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You might enjoy these shows if you like author interviews, book discussions, or audiobooks:

CONNIE MARTINSON TALKS BOOKS - Interviews with authors by an interviewer who actually reads the books in advance. This weekly 30-min. series airs on local TV - channel 35. Mon.-Fri. 3:00 pm and repeats 11:30 pm; Sat. 3:00 pm. Check program schedule on LA Cityview 35 (www.lacityview.org). Sponsored by Los Angeles Public Library. For summaries of Connie's interviews, and book reviews by author and by title, see www.conniemartinson.com.

BOOKMARK - Maria Hall-Brown interviews authors on KOCE - Orange County Public Television. This weekly 30 min. series airs Tues. at 7:00 pm and repeats Thurs. at 11:30 pm. See schedule at www.koce.org.

BOOK TV - All day, every weekend (including 3-day weekends), C-SPAN features interviews, panels, discussions on non-fiction books. They also visit book fairs, including L. A. Times Book Festival. See schedule at www.c-span.org.

BOOKNOTES - An online archive of C-SPAN's Brian Lamb's interviews of contemporary non-fiction authors, 1989-2004. See current schedule at www.booktv.org and choose transcripts to hear at www.booknotes.org.

ROMANCE NOVELS - Video playback from an extensive author interview list on the Internet. Go to www.romancenovel.tv.

MEET THE WRITERS - "Audio Interviews" and "Video Interviews" on the Barnes & Noble website at www.barnesandnoble.com -- page titled "Meet the Writers."

BORDERS MEDIA - Borders features two venues of recorded author interviews on its website at www.bordersmedia.com:
         Borders Book Club - individual interviews and book club discussions
          with authors.
         Borders Live at 01 - interviews, discussions, music - with authors
          and artists.

AMAZON PODCASTS - Online interviews and exclusives at www.amazon.com. Scroll down to "For the Community" for "Amazon Podcasts," which include bookclips and archives.

OPEN BOOKS RADIO - Donna Seamans, Associate Editor of ALA's Booklist, interviews authors on her hour-long Chicago-based radio program. Audio versions are retrievable at www.openbooksradio.org.

THE BIG READ ON XM -- Satellite radio series, airing audio versions of classic novels in 30-min. installments, premieres 9/10. Includes interviews and commentary by authors, actors, and other public figures. Broadcast 3 times daily, Mon.-Fri., on Sonic Theater (XM Channel 163)

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