Boston Book Festival 2018

Dear Abby, Ask Amy--can you believe people used to post letters to advice columnists? Not too long ago, that became email. And now, we listen. Podcasts are the new mainstream but how to take a beloved genre--the advice column--off the page and into an ear bud? Globe columnist Meredith Goldstein transformed “Love Letters” from a column to a narrative storyline under the tutelage of podcast producer Amy Pedulla. Together they’ll pull back the curtain to explore what makes Love Letters different from the other love-related podcasts and why hearing about a breakup--with voices--is so different from reading about it. They’ll also chat about Can’t Help Myself, Goldstein’s new memoir where she admits that even advice columnists need advice.