All Books Aloud

About All Books Aloud

Elizabeth and Martha are two sisters who love reading in all of its forms. Elizabeth is an academic librarian by day and fiction writer by night with a lifelong obsession with all things reading and books. Martha is a busy professional who came to her love of reading later in life, but now she’s an audiobook power user. We chat about the books we’re reading and delve a little deeper into a topic related to reading or publishing. We ask questions like, “Does listening to a book count as reading?” “Are genres a good or bad thing?” and “Do you finish every book you start?” If you love reading, nerding out about books, and sassy millennial hot takes, this podcast is for you!

Publisher

Elizabeth Brookbank & Martha Brookbank

Category

arts · leisure · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

18 Aug 2023

Latest episode

7 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

37 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   7 Oct 2026

   Are we in a literacy crisis? Part 2

   Send us Fan Mail If you haven't listened to part 1 of this episode, we recommend doing so before listening to this episode! In part 2, we continue the conversation about literacy by taking a deep dive into some of the studies that have informed recent articles announcing the doom of literacy and reading. Specifically, we grapple with the source material for the viral Atlantic article, "The End of Reading is Here." We then look at some other (and in our opinion more credible) sources for stati...

2. 

   23 Sept 2026

   Are we in a literacy crisis? Part 1

   Send us Fan Mail If you read the news or look at social media, you've probably heard that the U.S. is in the throes of a literacy crisis. Are we? And what do we even mean when we say 'literacy?' Join as we unpack this topic in a special two-part episode. In this first part, we discuss the history of books and reading, the definition of literacy, and how our digital age informs (and possibly changes?) what we mean when we talk about literacy. This is not limited to, but certainly includes gene...

3. 

   28 Jan 2026

   How do you feel about your reading in 2025? A look back at the year in books and reading, and a look ahead at what's coming in 2026

   Send us a text We're back with our annual year-end reading round up. Join us as we talk about our year in reading, our favorite books of 2025, the big stories in the world of books and publishing (probably not a spoiler: AI), and what we're looking forward to reading in 2026. We also talk about the pros and cons of different reading tracking apps and audiobook listening apps, how reading tastes can change over time, and how culling a TBR can feel just as cathartic as physically de-clutt...

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

682

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

13 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

9 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 61 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

60

Social presence

0

YouTube

66

Engagement

90

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