Bookwild
On Tuesdays, Kate Hergott talks with authors about their books and writing processes.
On Fridays, Kate talks with multiple co-host Bookstagrammers and BookTubers about a variety of bookish topics.
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 51 minutes
- Episodes
- 302
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
Learning From Fiction with Steph
This week, Steph and I talk about fiction books that taught us about different subjects!
Books We Talked About
Play Nice by Rachel Harrison
Eloquent Rage by Brittney Cooper
Wordslut by Amanda Montell
Hood…
Penny Zang's Doll Parts: Dark Academia, Sylvia Plath, and Complicated Female Friendship
This week, I got to talk with Penny Zang about her debut novel Doll Parts! We dive into her inspiration for the story, the importance of music throughout, and the ways Sylvia Plath's life and writing…
Some of Our Favorite Reads from August with Gare and Steph
This week, Gare, Steph and I talk about some of our favorite books we read in August!
Books We Talked About
Rebecca McKanna's Don't Forget the Girl: Remembering the Victims, Female Friendship and True Crime Podcasts
This week, I got to talk with Rebecca McKanna with Steph Lauer IN PERSON about Rebecca's book Don't Forget the Girl. We dive into how a short story collection inspired the book, how she got to know h…
Short, Bingey Books with Gare and Steph
This week, Gare, Steph and I share short, bingey books we highly recommend!
Books We Talked About
Everyone Is Lying to You – Joe Piazza
The Favorite Girl – Monica Arya
The Mad Wife - Meagan Church
The Gra…
Kaila Yu's Fetishized: Yellow Fever, Sexualization, Fetishization, Feminism & Beauty
This week, I got to talk with Kaila Yu about her memoir Fetishization: A Reckoning with Yellow Fever, Feminism, and Beauty. We dive into her experience growing up amidst yellow fever, how her self i…
Zoe B. Wallbrook's History Lessons: Dark Academia, Satirical Humor & Navigating Racial Tensions
This week, I talk with Zoe B. Wallbrook about her hilariously funny and suspenseful mystery novel History Lessons. We dive into her inspiration for the book, how she incorporated misogynoir and how s…
A True Crime Chorus: The Vanishing of Ethel Cain | Gare's Love Letter to Ethel Cain
This week, Gare shares all the ins and outs of Ethel Cain's dark, haunting album Preacher's Daughter!
Check out the album here.
Leigh Dunlap's Bless Your Heart: Buckhead Betties, Racial Tensions and a Murder
This week, I chat with Leigh Dunlap about her darkly comical debut thriller Bless Your Heart. We dive into her inspiration for the story, how her screenwriting background influenced her novel writing…
Samantha Downing's Too Old For This: A Retired Serial Killer, A Nosy Journalist, And Tons of Mayhem
This week, I talk with Samantha Downing about her snarky new thriller Too Old for This. We dive into her inspiration for the story, her favorite parts about writing Lottie, and how she chooses memora…
Memorable Characters with Steph
This week, Steph and I talk about books with memorable characters who we will never forget!
Books We've Been Reading
Cobie LaJeanne's Blood in the Cradle: Religious Trauma, Missing Children, and a Detective with Synesthesia
This week, I talk with Cobie LaJeanne about her pitch-black thriller Blood in the Cradle. We dive into her inspiration for the story, how the book developed over time, and what it was like creating a…
New Favorite Authors with Gare and Steph
This week, Gare, Steph and I talk about new-to-us authors we discovered and love!
Books We Talked About
Clèmence Michallon's Our Last Resort: Dual Timelines, Cult Memories and a Locked Resort Mystery
This week, Gare and I talk with Clèmence Michallon about her new thriller Our Last Resort. We dive into her inspiration for the book, her fresh take on a locked room thriller, and how she crafted a b…
Melanie Anagnos' Nightswimming: Noir in 1970s New Jersey with Halley Sutton
This week, Halley Sutton and I chat with Melanie Anagnos about her new noir Nightswimming. We dive into her love for 70s culture, how reading noir shaped Nightswimming, and the future for the trilogy…
Christina Dotson's Love You to Death: Wedding Crashing, Toxic Friendships and Racial Tension
This week, I talk with Christina Dotson about her voice-y thriller loosely inspired by Thelma & Louise. She shares how she created Kayla and Zorie's friendship, why she set the story in the south, an…
Writing Updates, A Way to Create Without Shame, Changes in the Publishing Industry, Capitalism vs Creativity, and Many Many More Topics with Halley Sutton
This week, Halley Sutton and I catch up about where we are with our writing processes (spoiler: I am focusing more on building Bookwild than writing).
Halley shares a new approach to writing that has …
Cebo Campbell's Sky Full of Elephants: Exploring Black Identity in a World Without White People
This week, I got to talk with Cebo Campbell and MacKenzie Green about Cebo's speculative novel Sky Full of Elephants. We dive into his inspiration for the story, how he chose Charlie and Sidney as th…
Non-Thrillers Steph and I Have Loved
This week, Steph and I talk about some our favorite books outside the thriller genre, since we've both been expanding our genres a little.
Books We Talked About
M.M. Deluca's The Divorce Party: A Toxic Friend Group, A Divorce Party, and A LOT of Secrets
This week, I talk with M.M. Deluca about her new thriller The Divorce Party! We dive into why she wanted to write a thriller with some humor, how her trip to Vegas inspired the story, and the way wel…