Unabridged Podcast

Welcome to Unabridged! Ashley Dickson-Ellison and Jen Moyers (shown left to right in the photo) talk books, share recommendations, and celebrate all things bookish. On our blog (see our posts below!) we share bookish faves, pub day shout-outs, show notes, and book reviews.

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137: Jason Reynolds & Ibram X. Kendi’s STAMPED: RACISM, ANTIRACISM, AND YOU - August 2020 Book Club

In this Unabridged Book Club discussion, we talk about Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi’s Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You. This...

Aug 5, 202041 min read

Featured Books for August 2020

August Books In August, we're excited to share two books featuring the work of Jason Reynolds: Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You,...

Jul 30, 20206 min read

Pub Day Shout-Outs! July 28, 2020 featuring Burnham, Alterman, and Otis

by Sara Voigt (@meaningfulmadness) Here are three books coming out today that I am excited to read! Gabriella Burnham's It Is Wood, It Is...

Jul 28, 20204 min read

Pub Day Shout-Outs! July 21st, 2020 featuring Menon, Johnson, and Dobson

by Ashley Dickson-Ellison (@teachingtheapocalypse) Here are three books coming out today that I am excited to read! Sandhya Menon's 10...

Jul 21, 20205 min read

Some of Jen's Favorite Reads of 2020 (so far)

by Jen Moyers (@jen.loves.books) I love my friends, I love my friends, I love my friends. But when we were chatting and decided to do...

Jul 13, 20208 min read

133 - Underrated Books and Authors with Mariely Sylvette Martinez of PodQueens Latinas

In this Unabridged Podcast episode, we have so much fun talking with Mariely Sylvette Martinez of PodQueens Latinas about underrated...

Jul 8, 202034 min read

Pub Day Shout-Outs! June 7th, 2020, featuring Bayron, Cross, and Stayman-London

by Ashley Dickson-Ellison (@teachingtheapocalypse) Here are three books coming out today that I am excited to read! Kalin Bayron's...

Jul 7, 20204 min read

Some of Sara's Favorite Reads of 2020 (so far)

by Sara Voigt (@meaningfulmadness) Reading in 2020 has been a challenge for me, friends. I have really struggled to dig into books. My...

Jul 6, 20206 min read

Adult Nonfiction by Black Authors

by Jen Moyers (@jen.loves.books) We at the Unabridged Podcast stand with the Black Lives Matter movement. There are SO many books that we...

Jun 22, 20202 min read

Pub Day Shout-Outs! June 16th, 2020, featuring Barnett, Lee, and Kaur

by Ashley Dickson-Ellison (@teachingtheapocalypse) Here are three books coming out today that look amazing: Brittany K. Barnett's A Knock...

Jun 16, 20204 min read

129: Re-release of Angie Thomas's THE HATE U GIVE Book Club Discussion

In light of the unjust loss of Black lives in America and of the Black Lives Matter movement, we wanted to share an episode from 2018...

Jun 10, 202046 min read

Pub Day Shout-Outs! June 2, 2020 featuring Bennett, Brown, and Johnson

by Jen Moyers (@jen.loves.books) As we struggle to learn more in response to the injustices we're seeing across the United States, we are...

Jun 2, 20204 min read

Four Non-Fiction Books Dad Would Love for Father's Day

By Sara Voigt (@meaningfulmadness) Father's Day is right around the corner, and we all know fathers can be challenging to shop for. Have...

Jun 1, 20204 min read

126: Plugging into Bookish Communities Online with @readwithtoni from Instagram

In this week's episode of Unabridged, Ashley, Jen, and Sara talk with Toni about the power of developing an online bookish community....

May 20, 202022 min read

Pub Day Shout-Outs! May 19, 2019 featuring Collins, Henry, Santos

By Sara Voigt (@meaningfulmadness) Suzanne Collins's The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes: A Hunger Games Novel Description from Publisher:...

May 19, 20204 min read

Pub Day Shout-Outs! May 12, 2020 featuring Homa, Kamp, Thomas

by Jen Moyers (@jen.loves.books) I had such a hard time choosing only three books to highlight today--I've included a few more at the...

May 12, 20205 min read

Knox McCoy's ALL THINGS RECONSIDERED: The Magic Is in the Footnotes!

I just finished Knox McCoy's second book, All Things Reconsidered: How Rethinking What We Know Helps Us Know What We Believe. Thanks to W...

May 8, 20203 min read

124: Readers' Choice Pick - Katharine McGee's AMERICAN ROYALS

In this Unabridged Podcast book club episode, we discuss the readers' choice spring 2020 pick, Katharine McGee's American Royals. We pair...

May 6, 202035 min read

Maggie Downs's Braver than You Think - More than a Travel Memoir

by Jen Moyers (@jen.loves.books) Thanks to partner Counterpoint Press for the ARC of Maggie Downs’s Braver than You Think: Around the...

May 1, 20204 min read

Pub Day Shout-Outs! April 28, 2020 -

by Jen Moyers (@jen.loves.books) So it's no surprise that publication dates are shifting! I have an array of books I'd been anticipating...

Apr 28, 20204 min read

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