Authors & Books Recorded Events

KUOW’s Katie Campbell joins Seattle-based writer Molly Olguín, in conversation. Molly Olguín is the author of "The Sea Gives Up the Dead" — winner of the 2023 Grace Paley Prize in Short Fiction. In this imaginative and haunting debut collection, Olguín reimagines myths and fairy tales through a queer lens, exploring the borders between fantasy and reality, love and loss, and the monstrous and the human.

KUOW’s Katie Campbell joins acclaimed author Sonora Jha to discuss her latest novel, "Intemperance". Sonora Jha is the author of four books, including "The Laughter," winner of the 2024 Washington State Book Award for Fiction and named one of the Best Books of 2023 by The New Yorker, NPR, and others. Her previous works include the memoir "How to Raise a Feminist Son" and her debut novel "Foreign." A former journalist in India and Singapore, Jha is now a professor at Seattle University and lives in Seattle.

Award-winning audiobook narrator Julia Whelan reads from her book "Thank You for Listening" and shared her thoughts on the importance of libraries in today's world.

Local literary luminaries Laurie Frankel and Kevin O'Brien discuss Frankel's new book.

Amara discusses his psychological thriller set in post-colonial Algeria.

Sasha discusses her celebrated essay collection, "Thunder Song."

S. A. MacLean, a Sunday Times bestselling fantasy author with a PhD in environmental science, chats with LJ Andrews, a USA Today and Sunday Times bestselling author of fantasy romance, about her sequel to her bestselling novel "Broken Souls and Bones."

Josephine Ensign, the author of "Way Home: Journeys Through Homelessness", along with fellow panelists Derrick Belgarde and Sara Rankin have a discussion on homelessness and criminalization in city, state, and country.

KUOW Book Club host Katie Campbell sits down with Seattle author and environmental journalist Lynda V. Mapes to discuss her latest book. "The Trees are Speaking: Dispatches from the Salmon Forests."

Jodi-Ann's book: "Authentic: The Myth of Bringing your Full Self to Work."