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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
- Brandi Fullwood
What's the KUOW Book Club reading in October?

The KUOW Book Club is reading "Elita" by Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum this month.
- Katie Campbell
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.
- Katie Campbell
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.
- Katie Campbell
The home of ‘The Boys in the Boat' at UW gets a major update

The University of Washington has broken ground on a multimillion dollar renovation project of a historic campus landmark.
- Noel Gasca
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.
- Katie Campbell
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!
- Brandi Fullwood
Why 'Twilight' has become immortal in this former Washington state logging town

Forks was once the self-proclaimed “logging capital of the world” but that industry has waned. Now there’s a booming economy centered on the “Twilight” books and films that's brought many changes to town — the good, the bad, and the glittery.
- Matt Martin
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.
- Katie Campbell
Ready, set, read. Jaipur Literature Festival returns to Seattle with diverse offerings

The Jaipur Literature Festival is returning to Seattle this month.
- Katie Campbell

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