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Totally Booked with Zibby

For nearly a decade, Totally Booked with Zibby has been one of publishing’s premier podcasts and a regular stop on book tours for today’s biggest authors. Hosted by bestselling author, bookstore owner, and publisher Zibby Owens, the show has featured more than 2,000 conversations with bestselling authors, actors, athletes, chefs, musicians, and entrepreneurs.

Known for her warmth, empathy, and genuine curiosity, Zibby has a gift for asking the questions that lead to unforgettable conversations. What begins with the book leads to talks about creativity, ambition, love, loss, family, resilience, and reinvention. With thousands of episodes and dozens of industry honors, Totally Booked with Zibby reminds us all that talking about books is really talking about life.

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Latest Episodes:

Robert Jones Jr., THE PROPHETS Feb 06, 2021

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"He confirmed my right to be. I bow down to James Baldwin. I adore him.” Robert Jones, Jr. talks with Zibby about adopting James Baldwin as a spiritual godfather, how a serendipitous find inspired ‘The Prophets,’ and what it means to be a black queer writer.

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Maggie Downs, BRAVER THAN YOU THINK Feb 05, 2021

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Maggie Downs’ incredible memoir recounts the year she spent traveling the world completing her mother’s bucket list while her mom was at home in the final stage of Alzheimer’s. She talks with Zibby about grief, marriage (she met her husband skydiving!) and being the Cincinnati Carrie Bradshaw.

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Peter Ho Davies, A LIE SOMEONE TOLD YOU ABOUT YOURSELF Feb 05, 2021

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What would you do if a prenatal test yielded potentially catastrophic results? Peter Ho Davies and Zibby discuss this question that’s at the center of Peter’s latest novel, A Lie Someone Told You About Yourself. Their deeply honest conversation covers the uncertainties of parenthood, the blurry lines between fiction and fact, writing advice, and more.

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Elin Hilderbrand, TROUBLES IN PARADISE Feb 04, 2021

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Troubles in Paradise is the last of Elin Hilderbrand's delicious trilogy set in the Virgin Islands. Elin and Zibby discussed getting caught up in local gossip, persistence in the publishing world, and being fueled by writing.

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Nancy Johnson, THE KINDEST LIE Feb 04, 2021

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Zibby inhaled Nancy's fictionalized story about race, class, and family at the dawn of the Obama era. She loved hearing about Nancy's inspiration for The Kindest Lie, the importance of the 2008 election, her relationship with her father, and more.

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Cherie Jones, HOW THE ONE-ARMED SISTER SWEEPS HER HOUSE Feb 03, 2021

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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.

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Lauren Fox, SEND FOR ME Feb 03, 2021

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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.

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Rebecca Sacks, CITY OF A THOUSAND GATES Feb 03, 2021

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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.

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Brandon Hobson, THE REMOVED Feb 03, 2021

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Brandon Hobson knows how to get into characters' heads and likens the process to acting. He talked to Zibby about the themes in his latest novel—a beautiful examination of how we grieve, how we heal, and the meaning of home.

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Dr. Harold Koplewicz, THE SCAFFOLD EFFECT Feb 02, 2021

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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.

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