The Curious Cat Bookshop Podcast
The Curious Cat Bookshop is the independent bookstore of Winsted, CT, offering curation, selection, expertise, and a place to meet with bookish friends at our book clubs, author events, and storytimes. This podcast is our in-store events feed, combined with remote interviews with authors who live elsewhere. We help you satisfy your curiosity in a community of readers--bringing the authors of Connecticut to the world, and the authors of the world to northwest Connecticut.
The Curious Cat Bookshop Podcast
Latest Episodes
Pull up a chair with the whole Curious Cat staff! Oct. 2026 preorders
We’ve gathered the whole staff to talk about the books we’re most looking forward to in October and beyond! What are you looking forward to? Have we missed anything?Preorder our recommended titles (and more) here: https://curiouscatbook...
The kids are all right--but the parents are losing it in Courney Maum's delightful Alan Opts Out
Recently, Stacy talked with author Courtney Maum about her newest book, Alan Opts Out, a biting satire about suburban life and whether "making it" is really worth it. Can absurdity and satire heal our communities?
A few reading recommendations for our current time
NOTE: This episode was originally published on YouTube on 1/26/26. I'm posting the second season all at once up to September 2026, as I've gotten behind on uploads. We'll be back to a semi-regular upload schedule after this.Ma...
This key mistake almost made me quit my bookstore
Come with Stacy on an existential rollercoaster! We discuss the latest progress on her transition to a new CRM, tough questions small business owners must be willing to ask themselves, our path to profitability, the results of our recent applic...
Building toward profitability in my bookstore--plus: read this banned book
A quick "state of the store" discussion, in which Stacy dives into some of her decision-making process and talks about where she is with implementing systems like a new CRM to help manage the store's data, how work in the store gets done (or do...
