Ali Brady, BATTLE OF THE BOOKSTORES
Totally Booked with Zibby
Zibby Owens
4.4 • 602 Ratings
🗓️ 18 August 2025
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
Bestselling writing duo Ali Brady (a.k.a Alison Hammer and Bradeigh Godfrey) joins Zibby to celebrate their new pitch-perfect rom-com, BATTLE OF THE BOOKSTORES. They share the inspiration behind their rivals-to-lovers story set in dueling indie bookstores, the joys and challenges of co-writing, and how real booksellers helped shape the authentic behind-the-scenes details. The conversation also touches on the importance of independent bookstores, Jewish representation in fiction, and the balance of joy and creativity even in difficult times.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, listeners. We have totally booked live coming up this fall, and I hope you'll be a part of it. |
| 0:06.0 | We have three events in New York City, September 19th, 25th, and 30th, in New York, where I'll be doing six interviews live each day. |
| 0:14.1 | We also have a petite retreat in Greenwich on October 4th. |
| 0:18.0 | Go to Zibbimedia.com and event or and or event bright and search the events |
| 0:23.7 | and please come. I can't wait to meet you in person. Today's episode is sponsored by Gab. |
| 0:32.3 | When my kids are at school and I can't believe it's almost back to school time how is this even possible |
| 0:38.7 | I don't want social media or phones to distract them from learning and friendship but |
| 0:44.2 | with all the logistics of pickups and practice and drop-offs and rehearsals and whatever |
| 0:49.1 | our kids need a phone and I think all parents feel this way we want our kids to be able to get a hold of us when they need to. |
| 0:56.8 | And frankly, we want the peace of mind that comes from knowing we can reach them. |
| 1:00.6 | But teens spend an average of nine hours a day on screens outside of school. |
| 1:05.3 | And that's basically a full-time job just scrolling mindlessly, which is obviously terrible. |
| 1:10.7 | The U.S. Surgeon General |
| 1:11.6 | warns that kids who spend more than three hours a day online are twice as likely to have |
| 1:16.2 | depression and anxiety. I don't want my kids to have depression and anxiety. And it's unbelievable, |
| 1:21.4 | 45% of girls and 32% of boys feel overwhelming stress from being on social media. So here's the good news. |
| 1:28.3 | A company called Gab has solved this problem by doing something no one else is doing. Their approach |
| 1:32.8 | is tech and steps. Tech and steps works by providing kids safe phones and watches with no social |
| 1:38.7 | media tailored to every age, offering the right device at the right time. From GPS tracking enabled watches for |
| 1:45.2 | young kids to increased features and parent-enabled apps on the phones for tweens and teens, |
| 1:50.4 | each device allows them to safely grow their independence. By the way, it also looks just like a |
| 1:56.0 | real adult phone, but it's a gab phone. And so my kids are super excited about it. And I'm excited because I get |
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