From Portland, Oregon community radio station KBOO comes Between the Covers - a bimonthly podcast dedicated to books. Hosted by David Naimon, each episode features a detailed consideration (approximately 90 minutes in length) of a single piece of literature. Many episodes also feature a long-form interview with the book's author. As of this write-up, the most recent episode is an interview with...

Between 1989- 2007, C-SPAN aired the series Booknotes, an hour long interview with a single author of a nonfiction book (the show's tagline: "One Book. One Author. One Hour"). The series was hosted by C-SPAN executive director Brian Lamb, who fastidiously read and annotated the entirety of any book featured on the show prior to interviewing each author. Recently, the staff of George Mason...

For over 25 years, Michael Silverblatt has hosted Bookworm, a weekly half-hour interview with authors broadcasted by KCRW Public Radio out of Santa Monica, California. On the station's website, book fans can listen to the complete archives of this show. Silverblatt has interviewed with luminaries of all genres, including novelists Jamaica Kincaid, Salmon Rushdie, and Louise Erdrich; graphic...

If you want to write, read. And if you want to read about fiction writing, a good place to start is the Fiction Writers Review. Completely free and jam packed with writers writing about writing, this continually updated online periodical will fill you up with ideas and images. Start with the homepage, where you can explore numerous Features, ranging from interviews to essays. Then explore Popular...

On First Draft, a podcast about storytelling and storytellers, host Sarah Enni invites listeners into conversations about "unique perspectives on the creative process, and to learn about the professional side of artistic endeavors." Enni, an author herself, welcomes fellow writers, whose accolades span best seller lists and award circuits, on the show. Together, Enni and her guests explore writing...

This podcast is for fans of science fiction and fantasy in all of its forms - including "books, movies, games, and comics." Geek's Guide to the Galaxy is hosted by fantasy writer David Barr Kirtley and John Joseph Adams, editor of science fiction anthologies and Lightspeed Magazine. The show features interviews with a diverse group of authors and conversations about a wide variety of issues, from...

Longform, a publication of the University of Pittsburgh, is a website dedicated to compiling some of the best long-form essays and journalistic reports from a wide variety of online publications. Check out the 05-22-2015 Scout Report to learn more. Fans of long-form nonfiction writing will also want to check out the Longform Podcast, which features weekly interviews with contemporary writers about...

MIT Press has been publishing academic literature for more than half a century. They publish over 200 books a year, as well as more than 30 award-winning journals. The MIT Press Podcasts, featured here, are posted about half a dozen times a year. In each episode, a newly published author is interviewed about his or her ideas. For example, in Episode 78, Jeffrey Pomeranz, a visiting professor at...

Over the past few years, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has conducted a plethora of interviews with America's distinguished roster of talented authors, musicians, painters, and other creative types. A new podcast is released each Thursday, and visitors can browse the offerings here by date or alphabetically. Some of the more recent interviewees include George Wein (noted jazz concert...

Hosted by novelist Brad Listi, Otherppl is a podcast featuring lengthy interviews with creative writers of all stripes, including novelists, poets, and screenwriters. Listi's podcast employs a distinct, informal style throughout his interviews, which each last over an hour. Listi's guests include well-established writers in addition to emerging writers and authors. Recent episodes feature...