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148: Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe

148: Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe

Another Book on the Shelf July 15, 2024 July 15, 2024

In Episode 148, Gen and Jette are kicking off Pride Month with Maia Kobabe’s graphic novel memoir, Gender Queer. Show Notes This graphic novel memoir was such a great entry point for talking about gender and sexuality.Maia Kobabe uses Spivak pronouns, e/em/eir.You can check out Kobabe’s other work in a …

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147: Spring Hangout 2024

147: Spring Hangout 2024

Another Book on the Shelf July 15, 2024 July 15, 2024

It’s spring, which means it’s time for another hangout episode. We love having these chats about all the non-podcast books we’ve been reading and the writing projects we’re working on. Show Notes We actually hung out IRL recently. It was so much fun to walk around TCAF (Toronto Comic Arts Festival) and …

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144: The Night Eaters (Vol. 1) by Marjorie Liu & Sana Takeda

144: The Night Eaters (Vol. 1) by Marjorie Liu & Sana Takeda

Another Book on the Shelf May 7, 2024 May 7, 2024

In Episode 144, Gen and Jette read the first volume of Night Eaters, a horror graphic novel by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda.You know we’re all about the creepy graphic novels, but this one had the added bonus of being very funny. Safe to say we loved it! Show Notes …

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138: Flung Out Of Space by Grace Ellis and Hannah Temple

138: Flung Out Of Space by Grace Ellis and Hannah Temple

Another Book on the Shelf February 27, 2024 February 27, 2024

In Episode 138, Gen and Jette discuss the graphic novel Flung Out of Space by Grace Ellis and Hannah Templer. It reimagines the life of author Patricia Highsmith and the inspiration for her classic lesbian novel The Price of Salt. Show Notes We’ve begun a bit of a tradition of …

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112: Fatale by Ed Brubaker & Sean Phillips

112: Fatale by Ed Brubaker & Sean Phillips

Another Book on the Shelf February 5, 2023 February 5, 2023

In Episode 112, it’s time for another instalment of our unofficial graphic novel book club — this time with Fatale by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips. We cover volumes 1 & 2 (with little sneak peeks at volumes 3–5) of this supernatural noir thriller from one of the most celebrated …

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106: Something Is Killing the Children

106: Something Is Killing the Children

Another Book on the Shelf November 2, 2022 November 2, 2022

It’s almost Halloween! Which means episode 106 is dedicated to all things spooky — specifically Something Is Killing the Children by James Tynion IV, Werther Dell’Edera, and Miquel Muerto. And we’re welcoming guest and friend of the pod, Mike Storey, to talk all things horror and graphic novels. Show Notes …

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5 Spooky Graphic Novels You Should Read This Autumn

5 Spooky Graphic Novels You Should Read This Autumn

Jette Schirmer October 11, 2022 October 11, 2022

We have endured a long and awful summer to get to the best season of all — spooky season. The weather has finally started to cool down and the creepy coffee mugs are in full rotation. I don’t know what it is about 2022 but I want more witches and …

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93: Fun Home by Alison Bechdel

93: Fun Home by Alison Bechdel

Another Book on the Shelf April 27, 2022 April 27, 2022

In Episode 93, Gen and Jette kick off their graphic novel book club with Fun Home by Alison Bechdel. This graphic novel memoirs chronicles Bechdel’s complex relationship with her father, and she does it with nuance, honesty, and humour. It’s a fantastic read and we nerd out a lot on …

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92: Interview with Stephanie Cooke

92: Interview with Stephanie Cooke

Another Book on the Shelf April 27, 2022 April 27, 2022

In Episode 92, Gen and Jette had the pleasure of speaking with Stephanie Cooke — an award-winning writer and editor based out of Toronto, Canada. She’s a comic book fan, avid gamer, movie watcher, and pun appreciator. Her graphic novels, Oh My Gods! and ParaNorthern are out now from Clarion …

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82: Pegamoose Press Interview

82: Pegamoose Press Interview

Another Book on the Shelf November 24, 2021 November 24, 2021

In Episode 82, Gen and Jette chat with Brenda Hickey and Troy Little of Pegamoose Press. We talk about all things comic books and visual storytelling, how great collaborations elevate everyone involved, and the importance of putting pen to paper. It was a fantastic conversation and we’re so excited to …

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Finally showing off my little haul from Word on th Finally showing off my little haul from Word on the Street @torontowots featuring my @torontolibrary tote, personalized wooden bookmark from @peaceandcotton, and a few books from @bookhugpress and @coachhousebooks 📚

Writing the Neighbourhood was a generous gift from @bookhugpress, a collection of ten essays by local writers about the neighborhoods in Toronto that they know amd love.

And I couldn't resist picking up this poetry collection, Re: Wild Her by Shannon Webb-Campbell, while I was at the @bookhugpress booth!

And finally, another essay collection called Women, Walking, this one from @coachhousebooks, all about walking. This one mixes essays with comics and other styles and I can't wait to dive in! 

I might have to snag a copy of Rebecca Solnit's Wanderlust: A History of Walking to make up a little syllabus for myself on the subject.
I want to be Hazel so badly! An inclusive yoga stu I want to be Hazel so badly! An inclusive yoga studio in Vancouver? Literally my goal 🤭😝. Won’t say no to the hockey boyfriend either (although it would have to be a coach at this point in my life 😆) 

I am loving the Vancouver Storm series so much. @stephaniearcherauthor creates deep characters with complex backgrounds but they have fun and laugh, too. So good. 

#AnotherBookOnTheShelfPodcast #VancouverStorm #RomanceReads #TheFakeOut Stephanie Archer | Vancouver | Hockey Romance | Interconnected Series | PNW | West Coast | Hockey | Reading | The Fake Out
In Episode 208, we’re talking about Espíritu by Ai In Episode 208, we’re talking about Espíritu by Aiden Thomas, the sequel to Cemetery Boys, which we talked about way back in Episode 57! 

It was so much fun to be back with these characters and in their world of spirits and brujx. We wish we could have spent more time with them. Maybe a book for our girl Maritza next? We would be all over that!

Do you believe in spirits? 👻 Have you seen a spirit?

On record, we now know that Jette wants her funeral to be an exact recreation of the My Chemical Romance “Helena” music video. 🥀

No, but seriously, @aidenschmaiden, please can Maritza get a book next?

#AnotherBookOnTheShelfPodcast #NewEpisode #AidenThomas #CemeteryBoys #Espiritu Reading | Podcast | Sequel | Brujx | Aiden Thomas
We finally got to go to WOTS together!! We haven’t We finally got to go to WOTS together!! We haven’t done that since 2022! 

Always a highlight of the year to see so many local writers, publishers, creators, and more. We spent most of the day pointing out books we’ve done episodes on 🤭 So many @coachhousebooks - we love it! 

Did you go to @torontowots this year? What was your favourite part?

#AnotherBookOnTheShelfPodcast #WOTS2026 #WOTSToronto #WOTS
Meeting everyone at @peaceandcotton was definitely Meeting everyone at @peaceandcotton was definitely a highlight of this year’s WOTS. They are so kind and creating such amazing things! How cool is that tessellation? 

These bookmarks!!!!! Obsessed. Thank you for these gifts!

#AnotherBookOnTheShelfPodcast #WOTS #WOTSToronto #WOTS2026
While in Berlin I did manage to read Rebecca Solni While in Berlin I did manage to read Rebecca Solnit's A Field Guide to Getting Lost. It's a collection of essays all centered around various themes of loss and what is means to be lost. She weaves personal narrative with history in a way that I absolutely love.

I actually started reading this on my Kobo, as a loan from the library, but ended up finding a copy at a little bookstore and decided to buy it. 

In between each essay, she writes an interlude of sorts titled "The Blue of Distance." In the first section, she recounts the history of painters rendering the blue of distance in their work, and then the use of cyanotypes in photography. Images rendered in blues. 

I went to a flea market later in the day after buying the book, and there was an artist selling her cyanotypes. Each original includes on the back the artist's signature, the date it was made, and the length of the exposure of that specific piece. Even when playing with the same image, the different exposure times mean no two are alike.

I love a good bit of synchronicity, so of course I had to buy one. The one that I bought belongs to a series of under water images she concluded in the summer. More blue. It's maybe one of my favourite art pieces that I've ever bought.

#TheBlueOfDistance #EssayCollection #BooksAndArt #Photography #AnotherBookOnTheShelfPodcast
I didn't get nearly as much reading done as I was I didn't get nearly as much reading done as I was hoping to on my vacation. It was too hot in France for my brain to concentrate (I ended up rereading The Long Game).

But I did get to hang out in some cafés in Berlin, where the weather was perfectly autumnal, and managed to get at least some reading time in between chats with my sister. I could spend my life just drinking coffee and reading in this city. 

#CoffeeAndBooks #BooksAndTravel #CoffeeShopVibes #AnotherBookOnTheShelfPodcast #BookPodcast
Book Club Announcement!!! Moonflow by Bitter Kar Book Club Announcement!!! 

Moonflow by Bitter Karella

“Annihilation meets Manhunt in this gloriously queer psychedelic trip into the heart of an eldritch wood and the horrors of (cis)terhood.

Sarah is a trans woman who makes her living growing mushrooms. When a bad harvest leaves her in a desperate fix, the lure of the King’s Breakfast has her journeying into those vast uncharted woods. But as she descends deeper, she realizes she’s not alone. Something in the forest is waking up. It’s hungry—and it wants her.”

Heck Yes!!! This is Jette’s current book club pick. Episode coming November 11th if you want to read along with us!

#AnotherBookOnTheShelfPodcast #BookClub #PodcastEpisode Book Club Announcement | Bitter Karella | Give Us All The Mushrooms | Queer Stories | Trans Stories
In Episode 207, we have a wonderful chat with Cana In Episode 207, we have a wonderful chat with Canadian author Heidi Reimer about her new novel, What We Found Instead, as well as writing routines, plotting, and book recommendations. It was so fantastic to have the chance to talk to Heidi about her process of writing this book and learning how to craft a novel.

Find Heidi’s debut novel, The Mother Act, wherever books are sold. Online, you can find Heidi on her website, on Instagram @heidi.c.reimer and on Substack, The Visibility Letters. 

Heidi also coaches writers through the Sarah Selecky Writing School, where she offers coaching for first drafts and revisions. 

Heidi Reimer’s Reading 📚 and Watching 📺 Recommendations
* Chasing Summer by Frankie Scott
* Wild Hope by Joan Thomas 
* The Wild Beneath by Kelly Anderson
* God of the Woods by Liz Moore
* Sterling Point (2026-)

Thanks to @penguinrandomca for reaching out and connecting us with Heidi. Can’t wait to collaborate again in the future.

#AnotherBookOnTheShelfPodcast #Interview #NewEpisode #WhatWeFoundInstead Canadian Authors | Writing Processes | Interview | Reading
This one hit a little too close to home for a lot This one hit a little too close to home for a lot of reasons. I just want to hug Piper and then have Liam hug me (and more… 😏)

The fact that I now have to wait months for books 3 + 4 to be trad published is going to destroy me LOL. I need Riley’s book NOW!!!

#AnotherBookOnTheShelfPodcast #DCStars #ChelseaCurto #HockeyRomance Romance Reads | Reading | NHL | Book Boyfriend
Weekly Hopes and Vibes - Working on conjuring some Weekly Hopes and Vibes - Working on conjuring something this week ✨

Hopes 💕
- we survive in any way shape or form
- we do three treadmill reading walks 🚶🏼‍♀️
- we get our preorder of Espíritu finally 

Vibes 🌌
- knitting on the balcony in the morning
- taking at least one pack of Polaroids
- lots of tacos 🌮

#WeeklyIntentions #HopesandVibes #AnotherBookOnTheShelfPodcast Reading Walk | Knitting | Intentions | Manifesting | Instant Film Photography
Can’t lie. I was very worried that this series wou Can’t lie. I was very worried that this series wouldn’t live up to the epic hype. Spoiler…

It did. It did so hard. Maverick Miller. Love me a down-bad man loving his girl. And I didn’t know how Emmy being in the NHL would play out but it was perfection.

Highly recommend if you like sports romance!

#AnotherBookOnTheShelfPodcast #DCStars #ChelseaCurto Sports Romance | Hockey Romance | NHL | Romance Reads | Reading
I never want to leave Sparrow Falls (as someone wh I never want to leave Sparrow Falls (as someone who is also firmly planted in Starlight Grove 😝). 

Ellie moving around Trace’s dishes had me kicking my feet 🤭. The way they both opened up and grew together was so good. 

Have you read any @catherinecowlesauthor? Which earlier series should I read next? 

#AnotherBookOnTheShelfPodcast #SparrowFalls #CatherineCowles Suspense Romance | Small Town Romance | Romance Reads | Oregon
Another series done. But also Asher Reed?? SWOOOOO Another series done. But also Asher Reed?? SWOOOOON. What a way to end the Silver Pines Series. 

Who is your fave MMC from Silver Pines? 

#AnotherBookOnTheShelfPodcast #SilverPines #PaisleyHope Romance Reads | Small Town | Firefighter | Kettle Corn Latte | Coffee Shop Reads
@catherinecowlesauthor just has me down bad every @catherinecowlesauthor just has me down bad every dang time. I’m such a library girlie, but I just bought the first two books in this series and have the third preordered (Can I pre-order the 5th yet????) 

Suspense-romance is sooooo my jam, and a family of 5 brothers? I am sat. 

Kol and Nova were everything I needed them to be - to let go, grow together, just love love love.

#AnotherBookOnTheShelfPodcast #SuspenceRomance #CatherineCowles #StarlightGroveSeries Romance Reads | Smalltown Romance | Suspense | The Archer Brothers
Jette’s first @authorchelseacurto! This was cute a Jette’s first @authorchelseacurto! This was cute and really made me want to watch Twister! (I still remember the first time I saw that in the teeny theatre in my tiny small town growing up). 

Love a man that yearns. Love a smart woman. Good times. 

#AnotherBookOnTheShelfPodcast #InStormyWeather #RomanceReads STEM Romance | Meteorologists | Florida | Hurricane Season | Romance Reads
We (Jette lol) are out of romance reads (not reall We (Jette lol) are out of romance reads (not really lol). Waiting on a few from the library, but the current borrowed pile is all caught up. It’s weird not to be diving into a new book boyfriend. It’s also time for a break. We’re gonna do some spooky reads. The weather might not seem autumnal, but it is for us, and that means creepy reads. 

Currently reading (not pictured) the novel adaptation of Something Is Killing the Children, Jette’s fave graphic novel series, by James Tynion IV and Kiersten White. 

Currently drinking ‘Can’t Complain’ beans from @havefun.coffee (and @theroasterspack)

#AnotherBookOnTheShelfPodcast #CoffeeAndCurrentlyReading #CanadianCoffee The Roasters Pack | Canadian Coffee Roasters | Spooky SZN | Reading | Autumn Reads
In Episode 206, we talk about our latest book club In Episode 206, we talk about our latest book club book, the graphic novel adaptation of The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater, illustrated by Sas Milledge. This is the second book in The Raven Cycle series, and this one may have convinced Jette to pick up the original novels!

Listen on all your fave podcast platforms now!

#NewEpisode #AnotherBookOnTheShelfPodcast #Podcast #MaggieStiefvater #TheRavenCycle  Graphic Novels | The Raven Cycle | Reading | Illustration | Adaptation
Who knew there were paleontological romances, and Who knew there were paleontological romances, and who knew I would need them all! 

We went to the Fossil Feud book launch with @maggienorthauthor and @stephaniearcherauthor in conversation, hosted by @hopelessromanticbooks , and it was so fun. Made me even giddier to read about Ripley and James.

#AnotherBookOnTheShelfPodcast #HopelessRomanticBookshop #MaggieNorth Canadian Authors | Romance Reads | Dinosaurs | STEM Romance
I was very excited to get into Arden and Lincoln’s I was very excited to get into Arden and Lincoln’s story! She was the elusive artist sibling. We only got glimpses of her in other books, and I wanted to know her history. And Linc is perfect for her! (But also, as an artist myself, I would love a rich man to encourage and support my artistic endeavours hee hee)

And yes, I have already started reading Chasing Shelter 🤭

#SparrowFalls #AnotherBookOnTheShelfPodcast #SuspenseRomance #Reading Suspense Romance | Romance Reads | Romance Series | Reading
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