Reading Lives

My guest this week is Swapna Krishna. Swapna is long-time book blogger and the managing editor of Panels.net. We talk about the novels of Susan Cooper, Arthurian legends, and seeing yourself represented in comics. You can follow her on twitter: @skrishna.  This episode is sponsored by Penguin Random House Audio and Mad Men Unzipped.

My guest this week is Celeste Ng. Celeste is the author of Everything I Never Told You, which was a NYT bestseller, and NYT notable book of 2014, and Amazon's #1 Best Book of 2014. And to boot, Everything I Never Told You is now out in paperback. We talk about being worried about the new Harper Lee novel, reading as a writer, loaning out books, and much more. This episode is sponsored by Penguin Random House Audio and ON THE ORIGIN OF SUPERHEROES by Chris Galaver.

My guest on this LIVE recording from Book Riot Live is Angela Flournoy. Angela is the author of THE TURNER HOUSE, which is a finalist for the National Book Award. She has also been named one of the NYPL's "5 under 35" and is a finalist for the Center for Fiction's First Novel Award.  This episode is sponsored by Swoonreads.

My guest this week is Eric Smith.  Eric is an author, blogger, and literary agent in Philadelphia. He is the author of two books, The Geek's Guide to Dating and Inked. You can follow him on twitter at @ericsmithrocks and find out more about him and all that he does at ericsmithrocks.com This episode is sponsored by THE HOUSE OF THIEVES by Charles Belfoure, Penguin Random House Audio, and Jackaby and Beastly Bones by William Ritter.

Have you read/seen THE MARTIAN? Get to know the author Andy Weir in this back episode of Reading Lives.  This episode is sponsored by the new movie ROOM opening October 16th, 2015 and Penguin Random House Audio. 

  My guest this week is Beverly Jenkins. She is a USA TODAY bestselling author and the nation’s premier writer of African – American historical romance fiction. She specializes in 19th century African American life and has over thirty published novels to date. You can find out more about her at beverlyjenkins.net. Beverly will also be one of the guest speakers at Book Riot Live, our convention for book lovers taking place November 7th and 8th in New York City. Go to bookriotlive.com to find out more. (Use offer code READINGLIVES to get $20 off your ticket too). This episode is sponsored by Downpour.com and Vengeance Road by Erin Bowman.  

This episode was recorded live at The Strand bookstore in New York City with guest Tanwi Nandini Islam. Her debut novel,  BRIGHT LINES, came out a few weeks ago and it is excellent and you should definitely check it out.  Thank so much to Tanwi and to the Strand for trying this little experiment. It was a blast. You can find out more about Tanwi and www.tanwinandini.com or follow her on twitter @tanwinandini. This episode was sponsore by VENGEANCE ROAD by Erin Bowman.

This Thursday, September 3rd, we're hosting a live recording of Reading Lives at The Strand bookstores in New York City. My guest will be Tanwi Nandini Islam, author of the new novel BRIGHT LINES. Tickets are either a) buy the book at The Strand or b) buy a $15 Strand giftcard. More info here: http://www.strandbooks.com/event/book-riot-reading-lives

Get a preview of Book Riot's newest podcast Get Booked, a bi-weekly show of personalized book recommendations hosted by Book Riot Managing Editor Amanda Nelson.

Hey guys, I'm re-running this episdoe with Daniel Older for a couple of reasons. First, it's one of my favorite episodes and the show has a bunch more subscribers now so I want the new people to hear it second. Daniel's latest book Shadowshaper came out this summer, and it's really great and I want to remind you all to check it out. And lastly, Daniel will be one of the guest speakers at Book Riot Live, our two day readers convention here in New York. If you are interested in attending, go to bookriotlive.com. And if you want to grab a ticket, you can 20 bucks off your ticket by using the code readinglives (one word) when you check out.  This episode is sponsored by Tryaudiobooks.com

Alvina Ling is VP and Editor-in-Chief at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers where she’s worked since 1999. She oversees Little, Brown’s picture book, middle grade, and young adult lists, and edits children’s books for all ages, from picture books to young adult. She is also the co-founder and former chair of the CBC Diversity Committee.  You can follow her onon Twitter as @planetalvina. Alvina will also be one of our guest speakers at Book Riot Live in November. Book Riot Live is a conference for readers featuring panels, talks, discussions, games, signings, and a whole host of bookish shenanigans. Listeners of Reading Lives can get a $20 tickets when using offer code READINGLIVES (one word) at bookriotlive.com. This episode is sponsored by TryAudiobooks.com and Man by Kim Thuy.  

My guest this week is William Johnson, a Brooklyn-based essayist, cultural critic and editor. He is the managing editor of theLambda Literary Review, a website dedicated to celebrating lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans literature.   We talk about working off phone bills at the library, reading above your head but also somehow right at your level, and much more.   Thanks so much to William for being my guest and to you for listening. Check out the Lambda Literary Review at lambdaliterary.org. This episode of READING LIVES is sponsored by TryAudiobooks.com

Reading Lives is an interview podcast with interesting people who love books. This episode originally aired back in September as the very first Reading Lives, and I am running it again for reasons that are explained in the introduction to the episode. My guest on this episode is Clive Thompson, a longtime contributing writer for The New York Times, writer for Wired, and author of Smarter Than You Think: How Technology is Changing Our Lives for the Better. This episode is sponsored by The Books-A-Million Father's Day Guide and Matched by Ally Condie.

My guest this week is Myke Cole. As a secu­rity con­tractor, gov­ern­ment civilian and mil­i­tary officer, Myke Cole’s career has run the gamut from Coun­tert­er­rorism to Cyber War­fare to Fed­eral Law Enforce­ment. Now, he is a military-fantasy author, and his most recent book, GEMINI CELL, came out in January. Myke will also be appearing at Book Riot Live this November. You can find out more about Book Riot's two day reader convention at bookriotlive.com. Myke and I talk about wanting to be paladins, the wisdom of ENDER'S GAME, and what makes for good bad guys.  You cand find out more about him at mykecole.com, on twitter @mykecole, and at facebook.com/mykecole. You can find shownotes for this episode and listen to previous episodes of the podcast at bookriot.com/readinglives.   This episode is sponsored by THE NOVICE by Taran Matharu and Scribd.

My guest this week is Liberty Hardy. Liberty hosts Book Riot's new All the Books podcast and is the most voracious reader you or I are likely ever to meet. She was also a longtime bookseller, and writes an amazing Tiny Letter called Franzen Comes Alive.    Links:   All the Books! Podcast   Liberty's TinyLetter: Franzen Comes Alive   This week’s episode is sponsored by Lois Lane: Fallout by Gwenda Bond and The Novice by Taran Matharu.

 My guest this week is Celeste Ng. Celeste is the author of EVERYTHING I NEVER TOLD YOU, which was a NYT bestseller, and NYT notable book of 2014, and Amazon's #1 Best Book of 2014. And to boot, EVERYTHING I NEVER TOLD YOU is now out in paperback. We talk about being worried about the new Harper Lee novel, reading as a writer, loaning out books, and much more. This week's episode is sponsored by LOIS LANE: FALLOUT by Gwenda Bond and THE NOVICE by Taran Matharu.

My guest this week is Guy Gonzalez. Guy is a writer, poet, and journalist. We talk about Dungeons and Dragons as practice story-telling, buying comics off spinner racks, great books about soccer, and more. Thanks so much to Guy for being my guest and to you for listening. You can find him on twitter at @glecharles. This episode is sponsored by TryAudiobooks.com and The Turner House by Angela Flournoy.

For the 25th episode, I'm talking about my own reading life. This episode is sponsored by Scribd and TryAudiobooks.com

For National Library Week, this episode pulls together some of the stories from previous episodes about libraries and librarians. This episode is sponsored by Scribd and Let the Elephants Run by David Usher.

Welcome to Reading Lives, an interview podcast with interesting people who love books. My guest this week is Debbie Reese. Debbie is tribally enrolled at Nambe Pueblo, a federally recognized tribe in New Mexico. She has a Phd in education and writes American Indians in Children's Literature (AICL), which is a website thatprovides critical perspectives and analysis of indigenous peoples in children's and young adult books, the school curriculum, popular culture, and society. We talk about playing library as a child, revisiting problematic books as an adult, lifetime mentorships, and more.    Her website is americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com and you can follow her on twitter @debreese.   This episode is sponsored by Scribd and Let the Elephant Run by David Usher.