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#244 - Author Chat w/ Tan Twan Eng

On this episode, we are joined by Malaysian novelist Tan Twan Eng to talk about his new Booker Prize long-listed novel The House of Doors, a historical fiction story about British citizens living in c

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#243 - October 2023 Book News

On our mid-month check in for October 2023, we review the latest Asian American book and publishing announcements, as well as catch up on the latest controversial moves by a prominent book corporation

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What Big Books Have Yet to Come Out in 2023?

On this week’s episode, a look at the rest of the year in books — new fiction from Alice McDermott and this year’s Nobel laureate, Jon Fosse, a journalist’s investigation of killings

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BFRH 2023 10 13: Paula Goodlett and Gorg Huff on 1638: The Sovereign States; and Tinker by

Paula Goodlett and Gorg Huff on 1638: The Sovereign States; and Tinker by Wen Spencer, Part 21. View the podcast in video form at

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#242 - Author Chat w/ Jean Kwok

On this author chat episode, we sit down with bestselling author Jean Kwok to discuss her latest novel THE LEFTOVER WOMEN, a suspenseful story about 2 women, one recent immigrant from China searching

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What It's Like to Write a Madonna Biography

Madonna released her first single in 1982, and in one guise or another she has been with us ever since — ubiquitous but also astonishing, when you consider the usual fleeting arc of pop stardom. How h

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BFRH 2023 10 06: Tim Powers on My Brother’s Keeper; and Tinker by Wen Spencer, Part 20. Vid

Tim Powers on My Brother’s Keeper; and Tinker by Wen Spencer, Part 20. View the podcast in video form at and

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A New Thing Under the Sun

Jeff and Rebecca talk about Book3 (and reactions to it), a survey about what libraries think of book bans, the U.S. suing Amazon, and more.Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify

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Audiobooks are the Best

You love books. You love podcasts. Ergo, we assume you love audiobooks the way we do — we hope you do, anyway, because this week we’ve devoted our entire episode to the form, as Gilbert Cruz is joined

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BFRH 2023 09 29: Charles E. Gannon on Endangered Species, Part Two; and Tinker by Wen Spenc

Charles E. Gannon on Endangered Species, Part Two; and Tinker by Wen Spencer, Part 19. View the podcast in video form at

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Borrowed and Banned

As an extra for you this week, we are delighted to share the first episode of Borrowed and Banned, a new podcast made by our friends at the Brooklyn Public Library. This 7-episode limited series, host

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#241 - The Family Chao by Lan Samantha Chang

On this episode, we discuss our September 2023 book club pick The Family Chao by Lan Samantha Chang, an Asian American family drama about a restaurant family from the midwest and wh

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Homer Was On One

Jeff and Rebecca talk about the National Book Award for Fiction longlist, a bunch of red states leaving the American Library Association, a teacher getting fired for teaching The Diary of Anne Frank,

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Zadie Smith on Her New Historical Novel

Zadie Smith’s new novel, “The Fraud,” is set in 19th-century England, and introduces a teeming cast of characters at the periphery of a trial in which the central figure claimed to be a long-lost nobl

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BFRH 2023 09 22: Charles E. Gannon on Endangered Species, Part One; and Tinker by Wen Spenc

Charles E. Gannon on Endangered Species, Part One; and Tinker by Wen Spencer, Part 18. View the podcast in video form at

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#240 - Author Chat w/ Olivie Blake

On this episode, we sit down with bestselling author Olivie Blake to chat about the revised release of her first self-published novel, Masters of Death, a genre-bending contemporary fantasy about an a

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Time For Bed

Jeff and Rebecca talk about a bunch of recent reading, Drew Barrymore getting booted from the National Book Awards, and I guess that pretty much covers it.Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podca

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Elon Musk's Biography and Profiling Naomi Klein

Elon Musk, the billionaire South Africa-born entrepreneur whose business interests include the electric car company Tesla, the private rocket company SpaceX and the social media platform X (formerly T

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#239 - September 2023 Book News

On our mid-month check in for September 2023, we review the latest Asian American book and publishing announcements, as well as catch up on some news from the ongoing literary awards b

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BFRH 2023 09 15: DragonCon 2023 Roundtable; and Tinker by Wen Spencer, Part 17. Video at ba

Baen Authors and Editors discuss this year’s DragonCon; and Tinker by Wen Spencer, Part 17. View the podcast in video form at

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Nexuses of Attention

Jenn Northington joins Jeff to talk about book blurbs, book sales, and the fundamental tension of to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify.For more industry news, sign u

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Talking to Stephen King and September Books to Check Out

Stephen King’s new novel, “Holly,” is his sixth book to feature the private investigator Holly Gibney, who made her debut as a mousy side character in the 2014 novel “Mr. Mercedes” and has become more

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BFRH 2023 09 08: The Icarus Plot Wins a Dragon Award; and Tinker by Wen Spencer, Part 16. V

The Icarus Plot Wins a Dragon Award; and Tinker by Wen Spencer, Part 16. View the podcast in video form at

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#238 - Author Chat w/ Andrew Yang

On this episode, we chat with author Andrew Yang (not the candidate) about his debut novel, I'm Not Here to Make Friends, a coming of age story about two girls who join the cast of a Terrace House l

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Do You Think the Books are Fine?

Jeff and Rebecca talk early 2023 prize lists, Jeff's trip to the UK, recent reading, and more.Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify.For more industry news, sign up for our Toda

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Bitter Medicine by Mia Tsai

On this episode we discuss our August 2023 book club pick Bitter Medicine by Mia Tsai. A contemporary fantasy romance about Elle, a skilled healer and Chinese immortal laying low to hide from her murd

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BFRH 2023 09 01: Very Important Corpses; and Tinker by Wen Spencer, Part 115. Video at baen

Simon R. Green discusses Ishmael Jones novel Very Important Corpses; and Tinker by Wen Spencer, Part 15. View the podcast in video form at

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Introducing Dear Alana, a new show from Tenderfoot TV

While we await our book club discussion episode later this week, we wanted to share something special with you. Please enjoy the first episode of the new hit podcast, Dear Alana, from our partners at

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Guest Post: Modern Indie Bookselling with Josh Cook

Jeff and Rebecca are out this week, wrapping up the last bits of summer vacation, so we are dropping Jeff's recent interview on First Edition with Josh Cook into the feed.On the occasion of his new bo

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BFRH 2023 08 25: Lord of a Shattered Land, Part Two; and Tinker by Wen Spencer, Part 14. Vi

Howard Andrew Jones on Lord of a Shattered Land, Part Two; and Tinker by Wen Spencer, Part 14. View the podcast in video form at

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#236 - Author Chat w/ Aisha Saeed

On this episode, we're excited to finally get to chat with author (and one of the founding members of Aisha Saeed about her latest novel, Forty Words for Love, a story of childhoo

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It's All Connected

On this week’s episode, a look at the rest of the year in books — new fiction from Alice McDermott and this year’s Nobel laureate, Jon Fosse, a journalist’s investigation of killings3