Also featured is journalist Andrea Pitzer with her book on Arctic exploration, Icebound, Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World.

It’s A Novel Idea, Saturday March 7th at 5am and Sunday March 8th at 10am PT. Streaming and podcasting at norcalpublicmedia.org.

Nancy Econome talks with Suzanne on her novel of Greek identity and extended family set in Northern California of the 1950’s: Finding My Olympia.

It’s A Novel Idea, every first, third, and fifth Saturdays at 5:00am and Sundays at 10:00am on KRCB 104.9. Streaming and podcasting at krcb.org.

Shivani Malik brings us her novel of a determined young woman who leaves India to fulfill her dream of becoming a scientist, The Sky is Different Here.

It’s A Novel Idea, every first, third, and fifth Saturdays at 5:00 am and Sundays at 10:00am.

Streaming and podcasting at KRCB.org.

Also featured is Katrin Ciaffa, translator of Hannelore Krollpfeiffer’s We Lived in Berlin: A Story from the End of the War. Krollpfeiffer is a journalist who was a young woman in Berlin at the end of WWII.

(Photo: Katrin Ciaffa, pictured left, with Hannelore Krollpfeiffer - courtesy of the author).

A Novel Idea is heard every first, third, and fifth Saturdays at 5am and Sundays at 10am. Streaming at krcb.org.

Julia Mary Gibson joins Suzanne and talks about her novel The Copper Stone.

It’s A Novel Idea, every first, third, and fifth Saturday at 5:00am, and first, third, and fifth Sundays at 10:00am on KRCB 104.9 FM.

We also visit composer Tina Davidson, who talks about her extraordinary life in music and as an artist and teacher. Her book is Let Your Heart Be Broken, Life and Music from a Classical Composer. Join us!

It’s A Novel Idea, Saturday at 5am and Sunday at 10am on KRCB 104.9 FM, streaming at krcb.org. 

Also featured is the ever-fascinating Joan Frank with her works Late Work, A Literary Autobiography of Love, Loss, and What I Was Reading and the novel Juniper Street.

It’s A Novel Idea, every first, third, and fifth Saturday mornings at 5:00 am and Sunday mornings at 10:00 am.

Streaming and podcasting at krcb.org.

Also featured is Reyna Marder Gentin on her book Jessica Harmon Has Stepped Away, a mother/daughter story including literary prizes, road trips, and ultimately, independence.

It’s A Novel Idea, every first, third, and fifth Saturday mornings at 5:00 am and Sunday mornings at 10:00 am.

Streaming and podcasting at krcb.org.

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Suzanne also talks with Senegalese philosopher Souleymane Bachir Diagne on his book Language to Language, the Hospitality of Translation.

It’s A Novel Idea, first, third, and fifth Saturday mornings at 5:00am and Sundays at 10am on KRCB 104.9. Streaming and podcasting at krcb.org.