Special Fund Drive Programming
Today’s episode of Bookwaves/Artwaves is preempted for a fall 2024 fund drive special.
Bookwaves/Artwaves
1:00 PM: Thursdays
Bookwaves/Artwaves presents in-depth interviews with authors of fiction and narrative non-fiction, delving deeply into political and social issues, literary technique, and the life of the author, along with interviews devoted to theatre and film, and archive interviews from Bookwaves and Probabilities. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
Special Fund Drive Programming
Today’s episode of Bookwaves/Artwaves is preempted by a fall 2024 fund drive special.
September 12, 2024: Fund Drive Special, Heather Cox Richardson
Excerpts from an October 2023 interview with historian Heather Cox Richardson, hosted by Richard Wolinsky, with Laura Prives.
Mick Herron, author of the “Slow Horses” series of books, adapted for streaming, discusses his latest novel, “The Secret Hours,” now out in trade paperback, along with his career as a writer, followed by previously unaired excerpts from an interview with playwright Naomi Iizuka discussing her career as a writer for streaming television. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
Bay Area Theatre Interviews. Josh Costello, Artistic Director of Aurora Theatre, discusses the current state of the company and the upcoming season. Naomi Iizuka, playwright for the adaptation of Shakespeare’s Richard II, now at the Magic Theatre through September 8, talks about her work on the play, as well as her career and thoughts about theatre. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
Erik Larson, best selling author of “The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War, in conversation with host Richard Wolinsky, recorded at Book Passage Bookstre on May 31, 2024.
Edna O’Brien (1930-2024), the great Irish novelist and playwright, died on July 27 at the age of 93. In this 2000 interview, she discusses her then latest novel, “Wild Decembers” as well as her writing career. First broadcast of the complete interview, and first airing in twenty years. Also, Part Two of a two-part interview with filmmaker and novelist John Sayles. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
Bookwaves/Artwaves is produced and hosted by Richard Wolinsky. Links to assorted local theater & book venues John Sayles discusses his latest novel, “Jamie MacGillivray, The Renegade’s Journey,” along with his work as a writer and film-maker, with host Richard Wolinsky. John Sayles is best known for his work as a director, screenwriter and actor, though … Continued
John Barth (1930-2024), America’s master of metafiction, died on April 2, 2024 at the age of 93. He talks about his career and his writing with Richard Wolinsky and Richard A. Lupoff in an interview conducted in 2001 while on tour for the novel, “Coming Soon.” This interview has never aired in its entirety. Also: An excerpt from a 2014 interview with short story master Lorrie Moore, and a review of “Collective Rage,” at Shotgun Ashby Stage through August 18, 2024. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
Lisa See, whose latest novel is “Lady Tan’s Circle of Women,” now out in trade paperback, is interviewed by host Richard Wolinsky.