. Her five tips will help you as a writer or author so you can not just survive the holidays, but usefully make the most of them. That way you'll be ready to go into 2023 with a whole load of tools in your author tool box. Before that, however, Caroline shares her plans for Auth…

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#17 Lizzy Dent faces the A&A Q&A . . . 14:33

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Lizzy Dent is a bestselling women's fiction author. Her first novel for women – The Summer Job - came out in 2021 and her second , The Set Up, came out this year, in 2022. Before her move into adult fiction , Lizzy wrote a three Young Adult novels, under her real name, Rebecca Denton, all set in and around the music scene, called This Beats Perfect…

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#16 Bestseller Lizzy Dent talks about her transition from writing as "an expensive hobby" to giving up her dayjob 59:50

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Lizzy Dent is a bestselling women's fiction author. Her first novel for women – The Summer Job - came out in 2021 and her second , The Set Up, came out this year, in 2022. Before her move into adult fiction , Lizzy wrote a three Young Adult novels, under her real name, Rebecca Denton, all set in and around the music scene, called This Beats Perfect…

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#15 The 2022 Debuts meet the 2023 Debuts - live webinar Part 2 1:02:38

1+ y ago1:02:38

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Last weekend, I invited eight amazing authors who had all debuted in 2022 to join me in presenting a free webinar to a gathering of 2023 Debuts. As you may have heard in Part 1 of the webinar, I had helped the 22s with a webinar this time last year, and so we reconvened to share what had gone well in their debut year, and which of the strategies an…

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#14 The 2022 Debuts meet the 2023 Debuts - live webinar Part 1 1:03:01

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This weekend, I invited eight amazing authors who had all debuted in 2022 to join me in presenting a free webinar to a gathering of 2023 Debuts. As you’ll hear, I had helped the 22s with a webinar this time last year, and so we reconvened to share what had gone well in their debut year, and which of the strategies and tips they’d learned from me a …

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#12 Cathy Berner from Blue Willow Bookshop shares the lowdown on book launches 1:00:38

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Cathy Berner qualified as a school librarian up in the frozen north, but very quickly found her way to Texas, where she's been a bookseller at Blue Willow Bookshop in Houston for the last 18 years. She's Children/Teen Coordinator and the Event Coordinator, and is the curator of three book festivals in Texas: the Bookworm Festival for picture book r…

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#11 - Laurel Goodluck, picture book author, faces the A&A Q&A 14:51

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Laurel Goodluck is a debut author who writes picture books with modern Native American themes that reflect Native children’s cultural experiences and everyday life, showing Native children that they have a perspective that is unique and powerful. To find out more about Laurel, visit her website, or follow her on Instagram. To buy Laurel's debut pic…

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#10 - Laurel Goodluck, debut picture book author talks about celebrating her Native American heritage, and about only doing the social media she enjoys 50:46

1+ y ago50:46

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Laurel Goodluck writes picture books with modern Native American themes that reflect Native children’s cultural experiences and everyday life, showing Native children that they have a perspective that is unique and powerful. Laurel comes from an intertribal background of Mandan and Hidatsa from the prairies of North Dakota, and Tsimshian from a rai…

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#9 - Newbery Medal winner, Tae Keller, faces the A&A Q&A 14:05

1+ y ago14:05

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In this episode, Tae Keller faces the A&A Q&A, with host, Caroline Leech. Tae Keller's first book – THE SCIENCE OF BREAKABLE THINGS - was published in 2018, and she then won the 100th Newbery Medal in 2021 for her second book, WHEN YOU TRAP A TIGER. This year, Tae has had three books out - JENNIFER CHAN IS NOT ALONE came out in April, and in May ca…

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#8 - Tae Keller, the Newbery Medal-winning middle-grade author, talks about the Newbery, stories behind stories, and setting boundaries 35:41

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Tae Keller's first book – THE SCIENCE OF BREAKABLE THINGS - was published in 2018, and she then won the 100th Newbery Medal in 2021 for her second book, WHEN YOU TRAP A TIGER. This year, Tae has had three books out - JENNIFER CHAN IS NOT ALONE came out in April, and in May came Tae’s contribution to Chelsea Clinton’s chapter book series, SHE PERSIS…

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#7 - What could you do if you weren't afraid? 13:56

1+ y ago13:56

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In today's episode, Caroline digs deeper into what we might do to answer the question, "What could I do if I weren't afraid?" following the three basic questions she asked in episode 1, and her conversation last week with author, Chris Cander. Please Rate, Review, & Subscribe to Authors & Audiences! Sign up for my newsletter Music by Oleg Kirilkov …

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#6 - Bestselling author, Chris Cander, faces the A&A Q&A 21:16

1+ y ago21:16

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Chris Cander is the USA Today bestselling author of THE WEIGHT OF A PIANO, which was named an Indie Next Great Read in both hardcover and paperback and which the New York Times called, “immense, intense and imaginative,” WHISPER HOLLOW, also named an Indie Next Great Read, and 11 STORIES, named by Kirkus as one of the best books of 2013 and winner …

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#5 - Chris Cander, bestselling novelist talks about her neighborhood and combatting stage fright 55:41

1+ y ago55:41

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Chris Cander's latest novel, A GRACIOUS NEIGHBOR, was released in July 2022. She is the USA Today bestselling author of THE WEIGHT OF A PIANO, which was named an Indie Next Great Read in both hardcover and paperback and which the New York Times called, "immense, intense and imaginative,” WHISPER HOLLOW, also named an Indie Next Great Read, and 11 S…

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#4 - Community - what that is and where to find it 27:05

1+ y ago27:05

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In today's episode, Caroline digs deeper into what community means to writers, following her conversation last week with fellow 2017 Debut, Tiffany D Jackson. In it, she talks about the importance of her own writing communities as a way of helping you identify where you can find your own. These include: Eleri Grace - author of the WW2 Romance Clubm…

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#3 - YA bestseller, Tiffany D Jackson faces the A&A Q&A 11:56

1+ y ago11:56

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Tiffany D. Jackson is the NYT Bestselling, award-winning author of YA novels Monday’s Not Coming, Allegedly, Let Me Hear A Rhyme, Grown, White Smoke, Santa in The City, The Weight of Blood, and co-author of Blackout. A Coretta Scott King — John Steptoe New Talent Award-winner and the NAACP Image Award-nominee, she received her bachelor of arts in f…

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#2 - Tiffany D Jackson, YA bestseller, talks about community and confidence 42:20

1+ y ago42:20

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Tiffany D. Jackson is the NYT Bestselling, award-winning author of YA novels Monday’s Not Coming, Allegedly, Let Me Hear A Rhyme, Grown, White Smoke, Santa in The City, The Weight of Blood, and co-author of Blackout. A Coretta Scott King — John Steptoe New Talent Award-winner and the NAACP Image Award-nominee, she received her bachelor of arts in f…

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#1 - EPISODE 1 OF AUTHORS & AUDIENCES - INTRODUCTIONS 22:02

1+ y ago22:02

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In this opening episode of Authors & Audiences, Caroline Leech, introduces her plans for the podcast over the coming week, and takes listeners back to basics by asking three simple but important questions. Please Rate, Review, & Subscribe to Authors & Audiences! Sign up for my newsletter Music by Oleg Kirilkov - #We StandWithUkraine…

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Authors & Audiences: the trailer 2:54

1+ y ago2:54

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This is the trailer for the new podcast, Authors & Audiences. Podcaster, YA author and presentation coach, Caroline Leech, introduces her plans for the podcast, which will include interviews with authors and other publishing and media professionals, as well as deep-digging into the sort of topics which help authors present themselves in public with…

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#31 - Norah Woodsey and Kealani Natane 53:55

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#30 - Emily Bain Murphy talks comp titles and overcoming nerves 49:44

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#29 - Kathryn Casey - from true crime to historical fiction 52:48

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#28 - NaNoWriMo 2023 - Five great tips for your social media 20:48

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#27 - Dhonielle Clayton & P. Djèlí Clark - MG authors 1:09:28

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The best advice from Season 1 33:49

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The countdown is on - Season 2 is almost here 3:16

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#25 - Joy Preble & Melissa Buron discuss school visits 1:11:32

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#24 - Scott Reintgen and the science of School Visits 1:12:31

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#23 - Performance poet Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton marks International Women's Day 49:07

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#22 - MG debut, Lisa Stringfellow talks Black History Month and School Visits 56:42

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#21 Ghostwriter L.A. Mitchell pulls back the curtain on publishing's best kept secret 1:03:04

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#20 - Louise Marburg, short story writer 47:16

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#19 Amelia McHenry shares wisdom on setting goals for 2023 1:02:07

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#18 - The Holiday Survival Guide, and Caroline shares plans for A&A in 2023 15:24

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#17 Lizzy Dent faces the A&A Q&A . . . 14:33

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#16 Bestseller Lizzy Dent talks about her transition from writing as "an expensive hobby" to giving up her dayjob 59:50

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#15 The 2022 Debuts meet the 2023 Debuts - live webinar Part 2 1:02:38

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#14 The 2022 Debuts meet the 2023 Debuts - live webinar Part 1 1:03:01

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#12 Cathy Berner from Blue Willow Bookshop shares the lowdown on book launches 1:00:38

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#11 - Laurel Goodluck, picture book author, faces the A&A Q&A 14:51

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#10 - Laurel Goodluck, debut picture book author talks about celebrating her Native American heritage, and about only doing the social media she enjoys 50:46

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#9 - Newbery Medal winner, Tae Keller, faces the A&A Q&A 14:05

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#8 - Tae Keller, the Newbery Medal-winning middle-grade author, talks about the Newbery, stories behind stories, and setting boundaries 35:41

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#7 - What could you do if you weren't afraid? 13:56

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#6 - Bestselling author, Chris Cander, faces the A&A Q&A 21:16

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#5 - Chris Cander, bestselling novelist talks about her neighborhood and combatting stage fright 55:41

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#4 - Community - what that is and where to find it 27:05

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#3 - YA bestseller, Tiffany D Jackson faces the A&A Q&A 11:56

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#2 - Tiffany D Jackson, YA bestseller, talks about community and confidence 42:20

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#1 - EPISODE 1 OF AUTHORS & AUDIENCES - INTRODUCTIONS 22:02

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Authors & Audiences: the trailer 2:54

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