The Watchung Booksellers Podcast
Episodes
Episode 65: Shop Talk: Book Clubs
17 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the Watchung Booksellers Podcast, four of our booksellers/book club hosts, Asia, Aubrey, Caroline, and Marni, discuss their clubs and wha...
Episode 64: Featured Event with Ian Frazier and Jamaica Kincaid
03 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Watchung Booksellers Podcast, authors Ian Frazier and Jamaica Kincaid dicuss their writing and 50+ years of friendship.Books:A ...
Episode 63: Family in Fiction
17 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's episode, authors Kim Coleman Foote and Toni Ann Johnson talk about fictionalizing their families' difficult and messy history...
Episode 62: Multilingual Writing
03 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Watchung Booksellers Podcast, author Cleyvis Natera and author/photographer/translator Erica Morillo discuss writing in English...
Season 4 Preview
28 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Watchung Booksellers Podcast! We're starting Season 4 next week, but listen here for a quick preview of what's new. We&a...
Episode 61: Customer Favorites of 2025
02 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Watchung Booksellers podcast, our customers tell us what their favorite reads of 2025 were. Memoir, fiction, manga, YA and more...
Episode 60: Shop Talk: Holiday Picks
25 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Nicole Ban is a lifelong New Jersey resident who began her bookstore career at B. Dalton. After a longstanding tenure at Montclair Book Center, Nicole...
Episode 59: Featured Event: Mona Awad
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Watchung Booksellers Podcast, we feature author Mona Awad, author of the bestselling novel Bunny, for the release of its sequel...
Episode 58: Keeping Your Creative SPARK
11 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Watchung Booksellers Podcast, authors Henry Neff and Cyndie Spiegel return to talk about how they stay creative during stressfu...
Episode 57: From Page to Screen
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Watchung Booksellers Podcast, authors Tom Perrotta and Warren Zanes discuss the process of adapting their books into film and t...
On Repeat: Season 2, Episode 38: Historical Fiction
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Go back in time and listen to this conversation about Historical Fiction from Season 2!In this episode of The Watchung Booksellers Podcast, authors La...
On Repeat: Season 1, Episode 7: Thrill Seekers
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In honor of spooky season, enjoy this repeat episode from Season 1!In this episode of the Watchung Booksellers Podcast, authors Laura Sims and Hillary...
Episode 56: Cook by the Book
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Watchung Booksellers Podcast, food writer Marissa Rothkopf Bates and bookseller Nicole Ban talk about the joy of cooking and co...
Episode 55: Banned Books Week
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Watchung Booksellers Podcast, our customers, authors, and booksellers read excerpts from their favorite banned books. Banned B...
Episode 54: Humor Writing
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Watchung Booksellers Podcast, writers Ian Frazier and Cora Frazier discuss the art of writing humor and the family stories they...
Episode 53: Featured Event with Bobbi Brown
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Watchung Booksellers Podcast, we feature the launch event for Bobbi Brown's memoir Still Bobbi. In this lively and heartwa...
Episode 52: Shop Talk: Author Events
16 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Watchung Booksellers Podcast, our events team discusses how we select and host author events. Aubrey Cece, manager of The Kids&...
Episode 51: From Newspapers to Books
09 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Watchung Booksellers Podcast, Kate Zernike and Rachel Swarns talk about their professions as journalists and authors, and how t...
Episode 50: The Author/Editor Relationship
02 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Watchung Booksellers Podcast, author Jemimah Wei and editor Lee Boudreaux discuss the author/editor relationship and the work e...
Episode 49: Read by the Author #1
26 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Watchung Booksellers Podcast, four of our community's authors read excerpts from their current and upcoming books. Anne Bu...
Episode 48: Collaborative Writing
19 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Watchung Bookselelrs Podcast, authors Christina Baker Kline and Anne Burt discuss collaborating together on their first thrille...
Bonus Episode: Amy Larocca and Jason Tanz
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this bonus episode of the Watchung Booksellers Podcast, we share a recording from an in-store event this spring with Amy Larocca, author of How to ...
Episode 47: Librarians Who Write
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Watchung Booksellers Podcast, librarians Laura Sims and Kerri Sullivan discuss their alternate jobs as writers and editors and ...
Episode 46: Featured Event: Anne and Claire Berest
13 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Watchung Booksellers Podcast, authors Anne Berest and Claire Berest discuss their novel, Gabriële, with moderator Violaine Hui...
Episode 45: Independent Bookstore Day
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Watchung Booksellers Podcast, we feature a compilation of book recommendations from our customers, recorded in store on Indepen...
Episode 44: WBP Live Book Club - Loved and Missed
29 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
To celebrate the first anniversary of the Watchung Booksellers Podcast, we share a live recording of a book club discussion of Loved and Missed by Sus...
Episode 43: Joy as Resistance in Kids' Lit
22 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Watchung Booksellers Podcast, children's book author Alliah Agostini talks with children's book illustrator Olivia de...
Episode 42: Featured Event: Benjamin Wallace
15 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Watchung Booksellers Podcast, we feature a recent book launch discussion with Benjamin Wallace, author of The Mysterious Mr. Na...
Episode 41: Meet the Regulars
08 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's episode of The Watchung Booksellers Podcast, booksellers Asia and Caroline chat with longtime favorite customer, Edward. Asia Jan...
Episode 40: Children's Book Illustration
01 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Watchung Booksellers Podcast, children's book author/illustrators Kristine Lombardi and Cat Min talk about their process a...
Episode 39: Journalism for Justice
25 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's episode of The Watchung Booksellers Podcast, journalists Candy J. Cooper and Dale Russakoff share their excitement in the triumphs...
Episode 38: Historical Fiction
18 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Watchung Booksellers Podcast, authors Laurie Lico Albanese and Anastasia Rubis discuss reading and writing historical fiction.L...
Episode 37: Science Writers
11 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's episode, scientists Charles Liu and George Musser find joy in daily observations through science and writing. Charles Liu is a pr...
Episode 36: Books About the Bottom Line
04 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Watchung Booksellers Podcast, journalists Farnoosh Torabi and Grace L. Williams talk about financial writing and books that foc...
Episode 35: Troubleshooting
24 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Watchung Booksellers Podcast, novelists Marcy Dermansky and Hayley Krischer tackle challenges of a writer's life and troub...
Episode 34: For the Love of Poetry
18 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Watchung Booksellers Podcast, poets Alicia Cook and Deborah Garrison share how poetry fosters connection and their own work. Pl...
Episode 33: Teaching Literature
11 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Watchung Booksellers Podcast, Montclair State Professor Lee Behlman and high school English teacher Nick Hernandez talk about t...
Episode 32: Shop Talk with the Bosses
04 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Season 2 of the Watchung Booksellers Podcast! In this episode bookstore owner Maddie Ciliotta-Young talks with her mom and former owner Mar...
Season 1 Bonus Episode -- "Pardon Power" with Kimberly Wehle and Jessica Henry
21 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this bonus episode, we feature an in-store event held the day after the 2024 Presidential election with professors Kim Wehle and Jessica Henry, who...
Season 1 Bonus Episode -- Lily Braun-Arnold and Laura Marx Fitzgerald
07 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As we gear up for Season 2 of the Watchung Booksellers Podcast, we are re-airing an episode from the first season to celebrate the release of The Last...
Episode 31: Shop Talk: The Kids' Room
26 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Watchung Booksellers, the dedicated Kids' Room staff talks about their love of children's books and everything the st...
Episode 30: The Book Doctors
19 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Watchung Booksellers, authors and entrepreneurs Arielle Eckstut and David Henry Sterry discuss becoming The Book Doctors--their...
Episode 29: Social Calls
12 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Watchung Booksellers, social media mavens Sara Alli and our very own Evelyn Moulton chat about social media in bookselling.Sara...
Episode 28: Featured Event with Jonathan Alter
05 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Watchung Booksellers Podcast, journalist and historian Jonathan Alter discusses his latest book, American Reckoning: Inside Tru...
Episode 27: Sports Writing
29 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Watchung Booksellers Podcast, veteran journalists Harvey Araton and Mark McClusky discuss sports writing and sports media. Harv...
Episode 26: The Changing Publishing Landscape
22 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Watchung Booksellers Podcast, Christopher Kimball's Milk Street Media Relations Director Deborah Broide talks with Voracio...
Episode 25: Ghostwriting
15 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Watchung Booksellers Podcast, author David Moldawer discusses ghostwriting with Elisabeth Egan of the New York Times Book Revie...
Episode 24: Reviewing Books
08 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Watchung Booksellers Podcast, book critics Kate Tuttle and Mark Rotella discuss the process and importance of reviewing books. ...
Episode 23: Telling It Like It Is
01 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Watchung Booksellers Podcast, audiobook narrators Stephanie Willing, Sura Siu, and Khristine Hvam discuss the craft of storytel...
Episode 22: Bookstores Are Magic
24 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Watchung Booksellers Podcast, Margot Sage-EL sits down with author Emma Straub, owner of Books Are Magic in Brooklyn, to talk a...
Episode 21: Book Buying and Selling
17 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Watchung Booksellers, owner Maddie Ciliotta-Young talks with W. W. Norton sales rep Ashanti White-Wallace about selling books t...
Episode 20: Book Editing
10 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Watchung Booksellers, editors Sarah McGrath and Lee Boudreaux walk us through the art of book editing. Lee Boudreaux is an ex...
Episode 19: Graphic Novels
03 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Watchung Booksellers, authors and TV animators Jorge Aguirre and Jason Patterson discuss the art of storytelling in graphic nov...
Episode 18: Featured Event with Dionne Ford
27 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Watchung Booksellers podcast, Cleyvis Natera moderates Dionne Ford's book release event for her memoir, Go Back & Get ...
Episode 17: Featured Event with Joyce Maynard
20 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Watchung Booksellers Podcast, authors Joyce Maynard and Alice Elliott Dark rejoice in the launch of Maynard's latest novel...
Episode 16: Featured Event with Julia Phillips
13 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Watchung Booksellers Podcast, novelists Julia Phillips and Boo Trundle celebrate the publication of Phillips’s latest novel B...
Episode 15: Politics and History
06 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Watchung Booksellers, authors Jonathan Alter and Stuart Reid delve into their political writing research processes.Jonathan Alt...
Episode 14: A Commitment to Representation
30 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Watchung Booksellers podcast, Margot Sage-EL interviews Arthur Levine about his prolific career in children’s publishing.Arth...
Episode 13: Shop Talk
23 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Watchung Booksellers Podcast, booksellers Asia Jannah and Nicole Ban chronicle their respective bookselling experience and shar...
Episode 12: On Writing True Crime
16 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Watchung Booksellers Podcast, authors Katherine Dykstra and Joe Pompeo unpack the nuances of writing in the historical true cri...
Episode 11: A Book by Its Cover
09 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Watchung Booksellers Podcast, designers Olga Grlic and James Iacobelli relay their decades-long experience in cover design at m...
Episode 10: From Readers to Writers
02 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Watchung Booksellers Podcast, authors Laura Marx Fitzgerald and Lily Braun-Arnold discuss how their passion for reading led to ...
Episode 9: A Love of Books
25 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Watchung Booksellers Podcast, Janet Torsney and Margot Sage-EL sit down to discuss the wonderful partnership between the Montcl...
Episode 8: ... How It's Going
18 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We launched the Watchung Booksellers podcast with "How It Started": an episode with Margot Sage-EL, the owner, now owner emeritus, of Watchu...
Episode 7: Thrill Seekers
11 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Watchung Booksellers Podcast, authors Laura Sims and Hillary Frank discuss thrillers--how we define them, why we are drawn to t...
Episode 6: The Author Hustle
04 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Watchung Booksellers Podcast, authors Henry Neff and Cyndie Spiegel go beyond the art of writing to discuss the art of promotio...
Episode 5: Writing and Addiction
28 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Watchung Booksellers Podcast, authors Warren Zanes and Thad Ziolkowski talk about writing and addiction. From their personal st...
Episode 4: Mental Health Books for Kids
21 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Watchung Booksellers Podcast, children's book publisher Lauri Hornik and children's buyer and bookseller Aubrey Cece ...
Episode 3: Your Community Bookstore
14 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Watchung Booksellers Podcast, guests Garth Risk Hallberg and Jason Tanz chronicle their history of living in Montclair and the ...
Episode 2: The Writer's Life
07 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Watchung Booksellers Podcast, long-time friends Dionne Ford and Alice Elliott Dark join us for a soulful conversation about liv...
Trailer
27 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Watchung Booksellers Podcast.Watchung Booksellers' community of writers and readers dive deep into what they do for the love of bo...
Episode 1: How It Started...
26 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Watchung Booksellers Podcast! In this episode, Margot Sage-EL, former owner of Watchung Booksellers, sits down with Liz Egan of the New...