Ep. 32. Kai Spellmeier, Boy Friends

from Books Up Close: The Podcast · host Chris Lloyd

In today's episode I talk to Kai Spellmeier about his new novel Boy Friends (Bloomsbury 2026).Kai Spellmeier is a German author currently living in England. He has published several books in Germany, including YA novels and non-fiction, and he has been blogging about books on Instagram for many years. Boy Friends is his English language debut.Book Recs: Nina LaCour, Everything Leads to You Cameron Sullivan, The Red Winter Douglas Stewart, John of John Follow the show on Instagramand subscribe to the Substack for transcripts and more links. Please leave feedback here. Get more from Kai at his Instagram. Produced, hosted, and edited by Chris Lloyd.

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