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 Zea

59. On Midnight Beach - Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick

Oct 12th, 2021 47m 39s

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 dol

(Patron Pod) James Corden's Musical Disappointments and Why aren't these kids in school?

Sep 30th, 2021 21m 59s

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 Medi

58. Keeping the Moon (Last Chance) - Sarah Dessen

Aug 10th, 2021 53m 40s

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 girl

57. Future Girl by Asphyxia

Jul 28th, 2021 1h

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

56. Claudine - Rioko Ikeda (translated Jocelyne Allen)

Jul 13th, 2021 1h 3m

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 Fran

55. Between Perfect and Real - Ray Stoeve

Jun 22nd, 2021 49m 40s

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

54. Out of Salem - Hal Schrieve

Jun 8th, 2021 1h 4m

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 zom

53. Blood Moon - Lucy Cuthew

May 28th, 2021 50m 27s

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. Conte

52. Artemis Fowl - Eoin Colfer

May 13th, 2021 56m 5s

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 technol

51. We Didn't Ask For This - Adi Alsaid

Apr 27th, 2021 1h 10m

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

50. The Cry of the Icemark - Stuart Hill

Apr 13th, 2021 1h

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

49. Exodus - Julie Bertagna

Mar 23rd, 2021 57m 20s

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:

48. The Henna Wars - Adiba Jaigirdar

Mar 9th, 2021 1h 2m

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.

47. Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen

Feb 24th, 2021 1h 12m

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

46. Once and Future - A.R. Capetta and Cori McCarthy

Feb 9th, 2021 1h 2m

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!I

45. He Is Mine and I Have No Other - Rebecca O'Conner

Jan 26th, 2021 1h

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 trau

44. Savage Her Reply - Deirdre Sullivan

Jan 12th, 2021 1h 4m

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 FR

Bonus End of 2020 Wrap Up

Jan 2nd, 2021 59m 21s

We catch up about some the books that we read over the year and discuss our favourites from 2020!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 o

43. Queen of Coin and Whispers- Helen Corconan

Dec 8th, 2020 1h

In 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

42. Moominland Midwinter - Tove Jansson

Nov 24th, 2020 51m 5s

November 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 te

41. Pet - Akwaeke Emezi

Nov 4th, 2020 51m

What 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

40. A Monster Calls - Patrick Ness (original idea by Siobhan Dowd)

Oct 22nd, 2020 48m 28s

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 adu

39. Shiver the Whole Night Through - Darragh McManus

Oct 13th, 2020 1h 2m

Oh 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 paranorma

38. The Space Between - Meg Grehan

Sep 29th, 2020 42m 14s

We'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 oth