Podcast Episodes

Alexis Von Konigslow, "The Exclusion Zone" (Buckrider Books, 2025)

In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery speaks with Alexis von Koniglow about her new novel, The Exclusion Zone (Wolsak & Wynn, 2025). 

About The Ex…

11 months, 3 weeks ago

Alpha Nkuranga, "Born to Walk: My Journey of Trials and Resilience" (Goose Lane, 2024)

In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery speaks with Alpha Nkuranga about her deeply powerful and unforgettable memoir, Born to Walk: My Journey of T…

11 months, 3 weeks ago

Tom Lutz, "1925: A Literary Encyclopedia" (Rare Bird Books, 2025)

The year 1925 was arguably the peak of literature's centrality. There were more magazines, more journals, more reviews, more book news, and more book…

11 months, 3 weeks ago

Dennard Dayle, "How to Dodge a Cannonball: A Novel" (Henry Holt, 2025)

How to Dodge a Cannonball is a razor-sharp satire that dives into the heart of the Civil War, hilariously questioning the essence of the fight, not j…

11 months, 3 weeks ago

Jesse Browner, "Sing to Me" (Little Brown, 2025)

Jesse Browner is the author of the novels Sing to Me (Little Brown, 2025) The Uncertain Hour and Everything Happens Today, among others, as well as o…

11 months, 3 weeks ago

Libby Buck, "Port Anna" (Simon & Schuster, 2025)

After Gwin Gilmore loses her adjunct teaching job, mother, and boyfriend, she leaves the south and heads for the cottage she’s just inherited on the …

11 months, 4 weeks ago

Jennifer Kabat, "Nightshining" (Milkweed, 2025)

 Nightshining (Milkweed, 2025)

Jennifer Kabat is the author of The Eighth Moon, her writing has also appeared in Frieze, Harper’s, McSweeney’s, and T…

11 months, 4 weeks ago

Lindsay Zier-Vogel, "The Fun Times Brigade" (Book*hug Press, 2025)

In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery speaks with Lindsay Zier-Vogel about her new novel, The Fun Times Brigade (Book*hug Press, 2025). 

From accl…

1 year ago

Tochi Onyebuchi, "Harmattan Season: A Novel" (Tor Books, 2025)

Tochi Onyebuchi’s novel Harmattan Season: A Novel (Tor Books, 2025) follows Boubacar, a veteran and private eye living in French occupied West Afric…

1 year ago

Bianca Marais, "A Most Puzzling Murder" (Harper Collins, 2025)

In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery speaks with Bianca Marais about her delightful and highly entertaining new book, A Most Puzzling Murder (Har…

1 year ago