Totally Booked with Zibby
Zibby Owens
In my daily show, I interview today’s latest, bestselling, buzziest, or underrated authors whose work I think is worth your time -- in 30 minutes or less. As a bookstore owner, publisher, author and (obviously) podcaster, I get a comprehensive look at everything that’s coming out and spend my time curating the best books so you don’t have to. Stay in the know, get insider insights, and connect with guests like I do. Every single day. With 2,000+ episodes to choose from, you'll never run out of book talk. For more information, go to zibbymedia.com and follow the show on Instagram at @totallybookedwithzibby. Please rate and review the show. And go buy the books! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
Mentioned books
Feb 3, 2021 • 30min
Rebecca Sacks, CITY OF A THOUSAND GATES
Zibby describes Rebecca Sacks's novel as a "literary achievement" and "epic journey." She and Rebecca talked about lives intersecting, the beauty in learning new languages, and the idea of being a global citizen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 3, 2021 • 24min
Cherie Jones, HOW THE ONE-ARMED SISTER SWEEPS HER HOUSE
Cherie Jones's book feels like a classic from another era. Her writing is so vivid. She told Zibby about how her characters are inspired by voices that pop into her brain and that it's her role to translate those to paper. The result is vivid, stunning, and entirely captivating. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 3, 2021 • 31min
Lauren Fox, SEND FOR ME
When Lauren Fox was in her twenties she found letters in her parents' basement. Her grandparents had been living with them for years and she found a box amongst their belongings containing about seventy-five letters written in German script, which would take Lauren down an immersive path uncovering details about her family. The story she ultimately wrote is fiction, but the inspiration for Send for Me is based on her own ancestry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 2, 2021 • 31min
Adam Grant, THINK AGAIN
The topic of Adam Grant's book is "The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know," which Zibby thinks will help people view changing their mind, adapting their ideas, or rethinking their decisions as a strength instead of a weakness. Listen on for an enlightening take about flip-flopping, pre-crastinating, false deadlines, and transforming your beliefs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 2, 2021 • 31min
Rachel Ricketts, DO BETTER
Rachel Ricketts talks to Zibby about spiritual activism, dismantling systems of discrimination and oppression, creating equity, and more in this deeply important conversation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 2, 2021 • 33min
Anna Malaika Tubbs, THE THREE MOTHERS
Zibby was honored to speak with Anna Malaika Tubbs about The Three Mothers - a brilliant, conversational, and historically-rich biography. Anna shines a light on the mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin and the crucial role they play in American history, what they symbolize in terms of Black womanhood, and how we can use feminist theory, gender theory, critical race theory to help us better understand and change the world. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 2, 2021 • 32min
Dr. Harold Koplewicz, THE SCAFFOLD EFFECT
Dr. Harold Koplewicz founded the Child Mind Institute, a nonprofit dedicated to children's mental health disorders that Zibby supports as a board member. They talked about combating stigmas associated with mental illness, managing anxiety, and his critical advice to parents to self-care so they have the strength to take care of their children. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 1, 2021 • 33min
Laura Tremaine, SHARE YOUR STUFF. I'LL GO FIRST.
Laura Tremaine says that when she changed her mindset around what kind of writer she thought she was supposed to be, this terrific book about connecting took form. Laura shares her experiences with fear, vulnerability, and relationships in a way that sparks deep thought and conversation in her audience. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 1, 2021 • 36min
Melissa Gould, WIDOWISH
Melissa Gould calls her emotional memoir a modern love story. Her writing deeply resonated with Zibby, and they talked about grieving, expectations, parenting through loss, and falling in love. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 31, 2021 • 24min
Jordan Thierry and Ben Sand, A KIDS BOOK ABOUT
Jordan Thierry is the author of A Kids Book About Systemic Racism and Ben Sand is the author of A Kids Book About White Privilege—both part of a fantastic, educational, and inspiring new series of kids' books. They talked to Zibby about the challenges of writing about deep topics for a young set of readers, creating digestible conversations about race in the home and on the page, and how we can all take part in disseminating a positive message about "love and hope and resistance and change and acceptance." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
