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Is TJ Klune a little bit better every day? (opens the original)
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Michael Tamblyn spoke with TJ Klune, author of The House in the Cerulean Sea , Under the Whispering Door , and the Extraordinaries YA series, to name just a few of his many books. TJ's latest book is We Burned So Bright . It's a story about a couple, Don and Rodney, who set out on a road trip to lay their shared pain to rest while all around them, people are dealing with the very imminent end of the world. And to WATCH Michael and TJ's chat, check out the video version: https://youtu.be/owvD19D0
Shari Lapena on writing a murder mystery where we already know whodunit (opens the original)
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Michael Tamblyn spoke with novelist Shari Lapena. Since her 2016 novel The Couple Next Door , she's been known as one of the masters of domestic noir. In her newest book Getting Away With Murder , her 10th suspense novel in as many years, we get financial precarity, unlikeable yet relatable characters, mistrust mixed with intimacy, and all the page-turning qualities that readers have come to expect in a Shari Lapena novel. Shari Lapena on writing a murder mystery where we already know whodunit
Booktalking - All about StoryGraph! (opens the original)
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Nadia Odunayo didn't set out to create the leading competitor to social reading app GoodReads. But somewhere along the way while building her website & app The StoryGraph she discovered that for a lot of folks that's exactly what she'd done. In this episode of our Booktalking series, Kobo in Conversation hosts Michael Tamblyn and Nathan Maharaj are joined by Nadia to find out about StoryGraph's origins and where Nadia's taking it in the future. Kobo first met Nadia back in 2021: read our intervi
Anita Rau Badami on writing a character who can't stop wounding the people she loves (opens the original)
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Nathan Maharaj spoke with Anita Rau Badami, author of novels including the Commonwealth Prize winning The Hero's Walk . Her new book is Asha in Her Garden . It's the story of a woman named Asha, who lives now in Montreal, but left Bangalore, India many years ago. We learn about her childhood, her children, her friends, and the life she's made for herself. Anita Rau Badami on writing a character who can't stop wounding the people she loves
David Baerwald on feeling his way through history (opens the original)
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Nathan Maharaj spoke with musician and novelist David Baerwald, author of The Fire Agent . It's a story spanning the world wars of the 20th century viewed through the eyes of Ernst Baerwald, a bright and idealistic young man who finds himself at the frontiers of chemistry and war. David Baerwald on feeling his way through history
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