Book Riot - The Podcast

We’re sharing a special preview of a podcast we’ve been enjoying, Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso, from Pushkin Industries.Talk Easy is a weekly interview podcast, where writer Sam Fragoso invites actors, writers, activists, and musicians to come to the table and speak from the heart in ways you probably haven't heard from them before. Driven by curiosity and an abundance of research, he’s had revealing conversations with everyone from George Saunders and Cate Blanchett to Ocean Vuong and Gloria Steinem. In this preview, Sam talks with author Michael Lewis about his book, The Premonition, his approach to creating a relationship with the people he writes about, covering President Obama, and the power of luck.You can listen to Talk Easy at https://podcasts.pushkin.fm/tebookriot. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca talk about listener experiences with Atlas of the Heart, do a quick update from the Sandersonverse, discuss the rising sales of LBGTQ romance, and linger for a moment in the Frontlist Foyer.Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also be found on Stitcher.For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter!This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:LGBTQ romance sales are boomingEvelyn Hugo adaptation going to NetflixThe Swimmers by Julie OtsukaPachinko by Min Jin LeeTell Me Everything by Erika KrouseThe Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Danika Ellis joins Rebecca Schinsky to talk about Dr Seuss sales, librarians getting fired for not pulling books, that Where the Crawdads Sing Trailer, and much more.Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also be found on Stitcher.For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter!This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:Pulling racist books turned out to be good for business for Dr SeussTexas librarian ​​alleges she was fired for not removing booksCrawdads trailer ​​Heroes of the WeekTed Cruz accidentally makes two anti-racist books bestsellers ​​As mentioned on the show: Danika’s quiz to match book banning quote to the decade it occurred Delilah Green Doesn’t Care by Ashley Herring BlakeTell Me an Ending by Jo HarkinReady When You Are by Gary Lonesborough Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca talk about books sales thus far in 2022, check in on the “book of the year” candidates, note some discontent in the publishing workforce, and talk about books that are not what we thought they were.Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also be found on Stitcher.For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter!This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:We have a literary activism newsletter coming soonBrandon Sanderson answers FAQs about that KickstarterWanna talk about that Twitter thread about low-mid level publishing folks bouncing out?Funny Farm by Laurie ZaleskiLeft on Tenth by Delia EphronThe Swimmers by Julie Otsuka Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca talk about B&N’s 2021 results and how TikTok steers the ship, recent reading, new Cormac McCarthy novels, and more.Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also be found on Stitcher.For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter!This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.Discussed in this episode:James Daunt talks about BN’s 2021 Cormac McCarthy publishing 2 new novels with a different flavor Pamela Paul stepping down from NYT Book Review to join Opinion section The Voltage Effect by John ListLeft on Tenth by Delia EphronRecitatif by Toni Morrison Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca talk about the closing of Amazon Books and the most interesting self-publishing story yet.Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also be found on Stitcher.For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter!Discussed in this episode:Amazon is shutting down all of its bookstores Brandon Sanderson’s Kickstarter! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca talk more about bonus content, the Dolly Parton/James Patterson unique audio experience, trailer talk, and more.Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also be found on Stitcher.For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter!Discussed in this episode:Novelists struggling with if/how to write about covid — curious where listeners are on this Britney! Spears! Memoir! For $15million Cases in which challenged books have been returned to shelves in Washington state.Dolly/patterson audiobook experience on Spotify Pachinko Trailer looks amazingRings of Power looks like….Rings of Power Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca talk premium podcast content, play a bookish round of 20 Questions, think about the two-year anniversary of Bookshop, and much more.Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also be found on Stitcher.For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter!This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.Discussed in this episode:Mexican Gothic by Sylvia Moreno-GarciaThe Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins ReidA Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. MaasStudents sue a school district over book banning Heartbreak by Florence WilliamsThe Bomber Mafia by Malcolm Gladwell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca talk about new details about The Spine Collector, Apple’s Book Club, recent reads, and more.Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also be found on Stitcher.This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.Discussed in this episode:Check out our wordle-inspired merch at bookriot.com/merchGlory’s doing a WRBG series with Liveright The Bernardini plot thickens Apple’s new book club Black Cake by Charmaine WilkersonThe Power of Regret by Daniel PinkThe Family Chao by Lan Samantha ChangThe Nineties by Chuck Klosterman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca finally are ready to talk about Station Eleven, after discussing recent reads. And in the second half of the episode, they get to talk to Glory Edim of Well-Read Black Girl.Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also be found on Stitcher.Discussed in this episode:Station Eleven by Emily St. John MandelAdmissions by Kendra JamesTo Paradise by Hanya YanagiharaHow to be Perfect by Michael SchurThe Well-Read Black Girl PodcastWell-Read Black Girl on Instagram Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices