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In-depth conversations with authors about their books as well as the books and authors they admire. Episodes run 30 - 60 min, releasing fortnightly.

Kobo in Conversation Podcast

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.

Kobo in Conversation Podcast

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.

Kobo in Conversation Podcast

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.

Kobo in Conversation Podcast

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.

Kobo in Conversation Podcast

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...

Kobo in Conversation Podcast

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.

Kobo in Conversation Podcast

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.

Kobo in Conversation Podcast

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.

Kobo in Conversation Podcast

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.

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