Below is a list of bookish podcasts that I enjoy listening to every day of my book addicted life.
1. All the Books! - A weekly podcast that covers the new releases in the book world for the week. The wonderful hosts cover many different genres of books and talk about how the literary world desperately needs more cats!
2. Bibliophile - A podcast created by my favourite indie bookstore in Edinburgh, Scotland, Golden Hare Books. They cover books that are not as mainstream as most of the other podcasts I listen to. They also cover their book club meetups in the podcast. This is a monthly podcast, well worth a listen.
3. Get Booked - A host and a guest from the literary world answer book recommendations from people’s questions and inquiries that they send into the show. From non-fiction to graphic novels, they cover everything!
4. The Brit Lit Podcast - This podcast covers the releases in the British literary scene, which for an anglophile is something that I enjoy greatly. You will discover books that are only published in the UK or ones that will take a while to come to a bookshop near you. At the end of most of the episodes, the host gives people book recommendations for the various occasions and people in their lives.
5. Black Chick Lit - A bi-monthly podcast that covers books by and about black women. This is a perfect podcast for people who want to expand their reading list with more people of colour and get extraordinary insight into the books!
6. Books and Boba - Another podcast that will expand your list with more people of colour, this one talks about books written by authors of Asian and pacific islander descent. They cover a huge range of genres and talk about many wonderful books. It is a book club podcast, which makes it amazing to read the book before the episode and listen along as if you were in the book club yourself.
7. What Should I Read Next? - Each week the host, Anne Bogel, talks with her guests about 3 books they love, 1 book they hate, and the books they are reading at the moment, to give them a personalised book recommendation list. It is always wonderful when you hear a guest talk about books you love that they also love and you end up getting a book recommendation as well!
These are only a few of the podcasts that I listen to, but that I highly recommend to everyone who has a few spare moments each day. Great for listening to while commuting to school or work or wherever you seem to be going. You may even find your next favourite book while listening to one! If you have any bookish podcasts that you recommend, leave a comment below with the name of the podcast and the host(s).
