CONTENT WARNING:  Please note that this episode of Bridges & Books contains a discussion regarding writing about sexual assault that might be harmful for some of our listeners to hear. The discussion happens between 52:30-57:30 minutes, so please skip that section if you need to and take care of yourself.  

Welcome back to Season 2 of Bridges & Books!  

Follow us on Instagram, Twitter, or TikTok, or visit our website. 

On this episode, Molly, Robin, and Tobi talk about writing about tough topics and Molly & Robin interview Zack Smedley, author of Deposing Nathan and Tonight We Rule the World. Later in the episode, the team interviews AnnaJean, a former host and founding member of Bridges & Books.

THINGS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: 

• Parenthood
• Guide to Literary Agents
• More Happy Than That (Deluxe Edition) by Adam Silvera
• Honestly Ben by Bill Konigsberg 
• Openly Straight by Bill Konigsberg
• Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
• Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson
• The Social Network
• The Newsroom 
• Molly’s Game
• The Trial of the Chicago 7
• The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

SUPPORT ZACK SMEDLEY: 

• Deposing Nathan
• Tonight We Rule the World
• Twitter
• Instagram
• Website

Welcome back to Season 2 of Bridges & Books!  

Follow us on Instagram, Twitter, or TikTok, or visit our website. 

On this episode, Sarah & Riley talk about fandom culture and interview Roseanne A. Brown, NYT Bestselling author of A Song of Wraiths and Ruin and A Psalm of Storms & Silence.

THINGS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: 

• Percy Jackson Fandom
• Monsta X
• Criminal Minds 
• Star Wars
• His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
• An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
• Pitch Wars
• The Last 8 by Laura Pohl
• Nelson Literary Agency
• “My Shot” from Hamilton
• Eragon by Christopher Paolini
• The Names They Gave Us by Emery Lord
• Wicked Fox by Kat Cho
• The Girl I Used to Be by April Henry
• ARYSE
• City of Asylum
• City Theatre
• Hello Neighbor

SUPPORT DANIELLE OBISIE-ORLU:

• City of Asylum’s 2021-22 Allegheny County Youth Poet Laureate
• Instagram
• The ChatterBox Instagram

SUPPORT ROSEANNE A. BROWN: 

• A Song of Wraiths & Ruin
• A Psalm of Storms & Silence
• Pre-Order Shuri and t’Challa: Into the Heartlands (an Original Black Panther Graphic Novel)
• Twitter
• Instagram
• Website

Welcome back to Season 2 of Bridges & Books!  

Follow us on Instagram, Twitter, or TikTok, or visit our website. 

On this episode, Molly & Robin talk about overthinking and awkwardness and interview Vitor Martins, author of Here the Whole Time.

THINGS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: 

• Darius the Great is Not Okay by Adib Khorram
• How It All Blew Up by Arvin Ahmadi
• They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera
• Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall
• The Sky Blues by Robbie Couch 
• The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot
• Big Star by Lorde 
• Solar Power by Lorde
• Evermore by Taylor Swift
• Cowboy Like Me by Taylor Swift
• Tolerate It by Taylor Swift
• Folklore by Taylor Swift
• Reputation by Taylor Swift
• Speak Now by Taylor Swift
• From Eden by Hozier 
• Have a Little Faith in Me by Sonia Hartl 
• The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer
• Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen

SUPPORT VITOR MARTINS: 

• Here the Whole Time
• Twitter
• Instagram
• Website

Follow us on Instagram, Twitter, or TikTok, or visit our website. 

On this episode, Molly & Sarah talk about morally grey characters and interview Kat Cho, international bestselling author of Wicked Fox and Vicious Spirits. Later in the episode, Omisa & Tobi interview Lucy Potts, one of the winners of City Theatre’s 2021 Young Playwrights Festival in Pittsburgh.  

THINGS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: 

• The Shadows Between Us
• Serpent & Dove series
• Free Hexel
• The Glass Castle
• The Astonishing Color of After
• School 2013
• Strong Woman Do Bong-soon
• Write or Die 
• First Draft
• PubCrawl
• Once Upon a K-Prom
• Once Upon a K-Prom Playlist
• Exo Next Door
• Love, Hate and Other Filters
• Prophecy series
• The Last Fallen Star
• The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea
• Scavenge the Stars
• I Wish You All the Best
• You’ve Reached Sam
• Instructions for Dancing
• The CAPA Chronicle
• “A Boring Street in the Middle of Nowhere” (stream Lucy’s play on November 6)

SUPPORT KAT CHO: 

• Wicked Fox
• Vicious Spirits 
• Twitter
• Instagram
• Website

Welcome back to Season 2 of Bridges & Books!  

Follow us on Instagram, Twitter, or TikTok, or visit our website. 

On this episode, Riley & Omisa talk about inspiration and interview Victoria Lee, author of the Feverwake series and A Lesson in Vengeance. Later in the episode, Molly & Robin interview Shelby Powers, one of the winners of City Theatre’s 2021 Young Playwrights Festival in Pittsburgh.  

THINGS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: 

• Alan Silvestri
• The Mother-Daughter Book Club by Heather Vogel Frederick
• Young Gods by Halsey
• The War by Syml
• all the good girls go to hell by Billie Eilish
• New York Public Library Reading Room 
• The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling 
• The Ones We’re Meant to Find by Joan He
• Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
• Dark Rise by C.S. Pacat
• The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova
• The Secret History by Donna Tartt
• The Likeness by Tana French
• Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative 
• Ryan La Sala
• Crier’s War by Nina Varela
• The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton
• Percy Jackson
• Stream “Spring in the Underworld” by Shelby Powers on Nov. 6

SUPPORT VICTORIA LEE: 

• The Fever King 
• The Electric Heir 
• A Lesson in Vengeance 
• Twitter
• Instagram
• TikTok
• Tumblr
• Website

Follow us on Instagram or visit our website. 

On our last episode of Season 1, Molly & Sarah talk about #periodpower and interview Romina Garber, New York Times Bestselling author of Lobizona and The Zodiac Series. 

SHOW NOTES: 

Lobizona by Romina Garber

Cazadora by Romina Garber

We Need Diverse Books 

ROMINA GARBER INTERVIEW:

Buenos Aires Book Fair 

Furia by Yamile Saied Méndez

Lost in the Never Woods by Aiden Thomas

We Are Not From Here by Jenny Torres Sanchez

Blazewrath Games by Amparo Ortiz

Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi 

Harry Potter

Vicious Spirits by Kat Cho 

The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare 

SUPPORT ROMINA GARBER:

Lobizona 

Cazadora

Zodiac series

Twitter

Instagram

Website

BRIDGES & BOOKS RECOMMENDATION:

The Charles Bridges in Prague 

Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor

Subscribe to Bridges & Books and follow us on Instagram and our website to get updates for Season 2, releasing this fall.  Thanks for listening! 

Follow us on Instagram or visit our website. 

On this episode, Tobi & Riley talk about sibling relationships and interview Rhiannon Richardson, author of The Meet-Cute Project. 

RHIANNON RICHARDSON INTERVIEW:

• Big Dog Coffee
• Rainbow Kitten Surprise
• Elise Bryant

SUPPORT RHIANNON RICHARDSON:

• The Meet-Cute Project
• Sweet Clarity
• Instagram

BRIDGES & BOOKS RECOMMENDATION:

• Learn more about the West End Bridge
• You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson

Follow us on Instagram or visit our website. 

On this episode, Tobi & Sarah talk about why they love diverse books and interview Ashley Woodfolk, author of The Beauty That Remains, When You Were Everything, the Flyy Girls series, & Blackout.

SHOW NOTES:

• Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
• Tomi Adeyemi 
• Jason Reynolds 
• The Silence Between Us by Alison Gervais
• Left Out by Tim Green
• Blackout by Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, & Nicola Yoon 
• Symptoms of Being Human by Jeff Garvin 
• Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds & Ibram X. Kendi
• justin a. reynolds 
• Kat Cho 
• This Light Between Us by Andrew Fukuda 

ASHLEY WOODFOLK INTERVIEW:

• Odd One Out by Nic Stone
• Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan
• Blackout is now available to read and purchase!
• A Phoenix First Must Burn by Patrice Caldwell (editor)
• Let It Snow
• Mama’s Boy: A Story from Our Americas by Dustin Lance Black 
• Saint Anything by Sarah Dessen
• Love From A to Z by S.K. Ali 

SUPPORT ASHLEY:

• Blackout
• Flyy Girls series 
• When You Were Everything
• The Beauty that Remains
• Twitter
• Instagram
• Website

BRIDGES & BOOKS RECOMMENDATION 

• Learn more about the Fort Pitt Bridge 
• Slay by Brittney Morris 
• Warcross by Marie Lu

Follow us on Instagram or visit our website. 

On this episode, Molly & AnnaJean talk about friendship and interview Kit Frick, author of I Killed Zoe Spanos, All Eyes on Us, and See All the Stars.

SHOW NOTES:

• Shadowhunters & Downworlders: A Mortal Instruments Reader by Cassandra Clare (editor) 

KIT FRICK INTERVIEW:

• A Better Bad Idea by Laurie DeVore 
• The Cheerleaders and That Weekend by Kara Thomas 
• Allegedly and Grown by Tiffany Jackson 
• I Killed Zoe Spanos by Kit Frick
• See All the Stars by Kit Frick
• I Killed Zoe Spanos mention in People Magazine
• I Killed Zoe Spanos as the Barnes & Noble YA Book Club Pick: July 2020

SUPPORT KIT FRICK:

• I Killed Zoe Spanos
• See All the Stars 
• All Eyes On Us 
• A Small Rising Up in the Lungs
• Twitter
• Instagram
• Website

TEEN BOOK REVIEW

• Dear Haiti, Love Alaine by Maika Moulite and Maritza Moulite (review by Megan, a 13-year-old Pittsburgh teen reader)

BRIDGES & BOOKS RECOMMENDATION:

• Learn more about the Rachel Carson Bridge
• Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake 

Follow us on Instagram or visit our website. 

On this episode, Molly & Tobi talk about fantasy that reflects the real world and interview J.Elle, New York Times Bestselling author of Wings of Ebony.

SCRIPT NOTES:

• Wings of Ebony by J.Elle
• How you can help fight against police violence

J. ELLE INTERVIEW:

• The Sims
• Civilization
• The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
• Divergent by Veronica Roth
• Bad Witch Burning by Jessica Lewis
• The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
• Dear Martin by Nic Stone
• George R. R. Martin
• Wonder Woman and Wonder Woman 1984
• Things you can do to fight against anti-Asian hate
• How to talk about racism with children
• Be Dazzled and Reverie by Ryan La Sala
• A Promised Land by Barack Obama

SUPPORT J. ELLE:

• Wings of Ebony
• Website
• Twitter
• Instagram
• Tik Tok

BRIDGES & BOOKS RECOMMENDATION:

• Learn more about Washington Crossing Bridge
• Rebel Spy by Veronica Rossi