# Introducing a new PostgreSQL book!

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Podcast: [The Simple Talk Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-simple-talk-podcast-7056342)
Published: 2025-02-06T07:51:00+00:00
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## Resource

In this week's podcast, we are doing our very first "special episode". Two of the Redgate Advocates (Ryan Booz and Grant Fritchey) have written a book on PostgreSQL titled "Introduction to PostgreSQL for the data professional". So Louis sat down with them and asked them about the book, the process of creating it , and m uch more . For more about the book, visit https://rd.gt/3EsLdef More on the authors: Ryan Booz X: https://x.com/ryanbooz Web: https://www.softwareandbooz.com/ Grant Fritchey: X: https://x.com/GFritchey Web: https://www.scarydba.com/ For more podcast episodes visit https://rd.gt/3TJocZ9

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