Podcast Episodes

Jo Nesbø, "Wolf Hour" (Random House, 2026)

Wolf Hour (Knopf, 2026) When a small-time criminal and gun dealer is shot down in the street, all signs point to Tomas Gomez, a quiet man with a myst…

4 months ago

Yishay Ishi Ron, "Dog" (Soncata Press, 2025)

Told through the eyes of an Israeli combat officer who’s haunted by the trauma of fighting in Gaza, Dog (Soncata Press 2025) is a gritty story about…

4 months ago

Gabriel Tallent, "Crux" (Riverhead Books, 2025)

In Crux (Riverhead Books, 2025), Dan and Tamma are two teenagers in their last year of high school in the southern Mojave Desert. One is a gifted…

4 months ago

Shaunna J. Edwards and Alyson Richman, "The Thread Collectors" (Harper Collins, 2022)

The Thread Collectors (Harper Collins, 2022) by Shaunna J Edwards and Alyson Richman takes readers to 1863, where, in a small Creole cottage in New O…

4 months, 1 week ago

K.J. Aiello "The Monster and the Mirror: Mental Illness, Magic, and the Stories We Tell" (ECW Press, 2024)

In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery speaks with author KJ Aiello about their book, The Monster and the Mirror: Mental Illness, Magic, and the St…

4 months, 1 week ago

Sandra Freels, "Anneke Jans in the New World (She Writes Press, 2026)

With the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States of America fast approaching, a small flood of novels set in the early days of coloniz…

4 months, 1 week ago

Helen Garner Hacking Away at the Adverbs: A Novel Dialogue Crossover Conversation

In this RTB and Novel Dialogue episode from 2021, Helen Garner sits down with John and Elizabeth McMahon, a distinguished scholar of Australian liter…

4 months, 1 week ago

Tracee de Hahn, "Swiss Vendetta" (Minotaur Books, 2017)

Agnes Luthi is a police officer in Lausanne, Switzerland who transfers from financial to violent crimes just in time to investigate the death of a yo…

4 months, 1 week ago

Michael Mirolla, "How About This…?" (At Bay Press, 2026)

In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery interviews Michael Mirolla about his fascinating novel, How About This…? (At Bay Press, 2025).

It’s a little…

4 months, 2 weeks ago

Jenny Mustard, "What a Time to Be Alive" (Pegasus Books, 2025)

Jenny Mustard is a writer and content creator, born in Sweden but living in London. Jenny and her work have featured in the Observer, the Independen…

4 months, 3 weeks ago