Many listeners and past guests on WSIRN have shared their stories of reading dry spells due to chronic illness, anxiety, and disability. Today’s guest Kate Mitchell has experienced polar...

WSIRN often helps readers get out oftheircomfort zones, but today’s guest Mallory O’Meara is taking Anne out ofhers. Her wheelhouse is everything bizarre, paranormal, and downright scary. But digging...

Michelle Wilson has noticed a specific character type that is missing from her bookshelves… and she is on the hunt for more. She and Anne chat about characters age...

Guest Kate Daley is a house painter from New South Wales, Australia, who has been living for the past two and a half years… in a camper van! Today...

After a year of focusing on reading over 100 books while recovering from a running injury, today’s guest Natalie Van Waning is sprinting enthusiastically toward many readers’ worst nightmare:...

Sean Larkin is a self-proclaimed “slow reader”, stay-at-home-parent, and freelance photographer. If you don’t relate to 100-book reading goals or refreshing your feed for the latest book news, Sean...

Ready for a trip to Scotland? Today Anne sits down in-person with Ruth Andersen, a brand new bookseller in Wigtown, Scotland, to chat about what it’s like to live...

This week Anne chats with Anna LeBaron, author of the memoir The Polygamist’s Daughter, about how literacy kept her going through a difficult childhood, and how as an adult...

Meet Phimy Truong and Erika ThiBenjamin, best friends who share both a passion for work that creates positive change in the world AND practically identical reading taste (as you’ll...