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 …
In Episode 146, Gen and Jette talk about their most recent book club pick—Starling House by Alix E. Harrow. We are so here for the spooky houses and gothic vibes! Show Notes Eleanor Starling was giving Mark Ryden and Margaret Keane vibes. Starling House is a portal fantasy of sorts, …
In Episode 145, we’re back with the sequel to Her Majesty’s Royal Coven! This is probably the fastest we’ve ever read the second book in a series, but we simply couldn’t wait. So much happened in this book. Can we have the next one already please? Show Notes Juno Dawson …
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 …
In Episode 143, Gen and Jette talk about everything they’ve been up to so far this year, including what books they’ve been reading and what they’ve been writing. Show Notes We may end up squeezing in an episode on The Shadow Cabinet as a follow up to Her Majesty’s Royal …
In Episode 142, Gen and Jette discuss their latest book club selection, Her Majesty’s Royal Coven by Juno Dawson. Obviously we loved the witchy vibes and the stellar queer rep, but also the end of this book had us screaming. Yes, it ends on a cliffhanger! Show Notes We haven’t …
In Episode 141, it’s time for another James Baldwin book! If you’ve been around for a while, you’ll know that James Baldwin is one of our favourite authors, so we’ve turned it into an annual tradition to read one of his works every February. This time we’re reading Baldwin’s non-fiction …
In Episode 140, Gen and Jette get to revisit one of their favourite books, Paper Houses, with the sequel, Pale Shadows. Dominique Fortier’s follow-up to her reimagining of Emily Dickinson’s life, traces the publication of Dickinson’s poems after her death and the women who made it happen. Obviously we loved …
In Episode 139, Gen and Jette continue their #BookstagramMadeMeDoIt series with The Twist of a Knife by Anthony Horowitz. It’s our first whodunnit style mystery, and we had a great time. Show Notes While we’ve definitely seen this book floating around Instagram (hence why we picked it), we’ve also seen …
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 …
