John Evans of Diesel, a bookstore in Brentwood, talks about the state of his business and shares his insights on how bookselling will look in a post-pandemic world.

a conversation with producer, teacher, and author Richard Wolf about his new book, In Tune, available now.

Shawn Levy, in conversation, about his new book The Castle on Sunset.

Danny discusses his new book remembering Kurt Cobain, his time managing the band Nirvana, and more.

A conversation with Stephanie Valdez, owner of Community Bookstore in Brooklyn.

A conversation with Ben Rybeck of Brazos Bookstore in Houston, TX.

Geoff discusses his prior work and current thoughts on tennis, jazz, film, tv, literature, bookstores and more.

Susan Jaques in conversation about her new book, The Caesar of Paris. Topics discussed include: tackling the subject matter of Napoleon Bonaparte, the history of art appropriation, the history of The Louvre, Napoleon's looting of Egypt, his relationship with the Catholic Church, the history of the Arc de Triomphe, Napoleon's downfall, and why we still talk about and study him today.

Madhuri and Vik discuss the inspiration behind her first novel, writing in the first person, the Kashmir region of India, favorite bookstores, and much more.

Karen Bender discusses intent and process on several short stories in her new collection and caps the conversation with a run down of favorite works, bookstores and what she's currently reading.

Kembrew McLeod discusses his new book, The Downtown Pop Underground

Thomas Kohnstamm, author of Lake City, discusses why he wrote about the two sides of Seattle, Lake City the place, the business of producing a book, the writing process, favorite places to write, and much more.

Christie talks about the store she owns and operates in beautiful Mendocino, CA. Topics discussed include: taking over a legacy store, event planning for stores outside big cities, Joan Didion, the origin story behind their great coffee mugs, the state of technology in the retail book space, and more.

David Kipen discusses his new book, Dear Los Angeles: the City in Diaries and Letters, 1542 to 2018

A conversation with Teena Apeles and Andrea Richards, the creative team behind the book 'Dear Seller'

A conversation with Janet Geddis, owner of Avid Bookshop in Athens, GA.

A conversation with New York Times Bestselling author Bill Knoedelseder about his new book called Fins about the rise of General Motors and the glory days of Detroit. 

A conversation with Ally Kirkpatrick, owner of the newly launched Old Town Books in Alexandria, VA. 

A conversation with Jonah Zimiles, owner of Words Bookstore in Maplewood, NJ.

A conversation with Rafe Bartholomew about his new book, Basketball: A Love Story. Topics discussed include: Bill Simmons (3:15), Super Teams (6:52), The ABA's legacy (11:33), The ABA's origin story (13:37), Becky Hammon (21:52), Michael Jordan (37:33), Allen Iverson (46:34), the greatest player who never won a ring (51:58), and much more. Please subscribe on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to shows. Visit https://bookstories.show for all past episodes. Thanks for listening.

A conversation with Ryan Raffaelli about his research on the independent bookstore industry. We discuss why he made bookstores a primary focus of his work, his research methodology, why bookstores are an anomaly in retail, what he thinks of Amazon's retail footprints, the "buy local" movement, bookstore curation, and improvements bookstores can make for the future. Please subscribe on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to shows. Visit https://bookstories.show for all past episodes. Thanks...

A conversation with Nicole Sullivan, owner of BookBar, a wine bar and bookstore in Denver, CO.

A conversation with Susanne Konig of POWERHOUSE Arena in Brooklyn.