KGNU Radio Book Club
The Radio Bookclub is a collaboration between KGNU and the Boulder Bookstore. Every month, Arsen Kashkashian, head buyer at the Boulder Bookstore, selects a book to inspire listeners to read along together. The author will then join Maeve Conran and Arsen Kashkashian for a discussion that airs the fourth Thursday of every month at 9am.
- Update frequency
- every 16 days
- Average duration
- 27 minutes
- Episodes
- 215
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2025
Afterhours at the Radio Bookclub: Jenny Shank and Mixed Company
Author Jenny Shank joined us at the Boulder Bookstore to discuss her latest collection of short stories, Mixed Company. In this podcast-only edition of the show, Jenny discusses the challenges of bre…
00:21:28 |
Thu 23 Dec 2021
Radio Bookclub: Mixed Company
Boulder-based author Jenny Shank joined us at the Boulder Bookstore to discuss her collection of short stories Mixed Company. The stories are inspired by Shank’s experiences growing up in Denver, and…
00:34:58 |
Thu 23 Dec 2021
Radio Bookclub: The Cape Doctor
Fort Collins-based author EJ Levy joined us at the Boulder Bookstore to discuss her latest novel The Cape Doctor. The book was inspired by the real life of Dr. James Miranda Barry and tells the ficti…
00:29:56 |
Thu 02 Dec 2021
Afterhours at the Radio Bookclub: EJ Levy and The Cape Doctor
Author EJ Levy joined us at the Boulder Bookstore to discuss her latest novel The Cape Doctor, a fictionalized account of the real-life Dr. James Miranda Barry, born Margaret Anne Bulkley in Cork, Ir…
00:20:35 |
Sat 27 Nov 2021
Radio Bookclub: Virtue – Hermione Hoby
Boulder-based author Hermione Hoby joined us at the Boulder Bookstore for a socially distanced live event, to discuss her latest novel Virtue, which tells the story of Luca. Originally from Broomfiel…
00:31:24 |
Thu 28 Oct 2021
Afterhours at the Radio Bookclub: Stephen Graham Jones and the Slasher Novel
Best-selling horror author Stephen Graham Jones joined us at the Boulder Bookstore for a live event on September 2, 2021. In this Afterhours at the Radio Bookclub podcast, he answers audience questio…
00:23:49 |
Sat 02 Oct 2021
Radio Bookclub: My Heart Is A Chainsaw
Stephen Graham Jones joined us at the Boulder Bookstore in September for a socially distanced, mask-wearing live event, to discuss his new novel My Heart is a Chainsaw, a slasher novel that tells the…
00:29:45 |
Fri 01 Oct 2021
Radio Bookclub: The Guide
The August 2021 selection for the Radio Bookclub has been The Guide, a thriller from Denver author Peter Heller. The book, set in Colorado, features Jack, a character we previously met in Heller’s bo…
00:29:37 |
Fri 03 Sep 2021
Afterhours at the Radio Bookclub: Peter Heller – The Guide
Listen to more of our conversation with best-selling author Peter Heller who joined us to discuss his latest book The Guide at an event at the Boulder Bookstore. This is Heller’s fourth visit to the …
00:22:52 |
Fri 03 Sep 2021
Radio Bookclub: The Leave-Takers
For July 2021 we’ve been reading The Leave-Takers, a thriller from local author Steven Wingate, which tells the story of Jacob and Laynie whose relationship blew apart but fate pulled them back toget…
00:32:58 |
Fri 06 Aug 2021
Afterhours at the Radio Bookclub: Steven Wingate – The Leave-Takers
Author Steven Wingate returns to the Radio Bookclub for a second visit to talk about his latest novel The Leave-Takers. In this special podcast-only version of the Radio Bookclub, Wingate speaks abou…
00:20:38 |
Fri 06 Aug 2021
Radio Bookclub: The Dead Husband
For June 2021 we’ve been reading The Dead Husband, a thriller from local author Carter Wilson. Twenty years ago an unspeakable tragedy rocked Rose Yates’s small, affluent hometown… and only Rose and …
00:30:40 |
Wed 30 Jun 2021
Afterhours at the Radio Bookclub: Carter Wilson – The Dead Husband
Colorado author Carter Wilson joins us for this special podcast-only version of the Radio Bookclub to speak about the process of writing a mystery/thriller and why the coronavirus pandemic won’t be f…
00:25:11 |
Wed 30 Jun 2021
Afterhours at the Radio Bookclub: Jim Davidson – The Next Everest
Fort Collins author Jim Davidson joins us for this special podcast-only version of the Radio Bookclub to speak about the lessons in resilience that he learned while summiting Everest, lessons that he…
00:15:00 |
Thu 27 May 2021
Radio Bookclub: The Next Everest
For May 2021 we’ve been reading The Next Everest by Colorado author Jim Davidson. The book chronicles his attempts to summit the world’s tallest mountain. His first summit attempt was thwarted by a n…
00:29:56 |
Thu 27 May 2021
Radio Bookclub: Tiny
The April selection for the Radio Bookclub was Tiny by Colorado author Mairead Case. The book is a contemporary, poetic retelling of Sophocles’ Antigone, set in the mossy greens and foggy grays of th…
00:30:51 |
Fri 30 Apr 2021
Afterhours at the Radio Bookclub: Mairead Case
Listen to more of our conversation with author Mairead Case in which she talks about the pop culture references that are scattered throughout her novel Tiny. Listen to the broadcast interview with Ma…
00:21:44 |
Fri 30 Apr 2021
Afterhours at the Radio Bookclub: Helon Habila
Listen to more of our conversation with author Helon Habila where he talks about immigration policy in Europe and modern African literature. Listen to the broadcast interview with author Helon Habila…
00:21:18 |
Thu 25 Mar 2021
Radio Bookclub: Travelers – Helon Habila
The February selection for the Radio Bookclub is Perestroika In Paris, by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jane Smiley. The novel’s protagonist is a runaway racehorse who befriends a German shorthaired …
00:32:19 |
Thu 25 Mar 2021
Radio Bookclub: Perestroika In Paris – Jane Smiley
The February selection for the Radio Bookclub is Perestroika In Paris, by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jane Smiley. The novel’s protagonist is a runaway racehorse who befriends a German shorthaired …
00:28:57 |
Fri 26 Feb 2021
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