Weird Era
Dedicated to asking authors the right questions.
Episodes
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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 6: LSHB's Weird Era feat. Katherine Angel
March 18th, 2021 | Season 1 | 53 mins
#metoo, 2021books, authors, bookclub, bookish, books, bookstore, consent, desire, fiction, foucault, indiebooks, indiebookstore, interviews, katherine angel, librairiesthenribooks, literature, lshb, metoo, montreal, montrealbookstore, mtl, sex positivity, sthenri, weirdera, weirderapod
Katherine Angel discusses her latest book, Sex Will Be Good Again Tomorrow, consent, desire, and how to shift the #metoo movement to better benefit all members of society.
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Episode 5: LSHB's Weird Era feat. Christine Smallwood
March 11th, 2021 | Season 1 | 44 mins 32 secs
2021books, authors, bookclub, bookish, books, bookstore, christine smallwood, feminism, fiction, indiebooks, indiebookstore, interviews, librairiesthenribooks, literature, lshb, miscarriage, montreal, montrealbookstore, motherhood, mtl, sthenri, the life of the mind, weirdera, weirderapod
Author and Critic Christine Smallwood discusses her debut novel, The Life of the Mind: ambient doubleness, waste, and a critic's sense of humour.
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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.
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Episode 3: LSHB's Weird Era feat. Joni Murphy
February 18th, 2021 | Season 1 | 32 mins 54 secs
2021books, authors, bookclub, bookish, books, bookstore, capitalism, fiction, indiebooks, indiebookstore, interviews, joni murphy, librairiesthenribooks, literature, lshb, montreal, montrealbookstore, mtl, sthenri, talking animals, weirdera, weirderapod
Joni Murphy, author of Talking Animals, discusses capitalism, academia, and puns.
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Episode 2: LSHB's Weird Era feat. Lauren Oyler
February 11th, 2021 | Season 1 | 41 mins 13 secs
2021books, authors, bookclub, bookish, books, bookstore, fake accounts, fiction, indiebooks, indiebookstore, interviews, lauren oyler, librairiesthenribooks, literature, lshb, montreal, montrealbookstore, mtl, sthenri, weirdera, weirderapod
Lauren Oyler discusses her debut novel Fake Accounts: book criticism, relationship anarchy, and moral purity.
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Episode 1: LSHB's Weird Era feat. Torrey Peters
February 5th, 2021 | Season 1 | 34 mins 41 secs
2021books, authors, bookclub, bookish, books, bookstore, detransition baby, detransitioning, fiction, gender, indiebooks, indiebookstore, interviews, librairiesthenribooks, literature, lshb, montreal, montrealbookstore, motherhood, mtl, sexuality, sthenri, torrey peters, trans, transgender, weirdera, weirderapod
Bookseller, Sruti Islam, sits down to discuss Detransition, Baby—a debut novel by Torrey Peters.