The Lit Hub Podcast

Samantha Harvey's Orbital won the Booker Prize! Next week, it's the National Book Awards! It's cold and flu season! Gosh, the year is really flying by. • Jessie Gaynor talks with Jadie Stillwell and Nicole Blackwood about their piece on the Nancy Drew Convention and the sleuth's enduring appeal • Ryan Chapman leaves a voicemail about his failed Booker prediction • Drew reads some delightful answers to the Lit Hub Questionnaire from the 2024 National Book Award Finalists Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

No theme music, so you know it's serious. IN THIS EP: • Jonny Diamond talks to Drew about some ways that Lit Hub hopes to respond to the idea of a second Trump Presidency • Drew sits down with Ryan Chapman (The Audacity) to get his thoughts on the 2024 Booker Prize in advance of his forthcoming Sewanee Review column—recorded live at one of Lit Hub's "10 of the Best Bookstores in the World," Rough Draft Bar & Books • Lena Crown introduces the newest Lit Hub Radio show: Awakeners. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Spooky season is officially over, which means it's Bookmatch time! Our friends at n+1 have launched their holiday fundraising book quiz once again—and this year, it coincides with a celebration of the magazine's twenty anniversary. It's the right moment to celebrate, so celebrate we shall... • Jonny Diamond in conversation with n+1 co-editors Mark Krotov and Dayna Tortorici on the history and future of the little magazine and the new collection celebrating the magazine's last decade, The Intellectual Situation • Brittany Allen on curating a sex-work-positive reading list after seeing Anora • Drew urges everyone to vote—and to vote in such a way that takes care of your community Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's a bookseller-heavy episode this week—just in time to start thinking about shopping local/indie for your holiday shopping needs... • Drew expands on his recent piece about the low-quality paperbacks suddenly showing up in bookstores • Calvin Kasulke talks to Ramsey Kanaan of PM Press about his leftist press taking ownership of Autumn Leaves, the legendary indie bookstore in Ithaca, NY • Maris Kreizman drops in to discuss her latest column on the need for better fact-checking Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices