Podcast Episodes

Nicole Glover, "The Starseekers: A Murder and Magic Novel" (Harper Voyager, 2026)

The Starseekers: A Murder and Magic Novel (Harper Voyager, 2026), the fourth offering in the Magic and Mystery series follows Dr. Cynthia Rhodes as s…

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Ann Packer, "Some Bright Nowhere" (Harper Books, 2026)

Eliot and his wife Claire have been happily married for nearly four decades. They’ve raised two children in their sleepy Connecticut town and have we…

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Cynthia Leal Massey, "Well of Deception" (Stoney Creek Publishing, 2025)

Leta Becker was thirty-seven when she married Amos after a fifteen-year courtship, and they never had kids. Leta and Amos are related to lots of peop…

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Ani DiFranco and Lauren Coyle Rosen, "The Spirit of Ani: Reflections on Spirituality, Feminism, Music, and Freedom" (Akashic Books, 2026)

Rebekah Buchanan talks with Ani DiFranco about her latest collaborative work The Spirit of Ani: Reflections on Spirituality, Feminism, Music and Free…

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Lindsay Wong, "Villian Hitting for Vicious Little Nobodies" (Penguin Random House Canada, 2026)

In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery speaks with acclaimed author Lindsay Wong about her novel, Villian Hitting for Vicious Little Nobodies (Peng…

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Iman Humaydan Yunis, "Songs for Darkness" (Interlink, 2026)

Only songs are able to comfort the soul in its darkness—but can anyone hear them?

Iman Humaydan’s saga Songs for Darkness (Interlink, 2026) recalls …

4 months ago

Saleem Haddad, "Floodlines" (Europa, 2026)

In the summer of 2014, three long estranged Iraqi-British sisters are pulled back into each other’s orbit by the rediscovery of their late father’s l…

4 months ago

Lauren Groff, "Brawler: Stories" (Riverhead, 2026)

Acclaimed TC contributor Lauren Groff speaks to managing editor Emily Everett about her new story collection, Brawler, out this month from Riverhead,…

4 months ago

Howard Langer, "The Last Dekrepitzer" (Cresheim Press, 2025)

The Last Dekrepitzer follows the life and spiritual quest of Shmuel Meir Lichtbencher a/k/a Sam Lightup, from his isolated shtetl in the mountains of…

4 months ago

Mohamed Mansi Qandil, "The Country Doctor's Tale" (Syracuse UP, 2026)

In a remote Egyptian village, a young doctor arrives to open a long-abandoned clinic. Recently released from prison for political dissent, he’s been …

4 months ago