In a marked difference from the hard-nosed attitude he has been portrayed with in the media over his determination to see the Audit Bureau of Circulation verify newspaper circulation claims, on his program-- "Conversations About Books" --Lai Kuo-chou is genteel and warm, the classic image of the bookish scholar. His guests are mostly figures from publishing or the arts world.
有別於他最近在媒體上捍衛 ABC 報業發行量稽核制度的嚴肅態度，每週二深夜時段「人與書的對話」中的書房主人賴國洲，溫和、感性而稍顯靦腆，典型的書生形象，訪談的對象則多是和書籍淵源很深的出版界和藝文界人士。