January 2012-A Chat with Jack Hart

Book Chat host Alan Rose interviews Jack Hart, former Oregonian editor and author of The Writer’s Coach.

September 2011-A Chat with Gilbert Rossing

Book Chat host Alan Rose interviews Gilbert Rossing, retired Lutheran pastor and author of Dignity, Dogmatism and Same-sex Relationships: What Science and Scripture Teach Us.


June 2011- A Conversation with Willy Vlautin

Book Chat host Alan Rose interviews Willy Vlautin, author of Lean on Pete, which won this year’s Ken Kesey Award.

May 2011- A Conversation with Naseem Rakha

Poet and writer Deborah Woehrmann interviews Naseem Rakha, author of The Crying Tree, as part of the Northwest Voices series.

March 2011 - A Chat with Mike Nettleton & Carolyn Rose

Book Chat host Alan Rose talks with husband and wife writing team Mike Nettleton and Carolyn J. Rose, authors of quirky murder mysteries set on the Oregon coast, The Big Grabowski, Hard Karma Shuffle, The Velvet Miasma, and others.

January 2011 - A Chat with Congressman Brian Baird

BookChat host Alan Rose talks with former Congressman Brian Baird about his book, Character, Politics, and Responsibility: Restarting the Heart of the American Republic.

October 2010 - A Chat with Alan Rose

Fellow writer Ned Piper talks with Alan Rose about his new novel, Tales of Tokyo.

July 2010 - A Chat with Jane Still

Alan Rose, host of Book Chat, talks with Jane Still about writing humor and her recently published book, Mother’s Daze.

June 2010: A Chat with Ken Scholes

Chris Skaugset, director of the Longview Public Library, chats with Ken Scholes, sci-fi and fantasy author of Lamentation and Canticle.

January 2010: Interview with William F. Nolan

Author and documentary maker Jason V. Brock interviews science fiction legend William F. Nolan, author of Logan’s Run and some 80 other books.