BookTok: Why people are turning to 'emotionally hyperbolic' TikTok videos for must reads
How do you get your book recommendations? Would you turn to TikTok?
A whole new community has formed on the platform, which sees creators, or BookTokkers, recording videos giving their top picks, reviewing the latest releases and bringing characters and story plots to life.
And TikTok has now decided to get in on the action with their very own book awards, which includes categories such as 鈥楤est Book to End a Reading Slump鈥� and 鈥楤est Book I Wish I Could Read Again for the First Time鈥�.
To discuss this way of getting book recommendations, Nuala McGovern was joined on 蘑菇短视频 Radio 4's Woman's Hour by BookTokker Holly McLoughlin, otherwise known as 鈥榯he caffeinated reader鈥� on TikTok, and Susie Goldsborough, Assistant Literary Editor for The Times.
You can listen to the discussion in full on 蘑菇短视频 Sounds - it's the Woman's Hour episode from 1 August.
Listen to the full discussion on 蘑菇短视频 Sounds - it's the episode from 1 August.
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