Books on the Nightstand
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Podcast Description
A conversational podcast about books, from two longtime veterans of the publishing industry. If you love to read, this podcast is for you. Listen in to hear what's new, what's great, and the books we just can't stop talking about.
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BOTNS Podcast #182: You Appreciate Under-Appreciated Women Writers | Finally, it's our long-promised show featuring all of your suggestions for David, who called our voicemail line asking for recommendations of under-appreciated women writers. Thank you so much to everyone who called in and created the wonderful list yo... | 5/29/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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BOTNS #181: Historical Fiction | In this episode of the Books on the Nightstand books podcast, we talk about historical fiction and how it is defined. Also, William Faulkner, Julian Barnes, and The Homemade Pantry. How we're finding Faulkner A little update on our Faulkner project. | 5/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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BOTNS #180: Revisiting Re-reading | The Concord Free Press and their wonderful publishing program; Re-reading, do you do it? Do you have time to do it?; Michael sheepishly admits that he still hasn't read Waiting for Sunrise, the new novel from William Boyd, | 5/15/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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BOTNS Podcast #179: Fifty Shades of Book Snobbery | Announcing our Booktopia:Santa Cruz author lineup, book snobbery, The Man Who Planted Trees, and a new novel from Toni Morrison. - (Apologies for the less-than-stellar sound this week. Our recording conditions were less than optimal.) | 5/8/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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BOTNS #178: BooktopiaVT – Sara J. Henry and Richard Mason | This week we present two more of the talks from our BooktopiaVT Celebration of Authors: Sara J. Henry, author of Learning to Swim, and Richard Mason, author of History of a Pleasure Seeker. - - Congratulations to Sara J. Henry, | 5/1/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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BOTNS #177: BooktopiaVT – Bill Landay and Leslie Maitland | We've just returned from Booktopia Vermont, a weekend filled with readers, authors, and wonderful bookish conversation! Here we present the talks given by Bill Landay, author of Defending Jacob, and Leslie Maitland, | 4/24/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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BOTNS #176: Book Jackets Uncovered | The New York Times takes on young adult fiction; Some cool links for those of you who are fascinated by book jacket design, and The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh and Batman Year One by Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli. | 4/17/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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BOTNS Podcast #175: Faulknerpalooza | What is the American Literary Canon, how can it be measured, and has it changed in the last 60+ years? Why and how to read William Faulkner and which of his books we're planning on starting with. Blood, Bones and Butter by Gabrielle Hamilton is out in ... | 4/10/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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BOTNS #174: When fiction drives us to learn more | Today's topics include parents footing the bill for self-publishing, fiction making us want to learn more, and two books we can't wait for you to read: I am an Executioner, a short story collection from Rajesh Parameswarn, and a "big idea" book, | 4/3/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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BOTNS Podcast #173: Craving The Hunger Games | What's your reading speed? The Hunger Games in print on screen, and recommendations for The O'Briens by Peter Behrens and Deep Zone by James M. Tabor. - Two Booktopia updates: Manchester Packets with the full schedule should be going out to all regist... | 3/27/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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BOTNS #172: 8 Books We Can’t Wait for you to Read | I guess we could call this BOTNS: The Booktopia Edition. We explain to our new listeners what Booktopia is, talk about how those of you aren't attending a physical event can take part, and then talk about 8 books we can't wait for you to read--those wr... | 3/20/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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BOTNS Podcast #171: Imprints and Underappreciated Women Writers | What's an imprint? What female authors aren't as popular as they should be? And trust us, you should read The Expats by Chris Pavone and Wild by Cheryl Strayed. - Northshire Bookstore has set up a special page for Books on the Nightstand listeners. | 3/13/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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BOTNS #170: What to read on the airplane | In this episode: How we deal with maps in books, what airplane travelers are reading, a wonderful middle-grade novel, and a retelling of the story of Achilles. - A quick Booktopia update: Santa Cruz has just one spot open, and Oxford, | 3/6/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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BOTNS Podcast #169: Your Favorite Bookstores | We're off to sales conference so it's a short episode with your calls about your favorite book stores. - - Elizabeth from Houston called to recommend Brazos Bookstore, a store that's been serving its community since 1974. | 2/28/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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BOTNS Podcast #168: Stephen King and Downton Abbey | Apologies to Stephen King; the publishing industry goes Downton Abbey crazy; and we share our love for Stay Awake by Dan Chaon and King Peggy by Peggielene Bartels. An Open Letter to Stephen King For many years I thought Stephen King was not an autho... | 2/21/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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BOTNS #167: A Crime Fiction Readalong with Soho Press | A crime fiction read-along with Soho Press' Juliet Grames | 2/14/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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BOTNS Podcast #166: Odds, Ends, and Kindred Spirits | A mish-mash of things we want to tell you about. Connecting with a stranger over the shared love of an obscure book. Raves for Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo, and History of a Pleasure Seeker by Booktopia VT author Richard Mason | 2/7/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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BOTNS #165: Can funny be wrong? | McDonalds giving away books with Happy Meals; Is it OK to make fun of tragedy? And we can't wait for you to read Quiet by Susan Cain and The Ice Balloon by Alex Wilkinson. A very happy meal (maybe) McDonalds recently announced that it would be includ... | 1/31/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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BOTNS Podcast #164: Books Around the World | Deadlines approaching for World Book Night and The International Readers Book Awards. The Alex Awards honoring adult books perfect for teens. We share our love of Defending Jacob by William Landay and Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward. | 1/24/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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BOTNS Podcast #163: You Did WHAT to a Book? | Should you trust author blurbs? What are your thoughts on destroying a book for the sake of art? We share our love of The Art of Hearing Heartbeats by Jan-Philipp Sendker and The Thorn and the Blossom by Theodora Goss. The Value of a Blurb | 1/17/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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BOTNS Podcast #162: Adaptations | A reminder about our new monthly newsletter, and the book we'll be publishing to celebrate this year's Booktopia events. In honor of the Sundance Film Festival, we discuss books and short stories that have been or will be, made into movies. And finally, | 1/10/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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BOTNS Podcast #161: A New Literary Ambassador | Resolving to carve out more reading time. Who should be our Literary Ambassador and what should that job entail? Two books we can't wait for you to read: Enjoy Every Sandwich by Lee Lipsenthal and The Family Fang by Kevin Wilson. | 1/3/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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BOTNS Book Podcast #160: Our favorites of 2011 | It's our last episode of 2011, so before we go, we tell you how we fared with our 2011 reading resolutions. We also each choose our top 5 books of 2011, discuss three books that we wish we had read, and tell you about World Book Night. | 12/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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BOTNS Podcast #159: A Cry for Attention | The books Michael encountered on his vacation; Our picks for the Overlooked Books of 2011; and two books we can't wait for you to read: Batman: Noel by Lee Bermejo and Divergent by Veronica Roth. - Sometime last week Books on the Nightstand podcast pa... | 12/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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BOTNS #158: When good authors go bad | A dirty little secret: we don't always love our favorite authors' books. A roundup of novels featuring time travel. Michael recommends I am Half-Sick of Shadows, the new Flavia DeLuce novel by Alan Bradley, and I recommend Jo Nesbo's The Leopard. | 12/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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BOTNS #157: Books as Security Blankets | Let the BOTNS Book Elves help with your holiday shopping (on our Facebook page). What books do you turn to when life gets tough? In segment 3, Michael talks about Maureen McHugh's After the Apocaloypse, and Ann discusses P.D. | 11/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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BOTNS #156: Narrative Nonfiction | We tell you about a new UK-based book podcast, look at the category of narrative nonfiction, and talk about The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson and Death in the City of Light by David King. Meet The Readers: - | 11/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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BOTNS Podcast #155: You’ve Got to Pick a Dickens or Two! | We look at one of the first "Best Books of 2011" lists, talk about all things Dickens and tell you about two of our current favorite books: Headhunters by Jo Nesbo and Marzi by Marzena Sowa. Let the Lists Begin | 11/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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BOTNS Podcast #154: Authors Carved in Stone, Part 2 | It's part two of our call-in show, with all of your choices for the Literary Mount Rushmore. - Another great batch of calls, thanks everyone! Here's the updated Name Cloud, including all authors mentioned in episode #152 and in this episode. | 11/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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BOTNS #153: Books on the Nightstand Goes to the Dogs | Literary title trends, dog books for fall, and a look at Sybil Exposed by Debbie Nathan and Zone One by Colson Whitehead A completist's guide to title trends: Our friend and librarian extraordinaire Carol K. pointed us to this article from Shelf Talk, | 11/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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BOTNS Podcast #152: Authors Carved in Stone, Part 1 | Welcome to part one of your Literary Mount Rushmores! We received so many calls (thank you all!) that we're splitting the show up into two episodes, one airing this week and one airing in two weeks. - Rather than a laundry list of all of the authors m... | 10/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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BOTNS Podcast #151 – Steampunk! | Michael sits down with Kelly Link and Gavin Grant who edited a newly-released anthology of steampunk stories for young adults. - [Note: We are amazed and grateful that so many of you called our voicemail line with your Literary Mount Rushmore. | 10/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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BOTNS #150: We’re not even in the same room | Is Isaacson's bio of Steve Jobs the biggest book of the fall? How we record our shows (you asked). Chris Bohjalian's The Night Strangers and Michael Ondaatje's The Cat's Table are the 2 books we can't wait for you to read. - - | 10/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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BOTNS Podcast #149: Two Books and Three Retreats! | Ann recommends The Affair by Lee Child and Michael raves about When She Woke by Hillary Jordan. Then, a look at all three of our Booktopia 2012 retreat events: Manchester, VT; Oxford, MS; and Santa Cruz, CA. | 10/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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BOTNS #148: Your literary Mount Rushmore? | Hype vs. buzz - when is it too much? Who's on your literary Mount Rushmore? Also, We the Animals by Justin Torres, and Habibi by Craig Thompson. Hype vs. Buzz In segment one, we try to differentiate between "hype" and "buzz, | 9/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 35 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
I love Books on the Nightstand
Wow! This podcast is great! It feels like I am sitting in a cafe with you talking about books over coffee and scones.
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This podcast is one of my favorites! I've gotten several great book recomendations. I always look forward to hearing about new books that are coming out. Michael and Ann have a way of talking about books that makes you want to start reading immediately. Thanks guys!
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This is the perfect podcast to feed your addiction to books! I've been finding my wishlist and TBR pile growing with the wonderful recommendations that Ann and Michael make during their podcasts. I look forward to every episode! Thanks for the wonderful podcast.
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