Writers to Watch, 2025 Edition

Book Riot - The Podcast

01/29/25

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38m

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Jeff and Rebecca talk about a bunch of early-ish career writers to keep your eye on.

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ONYX STORM Rolls In, It's a Very Bookish Oscars, and Making Your Own Book Fair

January 27, 2025

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54m

Jeff and Rebecca note some side-effects of Onyx Storm's huge release before talking about Oscars nominations, NBCC finalists, recent reading and more. Then, Jami Attenberg talks to Rebecca about how she put together a book fair where every kid can walk away with a book.

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The Book Riot Podcast Patreon

The Onyx Storm roll-out didn’t quite go as planned - and demand crashed the Target website and Fans are not impressed with the “exclusive” art

NBCC finalists

Oscar nominees for Best Adapted Screenplay

Blob

I Heard Her Call My Name by Lucy Sante

The Language of Mathematics by Raul Rojas

Alligator Tears by Edgar Gomez

Life in Three Dimensions by Shigehiro Oishi

Jami's Craft Talk Substack

How We Hacked the Scholastic Book Fair So Every Kid Could Buy a Book

1,000 Words: A Writer's Guide to Staying Creative, Focused, and Productive All Year Round

A Reason to See You Again

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Dark Horse Drops Gaiman, Ebooks Come to Bookshop, ONYX STORM is the Fastest-Selling Books in 20 years, and more.

February 3, 2025

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62m

Jeff and Rebecca talk about Dark Horse parting ways with Neil Gaiman, get off some hot takes about bookish social media, go through the ins-and-outs of ebooks coming to Bookshop.org, and more.

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A new year means a new Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons. Sign up at bookriot.com/readharder.

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