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Isabel Allende on The Quiet Happiness of Aging (opens the original)
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Isabel Allende joins Zibby Owens to discuss her new memoir Story Telling , a heartfelt love letter to life and writing that recounts the past forty-five years of her career, the philosophy and emotion behind craft, and the lessons she’s learned along the way. Inspired by the masterclass she did with the BBC, Isabel writes about the quiet happiness of aging, how the inner critic never goes away, the loss of her daughter, and the bad aspects of life that make great literature. She also shares the
Zibby Owens on Her Decade of Extreme Change (opens the original)
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Bestselling author Renée Rosen interviews Zibby Owens about her new book Between Chapters, a heartfelt and candid collection of essays centered around her decade of extreme change and where it all led. Zibby discusses overcoming intense social anxiety as a young girl, the impact of her first published piece in Seventeen Magazine after her parent’s divorce, her editing process, and launching a Between Chapters essay platform on Substack featuring stories from her community. She also talks about t
Laura Moriarty on Writing Amid Her Cancer Diagnosis (opens the original)
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Laura Moriarty sits down with Zibby Owens to discuss her new novel and August 2026 Read With Jenna Pick Sunlight Finds You , a deeply felt love story set in 1949 that ends in heartbreak and shame, and changes the course of seventeen-year-old Nora’s life forever. Laura talks about the book’s look into dealing with uncertainty, her extensive research into the time period, and the conversations with her mother that shed light on both the joys and challenges of being a woman during that time. She al
Harlan Coben on The Blurry Line Between Memoir and Fiction (opens the original)
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Harlan Coben sits down with Zibby Owens to discuss his new book Plot Twist , a memoir that blends personal narrative and writing advice, acknowledging that both are inevitably connected. Harlan talks about the importance of critical thinking in fiction, incremental ambition, accepting adaptations as a different perspective, and how insecurity makes good writers. He also shares personal experiences, from loving and losing his parents, his time at Amherst College, navigating the blurry line betwee
Dara Horn on The Big Lie of Antisemitism (opens the original)
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Instant New York Times bestseller! Dara Horn joins Zibby Owens to discuss her new book The Final Solution to the Jewish Question , an exploration into the lies of antisemitism throughout history and her vision for the future. Dara discusses how Holocaust education fails to do its job, her surprise at finding so much more ignorance than malice, how the hate movement has taken over AI, and the big lie of antisemitism. She also shares her own personal experiences, from serving on Harvard’s Antisemi
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