Between The Covers

Roberto Trotta, a theoretical cosmologist and lecturer in astrophysics at Imperial College, London, is the author of the new book, "The Edge of the Sky: All You Need to Know About the All There Is".   KBOO will give away a copy of the book during this broadcast! Rober... Read more

National Book Award winner Richard Powers discusses his latest novel, "Orfeo," now out in trade paper, about modern music and the horrors of the national security state with host Richard Wolinskyl   This program is from Bookwaves. An extended version of this interview can... Read more

Host Kathleen Stephenson speaks with journalist and author Alix Christie about her new novel GUTENBERG’S APPRENTICE.  Alix tells the story of Gutenberg, his apprentice, and his team of typesetters as they worked on the first mass produced book, the Gutenberg Bible.  Ali... Read more

We speak wiht Portland author Peyton Marshall about her debut novel GOODHOUSE. Marshall is a former member of an all-female punk band in the 90s. In Goodhouse Marshalll imagines a grim and startling future. At the end of the twenty-first century—in a transformed America—t... Read more

Bone Clocks is the much anticipated, dazzling new novel from David Mitchell, the author of Cloud Atlas.  At once a metaphysical thriller, a meditation on mortality and a chronicle of our self-devouring times, this kaleidoscopic novel crackles with the invention and wit t... Read more

Between the Covers welcomes Portland-based poet Kate Gray to discuss her debut novel, Carry the Sky, published by local Forest Avenue Press. "Kate Gray takes an unblinking look at bullying in her debut novel, Carry the Sky. It’s 1983 at an elite Delaware boarding school. ... Read more

Tasmanian writer Richard Flanagan discusses his latest novel, "The Narrow Road to the Deep North," short listed for the Mann Booker Prize, as well as his career, with host Richard Wolinsky. "The Narrow Road to the Deep North" is set in 1943 in the despair of a Japanese P... Read more

In drought-stricken Portland, Oregon, a Robin Hood-esque water thief is caught on camera redistributing an illegal truckload of water to those in need. Nicknamed Maid Marian—real name: Renee, a twenty-something barista and eternal part-time college student—she is an inst... Read more

The guest is Christina Nichol, author of the new novel "Waiting for the Electricity,"  a unique comedic novel set in post-Soviet Georgia.  Christina Nichol won the 2012 Rona Jaffe Foundation Writer's Award. Nichol grew up in the Bay Area and studied at the University of O... Read more

Between the Covers welcomes Edan Lepucki, author of the debut novel, California.  The novel became a publishing phenomenon after it was recommended by author Sherman Alexie on The Colbert Report on June 4, 2014.  In a conversation about the current Amazon vs. Hachette c... Read more