Another Book on the Shelf

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 Seibert. Both are debut YA authors with large followings on Wattpad, an online community of writers and readers. Wattpad Books is combines the best of art and science to find new voices in storytelling and elevate their stories. We...

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 as she negotiates between her virtual world and the real world. And lastly, Fauna by Christiane Va...

Gen and Jette discuss Jesse Thistle's memoir - From the Ashes: My Story of Being Métis, Homeless, and Finding My Way. Show Notes: From the Ashes was a Canada Reads finalist. The winner of Canada Reads 2020 was We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir by Samra Habib, which also sounds like an excellent read. The term we couldn't recall for Thistle's family in Saskatchewan is Michif "road all...

Gen and Jette get our their magnifying glasses and trench coats and talk everything mystery. Did you know there are a bunch of different mystery sub-genres, including: bumbling detective, amateur detective, caper/heist, comedy detective, cozy/soft boiled, hardboiled, holmesian, whodunit, and even more? Who knew!  Show Notes: Agatha Christie has written 66 novels under her own name, 6 under a...

Gen and Jette dive into the Mystic River - both the novel by Dennis Lehane and the film adaptation by Clint Eastwood - and breakdown adaptations in general. Prepare for spoilers and having your heartbroken. Show Notes Favourite Authors episode . Jette is still obsessed with Boston. Shutter Island stars Leo DiCaprio, directed by Scorsese. The Drop is based on Animal Rescue - we always forget! Gone,...

Gen and Jette welcome a guest! Laurelle, Gen’s sister, joins them to discuss Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid  - one of the best summer reads ever to exist! This was originally a bonus episode we posted to our Patreon. Since we have taken a break from Patreon due to the pandemic, we wanted to share it here since Daisy Jones and The Six is the perfect summer read. Show Notes: Check ou...

Gen and Jette head to upstate New York and fall in love with farm animals and candy shops in Hilarie Burton Morgan's Memoir - The Rural Diaries: Love, Livestock, and Big Life Lessons Down on Mischief Farm. Show Notes: Samuel's Sweet Shop Astor Servies We are officially going on a road trip to Rhinebeck when the world opens up again for the Rhinebeck Sheep and Wool festival Canada Reads is July 20-...

Gen and Jette hang out... virtually. It's been a wild ride since our last hangout episode in February. The world is different - actually... Look below for links, anti-racist resources, and a great lecture on James Baldwin's Another Country. Since we're crushing our Goodreads goals in quarantine - here is a huge list of all the books we mention: So You Want To Talk About Race - Ijeoma Oluo If Beale...

Gen and Jette talk about the graphic novel genre. They start with a bit of history and just what a graphic novel is exactly, and then talk favourites, adaptations, and what makes the genre a unique and effective form of storytelling. Check out our stories on Instagram to see inside some of our faves. Novels: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay - Michael Chabon *Dr. Strange - Stan Lee and S...

Gen and Jette interview Sidura Ludwig, discussing her latest release - You are not what we expected, growing up in Winnipeg, and the importance of writing routines. Show Notes: Winnipeg might be a deep freeze but it breeds creativity through it's chilly isolation. Sidura used to work at McNally Robinson - Canada's largest indie bookstore (and Jette used to go there while in university!) Art is mor...

Gen and Jette dive deep into The Shale Project for the most recent bookclub book reads with The Heretic's Guide to Homecoming by Sienna Tristen and Two Dark Moons by Avi Silver.  Show notes: We found this awesome series at the Word on the Street Festival Read Tales from a Library Dive into the history and culture of the different regions of Shale Books and Movies Mentioned Game of Thrones The...

Gen and Jette talk about writing during this uncertain time and try to figure out the best way to develop a writing routine. Show Notes: Please go listen to The Otherwise Intelligent Woman podcast right now! Skillshare has some awesome writing classes on developing routines and things like flash fiction - use this link for 2 months free! Did you know that Dr. Seuss wore a silly hat every time he s...

Gen and Jette talk with Sara-Jayne of Learn with SJP about book marketing and how to authors can use social media to connect with readers. Show Notes: @sarajayne.poletti Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho Don’t forget to follow us on Instagram @anotherbookpodcast , Twitter @anotherbookpod , and Facebook or email us at anotherbookontheshelfpodcast@gmail.com . We’d love to hear from you! And check out...

Gen and Jette teamed up with Toronto publisher House of Anansi again and talk about 2 new releases - "Coming up for Air" by Sarah Leipciger and "Pallbearing" by Michael Melgaard Show Notes: If you haven't figured it out - we live in Toronto.  Stay home! (and read) House of Anasi has a promotion right now called Reading Apart Together. Visit houseofanansi.com and when you buy any ebook they will se...

Gen and Jette talk about Shea Serrano 's Movies (And Other Things) and go off on many movie tangents.  Show Notes: You know we love The Ringer Yes - Jette's favourite movie is Requiem for a Dream and yes maybe that says something about her. There is just too much to even put in the notes here so just give it a listen ;) We aren't making a list of the movies we talked about because there were...

Show Notes: January was the entire year and February is over, go back to our Eating the Dinosaur episode for more on how time is fake. Our new podcast, Teenage Daydream, is live! We're starting with The OC, so if you need to relive your early 2000s teen drama obsession we got you covered. Definitely go see Knives Out and Little Women. Who else was excited to watch Eminem finally perform at the Osc...

Gen and Jette got an advanced reading copy of "Disfigured" by Amanda Leduc - Thanks to James at Coach House Books for our ongoing collabs! This book breaks down fairy tales and how disability has been etched into the collective unconscious as a bad thing that you have to overcome. Show Notes: Who know all the Disney movies came from such creepy scary "Fairy Tales" Hans My Hedgehog sounds like the...

Gen and Jette talk about memoirs, themes that tend to run through most, and floating into that grey area of creative non-fiction versus cold hard facts. Show Notes: How truthful are memoirs and what is the difference between a memoir and an autobiography? Please tell us - we're not sure. So don't piss off Oprah or you'll live through the scandal that was A Million Little Pieces by James Grey. It l...

Gen and Jette talk about The Institute by Stephen King, sent to them by Simon and Schuster Canada.   Show Notes: You can hear more about Stephen King In our favourite author episode . We wouldn't find SK's cumulative word count but the best estimate is somewhere in the tens of millions. Apparently "night knocker" rose in Google trends when this came out because everyone was trying to figure o...

Gen and Jette review 2019 their Goodreads goals, and their holiday plans. Show Notes: Happy Holidays! We're launching a new podcast in 2020 - Teenage Daydream Join us for #janowrimo - let's write 25,000 words! Please add The Skulls (2000) to your holiday watch list Books: The Umbrella Academy: Hotel Oblivion - Gerard Way and Gábriel Ba Annihilation - Jeff Vandermeer The Institute - Stephen King Th...

*Disclaimer: There is a lot of love for JKR in this episode with regards to plotting and character development. We recorded this before JKR made her anti-trans stance public. We in no way support JKR or her opinions and we stand with the trans community.* Gen and Jette talk about Harry Potter. FINALLY!  For the sake of not being here for 500 years, they cover books 1-3 and still only scratch the s...

Gen and Jette talk about the novel writing event, Nanowrimo Show Notes: Nanowrimo is National Novel Writing Month The goal is to write 50,000 words in 30 days or 1667 words a day Neither us of are accomplishing this this year This is the 20th year of #Nanowrimo Conclusion - writing is hard Anvil Press has a 3 day novel writing event - that seems a bit much Join us in January for #jannowrimo where...

Gen and Jette talk about the semi-autobiographical novel Cherry by current inmate, Nico Walker.   Show Notes:  You know we love The Ringer and Jette heard about this book on The Watch podcast thanks to Chris Ryan. #keepingitreal aka The Podcat makes an appears. Jette is sick and sounds weird, the table keeps creaking, and so many other oddities This novel is being adapted for the sc...

Gen and Jette get spooky and try to breakdown the horror genre.  Show Notes: You definitely need to Google Dean Koontz – all of the dog pictures are amazing. The Goosebumps series is #2 behind Harry Potter for most sold series – what? Also – maybe Jette is a little too de-sensitized and Saving Private Ryan should have shook her a bit more. Like how Gen is still scared of bathrooms with the lights...

It’s our one year podcast anniversary! Gen and Jette reflect on their first year of podcasting, past episodes, and what’s next (like some super exciting new books and collaborations!) Thank you all so much for listening! Show Notes: Page One cafe is where it all began! Tune in for more strange time travel… Local Toronto publishers Coach House Books and House of Anansi have been so amazing to work...