Jul 29, 2015

What Penguin Random House’s sales conference and warehouse are like. Plus, don’t forget about The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell, or Any Human Heart by William Boyd.   Thank you to the Twitter user who confessed her initial disappointment with Booktopia talk episodes, but quickly said that she always ends up loving...

Jul 22, 2015

This week we bring you two more author talks from Booktopia Asheville, recorded at Malaprop’s Bookstore: Ariel Lawhon, author of The Wife, the Maid, and the Mistress Denise Kiernan, author of The Girls of Atomic City      

Jul 13, 2015

An out-of-order episode this week, so sorry if we confuse you! Don Winslow’s timely The Cartel, Ta-Nehisi Coates’ very important Between The World And Me, and we talk at length about Harper Lee’s Go Set A Watchman. Two books we can’t wait for you to read (05:32):         I haven’t had a […]

Jul 8, 2015

Ann plays book roulette, and we recommend Among the Ten Thousand Things by Julia Pierpont, and Blackout by Sarah Hepola.   Audiobook of the week (02:30) Ghettoside by Jill Leovy, narrated by Rebecca Lowman, is my pick for this week’s Audiobooks.com Audiobook of the Week. Special thanks to Audiobooks.com for sponsoring...

Jun 30, 2015

Simon and Thomas are coming to Booktopia! Books with animals as key characters. And don’t you forget about: Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life, and Revolutionary Road. The Readers crash Booktopia We were thrilled to learn that Simon Savidge and Thomas Otto, co-hosts of The Readers Podcast, will be joining us at...