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Gary Alan McBride founded the Boulder, Colorado-based Writers Who Read novel study group in May of 2018. Since then he and other local writers have been analyzing 10 novels per year within 12-18 months of their publication. Gary is also the author of the WwR reference guide, Literary Forensics: How Reading Can Make You a Better Writer , available in hardcover, paperback, and ebook in bookstores and at online retailers worldwide. More information here: https://LiteraryForensicsBook.com. WwR is focused 100% on today's fiction, mostly in advance of academic scholarship, so we live on the cutting edge of contemporary analysis. And that's how we like it. Our goal is to read like a writer and not wait for someone else to tell us what to think. That means we read with intent--to become better at noticing what the author is doing to manage our emotions and manipulate our point of view. And so it doesn't matter whether what we read is critically acclaimed or acade
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Signup to Generate a PitchGary Alan McBride founded the Boulder, Colorado-based Writers Who Read novel study group in May of 2018. Since then he and other local writers have been analyzing 10 novels per year within 12-18 months of their publication.
Writers Who Read is hosted by Gary Alan McBride. The show has published 69 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Season 4 Preview" (27 October 2026, 11 minutes), "Literary Forensics interview" (15 October 2026, 27 minutes), and "81: King of Ashes - S. A. Cosby" (23 August 2026, 42 minutes).
Writers Who Read publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 26 minutes across 69 episodes.
Booking probability for Writers Who Read is 33%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Writers Who Read requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Writers Who Read's contact route on record: verified email.
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Gary Alan McBride hosts Writers Who Read, an arts podcast with 69 episodes published.
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Gary introduces the 10 novels, published in 2025 and 2026, that will be covered in Season Four of Writers Who Read. In order, they are: S4 #1: Tilt - Emma Pattee S4 #2: Angel Down - Daniel Kraus S4 #3: The True True...
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Episode #10
Mira Landry, Risë Keller, and Gary McBride talk about King of Ashes by S. A. Cosby, which is Writers Who Read book number 81. Discussion slides for this novel and all novels discussed are available at WritersWhoRead.com...
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Mira, Risë, and Gary analyze another recently-published novel on the next episode of Writers Who Read . Next up: King of Ashes by S. A. Cosby. The Atlanta-based wealthy investment manager Roman Carruthers thinks he...
Episode #9
Whitney Pinion, Chelsea Pennington, and Gary McBride talk about Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid, which is Writers Who Read book number 80. Discussion slides for this novel and all novels discussed are available at...
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Whitney, Chelsea, and Gary analyze another recently-published novel on the next episode of Writers Who Read . Next up: Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid. Reid writes novels about the “type of woman who I want to talk...
Episode #8
Whitney Pinion, Risë Keller, and Gary McBride talk about The Director by Daniel Kehlmann, translated from the German by Ross Benjamin in 2025, which is Writers Who Read book number 79. Discussion slides for this novel...
Episode #8
<p>Whitney Pinion, Risë Keller, and Gary McBride talk about The Director by Daniel Kehlmann, translated from the German by Ross Benjamin in 2025, which is Writers Who Read book number 79. Discussion slides for this...
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<p>Whitney, Risë, and Gary analyze another recently-published novel on the next episode of Writers Who Read. Next up: The Director by Daniel Kehlmann.</p><p>The influential Austrian film director G W Pabst discovered...
Episode #7
<p>Whitney Pinion, Mira Landry, and Gary McBride talk about Flesh by David Szalay, which is Writers Who Read book number 78. Discussion slides for this novel and all novels discussed are available at WritersWhoRead.com...
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<p>Whitney, Mira, and Gary analyze another recently-published novel on the next episode of Writers Who Read. Next up: Flesh by David Szalay.</p><p>Flesh is an unvarnished exploration of lonely masculinity. Okay...
<p>Whitney Pinion, Rachel Dempsey, and Gary McBride talk about The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones, which is Writers Who Read book number 77. Discussion slides for this novel and all novels discussed are...
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<p>Whitney, Rachel, and Gary analyze another recently-published novel on the next episode of Writers Who Read. Next up: The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones.</p><p>On January 23, 1870, along the Bear River...
Episode #5
<p>Whitney Pinion, Mira Landry, and Gary McBride talk about Isola by Allegra Goodman, which is Writers Who Read book number 76. Discussion slides for this novel and all novels discussed are available at...
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<p>Whitney, Mira, and Gary analyze another recently-published novel on the next episode of Writers Who Read. Next up: Isola by Allegra Goodman.</p><p>Based on a historical person, Allegra Goodman's Marguerite is as real...
Episode #4
<p>Whitney Pinion, Mira Landry, and Gary McBride talk about We Solve Murders by Richard Osman, which is Writers Who Read book number 75. Discussion slides for this novel and all novels discussed are available at...
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<p>Whitney, Mira, and Gary analyze another recently-published novel on the next episode of Writers Who Read. Next up: We Solve Murders by Richard Osman.</p><p>Best-selling British author Richard Osman kicks off a new...
Episode #3
<p>Whitney Pinion, Mira Landry, and Gary McBride talk about The God of the Woods by Liz Moore, which is Writers Who Read book number 74. Discussion slides for this novel and all novels discussed are available at...
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<p>Whitney, Mira, and Gary analyze another recently-published novel on the next episode of Writers Who Read. Next up: The God of the Woods by Liz Moore.</p><p>A summer camp in upstate NY is the setting for a...
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<p>Whitney Pinion, Rachel Dempsey, and Gary McBride talk about All Fours by Miranda July, which is Writers Who Read book number 73. Discussion slides for this novel and all novels discussed are available at...
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