Today Ellen takes a look back to some of the best books of 2025, before the weekly ILY Book Drop new releases, and Ellen's Book Nook Pick of the Week! Join the conversation! Email books@mpbonline.org.

Hosted by Mississippi Book Festival's Executive Director, Ellen Daniels, It’s Lit, Y’all is a show celebrating the power of books and storytelling while exploring how literature shapes culture, identity, and community, highlighting Mississippi’s rich literary spirit—one story at a time. And if there’s one thing we can agree on, there’s nothing like getting lost in a good book! For more information: https://www.mpbonline.org/radio/Its-Lit-Yall/.

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Today is our birthday! With this being our first episode, we’ll chat about what you can expect from "It’s Lit Y’all" in the coming weeks, then we’re turning the page on 2026 with avid book lover and owner of Mississippi Mom Reads, Tatia Long Kiser, to chat about her New Year’s Reading Resolutions, her work as a Little Free Library community steward and more, before Ellen’s Book Nook pick of the week! Join the conversation! Email books@mpbonline.org.

Hosted by Mississippi Book Festival's Executive Director, Ellen Daniels, It’s Lit, Y’all is a show celebrating the power of books and storytelling while exploring how literature shapes culture, identity, and community, highlighting Mississippi’s rich literary spirit—one story at a time. And if there’s one thing we can agree on, there’s nothing like getting lost in a good book! For more information: https://www.mpbonline.org/radio/Its-Lit-Yall/.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.