KPL Podcast October 2025 Week 3 with Special Guest Julie Leong

 This week on the KPL Podcast, we welcome back author Julie Leong to discuss her enchanting new novel, The Keeper of Magical Things. Set in the same whimsical world as her debut, The Teller of Small Fortunes, this story follows a novice mage with limited powers who’s been given a deceptively simple assignment—transport and catalog magical artifacts alongside a brilliant (and unfairly attractive) super mage. Their destination? Shpelling, the dullest, least magical village around. But as they wrangle gossipy teapots, temperamental swords, and an unruly catdragon, it becomes clear that something bigger is brewing. With tensions between the Guild and the townsfolk at a breaking point, one wrong move could spark a magical disaster.  Reader Recommendations The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall