Publishers Brunch (with Karis)

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. 

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. 

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.

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.

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.

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. 

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.

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.

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.

Introduction to me! And also what this podcast is about, plus some mental health updates from Karis.

CTA – New visa regulations floated – these are just proposed changes and you CAN comment on them if you have concerns: until Feb. 9, 2026, you can submit a comment that must reference OMB Control Number 1651-0111 and be sent to: [email protected].

CTA – ICE – Kilmar Abrego Garcia released, can’t be re-detained. Know Your Rights if ICE is in your area / tries to talk to you.

Reading lately: After the End kickstarter & Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid. I’ll Have What He’s Having and It Had to be Him by Adib Khorram. 

Find Mazey Eddings online and on Instagram. Pre-order You Won’t Forget Me, out June 9, 2026!

*Links to bookshop.org are affiliate and if you purchase a book through them, I may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you!

Follow Publishers Brunch on Instagram; find Karis online.