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Forever Young Adult Podcast60. Gideon The Ninth- Tamsyn MuirIT'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 rela...
2021-10-261h 03Forever Young Adult Podcast59. On Midnight Beach - Marie-Louise FitzpatrickWe 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.
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2021-10-1247 minForever Young Adult Podcast(Patron Pod) James Corden's Musical Disappointments and Why aren't these kids in school?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 fo...
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Forever Young Adult Podcast58. Keeping the Moon (Last Chance) - Sarah DessenThis 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.
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2021-08-1053 minForever Young Adult Podcast57. Future Girl by AsphyxiaFuture 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,
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2021-07-281h 00Forever Young Adult Podcast56. Claudine - Rioko Ikeda (translated Jocelyne Allen)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.
Conten...
2021-07-131h 03Forever Young Adult Podcast55. Between Perfect and Real - Ray StoeveWhen 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 y...
2021-06-2249 minForever Young Adult Podcast54. Out of Salem - Hal SchrieveWelcome 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 Tra...
2021-06-081h 04Forever Young Adult Podcast53. Blood Moon - Lucy CuthewCiara 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.
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2021-05-2850 minForever Young Adult Podcast52. Artemis Fowl - Eoin ColferThis 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.
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2021-05-1356 minForever Young Adult Podcast51. We Didn't Ask For This - Adi AlsaidWe 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.
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2021-04-271h 10Forever Young Adult Podcast50. The Cry of the Icemark - Stuart HillRemember 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, reaso...
2021-04-131h 00Forever Young Adult Podcast49. Exodus - Julie BertagnaIn 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.
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2021-03-2357 minForever Young Adult Podcast48. The Henna Wars - Adiba JaigirdarOh 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.
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2021-03-091h 02Forever Young Adult Podcast47. Northanger Abbey - Jane AustenThis 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.
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2021-02-241h 12Forever Young Adult Podcast46. Once and Future - A.R. Capetta and Cori McCarthyWhat 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!
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2021-02-101h 02Forever Young Adult Podcast45. He Is Mine and I Have No Other - Rebecca O'ConnerCONTENT 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;
avoidi...
2021-01-261h 00Forever Young Adult Podcast44. Savage Her Reply - Deirdre SullivanWe discuss Sullivans huanting retelling of the legend of the Children of Lir and Aife gets emotional over Trad Music.
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2021-01-121h 04Forever Young Adult PodcastBonus End of 2020 Wrap UpWe catch up about some the books that we read over the year and discuss our favourites from 2020!
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2021-01-0259 minForever Young Adult Podcast43. Queen of Coin and Whispers- Helen CorconanIn this episode, we review and discuss Queen of Coin and Whispers by Irish author Helen Corconan!
This week we do something different and BOTH read the book! Join us for a discussion on how cool it is to have ladies in positions of power and a historical fantasy fiction that doesn't have homophobia but does have fully intergrated people of colour! Such Excite!
Content warning for discussion of torture.
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2020-12-081h 00Forever Young Adult Podcast42. Moominland Midwinter - Tove JanssonNovember is a dark time so we lightened it up with a childrens book about being awake in winter when you are meant to be sleeping. Moominland Midwinter is the fifth book in the Moomin series first published in 1957 it remains relavent today teaching us to be gay and do crimes and have extra compassion for neighbours - unless they blow military horns.
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2020-11-2451 minForever Young Adult Podcast41. Pet - Akwaeke EmeziWhat if you live in a utopia but actually its not? Jam lives in Lucille and there are no monsters there... except her mother’s painting has come to life and is telling her that there is. Join Aife and Ciara as we follow Jam on her monster hunt and discuss great names along the way
Content warning for mentions of child abuse by a family member and discussion of the world we live in generally
As is our wont, we went a little off topic. This time, to talk about the small trans libraries of Dublin and Glasgow. You sh...
2020-11-0451 minForever Young Adult Podcast40. A Monster Calls - Patrick Ness (original idea by Siobhan Dowd)In this episode Ciara and Aífe discuss A Monster Calls, written by Patrick Ness based on an original idea by Siobhan Dowd. It's about grief, stories, and having a monster appear in the middle of the night to give you CBT because none of the adults in your life are doing their job and communicating with you.
Content warning for grief, parental death, child neglect, some mentions of violence.
As is our wont, we went a little off topic. This time, to talk about the small trans libraries of...
2020-10-2248 minForever Young Adult Podcast39. Shiver the Whole Night Through - Darragh McManusOh boy every book has a reader but we were not the readers for this one. Finally Ciara finds a book that she did not love and has a hard time getting through with Shiver the Whole Night Through by Darragh McManus a spooky romance with paranormal happenings. Content Warning for suicide, murder, bullying.
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2020-10-131h 02Forever Young Adult Podcast38. The Space Between - Meg GrehanWe're back, with another Irish book! Which also has gay ladies!! We're very spoiled!
In this episode, Aífe tells Ciara all about the 2017 winner of the Eilis Dillon Award, The Space Between by Meg Grehan. She also references at least three other books on top of that.
We're here to ramble at you about the healing power of dogs, importance of queer culchie representation, Ciara being full of love, the way that being a person with mental health difficulties is basically the same as being a horror film protagonist, scurvy, loneliness, and of course, Jud...
2020-09-2942 minForever Young Adult Podcast37. The Falling in Love Montage - Ciara SymthWe are back and better then ever with our new episode about lesbians doing their thing and enjoying recreating a rom com falling in love montage while also balancing complicated home lives and decisions about college. Plus its set in Ireland so get ready for Ciara to say shift alot.
Content Warning for chronic illness (dementia/Alzheimers).
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2020-09-0849 minForever Young Adult Podcast36. Dear Martin - Nic StoneThis 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, rac...
2020-07-211h 03Forever Young Adult Podcast35. The Cruel Prince - Holly BlackIn a change to line up aife and ciara discuss holly blacks modern fairy tale the cruel prince Content warnings for unequal power dynamics in relationships, parental death, forced drug use.
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2020-07-0853 minForever Young Adult Podcast34. Love in Revolution - B. R. CollinsIn this fine solstice episode, Aífe and Ciara read love in revolution by B. R. Collins and discuss communism, gays, short sighted 15 year olds, and the brave new world of birthday haircuts.
Content warnings for discussions of state violence, revolutionary violence, racism, ethnic prejudice, including attempts at ethnic cleansing (both fictional and real life ethnic groups)
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2020-06-2150 minForever Young Adult Podcast33. Like Other Girls - Claire HennessyWoop its Pride Month and we are back discussing trans narratives in YA fiction and in Claire Hennessy's "Like Other Girls" Laura is having a number of struggles and one of them is adjusting to her best friend coming out as trans.
Content Warning: Transphobia, Homophobia, Biphobia, unplanned pregnancy, abortion, alcohol abuse
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2020-06-071h 10Forever Young Adult Podcast32. The Knife of Never Letting Go - Patrick NessAs quarantimes persist, Aífe tells Ciara her thoughts on The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness.
We discuss once again the realisation that other people are people, the fact that mind reading doesn't actually make this realisation any easier, the shocking existence of girls, swamp survival, how good Ciara would be at murder, and what our dogs would say if they could talk.
Content warnings for discussions of: death, pet death, murder, genocide, and all the glorious side dishes to a truly repressive society.
If y...
2020-05-2159 minForever Young Adult Podcast31. The Places I've Cried in Public - Holly BourneWe discuss The Places I've Cried in Public by Holly Bourne in which Amelie retraces the locations of heartache around her town as she comes to terms with the end of an abusive relationship.
Content warnings for: emotional abuse, sexual assault, sexual abuse, rape, anal rape, depression.
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2020-05-121h 06Forever Young Adult Podcast30. This is How You Lose the Time War - Amal El-Mohtar & Max GladstoneIn this special episode recorded pre-covid 19 Ciara talks with special guest Andrew to learn more about losing wars due to the power of lesbian romance and how Mr and Mrs Smith traumatized an eight year old. (Aife is fine and busy gardening)
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2020-04-2129 minForever Young Adult Podcast29. The Raging QuietYou’re living in feudal times, move to a new village have a husband die under suspicious circumstance and tamed the village mad boy - could you be a witch? We chat about prejudice against differences and examples of joy in hard times. Plus covid 19 and how we’re coping lol.
Content warnings for: sexual assault/rape
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2020-04-071h 05Forever Young Adult Podcast28. One - Sarah CrossanSo you're sixteen and you're trying to be a little more independent. You're going to a real school for the first time ever and there's this cute boy there you might want to kiss ... but you and your sister are LITERALLY joint at the hip, so it's tricky.
In this episode Aífe and Ciara discuss One by Sarah Crossan; a novel in verse which follows the story of Grace as she navigates school, family, friends, reading James Joyce, and being physically conjoined with her twin sister Tippi. We discuss the struggle between familial lov...
2020-03-211h 13Forever Young Adult Podcast27. Perfectly Preventable Deaths - Deirdre SullivanWhen you move to a new town it can be advisable to find out if there have been any strange or disturbing deaths in the locality. We talk about eeriness and Gothic settings and the pain of being sixteen and wanting to kiss a girl. Also magic.
Content warnings for: discussions of Murder, mentions of relationship abuse, romantic relationships between a minor and an adult.
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2020-03-071h 19Forever Young Adult Podcast26. Scatterheart - Lili WilkinsonIn part two of our Australian book month, Aífe tells Ciara about 2007 novel Scatterheart by Lili Wilkinson. This novel tells the story of Hannah Cheshire, an English convict sentenced to transportation in 1814, neatly interwoven with the Norwegian fairytale East of the Sun West of the Moon.
This book won the 2010 IBBY (International board of books for young people) Ena Noël Award.
Content warnings for: discussions of Murder, Torture, Medical abuse, brief mentions of domestic abuse, Colonial history, violent and dehumanising treatment of imprisoned people, Violent and dehumanising treatment of sex wor...
2020-02-211h 08Forever Young Adult Podcast25. I am the Messenger - Markus ZusakIf you were nineteen, lying about being 20 and a playing card showed up at your door with a list of places, would you go to those places? And what would you do about what you found there?
We discuss Markus Zusak's novel I am the Messenger and see what Ed Kennedy did in this exact situation.
Content warnings for: Brief discussion of domestic violence and rape.
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2020-02-081h 13Forever Young Adult Podcast24. Johnny and the Dead - Terry PratchettIn which you get a peek behind the curtain and hear Aife discover in real time that we’re going to have cake!!!
Ciara and Aífe talk about Johnny and the Dead, the second book in The Johnny Maxwell Trilogy by Terry Pratchett, Aífe’s favourite author.
Discussion points include people who were Very Nearly famous, the place of the dead in society, the importance of local politics, and the great pinball machine that is life.
Content warnings for: Brief references to child abuse and child...
2020-01-211h 14Forever Young Adult Podcast23. The Wren Hunt - Mary WatsonWe discuss secret magic happening in Ireland with Mary Watsons The Wren Hunt and the eerie feel that comes from starting your novel with a girl being hunted through the woods.
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2020-01-101h 06Forever Young Adult PodcastEnd of 2019 Bonus!We catch up about some the books that we read over the year and discuss our favourites from 2019!
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2020-01-0155 minForever Young Adult Podcast22. Turnabout - Margaret Peterson HaddixMerry midwinter, dear listeners! On this, the longest night, Ciara and Aífe discuss the highly seasonal book Turnabout by Margaret Peterson Haddix.
Haddix became a YA author in the 90s after deciding that she didn't want her husband to be her boss. Legend.
Topics include cashless society, Kentucky, that Benjamin Button backwards aging disease, catholic philosophy and, uh, bones.
Content warnings for discussions of death and mortality, including brief mentions of child death.
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2019-12-211h 13Forever Young Adult Podcast21. Dash and Lilys Book of Dares - David Levithan and Rachel CohnWe're feeling the winter time here at Forever Young Adult and so have brought you a fun romp around New York City during the week of Christmas. Romance, snow and a misunderstanding with baby. What could be more festive?
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2019-12-091h 10Forever Young Adult Podcast20. Twilight - Stephanie MeyerWhile Ciara is in Japan, Aífe and special guest Michelle discuss the greatest love story of all time?
Content warnings for abusive and unhealthy relationship dynamics.
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2019-11-251h 07Forever Young Adult Podcast19. Night Circus - Erin MorgensternWhile Aife is off gallivanting Ciara and Special Guest Orli discuss The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern and get into our preferred magic systems and the benefits of being contained within the human body. So join us as we take a trip to the Circus!
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2019-11-081h 14Forever Young Adult Podcast18. Anna Dressed in Blood - Kendare BlakeAífe and Ciara discuss our second spooky season book: Anna Dressed in Blood. Kendare Blake's 2011 novel is about a girl called Anna and her excellent fashion choices. A book so supernatural and romantic that Stephanie Meyer's production company might make it into a movie.
Let's talk magic; let's talk lying about being a wiccan; let's talk ghost hunting; let's talk like, a lot about who drove where with who and when.
Content warnings for head injuries, gore, body horror, death, murder, pet death, implied sexual assault, and discussions of racism including ref...
2019-10-211h 00Forever Young Adult Podcast17. Skulduggery Pleasant (1-3) - Derek LandyWe do something a little different this week and discuss three books all at once! The Skullduggery Pleasant series has been a figment of all of our imaginations since 2007 and we need to talk about the age limit on child side kicks (though I think Valkyrie would kick us for suggesting she’s anyone’s sidekick).
2019-10-081h 08Forever Young Adult Podcast16. Fangirl by Rainbow RowellIn this episode of the Forever Young Adult Podcast, your hosts Aífe and Ciara discuss Rainbow Rowell's 2012 novel Fangirl.
Discussions include: College, Anxiety, College Anxiety(TM), social anxiety, people who should be on drugs, fangirling, Baz and Simon, dyslexia, Bad Naming Conventions For Twins, and the horror of experiencing ATTRACTION.
Content Warnings for aforementioned Anxiety, a manic episode, alcohol poisoning, hospitalisation of a loved one.
Rainbow Rowell's new novel Wayward Son is coming out in just three days! We already have it pre-ordered from our local lib...
2019-09-211h 07Forever Young Adult Podcast15. You're Welcome Universe - Whitney GardnerWe get into the world of crime and art with Gardner's debut novel You're Welcome Universe. We discuss the complicated relationships between women and benefits of whales as carbon sinks.
2019-09-071h 23Forever Young Adult Podcast14. Geography Club - Brent HardingerAífe and Ciara discuss Geography Club by Brent Hardinger, a 2003 young adult novel about a group of unlikely teenagers brought together by a shared experience that, well, isn't geography.
Yep, you got us. It's lgbtq+ themes.
Discussion points include: the racoon that lives within all of us, sex on tv, 2003 internet, the gentle teen kiss of asparagus lips, solidarity, queer community, high school politics, brainy brainless bisexuals, erotic baseball playing, and why good people do bad things.
CONTENT WARNING: homophobia and queerphobia - including targeted bullying with transphobic undertones to...
2019-08-211h 09Forever Young Adult Podcast13. Everyday - David LevithanIf you are a bodyless soul inhabiting the bodies of others all of your life what are the ethics of falling in love? We explore this question and more in this episode!
2019-08-071h 06Forever Young Adult Podcast12. How I Live Now - Meg RosoffThis one doesn't contain a car accident, but there may be a car on-purpose or two.
Aífe and Ciara discuss Meg Rosoff's 2004 book How I Live Now, which was much enjoyed by reviewers and apparently also Saoirse Ronan.
Content warnings: Eating disorders, cousin incest, war, minor character death, descriptions of PTSD.
2019-07-211h 05Forever Young Adult Podcast11. The Quiet at the End of the World - Lauren JamesCiara read ‘The Quiet at the End of the World’ by Lauren James and we had a good time discussing the romantic implications of being the last to humans and the horror of royalty
2019-07-071h 04Forever Young Adult Podcast10. Stirfry - Emma DonoghueAífe and Ciara read and discuss Stirfry by Emma Donoghue. This coming of age story was written and set before homosexuality was decriminalised in Ireland! Also, shockingly, Aífe finally gets to read a book with no car crashes!
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2019-06-211h 05Forever Young Adult Podcast9. Dreadnought- April DanielsA masterpiece of the superhero genre! Ciara and Aife discuss April Daniels novel Dreadnought and the joy of reading a book written entirely for trans girls!
2019-06-071h 18Forever Young Adult Podcast8. Never Bite a Boy on the First Date - Tamara SummersIn this, our first ever listener request, Aífe continues the trend of somehow always reading books with car crashes in them. Ciara suffers the indignity of a protagonist called Kira, and we all enjoy like, a book that is fun to read? For once?
Content warning for blood, minor character death, and one guy who is a truly manipulative bastard.
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2019-05-211h 11Forever Young Adult Podcast7. Okay For Now - Gary D. SchmidtWe 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.
2019-05-071h 16Forever Young Adult Podcast6. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe - Benjamin Alire SáenzIn this episode of Forever YA Pod Aífe and Ciara discuss perhaps our most highly decorated book yet - Benjamin Alire Sáenz's Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe.
Aífe read this one, so of course there's a car accident. There's also love, self discovery, and Teen Boy Moodiness.
Life hack: don't ....get hit by a car.
Content warnings for homophobic and transphobic violence.
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2019-04-211h 08
Forever Young Adult Podcast5. Tuesdays Are Just As Bad - Cethan LeahyJoin Ciara and Aífe as they discuss Cethan Leahy's "Tuesdays are just as Bad". Set in Cork, Ireland and narrated by the ghost of the main character.
Content Warning: Discussion of Suicide and suicide attempts, mental illness, abusive parenting
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2019-04-071h 11
Forever Young Adult Podcast4. Turtles All the Way Down - John GreenOnce a Nerdfighter, always a person who has big opinions about books. In which Aífe discusses Turtles All the Way Down by John Green. Life Hack: Don't drink hand sanitizer!
Content Warnings: In depth discussion of living with OCD and anxiety. Brief discussions of parental death, Car crashes, and serious injury.
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2019-03-211h 04
Forever Young Adult Podcast3. We Are Okay - Nina LaCourCiara tells Aífe all about We Are Okay, a 2018 novel by American author Nina LaCour.
Content warnings: Grief, mentions of suicide.
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2019-03-0756 min
Forever Young Adult Podcast2. Shiver - Maggie StiefvaterIn which Aífe tells Ciara all about Maggie Stiefvater's 2009 novel Shiver, and if you listen really really closely, eats a tea cake. Life hack: Don't give yourself bacterial meningitis on purpose! Content Warnings: brief discussions of violence against children, animal attacks, parental neglect, serious illness. Mentions of gun violence, cancer, illness related death.
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2019-02-2158 min
Forever Young Adult Podcast1.The Outsiders- S. E. HintonIn our first episode Ciara and Aífe discuss The Outsiders by S.E. Hilton and discover that people can have complex emotions.
Theme music by Kate Stewart.
2019-02-0759 min