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Q & A with Valerie Bolling
We spoke with Valerie Bolling about how she uses her skills and intuition in her roles as instructional coach and author, and why she hopes her readers will put her books down after reading them and go outside.
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100% Genuine Snake Oil: PW Talks with Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling
The medical freedom movement, which opposes government regulation of healthcare (see, for starters, anti-maskers), is the subject of journalist Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling's 'If It Sounds Like a Quack...' (PublicAffairs, Apr. 2023).
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A Stand-Up Whodunit: PW Talks with Benjamin Stevenson
In Stevenson’s 'Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone' (Mariner, Jan.), members of a family of killers gather at an Australian ski resort.
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Q & A with Laura Weymouth
In 'A Consuming Fire,' Laura Weymouth's fourth YA historical fantasy, a young woman sets forth from her isolated village as the latest in a long line of sacrifices to the god of the mountain who rules over an alternate version of Britain.
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The Unwelcome Guest: PW Talks with Pico Iyer
In 'The Half-Known Life' (Riverhead, Jan.), essayist Iyer reflects on his visits to sites known as “paradise on earth” in Ethiopia, India, Iran, and Sri Lanka.
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The Heat Is On: PW Talks with Kosoko Jackson
In 'A Dash of Salt and Pepper,' a man reeling from a bad breakup and a career setback finds himself working as a prep chef in the kitchen under—sometimes literally—the chef/owner.
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Just a Girl, Standing in Front of a Boy: PW Talks with Jayne Denker
The author of 'The Rom-Com Agenda' talks about meeting reader expectations and why she prefers other writers’ sex scenes.
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Beyond Anne Frank: PW Talks with Nina Siegal
In 'The Diary Keepers' (Ecco, Feb.), novelist Siegal recreates the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands with firsthand accounts from the ordinary people who lived through it.
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Old Injustices in New Zealand: PW Talks with Michael Bennett
New Zealand filmmaker Bennett’s first novel, 'Better the Blood: A Hana Westerman Thriller' (Atlantic Monthly, Jan.), explores the prolonged effects of 19th-century wounds perpetrated by the British military on the Maori people.
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Illustration Meets the Ivory Tower: PW Talks with Mona Oraby
Works of scholarship rarely include graphics, but author Mona Oraby introduces a "new structure and style" in the genre-bending 'A Universe of Terms: Religion in Visual Metaphor' (Indiana Univ., out now).
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Q & A with Hayley Rocco and John Rocco
PW spoke with collaborating couple Hayley and John Rocco about their new picture book 'How to Send a Hug.'
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Q & A with Jyoti Rajan Gopal and art twink
We spoke with Jyoti Rajan Gopal and art twink about their new picture book, 'My Paati's Saris,' gender and identity, and the shortcomings of South Asian representation in books for children.
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Mom vs. the Machine: PW Talks with Jessica Grose
In 'Screaming on the Inside' (Mariner, Dec.), 'New York Times' opinion and parenting newsletter writer Jessica Grose explains the ways in which “morally charged” American cultural narratives and societal messaging hurt mothers.
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Navigating the Hyphen: PW Talks with Omer Aziz
In 'Brown Boy: A Memoir' (Scribner, Apr.), Pakistani Canadian writer Aziz questions concepts of identity and success.
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Lovecraft’s Legacy: PW Talks with Matt Ruff
Ruff continues the story of the Turner family in 'The Destroyer of Worlds: A Return to Lovecraft Country' (Harper, Feb.).
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Q & A with Susan Dennard
We spoke with Susan Dennard about 'The Luminaries'' unique origins, what it's like to juggle two series at once, and writing as therapy.
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Booker Prize Winner Shehan Karunatilaka on Finding the Right Publisher
Author Shehan Karunatilaka, winner of the 2022 Booker Prize for his second novel, 'The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida,' speaks with PW about finding the right publishing house and why truth is sometimes stranger than fiction.
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Q & A with Heather Ayris Burnell
We spoke with Heather Ayris Burnell about her roles as a librarian and children's author, the influence her library work has on her writing, and the life lessons she's learned from being a farmer.
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Should a Duck Have Rights?: PW Talks with Martha Nussbaum
In 'Justice for Animals: Our Collective Responsibility' (Simon & Schuster, Jan.), philosopher Nussbaum makes a case for animal rights.
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Canadian Crossroads: PW Talks with Kai Thomas
A woman kills an American bounty hunter on the northern end of the Underground Railroad in Thomas’s debut, 'In the Upper Country' (Viking, Jan.).
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