BookTok
<p>With the future of TikTok increasingly uncertain in the US and other countries, Malin Hay talks to Tom about the app’s powerful reading-focused corner, BookTok: what it is, how it works, and the tropes which dominate its favourite genre, romance fiction. They also look at some recent emails from listeners.</p><p>Find further reading on the episode page: <a href="https://lrb.me/booktokpod" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lrb.me/booktokpod</a></p><p>Sign up to our Close Readings podcast subscription: <a href="https://lrb.me/closereadingspod" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lrb.me/closereadingspod</a></p><p>Get in touch with the podcasts team: <a href="mailto:[email protected]" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[email protected]</a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
The LRB Podcast · The London Review of Books
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Show Notes
With the future of TikTok increasingly uncertain in the US and other countries, Malin Hay talks to Tom about the app’s powerful reading-focused corner, BookTok: what it is, how it works, and the tropes which dominate its favourite genre, romance fiction. They also look at some recent emails from listeners.
Find further reading on the episode page: https://lrb.me/booktokpod
Sign up to our Close Readings podcast subscription: https://lrb.me/closereadingspod
Get in touch with the podcasts team: [email protected]
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.