Totally Booked with Zibby

Zibby Owens

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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Jun 24, 2019 · 28 min
Sheri Salata, THE BEAUTIFUL NO
Sheri Salata was the co-president of Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) and has now written a fabulous book, The Beautiful No. Sheri had a front-row seat to the most prolific wisdom-keepers of our time and her book is filled with insight about manifesting...
Jun 21, 2019 · 26 min
Amanda Stern, LITTLE PANIC
Amanda Stern is the author of Little Panic: Dispatches from an Anxious Life, a memoir about her undiagnosed childhood panic disorder that takes place in New York City in the Etan Patz era. The subtitle, Dispatches from an Anxious Life, is only a small...
Jun 20, 2019 · 19 min
Meg Wolitzer, THE FEMALE PERSUASION
Meg Wolitzer is the New York Times best-selling author of The Interestings, The Uncoupling, The Ten-Year Nap, The Position, The Wife, and Sleepwalking. She's also the author of the young adult novel Belzhar. Her latest book, The Female Persuasion,...
Jun 19, 2019 · 27 min
Biz Ellis, YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB
Biz Ellis is a former stand-up comic and corporate event planner. She now cohosts the comedy podcast that happens to be about parenting called “One Bad Mother.” She, along with her cohost Theresa Thorn, wrote a parenting, sort of, advice book, You...
Jun 18, 2019 · 31 min
Jennifer Weiner, MRS. EVERYTHING
Jennifer Weiner is the best-selling author of dozens of books including her latest novel, MRS. EVERYTHING. This book, about two sisters from the 1950s to present day, is a family saga, a drama, one that made me gasp at times, relate at other times, and...
Jun 17, 2019 · 31 min
Katie Arnold, RUNNING HOME
Katie Arnold is a contributing editor at Outside magazine where she has been on staff for twelve years. Running Home: A Memoir is her first book and we're talking all about it today. It explores Katie's relationship with running and with her ...
Jun 16, 2019 · 6 min
Zibby's essay: "This Father's Day, My Dad Actually Gave Me The Gift"
For Father's Day, I wrote this short article about my dad for the TODAY Parenting Team site. I'm reading it here to wish everyone else a Happy Father's Day.... and to remind all parents out there that sometimes it's the little thing...
Jun 14, 2019 · 41 min
Evangeline Lilly, THE SQUICKERWONKERS
Evangeline Lilly is the author of the children's book series The Squickerwonkers. The two titles in the series so far are The Pre-Show and Act 1: The Demise of Selma the Spoiled. A former model, Evangeline is best known for her acting career. She ...
Jun 13, 2019 · 31 min
Lydia Fenet, THE MOST POWERFUL WOMAN IN THE ROOM IS YOU
Lydia Fenet is the Managing Director, Global Head of Strategic Partnerships at Christie’s. As lead benefit auctioneer of the firm, she has led auctions for more than six hundred organizations. Listen to our conversation about her first book: The Most...
Jun 12, 2019 · 32 min
Julie Satow, THE PLAZA
Julie Satow is the author of The Plaza: The Secret Life of America’s Most Famous Hotel. She is an award-winning journalist who has covered real estate in New York for over a decade. Listen to us chat about The Plaza - both a biography of the hotel and...
Jun 11, 2019 · 23 min
Catherine McCord, WEELICIOUS. ONE FAMILY. ONE MEAL.
Cookbook author and blogger, Catherine McCord, shares her tips for cooking for the whole family in this episode. Her two cookbooks in the WEELICIOUS series (and upcoming third one!) offer easy-to-follow, visually appealing lunchboxes and meals for...
Jun 10, 2019 · 32 min
Lisa Barr, THE UNBREAKABLES
Award-winning author Lisa Barr talks about her most recent novel, The Unbreakables, a sexy beach read about a protagonist who loses everything she knew and how she reinvents herself. Listen to Lisa talk about the inspiration for the book, the symbolism...
Jun 7, 2019 · 6 min
Zibby's essay: "Time Keeps On Slipping into the Future... Especially as a Mom"
Here's a short (5 min!) essay I wrote recently on Kveller.com called, "Time Keeps On Slipping into the Future... Especially as a Mom." It's about how quickly the kids are growing up, how life plays out in full view in NYC vs LA, and...
Jun 6, 2019 · 21 min
Nicola Harrison, MONTAUK
Nicola Harrison, a native of England who studied literature at UCLA and received an MFA in creative writing at Stony Brook, has published her debut novel after an extensive career in magazines. Listen to Nicola (a first-time podcast interviewee!)...
Jun 4, 2019 · 29 min
Wendy Walker, THE NIGHT BEFORE
Wendy is the national best-selling author of All Is Not Forgotten, Emma in the Night, and now her latest work, The Night Before. Listen to Wendy talk about her newest book, and how research and psychology play into creating in-depth characters in this...
May 30, 2019 · 25 min
Brian Solis, LIFESCALE: HOW TO LIVE A MORE CREATIVE, PRODUCTIVE AND HAPPY LIFE
Listen to 7-time best-selling author, Brian Solis, as he discusses how to stay focused despite our many technological distractions, how to recover from a life of multi-tasking, and what we need to do to access of inner creativity.
May 28, 2019 · 25 min
Darcy Lockman, ALL THE RAGE
Darcy Lockman, Ph.D., talks gender roles in marriage, how to get your husband to NOT just stand there while you make chicken nuggets, all the research on what women are suited for more than men, and how to navigate all the complexities of a family.
May 26, 2019 · 9 min
Zibby's essay: "Moving On Up"
I'm trying something new. I'll be releasing one essay episode a week of an article that I've written. Always short. Hopefully relatable! This piece, published on Medium.com, is called, "Moving On Up: A Mother Says Goodbye to Her Lit...
May 23, 2019 · 32 min
Reema Zaman, I AM YOURS: A SHARED MEMOIR
Reema Zaman shares her intimate stories as a woman recovering from years of mistreatment from the male hand and how she has turned to love to channel those feelings. From Bangladesh to Seattle, Reema covers the globe searching for herself as an actress...
May 21, 2019 · 30 min
Ali Wentworth, Actress/Author, GO ASK ALI and ALI IN WONDERLAND
Listen to Ali Wentworth as she discusses parenting teens, writing personal stories, surviving an acting career and the "shame" of a happy marriage!! Watch us chat live at https://vimeo.com/337424313.

Totally Booked with Zibby

Sheri Salata, THE BEAUTIFUL NO

Amanda Stern, LITTLE PANIC

Meg Wolitzer, THE FEMALE PERSUASION

Biz Ellis, YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB

Jennifer Weiner, MRS. EVERYTHING

Katie Arnold, RUNNING HOME

Zibby's essay: "This Father's Day, My Dad Actually Gave Me The Gift"

Evangeline Lilly, THE SQUICKERWONKERS

Lydia Fenet, THE MOST POWERFUL WOMAN IN THE ROOM IS YOU

Julie Satow, THE PLAZA

Catherine McCord, WEELICIOUS. ONE FAMILY. ONE MEAL.

Lisa Barr, THE UNBREAKABLES

Zibby's essay: "Time Keeps On Slipping into the Future... Especially as a Mom"

Nicola Harrison, MONTAUK

Wendy Walker, THE NIGHT BEFORE

Brian Solis, LIFESCALE: HOW TO LIVE A MORE CREATIVE, PRODUCTIVE AND HAPPY LIFE

Darcy Lockman, ALL THE RAGE

Zibby's essay: "Moving On Up"

Reema Zaman, I AM YOURS: A SHARED MEMOIR

Ali Wentworth, Actress/Author, GO ASK ALI and ALI IN WONDERLAND