Barbara VanDenburgh, USA TODAY Books Editor
Beyond the Next Chapter with Whitney Clark
English - February 07, 2023 00:00 - 38 minutes - 88.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 45 ratingsBooks Arts books fiction literature bookclub literacy nonfiction novels readingauthors Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
There aren’t many people around who read more than Barbara VanDenburgh, the former Arizona Republic writer turned USA Today Books Editor. When she’s not reading or writing about books, she’s talking about them, as host of the First Draft Book Club at Changing Hands Bookstore in Phoenix.
Barbara joined the podcast to share some of the early 2023 books she’s most excited about, including the current pick for her book club:
NIGHT WHEREVER WE GO, Tracey Rose Peyton LIFE ON DELAY: MAKING PEACE WITH A STUTTER, John Hendrickson
VICTORY CITY, Salman Rushdie
THE CLIMATE BOOK: THE FACTS AND THE SOLUTIONS, Greta Thunberg HOW TO SELL A HAUNTED HOUSE, Grady Hendrix
NEVER NEVER, Colleen Hoover & Tarryn Fisher
OSCAR WARS: A HISTORY OF THE OSCARS IN GOLD, SWEAT AND TEARS, Michael Schulman
IMMORTALITY A LOVE STORY, Dana Schwartz LOVE PAMELA, Pamela Anderson
FINDING ME, Viola Davis
Books also mentioned in this episode:
FAIRY TALE, Stephen King
THE GLASS CASTLE and HANG THE MOON, Jeannette Walls
To follow Barbara’s work, visit: https://www.usatoday.com/staff/2646127001/barbara-vandenburgh/
Join First Draft Book Club: https://firstdraftbookbar.com/book-club