KGNU Radio Book Club

In this podcast-only episode of the Radio Bookclub, author Marcia Douglas answers questions from the audience at the live taping of the show at the Boulder Bookstore on May 13, 2025. Marcia's latest book is The Jamaica Kollection of the Shante Dream Arkive: Being Dreamity, Algoriddims, Chants & Riffs.

In this episode, we speak with Marcia Douglas about her latest book, which weaves together stories from the past with the present day. It follows a young woman, known to the reader only as 20A, who is fleeing immigration officers in the United States, and combines it with the stories of many other lives, including that of an enslaved woman fleeing her captors. The stories are juxtaposed against bo...

In this podcast-only episode of the Radio Bookclub, author Stephen Graham Jones answers questions from the audience at the live taping of the show at the Boulder Public Library on April 9, 2025. Stephen’s latest book, The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, is a historical horror novel featuring a vampire seeking vengeance for the 1870 massacre of members of the Blackfeet Nation in Montana by U.S. Army forces.

The May 2025 selection for the Radio Bookclub is The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by bestselling horror author Stephen Graham Jones. Set against the backdrop of the 1870 Marias Massacre, in which U.S. Army forces murdered members of the Blackfeet Nation in Montana, this historical novel follows a vampire named Good Stab on a decades-long quest for justice. Years later, Good Stab recounts his tale of veng...

In this edition of Afterhours at the Radio Bookclub, author Jon Bassoff answers questions from the audience at a live taping of the show at the Boulder Bookstore on March 7, 2025. Erika Krouse's latest book, his tenth, is a psychological thriller, The Memory Ward.

The April 2025 selection for the Radio Bookclub is Memory Ward , the latest book by Longmont author Jon Bassoff. The psychological thriller is set in Bethlam, Nevada, a seemingly perfect suburban idyll. However, as the story unfolds, it becomes clear that not everything is as it seems. Postal worker Hank Davies begins to suspect something is off and sets out to uncover what’s real and what isn’t....

In this edition of Afterhours at the Radio Bookclub, author Erika Krouse answers questions from the audience at a live taping of the show at the Boulder Bookstore on March 12, 2025. Erika Krouse's latest book is a collection of short stories, Save me Stranger.

The March 2025 edition of the Radio Bookclub welcomes local author Erika Krouse for a return visit. Erika's latest book is a collection of short stories called Save Me Stranger. This episode was recorded in front of a live audience at the Boulder Bookstore on March 12. This episode was broadcast on KGNU on March 26, 2025.

In this special podcast-only conversation, author Kristin Koval speaks about how she became a writer after many years of working as a corporate lawyer and why she moved from New York City to Colorado. 

 The February 2025 selection for the Radio Bookclub is Penitence , the debut novel by author Kristin Koval. Set in a fictional ski town in southwest Colorado, the book centers on a shocking crime—a fratricide—that tests the limits of a family's capacity for forgiveness. 

In this podcast-only episode of the Radio Bookclub, author Kaveh Akbar talks about using dream sequences in his novel Martyr! and how the novel also explores themes of identity.

The January selection for the Radio Bookclub is Martyr! the debut novel by Iranian American poet Kaveh Akbar. A finalist for the 2024 National Book Award, the book examines the concept of martyrdom and what it means to have a meaningful death.

 In this podcast-only episode of the Radio Bookclub, author Steven Dunn talks more about writing books collaboratively as well as his new projects, which includes a travel book about the rapper Nas. 

The December selection for the Radio Bookclub is Tannery Bay, a novel co-written by Steven Dunn and Katie Jean Shinkle. The story takes place in the fictional town of Tannery Bay, where residents are stuck in a perpetual July. Caught in this eternal loop, the townspeople unite in defiance of The Owners, who control the local tannery, casino, and newspaper. With elements of magical realism, the nov...

In this podcast-only episode of the Radio Bookclub, author William T. Taylor speaks more about the history of horses. He talks about efforts to domesticate zebras, how we’re rethinking archaeology and historical research to include Indigenous perspectives.

Dr. William T. Taylor is an Assistant Professor and Curator of Archaeology at the University of Colorado-Boulder, whose work explores the domestication of the horse and the ancient relationships between people and animals. In his new book Hoof Beats: How Horses Shaped Human History, he explores how four dynamic pulses (hoof ‘beats’) in the story of humans and horses – their initial domestication,...

In this podcast-only episode of the Radio Bookclub, author Bonnie Garmus speaks more about her best-selling novel Lessons in Chemistry , and answers questions from the audience at this live taping of the Bookclub at the Boulder Library Foundation’s 50-year gala celebration on September 26, 2024.

The October selection for the Radio Bookclub is Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus. Set in the late 1950s and early 1960s, the novel follows Elizabeth Zott, a scientist who faces misogyny in her research career and ultimately becomes the host of a TV cooking show, Supper at Six, inspiring countless women. This episode was recorded in front of a live audience at the Boulder Public Library on Sep...

In this podcast-only episode of the Radio Bookclub, author Peter Heller answers questions from the audience at this live taping of the Bookclub at the Boulder Bookstore. This episode was recorded in front of a live audience at the Boulder Bookstore on August 27th, 2024. Listen to the broadcast interview with Peter Heller where he talks about his latest novel Burn. That interview was broadcast on K...

The September selection for the Radio Bookclub is Burn, the latest novel by Peter Heller. The novel is set in rural Maine and tells the story of two men, Jess and Storey — friends since boyhood — who emerge from the woods after a hunting trip to find a dystopian country wracked by bewildering violence. This is Peter’s sixth time as a guest at the Radio Bookclub. This episode was recorded in front...

This month's guest on the KGNU Radio Bookclub is Kyla Scanlon, author of "In This Economy? HOW MONEY & MARKETS REALLY WORK". Scanlon is an economic commentator who explains how the economy works on social media platforms and has become one of the internet's most popular financial educators. Her new book expands on that work and is an illustrated guide to the mad math and terrible terminology o...

In this podcast-only episode of the Radio Bookclub, author Peter Heller answers questions from the audience at the Boulder Bookstore on August 17. Listen to the broadcast interview with Peter Heller where he talks about his latest novel, The Last Ranger. That interview was broadcast on KGNU on Thursday, August 24 at 9 am.

The August selection for the Radio Bookclub is the Last Ranger by Colorado author Peter Heller. The book tells the story of Officer Ren Hopper, an enforcement ranger with the National Park Service, tasked with duties both mundane and thrilling. When Ren, hiking through the backcountry on his day off, encounters a tall man with […]

In this podcast-only episode of the Radio Bookclub, author Finn Murphy answers questions from the audience at the Boulder Bookstore on June 22. Listen to the broadcast interview with Finn Murphy where he talks about his latest book, Rocky Mountain High. That interview was broadcast on KGNU on Thursday, July 27 at 9 am.

The July selection for the Radio Bookclub is Rocky Mountain High: Boom and Bust in the New Wild West by Boulder author Finn Murphy. The book tells Finn’s own story of trying to capitalize on the recent hemp growing revolution in Colorado, only to watch those dreams crumble as the price of hemp plummeted. This […]