Kobo in Conversation Podcast Page 1 of 10
In-depth conversations with authors about their books as well as the books and authors they admire. Episodes run 30 - 60 min, releasing fortnightly.
Zalika Reid-Benta on becoming the "weird writer" she's always wanted to be
Nathan welcomed back Zalika Reid-Benta, 2020 winner of the Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize for Frying Plantain to talk about her new novel, River Mumma.
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S. A. Cosby on finding fascination in writing a good guy
Michael spoke with crime novelist S. A. Cosby about his new book, All the Sinners Bleed, and about writing characters with wildly different moral codes.
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John Vaillant sees more fire weather in the forecast
Michael spoke with writer John Vaillant, whose work examines our relationship to the natural world. His new book is Fire Weather: The Making of a Beast.
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Live at MOTIVE: Global Issues on the Page
Nathan interviewed authors Kevin Powers and Ausma Zehanat Khan about their latest detective novels—live on stage at MOTIVE: The Crime & Mystery Festival.
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Tom Rachman on inhabiting the roles of others in The Imposters
Nathan spoke with novelist Tom Rachman, author of The Imperfectionists and The Italian Teacher, about his multi-voiced melancholy new book The Imposters.
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Getting surreal with Samantha Irby
Nathan spoke with essayist and comedian Samantha Irby, author of Quietly Hostile and screenwriter for the Sex and the City reboot And Just Like That...
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Ritu Bhasin on the good, the bad, and belonging
Michael spoke with Rithu Bhasin, author of We’ve Got This, a book about building a culture where everyone feels welcome to show up with their whole self.
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Ore Agbaje-Williams on writing a character who says it all out loud
Nathan spoke with editor and debut novelist Ore Agbaje-Williams about her new comic novel, The Three of Us.
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Carley Fortune on summer love and second chances
Michael spoke with romance novelist Carley Fortune, author of the 2022 breakout bestseller Every Summer After, and the new book Meet Me at the Lake.
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David Grann on the brutal truths revealed in The Wager
Michael spoke with David Grann, author of The Lost City of Z and Killers of the Flower Moon. His new book is The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder.
