Episodes
In which the pod squad discuss Onyeka and The Academy of the Sun and The Unmorrow Curse and chat to our guest authors Tola Okogwu and Jasmine Richards about their brilliant books. 
Published 07/22/22
Published 07/22/22
In which the Pod Squad share their thoughts about The Boy in the Post and Ajay and the Mumbai Sun and grill our guest authors Holly Rivers and Varsha Shah about their brilliant books!
Published 05/17/22
In which the podsquad grill our guest authors Simon James Green and Adam Hills about Sleepover Takeover & Rockstar Detectives. Plus we find out what happens when Simon got hypnotised and enjoy a drum solo by Adam!
Published 03/31/22
In which the Pod Squad share their thoughts about The Chime Seekers and Sisters of the Lost Marsh and quiz authors Ross Montgomery and Lucy Strange about their brilliant books. Plus, we'll share some of our top tips for books to read in 2022!
Published 01/12/22
In which the Pod Squad discuss their thoughts about His Royal Hopeless and Rules for Vampires and quiz authors Chloe Perrin and Alex Foulkes about their brilliant books. Plus we recommend another fantastic book and tell you about our new subscriptions for younger readers!
Published 11/17/21
In which the Pod Squad discuss their thoughts about Crowfall and The Peculiar Tale of the Tentacle Boy and quiz authors Vashti Hardy and Richard Pickard about their brilliant books. Plus there's a special guest appearance from the author and illustrator of the Pizazz series, Sophy Henn!
Published 09/15/21
In which the Pod Squad discuss their thoughts about The Nightsilver Promise and The Children of the Quicksands and quiz Annaliese Avery and Efua Traore about their brilliant books.
Published 07/08/21
In which the Pod Squad discuss their thoughts about Melt and The Weather Weaver and quiz Ele Fountain and Tamsin Mori about their brilliant books. Plus there's a special guest appearance from Josh Lacey, to tell us more about bonus book: Hope Jones Saves the World. With special guests Griffydam Primary Pod Squad, Ele Fountain, Tamsin Mori and Josh Lacey.
Published 05/14/21
In which the Pod Squad discuss their thoughts about The Queen's Fool and Darwin's Dragons and quiz Ally Sherrick and Lindsay Galvin about their brilliant books. Plus there are reading recommendations from the Tales by Mail team.
Published 03/12/21
In which the Pod Squad discuss their thoughts about The House and the Edge of Magic and The Marvellous Land of Snergs and quiz Amy Sparkes and Veronica Cossanteli about their brilliant books. Plus there are reading recommendations from the newest...
Published 01/15/21
In which the podsquad chat about The Creature Keeper and The Midnight Guardians and quiz Damaris Young and Ross Montgomery about their brilliant books. Plus there are reading recommendations from the Tales by Mail team!
Published 11/13/20
In which the Pod Squad share their thoughts about Wonderscape and Sky Pirates and quiz the authors about their brilliant books. Plus there are readings from Jennifer Bell and Alex English and book recommendations!
Published 09/08/20
In which The Tales by Mail Pod Squad discuss The House on Hoarder Hill and Jack's Secret Summer and quiz the authors about their brilliant books. PLUS reading recommendations to tide you over until your next Tales by Mail box arrives!
Published 07/09/20
In which we chat to debut author Anna Hoghton about her magical new book The Mask of Aribella, discover the favourite reads of lots of brilliant children's writers (including Anna James, Peter Bunzl, Vashti Hardy and many more!) and find out why the...
Published 04/30/20