Book Riot - The Podcast

This week, Jeff and Rebecca follow-up about some tangible repercussions of #metoo in children's publishing, consider a new rationale for taking To Kill a Mockingbird out of school curricula, and get very nervous about the fate of Barnes & Noble.   This episode is sponsored by: Mister Tender's Girl by Carter Wilson Win $500 in Penguin Clothbound Classics The When in Romance Podcast   Links discussed in this episode: Follow-up: James Dashner dropped by agent Ditto for Jay Asher NYC teacher banned from teaching Harlem Renaissance Minnesota school district pulls TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD and Huck Finn because “hurtful” Barnes & Noble cuts staff after dismal holiday sales A Barnes & Noble employee's inside look See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Jeff and Rebecca discuss #metoo coming to the world of children's publishing, Scribd tries "unlimited" reading, and much more.   This episode is sponsored by: OwlCrate American Panda by Gloria Chao   Links discussed in this episode: Follow-up: Jamie Canaves crunches numbers on violence against women in thrillers Scribd brings back unlimited access subscription Sexual harassment in children’s book industry Names get named in comments section of School Library Journal post See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about Kobo and Wal-Mart teaming up, bad adaptations, the National Book Award adding a translation prize, and much more.   This episode is sponsored by: The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert Here We Lie by Paula Treick DeBoard Playing Atari with Saddam Hussein by Jennifer Roy with Ali Fadhil   Links discussed in this episode: Follow-up: EarthSea books WERE adapted, and Ursula K Le Guin hated it Walmart to begin selling Kobo ereaders & ebooks National Book Award for works in translation New prize launched for thrillers that don’t involve violence against women Boston Public Library launches crowdsourced project to transcribe anti-slavery documents Kwame Alexander to start imprint Versify See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jeff and Rebecca pay tribute to Ursula K Le Guin, say goodbye and hello to Sue Grafton, recount a major book heist, consider Amazon's first cashierless store, and much more.   This episode is sponsored by: Before I Let Go by Marieke Nijkamp Libby It Should Have Been You by Lynn Slaughter   Links discussed in this episode: RIP Ursula K Le Guin Everything I Never Told You optioned for film Harry Potter collectors’ “holy grail” stolen by burglars Amazon opens first cashier-less store Heroes of the week: book club for minority boys becomes school’s most popular group See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk Fire and Fury's continued run, more details about PBS' Great American Read, Ferrante going to The Guardian, and much more.   This episode is sponsored by Walking the Bones by Randall Silvis Happiness is a Choice You Make by John Leland The Largesse of the Sea Maiden by Denis Johnson   Links discussed in this episode: Follow-up: Holt ships 700k copies of Fire and Fury Intel on how Michael Wolff got White House access And the TV rights have been picked up Follow-up: Voldemort fan film is live Follow-up: Margaret Atwood and George R R Martin booked for PBS’s “Great American Read” competition Elena Ferrante to become weekend columnist at the Guardian Conservative group protests Scholastic for selling books about transgender kids Deep dive: what gets a book banned from prisons See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jeff welcomes Rebecca back from vacation, and then they talk about the Garth Brooks anthology, Barack Obama's favorite books of 2017, PBS and the NYT teaming up for an online book club, and much more.   This episode is sponsored by: Book Riot Insiders The Best of 2017 Box   Links discussed in this episode: Obama’s favorite books of 2017 Fire and Fury sells 28k copies in two days PBS and NYT launch monthly book club Oozes charm: Johannesburg woman celebrates 60th birthday by getting locked into bookstore overnight See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jeff and Jenn talk about Fire & Fury hype, new books from Lindy West, a bookselling giant's passing, and much more.   This episode is sponsored by: OwlCrate Book Riot Insiders   Links discussed in this episode: Michael Wolff's Fire and Fury blows up Jacqueline Woodson named National Ambassador for Young People Lindy West publishing two new books Fred Bass of The Strand dies Spouses of Dying Memoirists Fall in Love App Replaces Twitter with Kindle See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jeff and Rebecca close out 2017 with some of our favorite non-book things of the year:   This episode is sponsored by: Reckless: The Petrified Flesh by Cornelia Funke Bark Box Ginny Moon by Benjamin Ludwig   Stuff discussed in this episode: Halt and Catch Fire The Hot Sardines Apple AirPods Cravings by Chrissy Teigen Rainbow by Ke$ha The Punisher on Netflix Monument Valley 2 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jeff and Rebecca look back at the notable bookish stories of the year.   This episode is sponsored by: Reckless: The Petrified Flesh by Cornelia Funke Bookaxe Podkin One-Ear by Kiernan Larwood   Links discussed in this episode: JRR Tolkien’s son resigns as director of estate Indigo plans to enter US market New Barnes & Noble concept store w/ restaurant opens in Plano, TX Audible lets romance readers skip to the good parts Most deserved million-dollar book deal: Colin Kaepernick When the chickens come home to roost: UNH gets raked for spending librarian’s donation on stadium sign The story that just won’t die about the YA book that bought its way onto the NYT list Turkey of the Year, redux: NYT’s debut romance coverage New York times awkwardly covers romance for the first time Terry Pratchett’s unfinished works destroyed by steamroller, per his wishes Readers’ Rights story that didn’t actually become a thing: TSA canceling pilot of procedures requiring passengers to remove books from carry-on for screening Most surprising team-up: Bill Clinton working on novel w/ Jimmy P Lorin Stein resigning from Paris Review for sexual misconduct See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jeff and Rebecca finish up holiday recommendation requests and share some long-overdue listener feedback.   This episode is sponsored by: Casper Reckless: The Petrified Flesh by Cornelia Funke OwlCrate Jr.   Books recommended in this episode: I Contain Multitudes by Ed Young Incarceration Nations Who Thought This Would Be a Good Idea? by Alyssa Mastromonaco Southern Reach Trilogy by Jeff VanderMeer Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth Wangs vs the World by Jade Chang Mr Penumbra’s 24-Hours Bookstore by Robin Sloan Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler, Alibis by André Aciman Unbound by Steph Jagger Known and Strange Things by Teju Cole The Force by Don Winslow   IQ by Joe Ide What It Means When a Man Falls From the Sky Children of the New World The Kingkiller Chronicles by Patrick Rothfuss  Sorceror to the Crown by Zen Cho Julia Quinn’s Bridgerton series Roomies by Christina Lauren Beverly Jenkins The Wars of the Roses series by Conn Iggulen How to Cook Everything Vegetarian by Mark Bittman Madhur Jaffrey’s World Vegetarian See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices