The Avid Reader Show

Sam Hankin

info@wellingtonsquarebooks.com

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Booking Overview

The Avid Reader Show is a book-lover podcast featuring conversations with authors and literary figures, plus recommendations and bookstore “insider news.” For PR teams, it’s a strong channel for book publicity with guests who can speak to craft, publishing, and cultural impact.

Metrics

Episodes: 803

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 3.6/5.0

Estimated listeners: <1k

Gender skew: Neutral

Location: USA

Contact Information

info@wellingtonsquarebooks.com

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Host

Sam Hankin - Host and owner of independent bookstore Wellington Square Bookshop; the show includes interviews, recommendations, and insider news from the bookstore.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium
Typical Credentials:  
Authors (bestselling, acclaimed) and literary translators; also prominent journalists/industry writers tied to books (e.g., video games journalism) with a credible platform and depth of subject-matter expertise.
Required Achievements:  
bestselling or acclaimed author status, major awards/fellowships, teaching or leadership roles in literary education, notable journalism credentials, published translation/major literary works

Recent Guest Discussions

Keza MacDonald - Nintendo’s History And Cultural Impact; Designers And Company Ethos Behind Major Game Franchises; Behind-the-scenes/insider Access To Nintendo HQ

Katrine Gaard Jensen - Her Award-winning Translations/rewriting Of Ursula Andkjær Olsen’s Poetry; Translation As Writing; Collaborative Poems And Literary Influences

Mark Helprin - Themes Of Elegy In Blue (new York, Memory, Loyalty, Love, Loss, Justice)

Recent Topics

Books, Literature, Authors, Publishing, Bookstores

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
The Avid Reader Show
:

Episode 788: Keza MacDonald - Super Nintendo: The Game-Changing Company That Unlocked the Power of Play

June 24, 2026

An exuberant, behind-the-scenes look at the designers and the company that brought us Mario, Zelda, Pokémon, and so much more, illuminating Nintendo's singular ethos, its massive cultural impact, and the innovative solutions behind its creative triumphsWhat magical mushroom could have turned an unassuming playing card company into one of the dominant cultural forces of the twenty-first century?In Super Nintendo, lifelong gamer and a renowned video games journalist Keza MacDonald traces Ninten...

Episode 787: Ancient Algorithms - Katrine ØGaard Jensen

April 30, 2026

In Ancient Algorithms, Katrine gaard Jensen mistranslates, rewrites, and remixes her award-winning translations of Danish Ursula Andkj r Olsen's poetry based on a series of self-imposed rules and rituals in collaboration with poets Sawako Nakayasu, Aditi Machado, CAConrad, Baba Badji, Paul Cunningham, and Ursula Andkj r Olsen herself. Envisioned as a shared debut, this collection of collaborative poems is equal parts exercise and exorcism, a haunting of literary influences that repositions tr...

Episode 786: Elegy in Blue - Mark Helprin

April 29, 2026

Told in an exceptional literary voice, mixing comedy and tragedy, Elegy in Blue is a hymn to New York, memory, loyalty, and love.High in a subsidized studio apartment, the unnamed 82-year-old narrator of Elegy in Blue looks out across the rooftops of Brooklyn all the way to the sea.His distinguished career on Wall Street is in ruins, his mansion in Brooklyn Heights has been burned to the ground, and most of all, his father, his son, and his wife—the stunningly beautiful and equally kind Clare...

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