A Novel Idea

Musician and author of the Evan Horne jazz mysteries - including Bird Lives, Looking for Chet Baker, and his latest novel, Fade to Blue, is in conversation with Larry Slater, Sonoma County’s Jazz MD and long-time host of KRCB’s Jazz Connections.

Novelist Stacy Carlson talks with Suzanne Lang about Stacy’s book Among the Wonderful, her novel inspired by PT Barnum and the cultural shifts playing out in 19th Century New York City.

Wanting to Be Jackie Kennedy. Elizabeth Kern and Rosemary Manchester talk about family life in a Polish area of 1960’s Chicago. Ellie Manikowski becomes a young woman in this nostalgic coming of age story.

Author Barbara Quick provides her review of Solace by Belinda McKeon.

On A Novel Idea this month: Gerald Haslam in conversation with Rosemary Manchester on "In Thought and Action, the Enigmatic Life of H.I. Hayakawa"; Suzanne Lang with Jonah Raskin on his latest book, "Marijuanaland: Dispatches from an American War", and Barbara Quick review Sandor Marai's "Portrait of a Marriage".

On A Novel Idea this month: Rosemary Manchester and J. J. Wilson discuss Emma Donohue's Room; Suzanne Lang in conversation with Pat Nolan and Irene Nolan about Nuallain House and On The Road to Las Cruces; and Barbara Quick reviews Tea Obreht's The Tiger's Wife.

Author Joan Frank on her work and the writer's life in conversation with Rosemary Manchester; Suzanne Lang catches up with author Bart Schneider who has just launched Kelly’s Cove Press; Katie Kasben presents Sonoma County literary calendar.

A preview of the 12th Annual Sonoma County Book Festival featuring Judy Moody author Megan McDonald, author and publisher Patrick Fanning, and columnist, author, and KRCB essayist Susan Swartz in conversation with Rosemary Manchester and Suzanne Lang.