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Update frequency: every 30 days
Average duration: 40 minutes
Episodes: 11
Years Active: 2020

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In the final episode of the first season of the Hot Key Podcast Isobel Taylor looks ahead to 2021 with clips from A Throne of Swans and The Twisted Tree ahead of their sequels which are publishing in…

00:27:16 | Thu 31 Dec 2020

Telling Stories of Cruel Princes

This month Isobel Taylor introduces you to our Hot Key Ambassadors, our Ambassadors run a Cruel Prince Book Club Chat, and our audiobook is the inimitable How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stor…

00:54:32 | Fri 27 Nov 2020

A Twisted Kind of Poison

Jennifer Donnelly - author of Poisoned, Stepsister, and These Shallow Graves - in conversation with our amazing Hot Key Ambassador Erika (AndOnSheReads). Plus a spooky Halloween extract from The Twis…

00:37:48 | Sat 31 Oct 2020

Coming Out, Blowing Up and Ugly Stepsisters

Patrice Caldwell, editor of A Phoenix First Must Burn, in conversation with Arvin Ahmadi about his newest novel, How It All Blew Up. Plus an audiobook extract from Stepsister by Jennifer Donnelly, wh…

00:40:54 | Wed 30 Sep 2020

Literary Festivals, Book Designs and Raybearer

This month we have some amazing behind the scenes peeks into the publishing industry and also into literary festivals as Kate Manning speaks to Liz Vater the founder and director of the Stoke Newingt…

00:44:48 | Fri 28 Aug 2020

Fantasy, Fairytales and Elfhame

This July's podcast is all about fantasy! Authors Intisar Khanani, Katherine and Elizabeth Corr, and Alexandra Christo join us for a panel on adapting fairytales for YA books, Carla Hutchinson gives …

01:00:34 | Thu 30 Jul 2020

Change, Poetry and Looking Outside the Box

Rutendo Tavengerwei speaks about the inspiration behind The Colours That Blind, bestselling author E. Lockhart talks to us about her newest novel Again Again, Marina Stavropoulou joins us for a day i…

00:44:45 | Fri 26 Jun 2020

Dreams, Marketing, and Taking Risks

We speak to Holly Race about her fantasy debut Midnight's Twins, Kerry Drewery talks about writing The Last Paper Crane, and Patrice Caldwell reads the introduction to A Phoenix First Must Burn. We a…

00:43:52 | Fri 29 May 2020

Inspiration, Justice, and Black Girl Magic

In this episode of the Hot Key Podcast we catch up with the author of 'Thorn', Intisar Khanani, and hear about her path to publication; Jearl Boatswain interviews Patrice Caldwell, the editor of 'A P…

00:39:37 | Fri 24 Apr 2020

Hot Key, A History

In this episode Kate Manning and Emma Matthewson reminisce on the history of Hot Key Books, we learn some exciting news about bestselling author Garth Nix; Molly Holt interviews 'A Throne of Swans' a…

00:54:42 | Fri 27 Mar 2020

The Trailer

Hello and welcome to the Hot Key Podcast, the best place to unlock the hottest books in YA fiction! I am your host Isobel Taylor, and in this podcast series I will be bringing you behind-the-scenes o…

00:01:47 | Sat 29 Feb 2020

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