Welcome to Fiction Forward, episode 10! Kelly is taking some time off from podcasting for health reasons at the moment, but she will be back once she’...

Welcome to episode nine of Fiction Forward! This week, author Caleb Roehrig (pronounced like RARE-ig) joins us to chat about LGBT+ in YA fiction, his ...

Welcome to Fiction Forward episode #8, a short book news roundup! In an unfortunate twist Jay Asher, author of 13 Reasons Why, is on the wrong end of ...

Welcome to episode 7, with a special guest! Claire Kann, author of Let's Talk About Love, is here to chat about representation and her main character,...

Welcome to Fiction Forward, episode 6. We probably should have started a new "season," since it's been one square eternity since we recorded, but hey!...

Today Jackie and Kelly talk about Before She Ignites, a YA fantasy by Jodi Meadows. While all of the characters are POC, Meadows is actually white. Th...

In which Jackie and Kelly talk about the popular YA standalone "Carry On" by Rainbow Rowell. It's sort of Harry Potter, but not, and it has some lovel...

After episode two's interview with journalist Kat Rosenfield, we decided to read a book in the center of a huge controversy -- 'The Black Witch' -- an...

Join us for a roller coaster of an episode wherein Jackie and Kelly dramatically read excerpts of an ARC called ‘Fraternize’ by Rachel Van Dyken. Plus...

Listen to episode two of Fiction Forward, featuring guest Kat Rosenfield, the author of the "Toxic Drama on YA Twitter" article on Vulture! --- Suppor...