KGNU Radio Book Club

The May selection for the Radio Bookclub is To Die Beautiful, by Boulder author Buzzy Jackson. The novel is a fictionalized retelling of the true story of Hannie Schaft, a Dutch resistance fighter during World War II. She became known as “the girl with the red hair”. We first meet Hannie in the novel in […]

In this podcast-only episode of the Radio Bookclub, author Buzzy Jackson answers audience questions about her new book To Die Beautiful and talks about the process of writing her first fiction book. Listen to the broadcast interview with Buzzy Jackson where she talks about her new book, her first novel, To Die Beautiful. That interview […]

The April selection for the Radio Bookclub is Go As A River, by Colorado author Shelley Read. This novel introduces readers to Victoria Nash who is just a teenager in the 1940s, but she runs the household on her family’s peach farm in the ranch town of Iola, Colorado. She is the sole surviving female […]

The March selection for the Radio Bookclub is Don’t Fear the Reaper, the latest novel by Colorado horror-author Stephen Graham Jones. This slasher novel sees the return of Jade Daniels who returns to her hometown of Proofrock, Idaho, four years after the Independence Day Massacre. Now going by Jennifer, she encounters Dark Mill South, a […]

In this podcast-only episode of the Radio Bookclub, author Stephen Graham answers questions from the audience at the live taping at the Boulder Bookstore. Listen to the broadcast interview with Stephen Graham Jones where he talks about his latest book, Don’t Fear the Reaper. That interview was broadcast on KGNU on Thursday, March 23 at […]

In this podcast-only episode of the Radio Bookclub, author Rachel King speaks about working in the publishing industry and her new work, a short novel that retells of the true story of a women’s basketball league from the 1930s that played men’s teams. Listen to the broadcast interview with Rachel King where she talks about […]

The February selection for the Radio Bookclub is Bratwurst Haven, a collection of linked short stories by author Rachel King. The twelve stories are set in a small town in Boulder County, where a sausage factory binds the diverse characters together. King tells their stories of their internal and external struggles. This episode was broadcast […]

The January selection for the Radio Bookclub is Blackwater Falls, the latest novel by Colorado-based author Ausma Zehanat Khan. The book introduces readers to Detective Inaya Rahman of the Denver Police Department who is called in to investigate the disappearance of girls from immigrant communities in the Colorado town of Blackwater Falls. Delving deep into […]

Author Erika Wurth speaks more about Indigenous horror writers, growing up in Idaho Springs and more. This special event was recorded in front of a live audience at the Boulder Bookstore on November 16. In this podcast-only episode of the Radio Bookclub, Erika answers questions from the audience. Listen to the broadcast interview with Erika […]

The December selection for the Radio Bookclub is White Horse, the latest novel by Denver author Erika Wurth. It tells the tale of Kari, an Indigenous woman who must face her past when she discovers a bracelet haunted by her mother’s spirit. Kari is haunted by visions of her mother and hunted by a mysterious […]