In Episode 42 Gen and Jette dive deep into The Shale Project developed by Sienna Tristen and Avi Silver. This time for book club we read two books–Tristen’s The Heretic’s Guide to Homecoming and Silver’s Two Dark Moons. The Shale Project is more than books, it’s a whole planet with …
In Episode 41 Gen and Jette talk about making a routine of writing. It’s been an adjustment to keep writing in these uncertain times and a routine is more important than ever. We chat about some ways to develop your own writing routine to get yourself in a writing headspace …
In Episode 40 Gen and Jette have an interview with Sara-Jayne Poletti of Learn with SJP. We chat book marketing, how to leverage social media as an author, and how to connect with readers. Sara-Jayne shares her valuable insights into the do’s and don’t’s of social marketing for authors and …
In Episode 39 Gen and Jette discuss two House of Anansi new releases. We chat about Coming Up for Air by Sarah Leipciger and Pallbearing by Michael Melgaard. Coming Up for Air follow three stories in different eras and countries–a young woman in present-day Canada with cystic fibrosis, a man …
In Episode 38 Gen and Jette talk about Movies (and Other Things) by Shea Serrano, their 2020 January/February book club selection. We love Shea Serrano and we had a great time discussing his latest book. It let us go off on a bunch of movie tangents and talk about some …
In Episode 37 Gen and Jette sit down for another cup of tea and a winter hangout. Join us for a casual chat where we talk books, writing, and everything we’ve been up to lately. We can’t believe February is almost over while January was the longest month. Possibly we …
In Episode 36 Gen and Jette talk about Disfigured by Amanda Leduc. We loved chatting about this book that tackles fairy tales and disability. Leduc breaks down how disability has been etched into the collective unconscious as a bad thing that a person needs to overcome and how stories need …
In Episode 35 Gen and Jette have another genre breakdown and ask: memoirs, fact or fiction? This is one of our favourite genres and we had a great time discussing it. We talk about the themes that run through many memoirs and examine the grey area of creative non-fiction, semi-autobiographical …
In Episdoe 34 Gen and Jette talk about The Institute by Stephen King, our 2019 November/December book club selection. King’s latest novel follows a group of children with special powers who are prisoners of a mysterious Institute that runs experiments on them. We chat about fate and chance, shady governments, …
In Episode 33 Gen and Jette have a Holiday Wrap Up for 2019. We keep things pretty short as we review our Goodreads goals, talk about writing, and chat about our holiday plans. It was a great reading and podcasting year, and we’re excited to share some of our favourite books …
