Totally Booked with Zibby

Zibby is joined by the founder of She ROARs Chidiogo Akunyili-Parr to talk about her first book, I Am Because We Are, which combines a memoir of her life with an autobiography of her late mother, Dora Akunyili. Chidiogo shares moments from her family history and from her mother's tenure as a revered director-general of Nigeria's National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control that shaped her worldview as well as her empowering work ethic. She also tells Zibby about how her senses of intuition and spiritual guidance have grown stronger since working on this project and why she wants to use this strength to help other women grow.Purchase on Amazon or Bookshop.Amazon: https://amzn.to/3tzCheXBookshop: https://bookshop.org/a/1264/9781487009632Subscribe to Zibby's weekly newsletter here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"The greatest thing about having written a book is knowing that you have written one. It has emboldened me in many parts of my life in thinking, 'Well, if I can do this, maybe I can do something else.'" Actor John Cho joins Zibby to discuss his debut middle-grade novel, Troublemaker, which was inspired by his own life. John shares how his memories of the Rodney King Riots feel resonant today, the universal emotions of growing up and trying to find ways to feel like an adult when you're still a child, and what his anxiety has looked like following the uptick in anti-Asian violence over the past few years. On a lighter note, John tells Zibby what he hopes younger readers will take away from this story and what he's looking to do with it next.Purchase on Amazon or Bookshop.Amazon: https://amzn.to/3wo4B62Bookshop: https://bit.ly/3uiKun8Subscribe to Zibby's weekly newsletter here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Zibby is joined by the duo behind the new picture book Just Try One Bite, Adam Mansbach and Camila Alves McConaughey, to talk about their collaboration as well as their personal projects. Adam shares what it was like to write his prose poem, I Had a Brother Once, about his late brother, why it took him so long to write, and what it has been like since he completed it. Camila also discusses how and why she started Women of Today, an online community that connects women with the intention of helping everyone find exactly the support they need. The three also talk about their respective relationships with sugar and food overall, and how that inspired the messaging of this picture book. Purchase on Amazon or Bookshop.Amazon: https://amzn.to/36cxebLBookshop: https://bit.ly/3qpWpyrSubscribe to Zibby's weekly newsletter here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"We spend so much time ignoring our calling, searching for our calling not realizing it's already calling us." #1 New York Times bestselling author, Fox Sports analyst, and former NFL player Emmanuel Acho returns to talk with Zibby about his new book, Illogical. Emmanuel shares how being illogical simply means going against conventional wisdom to find the passions that speak to you the most in your personal and professional lives, just as he has done since releasing his first book, Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man. The two discuss the advice Emmanuel strives to live by, how he wants to inspire others to create the best lives for themselves, and the moments that inspired him to find his calling.Purchase on Amazon or Bookshop.Amazon: https://amzn.to/3qm5DeSBookshop: https://bit.ly/3qmjYIcSubscribe to Zibby's weekly newsletter here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"I think a lot of us have that thing where it's like, 'Who am I to think I could write a book?' I'm now always telling people, 'Who are you not to?'" Zibby is joined by New York Times bestselling author and founder of Legacy Launch Pad Anna David to talk about the re-release of her novel, Party Girl, as well as the many other things she is working on. Anna shares how her disappointing experience with traditional publishing led her to start an independent service designed to help authors succeed on their own terms, and her new project, Hollywood Book Directory, which helps get books optioned. The two also discuss why they are shaking up the industry and some of the successes they've already had along the way.Purchase on Amazon or Bookshop.Amazon: https://amzn.to/3w9BROmBookshop: https://bit.ly/3CIsgzbSubscribe to Zibby's weekly newsletter here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

New York Times bestselling author Sabaa Tahir returns to talk about her latest novel, All My Rage, which she worked on for the last fifteen years whenever she got angry. She shares which real facets of her own life she wove into the story, from enduring xenophobia to the ebbs and flows of lifelong friendships, and which scene was written when she was the angriest she had ever been. Sabaa and Zibby also talk about empathy in this day and age, what they think about their kids reading their writing, and which projects Sabaa is working on next.Purchase on Amazon or Bookshop.Amazon: https://amzn.to/3MLHZChBookshop: https://bit.ly/3I7ppB3Subscribe to Zibby's weekly newsletter here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Journalist, social activist, and professor Saumya Roy joins Zibby to talk about her first book, Castaway Mountain, which is the culmination of eight years of interviews with and research on the wastepickers in the garbage landfill of Mumbai. Saumya shares how she first became involved with wastepickers after she and her father began a non-profit that offers loans to microentrepreneurs and was approached by a number of those who managed the landfill. She wanted to not only show the world who these individuals are and how they have built their lives but also how we as a global community are constantly generating waste which greatly contributes to climate change.Purchase on Amazon or Bookshop.Amazon: https://amzn.to/3wd54YzBookshop: https://bit.ly/3te5XynSubscribe to Zibby's weekly newsletter here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Zibby is joined by Julie Vick to talk about her latest book, a parenting guide for introverts titled Babies Don't Make Small Talk (So Why Should I?). The two discuss what makes someone an introvert, an extrovert, or an ambivert (and why they're both introverts), as well as how the pressures of parenthood could feel even heavier with the added weight of social anxiety or shyness. Julie also shares she found her way back to writing after having her second child and how she cultivated a platform for herself on Twitter.Purchase on Amazon or Bookshop.Amazon: https://amzn.to/3w4Ryq1Bookshop: https://bit.ly/3q9q3b3Subscribe to Zibby's weekly newsletter here.This week Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books is partnering with SecondSale — your neighborhood bookstore, online! A family-owned business in the Midwest since 2008, SecondSale promotes the eco-friendly resale of books and recycles over a million pounds of paper products each year. Check them out at SecondSale.com and SellBackYourBook.com! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rosie Walsh returns for an Instagram Live with Zibby to discuss her latest novel, The Love of My Life, which is this month's GMA Book Club pick. The two talk about how this book took Rosie over four years to write and how she managed to work around her writer's block by typing her draft in white. They also talk about where to steal time for writing when raising young kids, what makes obituary writers so fascinating, and the research Rosie conducts to help make her characters feel so true-to-life.Purchase on Amazon or Bookshop.Amazon: https://amzn.to/34JNmAJBookshop: https://bit.ly/3w97IynSubscribe to Zibby's weekly newsletter here.This week Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books is partnering with SecondSale — your neighborhood bookstore, online! A family-owned business in the Midwest since 2008, SecondSale promotes the eco-friendly resale of books and recycles over a million pounds of paper products each year. Check them out at SecondSale.com and SellBackYourBook.com! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Zibby is joined by Kendall Rhodes, Meredith Littas, and Meghan Rienks — three women involved with the new Fictionz app and the recent narrative audio series, The Break Up Diet, which Meredith wrote during the early days of the Covid lockdown. The four chat about their astrological signs and which character from Sex and the City they are most like, as well as why Fictionz's mission is to highlight women-centered stories and how they've designed their shows to be intimate and digestible.Subscribe to Zibby's weekly newsletter here.This week Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books is partnering with SecondSale — your neighborhood bookstore, online! A family-owned business in the Midwest since 2008, SecondSale promotes the eco-friendly resale of books and recycles over a million pounds of paper products each year. Check them out at SecondSale.com and SellBackYourBook.com! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.