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Megan's Bookish Life
by Megan Hubrex
Megan's Bookish Life: a podcast where literary meets lifestyle.
Episodes
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From the Newsroom to Becoming a Debut Author: An Interview with Author Ally Bloom
Megan's Bookish Life was joined by Love Struck author, Ally Bloom! We chatted about Ally's start in journalism news, I admitted what my comfort video games are right now, and Ally talked about how getting feedback about her book was easier for her since she came from a writing background. Love...
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Validation in a Book: An Interview with Author Harper Kinsley
Megan's Bookish Life is BACK from a scheduled 2 month hiatus! And I brought Harper Kinsley on the podcast as my first post-break guest! Harper and I chatted about Dungeons and Dragons (I learned a lot, by the way), how her debut book features queer characters in high school, and how asexuality…
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Weirdos Are Always Welcome: An Interview with Author Cynthia Baseman
Megan’s Bookish Life was joined by the best person and author, Cynthia Baseman! We chatted about her novel, Weirdos Welcome, and how we see and celebrate neurodivergent people, where her love of the library came from (and I spill about my personal library story), and the harder parts of writing...
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The Wonders of the Genre of Romance: An Interview with Author Lucy Wilson-Tagoe
The most fabulous author came to chat with me on Megan's Bookish Life: Lucy Wilson-Tagoe! We chatted about how she is a superstar on TV (says me), the coolness of her character Q&A on her website, and how the genre of romance has changed her life. Thank you for bringing the VIBES, Lucy! Purchase…
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Whimsical Fiction & Children's Books with a Message: An Interview with Laura Resau
Megan's Bookish Life had on the most fun author, Laura Resau! Laura and chatted about traveling with a purpose, writing both children's books and adult fiction, and how I am going to make tea recipe from Laura's website (I have it printed out and everything!) Purchase Laura's Books: The River…
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All About Grayslake AuthorFest 2026!
Today’s episode is a special one: we’re talking about Grayslake AuthorFest 2026! Author and event co-founder, Zee Lacson joined the podcast to tell everyone about the coolest book event in Grayslake, Illinois that takes place 11 am- 4 pm on Saturday, July 18th and it’s location is at the…
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Audio Scripts & Creating Cyn: An Interview with Author Deena Hendricks
Megan’s Bookish Life had the most kind author on the podcast, Deena Hendricks! Deena and I chatted about writing for Quinn, how she created a whole rock/metal band for her debut book, Euclid, and how you can support the audiobook creation of her book. Buy Euclid by Deena Hendricks on Amazon!…
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Grammy Nominations & Romancing With the Stars: An Interview with Kathy Garver
Megan's Bookish Life had a blast with narrator, actor, and author, Kathy Garver! Kathy and I talked about her roles in the show Family Affair and the movie Princess Diaries, how she lost out on a Grammy this year to the Dalai Lama, and how she interviewed her celebrity friends for her book,...
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Out of Thin Air: An Interview with Nonfiction Author, Ant Adeane
Ant Adeane is a documentary film maker, a true crime author, and a podcast series producer. He came on Megan's Bookish Life to chat about THE Icelandic crime of 1974, The Guðmundur and Geirfinnur case (which is still unsolved and might possibility stay that way forever.) Ant and I chatted about…
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Hot Reader Summer Episode 3 with Sophia
Megan’s Bookish Life has a new summer series: Hot Reader Summer! (Someone get Megan Thee Stallion on the podcast STAT!) I was joined by Sophia for this episode and we chatted about our least favorite book genres, played the game WTF TBR, and rereading books from our childhoods as adults. +During...
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The King of the Mafia (Books): An Interview with Author Jagger Cole
Megan's Bookish Life was excited to have dark romance author, Jagger Cole, on the podcast! Jagger and I chatted about trigger and content warnings, how he moved on from bulletin board novel planning to a certain computer planner, and if any of his characters in The Devil We Crave were hard to...
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Hot Reader Summer Episode 2 with Krys
Megan’s Bookish Life has a new summer series: Hot Reader Summer! (Someone get Megan Thee Stallion on the podcast STAT!) This reader episode I was joined by Krys, where we talked about prologues and epilogues, played WTF TBR, and our unexpected thoughts about cliffhangers. +During Hot Reader…
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Love Keeps Showing Up: An Interview with Adassa
Megan's Bookish Life had the biggest honor ever: interviewing Adassa! Adassa is Dolores Madrigal from Enchanto (and sings my favorite part in We Don't Talk About Bruno), a beautiful lyricist, and has a brand new memoir out now! All of which we chatted about in this fun episode! Thank you to…
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Hot Reader Summer Episode 1 with Haleigh
Megan’s Bookish Life has a new summer series: Hot Reader Summer! (Please play the Megan Thee Stallion song to get the vibe.) I was joined by fellow book lover, Haleigh, where we played a brand new TBR game I made up, chatted about Ali Hazelwood’s books, including Deep End, and if audiobooks are…
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Historical Fairytales & Folklore Fantasy: An Interview with Author L.M. Riviere
Megan's Bookish Life had on folklore-fairytale-horror rooted author L.M. Riviere and it was a blast. LaNae and I chatted about how she researches history for her books (along with her podcast and her social media video content), the incredible way both of her last 2 book covers were created, and...
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Seeing Life From a Different Point of View: An Interview with Author Fartumo Kusow
Megan's Bookish Life was honored to interview author, Fartumo Kusow, who wrote Winter of My Spring, a book that brings to light the point of view of kidnapped girls in Somalian instead of always seeing the "after." As a reader, I really enjoyed seeing a perspective that isn't in my daily life and...
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Post-It Note Drafting & Building a Buffet of Books: An Interview with Author Ashley Peters
Megan's Bookish Life was so excited to have on speculative fiction author, Ashley Peters! We had a good time chatting about book research, expanding our food palate, and her post-it note outlining. In Statis by Ashley Peters is OUT NOW! Get it on Amazon* or directly from Ashley's bookstore on her...
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Character Plotting & Betting on Survivor Leagues: An Interview with Author Lisa Suzanne
I had such a fun time having romance author Lisa Suzanne on the podcast! We chatted about how Lisa's 30th book was her actual first sports romance, whether or not she's interested in writing any hockey books in the future, and whether Portillo's was a huge restaurant back when she lived by…
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Megan's Podcast Lore: The Backstory of Podcasting
Megan's Bookish Life had the honor of a lifetime to have the biggest icon on the podcast...ME! I finally did a solo episode for the first time since 2022 and it's all about my history of being in the podcast space. The lore of Megan's Bookish Life, if you will. ** This episode is completely...
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Slowing Down & Being Cozy: A Lifestyle Episode with Kristin Ardis
This is Megan's Bookish Life last lifestyle episode EVER but I was in great company: author Kristin Ardis joined me! Kristin and I had a blast talking about what the word "whimsy" means to us, how me playing my very old Nintendo DS is my favorite way to get cozy, and how trees are a happy part of...
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Perseverance & Not Giving Up with Writing: An Interview with Author Kristin Bair
Megan's Bookish Life was excited to have on author, Kristin Bair, on the podcast! Kristin and I chatted about hometowns (hi Pennsylvania!), how her classes that she teaches helps find students' writing voice, and if her book about perimenopause, Clementine Crane Prefers Not To, has gotten…
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Writing Books For Your Younger Self: An Interview with Author Joel Rustin
Megan's Bookish Life had the complete pleasure of having author Joel Rustin on the podcast! Joel and I chatted about movies (that we've talked about together before but I needed to know more of this thoughts,) how his debut book, Hits Different, came to be, and how he sees it as exciting rather...
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Character Therapy & Memory Boxes: An Interview with Author Haley-Grace McCormick
Megan's Bookish Life was so excited to have on influencer, professional fangirl, and now author, Haley-Grace McCormick! Haley-Grace and I chatted about what parts of herself she wrote into her debut book, The Enemy of Time, we both shared about our memory boxes and journals, and I give a lot of...
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Let's Do it Again in 2026: An Interview with Pia Mia
Megan's Bookish Life was absolutely honored to have Pia Mia on the podcast! Pia and I chatted about the how the new 2016 trend is bringing back her music, what she wants to do as bucket list item, and in which ways her debut book, Sand, Sequins, and Silicone ties into her life (and in which ways…
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Tidying Up and Organizing For All: An Interview with Ea & Meg from The Tidy Home
Megan's Bookish Life was joined by the coolest sister duo, Ea and Meg from The Tidy Home! In this episode, we chatted about how they started their company, The Tidy Home, items that changed the organization game for them ( I, personally, can't stop thinking about museum glue), and how their new...
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The Power of Makeup: A Lifestyle Interview with Payton from @Paytons.Makeup
Megan's Bookish Life was absolutely honored to have on Payton from the makeup influencer account, Paytons.Makeup! With over 2 million followers on TikTok and 364K on Instagram, Payton is an all around icon (says me and also everyone who meets her.) In her first ever podcast episode, she chats…
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Catchy Titles & Book Collections: An interview with Author Stephanie J. Scott
Megan's Bookish Life had the author, Stephanie J. Scott / Stephanie Jayne, come on the podcast! We chatted about how she comes up with her cute book titles, how her holiday collection bundle is able to reach different types of readers, and how it's a challenge to fit a whole story into a novella....
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Vampires over Werewolves: An Interview with Author Elizabeth Hunter
Megan's Bookish Life was joined on the podcast by author Elizabeth Hunter! Elizabeth and I chatted about how she celebrates her release days, the way she knows what a new series will entail before she writes book one, and how I may have changed my answer to the question "if you could be one or…
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Expanding Readership with Different Genres: An Interview with Author McKenzie Burns
Megan's Bookish Life had a great time chatting with multi-genre author, McKenzie Burns! We talked about how McKenzie had some of her writing published in a magazine when she was in high school, how I, Megan, am a huge fan of authors writing different genres, and what is McKenzie's favorite time…
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Giving a Stronger Reason to Care About Climate Crisis: An Interview with Author Shannon Jade
Megan's Bookish Life was so excited to have environmental scientist and author, Shannon Jade, on the podcast! We chat about how Shannon was able to be apart of a Rebel Girls book, how much Megan loved A Song for the Earth (even though she is still spiraling about the trash vortex in the ocean…
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Gathering Literary Communities Together: An Interview with Author Chiamaka Okike
I had such a fun time with author and literary event planner, Chiamaka Okike, who joined me on Megan's Bookish Life Podcast! We chatted about the beginning of how she started putting on her own book events (the tea is hot but the outcome is even better), the ode she wrote to London via her book...
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Solving a Mystery with Your Characters: An Interview with Author Kristen Bahls
Megan's Bookish Life had the pleasure to have on fellow podcaster and author, Kristen Balhs! Kristen and I chatted about how her first live recording went at Ink and Indie, how writing news packages in college lead her to enjoy writing fiction, and the way she went on a journey while writing her...
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Big Books & Writing Fast: An Interview with Author C.R. Jane
Megan's Bookish Life had the honor of having romance author, C.R. Jane on the podcast! C.R. chatted about her talent for writing fast, how she picks her friends to co-author with, and why she wrote Natalie' s book, Merry Me, as a romcom and not a dark romance. -COOL NEWS! Megan's Bookish Life is…
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Knowing Your Audience as Yourself: An Interview with Author Olivia J. Bennett
Author Olivia J. Bennett, a local author to me, joined me on Megan's Bookish Life Podcast! Olivia and I talked about how she started writing (and how her art connected with that), how she feels about holiday cookie exchanges as a baker herself, and what her guiding question was when she was…
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The Hate Reader is Back, Bookies!
The Megan's Bookish Life guest with the most honest bookish opinions, Alison, is back on the podcast after a year away! In this episode, our resident hate reader tells us what she thinks of Ali Hazelwood making the MMC character in Deep End barefoot all the time, how certain Bookstagram marketing...
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Halloween Books But Make Them Cozy: An Interview with Author Jennifer Chipman
Jennifer Chipman joined me on Megan's Bookish Life and we had such a good time! We dived into how Shadow and Bone shaped Jennifer's writing (and how much I love that trilogy), how her covers are so cute that they are memorable, and then we chatted about her newest release, Bewitchingly Hers, and...
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Spinning Facts of History into Fictional Romance: An Interview with Author Sarah M. Eden
Megan's Bookish Life had such a good chat with historical romance author, Sarah M. Eden! We dived into time travel as a romance plot, what she thought of being an extra on her upcoming movie being released, Seeking Persephone, and how she adjusts factual history into her fictional books. Buy...
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Planning the Ending Before the Beginning: An Interview with Author Penelope Black
Megan's Bookish Life had a great time interviewing Penelope Black for the podcast! We talked about how Olipop is Penelope's drink of choice while writing (Olipop, sponsor her!!), how she plans the end of her books before she gets deep into writing, and the way she got started behind the scenes…
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Genre Bending in Media: An Interview with Josh Mendoza
Megan's Bookish Life had a great time chatting with director, author, and writer, Josh Mendoza. In this episode, we talked about genre-bending, he spilled some behind the scenes info on his 2018 movie, What Still Remains, and what the biggest difference is between screenwriting and writing a…
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Keeping Space Horror Alive: An Interview with Author S.A. Barnes
Megan's Bookish Life was so excited to have on author S.A. Barnes where we talked about which genres were more difficult to write than other ones she's written, if the characters in some books come to her first or if the plot does, and I gush so much about her older YA books, The Ghost and the…
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Instagram Live with Author Lainey Lawson
Megan's Bookish Life is LIVE! -DISCLAIMER- This episode is not edited as a regular podcast episode. The audio quality is not perfect and there are some audio skips and bumps but it's a great episode nonetheless! Romance author Lainey Lawson joined me on Instagram Live where we had a fun time...
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The Unsung Heroes of History: An Interview with Author Meg Hamand
Megan's Bookish Life was joined by author Meg Hamand where we chatted about why she loves to write historical fiction, keeping people alive through writing, and how her book, Diamonds of Auschwitz came to be. You can buy Diamonds of Auschwitz on Amazon ! Meg's Links: Read Meg's Blog Website:...
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Instagram Live with Author Sydney Applegate
Megan's Bookish Life is LIVE! -DISCLAIMER- This episode is not edited as a regular podcast episode. The audio quality is not perfect and there are some audio skips and bumps but it's a great episode nonetheless! Sydney Applegate came on to chat about her signing with an agent, how you can read…
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From Journalist to Romance Author: An Interview with Chelle Sloan
Megan's Bookish Life was joined by romance author, Chelle Sloan, where we chatted about how Chelle was The Chosen One when it came to an N'Sync concert, her wild times as an obituary writer, and what categories she puts her book tropes in. -COOL NEWS! Megan's Bookish Life is anaffiliate with The...
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From Script Writing to Romance Books: An Interview with Author Noel Stark
Megan's Bookish Life was so excited to have debut author, Noel Stark, on the podcast! Noel and I chatted about how Degrassi was involved in a full circle podcast moment for me, how Noel's scriptwriting career led her to writing her book, and how her signing at The Ripped Bodice is super…
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One Story at a Time: An Interview with Author Nana Malone
Megan’s Bookish Life had such a fun time with romance author, Nana Malone on this episode. We chatted about book signings, how Nana handles having new story ideas pop up, and how her new book, Gold Coast Dilemma, came to fruition. -COOL NEWS! Megan's Bookish Life is an affiliate with The Ripped...
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Fleshing Out a Love Story: An Interview with Author CC Monroe
Megan’s Bookish Life had the wonderful CC Monroe on the podcast for a second time and this time we chatted all about her traditionally published version of Loving Ben Cooper. -COOL NEWS! Megan's Bookish Life is an affiliate with The Ripped Bodice, an indie romance bookstore! When you see * next…
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There Are No Therapists in Fantasy: An Interview with Author Mina Brower
Megan's Bookish Life was so excited to have on author Mina Brower where we talked about her debut, A God of Moonlight and Stardust, her strong will when it came to law school, and how my favorite Daughters of Chaos series character will get an HEA (thank goodness.) -COOL NEWS! Megan's Bookish…
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Writing on Vibes: An Interview with Author E.A. Whyte
Megan's Bookish Life had on author Erin (E.A. Whyte) where we chatted magic systems, how to go about trigger warnings, and how Erin's blog helps indie authors so much (including me!) + Megan’s Bookish Life is a huge supporter of indie bookstores and the podcast is partnering with Romance-Landia…
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Instagram Live with Author C.W. Rose
Megan's Bookish Life is LIVE! -DISCLAIMER- This episode is not edited as a regular podcast episode. The audio quality is not perfect and there are some audio "skips" but it's a great episode nonetheless! Christine (C.W. Rose) and I had a fun chat about Merfolk lore, how her inspiration for...
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How many episodes does Megan's Bookish Life have?
Megan's Bookish Life currently has 151 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.
What is Megan's Bookish Life about?
Megan's Bookish Life: a podcast where literary meets lifestyle.
How often does Megan's Bookish Life release new episodes?
Megan's Bookish Life publishes regularly with 151 episodes available. Check the episode list for the typical release schedule.
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Who hosts Megan's Bookish Life?
Megan's Bookish Life is created and hosted by Megan Hubrex.
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