Hey YA
342 episodes - English - Latest episode: 12 days ago - ★★★★ - 154 ratingsFrom great new books to favorite classic reads, from news to the latest in on-screen adaptations, Hey YA is here to elevate the exciting world of young adult lit.
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Extra Credit: Manga and Anime
May 18, 2022 10:00 - 21 minutesThis week, Erica discusses some anime and manga she’s been enjoying. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books and Links How to read manga Jujutsu Kaisen by Gege Akutami Demon Slayer by Koyoharu Gotouge Dr. Stone by Riichiro Inagaki Attack on Titan by Hajime Isayama Spy x family by Tatsuya Endo Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure by Hirohiko Araki *Honorable mention: Blue Exorcist by Kazue Kato Learn more about your ad choices. Vi...
Book Club Discussion: Queen of the Tiles
May 11, 2022 10:00 - 56 minutesJoin Tirzah and Erica as they discuss YA news and Queen of the Tiles in a special book club episode. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Links and Books: Book Riot Survey Jenny Han, author of To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before has signed an overall deal with Amazon Prime — the trailer for The Summer I Turned Pretty has been released on Amazon Prime. It’s out June 17. Adaptation of Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen is no...
Prom Night Shenanigans: Hey YA Extra Credit
May 04, 2022 10:00 - 11 minutesThis week, Tirzah recommends two YA books with some prom night shenanigans! Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed: Sunny G’s Series of Rash Decisions by Navdeep Singh Dhillon The Night When No One Had Sex by Kalena Miller Learn more about your ad...
From TikTok Aesthetic to BookTok Craze: All Things Dark Academia!
April 27, 2022 10:00 - 1 hourErica and Tirzah talk about the rise of dark academia in YA, what it is, and recommend some great dark academia reads across genres! Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Links and Books: The New York Public Library makes banned books available for all Federal library...
Extra Credit: When You Lose Your Wig and Other Conundrums in Historical YA Books
April 20, 2022 10:00 - 19 minutesErica highlights three YA historical fiction books, plus one historical nonfiction, that take place everywhere from the U.S. Civil Rights movement of the ’60s to Berlin, Germany in 1932. Two of them are even in verse. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discus...
The YA Reader in the Library With the Candle Stick: YA Mysteries
April 13, 2022 10:00 - 54 minutesTirzah and Erica discuss some exciting YA book news and some great YA mysteries. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books and Links Oscar-Nominated Flee To Be Adapted As YA Book Netflix has added nine actors to the cast for XO, Kitty, its upcoming To All the Boys s...
Add Some Poetry to Your TBR: Hey YA Extra Credit
April 06, 2022 10:00 - 10 minutesThis week, Tirzah recommends two great new YA novels-in-verse for April is Poetry Month! Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Lawless Spaces by Corey Ann Haydu Nothing Burns as Bright As You by Ashley Woodfolk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit m...
Judging Books By Their Covers
March 30, 2022 10:00 - 1 hourThis week, Tirzah and Erica dive into the world of YA cover design and chat about some of their favorite design elements and YA covers in recent years. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books and Links The Heartstopper official trailer dropped! Starling by Isabel S...
Extra Credit: YA Books Like Spirited Away
March 23, 2022 10:00 - 13 minutesErica discusses the movie Spirited Away 20 years later and a few books to read that share a lot in common with it. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed A Thousand Steps Into Night by Traci Chee The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea by Axis Oh (*Correction: release date February 22, 2022) Half World by Hiromi Goto Learn m...
I Know What You Did Last Adaptation: YA Adaptations to Look Forward to
March 16, 2022 10:00 - 56 minutesTirzah and Erica discuss the book I Know What You Did Last Summer, as well as its film and TV adaptations. They also get into some other YA book to film or TV adaptations they’ve either enjoyed or are looking forward to. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Show...
Extra Credit: YA Duologies for Your TBR
March 09, 2022 11:00 - 16 minutesTirzah recommends four YA duologies that have a book two dropping in 2022! Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Tess of the Road by Rachel Hartman In the Serpent’s Wake by Rachel Hartman This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron This Wicked Fate by Kalynn Bay...
Get Angry, Get Empowered: Talking Censorship and YA
March 02, 2022 11:00 - 55 minutesThis week, Erica and Tirzah discuss the book challenges sweeping the nation and talk about practical ways to resist, beyond “read banned books.” Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! Show Notes Texas Lawmaker Launches Inquiry into 850 Books via NPR An analysis of all 850 books on Krause’s list via Book Riot Only 27% of Texans trust politician judgment on book censorship ...
The First Black Queer YA novel
February 23, 2022 11:00 - 12 minutesThis week, Erica discusses what’s been credited as the first queer novel featuring Black teens, as well as a couple other more recent Black queer YA novels. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Show Notes Ruby by Rosa Guy The Stars and the Blackness Betwee...
She Might Have Pulled Off Minor Identity Theft
February 16, 2022 11:00 - 58 minutesJoin Tirzah and Erica as they discuss some wonderfully joyous YA novels featuring Black main characters! Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books and Links Dollywood Parks & Resorts covering tuition Tiffany D, Jackson White Smoke TV news and new cove...
YA Books Inspired by THE WILD SWANS
February 09, 2022 11:00 - 18 minutesThis week, Tirzah recommends two great YA fantasy novels inspired by the fairy tale The Wild Swans. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Show Notes Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier A Rush of Wings by Laura E. Weymouth Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth L...
You Get a Printz, and You Get a Printz!
February 02, 2022 11:00 - 53 minutesThis week, Erica and Tirzah talk about the 2022 ALA Youth Media Awards winners and honors, including the Printz Award! Editor’s note: Erica misspoke on the podcast and The City Beautiful by Aden Polydoros takes place in Chicago, IL. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commis...
No Justice, No Peace: YA Books with Activism
January 26, 2022 11:00 - 14 minutesThis week, Erica goes over a few YA books that feature activist main characters, and tips for activism. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books and Links Banned Book Club by Kim Hyun Sook, Ryan Estrada, illustrated by Ko Hyung-Ju Banned book club started by 8th grader in Kutztown The latest in censorship news from Kelly Jensen for Book Riot This Is What I Know About Art by Kimberly Drew, Illustrated by Ashley ...
From Hardly Reading to Reading Harder
January 19, 2022 11:00 - 54 minutesTirzah and Erica discuss the Shadow and Bone season 2 announcement, the merits of reading the books before watching the show, and the books they want to or have read for Book Riot’s 2022 Read Harder challenge. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books and Links Shadow and Bone back for Season 2, casting announced Almost American Girl by Robin Ha March: Book One by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, illustrated by Nate Powe...
Hey YA Extra Credit: I Did Blind Date With a YA Book for Science (AKA This Podcast)Hey YA Extra Credit: I Did Blind Date With a YA Book for Science (AKA This Podcast)
January 12, 2022 11:00 - 17 minutes - 16 MBThis week, Tirzah talks about how she bought three Blind Date with a YA Book listings on Etsy, and shares the (mixed) results. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books and Links Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit by Jaye Robin Brown The Meaning of Birds...
Hey YA Extra Credit: I Did Blind Date With a YA Book for Science (AKA This Podcast)
January 12, 2022 11:00 - 18 minutesThis week, Tirzah talks about how she bought three Blind Date with a YA Book listings on Etsy, and shares the (mixed) results. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books and Links Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit by Jaye Robin Brown The Meaning of Birds...
I Don’t Know About You, But We’re Feeling 2022: Most Anticipated 2022 YA Releases
January 05, 2022 11:00 - 42 minutesFor their first episode of 2022, Erica and Tirzah talk about some of their most-anticipated 2022 releases, and their holiday reading! Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books and Links Sweet Valley High Adaptation Eric Smith to Co-Author Little Jagged Pill S...
Our Favorite YA Books of 2021
December 22, 2021 11:00 - 54 minutesTirzah and Erica narrow down a huge list of wonderful books they read this year and talk about some of their favorites, as well as some YA award news. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books and Links: The Morris Award finalists have been announce Here’s the full Jorts Saga, which started on Reddit as an AITA question (make sure to also read the follow-up) Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé White Smoke by Ti...
Hey YA Extra Credit: Magical, Musical YA Novels in Verse
December 15, 2021 11:00 - 13 minutesErica gets into a few YA novels in verse with interesting female protagonists. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed: Me (Moth) by Amber McBride A Time to Dance by Padma Venkatraman Home Is Not a Country by Safia Elhillo See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Emotional Turbulence Incoming: YA Books About Found Family
December 08, 2021 11:00 - 54 minutesThis week, Erica and Tirzah discuss the importance of found family YA books, especially during the holidays, and offer some recommendations! Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books and Links: LGBTQ+ Youth and Homelessness They Both Die at the End by Adam Silv...
107.5 Hey YA Extra Credit: Stunning Graphic Novels to TBR
December 01, 2021 11:00 - 13 minutesTirzah recommends three YA graphic novels from her 2021 reading. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed: Cheer Up: Love and Pompoms by Crystal Frasier, Val Wise, and Oscar Jupiter Squad by Maggie Tokuda-Hall and Lisa Sterle A Map to the Sun by Slo...
Not To Be Shady Or Anything
November 24, 2021 11:00 - 57 minutesTirzah Price is reintroduced to the show as she and Erica discuss some YA news, 2021 releases that were overlooked, as well as a few must-not-miss end of the year releases. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. SHOWNOTES Books and authors mentioned in the beginnin...
106.5: Hey YA Extra Credit: See You, Space Cowboy
November 17, 2021 11:00 - 12 minutesErica talks a little about what she finds appealing about space operas and gets into a few YA titles. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! SHOW NOTES A Spark of White Fire by Sangu Mandanna Victories Greater Than Death by Charlie Jane Anders Ignite the Stars by Maura Milan Sky Without Stars by Jessica Brody and Joanne Rendell See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy in...
I Don’t Have Geometry In My Romance
November 10, 2021 11:00 - 56 minutesKelly and Erica dive into short stories, new and forthcoming YA nonfiction, and Kelly offers her final sign-off. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. SHOWNOTES “All 850 Books Texas Lawmaker Matt Krause Wants To Ban” Vampires Never Get Old edited by Zoraida Cordo...
105.5: Hey YA Extra Credit: Diverse Titles in Translation
November 03, 2021 10:00 - 14 minutesErica discusses YA novels from all over the world— a few of which have won awards— that have been translated into English. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. SHOW NOTES Almond by Won-pyung Sohn, from South Korea Wondrous Journeys in Strange Lands by Sonia Nimr...
The Incendiary Opinion Episode
October 27, 2021 10:00 - 45 minutesKelly and Erica get a little spicy as they discuss some wonderful YA retellings as well as books that take place in areas outside of Europe and the United States. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Shownotes Tell Me My Name by Amy Reed Pride by Ibi Zoboi Wher...
104.5: Hey YA Extra Credit: Chatting BSC on Netflix with Amma Marfo
October 20, 2021 10:00 - 30 minutesKelly and guest Amma Marfo talk about The Baby-Sitters Club, Season Two. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! SHOW NOTES Amma Marfo — Twitter, Instagram See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
I'm a Cancer, How About You?
October 13, 2021 10:00 - 45 minutesKelly and Erica dive into recent YA books that explore mental health and highlight some really pretty graphic novels. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. SHOWNOTES White Smoke by Tiffany D. Jackson Black Girl Unlimited by Echo Brown Home, Home by Lisa Allen Ag...
103.5: Hey YA Extra Credit: The Career Novel
October 06, 2021 10:00 - 17 minutesKelly offers a history of the YA career novel, a genre catering to showcasing jobs to (white, straight) teen girls before they took their real jobs as wives. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. SHOW NOTES “Is The Nurse Portrayed in Career Novels Fiction or Real?...
The Haviest of the Haves
September 29, 2021 10:00 - 54 minutesJenn from Book Riot’s Get Booked podcast joins Erica to discuss the current state of dystopian YA compared to the Hunger Games era. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Shownotes Gearbreakers by Zoe Hana Mikuta We Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia The ...
102.5: Hey YA Extra Credit: Diverse Romance
September 22, 2021 10:00 - 12 minutesErica shares a few romances– whimsical as well as serious– that feature diverse characters. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tahereh Mafi SOMEWHERE ONLY WE KNOW BY MAURENE GOO I W...
Opening Grub Hub and Doing Some Damage
September 15, 2021 10:00 - 35 minutesKelly and Erica highlight excellent books for Latinx Heritage Month and dig into must-read YA memoirs. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Shownotes Latinx Kid Lit Book Fest Simone Breaks All The Rules by Debbie Rigaud Fat Chance, Charlie Vega by Crystal Mald...
101.5: Hey YA Extra Credit: Dipping Your Toes Into YA
September 08, 2021 10:00 - 15 minutesErica shares a couple books that made her want to read more as an adult, as well as some she’s really looking forward to. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab Within These Wicked Walls by ...
A Hug in a Book
September 01, 2021 10:00 - 49 minutesKelly and Erica talk about new releases they’re loving so far and about those they’re excited to be released. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. BOOKS DISCUSSED Summer Spirit by Elizabeth Holleville The Taking of Jake Livingston by Ryan Douglass A Sitting in ...
100.5: Extra Credit: Contemporary History: 3 Recent YA Releases
August 25, 2021 10:00 - 11 minutesKelly talks about three recent YA books that explore contemporary history from 1960-today. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. SHOW NOTES From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry: The Killing of Vincent Chen and the Trial that Galvanized The Asian American Movement by P...
Foodie Tinder
August 18, 2021 10:00 - 50 minutesKelly and Erika talk about excellent diverse science fiction and fantasy, then offer up some delicious new foodie fiction. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. BOOKS DISCUSSED Spin the Dawn by Elizabeth Lim A Snake Falls to Earth by Darcie Little Badger A Song ...
99.5: Extra Credit: The First Real YA Book
August 11, 2021 10:00 - 14 minutesKelly shares the history and context of the first true YA book, Maureen Daly’s Seventeenth Summer. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Show Notes Seventeenth Summer by Maureen Daly Literary Ladies Guide: Maureen Daly “Fond du Lac was the birthplace of young ad...
I See a Cat, I Like It
August 04, 2021 10:00 - 45 minutesKelly and Erica (re)introduce themselves and talk about fun, uplifting fantasy reads, as well as excellent short reads. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. BOOKS DISCUSSED Dead, Dead Girls by Nekesa Afia My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Mead...
98.5: Extra Credit: Unintentionally Dark and Murder-y
July 28, 2021 10:00 - 24 minutesThis week, Tirzah talks about her most anticipated fall 2021 YA releases, which end up being mostly unintentionally dark and murder-y. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed: Fresh by Margot Wood Emma by Jane Austen The Dead and the Dark by Courtn...
Heroines Don’t Always Have to Be Strong: YA Romance Chat with Jacqueline Firkins
July 21, 2021 10:00 - 47 minutesOn this episode of Hey YA, Tirzah chats with YA author Jacqueline Firkins about YA romance, our favorite rom-com tropes, and book dresses! Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed: Mansfield Park by Jane Austen Hearts, Strings, and Other Breakable Th...
97.5: Extra Credit: Do These Early YA Reads Hold Up?
July 14, 2021 10:00 - 20 minutesThis week, Tirzah re-reads two early YA books and talks about whether or not she would still recommend them today! Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed: Gingerbread by Rachel Cohn Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison Perfe...
Our Favorite Books of 2021, So Far
July 07, 2021 10:00 - 53 minutesThis week, Tirzah and Vanessa share their favorite YA releases of 2021 so far, and two upcoming YA releases they’re excited about. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed: Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo Yolk by Mary H.K. Choi Perfec...
96.5: Extra Credit: We're Seeing Humans At Their Most Powerful
June 30, 2021 10:00 - 39 minutesThis week, Tirzah and special guest Emma Kress, author of Dangerous Play, discuss girls in sports in YA! Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! Books Discussed: Dangerous Play by Emma Kress In the Same Boat by Holly Green She Drives Me Crazy by Kelly Quindlen The Knockout by Sajni Patel Throw Like a Girl by Sarah Henning Michigan vs. the Boys by Carrie S. Allen Kisses...
Malinda Lo and Jason Reynolds Share What Books Shaped Them
June 23, 2021 10:00 - 22 minutesThis week, Hannah and Tirzah had a scheduling snafu, so we’re diving into the Book Riot podcast vaults to share an episode in which YA authors Malinda Lo and Jason Reynolds share books that shaped them. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Tipping...
95.5: Extra Credit: You Don't Understand--"Boulder Gay" is Something I Made Up
June 17, 2021 13:23 - 35 minutesEm(ily) Dickson, cofounder of Pronouns May Vary, joins Hannah to talk about gender, shapeshifting, and graphic novels! Please note that this episode contains many colloquial phrases, words, and jokes that are very context-contingent and in-group-based for the queer community. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through t...
Small Towns in the Pacific Northwest and Texas Are Not Similar, and Also, Idris Elba
June 09, 2021 10:00 - 53 minutesHannah and Tirzah gush about some of the many wonderful film and TV adaptations of YA books that have been released in recent months. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Show notes Panic by Lauren Oliver (Amazon Prime) Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu (Netflix [also, ...