Between The Covers

Sam Lumley is the author of the Oliver Popp’s Travel Guides to Murder series, and like its protagonist, is both gay and autistic. He also owns a vintage Chevrolet Corvair and once lived in a basement apartment in Washington, D.C.—experiences that also make appearances in...

Tune in to KBOO Between the Covers on Thursday, April 16th at 11:00 am for an interview with author Michell Cox. She is the award-winning author of historical fiction, including the Henrietta and Inspector Howard series, The Fallen Woman’s Daughter, and The Merriweath...

Do you want to know what it’s like to be an independent bookstore owner? Tune in to Between the Covers on KBOO.fm, Thursday 11:00am Pacific for an interview with Cierra Cook, owner of Spoke and Word Books. She gave up a corporate job to pursue her passion for books an...

Did You Ever Want to Know What It Is Like to Be Banned? Tune in to KBOO.FM Between the Covers on February 19th for an interview with New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Evison. Jonathan is the author of multiple novels including All About Lulu, The Revised Fundamen...

Tune in to Between the Covers on Thursday, January 15th, for an interview with New York Times best-selling author Jamie Ford. His debut novel, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, explores a father-son relationship set against the backdrop of the internment of Japane...

What makes someone become an activist?  Tune in to Between the Covers on November 20th at 11:00 am for an interview with Marilynne Eichinger. Marilynne is the author of two non-fiction books, The Lives of Museum Junkies-the Story of America’s Hands-On Education Movement...

Writers! Do you want to know if your characters are dying or suffering the right way? Would a blow to the head with a blunt object take someone out, or just give them a headache? Can someone bounce back from a coma to make it to their wedding on time? Tune in to KBOO....

Tune in Thursday, September 18th, 11:00 am to 12:00 pm,  for an interview with award-winning author James Conroyd Martin. Jim is the author of The Poland Trilogy, a multigenerational family saga set in 19th-century Poland, as well as Fortune's Child and Too Soon th...

Ancestral game as literature.  Black historical periodicals as time machines. Black Philly as a catalyst.  Got a great episode for you this week with our very special guest, Josh Odam from Healing While Black!   Josh Odam (he, him) is the Founder & Curator of Healing Whi...

Welcome to the July '25 episode of Between the Covers featuring Ebony Tomatoes Collective, a literary and arts magazine for personal and political liberation. In this episode, golden lioheart's chopping it up with ETC founder and freelance writer Ava Pauline Emilione abo...

TJ Klune, New York Times and USA Today best-selling, Lambda Literary Award winning author, returns to Between the Covers to talk about his most recent novel The Bones Beneath My Skin from Tor Publishing.

This episode of Between the Covers is a rebroadcast of our interview with Willy Vlautin for his new novel The Horse. A mournful look back to one casino musician's heartbreaks and near successes as he and his guitar spend the cold winter alone in a mining camp until the u...