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
Radio Book Club: Marvelous Equations of the Dread
Marcia Douglas, who teaches creative writing at CU Boulder, joins us at the Radio Book Club to talk about her latest novel The Marvelous Equations of the Dread – A Novel in Bass Riddim, which imagine…
00:30:50 |
Thu 27 Sep 2018
After Hours at the Radio Book Club: Jaipur Literature Festival: Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The Jaipur Literature Festival runs from September 21st to September 23rd 2018 at the Boulder Public Library. It’s the fourth year that the festival has come to Boulder. In this edition of the After …
00:22:03 |
Tue 25 Sep 2018
After Hours at the Radio Book Club – Jaipur Literature Festival: Amitava Kumar
The Jaipur Literature Festival runs from September 21st to September 23rd 2018 at the Boulder Public Library. It’s the fourth year that the festival has come to Boulder. In this special After Hours a…
00:08:00 |
Tue 25 Sep 2018
Afterhours at the Radio Bookclub: Karen Auvinen – Rough Beauty
Author Karen Auvinen joins us for Afterhours at the Radio Bookclub in which she talks about her new book Rough Beauty: Forty Seasons of Mountain Living, and her attachment to mountain living. Auvinen…
00:23:30 |
Thu 23 Aug 2018
Radio Bookclub: Karen Auvinen – Rough Beauty
Local author Karen Auvinen joins us at the radio bookclub to talk about her new book Rough Beauty: Forty Seasons of Mountain Living, a record of her experiences living alone at 8,500 feet. After a ca…
00:30:18 |
Thu 23 Aug 2018
Afterhours at the Radio Bookclub: Rebecca Makkai – The Great Believers
Hear more of the conversation with Rebecca Makkai as she talks more about her new novel The Great Believers and the AIDS crisis and its impact on Chicago in the 1980s. https://kgnu-news.objects-us-ea…
00:22:35 |
Thu 26 Jul 2018
Radio Bookclub: Ramona Ausubel – Awayland
Ramona Ausubel joins us in the radio bookclub to talk about her new collection of short stories Awayland, a collection of globe spanning short stories that explore love, childhood, and parenthood wit…
00:30:52 |
Thu 28 Jun 2018
Afterhours at the Radio Bookclub: Ramona Ausubel – Awayland
Hear more of the conversation with Ramona Ausubel as she talks more about the process of writing her short story collection Awayland and touches on a variety of subjects from the prospect of humans c…
00:32:54 |
Thu 28 Jun 2018
After Hours at the Radio Bookclub: Elizabeth Hyde and the Boulder Bookstore
We spoke more with author Elizabeth Hyde about her new novel Go Ask Fannie at a live taping of After Hours at the Radio Bookclub at the Boulder Bookstore on April 28th and we took audience questions.…
00:27:41 |
Thu 24 May 2018
Radio Bookclub: Elizabeth Hyde – Go Ask Fannie
Elizabeth Hyde joins us in the radio bookclub to talk about her new novel Go Ask Fannie. This interview was taped at the Boulder Bookstore on April 28th as part of the bookstore’s celebrations of Ind…
00:27:20 |
Thu 24 May 2018
After Hours at the Radio Bookclub: Tayari Jones
Author Tayari Jones talks more about her new book An American Marriage as well as growing up in Atlanta in this After Hours at the Radio Bookclub edition. Hear more of the conversation with Tayari Jo…
00:20:25 |
Thu 10 May 2018
Radio Bookclub: An American Marriage
In May we bring you a special extra edition of the Radio Bookclub with author Tayari Jones talking about her new book An American Marriage which explores what happens to a marriage when someone is in…
00:30:36 |
Thu 10 May 2018
Radio Bookclub: Don’t Skip Out on Me
Musician and author Willie Vlautin joined us at the radio bookclub for our April installment to talk about his new book Don’t Skip Out on Me. Vlautin writes about working class protagonists trying to…
00:31:15 |
Mon 30 Apr 2018
After Hours at the Radio Bookclub: Willy Vlautin
Author and musician Willy Vlautin breaks out his guitar in this After Hours at the Radio Bookclub edition, playing songs and talking about the relationship between music and writing. Hear the broad…
00:25:03 |
Thu 26 Apr 2018
Radio Bookclub: Wild Horse Country
Our March selection for the radio bookclub was David Philipps and his new book Wild Horse Country: The History, Myth, and Future of the Mustang. David Philipps joined us on the radio bookclub on Thur…
00:30:20 |
Mon 26 Mar 2018
After Hours at the Radio Bookclub: David Philipps
David Philipps spoke more about his research into wild horses for his book Wild Horse Country, as well as his work as a New York Times reporter covering veterans issues and the military in this editi…
00:14:21 |
Thu 22 Mar 2018
Finn Murphy – Afterhours at the Bookclub
Hear more of the conversation with Finn Murphy as he describes life on the open road and his experiences as a high-end mover and long haul trucker, which he writes about in his new memoir The Long Ha…
00:42:48 |
Wed 28 Feb 2018
Radio Bookclub: Boulder author Finn Murphy and “The Long Haul”
In his first book The Long Haul, Boulder author Finn Murphy, chronicles his adventures as a long-haul trucker who has covered more than a million miles packing, loading, and hauling people’s belongin…
00:30:42 |
Thu 22 Feb 2018
Afterhours at the Radio Bookclub: Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore
Author Matthew Sullivan shares real-life stories from his experience as a bookseller at the Tattered Cover in Denver, that inspired him for his new novel, Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore. http…
00:22:58 |
Thu 25 Jan 2018
Radio Bookclub: Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore
The January 2018 selection for the radio book club was Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore. Author Matthew Sullivan draws on his experience as a bookseller at the Tattered Cover in Denver for his …
00:30:54 |
Thu 25 Jan 2018
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