author conversation

In the first episode of the new year, Jason and Brett discuss books they’re excited to check out in 2024. They’re joined by editor and author Jenny Jackson (who initially put The Rachel Incident on their radar—one of Jason’s Most Memorable 2023 Books!) Jenny talks about titles, some of which she served as editor, that she’s looking forward to this year.

You’ll also find an Easter egg for an upcoming (unannounced) episode.

Check out Jason's earlier interview with Jenny HERE. 

Jenny Jackson is a vice president and executive editor at Alfred A. Knopf. A graduate of Williams College and the Columbia Publishing Course, she lives in Brooklyn Heights with her family. Her debut novel Pineapple Street, a Good Morning America Book Club pick, was released in March 2023. 

**BOOKS!**
Check out the list of books discussed on each episode on our Bookshop page:
https://bookshop.org/shop/gaysreading | By purchasing books through this Bookshop link, you can support both Gays Reading and an independent bookstore of your choice!

Join our Patreon for exclusive bonus content!

Purchase your Gays Reading podcast Merch!

Follow us on Instagram
@gaysreading | @bretts.book.stack | @jasonblitman

What are you reading?
Send us an email or a voice memo at gaysreading@gmail.com

Jason and Brett talk to RuPaul’s Drag Race alum Ginger Minj (Southern Fried Sass) about how to keep your house and heart open, auditioning for the live action Little Mermaid, naming Bette Midler as her new drag mom, and the important differences between throwing shade and reading. 

Ginger Minj is the stage name of Joshua Allen Eads, an American drag queen, actor, singer-songwriter, and reality television personality. After achieving recognition for placing as runner-up on the seventh season of the reality television competition series RuPaul’s Drag Race, Minj returned to compete on the second and sixth seasons of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars. Minj has acted in three Netflix productions: Dumplin’, Super Drags, and AJ and the Queen­; made an appearance in Disney’s Hocus Pocus 2; and has released three studio albums. Southern Fried Sass is her first book.

**BOOKS!**
Check out the list of books discussed on each episode on our Bookshop page:
https://bookshop.org/shop/gaysreading | By purchasing books through this Bookshop link, you can support both Gays Reading and an independent bookstore of your choice!

Join our Patreon for exclusive bonus content!

Purchase your Gays Reading podcast Merch!

Follow us on Instagram
@gaysreading | @bretts.book.stack | @jasonblitman

What are you reading?
Send us an email or a voice memo at gaysreading@gmail.com

Had a wonderful time speaking with Nicholas Kotar about fantasy, why stories are important, fairy tales, teaching, music, tropes, why being being a parent is like being a salesman and much, much more!

Find Nicholas on his website: https://nicholaskotar.com/

PageChewing.com

PAGECHEWING: Comics & Manga Podcast

Film Chewing Podcast

Buy me a coffee

Linktree

Logo by The GlimmerTwin Art House

Join Riverside.fm

This week we discuss the writing process, book covers, dragons, character bonds, LitRPG, social media and much more!

If you would like to join us on a Friday Conversation, join our forums: https://www.pagechewing.com/forum/

Find Michael R. Miller: https://www.michaelrmiller.co.uk/

Find ThePurpleBookWyrm: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePurpleBookWyrm

PageChewing.com

PAGECHEWING: Comics & Manga Podcast

Film Chewing Podcast

Buy me a coffee

Linktree

Logo by The GlimmerTwin Art House

Join Riverside.fm

Author Dwain Worrell discuss his new book ANDRONE, how it became a novel, publishing, the importance of reviews, editing, writing film and television vs. a novel, why stories are important, writing the next book, the television series DARK, AI, the Celtics and much more!

Find Dwain on his website

Find ANDRONE on Amazon

Find Dwain on X (Twitter)

PageChewing.com

PAGECHEWING: Comics & Manga Podcast

Film Chewing Podcast

Buy me a coffee

Linktree

Logo by The GlimmerTwin Art House

Join Riverside.fm

This week, we  have the honor of speaking with Caitlin Zura author of the new book The Veiling of the Moon Kingdom, coming 3/21/23! You can catch Caitlin on IG @caitlinlibrary and @authorcaitlinzura.

We catch up, discuss the latest book tea, share our current reads, and jump into our convo with Cait! Of course, there will be some BS'ing involved…. We talk about her upcoming book, SJM, life, dungeons and dragons, so much more.

Disclaimer/Trigger Warnings:  Prince Harry won’t like what we have to say…. Aside from that, in the Book Tea segment, we do talk about life without a dad which could feel triggering fro some.

>>>  Time Stamps:

Intro and Catch-Up     00:00:00
Current Reads 00:03:21
Book Tea!. 00:25:21
CAITLIN ZURA!!!c: 01:02.:12
Next Book + Outro. 01:54:58

>>> Hope you enjoyed this podcast!

Podcasts drop EVERY Monday.

If you enjoyed this episode please hit the subscribe button and give us a rating <3

Follow us @‌thebooksleuths on IG and TikTok

NEXT FULL BOOK RECAP IS A MEMOIR: Spare by Prince Harry (AIRING March 6, 2023)

------------------
------------------
------------------
------------------
------------------

Music Credits:
Intro Music:
Song: LAKEY INSPIRED - Chill Day (Vlog No Copyright Music)
Music provided by Vlog No Copyright Music.
Video Link: https://youtu.be/vtHGESuQ22s

Outro Music:
Track: Sub Urban - Cradles [NCS Release]
Music provided by NoCopyrightSounds.
Watch: https://youtu.be/Hn4sfC2PbhI
Free Download / Stream: http://ncs.io/CradlesYO

Follow me on Instagram @thebooksleuths

In this episode we speak with young adult fantasy and science fiction author Astrid Scholte about her new novel League of Liars where four teenagers are charged with the illegal use of magic get together to devise the ultimate jailbreak. A thrilling YA fantasy novel full of twists and turns.

We also chat to debut author Lizzie Pook about her novel Moonlight & the Pearlers Daughter - an exquisite Australian historical novel set in a mesmerising yet unforgiving land, where both profit and peril lie deep beneath the ocean’s surface.

https://www.connectedlibraries.org.au
https://www.instagram.com/caseycardinialibraries/
https://twitter.com/CasCarLibraries
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2i9T4cx7vDpqmiRGbVse0g

In this episode we speak with Australian author Diana Reed about her contemporary novel Love & Virtue Feminism where power and sex play out through the eyes of young Australian uni students in a contemporary narrative that is fiercely authentic,  and also with Australian rural suspense writer Fleur McDonald about her new novel Deception Creek about a returned criminal, a cult-like family and cybercrime which clash against the backdrop of the Flinders Ranges.

Staff Book Reviews:

Fury - Kathryn Heyman
Future Girl - Asphyxia
In Case you Missed it - Linsey Kelk
A Thousand Roads Home - Carmel Harrington

https://www.connectedlibraries.org.au
https://www.instagram.com/caseycardinialibraries/
https://twitter.com/CasCarLibraries
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2i9T4cx7vDpqmiRGbVse0g

 Adrian Selby and I discuss his books, building a world, the herbal arms race, writing stand alone books instead of a series, what Adrian learned about himself while being a teacher, Ultima Online and much more.

Find Adrian Selby:
Website
Amazon
Twitter

Watch on YouTube

Connect with me:

• Steve Talks Books YouTube Channel
• On Facebook
• Vero
• Event Calendar
• Discussion Forum
• Twitter
• Podcast
• My Mountain Biking Channel

PageChewing.com

PAGECHEWING: Comics & Manga Podcast

Film Chewing Podcast

Buy me a coffee

Linktree

Logo by The GlimmerTwin Art House

Join Riverside.fm

 Had a great conversation with author FayeC (Sienna Frost) about what inspired her book Obsidian Awakening, what the term grimdark means to her, killing characters, world building, cultural differences that influenced the story, what her reaction is when readers tell her that her book made them cry, death, religion, the best Thai noodles, how Richard Nell changed her life and so much more.

Watch on YouTube

Find Faye:
Twitter
Website
Buy Obsidian Awakening

Connect with me:

• Steve Talks Books YouTube Channel
• On Facebook
• Vero
• Event Calendar
• Discussion Forum
• Twitter
• Podcast
• My Mountain Biking Channel

PageChewing.com

PAGECHEWING: Comics & Manga Podcast

Film Chewing Podcast

Buy me a coffee

Linktree

Logo by The GlimmerTwin Art House

Join Riverside.fm

Episode four of our Summer Series features a look back on our chat with International bestselling author, Martha Hall Kelly as well as some usual reviews and recommendations for you!

https://www.connectedlibraries.org.au
https://www.instagram.com/caseycardinialibraries/
https://twitter.com/CasCarLibraries
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2i9T4cx7vDpqmiRGbVse0g

 L.J. and I discussed his books Beasts of the Caliber Lodge & Primal Reserve, the covers, his time screenwriting, writing his first book, horror, movies, the Alien franchise, how he deals with negative feedback and more!

Find L.J.
Amazon
Twitter
Instagram

Connect with me:

• Steve Talks Books YouTube Channel
• On Facebook
• Vero
• Event Calendar
• Discussion Forum
• Twitter
• Podcast
• My Mountain Biking Channel

PageChewing.com

PAGECHEWING: Comics & Manga Podcast

Film Chewing Podcast

Buy me a coffee

Linktree

Logo by The GlimmerTwin Art House

Join Riverside.fm

 Sat down with author, editor, reviewer and blogger Sarah Chorn to discuss writing, reading, how long it takes to edit a book, what you should look out for when finding an editor, common mistakes, Grimdark magazine, what Sarah reads when she's not editing and so much more! Thanks again to Sarah for taking the time out of her busy schedule to chat with me.

Find Sarah
On Amazon
Blog
Twitter
Facebook


Connect with me:

• Steve Talks Books YouTube Channel
• Vero
• Event Calendar
• Discussion Forum
• Twitter
• Podcast
• My Mountain Biking Channel

PageChewing.com

PAGECHEWING: Comics & Manga Podcast

Film Chewing Podcast

Buy me a coffee

Linktree

Logo by The GlimmerTwin Art House

Join Riverside.fm

In this episode we revisit our chat to Melbourne based writer Sally Hepworth about her writing experience and her novel, The Good Sister.

https://www.connectedlibraries.org.au
https://www.instagram.com/caseycardinialibraries/
https://twitter.com/CasCarLibraries
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2i9T4cx7vDpqmiRGbVse0g

I'm joined with author Mike Shel and booktuber EpicTalez to discuss the final book in the Iconoclasts series: Idols Fall and the series as a whole.  We also discuss Mike's process and he reads 2,000 words to us from the new book he's currently working on! 

Find Mike Shell on his website
Twitter
Amazon

EpicTalez on YouTube

Connect with me:

• Steve Talks Books YouTube Channel
• Vero
• Event Calendar
• Discussion Forum
• Twitter
• Podcast
• My Mountain Biking Channel

PageChewing.com

PAGECHEWING: Comics & Manga Podcast

Film Chewing Podcast

Buy me a coffee

Linktree

Logo by The GlimmerTwin Art House

Join Riverside.fm

In Episode 2 of our Summer Series, we look back on our conversation with American bestselling author, Deborah Rodriguez.  Deborah talks about her writing journey, her inspiration and her book The Little Coffee Shop of Kaboul.

https://www.connectedlibraries.org.au
https://www.instagram.com/caseycardinialibraries/
https://twitter.com/CasCarLibraries
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2i9T4cx7vDpqmiRGbVse0g

 See chapter notes for SPOILER sections. Stacey and I chat with Richard Nell about writing, culture, history, the Ash and Sand universe, what's to come, Shogun, why Sam is really the hero in LOTR and much more.

Find Stacey on YouTube

Find Richard Nell on his Website
Goodreads
Amazon

Watch this conversation on YouTube

Connect with me:

• Steve Talks Books YouTube Channel
• Vero
• Event Calendar
• Discussion Forum
• Twitter
• Podcast
• My Mountain Biking Channel

PageChewing.com

PAGECHEWING: Comics & Manga Podcast

Film Chewing Podcast

Buy me a coffee

Linktree

Logo by The GlimmerTwin Art House

Join Riverside.fm

Murder!  Chaos!  Mayhem!  Jellybeans!  Wait, jellybeans?!  Halo and I discuss the RIFT CYCLE, how to make character deaths impactful, QueerIndie.com, Pity the pig, why writing is therapeutic, what Halo learned being a teacher, why you should avoid tequila the night before a D&D meetup and much more!  Had a great time talking with Halo and we will be talking again after I finish the RIFT CYCLE series.

Connect with Halo Scot:
Website
Twitter
QueerIndie
On Goodreads

Watch this conversation on YouTube

Books & Authors Mentioned:
Organic eMotions
Ross Young
The Moon Hunters: A Thrilling Dystopian Adventure
S P O'Farrell
Letters from Italy: A Transatlantic Love Story

Connect with me:

• Steve Talks Books YouTube Channel
• Vero
• Event Calendar
• Discussion Forum
• Twitter
• Podcast
• My Mountain Biking Channel

PageChewing.com

PAGECHEWING: Comics & Manga Podcast

Film Chewing Podcast

Buy me a coffee

Linktree

Logo by The GlimmerTwin Art House

Join Riverside.fm

Our Summer Series kicks off with a look back at our conversation with leading Australian crime fiction novelist Chris Hammer, author of international bestsellers Scrublands, Silver and Trust.

https://www.connectedlibraries.org.au
https://www.instagram.com/caseycardinialibraries/
https://twitter.com/CasCarLibraries
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2i9T4cx7vDpqmiRGbVse0g

Chad Lutzke and I sat down to chat about his new book CANNIBAL CREATOR, real cannibalism, horror, why people are scarier than ghouls and ghosts, what instruments Chad plays, the best live show he's ever been to and his affinity for table gaming.

Find Chad on his website
Amazon
Buy Cannibal Creator

My review of Cannibal Creator

Watch a portion of this conversation on YouTube

Connect with me:

• Steve Talks Books YouTube Channel
• Vero
• Event Calendar
• Discussion Forum
• Twitter
• Podcast
• My Mountain Biking Channel

PageChewing.com

PAGECHEWING: Comics & Manga Podcast

Film Chewing Podcast

Buy me a coffee

Linktree

Logo by The GlimmerTwin Art House

Join Riverside.fm