Sep 24, 2013
Introducing our new sponsor. Discussing the changes at the Man Booker Prize. Recommendations for Songs of Willow Frost by Jamie Ford, and At the Bottom of Everything by Ben Dolnick
Starting next week, Books on the Nightstand episodes will be sponsored by Audiobooks.com. Our official referral link...
Sep 18, 2013
More listener questions, e-books only: to discuss or not?, J.Robert Lennon's Happyland, Matt Fraction's Hawkeye, and Alex by Pierre LeMaitre...
We answer some of the quetions that listeners submitted via our BOTNS Q&A form, covering some of the following topics:
Bestseller lists: do...
Sep 11, 2013
News about Sherman Alexie's campaign to put authors to work at bookstores; what we read on our summer vacation, Five Days at Memorial and Claire of the Sea Light..
This week, author Sherman Alexie wrote an impassioned letter to authors ("Hello, hello, you gorgeous book nerds" is how he began). Alexie...
Sep 4, 2013
Commonplace Books, a look at Southern fiction, and recommendations for Late Wife: Poems and The Funeral Dress.
I'm very pleased to welcome Susan Gregg Gilmore to the podcast, as my guest co-host this week!
Many years ago, I came upon the concept of a "commonplace book," which, according to Wikipedia,...