Radio Book Club – KGNU Community Radio

play_arrow After Hours at the Radio Book Club: Nina McConigley Maeve Conran   In this edition of Afterhours at the Radio Book Club, author Nina McConigley talks more about growing up as an immigrant in 1980s Wyoming, and navigating an Indian, Irish, American identity. Listen to our broadcast interview with Nina McConigley where she talks more about her new novel How to Commit a Post Colonial Murder. Subscribe to our Radio Book Club Series on iTunes to get new editions and web-only content. Also on Spotify and Stitcher. The Radio Book Club 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.

play_arrow Radio Book Club: How to Commit a Post Colonial Murder Maeve Conran The May 2026 installment of the Radio Book Club, a collaboration between KGNU and the Boulder Bookstore, is How to Commit a Post Colonial Murder, by author Nina McConigley. The book is set in 1986 in rural Wyoming and tells the story of two sisters Georgie Ayyar and Agatha Krishna as they plot to murder their uncle to end a cycle of abuse. The book is darkly funny and explores themes of identity, immigration, sisterhood and 1980s Wyoming. This interview was broadcast on KGNU at 9 am on Thursday, May 28, 2026. Listen to our special podcast Afterhours at the Radio Book Club, where Nina McConigley talks more about growing up in Wyoming and her Indian, Irish and American identity. Subscribe to our Radio Book Club Series on iTunes to get new editions and web-only content. Also on Spotify and Stitcher. 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.

play_arrow After Hours at the Radio Book Club: Laura Pritchett Maeve Conran In this edition of Afterhours at the Radio Book Club, author Laura Pritchett talks more about nature writing and the urgency for literature to address the climate crisis. Listen to our broadcast interview with Laura Pritchett where she talks more about her new novel Three Keys. Subscribe to our Radio Book Club Series on iTunes to get new editions and web-only content. Also on Spotify and Stitcher. 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.

play_arrow Radio Book Club: Three Keys Maeve Conran The April 2026 selection for the Radio Book Club is “Three Keys” by Colorado author Laura Pritchett. The novel follows Ammalie, a recently widowed woman who sets out on a journey across the Mountain West and eventually to New Zealand. Along the way, she begins to reconsider her role as a mother, what it means to be a woman in her fifties, and how to navigate life after the loss of her husband. The three keys in the title refer both to literal keys that give Ammalie access to empty homes during her travels, and to three significant people in her life, as well as the new connections she forms along the way. The novel explores themes of grief, invisibility, middle age and self-discovery. This interview was broadcast on KGNU at 9 am on Thursday, April 23, 2026. Listen to our special podcast Afterhours at the Radio Book Club, where Laura Pritchett talks more about nature writing and the urgency for literature to address the climate crisis. Subscribe to our Radio Book Club Series on iTunes to get new editions and web-only content. Also on Spotify and Stitcher. 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.

play_arrow Afterhours at the Radio Book Club: Thea Weiss Maeve Conran   In this edition of Afterhours at the Radio Book Club, author Thea Weiss answers questions from the audience. This episode was recorded at Chautauqua as part of the inaugural Boulder Bookstore Reading Retreat on Sunday, March 1st, 2026. Thea talks about how her background as a screen writer influenced the book. Listen to our broadcast interview with Thea Weiss where she talks more about her new novel The Second Chance Cinema. Subscribe to our Radio Book Club Series on iTunes to get new editions and web-only content. Also on Spotify and Stitcher. 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.