Bookstore Explorer

Are you a fan of audiobooks but would prefer to support your favorite indie bookstore when downloading? Libro.fm makes that happen. This week, I'm joined by Lee Hooyboer, Senior Manager of Bookseller Partnerships at Libro.fm, who shares all the details on this fantastic platform.

Books We Talk About: The Chronology of Water by Lidia Yuknavitch, Redwall by Brian Jacques, and How to Defend Books and Why by Danny Caine

This week, we head to Berkeley, California, to visit Book Society. Co-owner Laura Guzman discusses this fantastic bookstore and wine bar.

Books We Talk About: We'll Prescribe You a Cat by Syou Ishida, The League of Lady Poisoners by Lisa Perrin, Places We Swim California by Caroline Clements, My Friends by Fredrik Backman, and many others!

This week, I’m joined in person by Julie Schultz of This House of Books in Billings, Montana! Recoded live in the shop, Julie walks us through the history of this fantastic co-op-structured store, which is shared by approximately 700 owners.

Books We Talk About: The Hearing Trumpet by Leonora Carrington, the Sean Stranahan mystery series by Keith McCafferty, and This House of Sky by Ivan Doig

This week on the pod, we head to Bloomington, Indiana, to hear the fascinating story of Morgenstern Books with co-owner Jenna Bowman and bookseller Grace Hamilton.

It's a very special episode of Bookstore Explorer as Matt welcomes some old friends to the show! This week, we visit with Stephen and Nicki Bentley Colthart, owners of Volume Bookshop & Studio in Buckhannon, West Virginia.

This week, we’re heading to Kilmarnock, Virginia, to talk with Lisa McLaughlin, the owner of The Bookshelf on Church.

Books We Talk About: Many Lives, Many Masters by Brian Weiss, The Summer We Ran by Audrey Ingram, Finlay Donovan Crosses the Line by Elle Cosimano, Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

On this episode, Matt is joined by Aimee Chipman of Bluestocking Bookshop in Holland, Michigan. Books We Talk About: The works of Jacqueline Carey, Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan, and The World Gives Way by Marissa Levien

In this episode, Sisters Sarah Krammen and Rachel Rattenborg take us on a tour of their family-owned bookshop, Dragonfly Books in Decorah, Iowa.

Books We Talk About: Aftertaste by Daria Lavelle, Bog Queen by Anna North, Hound Triptych by Dani Janae, Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman, and the works of H.P. Lovecraft and Patrick Rothfuss

Today we head to Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, to talk with Margaret Magle, owner of OtherWords Books & More. Books We Talk About: Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman, Amish Vampires in Space by Kerry Nietz, and 1984 by George Orwell

Today I'm joined by Rae Gosling, owner of Hidden Nook Booksellers in Grayling, Michigan. Books We Talk About: Anxious People by Fredrik Backman, Redwall by Brian Jacques, Hogfather by Terry Pratchett, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Andy Corren, Dirtbag Queen by Andy Corren, and Zeal by Morgan Jerkins