HopLit
A beery book discussion for everyone! Hosts David Nilsen and Emily Swank discuss the world of books and reading with only one simple rule: No snobbery.
HopLit
Celebrating Oktoberfest with German Literature
Welcome to HopLit, a beery book podcast for everyone!
HopLit hosts David & Emily discuss all things German by celebrating Oktoberfest. From a bookstack six-pack full of German authors, characters, and settings to our This Beer is Lit segment, we cheers to a tradition over 200 years in the making. In addition to Oktoberfest, we discuss recent readings and upcoming beer and book releases, while David explains the difference between ales and lagers and Emily details the difference between a novella and a short story.
Emily's Oktoberfest Bookstack 6-pack picks
The Metamorphosis and Other Stories by Franz Kafka
"The Adventures of a German Student" by Washington Irving
Siddhartha by Herman Hesse
David's Oktoberfest Bookstack 6-pack picks
Alive Together: New and Collected Poems by Lisel Mueller
A Brief History of Lager: 500 Years of the World's Favourite Drink by Mark Dredge
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
We'd love to hear your picks as well, so share them with us on social media!
HopLit is a beery book podcast for everyone, with no snobbery and no pretense. We don't believe in guilty pleasures of either the liquid or literary varieties. Whatever you're reading and however you're reading it, and whatever you're drinking or if you're not drinking at all, this podcast is for you.
HopLit is hosted by David Nilsen & Emily Swank.
David Nilsen is a full-time beer writer and educator living near Dayton, Ohio. He's an Advanced Cicerone© and a member of the North American Guild of Beer Writers and the British Guild of Beer Writers. He is a former public librarian and book critic. You can find him online at davidnilsenbeer.com and davidnilsenwriter.com and on Instagram and Bluesky @davidnilsenbeer.
Emily Swank is an English teacher and the creator behind the Instagram account @thebeercanon. The Beer Canon works to pair books with craft beer, and has its own monthly brewery hopping book club. She's hosted bookish events with Columbus Brewing Company and Seventh Son Brewing, and is based in Columbus, Ohio.