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All The Books

 Episode 238 This week, Liberty and Kelly discuss Dapper Dan, Beeline, Good Talk, and more great nonfiction books from 2019.
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Annotated

 Episode 30 How a gimmick to write more became one of the biggest literary events online.
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For Real

 Episode 46 This week Alice and Kim take a trip down memory lane to talk about books that appeared on best of the decade lists. 
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Get Booked

 Episode 210 Amanda and Jenn discuss magical seamstresses, feminist weddings, foodie fiction, and more in this week's episode of Get Booked.
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Hey YA

 Episode 58 Eric and Kelly highlight some of the undersung YA of 2019 and scream about what they're reading this winter.
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Kidlit These Days

 Episode 19 Karina and Matthew talk about the Youth Media Awards, educators doing mock book awards with their students, and we look back on some of our favorite Kidlit These Days episodes of the year. Joining is special guest Colby Sharp, 5th grade teacher, co-host of The Yarn podcast, editor of The Creativity Project, An Awesometastic Story Collection, and the co-author with Donalyn Miller of Game Changer: Book Access for All Kids.
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Read or Dead

 Episode 66 Katie and Rincey talk about what mysteries they read this year that were their favorites.
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Recommended

 Episode 13 Producer Jenn Northington takes us through the numbers of the past five seasons.
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SFF Yeah!

 Episode 68.5 This week, Sharifah discusses nostalgic science fiction and fantasy.
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The Podcast

 Episode 242 Jeff and Rebecca wrap up their annual Holiday Recommendation show.
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When In Romance

 Episode 48 It’s part two of romance recs! Jess and Trisha talk historicals, slow build romance, SFF romcoms, and much (much) more!
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