Joe Donahue speaks with author Neil Gaiman about his novel, "The Ocean at the End of the Lane," a tale of mystery, survival, memory, and magic which makes the impossible all too real. This show is recorded before a live audience in Saratoga Springs, New York. (Originally aired on The Book Show #1302.)
Joe Donahue speaks with journalist and author Pete Hamill about his book, "The Christmas Kid: And Other Brooklyn Stories," a collection of Brooklyn-based stories spanning thirty years. (Originally aired on The Book Show #1274.)
Joe Donahue speaks with presidential historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Doris Kearns Goodwin about her book, "The Bully Pulpit," on William Howard Taft and Teddy Roosevelt. The show is an Off the Shelf edition of The Book Show in partnership with Northshire Bookstore in Saratoga Springs, NY and recorded before a live audience.
Joe Donahue is joined by Mitch Albom in a live-audience recording in Saratoga Springs, New York. They discuss his new book, "The First Phone Call from Heaven."
Joe Donahue speaks with author Andre Dubus III about his new collection of novellas, "Dirty Love," where he tells stories of love tainted and gone wrong.
Joe Donahue speaks with author Anne Perry about her novel, "Blind Justice." The novel explores the vulnerabilities of organized religion, the precarious boundaries of justice and the flaws within the legal system.
Joe Donahue is joined by Anne Rice and her son Christopher Rice in a live-audience recording in Saratoga Springs, New York. They discuss publishing, writing, and their latest titles, "The Wolves of Midwinter" and "The Heavens Rise."
Joe Donahue speaks with Elizabeth Gilbert, bestselling author of "Eat, Pray, Love." Gilbert returns to fiction with her first novel in 13-years, "The Signature of All Things," about the life and death of botanist Alma Whittaker.
Joe Donahue speaks with author Louise Penny about, "How the Light Gets In," the newest edition to her revered mystery series, "Three Pines Series." In the book, Chief Inspector Armand Gamache faces his nemesis and uncovers shattering revelations.
Part 2 of 2: In an extended conversation with Harry Rosenfeld and Joe Donahue, they discuss the conflict between political and journalistic decision making at The Washington Post. Rosenfeld was metro editor at The Washington Post, where he managed reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein in the Watergate investigation that earned the newspaper a Pulitzer.
Part 1 of 2: Joe Donahue speaks with journalist Harry Rosenfeld about his memoir, "From Kristallnacht to Watergate: Memoirs of a Newspaperman," a story of the life of a newspaperman. Rosenfeld talks about his childhood and events leading up to his career in journalism.
Joe Donahue speaks with author Edwidge Danticat about her book, "Claire of the Sea Light." Set in a seaside town of Haiti, the novel unfolds over the course of one evening and features a father struggling with the painful decision of whether to give away his beloved daughter in the hopes she will find a better life with someone else.
Joe Donahue speaks with Paul Harding, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Tinkers." Harding's new book, "Enon: A Novel," builds a story around the grandson of "Tinkers" protagonist, George Crosby, following him as he tries to come to terms with a shattering personal tragedy.
Joe Donahue speaks with author Ivan Doig about his novel, "Sweet Thunder." In Doig's latest story he reprises the beloved character Morrie Morgan to take on the power of the press in an era of corporate greed and social unrest.
