Books Are My People

Updated: 24 Mar 2025 • 145 episodes
www.jennifercaloyeras.com/podcast

Find your next great read. Book recommendations, book news and guests, including top authors and other book enthusiasts who discuss what’s happening in the world of books with a focus on frontlist and backlist fiction including literary fiction, suspense, historical, memoir and nonfiction.

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PUT EXPLICIT ON HERE: This week, I"m joined by author Kristen Arnett. We chat about clown and how they relate to her latest novel, Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One.  Guest Book Author Recommendation: Eliza Kennedy Lucky Night recommends The Empusium by Olga Tokarczuk  Book Recommendations: State of Paradise by Laura Va

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10 Mar 2025 • EN

Book Podcasters Unite!

On this week’s episode of BOOKS ARE MY PEOPLE I’m joined by fellow book podcaster Traci Thomas of THE STACKS. We chat about some of her favorite author interviews, how she manages her reading time and, she even spills the tea regarding what kind of tea Regina Porter sent her after their interview!  Guest Book Recommend

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24 Feb 2025 • EN

Refusing to Disappear

This week, on episode #141 Jane Tara visits all the way from Australia to discuss her first book written for adults, Tilda is Visible. We talk about self love during the aging process, what it"s like to write over 100 children"s books and of course, we both recommend books.  Christine Murphy, author of Notes on Survivi

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This week, I speak with Jennifer Caspar, founder and owner of Village Well Books & Coffee and one of their events coordinators, Brett Morrow. We focus on The Culver City Book Festival, Saturday, February 22nd from 10 - 5 pm. I will be there representing Books Are My People. Come say hi! We also talk about the many acti

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27 Jan 2025 • EN

Los Angeles is a Megacity

This week, Genaro Trejo, founder of Megacity Review visits and we talk about his new literary and art journal which amplifies underrepresented voices. Author Jane Corey recommends a favorite read and I  breakdown my experience during the recent L.A. fires.  Jane Corry author of I Died on A Tuesday recommends Tell Me Ev

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13 Jan 2025 • EN

A Quick Fire Update

Be back in two weeks. Stay safe out there. Be kind to one another.  Support the show Get your Books Are My People coffee mug here! I hope you all have a wonderfully bookish week!

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