Episode 3: Your Community Bookstore

The Watchung Booksellers Podcast

In this episode of the Watchung Booksellers Podcast, guests Garth Risk Hallberg and Jason Tanz chronicle their history of living in Montclair and the creation of a book club enlivening their shared reading experiences.
Guest bios:
Garth Risk Hallberg is the author of City on Fire, the novella Field Guide to the North American Family, and The Second Coming(out May 28). In 2017, Granta named him one of the Best of Young American Novelists. His work has been translated into seventeen languages.

Jason Tanz is currently the editor-in-chief of at Lyft and before that worked at Wired for many years. His writing has appeared in many publication such as the New York Times, Esquire, and Fortune. He is also the author of the 2007 book Other People's Property: A Shadow History of Hip Hop in White America. Jason also serves on the board of directors for the Montclair Public Library Foundation.

Books:
A full list of the books and authors mentioned in this episode is available on our website.

Local Interest:

Paper Plane

Montclair Public Library

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Books:
A full list of the books and authors mentioned in this episode is available here.

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The Watchung Booksellers Podcast is produced by Kathryn Counsell and Marni Jessup and is recorded at Silver Stream Studio in Montclair, NJ.

The show is edited by Kathryn Counsell and Bree Testa. Special thanks to Timmy Kellenyi and Derek Mattheiss.

Original music is composed and performed by Violet Mujica.

Art & design and social media by Evelyn Moulton. Research and show notes by Caroline Shurtleff.

Thanks to all the staff at Watchung Booksellers and The Kids’ Room!

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1. Episode 3: Your Community Bookstore (00:00:00)

2. Building Community Through Books (00:00:12)

3. Moving to Montclair and Finding Watchung Booksellers (00:01:51)

4. Forming a Book Group (00:10:31)

5. Surviving the Pandemic (00:11:23)

6. Bookseller and Customer Recommendations (00:12:59)

7. Book Club Discussion on Long Books (00:18:34)

8. Book Club Reflections and Connections (00:25:18)

9. Book Club Meeting and Book Recommendations (00:36:01)

10. Book Recommendations and Literary Connections (00:40:57)

11. Upcoming Events (00:47:59)

12. Credits (00:49:08)