The Books Won’t Save Us
Book Riot’s Sharifah Williams joins Jeff to talk about her piece, “The Books Won’t Save Us.” Subscribe to First Edition via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. For episode extras, subscribe to the First...
View ArticleDedicated to Debuts: Adam Vitcavage of Debutiful
Jeff is joined by Adam Vitcavage of Debutiful to talk about covering debuts, new authors, and all that entails. Discussed in this episode: Debutiful (website) Debutiful (podcast)
View ArticleThe Reading Life of Nnedi Okorafor
Jeff talks to Nnedi Okorafor about her life as a reader. Her new book, Death of the Author, is out now. Subscribe to First Edition via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify.For episode extras, subscribe to...
View ArticleWhat’s In Store in 2025 for The World of Books?
Jeff uses Susie Dumond’s piece for Book Riot about 2025 predictions as a framework for taking stock of where we are and what the year may hold for publishing and reading. Discussed in this episode:Book...
View ArticleBookshop.org’s Ebook Launch & Reading 25 Minutes a Day in 2025 with Gretchen...
Bookshop.org Founder Andy Hunter joins Jeff to talk about Bookshop now offering ebooks. Then, Gretchen Rubin, author of The Happiness Project, comes on to talk about her bookish reading challenge: read...
View ArticleHuman Writing, LLMs, and the Challenges and Opportunities of Living in the...
John Warner joins Jeff to talk about his new book, More Than Words: How to Think About Writing in the Age of AI. We talk about the teaching of writing, what we might want to save for humans, what kinds...
View ArticleLife, Literature, and Psychological Richness with Professor Shigehiro Oishi
Jeff talks to Professor Shigehiro Oishi about his new book, Life in Three Dimensions: How Curiosity, Exploration, and Experience Make a Fuller, Better Life.Books and reading play a central role in the...
View ArticleBIBLIOPHOBIA with Sarah Chihaya
Sarah Chihaya joins Jeff to talk about her new memoir, Bibliophobia. They talk life-ruining books, the enormous weight of all the books that are out there and how we cannot read them all, and other...
View ArticleBook Collecting, Bibliomemoir, and JANE AUSTEN’S BOOKSHELF with Rebecca Romney
Rebecca Romney joins Jeff to talk about her new book, Jane Austen’s Bookshelf. They talk about personal book collecting, rediscovering literary history for yourself, a few of the writers Austen...
View ArticleHow to Talk About New Books for 500 Episodes
Liberty Hardy joins Jeff to talk about hosting 500 episodes of All The Books! and a host of other reading-related topics. Subscribe to First Edition via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. For episode...
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