Forever Young Adult Podcast

This is our last podcast before our August hiatus! Our next episode will be in September.  In this fun filled summer episode we have warnings for ALL THE RACISM as we discuss Nic Stone's 2017 novel about being a black boy in America.  Yeah no this one isn't very funny! Turns out it's not like, fun being a 17 year old black boy in the USA.  Content warnings for racism, racial violence including racially motivated murder, racial profiling, racial microaggressions, PTSD, grief. A very abridged list of readings on uhhh, race and racism:  First off here’s some of Martin Luther King’s writings. King is a public figure who gets misinterpreted all the time, so getting right to the source and reading his own words is pretty important. https://zuky.tumblr.com/post/40610865001 Here’s an article written by James Baldwin, who knew both Martin Luther King and Malcom X. It is written after the assassination of both men and gives some insight into the civil rights movement at the time. https://classic.esquire.com/article/1972/4/1/malcolm-and-martin A 2015 article about the experiences of mixed race Irish people about institutional racism they have faced. https://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/mixed-race-irish-we-were-the-dust-to-be-swept-away-1.2287196 Behind the Police: a podcast about the history of policing in the USA, which highlights the connection b/t policing and white supremcacy. https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-behind-the-police-63877803/episode/the-history-of-american-police-and-65330687/ Hood Politics: a podcast about politics in the USA where “rapper and author Propaganda and his friends as they use their hood-knowledge to break down the political scene.” https://podbay.fm/podcast/1493858530 Since Aífe is super into farming, here’s a brief reading list about Black agriculture in the USA https://forsythfarmersmarket.com/blog/2csanrggmflcgwzd66n2nmpzacm3jz And finally, since we are white queers, here’s a great poem by poet Andrea Gibson called A Letter to White Queers, A Letter to Myself. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpBUenMIe8U If you enjoyed this episode, consider subscribing! You can have two episodes a month delivered into your lovely ears for FREE. You can keep tabs on upcoming books and give us recommendations on our social media: www.Twitter.com/foreverYApod www.Instagram.com/foreverYApodcast www.goodreads.com/foreveryapod Check out our patreon on www.patreon.com/foreverYAPod  to throw us a    few  coins, check out our rewards, and show your appreciation/ire as     applicable! Theme music by Kate Stewart. We love reviews! And recommendations! And attention! Thanks for listening :-)

We discuss  Gary D. Schmidt's Okay for Now a companion novel to a book neither of us have read, but worry not we loved it and a great time talking about birds in books and the importance of having an adult who sees and supports you in a young persons life.  Theme music by Kate Stewart.

IT'S GOTH TIME.  For this special treat of a Hallowe'en episode, friend of the pod Cam leads a cool lesbian take over.  Cam is telling us the very cool, very lesbian story of Gideon the Ninth, the first book in the Locked Tomb series by New Zealand author Tamsyn Muir.  Get ready to hear about skulls, butches, bones, immortal emperors, space jesuses (or the absence thereof), and ................. homestuck references. Yes, we have it all.  Content Warnings for discussions of: suicide; bullying; abusive relationships; abuse dynamics; child murder; generic murder; authoritarian regimes.  -- If you enjoyed this episode, consider subscribing to forever young    adult podcast for more of our thoughts on Young Adult literature,   coming  of age literature! You can  have two episodes a month delivered   into  your lovely ears for FREE. You can keep tabs on upcoming books and give us recommendations on our social media: www.Twitter.com/foreverYApod www.Instagram.com/foreverYApodcast www.goodreads.com/foreveryapod Email us at 4everYoungAdult (at) gmail.com Check out our patreon on www.patreon.com/foreverYAPod  to throw us a        few  coins, check out our rewards, and show your appreciation/ire   as       applicable! Theme music by Kate Stewart. We love reviews! And recommendations! And attention! Thanks for listening :-)

We return from Hiatus with Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick's On Midnight Beach, a modern (ish) retelling on of the Irish legend of Tain Bo Cuailnge. We chat about being teens and having nothing to do but start fights with the next town over a wild dolphin.  If you enjoyed this episode, consider subscribing to forever young   adult podcast for more of our thoughts on Young Adult literature,  coming  of age literature! You can  have two episodes a month delivered  into  your lovely ears for FREE. You can keep tabs on upcoming books and give us recommendations on our social media: www.Twitter.com/foreverYApod www.Instagram.com/foreverYApodcast www.goodreads.com/foreveryapod Email us at 4everYoungAdult (at) gmail.com Check out our patreon on www.patreon.com/foreverYAPod  to throw us a       few  coins, check out our rewards, and show your appreciation/ire  as       applicable! Theme music by Kate Stewart. We love reviews! And recommendations! And attention! Thanks for listening :-)  

Hello Listeners! To make up for the podcast drought which has  undoubtably been causing great suffering in your days, we are releasing  this week's patron pod in the main feed! Aífe  and Ciara discuss two vital questions at the heart of YA Media: Why  aren't these kids in school? And WHERE are their parents? Every writer has to reckon with these questions somehow. Absent parent explanations include space prison, hibernation, conferences, and 'oh they're there.  They just aren't paying attention.' Take care of yourselves out there. We'll try have a normal one for October. -- If you enjoyed this episode, consider subscribing to forever young adult podcast for more of our thoughts on Young Adult literature, coming of age literature! You can have two episodes a month delivered into  your lovely ears for FREE. You can keep tabs on upcoming books and give us recommendations on our social media: www.Twitter.com/foreverYApod www.Instagram.com/foreverYApodcast www.goodreads.com/foreveryapod Email us at 4everYoungAdult (at) gmail.com Check out our patreon on www.patreon.com/foreverYAPod  to throw us a        few  coins, check out our rewards, and show your appreciation/ire   as  applicable! Theme music by Kate Stewart. We love reviews! And recommendations! And attention! Thanks for listening :-)

This week, Aífe reads a book almost as old as herself.  Keeping the Moon is as close as we're going to get to a summer read this year. We discuss a girl called Colie and how to waitressing can help you overcome your demons, meet nice older girls who are in love with each other, and become a braver and stronger version of yourself.  Content Warnings for discussions of: fatphobia, body-shaming, bullying, disordered eating, significant weight loss. Brief mentions of parental estrangement.  -- If you enjoyed this episode, consider subscribing to forever young   adult podcast for more of our thoughts on Young Adult literature,  coming  of age literature! You can  have two episodes a month delivered  into  your lovely ears for FREE. You can keep tabs on upcoming books and give us recommendations on our social media: www.Twitter.com/foreverYApod www.Instagram.com/foreverYApodcast www.goodreads.com/foreveryapod Email us at 4everYoungAdult (at) gmail.com Check out our patreon on www.patreon.com/foreverYAPod  to throw us a       few  coins, check out our rewards, and show your appreciation/ire  as       applicable! Theme music by Kate Stewart. We love reviews! And recommendations! And attention! Thanks for listening :-)

Future Girl by Asphyxia has a little bit of everything for any up and coming eco anarchist and Aife and Ciara get into it with this weeks pod! Content Warnings for discussions of: Disability (Deafness), environmental disasters, food insecurity,    If you enjoyed this episode, consider subscribing to forever young adult podcast for more of our thoughts on Young Adult literature, coming of age literature! You can  have two episodes a month delivered into your lovely ears for FREE. You can keep tabs on upcoming books and give us recommendations on our social media: www.Twitter.com/foreverYApod www.Instagram.com/foreverYApodcast www.goodreads.com/foreveryapod Email us at 4everYoungAdult (at) gmail.com Check out our patreon on www.patreon.com/foreverYAPod  to throw us a     few  coins, check out our rewards, and show your appreciation/ire as      applicable! Theme music by Kate Stewart. We love reviews! And recommendations! And attention! Thanks for listening :-)

CONTENT WARNING FOR TRANSPHOBIA  Spoilers for the end of the book from 34 minutes.  In this episode, Aífe reads a Shojo manga from 1978. Even more confusingly, it's set in France. Even more confusingly, it's set in a version of early 20thc France which has skinny jeans AND landed gentry. Don't worry about it.  We get a little history lesson on Shojo, France, and calendars.  Discussion points include: the Y2K of king death; Ciara's fear of huge anime titties; historical dramas with jeans.  Content Warnings for discussions of: in-text transphobia; medicalisation of trans experiences; misgendering; murder; arson; suicide; relationships with power imbalances; relationships with age differences; real-world transphobia; real-world homophobia. -- If you enjoyed this episode, consider subscribing to forever young  adult podcast for more of our thoughts on Young Adult literature, coming  of age literature! You can  have two episodes a month delivered into  your lovely ears for FREE. You can keep tabs on upcoming books and give us recommendations on our social media: www.Twitter.com/foreverYApod www.Instagram.com/foreverYApodcast www.goodreads.com/foreveryapod Email us at 4everYoungAdult (at) gmail.com Check out our patreon on www.patreon.com/foreverYAPod  to throw us a      few  coins, check out our rewards, and show your appreciation/ire as       applicable! Theme music by Kate Stewart. We love reviews! And recommendations! And attention! Thanks for listening :-)

When Dean is cast as Romeo in his school play he struggles with the role because now that everyone is seeing him as a dude, how can he keep living as a girl? A fantastic coming of age story about a young trans man coming into his own and so is Ciara! Welcome to the second episode in our Pride Month collaboration with Small Trans Library Dublin!  Ciara tells Aife about Between Prefect and Real - a book we will be donating to The Small Trans Library! Discussion points include: the difference in knowing you are trans and telling people you are trans, coming out, the importance of support groups and queer houses. To find out more about the stellar work done by Small Trans Library, check out SmallTransLibrary.org Happy pride! Take care of each other out there! Content Warnings for discussions of: homophobia; transphobia including discussion of deadnaming and unsupportive parents -- If you enjoyed this episode, consider subscribing to forever young adult podcast for more of our thoughts on Young Adult literature, coming of age literature! You can  have two episodes a month delivered into your lovely ears for FREE. You can keep tabs on upcoming books and give us recommendations on our social media: www.Twitter.com/foreverYApod www.Instagram.com/foreverYApodcast www.goodreads.com/foreveryapod Email us at 4everYoungAdult (at) gmail.com Check out our patreon on www.patreon.com/foreverYAPod  to throw us a     few  coins, check out our rewards, and show your appreciation/ire as      applicable! Theme music by Kate Stewart. We love reviews! And recommendations! And attention! Thanks for listening :-)

Welcome to our first episode in our Pride Month collaboration with Small Trans Library Dublin!  Aífe tells Ciara all about Out of Salem by Hal Schrieve, a book we borrowed from The Small Trans Library! This book was billed as "the best teen zombie witchy werewolf fairy fantasy murder mystery you've ever read" and definitely met expectations!  Discussion points include: being A Good Grown Up; real life psychic warlock powers; gay baby werewolf enthusiasm; and The Allegory Of It All(TM). To find out more about the stellar work done by Small Trans Library, check out SmallTransLibrary.org Happy pride! Take care of each other out there! Content Warnings for discussions of: body horror; homophobia; medical abuse including electroshock therapy; transphobia including deadnaming; violent death; structural racism; police harrassment; state-sanctioned oppression; the advancement of fascism in general.  -- If you enjoyed this episode, consider subscribing to forever young adult podcast for more of our thoughts on Young Adult literature, coming of age literature! You can  have two episodes a month delivered into your lovely ears for FREE. You can keep tabs on upcoming books and give us recommendations on our social media: www.Twitter.com/foreverYApod www.Instagram.com/foreverYApodcast www.goodreads.com/foreveryapod Email us at 4everYoungAdult (at) gmail.com Check out our patreon on www.patreon.com/foreverYAPod  to throw us a     few  coins, check out our rewards, and show your appreciation/ire as      applicable! Theme music by Kate Stewart. We love reviews! And recommendations! And attention! Thanks for listening :-)

Ciara reads a book book about sexy times and has a time with it. Blood Moon takes an in-depth look at bullying in the age of social media and how women and girls can still be made feel shame for their bodies. A tough read but a good one. Content warnings for: mention of sex, public on line shaming, bullying, child pornography, the cruelty of children.    -- If you enjoyed this episode, consider subscribing to forever young  adult podcast for more of our thoughts on Young Adult literature, coming  of age literature! You can  have two episodes a month delivered into  your lovely ears for FREE. You can keep tabs on upcoming books and give us recommendations on our social media: www.Twitter.com/foreverYApod www.Instagram.com/foreverYApodcast www.goodreads.com/foreveryapod Email us at 4everYoungAdult (at) gmail.com Check out our patreon on www.patreon.com/foreverYAPod  to throw us a      few  coins, check out our rewards, and show your appreciation/ire as       applicable! Theme music by Kate Stewart. We love reviews! And recommendations! And attention! Thanks for listening :-)

This fine week, Aífe and Ciara have BOTH read Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer. This 2001 novel is a classic of Irish YA/children's lit. Colfer describes this book as "Die Hard with fairies". We're big fans.  Digressions include: the amazing technological marvels of 2001, the internationally recognised insanity of the Irish, centaur-related continuity errors, Baby's First Villain Protagonist, Mulch Diggum's ... interesting ... anatomy, and the bluest eyes you could possibly imagine. Content warnings for: mention of child neglect, psychosis, police corruption. -- If you enjoyed this episode, consider subscribing to forever young  adult podcast for more of our thoughts on Young Adult literature, coming  of age literature! You can  have two episodes a month delivered into  your lovely ears for FREE. You can keep tabs on upcoming books and give us recommendations on our social media: www.Twitter.com/foreverYApod www.Instagram.com/foreverYApodcast www.goodreads.com/foreveryapod Email us at 4everYoungAdult (at) gmail.com Check out our patreon on www.patreon.com/foreverYAPod  to throw us a      few  coins, check out our rewards, and show your appreciation/ire as       applicable! Theme music by Kate Stewart. We love reviews! And recommendations! And attention! Thanks for listening :-)

We once again fail to come in under the hour mark as we discuss We Didn't Ask For This by Adi Alsaid, a contemporary fiction novel about climate change and what the power of a highly motivated group can do. Especially if you motivate that group by holding their children hostage in a school for a week.  If you enjoyed this episode, consider subscribing! You can have two episodes a month delivered into your lovely ears for FREE. You can keep tabs on upcoming books and give us recommendations on our social media: www.Twitter.com/foreverYApod www.Instagram.com/foreverYApodcast www.goodreads.com/foreveryapod Check out our patreon on www.patreon.com/foreverYAPod  to throw us a    few  coins, check out our rewards, and show your appreciation/ire as     applicable! Theme music by Kate Stewart. We love reviews! And recommendations! And attention! Thanks for listening :-)  

Remember when Ciara didn't swear on this podcast? Ah, ancient memories.  For the FIFTIETH EVER EPISODE of Forever Young Adult, Aífe and Ciara discuss The Cry of The Icemark by Stuart Hill.  This cool as hell book won the first ever Waterstones Children's Book Award back in 2005, won the 2006 Highlands Children's Book award for Long Novels in 2006, and won an eternal place in Aífe's heard when she read it at age 12.  Digressions include the nonexistence of viking fireplaces, the great funko pop crisis of 2021, talking leopards and why we hate them, reason 49856 that libraries are the BEST,  Content Warnings for: parental death, imperialism, violence in the context of war, brief mentions child death and cancer.  Apologies for the audio quality, microphones are finicky creatures.  -- If you enjoyed this episode, consider subscribing to forever young adult podcast for more of our thoughts on Young Adult literature, coming of age literature! You can  have two episodes a month delivered into your lovely ears for FREE. You can keep tabs on upcoming books and give us recommendations on our social media: www.Twitter.com/foreverYApod www.Instagram.com/foreverYApodcast www.goodreads.com/foreveryapod Email us at 4everYoungAdult (at) gmail.com Check out our patreon on www.patreon.com/foreverYAPod  to throw us a     few  coins, check out our rewards, and show your appreciation/ire as      applicable! Theme music by Kate Stewart. We love reviews! And recommendations! And attention! Thanks for listening :-)

In this very special episode, Aífe and PATRON JAMIE discuss Julie Bertagna's 2002 'cli fi' novel Exodus.  We discuss CLIMATE CHANGE and CLIMATE JUSTICE and THE POWER OF STORIES and WHETHER EVERYONE ON THE INTERNET IS ACTUALLY A FURRY. Bonus: queer etiquette. It's a whole thing. Content warnings for: refugee crisis, climate chaos, brief mentions of slavery.  -- If you enjoyed this episode, consider subscribing to forever young adult podcast for more of our thoughts on Young Adult literature, coming of age literature! You can  have two episodes a month delivered into your lovely ears for FREE. You can keep tabs on upcoming books and give us recommendations on our social media: www.Twitter.com/foreverYApod www.Instagram.com/foreverYApodcast www.goodreads.com/foreveryapod Email us at 4everYoungAdult (at) gmail.com Check out our patreon on www.patreon.com/foreverYAPod  to throw us a     few  coins, check out our rewards, and show your appreciation/ire as      applicable! Theme music by Kate Stewart. We love reviews! And recommendations! And attention! Thanks for listening :-)

Oh this one is a treat! We talk about minority languages and culture sharing versus cultural appropriation in this episode while we discuss Jaigirdar's debut novel The Henna Wars.  Adiba Jaigirdar is a Bangladeshi and Irish writer and teacher. She has a BA in English and History, and an MA in Postcolonial Studies. Content warnings for forced outing, homophobia, racism.  -- If you enjoyed this episode, consider subscribing to forever young adult podcast for more of our thoughts on Young Adult literature, coming of age literature! You can  have two episodes a month delivered into your lovely ears for FREE. You can keep tabs on upcoming books and give us recommendations on our social media: www.Twitter.com/foreverYApod www.Instagram.com/foreverYApodcast www.goodreads.com/foreveryapod Email us at 4everYoungAdult (at) gmail.com  Check out our patreon on www.patreon.com/foreverYAPod  to throw us a     few  coins, check out our rewards, and show your appreciation/ire as      applicable! Theme music by Kate Stewart. We love reviews! And recommendations! And attention! Thanks for listening :-)

This episode is a few days later but the book is over 200 years old so really who's counting. In this episode of Forever Young Adult Podcast, Aífe and Ciara discuss Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen, a YA book from before YA was even a thing. We talk: Why women like shiny things Gothic novels Power differences in relationships The infinite beauty of the concept of Dumb Goths Girls in Love. Content warnings include period typical misogyny. -- If you enjoyed this episode, consider subscribing to forever youung adult podcast for more of our  thoughts on Young Adult literature, coming of age literature! You can  have two episodes a month delivered into your lovely ears for FREE. You can keep tabs on upcoming books and give us recommendations on our social media: www.Twitter.com/foreverYApod www.Instagram.com/foreverYApodcast www.goodreads.com/foreveryapod Check out our patreon on www.patreon.com/foreverYAPod  to throw us a     few  coins, check out our rewards, and show your appreciation/ire as      applicable! Theme music by Kate Stewart. We love reviews! And recommendations! And attention! Thanks for listening :-)

What if you were the 42nd reincarnation of King Arthur and were destined to defeat the one true big bad - Capitalism. We chat about Once and Future a book written by married wives, set in space and featuring twink Merlin. Its a ride. Enjoy! If you enjoyed this episode, consider subscribing! You can have two episodes a month delivered into your lovely ears for FREE. You can keep tabs on upcoming books and give us recommendations on our social media: www.Twitter.com/foreverYApod www.Instagram.com/foreverYApodcast www.goodreads.com/foreveryapod Check out our patreon on www.patreon.com/foreverYAPod  to throw us a    few  coins, check out our rewards, and show your appreciation/ire as     applicable! Theme music by Kate Stewart. We love reviews! And recommendations! And attention! Thanks for listening :-)

CONTENT WARNINGS APPLY, see below! In this episode, Aífe and Ciara review and discuss He is Mine and I Have No Other by Rebecca O'Conner, editor of The Moth literary magazine. Published in 2018 by Canongate, this book explores generational trauma, institutional abuse in 20th century Ireland, the agony of adolescence, and the sheer rainy-ness of county Cavan.  Murky! dreary! Rain and damp all the time! Like trying to swim through bog water!  Discussion points include:  the mortifying ordeal of buying many many goats;  The benefits of not existing in the 90s;  avoiding pneumonia and also sexual shame;  Ciara as the ghost of Young Adult literature past;  How you can be sad even though you have a dog?  our Podcast Wide Anti-Abuse Stance TM. Content Warnings:  The Cavan Orphanage Fire of 1943; child abuse; child neglect; child death; institutional abuse and institutional neglect, specifically at the hands of state and church run institutions in 20thc Ireland; misogyny; murder; intimate partner violence; forcible separation of families; generational trauma; violent death.  READINGS:  The article about The Mortifying Ordeal of Being Known: https://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/15/i-know-what-you-think-of-me/ More about the Cavan Orphanage Fire: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavan_Orphanage_fire The most recent report into Mother and Baby Homes (2020): https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/d4b3d-final-report-of-the-commission-of-investigation-into-mother-and-baby-homes/ NUI Galway has done an oral histroy project about one of the Mother and Baby homes, this is a compershenive collection of stories from surviviours and historical documents from the Tuam Mother and Baby Home: http://www.nuigalway.ie/tuam-oral-history/ http://www.nuigalway.ie/tuam-oral-history/podcasts/ If you need support due to the topics raised in this episode or for any reason free call Samaritans Ireland on 116 123 or Text YMH to 50808 to avail of their Messaging Support Service.  If you are outside Ireland support is always available and can be found by searching local mental health supports.  -- If you enjoyed this episode, consider subscribing for more of our thoughts on Young Adult literature, coming of age literature! You can have two episodes a month delivered into your lovely ears for FREE. You can keep tabs on upcoming books and give us recommendations on our social media: www.Twitter.com/foreverYApod www.Instagram.com/foreverYApodcast www.goodreads.com/foreveryapod Check out our patreon on www.patreon.com/foreverYAPod  to throw us a    few  coins, check out our rewards, and show your appreciation/ire as     applicable! Theme music by Kate Stewart. We love reviews! And recommendations! And attention! Thanks for listening :-)

We discuss Sullivans huanting retelling of the legend of the Children of Lir and Aife gets emotional over Trad Music.  If you enjoyed this episode, consider subscribing! You can have two episodes a month delivered into your lovely ears for FREE. You can keep tabs on upcoming books and give us recommendations on our social media: www.Twitter.com/foreverYApod www.Instagram.com/foreverYApodcast www.goodreads.com/foreveryapod Check out our patreon on www.patreon.com/foreverYAPod  to throw us a    few  coins, check out our rewards, and show your appreciation/ire as     applicable! Theme music by Kate Stewart. We love reviews! And recommendations! And attention! Thanks for listening :-)