Fiction

25ey_match_1678_x_281.png
donation_events_839_x_281_0.png catalog_web_banner.png

 

KBOO News In Depth: Ron Brister and Mikey Neilson

Airs at: Mon, 08/19/2019 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  News In Depth
Our News In Depth guests tonight are Ron Brister and Mikey Neilson of Rose City Comic Con. Ron’s the founder and director, Mikey’s the programming director. And Rose City Comic Con? Well, that just happens to be one of the biggest pop-culture events in the Pacific Northwest... Read more

Excerpts from The Grand Banks Cafe by George Simenon

Airs at: Mon, 08/19/2019 at 11:00pm - Tue, 08/20/2019 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Gremlin Time
Tonight, we follow the suggestion of Raymond Chandler, that a good detective novel can be enjoyed even if the ending is missing. So, we will read the first two chapeters of George Simenon's Inspector Maigret mystery "The Grand Banks Cafe". An old school friend of Maigret's,... Read more

Book Review: "Spill Simmer Falter Wither"

Airs at: Mon, 08/05/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Larry Bowlden review a new novel by Sara Boame, Spill Simmer Falter Wither. He says it's an endearing and insightful novel about two beings cast out of society, one a self-taught man with few social skills, the other a dog, with even less social skills. Larry thinks that n... Read more

In West Mills by De'Shawn Charles Winslow

Airs at: Thu, 08/01/2019 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
Azalea "Knot" Centre is determined to live life as she pleases. Let the people of West Mills say what they will; the neighbors' gossip won't keep Knot from what she loves best: cheap moonshine, nineteenth-century literature, and the company of men. And yet, Knot is starting... Read more

KBOO News In Depth: Elise Schumock

Airs at: Mon, 07/29/2019 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  News In Depth
You’d figure that bringing together books and beer would be a slam dunk, especially in Portland. But we didn’t get our first official bookstore/bar until November of last year. The Rose City Book Pub, located at 1329 NE Fremont, is a godsend for those of us who love to rea... Read more

Aminder Dhaliwal's Woman World

Airs at: Thu, 07/25/2019 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  Aminder Dhaliwal has worked as a storyboard director for the Cartoon Network and for the Nickelodeon show Sanjay & Craig, and is now the animation director for Disney TV Animation.  In her spare time she started a serialized comic online which became a phenomenon and ear... Read more

The Holy Crowley Hour on 7/22/19

Airs at: Mon, 07/22/2019 at 11:00pm - Tue, 07/23/2019 at 12:00am
Produced for:  The Holy Crowley Hour
Welcome to the hot summer nights edition of The Holy Crowley Hour, the radio show that comes with its own air conditioning. Our guests tonight are Emma Brown and Sean Abplanalp of the Portland-based podcast Husk. Dmitri Ivanovic is missing, and only Emma and Sean know where... Read more

The Monday Sampler

Airs at: Mon, 07/08/2019 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  The Monday Sampler
The Sampler Crew returns with stories, music and talk. DK Holm and Fortunato will review the most recent Spiderman movie, and Just Jess has more music by local bands to present. And a further installment of the KBOO DND Mystery Theater's  "The Aldridge Historical Society". Read more

KBOO News In Depth: Clark Hays and Kathleen McFall

Airs at: Mon, 07/01/2019 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  News In Depth
If you’re a fan of the classic film Bonnie and Clyde – -- you know the outlaw couple didn’t make it out alive. At least in real life. But an Oregon writing couple have revived the infamous lovers in a trilogy of historical fiction, that asks the question: What if Bonnie an... Read more

The Things We Don't Say: a Novel

Airs at: Mon, 06/24/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Book Mole Larry Bowlden reviews Ella Carey’s 2018 novel, The Things We Don’t Say, set in early twentieth century London and Provence. The book is inspired by the history of a collective of young artists and writers known as the Bloomsbury Group. Read more