Always Bring a Book

Always Bring a Book

Craig Silva

Episodes 11
Avg. Duration 30m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 5.0 (8)
Since Nov 2025
Latest Episode May 2026

Publishing Details

Schedule
Every 2 Weeks
Format
Episodic
Consistency
79%
Hosting
media.zencast.fm

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About This Podcast

Always Bring a Book is a podcast for readers who love hearing from the people behind the stories. Hosted by Craig Silva, each episode features candid conversations with authors, booksellers, librarians, and other book-world voices.

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Recent Episodes

S1E11 Isaac Fitzgerald on Dirtbag Massachusetts, American Rambler, and the stories we inherit

May 05, 2026 32m

Today I sit down with Isaac Fitzgerald, bestselling author of Dirtbag Massachusetts, Pen & Ink, How to Be a Pirate, and the forthcoming book American Rambler: Walking the Roads of Johnny…

S1E10 Eleanor Anstruther and Alisa Kennedy Jones on radical publishing, women’s voices, and Fallout

Apr 21, 2026 34m

Today I sit down with Eleanor Anstruther and Alisa Kennedy Jones, author and publisher behind Fallout, a punk-hearted coming-of-age novel set against the backdrop of the Greenham Common Women’s Peace…

S1E9 Eric LaRocca on grief, transgressive horror, and his new novel Wretch

Mar 24, 2026 35m

Today I sit down with Eric LaRocca who is a Bram Stoker Award finalist and the author of Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke, We Are Always Tender with Our Dead, and many other works of…

S1E8 Michael Finkel on true crime, impossible stories, and The Art Thief

Mar 09, 2026 34m

Michael Finkel is the author of The Art Thief, The Stranger in the Woods, and True Story; all nonfiction books that read like thrillers and dive deep into the minds of people living far outside the…

S1E7 Megha Majumdar on A Guardian and a Thief, writing full-time, and trusting the process

Feb 24, 2026 25m

About the episode In this episode of Always Bring a Book, I sit down with bestselling author Megha Majumdar to talk about her new novel, A Guardian and a Thief, an Oprah’s Book Club pick and finalist…

S1E6 TJ Klune on writing from love, publishing ethics, and protecting creative work

Feb 10, 2026 35m

In this episode of Always Bring a Book, I sit down with TJ Klune, bestselling author of The House in the Cerulean Sea, Under the Whispering Door, and In the Lives of Puppets. TJ and I reconnect after…

S1E5 Lucy Zhao on building Pagebound, social reading, and rejecting AI

Jan 27, 2026 31m

In this episode of Always Bring a Book, I sit down with Lucy Zhao, co-founder of Pagebound, a fast-growing social reading app built as an alternative to Goodreads. Lucy shares how Pagebound grew from…

S1E4 Shen Tao on writing from the heart, poetry magic, and her debut The Poet Empress

Jan 13, 2026 21m

Set in the fictional Azalea Dynasty, The Poet Empress follows a young woman living in a world where women are forbidden to read, famine is rampant, and survival demands impossible choices. In this…

S1E3 Anthony Shapland on A Room Above a Shop, queer love, and becoming a novelist

Dec 23, 2025 29m

On today's episode I sit down with Welsh author and artist Anthony Shapland, whose debut novel A Room Above a Shop was released earlier this year. Set in a small Welsh town in the late 1980s, A Room…

S1E2 Emily Austin on libraries, identity, and Is This a Cry for Help?

Dec 09, 2025 28m

Today we sit down with bestselling Canadian author Emily Austin, known for Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead, Interesting Facts About Space, We Could Be Rats, and her upcoming 2026 novel Is…

S1E1 Paul Tremblay on AI, horror writing, and his new 2026 novel

Nov 24, 2025 27m

Welcome to the very first episode of Always Bring a Book. Craig sits down with award-winning author Paul Tremblay; the mind behind A Head Full of Ghosts, The Cabin at the End of the World, Horror…

Frequently Asked Questions

How many episodes does Always Bring a Book have?

Always Bring a Book has published 11 episodes since November 2025, covering topics in Arts, Books.

Is Always Bring a Book still active?

Always Bring a Book is currently highly active with new episodes every 2 weeks. Average episode length is 30m.

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