Jamie Day, THE BLOCK PARTY

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Zibby Owens

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4.4 • 602 Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Guest host Julie Chavez interviews author Jamie Day about The Block Party, a delicious, nail-biting, ingeniously plotted whodunnit about an affluent, seemingly peaceful cul-de-sac and the murder that happens at their block party. Jamie reveals the magic in his shifting POVs and the brilliant author he tried to emulate in his writing. He also shares the childhood neighborhood memories that inspired this novel and explains how he combined relatable characters, conflict, rom-com, suspense, and juicy community message boards to make it compulsively readable.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Zibi Owens, and you're listening to Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books.
0:06.7	This 30-minute podcast features a new author interviewed by me every single day, 365 days a year, for about 30 minutes.
0:14.9	I am also the publisher for Zibi Books, which publishes 12 books a year in fiction and memoir.
0:21.9	Our books are already out now.
0:23.5	You can check it out on ZippyBooks.com.
0:25.6	And we have a magazine called Zibby Mag where we have lots of wonderful essays and lifestyle
0:31.2	features.
0:31.8	That's at Zibbymag.com.
0:33.1	We have classes at Zippy Classes.com.
0:35.4	And I recently opened a bookstore in L.a called zibby's bookshop
0:40.3	at one one one three montana avenue at 11th street in san monica i hope that you are able to
0:47.0	enjoy some of our other offerings but this here podcast is the basis of all of it and started in
0:53.3	2018 and no matter what i do this is basically my of all of it and started in 2018. And no matter what I do, this is basically
0:56.5	my favorite thing. Enjoy it. Jamie Day is the author of The Block Party, a novel. Julie
1:06.8	Chavez guest hosted this episode. She is the author of Everyone but myself, which comes out
1:12.4	from Zivie Books in 2024, January, and hosts Ask a Librarian podcast. Jamie Day lives in one of
1:19.8	those picture-perfect coastal New England towns you see in the movies. And just like the movies,
1:24.8	Jamie has two children and an adorable dog to fawn over. When not writing or
1:29.4	reading, Jamie enjoys yoga, the ocean, cooking, and long walks on the beach with the dog or the kids,
1:35.2	or sometimes both. Jamie, thank you so much for coming on Moms. Don't Have Time to Read Books to
1:40.9	talk about your book. I'm so excited you're here. Well, thank you so much.
1:44.7	It is really a thrill and pleasure to be here. I am excited because I read the block party yesterday.
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