Hey YA

Eric and Kelly talk about abortion and reproductive rights in YA, highlight summer reads (and not in the way you imagine), and share their summer TBRs. This episode is sponsored by Audible, Birthday by Meredith Russo, and BookCon. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter!   Show Notes Dom...

Eric and Kelly talk about teens who love gardens and the outdoors, as well as the wave of excellent YA books about music hitting shelves this year. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, The Lost Coast by Amy Rose Capetta, and Again, But Better by Christina Riccio. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our...

Eric, Kelly, and special guest Alyssa Wees talk about debut YA novels, dark fairy tales, and haunted billboards. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, The Lovely And The Lost by Jennifer Lynn Barnes, and TBR from Book Riot. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! Show Notes:...

Eric and Kelly talk about YA prom stories and great verse novels for National Poetry Month. This episode is sponsored by Libro.fm, Never-Contented Things by Sarah Porter, and BookCon. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter!   Show Notes: There’s Something About Sweetie by Sandhya Menon...

Eric and Kelly talk about climate fiction and YA books set all around the world. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, Inebriated, and Haphaven. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter!   Show Notes: SHOUT by Laurie Halse Anderson Pointe by Brandy Colbert “Kidlit These Days” p...

Eric and Kelly talk about YA adaptations of all stripes and share their spring YA TBRs. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, The Iliad by Gareth Hinds, and Chicken Girl by Heather Smith from Penguin Teen Canada. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter!   Show Notes: Hungry He...

Eric and Kelly talk about the YA books they’ve read that no one else has read and highlight a wealth of excellent teen books to read for Women’s History Month. This episode is sponsored by Libro.fm, An Affair of Poisons by Addie Thorley, and Flatiron Books. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA n...

Eric and Kelly offer up book recommendations when you don’t want to read a love story for Valentine’s Day, then they share awesome YA gift ideas for your Galentine. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot’s TBR, The Me I Meant to Be and HMH Teen, and The Deceivers. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up...

Eric and Kelly talk about their reading resolutions past, present, and mostly failed, as well as highlight an array of excellent sophomore YA novels. This episode is sponsored by The Read Harder Journal from Book Riot,  King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo and the Grishaverse, and The Avon Kisscon Weekend Affair. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and...

Eric and Kelly talk about perfect books for tackling genre-related YA book resolutions and share their winter TBRs. This episode is sponsored by The Read Harder Journal from Book Riot and The Similars by Rebecca Hanover. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter!   Show notes Watch Us Rise...

Eric and Kelly reflect on the biggest YA stories of the year, highlight some great YA memoirs (& memoirs they’d like to see), and talk about some of their personal reading habits. Hey YA is sponsored by the Book Riot Read Harder Journal, Once a King and HMH Teen, and the True Story giveaway. Hey YA is available on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Play, and right here on Book Riot.   Show Notes: Pu...

Eric and Kelly pack your gift-giving itineraries and your TBRs with YA books. Sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, Dragonshadow by Elle Katharine White, and So Done by Paula Chase. Hey YA is available on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Play, and right here on Book Riot.   Show Notes: The Seven Torments of Amy and Craig by Don Zolidis Summer Bird Blue by Akemi Dawn Bowman Paperback Crush by Gabrielle...

Eric and Kelly talk about the Goodreads Choice awards in YA (and the lack of nonfiction for young readers), this year’s Best Of lists so far, and highlight funny YA books and what it is that makes for good humor. Sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, Roar and the Magnetic Collection at Lion Forge, and Easy Prey by Catherine Lo from Amulet Books and PiqueBeyond. Hey YA is available on Apple Podcasts, St...

Eric and Kelly talk about recent YA releases that you may have missed, great explorations of friendship in YA, and highlight some 2019 titles to get on your radar. Sponsored by The Seven Torments of Amy and Craig, Lost Soul Be At Peace by Maggie Thrash, and Flatiron Books and Legendary by Stephanie Garber.  Hey YA is available on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Play, and right here on Book Riot....

Eric and Kelly dive into the big, wide world of YA anthologies and shout about excellent YA books from small and indie presses. Hey YA is sponsored by Confessions of a Teenage Leper by Ashley Little, Vesuvian Books, and Flatiron Books, publishers of Unstoppable Moses by Tyler James Smith. Hey YA is available on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Play, and right here on Book Riot. Show Notes: Black E...

Eric, Kelly, and special guest Patrick Flores talk about YA road trip novels, this year's National Book Award long list titles in Young People's Literature, and highlight a wealth of YA reads for Hispanic Heritage Month. Sponsored by TBR, Kens by Raziel Reed, and Grim Lovelies by Megan Shepherd from HMH. Hey YA is available on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Play, and right here on Book Riot.   S...

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Eric and Kelly talk about the soap incident, then delve into great YA romances, must-read YA comics, and wrap up the show sharing the books they’re still planning to read before the summer ends. Sponsored by Seafire  by Natalie C. Parker and Book Riot Insiders. Hey YA is available on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Play, and right here on Book Riot.   Show Notes: I Am Still Alive by Kate Alice Ma...

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Kelly and Eric discuss a disturbing call for censorship in South Carolina, offer up what their YA summer reading list for teens (and adults!) would look like, and discuss YA tie-in books to popular movies and television. Sponsored by The Edge of Over There by Shawn Smucker and The Art of Escaping by Erin Callahan.  Hey YA is available on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Play, and right here on Boo...

Eric and Kelly talk about their reading habits while traveling, what 2018 YA books you have missed so far this year and need to pick up ASAP, and offer up books that are itching for a great companion. Bonus: get ready to Book Club with Hey YA! Hey YA is sponsored by Legendary by Stephanie Garber and Blood Will Out by Jo Treggiari. Hey YA is available on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Play, and r...

Eric and Kelly highlight some of the latest news in the world of YA, talk about where the books about teens in the military are (and are not), and wrap up the show talking about great adult characters they love in YA fiction. Sponsored by Little Do We Know by Tamara Ireland Stone and Mariam Sharma Hits The Road by Sheba Karim, sponsored by Epic Reads. Shownotes: Here To Stay by Sara Farizan Puddin...

Eric and Kelly talk good books about mental illness, dream author duos and the books they’d create, and wrap up the show highlighting some of their summer TBR titles. Sponsored by Neanderthal Opens the Door To The Universe by Preston Norton and Monday’s Note Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson, presented by Epic Reads. Hey YA is available on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Play, and right here on Book R...

Kelly and Eric talk about a great article about the development of YA literature following the history of the teen culture, highlight awesome YA books set in the outdoors, and offer up even more great YA by and about Asian Americans. Sponsored by Furyborn by Claire LeGrand and Chemistry Lessons by Meredith Goldstein. Hey YA is available on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Play, and right here on B...

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