Reunited once more, the BT bloggers take on the Goodreads reading challenge.

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BT bloggers: The glory days – BT076

Anna Cowan talks about life after Untamed, the struggle to manage motherhood with personal ambition, and some of her queer romance recs.

Anna Cowan: Break the taboo – BT075

Rudi, Gabby and Kat finally manage to read the same book in time for this episode. We talk about The Lady’s Guide to Celestial Mechanics by Olivia Waite, WLW books, the role of tension in romance, and women's hobbies.

BT bloggers: Understanding the chemistry – BT074

What happens when one of the Book Thingo bloggers moves overseas?

Podversary 4: Petty and holding grudges – BT073

Romance reader Sophie Ly taks to Kat and Rudi about why she loves graphic novels, and gives us some recommendations for series with strong romantic arcs.

Sophie Ly: Romancing her with some spaghetti – BT072

The Book Thingo bloggers decided to knock one book off our TBR piles. Spoiler alert: only one of us actually did the work, and you get no prizes for guessing who.

BT Bloggers: Bookish betrayals – BT071

What happens when you combine a love of 80s action films with romance genre tropes? You get Ainslinn Kearns's books!

Aislinn Kearns: Stay away from the beans – BT070

Guests: Rudi and Gabby | Host: Kat Mayo | Audio producer: Rudi Bremer | Recorded: 23/05/2019 Sydney #RomBkLove, the brainchild of the amazing Ana Coqui, is a month-long celebration of romance books, authors and readers. Book Thingo is excited to host today’s topic: Rebellious readers. In this episode, we thought it would be a good time to take a pause […]

#RomBkLove: Rebellious readers – BT069

Guest: Melanie Milburne | Host: Kat Mayo | Audio producer: Rudi Bremer | Recorded: 18/08/2018 RWAus When I heard Melanie Milburne’s keynote at the 2018 Australian Romance Readers’ Award, I knew we had to have her on the show. Her speech as a powerful personal statement about reconciling her feminism and her writing career. It as powerful because it […]

Melanie Milburne: I’ve always felt the tension – BT068

To celebrate Valentine's Day, Gabby, Rudi and Kat talk about the ways we give and receive love, and more importantly, how we like to read the expression of love.

BT bloggers: Love languages – BT067

Aussie author Amy Andrews talks about the Women of W.A.R. series, featuring women AFL players and the heroes who love them. We also explore the issue of safe sex in romance, and Amy gives us some reading recommendations.

Amy Andrews: An issue of interior design – BT066

In our first interview from the conference, we talk about the function of nonconsensual scenes in the history of romance, what happy endings look like in different cultures, condoms in romance, power politics, and cultural conversations.

Kate Cuthbert and Jodi McAlister: Deliberate choices – BT065

What better way to celebrate the new year than with our (super very) belated podcast anniversary episode! Once again, Rudi has organised a special treat for us -- we're playing Book Thingo bingo!

BT bloggers: It’s gonna be raw – BT064

Gabby has taken over the podcast, because in this episode we talk about a topic I know nothing about -- One Direction fandom.

Anne Trinidad: Larry Stylinson – BT063

Romance readers read aloud from some of their favourite books. Plus, Rudi, Gabby and Kat talk about politics in romance, debate the merits of Passion, and generally meander through random topics.

BT062. Readers: I can’t be tamed

Lively discussions about romance books, culture, and Tim Tams, between readers, academics, and bestselling authors. Find out about upcoming romance titles and remember old favourites. Discover how the romance genre reflects feminism, sexuality, morality, and culture. Happy endings are mandatory. Hosted by Kat Mayo and produced in Australia. bookthingo.com.au

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