Interviews conducted by Richard Wolinsky

Featuring stimulating conversations with the world's leading authors. along with artists in other fields.
Produced in the studios of 
KPFA-FM, Berkeley California
 
 

BOOKWAVES
A Radio Program About Books
Bookwaves/Artwaves heard on:
KPFA, 94.1 FM Berkeley California, Thursdays 1:00 pm. 

Bookwaves heard on
WRFA, 107.9 FM, Jamestown, NY
Wednesdays, 10:30 am
WERU, 89.9 FM Blue Hill and 102.9 FM,    Bangor, Maine
Fridays, 5:00 am
KGHI, 91.5 FM, Westport, Washington
Sundays, 1 pm
WRFI, 91.1 FM, Watkins Glen; 88.1 FM, Ithaca; 89.9 FM, Odessa, NY
Wednesday 5:30 am
WOOL, 95.1 FM Southern VT & NH
Saturdays, 7:00 am
KRFI, 88.5 FM, Idaho Panhandle
Wednesdays, 6:00 pm
KYAQ, 91.7FM, Lincoln County Oregon
5undays, 5:30 pm.
KXCR, 90.7 FM Florence Oregon
Fridays, 11:30 am
Global Community Radio Network
Tursdays, 2:00 pm
WPHX, 101.9 Ruskin Florida
Saturdays, 11:30 am
KPPQ, 104.1 FM Venura California
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KPSQ, 97.3, Fayetteville, Arkansas
Sundays 10 am, 
KURU, 89.1 FM Gila NM
Fridays, 4;:00 pm
CHMR, 93.5FM St. Johns, NL, Canada
Saturdays, 9:00 am

Selected Programs:
KBOO, 90.7 FM, Portland, Oregon
Between The Covers, Thursdays, 11 am
KOWA, 106.5 FM. Olympia, Wash.
KCEI, 90.1 FM, Taos, NM, Wednesdays

Bookwaves/Artswaves:
KFCF, 88.1 FM, Fresno, California
Thursdays, 1:00 pm

On Line: http://www.kpfa.org/, 
Thursdays 1:00 pm Pacific

On Line: see individual station listings.

On Line archive: KPFA Cover to Cover Archives


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Richard A. Lupoff
1935-2020

Lawrence Davidson
1949-2016

Judith S. Green
June 18, 1924-September 17, 2013

Dedicated to the memory of

Denny Smithson, Andrea Lewis, Arlan Wendland, Wesley Burton,  Denise Foret, Dr. Steve Davis, Grania Davis, Kathi Kamen Goldmark,  Molly Ivins, Melvin Wolinsky, Stephanie Harolde, Mary Berg, Frank M. Robinson, Shelley Singer, Trina Robbins.
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Kona, Wonder Dog 
Mar. 15, 1989?  - June 17, 2007 

Special thanks to: Jack Foley, Jennifer Stone, the legendary Susan Stone, Jim Bennett, Antonio Ortiz, Mike Biggs, members and graduates of the KPFA Apprentice Training Program, and many other KPFA staff members.

Also special thanks to all previous Cover to Cover Thursday & Probabilities former co-hosts and reviewers: Richard A Lupoff, Lawrence Davidson, Lisa Goldstein and Shelley Singer..

Recommended by the Independent Media Guild of Marin

Special thanks to Richard Lavin at Compass Digital for his assistance on this website.




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Interviews with Science Fiction Writers, from the Probabilies Archive
Edited by Richard Wolinsky. Published September 2025.
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NOTE TO AUTHORS:
BOOKWAVES DOES NOT SOLICIT AUTHORS DIRECTLY FOR INTERVIEWS. Authors have been receiving e-mails porporting to be from bookwaves.interviewmedia. This is a scam. 
NOTE FROM RICHARD WOLINSKY
This site was last fully updated October 2024. If I get the chance I will try to fill in some of the gaps in the alphabetical archives and the yearly archives, but don't hold your breath. The site is using 1995 tech.