Publishers Brunch (with Karis)

By Karis Rogerson

Publishers Brunch (with Karis) is a mashup of Chicken Shop Date and Good Hang with Amy Poehler for romance authors, hosted by Karis Rogerson, a brunch-loving bisexual and romance-obsessed reader and w... more

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The podcast currently has 12 episodes available.

Publishers Brunch (with Karis) episodes:

May 03, 2026 Hannah Rose: Choosing to Believe that the Joy Will Win
Find Hannah Rose online and follow her on Instagram. Preorder a copy of Why Do You Like Me? (that specific link is an affiliate one to Bookshop dot org) before its release on June 23, 2026!
Follow Karis on Instagram and keep up with the show here. Preorder NAT AND CAMI'S GUIDE TO RUNNING AN UNDERCOVER GSA.
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54min
April 20, 2026 Jessica Lewis: Hating on Horses and Writing All the Genres
AUDIO-ONLY EPISODE.
Find Jessica Lewis online or follow her on Instagram. Preorder a copy of HALLIE’S RULES FOR A RECOVERING ROMANTIC (that link is an affiliate link to Bookshop.org) before it releases on July 7, 2026!
Follow Karis on Instagram and keep up with the show here. Preorder NAT AND CAMI'S GUIDE TO RUNNING AN UNDERCOVER GSA.
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51min
April 05, 2026 Mackenzie Reed: All About Why You Should Develop a (Bread) Hobby
Find Mackenzie online at her website, on Instagram, or via her newsletter. Her adult debut, I Hope This Email Finds You in Hell, releases Sept. 1, 2026, and you can preorder it now!
Follow Karis on Instagram and keep up with the show here. Preorder Nat and Cami’s Guide to Running an Undercover GSA.
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43min
March 22, 2026 Lavanya Lakshmi: Expanding the Square Footage of Your Potential for Luck
Follow Lavanya on Instagram and preorder LEAVE AND COME BACK.
Follow Karis on Instagram and keep up with the show here. Preorder Nat and Cami’s Guide to Running an Undercover GSA.
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1h 8min
March 08, 2026 Dahlia Adler: Celebrating a Decade of Writing & Championing Books
The Lesbian Review & LGBTQReads.com are excellent resources for sapphic and all queer book recs.
Find Dahlia online: follow her on Instagram or Bluesky or check out her website for updates and links to all of her books. Preorder Soon By You from Bookshop (that’s an affiliate link from me); it releases May 19, 2026. You can support LGBTQReads.com by following on Instagram or joining its Patreon.
Follow Karis on Instagram and keep up with the show here. Preorder Nat and Cami’s Guide to Running an Undercover GSA.
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1h 6min
February 22, 2026 Leslie René: On the Joys of Just Letting People Be Annoying!
Resources referenced in intro:
WILD FAITH by Talia Lavin; Excerpt from SICK AND DIRTY by Michael Koresky.
Books referenced:
LETTERS FROM THE LAST APOTHECARY - Bita Behzadi
WHEN THE CLOCK STRIKES MIDNIGHT - Alechia Dow
SECOND TIME’S A CHARM - Taylor Epperson
WENCH - Erynne Rivers
BOUND BY FURY - Noelle Monét
THIRTY LOVE - Tom Vellner
CHASE ME IF YOU CAN - Heather Frances
THE BRIDGE BACK TO YOU - Riss M. Neilson
LOVE AND OTHER BRAIN EXPERIMENTS - Hannah Brohm
IT’S ALL IN YOUR HEAD - Sabina Nordqvist
Learn about Leslie’s event with Park Books, on Feb. 28. Follow Leslie on Instagram and find more information about her online. Preorder MAGGIE AND ARTHUR’S MAGIC MOMENT, out July 28, 2026, from ACE Books!

Follow Karis on Instagram and keep up with the show here.
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1h 18min
February 08, 2026 Sujin Witherspoon: Sometimes Joy Comes Because of a Beautiful Man Online
CTA: see what your city / area are doing to take care of unhoused people, see how we can contribute.
Find Sujin Witherspoon on Instagram or on her website. You can preorder Seyoon and Dean, Unscripted from Elliott Bay Book Company – it’s out April 7, 2026! In the meantime, check out and read Sujin’s debut, Bingsu for Two!
Publishers Brunch (with Karis) is hosted by Karis Rogerson, and you can add her debut, Nat and Cami’s Guide to Running an Undercover GSA, on Goodreads. Find out more about Karis and her books on her website.
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1h 20min
January 25, 2026 Gabriella Gamez: In Which We Hate the Ending of How I Met Your Mother
Resources for resisting ICE in Minneapolis and beyond.
Call your senators.
Gabriella Gamez can be found @GabbyWritesALot on all social media, including Instagram. Pre-order SECOND FIRST DATES / order NEXT BEST FLING and KISS ME, MAYBE wherever you buy your books, or here.

Follow Publishers Brunch on Instagram; find Karis online.
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1h 8min
January 11, 2026 Julie Murphy & Sierra Simone: Unhinged Chaos & Heartfelt Conversations
Add Nat and Cami’s Guide to Running an Undercover GSA on Goodreads.
TRIGGER WARNING – discussions of ICE raids & shootings 3:45-4:25.
CALL TO ACTION: call your representatives & Senators about Venezuela, ICE, and Kristi Noem: https://5calls.org/.
Find more about guests Julie Murphy & Sierra Simone online. Order Fundamentals of Being a Good Girl, out Jan. 13, 2026.
BOOKS MENTIONED: Bedding the Bedding by Annara Layne; This Time, Next Year by Ruby Barrett; Heated Rivalry* Marriage and Masti by Nisha Sharma; Like Lovers Do by Tracey Livesay; ABO Desire (TV and webseries); Son of the Morning by Akwaeke Emezi; Teacher of the Year and Husband of the Year by M.A. Wardell.
Find Julie Murphy on Instagram and find Sierra Simone, also on Instagram. Their joint website is here.
Follow Publishers Brunch on Instagram; find Karis online.
*some book links lead to Bookshop.org and are affiliate links which will net me a small commission at no extra cost to you if you purchase through them.
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1h 46min
December 28, 2025 Elizabeth Stephens: Full-Time Authoring & Finding a Place in Publishing
Elizabeth Stephens chatted with host Karis Rogerson.
CTA: Donate to a local food bank. I chose Food Bank for New York City.
Katee Robert & Bonkers Romance.
Nicholas Erik marketing for authors as a resource for authors and helping Elizabeth make authoring a full-time career.
Elizabeth mentioned watching Bon Appetit, Your Majesty, the K-Drama. It is available on Netflix! As for obsessions, she loved Physical: Asia for a competition show, as well as Great British Baking Show.
We chatted about horror romance – listen to my other podcast’s episode about horror romance, featuring Mackenzie Reed!
Isabel Cañas was mentioned as an example of an author writing in the horror / romance space.
Books recommended: False Play by Yinn Quirós; Strikeout by Millie Perez; At First Smile by Melissa Whitney; Now You See Him by Nina Saxena.
Follow Elizabeth Stephens on Instagram and Threads or find her website online.
Follow Publishers Brunch on Instagram; find Karis online.
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56min

FAQs about Publishers Brunch (with Karis):

How many episodes does Publishers Brunch (with Karis) have?

The podcast currently has 12 episodes available.