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L.A. Times, “A New York Book-fluencer Launches a Brick-and-Mortar… in L.A.” (2/8/2023)
Good Morning America, “Zibby Owens talks new book, ‘Blank’” (3/1/24)
CNN, “Zibby Owens, Podcaster and Book-fluencer, Discusses Her Memoir, ‘Bookends” (7/17/2022)
Forbes, “Zibby Owens Shares How To Start A Popular Podcast” (9/2/2025)
Vulture, “New York’s Most Powerful Book-fluencer Runs a Podcast on Park Avenue” (9/17/2019)
The Algemeiner, “The Top 100 People Positively Influencing Jewish Life, 2024” (Need Date)
L.A. Times, “Book People are My People: Why Your Next Vacation Should Be a Book Retreat” (10/30/23)
CBS News, “Zibby Owens on Connecting to Authors Through Her Podcast” (5/20/20)
Wall Street Journal, “The Lonely Grief of Losing a Childhood Friend” (7/9/2025)
Woman’s Day Magazine, “‘I had to help any way I could’” (4/26/2025)
NBC10 Boston, “Maria chats 1-on-1 with publishing powerhouse Zibby Owens” (1/15/2025)
NBC News Today, “Zibby Owens has a book empire. Why she decided to write her own novel” (3/18/2024)
Tamron Hall Show, “Why Zibby Owens’ Debut Novel ‘Blank’ Is Flying Off the Shelves” (4/22/2024)
The Boston Globe, “Publisher and podcaster Zibby Owens will help you decide what to read this summer” (6/6/2025)
The East Hampton Star, “A Lifelong Passion for Books” (7/11/2024)
Romper, “How Zibby Owens Got Back Into Writing After Staying Home With 4 Kids” (3/4/2024)
CBS News, “Author spotlight: Zibby Owens on new novel, ‘Blank’” (3/6/2024)
Publisher’s Weekly, “Zibby Media Invests in Events—With a Touch of Glam” (2/6/2024)
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Everand, “Dive Into the 11 Best Literary Podcasts” (9/30/2025)
CT Visit, “Life of an Author: A Conversation with Zibby Owens ‘98 and Allison Pataki ‘07” (9/30/2025)
Unpacked, “Jews in the pews: Finding hope during the High Holidays” (9/17/2025)
Good Day LA on Fox11, “Zibby Owens releases Fall 2025 Most Anticipated List” (9/12/2025)
Aish, “Antisemitism in Publishing: These Authors are Writing on Their Own Terms” (9/7/2025)
The Times of Israel, “Antisemitism in Publishing: These Authors are Writing on Their own Terms” (8/31/2025)
Forbes, “Zibby Owens Shares How To Start A Popular Podcast” (9/2/2025)
First Time Parent Magazine, “7 Ways to Find Time When Moms Don’t Have Time To…” (8/26/2025)
Culturamas, “Zibby Owens: My goal is always to support and give visibility to authors!” (8/24/2025)
Katie Couric Media, “The 17 Smart “Mom-Coms” to Read Now” (8/20/2025)
New York Social Diary, “East Hampton Library’s 21st Annual Authors Night: A Celebration of Story” (8/19/2025)
Spotlight Magazine, “East Hampton Library Celebrates 21st Annual Author’s Night” (8/19/25)
Lilith, “Women of the Book[shop]” (8/18/2025)
USA Today, “USA TODAY’s Best-selling Booklist 8.13.25” (8/13/2025)
James Lane Post, “East Hampton Library Celebrates Record-Breaking Authors Night With Over 2,000 Attendees” (8/12/2025)
WLIW-FM (NPR), “Zibby Owens ‘On Being Jewish Now’ – Live at the 21st Annual East Hampton Library’s Authors Night” (8/10/25)
Times Square Chronicles (T2C), “Books, Stars, and Summer Nights: East Hampton Library’s 21st Annual Authors Night Returns” (8/8/25)
Parade, “Zibby Owens Just Released Her Fall 2025 Most Anticipated Books List—and There Are Over 150 Titles on It” (8/7/2025)
East Hampton Star, “Literary Stars at Herrick Park” (8/7/2025)
Hamptons.com, “East Hampton Library’s Authors Night” (8/2/2025)
iHeart Radio, “CEOs You Should Know – Zibby Owens” (7/29/2025)
Book Nation by Jen, “I Love Books, Parties, and The Hamptons…Don’t You?” (7/29/2025)
James Lane Post, “Authors Night: The Premier Literary Event of the Hamptons” (7/27/2025)
Forty Something, “Midlife Conversation #14: Zibby Owens” (7/25/2025)
Sunday Paper, “What Does Success Really Mean?” (7/19/2025)
ELLE, “This Year’s Trendiest Vacation? A Reading Retreat” (7/16/2025)
Wondering Jews with Mijal and Noam, “Building Jewish community in an age of cancel culture with Zibby Owens” (7/16/2025)
Smith and Berg, “New to You in Santa Monica: 4 Female-Led Businesses to Shop Now” (7/11/2025)
Jew-ish, “What does being Jewish now mean?” (7/11/2025)
Wall Street Journal, “The Lonely Grief of Losing a Childhood Friend” (7/9/2025)
Reasonably Happy with Paul Ollinger, “Legacy, Loss, and Being Jewish Now” (7/6/2025)
Park Avenue Synagogue Podcast, “Conversations with Cosgrove: people of the Book with Zibby Owens” (7/2/2025)
On the Edge, “How to build an empire out of your personal brand ft. Zibby Owens” (6/24/2025)
Newton Moms, “Beach Reads for the Summer” (6/23/2025)
The North County Moms, “Zibby Owens’ #MomLife Beach Reads”
Reese’s Book Club, “We’re doing a bookmark drop” (6/23/2025)
The Local Moms Network, “#MomLife Beach Rads for Summer” (6/20/2025)
Happier with Gretchen Rubin, “More Happier: Gretchen on Totally Booked with Zibby Owens” (6/16/2025)
People, “Christie Brinkley Says Raising Kids in the Spotlight Is One of the ‘Biggest Bummers’ of Fame: ‘That Really Hurts’” (6/11/2025)
Million Podcast, “Best 100 Author Interview Podcasts” (6/10/2025)
Vogue, “27 of the Best Beach Reads to Lose Yourself in This Summer” (6/9/2025)
The Boston Globe, “Publisher and podcaster Zibby Owens will help you decide what to read this summer” (6/6/2025)
The OCU Chronicle, “Stories Are How We Survive: Zibby Owens on On Being Jewish Now” (6/3/2025)
The Newsworthy, “Special Edition: Read More, Scroll Less – Finding Time for Books & Joy This Summer” (5/31/2025)
Living Ageless and Bold, “Writing and Reinvention: Building a Book Empire While Raising Four Kids with Zibby Owens” (5/21/2025)
amNY, “Blushington blends beauty, community and confidence in time for Mother’s Day” (5/9/2025)
The Times of Israel, “Zibby Owens is ‘Totally Booked’...and Totally in Her Element” (5/9/2025)
Women’s Survival Guide — page not found? “Maven of the Week! Zibby Owens!”
People, “Emma Roberts, Zosia Mamet, Carley Fortune and More to Judge New Literary Contest (Exclusive)” (5/1/2025)
Woman’s Day Magazine, “‘I had to help any way I could’” (4/26/2025)
Katie Couric Media, “Book Recommendations for Every Mom on Your List” (4/15/2025)
Podcaster’s Digest, “Q&A: Zibby Owens on Podcasting, Publishing & Keeping It Fresh” (4/9/2025)
Dr. Z, “Episode 49: Thriving and Finding Purpose After Divorce with Zibby Owens” (4/10/2025)
School Library Journal, “Disaster Recovery Efforts Continue in the South, Los Angeles” (4/8/2025)
TIME for Kids, “Book Support” (4/3/2025)
Los Angeles Daily News, “These California publishers specialize in creating books by female authors” (4/1/2025)
Good Day DC on Fox5, “Book recommendations for National Reading Month” (3/24/2025)
Momcast, “Fuel Your Fire: Zibby Owens on Finding Time for Creativity and Self in the Heart of Motherhood” (1/14/2025)
Oprah Daily, “How to Help Rebuild Bookstores and Libraries Lost in the Los Angeles Wildfires” (2/25/2025)
The Wrap, “With LA Recovery Slow to Start, the Entertainment Industry Steps Up for Grassroots Fire Relief” (2/19/2025)
Palisadian-Post, “Zibby Media Launches Campaign to Restore School Libraries Destroyed by Palisades Fire” (2/20/2025)
Thrive Global, “Let’s Rebuild School Libraries Together” (2/17/2025)
Inside Philanthropy, “How the L.A. Wildfires Sparked a Wave of Giving Big and Small” (2/18/2025)
The Algemeiner, “The Top 100 People Positively Influencing Jewish Life, 2024” (Need Date)
Palisadian-Post, “Zibby’s Bookshop Gives Away Books, Clothes to People Impacted by Palisades Fire” (1/23/2025)
Westside Current, “Zibby Owens Turns the Page on Disaster with Free Books and Mission to Restore School Libraries” (2/5/2025)
Fox11 Los Angeles, “New Year, New You book recommendations” (1/2/2025)
NBC10 Boston, “Maria chats 1-on-1 with publishing powerhouse Zibby Owens” (1/15/2025)
Pasadena Star-News, “100 books for Christmas and holiday gifts recommended by Southern California bookstores” (12/5/2024)
New York Post, “Hanukkah and Christmas make for a delightful mashup — so why not celebrate it all?” (12/21/2024)
Katie Couric Media, “The Best New Books Out This Fall, According to a Bookfluencer” (10/3/2024)
The Wall Street Journal, “The Right Way to Brag About Your Kids” (11/21/2024)
Thrive Global, “The Unlikely Path to a Jewish Love Story” (10/1/2024)
The Hollywood Reporter, “Turmoil at Brentwood’s Country Mart: How Hamas Book Sparked Fiery Protest and Tense Fallout” (10/2/2024)
Jewish Telegraphic Agency, “Literary powerhouse Zibby Owens takes aim at antisemitism with her new anthology, ‘On Being Jewish Now’” (10/1/2024)
Association of Jewish Libraries, “Seven Questions with….Author and Publisher Zibby Owens” (Summer 2024)
The Local Moms Network, “Summer Reading List for Moms from Zibby Owens” (NEED DATE)
The East Hampton Star, “A Lifelong Passion for Books” (7/11/2024)
News from New Hampshire and NPR, “Check This Out: Zibby Owens & ‘Blank’” (6/15/2024)
Vogue, “27 of the Best Beach Reads to Lose Yourself in This Summer” (6/9/2025)
The Skimm’, “The Ultimate List of Reads from Book Expert Zibby Owens” (6/13/2024)
House of SpeakEasy, “Seriously Entertaining: Zibby Owens on ‘The Chance Won’t Come Again’” (5/29/2024)
Reader’s Digest, “15 Unforgettable Books for Women, Recommended by Women Who Love to Read” (5/28/2024)
How Sweet Eats, “My Summer 2024 Reading List!” (5/24/2024)
Spotlight, “For Your Nightstand” (5/24/2024)
James Lane Post, “Zibby Owens: The Many Hats of ‘Moms Don’t Have Time To Read Books’ Host & Author” (5/20/2024)
CBS News Chicago, “Day long book retreat coming to Chicago’s American Writer’s Museum” (5/17/2024)
Spotlight Chicago on WGN9, “Connecting Through Books at Zibby’s Petite Retreat” (5/20/2024)
HenLitCentral, “Author Spotlight: Zibby Owens” (NEED DATE)
Newsday, “Zibby Owens talks about ‘Blank,’ the Hamptons, more” (4/26/2004)
Tamron Hall Show, “Why Zibby Owens’ Debut Novel ‘Blank’ Is Flying Off the Shelves” (4/22/2024)
Katie Couric Media, “Book Recommendations for Every Mom on Your List” (4/15/2025)
Jewish Telegraphic Agency, “On the Lower East Side, a corporate ‘fixer’ honors his Jewish roots with a unique, NYC-centric bookstore” (4/5/2024)
Happier with Gretchen Rubin Podcast Episode 476, “Interview with Zibby Owens” (4/4/2024)
Fox5 Washington DC, “Zibby Owens celebrates her debut novel, ‘Blank’” (4/9/2024)
Fox28, “Popular Bookfluencer, Zibby Owens Visits Central Ohio” (4/4/2024)
theSkimm’, “Zibby Owens on Starting a Career Later in Life” (4/3/2024)
Thrive Global, “Zibby Owens on Trusting the Process and Finding Joy” (3/28/2024)
The Columbus Dispatch, “Author Zibby Owens to visit Columbia April 4 for book-signing event” (3/28/2024)
The Agency Journal, “Natasha Sizlo & Melanie Goldberger Celebrate Zibby Owens’ Book Launch” (3/25/2024)
Studio Place, “Balancing Motherhood and a Writing Career: Zibby Owens’ Journey” (3/21/2024)
Yale Alumni, “Getting to Know You: Zibby Schwarzman Owens ‘98” (3/22/2024)
Scarsdale10583, “Discovering Your Second Act” (3/21/2024)
Moffly Media, “Emily Liebert’s Spring Book Picks” (3/31/2024)
Lee Woodruff, “March 2024 Bookmarks” (3/21/2024)
27east, “Zibby Owens Discusses ‘Blank,; Her Debut Novel” (3/21/2024)
NBC News Today, “Zibby Owens has a book empire. Why she decided to write her own novel” (3/18/2024)
Hotel Business, “Web Exclusive: Montage launches book collaboration with Zibby Media” (3/14/2024)
Under the Influence with Jo Piazza Episode 95, “Influence, Books and Bookclubs with Zibby Owens” (3/14/2024)
Forbes, “These Podcasts Will Inspire You To Finally Write That Book” (3/13/2024)
Good Morning America, “15 books to read heading into spring” (3/11/2024)
Hadassah Magazine, “‘Blank’ by Zibby Owens” (3/1/2024)
Bustle, “This Spring’s 44 Most Anticipated Books” (3/5/2024)
Spectrum News NY1, “Author Zibby Owens talks new book ‘Blank’” (3/7/2024)
The Ethel, “6 New Must-Read Books to Brighten the Coming Season” (3/7/2024)
CBS News, “Author spotlight: Zibby Owens on new novel, ‘Blank’” (3/6/2024)
Town&Country, “The 45 Must-Read Books of Spring 2024” (3/4/2024)
Romper, “How Zibby Owens Got Back Into Writing After Staying Home With 4 Kids” (3/4/2024)
Variety, “Zibby Owens’ new Novel ‘Overhead’ to be Published by Amazon’s Little A Books” (2/22/2024)
Oprah Daily, “7 Feel-Good Novels We All Desperately Need” (3/1/2024)
Tertulia, “Zibby Owens Recommends the Best Books About Books and Publishing” (NEED DATE)
Quest Magazine, “Blank, A Novel By Zibby Owens” (2/26/2024)
The Nerd Daily, “Read an Excerpt From ‘Blank’ by Zibby Owens” (2/28/2024)
Jewish Book Council, “‘Blank’ by Zibby Owens Review” (2/26/2024)
Dear Fiction, “Author Confessions: Zibby Owens” (2/27/2024)
Shoutout LA, “Meet Zibby Owens | Author of Blank and Bookends; podcast host of Moms Don’t Have Time to Read Books; Owner of Zibby’s Bookshop; CEO of Zibby Books publishing house” (2/26/2024)
Westport Magazine, “Get Booked” (NEED DATE)
Palisades Neighbors, “The Owens: A Family of Words & Stories” ( March 2024)
Publisher’s Weekly, “Zibby Media Invests in Events—With a Touch of Glam” (2/6/2024)
Kirkus Reviews, “Blank: An enjoyable read full of book industry antics and plenty of dramatic surprises” (3/1/2024)
The Skimm’, “Books we’re loving” (February 2024)
The Sunday Series, “Meet Zibby Owens” (2/25/2024)
Fox5 Washington DC, “Month of love book recommendations” (2/13/2024)
Ordinary Habit, “Taking Note with Zibby Owens” (12/28/2023)
Write the Damn Book Already Epsiode 73, “From Memoir to Fiction with Zibby Owens” (1/31/2024)
HeyRhody, “Rhody Reads: Winter Book List by Thriller Writer Deborah Goodrich Royce” (2/29/2024)