Karl Ove Knausgaard closes the book on his autobiographical series

Posted on 09/18/2018 at 09:53 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

What are the side effects of finishing a six-volume series of autobiographical novels? Well, your family might have a fe...

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Kate Atkinson discusses her latest novel

Posted on 09/12/2018 at 12:30 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Kate Atkinson fans (and we know there are many of you), today is your lucky day! The author of the bestselling Life Afte...

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Tagged As: Author interview, Historical fiction, Podcast, The Guardian

What Harry Potter means to his fans

Posted on 09/07/2018 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

In case you missed it, this year is the twentieth anniversary of the Harry Potter books’ publication. Among the ma...

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Tagged As: Children's literature, Podcast

Ready to listen to a book, one podcast at a time?

Posted on 07/27/2018 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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Old meets new: Are serialized novels done by podcast about to be the next thing? BookRiot contributor Annika Barranti Kl...

Tagged As: Audiobook, BookRiot, Podcast

Have you heard of the bag-beg merger?

Posted on 07/22/2018 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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Grammar Girl Mignon Fogarty received some unexpected feedback from her episode on aggravate versus irritate. It wasn&rsq...

Tagged As: Grammar Girl, Just for fun, Podcast

Listen to Jhumpa Lahiri read a short story

Posted on 07/11/2018 at 06:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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Happy birthday, Jhumpa Lahiri! The Pulitzer Prize winner and Guggenheim Fellow turned fifty-one today. To celebrate, The...

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Tagged As: Podcast, Short story

Robin Williams biographer appears on The Book Show podcast

Posted on 07/01/2018 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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New York Times culture reporter Dave Itzkoff has written a biography of beloved comedian/actor Robin Williams, titled si...

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Michael Pollan takes a bite out of a new subject

Posted on 06/26/2018 at 05:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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Love Michael Pollan’s food writing? Well, he's consuming something slightly different nowadays. Pollan, a...

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Tagged As: Nonfiction, Podcast, The Guardian

Former Obama advisor chats about new memoir

Posted on 06/18/2018 at 09:13 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Memoir of "Pod Save America" co-host and advisor to former President Barack Obama

Dan Pfeiffer, one of President Barack Obama’s longest-serving advisors, has written a memoir about his time in the...

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Tagged As: Memoir, New release, NPR, Podcast

Author Q&A: Katie Ganshert

Posted on 06/14/2018 at 08:53 AM by Jeffrey Bruner

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We can’t resist celebrating fellow Midwesterners, and author Katie Ganshert is well worth feting. Ganshert, who wa...

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