Hey YA

By Book RiotTV & Film Arts Books Fiction

Hey YA episodes

February 15, 2023 Love is for Losers: Diverse Romance That We Love
Tirzah and Erica discuss some diverse YA romance books to read for the month of love and beyond.
Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher.
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.
SHOW NOTES:
Come Work for us! We’re hiring a Full-Stack Web Developer. Details here.
New Twilight books!
Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute by Talia Hibbert
Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating by Adiba Jaigirdar
Reggie and Delilah’s Year of Falling by Elise Bryant
Not Now Not Ever by Lily Anderson
Love Is for Losers by Wibke Brueggemann
She Drives Me Crazy by Kelly Quindlen
The Stars and the Blackness Between Them by Junauda Petrus
My Fine Fellow by Jennieke Cohen

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
58 min
February 08, 2023 Hey YA Extra Credit: The ALA Youth Media Awards!
It's the most wonderful time of the year—the ALA Youth Media Awards have been announced! This week, Tirzah takes us through the YA highlights.
Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher.
To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter!
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.
Books Discussed:
All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir
Scout's Honor by Lily Anderson
Icebreaker by A.L. Graziadei
When the Angels Left the Old Country by Sacha Lamb
Queer Ducks (and Other Animals): The Natural World of Animal Sexuality by Elliot Schefer
We Deserve Monuments by Jas Hammands
The Words We Keep by Erin Stewart
Breathe and Count Back from Ten by Natalia Sylvester
Burn Down, Rise Up by Vincent Tirado
The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes
High Spirits by Camille Gomera-Tavarez
I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston
Kings of B’more by R. Eric Thomas
Man o' War by Cory McCarthy
The Summer of Bitter and Sweet by Jen Ferguson
The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen by Isaac Blum
Himawari House by Melody Becker
The Silence Between Us by Joanna Ho
Unequal: A Story of America by Michael Eric Dyson and Marc Favreau
Wake the Bones by Elizabeth Kilcoyne
Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White
A Face for Picasso: Coming of Age with Crouzon Syndrome by Ariel Henley
American Murderer: The Parasite that Haunted the South by Gail Jarrow
Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice by Tommie Smith and Derrick Barnes
My Fine Fellow by Jennieke Cohen
Eight Nights of Flirting by Hannah Reynolds
Some Kind of Hate by Sarah Darer Littman

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
15 min
February 01, 2023 Queer Friendships in YA
Erica and Tirzah talk about YA books with great examples of queer friendship.
Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher.
To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter!
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.
SHOW NOTES:
Give the gift of TBR!
Come Work for us! We’re hiring an Ad Ops Associate and a Full-Stack Web Developer. Details here.
As You Walk On By by Julian Winters
Late to the Party by Kelly Quindlen
The Boy in the Red Dress by Kristin Lambert
Kings, Queens, and In-Betweens by Tanya Boteju
Little & Lion by Brandy Colbert
You Know Me Well by David Levithan and Nina LaCour
Odd One Out by Nic Stone
The Chandler Legacies by Abdi Nazemian

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
52 min
January 25, 2023 Hey YA Extra Credit: Dastardly Dystopias
Erica talks about a couple YA dystopian novels she’s been into lately.
Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher.
To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter!
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.
SHOW NOTES:
Gift TBR!
The Good Luck Girls by Charlotte Nicole Davis
The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
10 min
January 18, 2023 Fantasy Feels
Tirzah and Erica get all in their fantasy feels and share their favorite YA fantasy.
Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher.
To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter!
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.
SHOW NOTES:
Give the gift of TBR!
They Both Die at the End Series Being Made
Lumatere Chronicles by Melina Marchetta
Jujutsu Kaisen by Gege Akutami
Girls Made of Snow and Glass Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust
Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger
Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko
Tess of the Road by Rachel Hartman
Six Crimson Cranes and Spin the Dawn by Elizabeth Lim

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
1 hr 1 min
January 11, 2023 Hey YA Extra Credit: New Books About Teen Parenthood
This week, Tirzah highlights three new 2023 releases that are all about teen parenthood.
Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher.
To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter!
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.
SHOW NOTES:
16 & Pregnant by Lala Thomas
Sun Keep Rising by Kristen R. Lee
Unexpecting by Jen Bailey

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
12 min
January 04, 2023 Most Anticipated YA Books for 2023
Tirzah and Erica discuss some YA books coming out in the first half of 2023 that they’re super excited about.
Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher.
To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter!
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.
SHOW NOTES:
The 2023 Reading Log!
Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute by Talia Hibbert
The Lake House by Sarah Beth Durst
The Buried and the Bound by Rochelle Hassan
Break Up From Hell by Ann Davila Cardinal
Wildblood by Lauren Blackwood
All That’s Left to Say by Emery Lord
My Flawless Life by Yvonne Woon
When the Vibe is Right by Sarah Dass
She is a Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran
Wolfwood by Marianna Baer
The Sum of Us (Adapted for Young Readers): How Racism Hurts Everyone by Heather McGee
You’re Not Supposed to Die Tonight by Kalynn Bayron
Mysteries of Thorn Manor by Margaret Rogerson
Every Gift a Curse by Caroline O’Donoghue
Some Shall Break by Ellie Marney

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
55 min
December 28, 2022 Extra Credit: Cozy YA Books to Snuggle Up With
Erica goes over a few cozy YA books she’s reading to while away the winter with.
Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher.
To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter!
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.
SHOW NOTES
Goldie Vance by Hope Larson and Brittney Williams
Marvel Meow by Nao Fuji
Check, Please! by Ngozi Ukazu
Pride and Premeditation by Tirzah Price

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
13 min
December 21, 2022 The Best YA We Read in 2022!
This week, Tirzah and Erica talk about some of the best YA books they read this year.
Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher.
To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter!
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.
SHOW NOTES:
2023 William C. Morris finalists
Visit mytbr.co/gift to give the gift of books
A Thousand Steps into Night by Traci Chee
The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes
Huda F Are You? By Huda Fahmy
Scout’s Honor by Lily Anderson
Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan
A Scatter of Light by Malinda Lo
The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson
The Gifts That Bind Us by Caroline O’Donoghue (with a shoutout to All Our Hidden Gifts)

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
53 min
December 14, 2022 Hey YA: Get These Short Graphic Novels on Your Radar
This week, Tirzah talks about two great queer YA graphic novels for your end-of-the-year reading!
Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher.
To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter!
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.
SHOW NOTES
Twelfth Grade Night by Molly Booth, Stephanie Kate Strohm, and Jamie Green
Hollow by Shannon Watters, Branden Boyer-White, and Berenice Nelle

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
11 min

About Hey YA

From the publisher's feed

From great new books to favorite classic reads, from news to the latest in on-screen adaptations, Hey YA is here to elevate the exciting world of young adult lit.