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Samantha Allen—GLAAD Award-winning journalist and the author of Love & Estrogen (Amazon Original Stories)—was in the store for an exciting talk about her new book Real Queer America. Ten years ago, Allen was a suit-and-tie-wearing Mormon missionary. Now she's a senior Daily Beast reporter happily married to another woman. A lot in her life has changed, but what hasn't … Continue reading Samantha Allen Podcast
Last month, Thomas Mallon joined us to discuss his new novel, Landfall. If you missed it, check out our podcast recording of it here. You can also find The BookPeople Podcast on iTunes, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Mallon is the author of ten novels, including Henry and Clara, Dewey Defeats Truman, Fellow Travelers, and Watergate. Fellow Travelers has been … Continue reading BookPeople Podcast: Thomas Mallon
BookPeople hosted bestselling author Jasper Fforde with his new hit novel Early Riser. Jasper Fforde gave up his career in the film industry when his novel The Eyre Affair debuted on the New York Times bestseller list in 2002. He is the author of the Thursday Next series, the Nursery Crimes series, and Shades of Grey. In Early Riser, every … Continue reading Jasper Fforde Podcast
Charlie Jane Anders is the former editor-in-chief of io9.com, the popular Gawker Media site devoted to science fiction and fantasy. Her debut novel, All the Birds in the Sky, won the Nebula Award for Best Novel and was a Hugo Award finalist. Her story, "Six Months, Three Days" won a Hugo Award. She has also had … Continue reading Podcast with Charlie Jane Anders
We've got another podcast ready for you! We recently had Melissa Broder in the store. She is the author of the essay collection So Sad Today and four poetry collections, including Last Sext. Her poetry has appeared in Poetry, The Iowa Review, Tin House, Guernica, Fence, The Missouri Review, and others. She writes regularly for Vice and Lena Dunham’s Lenny Letter, and … Continue reading Podcast with Melissa Broder
Happy Friday! We've got a new podcast up! We recently had Tim Johnston in the store talking about his newest novel The Current. Tim is the author of the New York Times bestseller Descent, as well as a young adult novel, Never So Green, and the story collection Irish Girl, winner of the Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Short Fiction. In … Continue reading Podcast with Tim Johnston
Sam Lipsyte is the author of the story collections Venus Drive and The Fun Parts and four novels: Hark, The Ask, The Subject Steve, and Home Land, which was a New York Times Notable Book and received the first annual Believer Book Award. He is also the recipient of a Guggenheim fellowship. Sam was in the store last week for an event with his newest novel, Hark, which … Continue reading New Podcast: Sam Lipsyte
BookPeople has a new podcast up featuring one of our favorite local authors. Amy Gentry was back in the store just a few weeks ago with her newest novel, Last Woman Standing. In this new thriller, Dana Diaz is an aspiring stand-up comedian—a woman in a man’s world. When she meets a tough computer programmer … Continue reading New Podcast with Amy Gentry
We've just posted a new podcast on the new BookPeople podcast. Christopher Kimball was one of our favorite authors to visit last Fall. We were drooling over all the yummy recipes in his newest book Milk Street: Tuesday Nights: More than 200 Simple Weeknight Suppers that Deliver Bold Flavor, Fast. Christopher Kimball's Milk Street is located … Continue reading New Podcast: Christopher Kimball
Hey folks, have you heard the news that BookPeople has launched our very own podcast?! We're proud to host about 400 events every year with authors of all kinds, and we know you can't make it to all of them. Now a select number of those events will be available in podcast form. In addition … Continue reading New Podcast with Erin Gibson
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