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Season 2 of the Recommended Podcast Has Arrived!

Season 2 of the Recommended podcast returns today, May 16! Find out which of our favorite authors are telling us about their favorite books this year.

Jenn Northington

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Jenn Northington has worked in the publishing industry wearing various hats since 2004, including bookseller and events director, and is currently Director of Editorial Operations at Riot New Media Group. You can hear her on the SFF Yeah! podcast nerding out about sci-fi and fantasy. When she’s not working, she’s most likely gardening, running, or (obviously) reading. Find her on Tumblr at jennIRL and Instagram at iamjennIRL.

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It’s all happening! And by “it” I mean Season 2 of the Recommended podcast, returning today, May 16! Launched last year, Recommended asks some of our favorite authors and book people to tell us about one favorite read. Season 1 included interviews with Alisha Rai, Jesmyn Ward, Attica Locke, Tessa Dare, Celeste Ng, and a ton of other excellent folks, all of which you can listen to here. We’ve been busy lining up authors for this year, and we think you’ll be very pleased with the results.

Recommended Season 2

Who will be on this season? Who gushed about Shakespeare? Who adores rom-coms? Who almost caused me to spontaneously combust of interviewer-excitement? You’ll just have to listen and find out. To get you started, I’m proud to present Episode 1, which features Rumaan Alam and Seanan McGuire!