The Meet Cute BookPod
Meet Cute Romance Bookshop is a queer-owned, feminist bookshop focusing on genre romance, located in San Diego, CA.
This is the Meet Cute BookPod! Our virtual and in-store events will be rebroadcast here, so if you don't live near us or you prefer to listen rather than watch via Zoom, we've got you covered! And, on top of that, we'll be doing some podcast exclusive deep dives into the world of romance writing, reading, and publishing!
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 47 minutes
- Episodes
- 39
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2024
Author Liana De la Rosa, a Pod Exclusive
Today, we have Becca’s chat with author Liana De la Rosa, whose next novel, Isabel and the Rogue, is a Victorian-set historical romp about a Mexican wallflower unofficially spying on the British aris…
00:56:45 |
Wed 22 May 2024
Author Alexandra Vasti, a Pod Exclusive
Today, we have Becca's chat with author Alexandra Vasti, whose debut novel, Ne’er Duke Well, a delightfully steamy regency romp, is out July 23rd.
00:54:47 |
Wed 15 May 2024
Author Kaliane Bradley, a Pod Exclusive
Today, we have Becca's chat with author Kaliane Bradley, whose debut novel, The Ministry of Time, which she somewhat jokingly describes as “a time-travel romance about empire, bureaucracy, and cigare…
01:00:58 |
Wed 08 May 2024
Author Amy Lea with Lynn Painter, A Virtual Event Recording
Today, we have the audio recording of our February 13th, 2024 virtual event celebrating Amy Lea’s latest book The Catch, a romcom about an influencer who heads to a rural fishing village in an attemp…
00:53:19 |
Wed 24 Apr 2024
Author Alison Cochrun with Mazey Eddings, A Virtual Event Recording
Today, we have the audio recording of our April 3rd, 2024 virtual event celebrating Alison Cochrun’s latest book Here We Go Again, a sapphic romcom about death in which two childhood friends to enemi…
01:13:54 |
Wed 17 Apr 2024
Author Mazey Eddings, a Pod Exclusive
Becca chats with Mazey Eddings, author of A Brush With Love, Lizzie Blake's Best Mistake, and the forthcoming sapphic rom-com Late Bloomer.
00:55:14 |
Wed 10 Apr 2024
Author KT Hoffman, a Pod Exclusive
Becca chats with author KT Hoffman whose debut, The Prospects, a queer baseball romcom, is out April 9th!
KT talks about his introduction to genre romance, all the books he wrote before this one, wh…
01:01:43 |
Wed 03 Apr 2024
Narrator and Author Natalie Naudus
Today, we have Becca’s chat with audiobook narrator and indie author Natalie Naudus. You may know her voice from such hits as One Last Stop, Starling House, She Who Became the Sun, and Daughter of th…
00:44:13 |
Wed 27 Mar 2024
Writing and Publishing Trans Romance, An Author Panel (Rerelease)
Today, in celebration of the Trans Rights Readathon which is returning for a second year (running from March 22-29th) we are re-sharing the recording of our panel on Writing and Publishing Trans Roma…
00:58:00 |
Wed 20 Mar 2024
Book Bans with Philomena Polefrone
Today, we’re talking about book bans. What are they? Where are they happening? And, most importantly, what can we do to fight them? Philomena Polefrone from the American Booksellers for Free Expressi…
00:46:10 |
Wed 13 Mar 2024
Author C.M. Nascosta, a Pod Exclusive
Today, we have Becca's chat with author C.M. Nascosta, an indie author who writes cozy monster romance. You may know her from her breakout hit Morning Glory Milking Farm.
01:11:32 |
Wed 06 Mar 2024
The Politics of Diversity in Romance, an Author Panel
Today, we have the audio from our second virtual Mind the Gap panel, focusing on the politics of diversity in writing, reading, and publishing romance with Nisha Sharma, Nana Malone, Kennedy Ryan, an…
01:06:54 |
Wed 28 Feb 2024
Author Kelly Farmer, a Pod Exclusive
Today, we have Becca's chat with author Kelly Farmer, whose most recent novel, It’s a Fabulous Life, a sapphic retelling of the classic Christmas movie It’s a Wonderful Life, was released last fall f…
00:41:02 |
Wed 21 Feb 2024
Author Regina Black, a Pod Exclusive
Becca chats with author Regina Black, whose debut, The Art of Scandal, a sexy drama about a political wife, a young artist, and some very messy (very wealthy) families, was released last year in hard…
00:48:11 |
Wed 14 Feb 2024
Author Virginia Heath Live! (Recorded)
Today, we have the audio from our in-store book launch with Virginia Heath, author of regency rom-coms!
00:45:55 |
Wed 07 Feb 2024
Author Lana Ferguson, a Pod Exclusive
Today, we have Becca's chat with author Lana Ferguson, whose debut, The Nanny, cam out last spring, and whose second book, The Fake Mate, a paranormal shifter romcom, came out in December.
00:41:47 |
Wed 31 Jan 2024
Romance Historian Steve Ammidown, a Pod Exclusive
We're starting off Season 2 with context! Becca chats with archivist and historian Steve Ammidown about the evolution of the romance genre.
00:54:24 |
Wed 24 Jan 2024
We're Coming Back for Season 2!
We just wanted to pop in to let you know that the Meet Cute Book Pod is coming back for Season 2 later this month!
Until that drops, you can catch up on Season 1. And, as always, please rate, review…
00:00:54 |
Wed 17 Jan 2024
Author & Editor Camille Kellogg, a Pod Exclusive
Today, we have my chat with author and editor Camille Kellogg, who works as a Middle Grade and YA editor during the day, and whose debut novel, Just As You Are, a queer Pride & Prejudice retelling se…
00:55:37 |
Wed 28 Jun 2023
Uzma Jalaluddin & Friends, an Author Panel
Today, we have the recording of our delightful panel celebrating the launch of Uzma Jalaluddin’s latest book, Much Ado About Nada, with Uzma, Sahar Jahani, and Ausma Zehanat Khan!
00:55:12 |
Wed 21 Jun 2023
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