Welcome back to Big Little Books, and cheers to the New Year! Hot of the press, it’s our last BLB episode of 2021. This past year wasn’t the greatest, looking a lot like 2020, but it was a great year for books.

Published one year ago today, Firekeeper’s Daughter is a memorable YA thriller about an indigenous teen seeking to root out corruption in her community. This debut novel from author Angeline Boulley was selected for November book club, and we’ve included a few snippets from last month’s Book Bangers discussion. This is a powerful book most of us breezed through, and it gave us lots to talk about. So much so that we decided to centre an entire BLB episode around it.

We hope you enjoy the occasional dog barking and crackling outdoor fire sounds throughout this episode. Evidently, there’s still plenty for us to learn about recording in the year ahead! Special thanks to Book Bangers for letting us record our book club discussion with scarce warning.

BLB has an exciting lineup for 2022! With YA still on our minds, our next episode features Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao, something you’ll most definitely want to tune in for. We are especially excited to share something we’ve been working on for the pod, set to be released this Friday on Instagram @biglittlebookspod! Want to know what’s coming ASAP? Somewhere around the end of this episode, we spill the beans.

Happy reading!

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