Jul 21, 2026 · 36 min · 12 segments
Martin Evans, known online as This\_Chubby\_Bois Life, shares his journey from an on-again/off-again reader to a thriving Bookstagram and BookTok creator who champions indie and traditional authors…
Ky GarveyHost
You are a bookstagrammer and booktalker who goes under the handle This Chubby Boy's Life, but I'm going to keep calling you Martin now
because we're best friends now.
I feel like you're a bookie.
Exactly.
I'm always chatting about celebrating reading, writing and creating the literature and I chat to a lot of people in the publishing industry, so writers, illustrators, publishers, but I've never spoken to a reader and I wanted to change that.
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You are a bookstagrammer and booktalker who goes under the handle This Chubby Boy's Life, but I'm going to keep calling you Martin now
because we're best friends now.
I feel like you're a bookie.
Exactly.
I'm always chatting about celebrating reading, writing and creating the literature and I chat to a lot of people in the publishing industry, so writers, illustrators, publishers, but I've never spoken to a reader and I wanted to change that.
