Dozens of writers have been featured on our podcast and website since 2020, including those who have joined us to discuss biographies of important figures in music, chroniclers of scenes and movements, cultural histories, cutting-edge ideas, and more.

Writers & Authors Episodes
Podcast episodes on the topic of Writers & Authors from Spotlight On.

To build on that work, we have launched our Virtual Book Tour Livestream Series. This live event series features Spotlight On Host Lawrence Peryer in discussion with a different author each month. In addition to the conversation, audience members submit questions for real-time Q&A.

The Virtual Book Tour Livestreams take place once each month, on either the first Tuesday or the third Saturday, at a time that accommodates attendees from the Pacific Time Zone through the UK and Western Europe. Here's how it works:

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If you have an author and project you would like to discuss, contact us here.


Browse some recent author discussions and livestreams:

How Outlaw Artists Led Erik Davis to America’s Hidden History
A masterful investigation of blotter art weaves together tales of DEA agents, underground artists, and Grateful Dead shows. Davis’s ‘Blotter’ examines how a simple delivery method evolved into a democratic art form that continues to elude mainstream acceptance.
Paul de Barros on Writing Marian McPartland’s Hidden Story
Marian McPartland kept her personal truth locked away as tightly as her prized recordings, but through patience and persistence, Paul de Barros gained her trust and brought her full story to light.