Authors Talking Bookish
Hosted by Donna Norman-Carbone and Hope Gibbs · Donna Norman-Carbone and Hope Gibbs
5.0from 10 ratings
- 83
- Episodes
- 27
- Transcribed
- 10
- Ratings
- Bi-weekly
- Cadence
- 2023
- First episode
- 1K
- YouTube views
About Authors Talking Bookish
At Authors Talking Bookish, our mission is to dedicate ourselves to inspiring writers and readers by providing the-road-to-publishing insights from two debut novelists who learned the hard way and discussing our love of books from the writer’s perspective.
- Publisher
- Donna Norman-Carbone and Hope Gibbs
- Category
- arts
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 14 Jun 2023
- Latest episode
- 3 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
27 of 83 episodes have a transcript.
3 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
AI and Authors: A Spectrum of Controversy
20 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Perfect Homes, Imperfect Truths: Fiction Meets the Tradwife Trend
6 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Banned, Challenged and Essential: Who Decided What We Read?
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AI and Authors: A Spectrum of Controversy
Published 3 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] You kind of have to search it and go through each article that it brings up for you instead of it calling a group of articles and then sort of summarizing what the articles were. So I really love it for research. I don't trust it 100%. I know that for my book that's coming out now, there were certain legal terms that I needed to verify. And so I found a lawyer who could verify those for me. So I think if you can find a person or you can find an actual source, like an article, that's always the better way to go. But I think, you know, if you need to do like a cursory research about something, I don't think it's a bad thing at all. […]
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See plansWho has been a guest on Authors Talking Bookish
Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Bella Ellwood-Clayton
- Elizabeth Richardson
- Karen E Osborne
- Maggie Giles
- Patricia Sands
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 1,032
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 8 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 2 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 46 / 100
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- Quality
- 37
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 68
- Engagement
- 68
Contact Authors Talking Bookish
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- Books guests
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Questions about Authors Talking Bookish
Who hosts Authors Talking Bookish?
Donna Norman-Carbone and Hope Gibbs host the show. Published by Donna Norman-Carbone and Hope Gibbs.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes bi-weekly, based on its RSS feed.
Does Authors Talking Bookish take guests?
Yes. Guests have been identified in episode analyses.
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