Alex Nierenhausen
Co-Host of Weird Era
Alex Nierenhausen is a born and raised Montrealer, and has been managing and directing Librairie St-Henri Books since its inception in 2017. He is a curator of literature and an avid reader, with a particular fondness for science fiction and queer lit.
Chat with Alex via the St-Henri Books instagram DMs for recommendations!
Alex Nierenhausen has hosted 46 Episodes.
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Episode 33: LSHB's Weird Era feat. Eli Tareq el Bechelany Lynch
November 4th, 2021 | Season 1 | 42 mins 52 secs
2021books, authors, bookclub, bookish, books, bookstore, eli tareq el bechelany-lynch, fiction, indiebooks, indiebookstore, interviews, librairiesthenribooks, literature, lshb, montreal, montrealbookstore, mtl, sthenri, weirdera, weirderapod
Alex and EIi talk about activism in writing, the garbage crisis in Lebanon, queerness and Arabness, and what makes Montreal such an intimate city.
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Episode 32: LSHB's Weird Era feat. Brian Evenson
October 28th, 2021 | Season 1 | 33 mins 17 secs
2021books, authors, bookclub, bookish, books, bookstore, brian evenson, fiction, indiebooks, indiebookstore, interviews, librairiesthenribooks, literature, lshb, montreal, montrealbookstore, mtl, sthenri, weirdera, weirderapod
Alex and Brian sit down to talk about his latest collection, The Glassy, Burning Floor of Hell, short stories as a format, universe-building, horror writing, and fearing the self.
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Episode 31: LSHB's Weird Era feat. Rivka Galchen
October 21st, 2021 | Season 1 | 44 mins 2 secs
2021books, authors, bookclub, bookish, books, bookstore, everyone knows your mother is a witch, fiction, indiebooks, indiebookstore, interviews, librairiesthenribooks, literature, lshb, montreal, montrealbookstore, mtl, rivka galchen, sthenri, weirdera, weirderapod
Alex and Rivka sit down to talk about her latest book, Everyone Knows Your Mother Is A Witch, philosophy, life and judicial systems in 17th century Germany, and what moody septuagenarians and millennials have in common.
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Episode 29: LSHB's Weird Era feat. Sruti Islam
October 1st, 2021 | Season 1 | 48 mins 50 secs
2021books, authors, bookclub, bookish, books, bookstore, fiction, indiebooks, indiebookstore, interviews, librairiesthenribooks, literature, lshb, montreal, montrealbookstore, mtl, sthenri, weirdera, weirderapod
Alex sits down with Sruti to discuss how the Weird Era Literary Arts journal came to be. Fun!
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Episode 24: LSHB's Weird Era feat. David Demchuk
August 26th, 2021 | Season 1 | 56 mins 30 secs
David Demchuk sits down with Alex to discuss Red X, the evolution and the future of queer horror, pop culture (this episode is rife with juicy horror references), and historically problematic queer pioneers. Spooky!
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Episode 20: LSHB's Weird Era Season 1
July 10th, 2021 | Season 1 | 7 mins 56 secs
2021books, authors, bookclub, bookish, books, bookstore, fiction, indiebooks, indiebookstore, interviews, librairiesthenribooks, literature, lshb, montreal, montrealbookstore, mtl, sthenri, weirdera, weirderapod
A look back at our first season.
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Episode 18: LSHB's Weird Era feat. PJ Vernon
June 17th, 2021 | Season 1 | 39 mins 27 secs
2021books, authors, bathhaus, bookclub, bookish, books, bookstore, fiction, indiebooks, indiebookstore, interviews, librairiesthenribooks, literature, lshb, montreal, montrealbookstore, mtl, pj vernon, queer, sthenri, weirdera, weirderapod
PJ Vernon joins Alex to discuss his novel, Bath Haus, gay representation in mainstream literature, writing morally complex characters, trust issues, and how Grindr can be used for good.
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Episode 17: LSHB's Weird Era feat. Paul Mendez
June 10th, 2021 | Season 1 | 49 mins 25 secs
2021books, authors, bookclub, bookish, books, bookstore, class, fiction, indiebooks, indiebookstore, interviews, librairiesthenribooks, literature, lshb, montreal, montrealbookstore, mtl, paul mendez, race, rainbow milk, sexuality, sthenri, weirdera, weirderapod
Alex and Paul sit down to discuss his acclaimed novel, Rainbow Milk, writing as a sensory experience, UK music charts in the early 2000s, and happy endings in queer literature
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Episode 12: LSHB's Weird Era feat. Larissa Pham
May 6th, 2021 | Season 1 | 47 mins 57 secs
2021books, authors, bookclub, bookish, books, bookstore, fiction, indiebooks, indiebookstore, interviews, larissa pham, librairiesthenribooks, literature, lshb, montreal, montrealbookstore, mtl, pop song, sthenri, weirdera, weirderapod
Alex sits down with Larissa Pham to talk about her new essay collection Pop Song, the joys of Tumblr in 2012, intimacy, and art writing vs art critique.
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Episode 11: LSHB's Weird Era feat. Alex and Sruti
April 22nd, 2021 | Season 1 | 46 mins 21 secs
2021books, authors, bookclub, bookish, books, bookstore, fiction, indiebooks, indiebookstore, interviews, librairiesthenribooks, literature, lshb, montreal, montrealbookstore, mtl, sthenri, weirdera, weirderapod
Librairie Saint-Henri Store Manager, and Weird Era Co-host and Weird Era Founder and Co-Host, Sruti, sit down and talk about the start of this project, the store's affinity for curation, and what we look for in literature.
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Episode 10: LSHB's Weird Era feat. Syan Rose
April 15th, 2021 | Season 1 | 43 mins 37 secs
2021books, authors, bookclub, bookish, books, bookstore, fiction, gender, graphic novel, indiebooks, indiebookstore, interviews, librairiesthenribooks, literature, lshb, montreal, montrealbookstore, mtl, sthenri, syan rose, trans, transgender, weirdera, weirderapod
Syan Rose talks about different types of work, acupuncture, how to be a better ally, and the importance of amplifying marginalized voices.
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Episode 8: LSHB's Weird Era feat. andrea bennet
April 1st, 2021 | Season 1 | 58 mins 38 secs
2021books, authors, bookclub, bookish, books, bookstore, fiction, indiebooks, indiebookstore, interviews, librairiesthenribooks, literature, lshb, montreal, montrealbookstore, mtl, sthenri, weirdera, weirderapod
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Episode 7: LSHB's Weird Era feat. Hilary Leichter
March 25th, 2021 | Season 1 | 45 mins 20 secs
2021books, authors, bookclub, bookish, books, bookstore, fiction, hilary leichter, indiebooks, indiebookstore, interviews, librairiesthenribooks, literature, lshb, montreal, montrealbookstore, mtl, sthenri, temporary, weirdera, weirderapod
Hilary Leichter discusses adventure novels, in childhood and adulthood, waiting for our lives to start, and how writers can be their own ideal readers.
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Episode 4: LSHB's Weird Era feat. Francesca Ekwuyasi
March 4th, 2021 | Season 1 | 44 mins 5 secs
2021books, authors, bookclub, bookish, books, bookstore, butter honey pig breadmontreal, canada reads, canadian black authors, fiction, francesca ekwuyasi, indiebooks, indiebookstore, interviews, librairiesthenribooks, literature, lshb, montrealbookstore, mtl, sthenri, weirdera, weirderapod
Alex talks to Francesca Ekwuyasi about her novel Butter Honey Pig Bread, food, and her 2021 Canada Reads nomination.