Kelly and Erica highlight the best of September's new YA books, including some feminist nonfiction, thrilling mysteries, goth-y fun, and more.
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Oct 2025
The Cat’s Out of the Bag: This Is Our Last Episode
Kelly and Erica look back on 8 years of Hey YA, highlighting their favorite (and messy!) YA moments, their most memorable episodes, and some YA books they think deserve more attention. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more YA news and reco ... Show More
1h 3m
Sep 2025
Colombo Had the Right Idea: Interviews with Author Mariko Tamaki, Illustrator Nicole Goux and Author Hannah V. Sawyerr
In the first half of this two-part episode, Erica goes back in time to the late '80s with Mariko Tamaki's and Nicole Goux's sapphic murder mystery This Place Kills Me. Next, Kelly Jensen speaks to Hannah V. Sawyerr about her novel-in-verse Truth Is. Subscribe to the podcast via R ... Show More
1h 13m
Aug 2025
All Thrills, No Chill: New YA Books for Spooky Season, Plus an Interview With Author Candace Fleming
Erica highlights some new YA genre-bending thrillers and Kelly talks with YA author Candace Fleming about her latest book, Death in the Jungle, as well as cults and YA nonfiction. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more YA news and recommend ... Show More
58m 4s
Jun 2021
Fiction Just As Strange As Reality
Tune in as Katie and Nusrah talk about books that will appeal to readers of true crime, podcasts and everything in between.
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52m 49s
Aug 2021
New Releases and More for August 17, 2021
This week, Liberty and Tirzah discuss Velvet Was the Night, Never Say You Can’t Survive, Chasing the Boogeyman, and more great books.
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40m 55s
May 2022
Finger, Pulse, Etc.
Jess and Trisha talk about their current reads, romance novel cover history, and backlist books to add to – or move up on – your TBR.
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49m 28s
Mar 2021
New Releases and More for March 16, 2021
This week, Liberty and Tirzah discuss The Dating Plan, The Jigsaw Man, The Mirror Season, and more great books.
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56m 25s
Apr 2022
It’s Probably Something Adorable
Jess and Trisha share some listener recommendations and other updates, announce a new book club book, and talk about authors who are new to them.
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52m 56s
Aug 2025
All the (More!) Books! August 29, 2025
This week, Vanessa recommends two books set in academia: a sapphic work of gothic meta fiction and a story about a fixer and the one problem she just can't fix. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and never miss a book. Sign up for the weekly New Boo ... Show More
13m 1s
Mar 2023
New Releases and More for March 14, 2023
This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss The Dog of the North, A Tempest at Sea, Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers, and more great books.
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49m 49s
Nov 2020
Feathers, Scales, and an Accidental Kidnapping
It’s recommendation request time!! Jess and Trisha offer recs to readers looking for soapy drama, storylines related to social justice, SFF without the alpha males, funny and quirky narrators, and more.
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59m 54s
Sep 2022
Time for a Different Form
Jess and Trisha talk about unreasonable expectations of authors and then offer a few “if you like this, try that” romance recs.
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53m 5s
Jun 2023
New Releases and More for June 13, 2023
This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss Loot, Psyche and Eros, Better Living Through Birding, and more great books.
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41m 42s