KGNU Radio Book Club

The August 2025 selection for the Radio Bookclub is The Haunting of Room 904, the latest novel by author Erika Wurth.

As with Erika’s previous book White Horse, this is a horror novel that incorporates Native American history and mythology. The story tells the story of Olivia Becente, who discovers she has the ability to commune with the dead after her sister Naiche dies unexpectedly and under strange circumstances in room 904 of the Brown Palace in Denver. Olivia becomes a paranormal investigator who must confront her sister’s death, and a mysterious and possibly dangerous cult.

In this episode, David Hicks talks more about his new book, The Gospel According to Danny, and discusses life as a professor who teaches writing. 

The July 2025 selection for the Radio Bookclub is The Gospel According to Danny, the latest novel by author David Hicks.

The story follows Danny Gausepohl, a man who appears to have it all — a marriage to his college sweetheart and a steady job as head waiter at a local restaurant. But as the nation reels from tragedies like the Columbine shooting and the Sept. 11 attacks, Danny finds his own life unraveling.

As he navigates personal and national upheaval, Danny struggles to hold on to his identity as a husband, father and American. Hicks’ novel is described as “a deeply human story about love, fatherhood, and the cost of a divided nation.”

In this podcast-only episode of the Radio Bookclub, author Marcia Douglas answers questions from the audience at the live taping of the show at the Boulder Bookstore on May 13, 2025. Marcia's latest book is The Jamaica Kollection of the Shante Dream Arkive: Being Dreamity, Algoriddims, Chants & Riffs.

In this episode, we speak with Marcia Douglas about her latest book, which weaves together stories from the past with the present day. It follows a young woman, known to the reader only as 20A, who is fleeing immigration officers in the United States, and combines it with the stories of many other lives, including that of an enslaved woman fleeing her captors. The stories are juxtaposed against botanical, animal, and planetary migrations in Jamaica. This episode was taped in front of a live audience at the Boulder Bookstore on May 13, 2025.

In this podcast-only episode of the Radio Bookclub, author Stephen Graham Jones answers questions from the audience at the live taping of the show at the Boulder Public Library on April 9, 2025. Stephen’s latest book, The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, is a historical horror novel featuring a vampire seeking vengeance for the 1870 massacre of members of the Blackfeet Nation in Montana by U.S. Army forces.

The May 2025 selection for the Radio Bookclub is The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by bestselling horror author Stephen Graham Jones.
Set against the backdrop of the 1870 Marias Massacre, in which U.S. Army forces murdered members of the Blackfeet Nation in Montana, this historical novel follows a vampire named Good Stab on a decades-long quest for justice. Years later, Good Stab recounts his tale of vengeance to a Lutheran minister who records the tale in his diary.

This special episode of the Radio Bookclub was recorded before a full house at the Boulder Public Library auditorium on April 9. It marks Stephen Graham Jones’ sixth appearance on the Radio Bookclub.

In this edition of Afterhours at the Radio Bookclub, author Jon Bassoff answers questions from the audience at a live taping of the show at the Boulder Bookstore on March 7, 2025. Erika Krouse's latest book, his tenth, is a psychological thriller, The Memory Ward.

The April 2025 selection for the Radio Bookclub is Memory Ward, the latest book by Longmont author Jon Bassoff. The psychological thriller is set in Bethlam, Nevada, a seemingly perfect suburban idyll. However, as the story unfolds, it becomes clear that not everything is as it seems.

Postal worker Hank Davies begins to suspect something is off and sets out to uncover what’s real and what isn’t.

This episode was recorded in front of a live audience at the Boulder Bookstore on March 7, 2025.

The episode aired on KGNU Thursday, April 24, at 9 a.m.

In this edition of Afterhours at the Radio Bookclub, author Erika Krouse answers questions from the audience at a live taping of the show at the Boulder Bookstore on March 12, 2025. Erika Krouse's latest book is a collection of short stories, Save me Stranger.