In Episode 58, Gen and Jette talk about some of their favourite books of 2020 for their holiday wrap up. We chat about writing through the pandemic, reading slumps, and what we’re looking forwards to in 2021. We know things won’t magically be better on New Year’s Day, but making …
In Episdoe 57, Gen and Jette give all their love to Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas! We’re shifting our Christmas tradition away from a certain wizarding series to talk about fantasy with incredible trans rep instead. We spend most of the episode gushing about how much we loved this YA …
In Episode 56 Gen and Jette talk all things writing for National Novel Writing Month! We talk about books that inspire us, discovering what we like to write, and how making this podcast has helped us grow as writers. Congrats to the all the NaNoWriMo 2020 writers who hit their …
In Episode 55, Gen and Jette discuss their first James Baldwin novel, Another Country, and they are in love. While Baldwin tackles tough themes that are still relevant today, he does it in the most beautiful way. This novel paints a picture of New York City in the 1950s through …
Episode 54 is a two year anniversary celebration! Gen and Jette sit down over another cup of tea to chat about the past two years of podcasting. It’s hard to believe it’s been two years since we sat at Page One cafe and decided we’d make a podcast. Since then, …
In Episode 53 Gen and Jette dive into the extended canon of some of their favourite series/universes. We crave more from the characters we love but do we really want more of their stories? Why is it that extended canon books never quite live up to the original books we …
In Episode 52, Gen and Jette team up with Wattpad Books to discuss two of their fall 2020 releases: Historically Inaccurate by Shay Bravo and The Bro Code by Elizabeth A. Seibert. Both are debut YA authors with large followings on Wattpad, an online community of writers and readers. Wattpad …
In Episode 51 Gen and Jette talk about Coach House Books’ 2020 fall releases. First, The Pine Islands by Marion Poschmann, translated by Jen Calleja. The reader travels with Gilbert on a pilgrimage through Japan. Then, The Imago Stage by Karoline Georges, translated by Rhonda Mullins, which follows the narrator …
In Episode 50, Gen and Jette discuss From the Ashes by Jesse Thistle. It’s our 50th Episode, so it’s only fitting that we’re talking about a book for the book club that started it all! Jesse Thistle’s memoir of homelessness, addiction, and eventual hope, sparked incredible discussion. This is an …
In Episode 49 Gen and Jette get out their magnifying glasses and trench coats for a genre breakdown trying to solve the mystery genre. We had lots of fun breaking this one down and looking at all the different sub-genres within mystery. (Including bumbling detective, amateur detective, caper/heist, comedy detective, …
