Smart Podcast, Trashy Books: A Romance Novel Podcast

Sarah Wendell

Booking Overview

This is a weekly romance-fiction interview show featuring authors, publishing professionals, reviewers, bloggers, librarians, and other creators connected to the genre. PR agencies could credibly pitch romance and fiction authors, editors, literary professionals, librarians, and creators with relevant books or adaptations; booking difficulty is medium, with both established authors and accessible specialists represented.

Metrics

Episodes: 344

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.8/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Female

Location: USA

Instagram: 11.0k followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

sarah@smartbitchestrashybooks.com

sbjpodcast@gmail.com

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Host

Sarah Wendell - Sarah Wendell is a romance-fiction writer, blogger, and co-founder of Smart Bitches, Trashy Books, a prominent romance-book website and community.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium

Typical Credentials:

Published romance and fiction authors, editors, publishing professionals, reviewers, librarians, bloggers, journalists, and creators with a strong connection to romance literature or book culture.

Required Achievements:

Published books, Relevant publishing or literary expertise, Notable genre or book-community platform, Creative work connected to romance or fiction

Recent Guest Discussions

Dylan MarcAurele - Writing Musical Theater, Creative Process, Adapting Romance Into Musical Theater, And Developing The Parody Production.

Sherry Thomas - The Re-release Of The Luckiest Lady In London, Writing Historical Romance, Changes In The Genre, And Influences On The Novel.

Jo Piazza - Her Novel The Parisian Heist, Art Theft, Jo Van Gogh, Women’s Contributions To Art History, And The Challenges Of Writing Historical Fiction.

Recent Topics

Romance Fiction, Publishing, Literature, Reading, Book Culture

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

Smart Podcast, Trashy Books: A Romance Novel Podcast

735. RT Rewind: September 2012 Reviews

September 11, 2026

This month we’re going back to September 2012 to take a look at the new books in Romantic Times magazine.We’re talking about a very male hero, letting teens be teens, and hooray, there are dozens of terrible men to add to the pile. We also talk about our favorite Garth Brooks songs, and our go-to karaoke songs. (What’s yours?)At about 25 minute in we talk about something rather morbid – books bound in human skin, of which there are very few for obvious reasons.You can find us on YouTube if yo...

734. Finding Fire Island with Jess Rothschild

September 04, 2026

Jess Rothschild is a podcaster and journalist, one of the founding writers at Autostraddle, and her latest project is a documentary podcast called Finding Fire Island, about the history of Fire Island, Cherry Grove, and the Pines. Her prior work includes The Cult of Soul Cycle, and I love BOTH of these productions. Jess has been writing online longer than I have, and we talk about internet history, the process of making a podcast documentary, and what it’s like to have all your neighbors tell...

733. RT Rewind: July 1992 Ads & Features - The 100th Issue Special!

August 28, 2026

We are back in the early 90s, when the mullets were epic and the covers were sumptuous. Come on back to July 1992 with us as we explore the ads & features of the 100th issue of Romantic Times Magazine!This issue contains some FASCINATING retrospective looks at romance, cover art, and more, and I think it is one of the primary sources cited for some of the more common stories I’ve heard about romance.Were you a Borders, B. Dalton, or Waldenbooks reader, or another bookshop entirely?Don’t f...

Publicly listed emails

sarah@smartbitchestrashybooks.com

sbjpodcast@gmail.com

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