Hey YA

On this episode of Hey YA, Tirzah chats with YA author Jacqueline Firkins about YA romance, our favorite rom-com tropes, and book dresses! Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commiss...

This week, Tirzah re-reads two early YA books and talks about whether or not she would still recommend them today! Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed: Gi...

This week, Tirzah and Vanessa share their favorite YA releases of 2021 so far, and two upcoming YA releases they’re excited about. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Boo...

This week, Tirzah and special guest Emma Kress, author of Dangerous Play, discuss girls in sports in YA! Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! Books Discussed: Dangerous Play by Emma Kress In the Same Boat by Holly Green She Drives Me Crazy by Kelly Quindlen The Knockout by Sajni P...

This week, Hannah and Tirzah had a scheduling snafu, so we’re diving into the Book Riot podcast vaults to share an episode in which YA authors Malinda Lo and Jason Reynolds share books that shaped them. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. Wh...

Em(ily) Dickson, cofounder of Pronouns May Vary, joins Hannah to talk about gender, shapeshifting, and graphic novels! Please note that this episode contains many colloquial phrases, words, and jokes that are very context-contingent and in-group-based for the queer community. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for...

Hannah and Tirzah gush about some of the many wonderful film and TV adaptations of YA books that have been released in recent months. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission....

Tirzah talks about the fifth anniversary edition of an important queer YA book! Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed: You Know Me Well by David Levithan an...

Tirzah and Hannah welcome special guest Sheba Karim, whose latest book is about a topic near and dear to Hannah and Tirzah’s hearts–stories about college and other post-high school experiences. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you bu...

This week on Hey YA: Extra Credit, Tirzah talks about some great YA books that highlight working class teens with jobs! Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! Books Discussed: My Best Everything by Sarah Tomp Jackpot by Nic Stone Get It Together, Delilah! by Erin Gough Permanent Rec...

Hannah and Tirzah talk generation gaps, chronological problems, intergenerational relationships, and multigenerational stories. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! Show notes The Bookseller mixup Cases of mistaken identity: Adam Silvera and Mohsin Zaidi Hannah and Stephanie Kuehn...

This week, Tirzah discusses her love of everything written by Australian author Melina Marchetta, provides a run-down of her YA fiction, and recommends a few different entry points! Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! This post contains affiliate links. When you buy through...

Hannah and Tirzah talk about exciting news from Disney-Hyperion and then dive into standalone high fantasy. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! This post contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, Book Riot may earn a commission. Show notes Disney-Hyperion...

Summer’s nearly here, and everybody loves summer reading! Hannah is here to give you a preview of some of the books she and Tirzah plan on reading (or revisiting) this summer in order to watch the video on-demand screen adaptations of, and then they’ll be talking about them on the podcast. Please read and watch alongside us, and let us know what you’re thinking on social media! And stay tuned for...

Hannah and Tirzah give a lesson on the history of publishing’s paperback and hardcover divide, and intersections with socioeconomic classes, capitalism, and more….then they talk about small and indie presses, which makes for a lot of overlap with the paperback conversation, actually! Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendation...

Happy Poetry Month! Hannah dives into twenty years’ worth of narrative verse–and a little standalone poetry, too. Also, Kelly’s baby is here and adorable, hooray! This post contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, Book Riot may earn a commission. Show Notes Elizabeth Acevedo Melanie Crowder Allan Wolf Stop Pretending by Sonya Sones Saving Red by Sonya Sones The Lightning Dreamer...

Kelly departs for maternity leave a few days early, so Hey YA gives an early welcome to its new interim co-host, Book Riot’s own Tirzah Price! Tirzah and Hannah already co-host the Read Harder podcast, part of Book Riot’s InsidEars perks, so they recommend a number of YA books that hit many of the Read Harder challenge tasks. This post contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, Bo...

There is a lot more important work to be done, but it didn’t seem right to ignore the white supremacist terrorist act last week in Atlanta, so Hannah invited Japanese-American author Misa Sugiura to the podcast to discuss some AAPI YA authors that are a little more under the radar than the ones you’ve heard of. One book for each author is linked; the show discusses the authors’ bodies of work. Mis...

Hannah and Kelly talk about awesome YA historical fiction featuring female leads and dig into YA mysteries — where have they gone? Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! SHOW NOTES Mazie by Melanie Crowder The Degenerates by J. Albert Mann Luck of the Titanic by Stacey Lee Orp...

In honor of job interview season in the academic world, Hannah gets introspective and considers what makes a good educator, highlighting five YA books with dope educators in them. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! Show Notes Education for Critical Consciousness by Paulo F...

Hannah and Kelly talk about teens and traumatic content, then highlight a range of Black science fiction and fantasy reads. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! This post contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, Book Riot may earn a commission. SHOW NOTES...

Kelly highlights this year’s YA Summer Scares horror selections. Get to know some rad horror books and a rad horror-focused program. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! This post contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, Book Riot may earn a commission. SH...

Hannah and Kelly dive into YA books without romance, then highlight excellent romance YA books. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! This post contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, Book Riot may earn a commission. SHOW NOTES 100 Must-Read YA Books With...

Kelly and guest author Tiffany Schmidt talk about Cynthia Leitich Smith’s recently re-released book Rain Is Not My Indian Name and dig into where the YA for younger YA readers is. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! Show Notes Get a Clue by Tiffany Schmidt Rain Is Not My In...

Hannah and Kelly talk about the ALA Youth Media Award winners and honorees, then dig into imaginary YA book titles, pairing them with real YA books and/or dream titles. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! This post contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links,...