Podcast Episodes
Back to Search“O Albany”: Novelist William Kennedy on His Great Cycle of the City
Monday, June 22—William Kennedy is to Albany what Joyce is to Dublin and Faulkner to Mississippi, a fictional alchemist who transforms his native pla…
11 hours ago
Emily De Angelis, "The Stones of Burren Bay" (Latitude 46 Publishing, 2024)
In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery speaks with YA author Emily De Angelis about her acclaimed novel, The Stones of Burren Bay (Latitude 46 Publ…
2 days, 11 hours ago
Naomi Hirahara, "Crown City (A Japantown Mystery)" (Soho Crime, 2026)
In Crown City (A Japantown Mystery)" (Soho Crime, 2026), Ryunosuke “Ryui Wada is orphaned at 18, with no family or path left in Japan. He’s lucky wh…
5 days, 11 hours ago
Jason Weiss, "Other Lives Our Own" (Spuyten Duyvil Publishing, 2025)
In Other Lives Our Own (Spuyten Duyvil, 2025) Jason Weiss reflects on travel, language, memory, identity, and the stories we inherit and create. Thi…
6 days, 18 hours ago
Loretta Chefchaouni, "The Lustrous Dark" (Peachtree Teen, 2026)
Loretta Chefchaouni's debut The Lustrous Dark (Peachtree Teen, 2026) follows protagonist Shay.Orphaned as a baby, Shay has spent her life training as…
1 week ago
Wendy J Fox, "The Last Supper" (Sante Fe Writer's Project, 2026)
In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery speaks with Wendy J. Fox about her novel, The Last Supper, published by Sante Fe Writer's Project, 2026.
As…
1 week, 2 days ago
Shana Galen, "A Shop Girl's Guide to Wooing a Lord" (Berkley, 2026)
Romance novels—especially historical romance novels—thrive on heroes and heroines who don’t match in terms of social class. There must be conflict, a…
1 week, 3 days ago
Kimberly McCreight, "Someone Else's Husband" (Knopf, 2026)
New York Times bestselling author Kimberly McCreight delivers a tour de force of character-driven suspense with her latest novel, Someone Else's Husb…
1 week, 5 days ago
Justin C. Key, "The Hospital at the End of the World: A Novel" (Harper, 2026)
From author Justin C. Key comes The Hospital at the End of the World: A Novel (Harper, 2026), set in a near future where artificial intelligence ru…
2 weeks, 1 day ago
Ro Skelton, "“Naow’s Boutique” (Fall, 2025)
Ro Skelton speaks to Emily Everett about her essay “Naow’s Boutique,” which appears in The Common’s fall issue. The essay explores Ro’s time living a…
2 weeks, 2 days ago