Interviews
Bookish Brews is proud to host a wide variety of interviews with topics ranging from books to anti-capitalism and all the intersections in between. Here you’ll find all of our brilliant interview guests in one place to help spark further discussions for yourself and your communities.
with Nicholas Perez
What is sword and sorcery? Nicholas Perez joins us to tell us about the genre and most importantly, recommend many brilliant books within the genre.
with Eve J. Chung
Eve J. Chung, author of Daughters of Shandong, joins Bookish Brews to talk about realizing her childhood dream of writing novels and how stories can help us push for a positive change in the world. And most importantly, how she got into writing again after drifting away from it for so long.
with Van Hoang
Author Van Hoang joins Bookish Brews to talk about 1950’s Los Angeles, where her novel The Monstrous Misses Mai takes place, and doing research for fiction writing. Most importantly, we talk about what an incredible resource libraries can be for all types of research. Plus, a big nod to dresses with pockets and the history of women’s fashion.
with Christopher Murphy
Author Christopher Murphy tells us about his writing goal of creating space for queer people and queer people of color in the thriller genre. He’s working tirelessly to write multi dimensional Black and Brown queer characters in his stories so more people can see themselves in stories, and today we’re talking about how he’s doing it.
with Sondi Warner
When I was first introduced to Sondi Warner, I quickly learned how deep their passion is for creating space that encourages self acceptance and reminds readers of how worthy they are. I’m so honored to introduce you all to the brilliant Sondi Warner, author of Lead Me Astray.
with Parisa Akhbari
Parisa Akhbari, author of upcoming novel Just Another Epic Love Poem, speak about her never ending journal, her novel, and how writing has a magical way of becoming more than writing itself.
by Lilly Lu
Writers Lilly Lu and Claire Stanford chat about their experience writing both fiction and academic writing, especially highlighting the similarities and what they’ve learned doing both.
with Priyanka Taslim
Language is a powerful tool to make people feel connected and seen. Debut author, Priyanka Taslim, speaks to Bookish Brews about the power of using untranslated words in English novels.