Kobo in Conversation Podcast

Short bonus episodes of the Kobo in Conversation podcast, featuring members of Rakuten Kobo's staff recommending eBooks and audiobooks.

We spoke with neuroscientist Daniel Levitin about his latest book, Successful Aging and learned how to make the most of our golden years.

Thriller writer Linwood Barclay joined us to talk about his craft, his work ethic, and when he decided to stop being funny.

We spoke with writer Lori Lansens, author of The Girls and Rush Home Road. Her latest novel, This Little Light, is about an all-too-familiar dystopia.

Journalist and essayist (and 2018 Kobo Emerging Writer Prize nominee) Lauren McKeon spoke with us about whether women can succeed without being "nice."

We spoke with Jesse Thistle, Métis-Cree scholar and author, about his journey from homelessness to academia and his poetic memoir, From the Ashes.

Robyn Doolittle came by to speak with us about fairness, ethics, and the law in the realm of sexual consent and how attitudes have shifted since #MeToo.

We interviewed British crime novelist Ann Cleeves about the Shetland Islands, Northumberland, and why she loves reading crime fiction in translation.

We spoke with romance novelist Julie Evelyn Joyce about her debut book Steeped in Love, winner of the 2019 Kobo Emerging Writer Prize in Romance.