KGNU Radio Book Club

About KGNU Radio Book Club

The Radio Bookclub is a collaboration between KGNU and the Boulder Bookstore. Every month, Arsen Kashkashian, head buyer at the Boulder Bookstore, selects a book to inspire listeners to read along together. The author will then join Maeve Conran and Arsen Kashkashian for a discussion that airs the fourth Thursday of every month at 9am.

Publisher

KGNU Community Radio

Category

arts · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

30 Apr 2015

Latest episode

24 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

234 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   24 Sept 2026

   The Correspondent

   The September selection for the Radio Book Club is The Correspondent by author Virginia Evans. The book which follows the life of a retired lawyer Sybil, through her personal letters and emails, won the 2026 women’s prize for fiction. Today’s conversation was recorded on September 17, 2026, at the annual Boulder Library Foundation (https://boulderlibraryfoundation.org/) gala. This interview was broadcast on KGNU at 9 am on Thursday, September 24, 2026.

2. 

   26 Aug 2026

   Afterhours at the Radio Book Club: Claire Boyles

   In this episode, author Claire Boyles talks more about some of the characters in her novel Appraisals, especially Paul, a billionaire who is buying up land and water rights in Weld County. She also talks about her experience as a writer, including the difference between writing screenplays and writing a novel.

3. 

   26 Aug 2026

   Appraisals

   The August 2026 selection for the Radio Book Club is Appraisals by author Claire Boyles. The book follows four generations of women tied to a family farm in Weld County, Colorado. The story is set against the backdrop of the 2008 financial crash and talks about land and family and what it takes to hold onto both.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

90,698

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

4 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 56 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

69

Social presence

0

YouTube

76

Engagement

32

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