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: Jane Smiley
Listen to more of our conversation with author Jane Smiley where she talks about her love of horses, which feature in so many of her books, and what it means to be such a prolific writer. Listen to t…
00:20:39 |
Fri 26 Feb 2021
After Hours at the Radio Bookclub: Jon Krakauer
Listen to more of our conversation with Jon Krakauer as he reflects on the 25th anniversary of the publication of his best-seller Into the Wild. Listen to our broadcast interview with Jon Krakauer ab…
00:26:09 |
Thu 28 Jan 2021
Radio Bookclub: Classic Krakauer – Essays on Wilderness and Risk
The January selection for the Radio Bookclub is Classic Krakauer - Essays on Wilderness and Risk. Best-selling author Jon Krakauer began his writing career writing for magazines. This latest book is …
00:31:07 |
Thu 28 Jan 2021
Radio Bookclub: Agnes at the End of the World
The December selection for the Radio Bookclub is Agnes at the End of the World. Colorado author Kelly McWilliams was inspired by real-life cults in Arizona for this Young Adult book which is set duri…
00:30:22 |
Thu 24 Dec 2020
Afterhours at the Radio Bookclub: Kelly McWilliams
Listen to more of our conversation with author Kelly McWilliams about the challenges of interweaving stories about pandemics, cults, and childhood illnesses. Listen to the broadcast interview with au…
00:25:23 |
Thu 24 Dec 2020
Radio Bookclub: Air Mail: Letters of Politics, Pandemics, and Place
The November selection for the Radio Bookclub is Air Mail: Letters of Politics, Pandemics, and Place. Writers Pam Houston and Amy Irvine, who had never met, developed a relationship as pen-pals durin…
00:32:40 |
Thu 26 Nov 2020
Afterhours at the Radio Bookclub: Pam Houston and Amy Irvine
Listen to more of our conversation with authors Pam Houston and Amy Irvine about how they developed a relationship through letters and how that ultimately culminated in their new book Air Mail: Lette…
00:28:04 |
Thu 26 Nov 2020
Radio Bookclub: Winter Counts
The October selection for the Radio Bookclub is Winter Counts by author David Heska Wanbli Weiden. The book tells the story of Virgil Wounded Horse, the local enforcer on the Rosebud Indian Reservati…
00:29:14 |
Thu 22 Oct 2020
Afterhours at the Radio Bookclub: David Heska Wanbli Weiden
Listen to more of our conversation with author David Heska Wanbli Weiden where he talks about Native American literature and some of the Denver locations featured in his novel Winter Counts. Listen t…
00:27:25 |
Thu 22 Oct 2020
Radio Bookclub: Water & Power
The September selection for the Radio Bookclub is Water & Power by Denver author Steven Dunn, a navy veteran. The book turns the traditional concept of military literature on its head as it examines …
00:28:27 |
Tue 29 Sep 2020
Afterhours at the Radio Bookclub: Steven Dunn
Listen to more of our conversation with author Steven Dunn where he describes life on a submarine and how he became disillusioned with military culture after 10 years in the navy. Listen to the broad…
00:25:01 |
Tue 29 Sep 2020
Afterhours at the Radio Bookclub: R.L. Maizes
Listen to more of our conversation with R.L. Maizes where she talks about what it means to be an animal empath and the process of writing the novel. Listen to the broadcast interview with R.L Maizes,…
00:14:41 |
Wed 09 Sep 2020
Radio Bookclub: Other People’s Pets
For August, the Radio Bookclub welcomes local author R.L. Maizes who joins us to talk about her new book Other People’s Pets. The novel features animal empath La La Fine who relates to animals better…
00:28:23 |
Wed 09 Sep 2020
Radio Bookclub: The Only Good Indians
Stephen Graham Jones joined us at the Boulder Bookstore in July for a socially distanced, mask-wearing live event, to discuss his new novel The Only Good Indians, a slasher novel that follows four Am…
00:27:34 |
Fri 24 Jul 2020
Afterhours at the Radio Bookclub: Stephen Graham Jones
Best-selling horror author Stephen Graham Jones joined us at the Boulder Bookstore for a live event on July 16. In this Afterhours at the Radio Bookclub podcast, he answers audience questions and tal…
00:21:29 |
Fri 24 Jul 2020
Radio Bookclub: The Island of Sea Women
The June selection for the Radio Bookclub was The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See. The novel focuses on female friendship on a small island in Korea where the women form an all-female diving collecti…
00:38:20 |
Mon 29 Jun 2020
Radio Bookclub: The Library Book
In this bonus edition of the Radio Bookclub, best selling author Susan Orlean joins us to talk about her latest novel the Library Book, a look at the fire of 1986 that destroyed the Los Angeles publi…
00:27:04 |
Fri 26 Jun 2020
Radio Bookclub: Good Talk
Good Talk, a graphic memoir by Mira Jacob, is the May selection for the Radio Bookclub. The book explores the themes of American identity, interracial families, and the realities that divide us […]
00:27:43 |
Fri 29 May 2020
Radio Bookclub: City of Girls
In a bonus edition of the Bookclub, hear best selling author Elizabeth Gilbert speak about her latest novel City of Girls. This is “a unique love story set in the New York City theater world during t…
00:29:04 |
Thu 28 May 2020
Radio Bookclub: Beheld
Beheld by TaraShea Nesbit was the April selection for the Radio Bookclub. The novel tells the story of the fledgling colony of Plymouth, Massachusetts, through the eyes of two women of very different…
00:31:06 |
Thu 23 Apr 2020
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