Book adaptations - love them or hate them?
Send us Fan Mail Is the book always better than the movie? If you had asked either of us before this episode, we both would have said unequivocally 'yes!' But our discussion showed us that this topic ...
22 Maj 202446min
How do siblings grow up to be different types of readers? A chat with all four Brookbank siblings!
Send us Fan Mail Two very special guests joined us for this episode - the other half of our sibling quartet, Bekka and Mike. Listen in as we talk about our early experiences with reading, the similari...
8 Maj 202439min
Do you re-read books?
Send us Fan Mail The topic of this week's episode is one of the few book-related topics we've found where we disagree! Martha loves to re-read her favorite books, whereas Elizabeth thinks life is too ...
24 Apr 202442min
What's involved in translating a novel? Interview with Polly Mackintosh, French-English translator for Gallic Books
Send us Fan Mail We have explored a lot of different components of the book publishing industry on the podcast, but neither of us know much about the work of literary translation. So, we were thrilled...
10 Apr 202450min
What books do you bring on vacation?
Send us Fan Mail This episode was recorded in-person and on location during our sister vacation on the Big Island of Hawaii! We kept our reading choices for the trip a secret from one another and did ...
27 Mars 202432min
How has BookTok affected books and publishing?
Send us Fan Mail Even if you don't use TikTok, you've likely at least heard of the phenomenon known as BookTok. Individual videos sometimes get millions of views, and the combined hashtags for these v...
13 Mars 202453min
Is it ever okay to throw away books?
Send us Fan Mail What do you do with books that you're finished with? Books you've read or don't want anymore or spilled coffee on? In this episode we discuss what makes a book valuable - to individua...
28 Feb 202448min
What is it about romance?
Send us Fan Mail Romance novels generate over $1.44 billion (with a 'b!') in revenue and are highest-earning, biggest, and fastest growing genre of fiction in the book industry. And yet, if you're a r...
14 Feb 20241h 26min
