Welcome to the Shortlist! We are a new bookish podcast based in Naarm Melbourne hosted by Lydia Schofield, (she/they), an emerging YA writer, librarian-in-training, and general bookworm. Each episode, Lydia will interview fellow writers, readers, librarians, teachers, and bookworms about their niche favourite categories of books.

If you would like to keep up with the pod, follow us on Spotify, or follow Lydia on Instagram ⁠@scho.lydia⁠.

If you are a writer, publishing professional, avid reader, or librarian with a shortlist you want to discuss, please reach out via Instagram or drop us a line ⁠here⁠. We would love to have you on the show.

This podcast was recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation. We acknowledge First Nations peoples’ continued connection to lands, waters, skies, and stories of this continent and pay respect to their elders past and present.