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Book Riot - The Podcast

Riot New Media Group, Inc

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

4.3 • 965 Ratings

🗓️ 28 July 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Vanessa Diaz joins Jeff as he workshops a couple of takes, before they dive into IMAX scalping, way early award longlists, and more of the week's book news. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. Sign up for the Book Riot Podcast Newsletter and follow the show on Instagram and Bluesky. Get more industry news with our Today in Books daily newsletter. Looking to elevate your reading life? Tailored Book Recommendations delivers reading recommendations hand-picked just for you by real human book nerds. Plans start at just $18! The Book Riot Podcast is a proud member of the Airwave Podcast Network. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this Episode: The Odyssey IMAX Showtimes Sell Out Instantly as Scalpers List Resales Higher Than $200 The Center For Fiction Releases the Longlist for 2025 First Fiction Prize in July, because sure The Book Industry Study Group conducting survey on how AI is changing publishing Spotify expanding audiobooks plans, language is confusing Audiobook walking clubs? Deep Historical Survey on Gender Split of Who Writes Fiction The Bewitching by Silvia Morreno-Garcia Salt Bones by Jennifer Givhan Algospeak by Adam Aleksic Vera, or Faith by Gary Shteyngart Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:56.8	I'm Jeff O'Neill, sitting in for Rebecca.
0:59.6	Vanessa Diaz is back.
1:01.2	So we didn't scare you off at the live pal's event.
1:03.7	Vanessa, that wasn't the end of your podcast contribution at this point.
1:07.3	No, if anything, I think it cemented me as a lifer.
1:09.6	I got to hear, you know, your son
1:11.5	semi-roast you, semi-praise you with a rendition of why Sunrise and the Reaping is great. It was a great time. The people were great. Talking about books with people was great. It was actually a really fun time. It was a good time. So thanks for all coming out. Thanks for you to coming out there. It's regular new shows today.
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