Bookmark with Don Noble

Don Noble is joined by author Judith Ortiz Cofer to talk about her multi-genre successes. 

Author Clifton Taulbert joins Don to talk about his career, including his newest book "The Invitation"

This week Bookmark has a very special guest, Don's wife Jennifer Horne to talk about her new book on Sara Mayfield, the eccentric Tuscaloosa socialite and author.

Author Jill McCorkle joins Don to talk about her new novel "Life After Life"

In this episode of Bookmark, host Don Noble interviews author Trish O'Kane about her inspiring memoir, Birding to Change the World . O'Kane shares how birdwatching became a powerful tool for personal transformation and environmental activism.

Today's guest is historian and Auburn professor James Hansen, about his latest book "Completely Mad",  a sweeping saga involving two extraordinary—and extraordinarily different—adventurers who have only one thing in common: the ambition to cross the Atlantic in a rowboat.

Don is joined by author Imani Perry, Birmingham native and author of South To America, A Journey Below The Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation. 

Veteran writer Howell Raines stops by to talk about his study of an important but largely unknown Alabama cavalry unit that fought for the Union army, in his new book "Silent Cavalry"

Don visits with author Harrison Scott Key to talk about his new book "How To Stay Married, The Most Insane Love Story Ever Told" 

Don sits down with his old friend Daniel Wallace to discuss his novel "This Isn't Going To End Well". 

Author Eugene Walter visits with Don Noble to talk about his mythical Mobile.

Philip Beidler is Margaret and William Going Professor of English at the University of Alabama, where he has taught American literature since receiving his Ph. D. from the University of Virginia in 1974. His most recent book—the subject of his discussion here with Don Noble—is The Island Called Paradise: Cuba in History, Literature, and the Arts. His new book, forthcoming from the University of Al...

Author Rick Bragg joins Don to talk about his memoir All Over But The Shoutin.

Wayne Flynt sits down with Don Noble to discuss his new book, Mockingbird Songs - My Friendship with Harper Lee. 

Edward O. Wilson, a leading advocate of global conservation, is one of the great thinkers of the 20th century. His groundbreaking research, original thinking, and scientific and popular writing have contributed to change the way humans think of nature. He has received many of the world's leading prizes for his research in science, his environmental activism, and his writing. We spoke with Wilson,...

Author Christopher McIlwain stops by Bookmark to discuss his historical books on Alabama and the Civil War.

Don Noble is joined by Joe Formichella and Suzanne Hudson to discuss their new novels, The Shoe Burning, All The Way To Memphis, and Waffle House Rules. 

Silas House talks with Don Noble about his career.

Former University of Alabama student Gay Talese sits to talk with Don about his writing career.

Don talks with Alex George about his new novel, Setting Free The Kites.

Daniel Wallace drops by to talk with Don about his new children's book, The Cat's Pajamas, which he both wrote and illustrated.

Don visits with writer Mark Powell, author of five novels, this first three set in Appalachia, and the newest focus on American culture, drone warfare and extreme interrogation. 

Valerie Boyd is author of the award-winning Wrapped in Rainbows: The Life of Zora Neale Hurston, which was hailed by Alice Walker as "magnificent" and "extraordinary"; by the Boston Globe as "elegant and exhilarating"; and by the Denver Post as "a rich, rich read." Boyd is currently curating and editing a collection of Alice Walker's personal journals, which span more than 50 years. Simon & Schust...

Twenty years later, the author of Salvation on Sand Mountain joins Don again to talk about his new book, "Revelation: A Search for Faith in a Violent Religious World"

Dana Gynther was born in St Louis and, at the age of ten, moved to Auburn, Alabama. She attended the University of Alabama, majoring in Political Science, and moved to France after receiving her BA. When she returned to the States a year and a half later, she went back to UA and received an MA in French Literature. In 1994, she and her French-speaking Spanish husband moved to his hometown, Valenci...