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Zibby Owens

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Zibby Owens is the award-winning host of daily author interview podcast Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books.

Author of Blank, Bookends, Princess Charming, and editor of three anthologies, Zibby owns Zibby's Bookshop in Santa Monica, co-founded Zibby Books boutique publishing house, and created "the Zibby-verse" community of book people.

Follow her on Instagram @zibbyowens and subscribe to her Substack: zibbyowens.substack.com.


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My novel BLANK is free!

Hi everyone! Thank you so much for following me here!! My new novel BLANK which comes out March 1st is now free as an e-book on Amazon for the month of February.

It was selected as an Amazon First Reads pick for contemporary fiction. Woo-hoo!

Please download BLANK and, if you enjoy it, please leave a review on Amazon and here on GoodReads.

Then, of course, go buy a hardcover or paperback too, so I Read more of this blog post »
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“Books, for me, are lifesaving. They have been my companions, my teachers, my entertainment, my emotional outlets, my escape. They’ve taught me how to cook, how to love, how to mourn, how to cope, and how to feel. They’ve allowed me to sort through my own feelings and escape into someone else’s.”
Zibby Owens, Bookends: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Literature

“The cracking open of a book’s spine has always been an exercise in self-discovery, healing, and fortification. That subtle whoosh when words spill out makes me salivate. Then the feel of the coarse pages under my fingertips delights my consciousness, the sudden sprinkling of syllables, the black-and-white letters in various patterns, coalescing to find their way directly to my heart. It’s magic.”
Zibby Owens, Bookends: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Literature

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Hi! Thanks so much for coming by!
I truly, truly hope that the thoughtful content my team and I produce daily helps you make the most of your (very limited!) time. I mean, if we don’t make time for what’s important, life will just pass us by in a blur of emails and to-do lists. And life is way too short for that.

So let this programming enhance your life, not take it over.

* Learn about a new book and then go read it.
* Hear from an amazing author you’ve always loved and then attend their event.
* Get some sex tips and actually try them out.
* Receive writing advice from a bestselling pro and then write the essay or book you know you have in you.
* Rethink weight loss and change what you eat or how you work out that day.
* Message with someone you meet in our grief community over your shared loss.
* Offer travel tips to someone who can use them.
* Find a product you love or a gift that will delight someone.
* Read a personal essay and feel deeply understood.
* Connect, connect, connect.

But we must find time to enjoy life, before our time runs out. So let’s outrun it while we can.

Lace up, friends. Here we go.

Warmly,

Zibby”
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“A Note from Zibby:

Hi! Thanks so much for coming by!
I truly, truly hope that the thoughtful content my team and I produce daily helps you make the most of your (very limited!) time. I mean, if we don’t make time for what’s important, life will just pass us by in a blur of emails and to-do lists. And life is way too short for that.

So let this programming enhance your life, not take it over.

* Learn about a new book and then go read it.
* Hear from an amazing author you’ve always loved and then attend their event.
* Get some sex tips and actually try them out.
* Receive writing advice from a bestselling pro and then write the essay or book you know you have in you.
* Rethink weight loss and change what you eat or how you work out that day.
* Message with someone you meet in our grief community over your shared loss.
* Offer travel tips to someone who can use them.
* Find a product you love or a gift that will delight someone.
* Read a personal essay and feel deeply understood.
* Connect, connect, connect.

But we must find time to enjoy life, before our time runs out. So let’s outrun it while we can.

Lace up, friends. Here we go.

Warmly,

Zibby”
Zibby Owens

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