Booksmart
Booksmart is a podcast featuring diverse young female and non-binary authors from around the world who have written books that spark a conversation.
Podcasting since 2023 • 26 episodes
Booksmart
Latest Episodes
Natalia Figueroa Barroso on 'Hailstones Fell Without Rain'
In this week's episode of Booksmart, Soaliha Iqbal sits down with writer Natalia Figueroa Barroso to talk about her extraordinary debut novel Hailstones Fell without Rain.Of Uruguayan descent with Charrúa, Yoruba and Iberian ori...
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Nicky Gonzalez on 'Mayra'
In this week's episode of Booksmart, we’re joined by the wonderful Nicky Gonzalez, the author of one of this year’s most haunting debuts, Mayra - a novel that brims with tension, longing, and the sticky heat of Florida’s swamplands.
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Reem Gaafar on 'A Mouth Full of Salt'
The Nile brought them life, but the Nile was not their friend.When a little boy drowns in the treacherous currents of the Nile, the search for his body unearths calamity and disaster, and exposes forgotten secrets buried for...
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