Bookreporter Talks To

Hosted ByCarol Fitzgerald

“Bookreporter Talks To” is a podcast from The Book Report Network where we host in-depth conversations with authors about the books that we love. We know authors cannot travel everywhere, so we want to bring them to you, wherever YOU may be.


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Meg Mitchell Moore: Two Truths and a Lie

Meg Mitchell Moore, author of The Islanders, joins Carol to talk about her new book, Two Truths and a Lie. The book is set in Newburyport, Massachusetts where Meg lives, and they talk about how she brings this town to life in her fiction using the…

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Mikel Jollett: Hollywood Park

Mikel Jollett, the author of Hollywood Park: A Memoir, joins Carol for a “Bookreporter Talks To” interview. Raised in the dangerous Synanon cult in California, he portrays his childhood escape and the tumultuous struggle he had to face to fit…

Alex George: The Paris Hours

In this interview, Carol shares a conversation with Alex George about his latest novel, The Paris Hours, which follows four ordinary people during one day in Paris in 1927.  The city and its lively arts scene has excitement and energy, and it…

Scott Turow: The Last Trial

Scott Turow joined Carol Fitzgerald to discuss his latest novel, The Last Trial. Scott shares his thoughts on giving Sandy Stern a starring role in this book for one final trial; Sandy has had a role in every one of his Kindle County books. For this…

Jennifer Weiner: Big Summer

Jennifer Weiner chats with Carol Fitzgerald from her “closet studio” to discuss her new book, Big Summer, which is a great beach read. They talk about how the book looks at the theme of female friendships and their often fraught natures, as well…

Emma Straub: All Adults Here

Emma Straub talks to Carol about her latest novel, All Adults Here. She shares how she worked on balancing this novel to be simultaneously heartfelt, witty, and relatable. In it, the matriarch of the family has a life-changing aha moment. Suddenly she…

Mary Kay Andrews: Hello, Summer

Mary Kay Andrews (also known around the Bookreporter office as MKA) and Carol talk about her new beach read, Hello, Summer, which is set in a Florida beach town.  The protagonist is a journalist working at her family’s small-town newspaper….

Francesca Serritella: Ghosts of Harvard

Francesca Serritella and Carol talk about her debut novel, Ghosts of Harvard, in which a Harvard freshman seeks to unravel the mystery of her brother’s suicide on that campus the previous year. Francesca talks about her own years at Harvard, her…

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