Moms Don’t Have Time to Read Books

Hosted ByZibby Owens

Writer Zibby Owens, www.zibbyowens.com, mother of four, interviews authors about their work on this award-winning literary podcast.


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Rosie Walsh, Author of GHOSTED

Rosie Walsh is making her US debut with GHOSTED, a novel set in Stroud, Gloucestershire, where she was raised. (It was actually called THE MAN WHO DIDN’T CALL when it came out in England.) A former documentary filmmaker, a huge animal lover and a new “mu…

Jill Santopolo, Author of THE LIGHT WE LOST

International best-selling author, Jill Santopolo, talks about writing THE LIGHT WE LOST, her strategies for crafting a successful book (short chapters!), how she writes anywhere and everywhere but always schedules it in, why she started writing and edit…

Jen Oliver, Author of “The Love FitMama Way: Transforming The Core of Motherhood”

Jen Oliver is the Canada-based founder and CEO of FitMama, a movement empowering women to love their bodies while focusing on pre and post-natal care, even decades post-partum! The author of “The Love FitMama Way: Transforming the Core of Motherhood,” Je…

Chef Lauren Costello, Author of “Notes on Cooking”

Chef, food stylist, author and instructor, Lauren Costello, shares some of her French Culinary Institute-trained well-earned tips from her books, “Notes on Cooking” and “The Competent Cook.” One tip: just say yes to everything! She reveals some food styl…

Elyssa Friedland, Author of “The Intermission”

Elyssa Friedland is the author of two novels, LOVE AND MISS COMMUNICATION, and now THE INTERMISSION (released July 3, 2018!). Elyssa, a Yale and Columbia Law School grad, was a corporate lawyer before moving to writing full-time after the birth of her se…

Rebecca Makkai, Author of “The Great Believers”

Pushcart Prize winner, Rebecca Makkai, talks about her latest novel, THE GREAT BELIEVERS, the story of a man facing the 1980s Chicago AIDS crisis as well as the story of a mother searching for her lost daughter in 2015 Paris. This beautiful, interwoven t…

Andrea Petersen, WSJ Contributor, Author of “On Edge: A Journey Through Anxiety”

Wall Street Journal Contributor, Andrea Petersen, shares her research and personal experiences from her book, “On Edge: A Journey Through Anxiety.” She gives tips for how to raise less anxious children, how to help loved ones with anxiety and when to lea…

Priscilla Gilman, Author of “The Anti-Romantic Child: A Memoir of Unexpected Joy”

Priscilla Gilman, author of “The Anti-Romantic Child” and former assistant English professor at Yale and Vassar, talks about raising her autistic son, coping with divorce, managing her career and finding happiness, all the while weaving the wonderful wor…

Courtney Maum, Author of “Touch”

Courtney Maum, author of “Touch” and “I am Having So Much Fun Here Without You,” talks about her unique professional path to becoming a writer (Corona party promoter in Paris!!), her meeting with a professional cuddler, how she accidentally came up with …

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