As someone who started selling books in the 90s (and hasn't really stopped), this was a big get for the show.
And man, being told I've done a good interview by somebody who's been interviewed by Oprah more than once: that feather goes right in the top of the ol' cap. www.kobo.com/blog/wally-l...
And man, being told I've done a good interview by somebody who's been interviewed by Oprah more than once: that feather goes right in the top of the ol' cap. www.kobo.com/blog/wally-l...
Novelist Wally Lamb on the Kobo in Conversation podcast
Host Nathan Maharaj spoke with Wally Lamb about his first novel in nearly a decade and his third to be selected by Oprah's Book Club, The River is Waiting.
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July 24, 2025 at 3:43 PM
As someone who started selling books in the 90s (and hasn't really stopped), this was a big get for the show.
And man, being told I've done a good interview by somebody who's been interviewed by Oprah more than once: that feather goes right in the top of the ol' cap. www.kobo.com/blog/wally-l...
And man, being told I've done a good interview by somebody who's been interviewed by Oprah more than once: that feather goes right in the top of the ol' cap. www.kobo.com/blog/wally-l...
These are not serious people.
NEW: How Marco Rubio, the son of Cuban immigrants, became the Secretary of Everything. He has 4 titles now — 2 more than Henry Kissinger and 1 more than China's leader, Xi Jinping. It's likely a record in the modern history of the U.S. Story: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/u...
May 2, 2025 at 2:03 AM
These are not serious people.
I had such a great time talking with @clairecameron.bsky.social about her wonderful new book. www.kobo.com/blog/what-cl...
Claire Cameron on the Kobo in Conversation podcast
Host Nathan Maharaj spoke with Claire Cameron, author of The Bear and The Last Neanderthal. Her new book is How to Survive a Bear Attack: a Memoir.
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May 1, 2025 at 11:33 PM
I had such a great time talking with @clairecameron.bsky.social about her wonderful new book. www.kobo.com/blog/what-cl...
Guess he's never going to get that security clearance.
April 29, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Guess he's never going to get that security clearance.
Reposted by Nathan Maharaj
As a break from the global financial meltdown, @nrmaharaj.bsky.social and I talked about why everyone is angry at Meta for reasons including (allegedly): being bad bosses, cheating at Catan, using both humans and copyright fair-use as body pillows...
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Kobo in Conversation: Booktalking - The book Meta can't face, billionaire brainworms, fact-checking and fair use
In our latest installment in this series, hosts Michael Tamblyn and Nathan Maharaj caught up on a book whose author they're not going to get to interview. Topics covered in this episode: Meta's probl...
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April 7, 2025 at 5:45 PM
As a break from the global financial meltdown, @nrmaharaj.bsky.social and I talked about why everyone is angry at Meta for reasons including (allegedly): being bad bosses, cheating at Catan, using both humans and copyright fair-use as body pillows...
koboinconversation.libsyn.com/site/booktal...
koboinconversation.libsyn.com/site/booktal...
If you sell me more stuff than I sell to you, I am in a "trade deficit" in this relationship.
It's not "exaggerating" to call my extra relative spending a subsidy: it's a *gross mischaracterization*. I got *stuff which I wanted to buy*, in exchange for the money I spent.
It's not "exaggerating" to call my extra relative spending a subsidy: it's a *gross mischaracterization*. I got *stuff which I wanted to buy*, in exchange for the money I spent.
January 9, 2025 at 1:59 PM
If you sell me more stuff than I sell to you, I am in a "trade deficit" in this relationship.
It's not "exaggerating" to call my extra relative spending a subsidy: it's a *gross mischaracterization*. I got *stuff which I wanted to buy*, in exchange for the money I spent.
It's not "exaggerating" to call my extra relative spending a subsidy: it's a *gross mischaracterization*. I got *stuff which I wanted to buy*, in exchange for the money I spent.
It's Kobo's annual year in reading! My colleagues talk about great books they read this year. Any book published anytime—as long as it was an outstanding reading experience. So much good stuff here.
www.kobo.com/blog/the-bes...
www.kobo.com/blog/the-bes...
The best books read by the staff of Rakuten Kobo in 2024
The staff of Kobo talk about the books they most loved reading in 2024.
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December 25, 2024 at 12:59 PM
It's Kobo's annual year in reading! My colleagues talk about great books they read this year. Any book published anytime—as long as it was an outstanding reading experience. So much good stuff here.
www.kobo.com/blog/the-bes...
www.kobo.com/blog/the-bes...
Our highly personal take on the best books of the year: it's the best books *we read* this year. There's new stuff of course, but also books we were glad to finally get around to. All highly recommended!
www.kobo.com/blog/the-bes...
www.kobo.com/blog/the-bes...
The best books read by the staff of Rakuten Kobo in 2023
The staff of Kobo talk about the books they most loved reading in 2023. Plus, co-hosts Michael and Nathan discuss what made this a special year in books.
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December 27, 2023 at 2:51 PM
Our highly personal take on the best books of the year: it's the best books *we read* this year. There's new stuff of course, but also books we were glad to finally get around to. All highly recommended!
www.kobo.com/blog/the-bes...
www.kobo.com/blog/the-bes...
I absolutely devoured Moon of the Crusted Snow as an audiobook earlier this year—so when I heard there was a sequel on the way I knew I had to get Waub on the show to talk about it. www.kobo.com/blog/waubges...
Waubgeshig Rice on the Kobo in Conversation Podcast
Nathan welcomed Waubgeshig Rice to the Kobo studio to talk about his post-apocalyptic novel Moon of the Turning Leaves.
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November 1, 2023 at 3:16 PM
I absolutely devoured Moon of the Crusted Snow as an audiobook earlier this year—so when I heard there was a sequel on the way I knew I had to get Waub on the show to talk about it. www.kobo.com/blog/waubges...
Can't we all just come together and once more in unity direct our hate at the legacy of British fuckery?
October 18, 2023 at 1:10 PM
Can't we all just come together and once more in unity direct our hate at the legacy of British fuckery?
Reposted by Nathan Maharaj
When I told my parents this story about how my dog was almost run over and I was almost hit, they couldn’t bring themselves to say “we should really enforce traffic laws” or “drivers should drive safely”. Instead they said “sometimes it’s hard to know there is a stop sign.” Ppl are car pilled.
My dog was almost run over by a car today because the driver didn’t feel stopping at a stop sign was worth his time. I had to violently pull her back to prevent the wheel from running over her, which had its own risks because the cars in the lane behind me started to drive the second I passed… 1/x
October 18, 2023 at 12:56 PM
When I told my parents this story about how my dog was almost run over and I was almost hit, they couldn’t bring themselves to say “we should really enforce traffic laws” or “drivers should drive safely”. Instead they said “sometimes it’s hard to know there is a stop sign.” Ppl are car pilled.
You need to read Naomi Klein's new book. The mistaken identity stuff is funny, but there's so much more than that. I think this could be as important as No Logo and The Shock Doctrine for how it explains the tectonic shifting of the political landscape. www.kobo.com/blog/naomi-k...
October 18, 2023 at 1:00 PM
You need to read Naomi Klein's new book. The mistaken identity stuff is funny, but there's so much more than that. I think this could be as important as No Logo and The Shock Doctrine for how it explains the tectonic shifting of the political landscape. www.kobo.com/blog/naomi-k...
I admit I slept on Crummey when he appeared on the scene 20 years ago. Thought this was yet another "CanLit" thing I could skip. Well, if his latest is a fair indication of his talent, I've really missed out. Anyway, this was fun. www.kobo.com/blog/michael...
Michael Crummey on the Kobo in Conversation podcast
Michael spoke with novelist Michael Crummey about The Adversary. It's the story of a lifelong rivalry that escalates into violence and revenge.
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October 4, 2023 at 12:48 PM
I admit I slept on Crummey when he appeared on the scene 20 years ago. Thought this was yet another "CanLit" thing I could skip. Well, if his latest is a fair indication of his talent, I've really missed out. Anyway, this was fun. www.kobo.com/blog/michael...