Episodes
90
Latest episode
Jun 2026
Language
EN-US
Join author and bookseller Matt Browning as he goes behind the shelves with booksellers, authors and other bookish folks to learn what makes independent bookshops such magical places.
It's a very special episode of Bookstore Explorer as Matt welcomes some old friends to the show! This week, we visit with Stephen and Nicki Bentley Colthart, owners of Volume Bookshop & Studio in Buckhannon, West Virginia.
This week, we’re heading to Kilmarnock, Virginia, to talk with Lisa McLaughlin, the owner of The Bookshelf on Church. Books We Talk About: Many Lives, Many Masters by Brian Weiss, The Summer We Ran by Audrey Ingram, Finlay Donovan Crosses the Line by Elle Cosimano, Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
On this episode, Matt is joined by Aimee Chipman of Bluestocking Bookshop in Holland, Michigan. Books We Talk About: The works of Jacqueline Carey, Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan, and The World Gives Way by Marissa Levien
In this episode, Sisters Sarah Krammen and Rachel Rattenborg take us on a tour of their family-owned bookshop, Dragonfly Books in Decorah, Iowa. Books We Talk About: Aftertaste by Daria Lavelle, Bog Queen by Anna North, Hound Triptych by Dani Janae, Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman, and the works of H.P. Lovecraft and Patrick Rothfuss
Today we head to Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, to talk with Margaret Magle, owner of OtherWords Books & More. Books We Talk About: Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman, Amish Vampires in Space by Kerry Nietz, and 1984 by George Orwell
Today I'm joined by Rae Gosling, owner of Hidden Nook Booksellers in Grayling, Michigan. Books We Talk About: Anxious People by Fredrik Backman, Redwall by Brian Jacques, Hogfather by Terry Pratchett, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Andy Corren, Dirtbag Queen by Andy Corren, and Zeal by Morgan Jerkins
Today I'm joined by Jesi Crawford, owner of the new shop Indie Darling Bookstore in Lander, Wyoming. Books We Talk About: Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir and Martyr by Kaveh Akbar.
This week I'm joined by Kathleen Madden of Sassafras on Sutton in Black Mountain, North Carolina. Books We Talk About: Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt, The Last Castle by Denise Kiernan, and Man's Search for Meaning by Vicktor Fankl
On this episode, I'm joined by Kevin Coolidge, owner of From My Shelf Books & Gifts in Wellsboro, PA. With 20 years of experience in bookselling, Kevin shares everything from the changes in genre popularity he's seen over the years to the close bonds we form with our customers.
I love a mobile bookshop, and today I’m joined by Melanie LaBorwit, owner of Burque Books & Art in Alburquerque, NM! Books We Talk About: Parnassus on Wheels by Christopher Morley, The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafrón, Ahab’s Wife by Sena Jeter Naslund, and Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
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