The Book Show

Joe Donahue

web@wamc.org

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Booking Overview

The Book Show is a weekly literary interview program where Joe Donahue talks with celebrated authors about their books, lives, and craft. For PR professionals, it’s a strong platform for high-profile writers and publishers looking for thoughtful, mainstream literary coverage.

Metrics

Episodes: 18

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.6/5.0

Estimated listeners: <1k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

YouTube: 1.1k subscribers

Contact Information

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Host

Joe Donahue - Joe Donahue interviews authors about their books, lives, and craft. He has been interviewing authors about their books on the radio for more than 25 years, is also the host of The Roundtable on WAM...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

high
Typical Credentials:  
Published authors of literary fiction/nonfiction (often prize-winning, prominent mainstream figures), with current books to discuss
Required Achievements:  
Pulitzer Prize, Major literary awards/honors, Broad mainstream recognition through major publishers and widely reviewed books

Recent Guest Discussions

Francine Prose - Her Novel Five Weeks In The Country, And Turning A Strange Real-life Literary Episode Into Fiction Involving Hans Christian Andersen And Charles Dickens’ Home.

Colm Toibin - His Latest Story Collection, The News From Dublin, Including Themes Of Distance, Memory, And Home.

Andrew Sean Greer - His Novel Villa Coco, Including The Plot And Themes Of Romance And Lost Love.

Recent Topics

Literature, Books, Novel, Authors, Publishing

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
The Book Show
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Francine Prose - Five Weeks in the Country

June 30, 2026

Novelist Francine Prose’s latest, 'Five Weeks in the Country,' turns a strange real-life literary episode into rich, darkly funny fiction. In the summer of 1857, Hans Christian Andersen arrives at Charles Dickens’ country home for what should have been a brief visit. Instead, he stays five excruciating weeks.

Colm Toibin - The News from Dublin

June 23, 2026

Author Colm Toibin’s latest, 'The News From Dublin,' is his first story collection in more than a decade. The volume gathers nine stories set across Ireland, Spain, the United States, and beyond, tracing lives shaped by distance, memory, and the pull of home.

Andrew Sean Greer - Villa Coco

June 16, 2026

Andrew Sean Greer, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Less, returns with 'Villa Coco,' a witty and warmhearted novel set in the hills of Tuscany.The story follows a drifting young American who takes a job with the eccentric Baronessa Coco and soon finds himself tangled in romance, old secrets, impossible errands, and one final quest for lost love.

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