How BookTok is changing the way you read & tips to train your algorithm

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Deep Dive: BookTok is a community on TikTok where people create and share content about books and in 2025, it truly entered the zeitgeist.  

The hashtag helped platform new authors, sparked controversy, and even reshaped book sales and the way the publishing industry operates. 

In this episode of The Briefing, Helen Smith is joined by Evelyn Araluen, a Goorie and Koori author and teacher, who explains how BookTok works, it’s cultural impact and how it’s influencing what we read.  

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