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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176: Ocean Vuong's ON EARTH WE'RE BRIEFLY GORGEOUS - May 2021 Book Club

In this Unabridged episode, we discuss our May book club pick, Ocean Vuong's novel On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous. We discuss the...

May 5, 202116 min read

Teaching Tidbits 16: Teaching Tools to Use on the Go

In this Unabridged Teaching Tidbits episode, Ashley shares some teaching tools she'll be taking with her as her family prepares for their...

Apr 30, 20212 min read

175: Enjoy Revisiting the Classics through Retellings

In this Unabridged podcast episode, we share some retellings of classics that we've enjoyed reading. We share our picks including Hena...

Apr 28, 202113 min read

174: Keep Up a Love of Reading with Auto-Buy Authors

In this Unabridged episode, we talk about a favorite topic for us on the podcast—auto-buy authors! We share some favorite authors and...

Apr 21, 202111 min read

Teaching Tidbits 15: A Writing Resource for the Classroom

In this Unabridged Episode, Sara talks about one of her favorite writing resources for the classroom. Writing can be a difficult subject...

Apr 16, 20211 min read

173: Book-to-Screen Adaptation of John Green's LOOKING FOR ALASKA

In this Unabridged Podcast episode, we discuss the Hulu screen adaptation of John Green's Looking for Alaska. In the episode, we only...

Apr 14, 202110 min read

172: Eric Gansworth's APPLE: SKIN TO THE CORE - April 2021 Book Club

In this Unabridged Podcast Book Club episode, we discuss Eric Gansworth's memoir in verse, Apple: Skin to the Core. We talk about what...

Apr 7, 202110 min read

Teaching Tidbits 14: Using Film in the Classroom

In this Unabridged Episode, Jen discusses reasons to use film in the classroom and ways to approach interpreting film with students. She...

Apr 2, 20211 min read

171: Update on Our Season 4 Book Recs to Each Other

In this Unabridged Podcast episode, we circle back to the books we recommended to each other in episode 139. Each of us got a...

Mar 31, 202112 min read

170: Discover New Authors with Author Imprints

In this Unabridged Podcast episode, we discuss author imprints and the way that those can help readers discover new authors to love. We...

Mar 24, 202110 min read

Teaching Tidbits 13: Canva Graphic Design for Educators

In this Unabridged Episode, Ashley talks about the graphic design program Canva. She shares about the benefits of signing up for an...

Mar 19, 20211 min read

169: Book-to-Screen Adaptation of Jenny Han's ALWAYS AND FOREVER, LARA JEAN

In this Unabridged Book-to-Screen Adaptation episode, we discuss To All the Boys: Always and Forever, the Netflix adaptation of Jenny...

Mar 17, 202113 min read

168: Get Back into Reading with Favorite Tropes

In this Unabridged Podcast episode, we discuss some of our favorite tropes and share some book recommendations that have included those...

Mar 10, 202110 min read

Teaching Tidbits 12: Using Graphic Memoirs in the Classroom

In this Unabridged Podcast Episode, Sara talks about using graphic memoirs in the classroom. She goes over ideas to use graphic memoirs...

Mar 5, 20211 min read

167: Mira Jacob's GOOD TALK - March 2021 Book Club

In this Unabridged Podcast Book Club episode, we discuss Mira Jacob's graphic memoir Good Talk. We talked about this amazing memoir and...

Mar 3, 202113 min read

166: Get to Know the Unabridged Podcast Hosts, Season 4 (Part 1)

In this Unabridged Podcast episode, Ashley, Jen, and Sara answer questions from listeners. The questions are both bookish and...

Feb 24, 20218 min read

Teaching Tidbits 11: Google Tips to Support Reading

In this Unabridged Podcast Episode, Jen talks about ways to use some of the features of Google Apps for Education to support reading. She...

Feb 19, 20211 min read

165: MISMATCHED Screen Adaptation of Sandhya Menon's WHEN DIMPLE MET RISHI

In this Unabridged Podcast episode, we discuss the pilot episode of Mismatched, a screen adaptation of Sandhya Menon's young adult...

Feb 17, 20218 min read

164: Love Is in the Air 2021 - Our Latest Romance Book Recs

In this Unabridged Love is in the Air episode, we talk about some romance book recommendations we each want to share, including...

Feb 10, 202113 min read

Teaching Tidbits 10: Incorporating Poetry into Class

In this Unabridged Episode, Ashley talks about a few ways to incorporate more poetry into class routines. She talks about activities...

Feb 5, 20211 min read

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