#305: Selective Tree Hugging

Book Riot - The Podcast

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News, News Commentary, Arts, Tv & Film, Books

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🗓️ 1 April 2019

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

This week, Rebecca and Jenn discuss the latest in Jay Asher's defamation suit, a Michigan bill that would make it easier to ban books, Harper Lee's get-off-my-lawn letter, and more. This episode sponsored by: Internment by Samira Ahmed The Fifth Doctrine by Karen Robards The Things We Cannot Say by Kelly Rimmer Bombas Links discussed in the show: SCBWI attorneys seek to have Jay Asher suit thrown out Dan Mallory, who once faked being British, nominated for British Book Award Florida bill would make banning books easier Michigan bill would make librarians essential school staff Marquette University's cool oral history project about Tolkien Harper Lee did not want her hometown to be a tourist attraction Meanwhile, Nora Roberts has basically built a town around herself (and it sounds awesome) Heroes of the week: Women who couldn't find bilingual books for kids published their own and made $1 Million. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode is brought to you by Bird's Eye Chicken Dippers.
0:05.0	Whether you like cooking or parenting podcasts, it's safe to say we've all got different tastes,
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0:24.3	For chicken worth dipping, it better be bird's eye.
0:27.7	This episode is sponsored by Internment by Samira Ahmed. Set in a horrifying near future United States,
0:36.7	17 year old Lila Amin and her parents are forced into an internment camp from Muslim American citizens.
0:42.0	With the help of newly made friends
0:43.9	also trapped within the camp, her boyfriend on the outside, and an unexpected alliance
0:48.6	Lela begins a journey to fight for freedom, leading a revolution against the internment camp's
0:53.3	director and his guards. Heart racing and emotional internment
0:56.8	challenges readers to fight complicit silence that
0:59.2	exists in our society today. And that is internment by Simira Ahmed. It's out now. You can find it wherever
1:05.7	books are sold or click the link in the show notes. Internment by Simira Ahmed. Thanks to them for sponsoring. This is the Book Riot Podcast, a weekly news and talk show about what's new, cool, and worth talking
1:20.4	about in the world of books and reading.
1:22.3	This is episode
1:22.8	305. We're recording on Thursday, March 28th. I'm Rebecca Shinsky. I'm here
1:27.4	with Jen Northenton this week while Jeff is out on vacation and we are
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