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Totally Booked with Zibby
by Zibby Owens
Today: #106 in Arts on our combined chart.
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| Date | Apple Podcasts |
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| Oct 1 | #74 |
About the show
For nearly a decade, Totally Booked with Zibby has been one of publishing's premier podcasts and a regular stop on book tours for today's biggest authors. Hosted by bestselling author, bookstore owner, and publisher Zibby Owens, the show has featured more than 2,000 conversations with bestselling authors, actors, athletes, chefs, musicians, and entrepreneurs.
Known for her warmth, empathy, and genuine curiosity, Zibby has a gift for asking the questions that lead to unforgettable conversations. What begins with the book leads to talks about creativity, ambition, love, loss, family, resilience, and reinvention. With thousands of episodes and dozens of industry honors, Totally Booked with Zibby reminds us all that talking about books is really talking about life.
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Latest episodes
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Elizabeth Wellington Rollins on Writing Her Way Home
September 30, 2026 · 24 minElizabeth Wellington Rollins joins Zibby Owens to discuss her debut novel and Book of the Month Club Pick The Three Graces of Pearl Street, the story of an Italian American grandmother, daughter, and granddaughter who must all live…
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Meg Mason: The New Reese's Book Club pick!
September 29, 2026 · 30 minNewly minted Reese's Book Club pick Meg Mason joins Zibby Owens to discuss her new novel (and Zibby’s October Book Club pick!) Sophie, Standing There, the story of book lover Sophie Pattison who finds herself living alone and isolated, and…
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Susan Coll on the Nonsensical Business of Publishing
September 28, 2026 · 23 minSusan Coll sits down with Zibby Owens to discuss her new novel Word Salad, a bookish comedy about former economics major Matilda who finds herself working at her hometown bookstore where she must navigate the nonsensical business of…
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Fran Hauser on Embracing the Twenty-Minute Mindset
September 25, 2026 · 30 minFran Hauser joins Zibby Owens to discuss her new book Twenty Minutes is the New Hour, a guide to help women embrace the twenty-minute mindset, reclaim their time, and take small steps towards better productivity. Fran talks about the…
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Allison Sweet Grant on The Psychological Weight of Cancer
September 24, 2026 · 26 minAllison Sweet Grant joins Zibby Owens to talk about her new poetic memoir Lump, an unconventional, moving collection of essays and verse about her experience with breast cancer. Allison discusses how the book started out as a journal to…
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Isabel Allende on The Quiet Happiness of Aging
September 23, 2026 · 25 minIsabel Allende joins Zibby Owens to discuss her new memoir Story Telling, a heartfelt love letter to life and writing that recounts the past forty-five years of her career, the philosophy and emotion behind craft, and the lessons she’s…
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Zibby Owens on Her Decade of Extreme Change
September 22, 2026 · 37 minBestselling author Renée Rosen interviews Zibby Owens about her new book Between Chapters, a heartfelt and candid collection of essays centered around her decade of extreme change and where it all led. Zibby discusses overcoming intense…
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Laura Moriarty on Writing Amid Her Cancer Diagnosis
September 21, 2026 · 22 minLaura Moriarty sits down with Zibby Owens to discuss her new novel and August 2026 Read With Jenna Pick Sunlight Finds You, a deeply felt love story set in 1949 that ends in heartbreak and shame, and changes the course of…