A Place for Readers and Writers

Superior Reads airs the fourth Thursday of every month at 7:00 pm and the following Saturday at 6:00 am on WTIP Radio 90.7 Grand Marais, Minnesota, and can be streamed at www.wtip.org. Produced and hosted by Lin Salisbury, the author conversations reveal insights about books, writing, and the authors you love. Since 2018, the following local, national, international, award winning authors have been guests on our program — click on an author’s name to listen to the interview:

Sarah Stonich | David Housewright | Sally Franson | Kari Vick | Laurie Hertzel | Lorna Landvik | Mindy Mejia | Sheila O'Connor | William Kent Krueger | Allen Eskens | Shannon Gibney | Matt Goldman | Jack El Hai | Karen Babine | William Kent Krueger | Geoff Herbach | J Ryan Stradal |  Sheila O'Connor | Deborah Appleman | Marcie Rendon | Peter Geye | J.D. Zahniser | Carolyn Holbrook | Allen Eskens | Elizabeth Tova Bailey | Scott Carpenter | Amy Sullivan | Lin Enger | Margi Preus | Thomas Maltman | Nickolas Butler | Kao Kalia Yang | Jackie Polzin | Katherine Heiny | Lauren Fox | Maggie Shipstead | Kathleen West | Peter Heller | Jai Chakrabarti | Danny Klecko | Thomas Maltman | Siffy and Tor Torkildson | Stephen Harrigan | Julie Otsuka | Lee Cole | Bonnie Garmus | Jennifer Close | Kelly Barnhill | Staci Drouillard | Matt Goldman | Carol Dunbar | Joanna Quinn | Jane Smiley | Dani Shapiro | Danny Klecko | Marie Myung Ok Lee | V.V. Ganeshananthan | Shannon Gibney | Karen Fine | J Ryan Stradal | Jo Baker | Michael Finkel | Caroline O'Donoghue | Melanie Benjamin | Mona Susan Power | Rachel Coyne | Dianna Hunter |Carol Dunbar | Kate St. Vincent Vogl | Ariel Lawhon | Kaveh Akbar | Sue Leaf | Lindsay Stark | Leif Enger | Elizabeth O'Connor | Claire Lombardo | Courtney Sullivan | Gina Maria Balibrera | Caroline Woods | Scott Carpenter | Charles Baxter | Loretta Ellsworth |
 

Latest Episodes

Caroline Woods

The Mesmerist

Gina Maria Balibrera

The Volcano Daughters

Shannon Gibney

The Girl I Am, Was, and Never Will Be

V. V. Ganeshananthan

Brotherless Night

Courtney Sullivan

The Cliffs

The Superior Reads Podcast Edition

Since 2018, Superior Reads has been a platform where authors and readers connect. In monthly interviews, authors from the US and abroad have been in conversation with producer and host Lin Salisbury about their books, their inspiration, and what's in their to-be-read pile (among many other things!) These interviews have aired on WTIP Radio 90.7 Grand Marais, MN and can be listened to in the archives or on this website. In September 2024, the Superior Reads Podcast Edition launched. Book lovers unite! Listen wherever you get your podcasts, or simply click on the link below.

In the inaugural Superior Reads Podcast Edition, I spoke with authors Kristi Belcamino, Jess Lourey, and Wendy Webb about their new mystery novels, what inspired them, the best writing advice they’ve gotten, and the books they couldn’t live without.

Superior Reads is produced and hosted by Lin Salisbury, a self-proclaimed bibliophile who lives and reads and writes on the North Shore of Lake Superior. Introducing readers to new books and authors is her passion. Superior Reads is a place for readers and writers of all ages to keep up-to-date on the local and national book scene through in-depth interviews with authors. Her guests have included Pulitzer Prize-winning authors, National Book Award finalists, New York Times best-selling authors, and locally, regionally, and internationally-renowned authors. Her author interviews and book reviews air on WTIP Radio, 90.7 Grand Marais, and her podcasts can be found on YouTube, Amazon Music, Apple, and Spotify.

Lin writes creative nonfiction and fiction. She is currently at work on a memoir entitled Crazy for You, and a novel entitled The Violet Hour Book Club. Her work has appeared in Fourth Genre, Snowshoemag.com, and Minnesota Memories. She is the recipient of a Loft Mentor Series fellowship in creative nonfiction, a Lake Superior Writers first place prize in creative nonfiction, and two Minnesota State Arts Board grants.