Just the Right Book with Roxanne Coady

In this week's Tidbits episode Just the Right Book Podcast takes you inside a young adult author panel hosted by RJ Julia. Also in today's Tidbits, we give you a sneak peek at next week's episode with Rabbi Naomi Levy who spoke to Roxanne about her book Einstein and the Rabbi, an exploration of the meaning and purpose of the soul, inspired by the famous correspondence between Albert Einstein and a grieving rabbi.

Former Books on The Nightstand host, "rep extraordinaire" and frequent guest Michael Kindness is back to add to your winter reading list! Also in this episode, Roxanne speaks to author and former New York City prosecutor Linda Fairstein who stopped by Just the Right Book Podcast to chat about her kid's book Digging for Trouble, the second book in her Devlin Quick Mysteries. 

If you knew the date of your death, how would you live your life? This is the premise of Chloe Benjamin's second novel The Immortalists, which was hailed "2018's First Must-Read" by Entertainment Weekly.  Just the Right Book Podcast caught up with the self-proclaimed "midwest convert" right before her book tour. And stay tuned after the conversation with Chloe to hear the latest book recommendations from Lori Fazio, the COO of RJ Julia in Madison, CT. 

Chloe Benjamin's second book, The Immortalists is one of the most anticipated books of 2018. In this week's Tidbits episode we give you a special look inside the book with an excerpt read by Chloe herself! And tune in next week to Just the Right Book Podcast to hear Roxanne's full interview with Chloe Benjamin. 

Pamela Paul is the editor of The New York Times Book Review and oversees books coverage at The New York Times. In this week's episode of Just the Right Book Podcast, Pamela gives us a rare look at the inner workings of The New York Times and chats with Roxanne about the newspaper's prestigious list, The 10 Best Books of 2017. And stay tuned after Roxanne's conversation with Pamela Paul to hear what patrons of RJ Julia have on their New Years Reading Resolutions List. 

In today's Tidbits Episode Roxanne gives us some of her favorite "New Year, New You" book picks.  Also in today's Tidbits, we give you a sneak peek at next week's episode with Pamela Paul, the editor of The New York Times Book Review and author of My Life With Bob.

Ann Patchett is the co-owner of Parnassus Books in Nashville and the author of seven novels. In this week's episode of Just the Right Book Podcast we revisit one of our most popular episodes with the The Bel Canto author who joined Roxanne last winter from her home in Nashville. They discussed many things including her life as a bookseller, her book Commonwealth, and this years' Man Booker Prize-winner, George Saunders' Lincoln in the Bardo. 

In today's Tidbits episode Roxanne talks about some of her favorite books of 2017!  Also in today’s Tidbits, we give you a sneak peek at next week’s  episode with Ann Patchett, when we re-visit one of our most popular conversations!

Jacques Pepin is a world-renowned chef, a former columnist for the New York Times and the author of more than two dozen cookbooks. For this week's episode of Just the Right Book Podcast, we re-visit one of our favorite episodes with the the internationally recognized French chef and author just in time for the holidays!

In today's Tidbits episode Roxanne read one of her favorite poems from Mary Oliver's collection, A Thousand Mornings: Poems.  Also in today’s Tidbits, we give you a sneak peek at next week’s  episode with world-renowned chef Jacques Pepin. We re-visit one of our favorite episodes just in time for the holiday season! Pick up Jacques NEW book, A Grandfather's Lessons: In the Kitchen With Shorey

Here at Just the Right Book Podcast we believe that books are the perfect gift for any occasion! So, we enlisted the help of two of our esteemed experts to help you find the perfect book for everyone on your list. Miriam Sontz, the CEO of the legendary Powell’s Books and Andrew Brennan, the head book buyer for RJ Julia join Roxanne in browsing the bookshelves to give us their favorite picks for this holiday season!

In today's Tidbits Episode we hear author and Mad Men creator read a passage from his debut novel, Heather the Totality.  Listen to Roxanne's full interview with Matthew here!  And next week on Just the Right Book Podcast, we hear from Miriam Sontz, the CEO of Powell's Books in Portland, Oregon and Andrew Brennan, the head book buyer at RJ Julia who will help you find the perfect book for everyone on your holiday list!

Alice Hoffman is the New York Times bestselling author of Practical Magic, which inspired the cult-classic film by the same name starring Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman. In this week's episode of Just the Right Book Podcast, the New York native joins Roxanne to discuss witches, family secrets, feminism and her latest book, The Rules of Magic. The book which is set in New York City in the sixties is a prequel to Practical Magic and was picked by Reese Witherspoon for her October 2017 Book Club read

In today's Tidbits episode we hear author and former prosecutor Linda Fairstein read a passage from her latest book for ages 9-12 called Digging For Trouble. You can hear Roxanne's full conversation with Linda later on this month. Also in today's Tidbits, we give you a sneak peek at this week's  episode with author Alice Hoffman who spoke to Roxanne about her new book, The Rules of Magic, a prequel to Practical Magic which inspired a movie starring Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman. 

Thank you to all the wonderful independent authors who submitted their books to us in November. Our poll is now officially open, which means you can visit our website and vote for your favorite independent author and their book. Authors, we encourage you to share the poll with friends, family, and readers to boost your chance of winning. The poll closes on December 15th, after which we'll announce the winner who will receive a special shout-out on our show. Visit bookpodcast.com/poll to vote now.