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Zibby Owens on Between Chapters, Reinvention & What 2,300 Author Interviews Taught Her (E241)
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This week, I’m joined by Zibby Owens—bestselling author, host of Totally Booked with Zibby, and founder of Zibby Media—to talk about her new memoir, Between Chapters. We talk about motherhood, reinvention, the emotions that come with telling your own story, and what she discovered looking back over a decade of her life. After interviewing more than 2,300 authors herself, Zibby also shares what all of those conversations have taught her about people, stories, and books.
Episode Highlights:
- How reflecting on a decade of her life became Between Chapters
- The uncertainty of not always knowing when one chapter is ending and another is beginning
- Real-life motherhood and the messy moments that come with it
- What writing this memoir helped Zibby learn about herself
- Why we don’t need to compare our hard things to someone else’s
- What she has learned from interviewing more than 2,300 authors
- Building a life and career around books, stories, and connection
- And, of course, how she manages to find time to read!
- Zibby’s Book Flight: Memoirs from debut authors coming out this fall, each centered around overcoming something.
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Books and authors mentioned in the episode:
- Slow Motion by Dani Shapiro
- The Things You’ll Never Know by Ashley Audrain (Pub date 01/12/27)
Book Flight
- Downhill by Juana Libedinsky
- Tell Me About Joy by Kara Kavensky
- Desire Feeds the Feast by Tarajia Morell (Pub date 11/03/26)
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- Between Chapters by Zibby Owens
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