Calling for a fundamental cultural shift through stories (with a side of your favorite brew)

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 Lauren Yero
I think speculative fiction is most powerful not when it tries to predict what will happen in the future but when it uses a future setting to give readers new ways of seeing our present world, when it makes visible the previously unseen connections within our own lives.
with Robin Alvarez
Debut author Robin Alvarez chats about When Oceans Rise, how silence perpetuates violence, and the importance to making your voice heard.
with Mia Tsai
Mia Tsai, author of Bitter Medicine, joins Bookish Brews today to talk about fantasy worldbuilding in her debut novel.
with Federico Erebia
As we begin to see books talk more about racism in a variety of ways to help us start to deconstruct these ideologies, we’re opening the door to discuss more nuanced ideas too. Today I’ve invited Federico Erebia to talk to us about colorism in fiction and his new book, Pedro & Daniel.
Lunar Love is the mixed race representation I needed growing up but I’m so glad that I have it today. But I’m even more glad that others won’t have to go without it anymore.
with Shameez Patel Papathanasiou
We’re extremely honored to be hosting the cover reveal for The Eternal Shadow, the second book in the Selene Trilogy! Shameez Patel Papathanasiou is an incredible writer and we can’t wait for The Eternal Shadow!!
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with Zoe Sivak
Debut author Zoe Sivak joins Bookish Brews to chat about what restoring history through the lens of fiction means. Plus how it impacts the world.
with Maria Dong
Please come check out the cover reveal and mini interview for one of my most anticipated reads, Liar, Dreamer, Thief by Maria Dong!
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with Lilly Lu
I’ve invited the brilliant writer Lilly Lu to talk about how a call for diversity in literature also means decolonizing story structure and literary form!