Misshelved: a podcast for book lovers

It's our finale! We're ending things the way we began: with New York Times bestselling author Ashley Poston chatting with host Nicole Brinkley about all things bookselling. What's the best part of being a bookseller? What are some of the hardest? How can booksellers and other book lovers avoid burnout in an industry where so much of the pressure is put upon us by us—and, wait, what was that about wet noodle necromancers?

Thank you to everybody for listening for the past two years: it's been an absolute treat to introduce you to so many booksellers and so many creators. Keep supporting your favorite independent bookstore. Much love. xo

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The best sorts of books are the ones we can bond over—and if we can learn from them, even better. In this week's Misshelved, Malaprop's bookseller and radio host Patricia Furnish and former Malaprop's bookseller and author Amy Cherrix bond over their love of nonfiction reads and keep us stocked up on recommendations.

Who doesn't love an angry woman? Or the drama of books like Wuthering Heights? In this week's episode, One More Page bookseller Rebecca Speas—who is also our technical editor!—chats with fantasy author Tasha Suri, who just took home the World Fantasy Award.

Time travel? Check. Tea debates? Check. Henry VIII's codpiece? Well, yes. There's few things more joyous than listening to an independent bookseller hit it off with one of their favorite authors and spend the whole episode laughing. This week, listen in as Melissa Taylor from E. Shaver Booksellers in Georgia talks to author Jodi Taylor about her writing and all things to do with British history, with many funny anecdotes along the way.

It's Banned Books Week. You might be aware that across the country there's been a spate of challenges and bans against books that make some people  uncomfortable. Many of these books focus on the marginalized experiences of queer and BIPOC characters and writers, especially in books for kids.

In this week's Misshelved, settle in as Bettie's Pages owner Nicole Lintemuth talks with New York Times bestselling author (and routinely banned) Kelly Yang about banned books and why they both love kidlit.

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When Sistah Sci-Fi's Isis Asare was invited to Misshelved, she knew at once who she wanted to talk with: the legendary  Kacen Callender.

In this week's Misshelved, listen in as they do a deep dive into what it's like to navigate the digital side of the book world as Black creators and what brings them joy.

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There's nothing like talking with one of your favorite authors—especially when they've created inclusive, diverse worlds that  you can't help but love.

In this week's Misshelved, listen in as Annie Carl from The Neverending Bookshop chats with Becky Chambers about diversity in science fiction, their love of writing, and how they fell in love with speculative literature.

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​​When it comes to sad queer books, there's no author who does it quite like Nina Lacour—so how does she find joy in tumultuous times?

In this week's Misshelved, listen in as Kassie King from The Novel Neighbor chats with Nina about the art of writing, dog allergies, and queer fiction.

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It's the season three finale of Misshelved! So let's talk about all things bookish on the internet: BookTok, BookTube, book recommendations, and the lines between hobby and professionalism. And who better to talk about those things than BookTokker and East City Bookshop bookseller Laynie Rose Rizer and author Margot Wood? Settle in as these two friends spill the dirt on just how hard it is to create digital book content... and why it's worth it.

Growing up, Kalani loved Pokemon. Tae loved Korean fashion. And, being in America, they were robustly mocked for it. That same culture is celebrated now. What does it mean to them—and to kids finally seeing books with Korean-Americans represented?

Join Kalani Kapahua, the manager of the Ravenna location of Third Place Books, and award-winning author Tae Keller as they chat about their lives growing up as biracial Korean-Americans and what it was like to find themselves in books.

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