Katie Campbell
Online Editor/Reporter
About
Katie joined KUOW's online team as an editor and reporter in 2024, after serving three years as senior producer of the local Morning Edition program. She has covered a variety of local topics, including Seattle politics, elections, and the arts. She's also co-hosts KUOW's weekly arts podcast, Meet Me Here, highlighting the local literary scene and visiting authors.
In 2024, Katie created the KUOW Book Club, featuring stories and authors from the Pacific Northwest. Katie's picks have included classics, like Timothy Egan's "The Good Rain," and more recent hits, like Sonora Jha's "The Laughter." At the end of each month's reading, Katie interviews the featured author, giving readers a chance to hear from some of the most talented writers in the region. All readers are invited to join the KUOW Book Club by signing up for the newsletter at kuow.org/books.
Katie is a graduate of the University of Florida College of Journalism, and in her spare time that isn't spent reading, she is a P-Patch gardener and an auntie.
Location: Seattle
Languages: English
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Professional Affiliations: Union Steward, SAG-AFTRA
Podcasts
Stories
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A Banned Book of One's Own
This week we’re hitting the books with Charlie Hunts the owner of Charlie’s Queer Books. We’re catching up with this local bookselling bestie smack dab in the middle of banned books week. So, we’ll find out what readers at the store are vibing with and some chilling stakes for booksellers during Banned Books Week
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What's the KUOW Book Club reading in October?
The KUOW Book Club is reading "Elita" by Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum this month.
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Seattle author Daniel Tam-Claiborne on belonging, empathy in the time of Covid-19
This is the KUOW Book Club, and we just finished reading "Transplants" by Daniel Tam-Claiborne. I'm your reading guide Katie Campbell, and Tam-Claiborne joined me at the KUOW studios recently to talk about his debut novel.
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Bonus: Take a walk among old-growth trees with Lynda Mapes
Here's a bonus episode! KUOW Book Club read Seattle author and environmental journalist Lynda V. Mapes' love letter to old-growth trees, "The Trees are Speaking: Dispatches from the Salmon Forests" and we taped it! Check out this conversation about old-growth forests, the people working to save them, and how you - yes, you - can help.
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The best arts, pop culture, and book events to attend in October
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Bonus: Kim Fu wants writers to get weird
This summer, the KUOW Book Club read Seattle author Kim Fu's surreal story collection, "Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century." On on July 30, Campbell sat down with Fu in front of a live audience at the Seattle Public Library.
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This author's fear of 'fascist' friend groups fed a surreal story about belonging — and bunnies
If you've read Mona Awad's 2019 novel "Bunny," you may not be surprised to learn she's a bit skeptical of tightknit friend groups.
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Mona Awad is afraid of your friend group
This week we’re hitting the books with Author Mona Awad. Her books “Bunny” and the upcoming “We Love You Bunny” expose the sinister and surreal undercurrents of female friendship… and MFA programs!
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Something is 'biantai' in Daniel Tam-Claiborne's debut novel
The KUOW Book Club is reading Danial Tam-Claiborne's "Transplants" this month. I'm your reading guide Katie Campbell. Let's get into the first half of the book.
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Bonus: How to fight oppression with Ijeoma Oluo
On June 26, Meet Me Here co-host Katie Campbell sat down with Oluo in front of some of those readers at the Seattle Public Library for an in-depth conversation about her life and work, which we’re bringing to you now in its entirety.