NOVLtea Podcast

Savannah and Alice sit down to discuss beach reads and Alice admits to committing some heinous acts against books! Send all your hate comments to @thenovl (but actually, please don't). This episode of NOVLtea is sponsored by This Book Won't Burn by Samira Ahmed ! From the  New York Times bestselling author of Internment comes a timely and gripping social-suspense novel about book banning, activism...

Savannah sits down with Megan Tingley, President and Publisher of Little, Brown Young Readers! As Publisher, she oversees the   acquisition and   publication (including   editorial, design, marketing, and publicity) of all our books here at LBYR. She is also the editor behind many, many classics including The Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyer!  This episode of NOVLtea is sponsored by No Going Back...

Savannah and Bill sit down and talk Holly Black's books in honor of The Prisoner's Throne!  And boy do they have thoughts! You can hear Savannah talk about why Madoc is her favorite character and judge her accordingly.  This episode of NOVLtea is sponsored by Six Truths and a Lie by Ream Shukairy ! In this thrilling and heart-wrenching novel, six Muslim teens are falsely accused of a deadly attack...

Savannah and Alice sit down to talk about their favorite reads centering friendship! And this time, Alice does NOT mistake a classic work of literature with a mid-2000's tv show! This episode of NOVLtea is sponsored by Seven Faceless Saints by M. K. Lobb ! In this dark fantasy with a murder-mystery twist, saints and their disciples rule with terrifying power. Follow Rossana, a disciple of Patience...

Savannah and Andie discuss their favorite genre: fantasy! And there's a little escalation, in a fun, unhinged sort of way!  This episode of NOVLtea is sponsored by  So Let Them Burn by Kamilah Cole ! Whip-smart and immersive, this Jamaican-inspired fantasy follows a gods-blessed heroine who's forced to choose between saving her sister or protecting her homeland—perfect for fans of  Iron Widow  and...

Savannah and Em sit down to discuss their reading goals for the past year (and if they made them), and Savannah reveals the truth about the secret bookshelf in her closet. This episode of NOVLtea is sponsored by  Only She Came Back by Margot Harrison ! A chilling thriller about an unlikely friendship between a true-crime fan and a former high school classmate suspected of murdering her influencer...

Savannah sits down to talk with Kamilah Cole, professional publishing person and author of So Let Them Burn! Get a sneak peek at the book and Kamilah's writing process, and hear what it's like working in publishing and becoming an author! 

Savannah and Andie sit down and talk NOVL Booktober, a celebration of all things Halloween reading for the whole month of October! If you need a spooky or scary book recommendation, here is your one stop shop! 

Savannah and Hannah sit down to talk all about book publicity, plus some helpful hints for anyone interested in breaking into the publishing world! 

Bill and Savannah sit down to discuss all the summer blockbusters out this year, particularly the long awaited Foxglove by Adalyn Grace and The Brothers Hawthorne by Jennifer Lynn Barnes! Plus, you'll get some recs for upcoming blockbusters coming to a bookstore near you soon!

Savannah sits down with Karina Granda, Art Director at Little, Brown Young Readers and the designer behind The Inheritance Games, Holly Black's The Cruel Prince and the rest of the Folk of the Air series, and so many more fabulous covers! They'll get into the nitty gritty of cover design and Karina shares the stories behind beloved book covers! 

Savannah and Alice sit down to chat about love triangles - what they love about them, what they hate about them, and everything in between!

Savannah sits down with Alvina Ling, Editor-in-Chief at Little, Brown Young Readers and editor behind Holly Black's Folk of the Air series and The Stolen Heir duology – along with the Daughter of Smoke & Bone trilogy by Laini Taylor, An Arrow to the Moon by Emily X.R. Pan, Hollow Fires by Samira Ahmed, Chris Colfer's Land of Stories, The Wild Robot by Peter Brown and many Grace Lin books including...

Savannah and Stef sit down to talk prom season in honor of Promposal by RaeChell Garrett!

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