Podcast appearances and mentions of Jen Sookfong Lee

Happy Sunday, this week's episode has been in the works for QUITE a while and I am so so excited to finally share it with the world! I recently got to chat with Veronica Litt about her upcoming book Ugh, As If!: Clueless, the latest installment in ECW Press' Pop Classics Series. While tackling the book's titular topic of Clueless (1995) we also find ourselves chatting about the enduring allure of Paul Rudd, Litt's ideal reboot/continuation of the classic film, and the perpetual power of "guilty pleasures" or "girly media"⁠Follow OTS⁠⁠Map of Indie Bookstores⁠Listen to my previous interviews with Pop Classics Authors!⁠Jen Sookfong-Lee on My Own Private Idaho (1991)⁠⁠Michael Hingston on Calvin and Hobbes⁠⁠Andrea Warner on Dirty Dancing (1987)⁠⁠Bonus! My article about the book (which was blurbed by the publisher!)⁠Get Ugh, As If! (out June 3rd!)⁠On Paper/On The Same Page Books⁠⁠J.H. Gordon⁠⁠The City And The City⁠⁠A Different Drummer⁠⁠The Printed Word⁠⁠Odyssey Books⁠⁠Quail Ridge Books⁠

Read local! Corene and Sadie chose a book set in British Columbia, by an author from British Columbia, for today's podcast. Books mentioned on the episode: Murder by Milkshake: An Astonishing True Story of Adultery, Arsenic, and A Charismatic Killer by Eve Lazarus, and The End of East by Jen Sookfong Lee.

Episode 94 with Cole Nowicki, skateboarder, writer and publisher based in Vancouver, BC.Together we discussed his life and career, from growing up and picking up his first skateboard in Lac La Biche, Alberta to releasing his most recent book “Laser Quit Smoking Massage” in 2024 and everything in between through surprise questions from friends of his. (00:13) – Intro(01:25) – Nathan Mader(04:20) – Fine. Press(06:07) – Mike Munzenrider (09:21) – Jen Sookfong Lee (10:11) – Carleigh Baker and Sean Cranbury(11:52) – Writing habits (13:59) – Paul O'Connor(19:44) – Dina Del Bucchia(21:12) – Farran Golding(25:29) – Sarah Berman (27:08) – John Dahlquist (33:30) – Alicia Tobin(34:55) – Stew Klein(37:35) – Deer Man from Barrier Kult(38:35) – First connection with the Barrier Kult(41:38) – Patrick Kigongo(44:15) – Aaron Read(45:54) – Will Pearson(51:52) – Stefen Ursulan (56:01) – Nikola Racan(56:54) – Michael Christie(01:00:07) – Ian Browning (01:06:14) – Hiller Goodspeed (01:07:34) – José Vadi(01:12:10) – Indigo Willing(01:17:05) – Norma Ibarra(01:19:24) – Matt Bowes(01:22:12) – Kyle Beachy (01:27:41) – ConclusionFor more information and resources: https://linktr.ee/beyondboardsHosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

On this week's special BONUS episode of On The Shelf, I got to speak with author, editor, and fellow podcast personality Jen Sookfong Lee about one of the hidden gems of her bibliography Gentlemen of The Shade: My Own Private Idaho. A short non-fiction book which details the life and legacy of Gus Van Sant's 1991 film of the same name. We dive into the book and movie at the core of this episode, of course, but also into Jen's life in writing thus far and how she has become the editor of the series this book belongs too. This was one of my favorite discussions yet so don't miss out! Follow Jen Follow OTS Link to my interview with Michael Hingston about Let's Go Exploring: Calvin and Hobbes another volume in the series! Get Gentlemen of The Shade Jen's Indie Recs (Canada) Iron Dog Books Upstart and Crow  Elliot Bay Books US Indie Stores Odyssey Books Quail Ridge Books

When I first read Jen Sookfong Lee's thoughtful memoir 'Superfan: How Pop Culture Broke My Heart,' I knew I'd have to have her on the show. A fellow Vancouverite, Jen's memoir explores what it was like growing up in a Chinese-Canadian household, cleverly set against the lens of pop culture. We chat about what it was like growing up wanting to see more of yourself on screen, how kids of immigrants can use pop culture as a tool to navigate the world around them, why we should be paying more attention to the culture that informs us, and so much more.If you enjoy the podcast, you will most definitely love my new Substack 'we need to unpack this'. It's free to subscribe and breaks down all the cultural beats I've been thinking about. If you like the show, please subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. And if you really like us, consider leaving a 5 star review and sharing with your fellow culture stans. If you have a culture beat topic you'd like the show or Substack to explore, follow along or DM on Instagram where we share cool links, form show ideas, and generally gossip @haveyouheardpodcast Find more of Jen here and follow her on Instagram  

Welcome to the chaos of a book launch! Are all book launches like this? I hope so! The Triple Treat Book Launch took place on Sunday April 28th at beloved R&B Brewing. Jen Sookfong Lee was the host and books by Dina Del Bucchia (You're Gonna Love This), Daniel Zomparelli (Jump Scare) and Andrea Warner (The Time of My Life) were launched and feted and were sold by the amazing Iron Dog Books!  Listen to Cynara Geissler read from Andrea's book while she recovers from surgery. Dina and Daniel read from their new books and also host three rounds of trivia: Generally Vaguely Dirty Dancing, Horror Movie Trivia, and TV Trivia. And Dina reads a poem from her book that tells you which SNL cast member you are! And that's not all, A Giant Woman (Cynara Geissler and Hannah McGregor) performs with The Jewel Tones (Martin Austwick and Helen Zaltzman). And we are treated to a performance by The Established, Shanda Leer! A wonderful night. A fun time. All of this was recorded by our wonderful sound tech, Sean Cranbury.

My guest on this episode is Jen Sookfong Lee. Jen is the author of three acclaimed novels, four works for children, a collection of poetry, and two works of non-fiction, including Gentlemen Of The Shade, about the movie My Own Private Idaho, and her most recent book, Superfan: How Pop Culture Broke my Heart, which was published by McClelland and Stewart in 2023. Jen is also works as an acquiring editor for ECW Press, and is the co-editor, with Stacey May Fowles, of two essay anthologies, Whatever Gets You Through and Good Mom on Paper. Superfan is finalist for the 2024 Forest of Reading Evergreen Book Award, was named a Best Book of 2023 by the Globe and Mail and Apple Books Canada, and was a TODAY Show Recommended Read. The Toronto Star called Superfan “heady, thought-provoking, and emotionally fraught stuff, and a singular reading experience.” Jen and I talk about how she had never intended Superfan to be a personal memoir, how the relative failure of her second novel almost made her stop writing altogether, why you should never wear faux leather pants while appearing on TV, and why she is still just a little bit disappointed to have never been crowned Miss Chinese Vancouver.   Jen Sookfong Lee: sookfong.com Music: "simple-hearted thing" by Alex Lukashevsky. Used with permission. Contact Nathan Whitlock at nathanwhitlock.ca/contact  

Everyone has a relationship to pop culture. Whether you're a casual fan or superfan of your favourite actor, musician or athlete, we all have interests that connect us. Throughout her life, Jen Sookfong Lee has seen how Canadian pop culture staples, such as Hockey Night in Canada, can create community across different walks of life. On this week's episode, Jen discusses her memoir Superfan: How Pop Culture Broke My Heart and how pop culture reflects our society.

Although critics are slamming the new Exorcist movie, it's still number one at the box office. Horror fans Jen Sookfong Lee and Matt Hart make the case for the original Exorcist, and weigh in on why we love to be scared at the movies. Every day, Commotion with Elamin Abdelmahmoud brings you the most urgent, joyful, captivating discussions in all of arts, pop culture, and entertainment. Commotion is where you go for a thoughtful and vibrant chat working through the big culture stories. More episodes are available at: https://link.chtbl.com/8ysgbI4K

Pop culture is supposed to be light — downright breezy. Or, as we discovered in our conversation with celebrated Canadian author Jen Sookfong Lee, it can be something more: a bridge to navigating the complexities of intergenerational trauma, reckoning with one's place in the world, and, perhaps most poignantly, facing the self. We hope you are able to take Jen's pop culture wisdom and use it to help you reframe some of your own self-work — we did!Jen Sookfong Lee describes herself as one who “writes, edits, and sometimes sings badly on a podcast.” She is a familiar voice as a columnist for CBC Radio One on shows like The Next Chapter and is a prolific writer of fiction, children's literature, poetry, and memoir. For this episode of Reframeables we talked to Jen about her memoir Superfan: How Pop Culture Broke My Heart. Jen was born and raised in East Vancouver.Links:Superfan: How Pop Culture Broke My HeartFor more from Jen Sookfong Lee, check out her website and give her a follow on Twitter and InstagramWe love hearing from our listeners! Leave us a voice message, write to the show email, or send us a DM on any of our socials.If our conversations support you in your own reframing practice, please consider a donation on our Patreon, where you can also hear bonus episodes, or tipping us on Ko-fi. Subscribe to the Reframeables Newsletter. Follow us on TikTok, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube too.

Have you ever been scammed? Ripped off? Betrayed? Lied to? Ever fallen for a sociopath? Are YOU a sociopath? How would you know if you were? These are the questions we discuss with Zoe Whittall, author of the bestselling novel “The Fake”. Zoe is a Canadian poet, teacher TV writer and novelist. She has won all sorts of awards for her work, including being shortlisted for the Giller Prize, and her 2016 novel, The Best Kind of People, is being developed for film by Sarah Polley. “The Fake” is her fifth novel, and tells the story of a charming con artist who changes the lives of two victims (or patsies, as Mo calls them). We also tackle humour and mental health, Judy Blume, and growing up in the Eastern Townships of Quebec. “The Fake” is published by Harper Collins. Zoe is currently working on a book based on the Gilmore Girls, to be edited by Jen Sookfong Lee - another Woman of Ill Repute! We love writing and would love for you to read what we write. Sign Up for our Substack Newsletter.  If you would like to support the show, we do have partner opportunities available. Please email Wendy and Maureen at womenofir@gmail.com A Transcription of the show can be found here.  We now have a YouTube Channel! Please hit the Subscribe button when you get there. And because you asked for it - Future episodes will be in video form. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Jen Sookfong Lee makes no apologies: she's a superfan. That's the name of her latest book, a deeply personal compilation of essays on how her life has been touched and affected by the likes of Anne of Green Gables, Princess Diana, Amy Tan, sensitive white boys like John Cusack, the Biebers, the Kardashians and, inevitably, Gwyneth. The truth is these icons resonate with all of us, even Wendy, who admits to knowing nothing about pop culture. Jen joins us to talk about all that, being Asian Canadian, a single mother, a more than decent writer, and an admitted weirdo.  Jen Sookfong Lee was born and raised in Vancouver's East Side. Her books include the novels The End of East, The Better Mother and The Conjoined. Jen also works as an editor at ECW Press, and co-hosts the podcast Can't Lit. Her memoir Superfan: How Pop Culture Broke My Heart is published by McLelland & Stewart Did you know you can watch this episode too? We are on YouTube. We love writing and would love for you to read what we write. Sign Up for our Substack Newsletter. If you would like to support the show, we do have partner opportunities available. Please email Wendy and Maureen at womenofir@gmail.com A Transcription of the episode can be found here. We now have a YouTube Channel! Please hit the Subscribe button when you get there. And because you asked for it - Future episodes will be in video form. https://www.youtube.com/@WomenofIllRepute Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this Mereyenda Episode of The Halo Halo Podcast Sigi and Jezzie examine sweet spaghetti. But first, your co-host play pop culture catch up. Sigi discusses Jen Sookfong Lee's book "Superfan: How Pop Culture Broke My Heart" and Marvel's "Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur". Jezzie dives back into the Star Wars Universe via "Bad Batch" and "The Mandalorian" while also enjoying Jon Stewart's "The Problem." Later the hosts discuss how symbolically, Filipino spaghetti represents an intersection of American imperialism, Filipino creativity and ingenuity, and ideas of Filipino inclusion and accommodation. So get out some pasta, banana ketchup, hot dogs and dig into this episode!

Vancouver author Jen Sookfong Lee joins the podcast to talk about her latest book Superfan. Jen uses her lifelong obsession with pop culture as a lens to explore family, grief, the power of female rage, Asian fetish, and what it costs to resist the trap of being a “good Chinese girl.” I pines over Andrew McCarthy and Jen muses over whether Kanye West will get a second chance in the court of public opinion.Listen to a previous interview with Jen here:The Shadow List, Season 2, Episode 8Books and Resources discussed:The Joy Luck Club by Amy TanThe White Lotus, HBONormal People by Sally RooneySuperfan by Jen Sookfong LeeThe End of East by Jen Sookfong LeeFollow Red Fern Book Review:Website and to leave a voicemail: https://www.redfernbookreview.comInstagram: @redfernbookreviewFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/redfernbookreview/Newsletter: https://www.redfernbookreview.com/newsletter

This month hosts Deb, Simone and Tanya discuss Superfan: How Pop Culture Broke My Heart: A Memoir. For most of Jen Sookfong Lee's life, pop culture was an escape from family tragedy and a means of fitting in with the larger culture around her. Anne of Green Gables promised her that, despite losing her father at the age of twelve, one day she might still have the loving family of her dreams. Princess Diana was proof that maybe there was more to being a good girl after all. And yet as Jen grew up, she began to recognize the ways in which pop culture was not made for someone like her—the child of Chinese immigrant parents who looked for safety in the invisibility afforded by embracing model minority myths. Jen is a master at weaving together key moments in pop culture with stories of her own failings, longings, and struggles as she carves her own path as an Asian woman, single mom, and writer.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Superfan: How Pop Culture Broke My Heart is a memoir, written and narrated by Jen Sookfong Lee, that traces her life journey contrasted through the lens of pop culture. Thank you to Libro.fm ALC Program and Penguin Random House Canada for providing a review copy of Superfan: How Pop Culture Broke My Heart for this episode Review & discussion with Shachi, Lisa, and Scott. Superfan [Libro.fm]   The Conjoined [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] My Life as a Goddess [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 42] You Can't Be Serious [Libro.fm] / [Audible] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Episode 130] Minor Feelings [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] No Time Like the Future [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

Jen Sookfong Lee on her memoir Superfan: How Pop Culture Broke My Heart, Monica Heisey on her debut novel Really Good, Actually, and Victor Dwyer on a Canadian novel that's a match for American bestseller Solito by Javier Zamora.

Director Darren Aronofsky talks about the difficulty of casting the lead in his latest film, The Whale, and why Brendan Fraser was perfect for the part. Actor Alfre Woodard discusses her role in the new CBC/BET+ series The Porter, about Black railway porters and their families in the 1920s. Our panellists Kathleen Newman-Bremang, Craig Seymour and Jen Sookfong Lee look back on the biggest pop culture stories of 2022.

Director Darren Aronofsky talks about the difficulty of casting the lead in his latest film, The Whale, and why Brendan Fraser was perfect for the part. Actor Alfre Woodard discusses her role in the new CBC/BET+ series The Porter, about Black railway porters and their families in the 1920s. Our panellists Kathleen Newman-Bremang, Craig Seymour and Jen Sookfong Lee look back on the biggest pop culture stories of 2022.

Does being a mom mean you can't be a writer? How does motherhood enhance the creative process? Or challenge it? Jen Sookfong Lee and Stacey May Fowles are moms, award winning writers and the editors of a recently released anthology which explores these questions. Good Mom on Paper: Writers on Creativity and Motherhood was published in May, 2022, by Book Hug Press. In this episode Jen and Stacey share the challenges they have faced in the literary world as mom writers, how their writing has changed as a result of motherhood and wisdom for other navigating the tension between creativity and mumming. Check out Good Mom on Creativity: Writers on Creativity and Motherhood on Amazon: https://www.amazon.ca/Good-Mom-Paper-Creativity-Motherhood Connect with Stacey on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/missstaceymay/ or on her website https://www.staceymayfowles.com Connect with Jen on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jenleefur/ or via her website http://sookfong.com/ Connect with the These Mums Write community Join the These Mums Write Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thesemumswrite/ Get freebie episode handouts by joining my newsletter: https://www.subscribepage.com/c1z8b4

Bridging the distance between being a mom and being an artist can feel impossible at times. A new anthology edited by Stacey May Fowles and Jen Sookfong Lee explores “the fraught, beautiful, and complicated relationship between motherhood and creativity.”This week at thewalrus.ca, we excerpted Teresa Wong's essay about her portrait series based on her toddler's tantrums. It's one of twenty essays in the new collection Good Mom on Paper: Writers on Creativity and Motherhood. Teresa Wong is a writer-in-residence at the University of Calgary and the author of Dear Scarlet: The Story of My Postpartum Depression. Stacey May Fowles is an award-winning journalist, essayist, and novelist, the author of four books, and the editor of four anthologies. Jen Sookfong Lee was a columnist for CBC Radio One, has taught fiction at Simon Fraser University, and co-hosts the literary podcast Can't Lit with Dina Del Bucchia.In this episode:First we hear from Fowles and Lee about where the idea for this anthology came from and why they work well together as co-editors.Then Fowles and Lee describe the guidance they gave to the twenty authors in the collection, and Wong talks about the process of pitching and developing her essay.As Wong's editor, Fowles discusses what drew her to Wong's writing and to this essay in particular.Wong finishes by describing the absolute worst tantrum she has ever witnessed.Links:Screaming and Watercolours: I Turned My Toddler's Tantrums into ArtCredits:This episode of The Deep Dive was produced by Simran Singh and Angela Misri and edited by Angela Misri. Thanks so much to Stacey May Fowles, Jen Sookfong Lee, and Teresa Wong for joining us this week.Music for this podcast is provided by Audio Jungle. Our theme song is “This Podcast Theme” by Inplus Music. Additional music includes “Stay Cool” by Loops Lab and “Oh My,” by Patrick Patrikilous and “Umbrella Pants” by David MacLeod.Umbrella Pants by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4559-umbrella-pantsLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Fabulous writer, editor, and podcaster Jen Sookfong Lee returns to discuss prom dresses, celeb customers, and hard sauce!

Fabulous writer, editor, and podcaster Jen Sookfong Lee returns to discuss prom dresses, celeb customers, and hard sauce!

This week I sit down with Author Jen Sookfong Lee who is an acclaimed writer and talented human being. She's a writer, broadcaster and all round interesting person as her work deals with identity and heritage and the stories woven by these struggles. This week we take a look at our own past with pop culture, different upbringings and experiences with meeting celebs and ask how do you know when you've made it enough that you need to begin to protect your public perception? But most of all we reconnect with the content and stories surrounding media we've consumed in our lives and get nostalgic for a moment.So come have a listen.You can find Jen here:sookfong.com and on twitter she is @JenSookfongLee.Ituneshttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/yelling-at-concrete/id1238765054Spotifyhttps://open.spotify.com/show/3T2OhYE07edgaBDXrm86saAcasthttps://shows.acast.com/yellingatconcreteYou can support the show and Graham by visitingwww.instagram.com/yellingatconcretewww.yellingatconcrete.bigcartel.comwww.ko-fi.com/yellingatconcrete See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Writer and poet Jen Sookfong Lee joins the podcast to discuss her debut poetry collection The Shadow List. Messy, raw and passionate Jen looks closely at women and desire. She reveals how poetry enables her to incorporate more of her true self into her writing and discusses her love of pop culture. She is a regular on CBC Radio One, a moderator for the Vancouver Writers Festival and has her own literary podcast Can't Lit.Books and Resources discussed:A Bright Ray of Darkness by Ethan HawkeThe Shadow List by Jen Sookfong LeeThe Conjoined by Jen Sookfong LeeSuperfan by Jen Sookfong Lee (to be released in fall of 2022)By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept by Elizabeth SmartA Dream of a Woman by Casey PlettThe Most Precious Substance on Earth by Sashi BhatGutter Child by Jael RichardsonProbably Ruby by Lisa Bird-WilsonBrat: An 80's Story by Andrew McCarthyThe White Lotus, HBOAmy reviewed A Bright Ray of Darkness in Season 1, Episode 11. To listen to the review click here: A Bright Ray of DarknessFollow Red Fern Book Review:Instagram: @redfernbookreviewFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/redfernbookreview/Newsletter: https://redfernwriting.com/newsletterFollow Jen Sookfong Lee:Website: sookfong.comPodcast: Can't Lit

Our Winter Book Club event featured award-winning actor and screenwriter Ethan Hawke for his novel, A Bright Ray of Darkness, moderated by Festival author and longtime podcast host Jen Sookfong Lee. As an accomplished actor, screenwriter, director and author, Ethan Hawke has commanded audiences for the screen, on the stage, and between the pages of some of this generation's most memorable and evocative stories. A Bright Ray of Darkness, this master storyteller's first novel in nearly twenty years, evokes the bracing whirlwinds of fame and fortune––and the price we pay for each. Hawke's narrator is a young man on the cusp of greatness, disgusted with himself after the collapse of his marriage, and still hoping for a reconciliation that would allow him to forgive himself. As he clumsily, and sometimes hilariously, tries to manage the wreckage of his personal life, what saves him is theater and the challenge of performing the role of Hotspur in Henry IV as a debut Broadway actor. Searing, raw, and utterly transfixing, A Bright Ray of Darkness is a novel soaked in rage and sex, longing and despair; and ultimately becomes Hawke's passionate love letter to the world of theater.

Summary:   "You were there the whole time." This week we thoroughly enjoyed looking at the life and times of Tina Turner via her new documentary Tina. Also discussed: Audrey Hepburn, Hollywood Nights, and Jen Sookfong Lee's new book The Shadow List.      Show notes:   "Heartache Tonight" on Hollywood Nights with Olivia Newton-John, Tina Turner, Karen Carpenter, and Toni Tenille (Daily Motion)   Audrey, the Audrey Hepburn documentary (trailer)   Tina Turner performs "Proud Mary" live in Rio in 1988 (YouTube)   Recommendations: Andrea W.:  Launch party for Jen Sookfong Lee's new book The Shadow List (Eventbrite)  Andrea G.:  Allen vs. Farrow (Crave) Lisa:  Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)   Music credits: "Good Times" by Podington Bear From Free Music Archive  CC BY 3.0   Theme song "Pyro Flow" by Kevin Macleod From Incompetch CC BY 3.0 Intro bed: "OLPC" by Marco Raaphorst Courtesy of Free Music Archive CC BY-SA 3.0 NL   Pop This! Links: Pop This! on TumblrPop This! on iTunes (please consider reviewing and rating us!) Pop This! on Stitcher (please consider reviewing and rating us!) Pop This! on Google PlayPop This! on TuneIn radioPop This! on TwitterPop This! on Instagram Logo design by Samantha Smith Pop This! is two women talking about pop culture. Lisa Christiansen is a broadcaster, journalist and longtime metal head. Andrea Warner is a music critic, author and former horoscopes columnist. Press play and come hang out with your two new best friends. Pop This! podcast is produced by Andrea Gin.  

Kings of Leon frontman Caleb Followill talks about songwriting from the vantage point of fictional characters, the band's evolution and why he wanted to release their new album as an NFT. In celebration of National Poetry Month, our books columnist Jael Richardson fills us in on Jen Sookfong Lee's debut poetry collection, The Shadow List. Canadian filmmaker Kazik Radwanski talks about his award-winning drama Anne at 13,000 ft, about a shy, socially awkward daycare worker whose life is transformed after she skydives for the first time.

Jen Sookfong Lee joins Andrew to talk community, winter, and mental health. Andrew gets Jen's permission to put a book down after 30 pages. It's a joy! ----- Listen to more episodes of Page Fright here. Follow the podcast on Twitter here. Follow the podcast on Instagram here. ----- Jen Sookfong Lee was born and raised in Vancouver’s East Side, and she now lives with her son in North Burnaby. Her books include The Conjoined, nominated for International Dublin Literary Award and a finalist for the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize, The Better Mother, a finalist for the City of Vancouver Book Award, The End of East, Gentlemen of the Shade, The Shadow List, and Finding Home. Jen teaches at The Writers’ Studio Online with Simon Fraser University, acquires and edits fiction for Wolsak & Wynn, and co-hosts the podcast Can’t Lit. ----- Andrew French is an author from North Vancouver, British Columbia. He is the author of two chapbooks, Do Not Discard Ashes (845 Press, 2020) and Poems for Different Yous (Rose Garden Press, 2021). Andrew has a BA in English from Huron University College at Western University and an MA in English from UBC. He writes poems, book reviews, and hosts this very podcast.

The WGA is proud to partner with the Canadian Literature Centre on their Brown Bag Lunch podcasts. The Brown Bag Lunch readings were always a popular in-person event and now they have moved online. The first episode features Jen Sookfong Lee. Original air date: September 18, 2020.

CTQ welcomes award-winning Canadian author Jen Sookfong Lee to the pod for a lively, wide-ranging discussion on her diverse body of work, the recent reckonings on race, gender and compensation in publishing (and society), and anti-Asian racism in the pandemic. Jen also shares her approach to social media (and how she uses humour and wit to deliver her message), her take on politics in this intensely political moment, and what the pandemic experience has challenged her to reflect on and reconsider.

Very funny and talented writer and podcaster Jen Sookfong Lee joins the co-ghosts to discuss moon glasses, demon research and detachable bodies!

Very funny and talented writer and podcaster Jen Sookfong Lee joins the co-ghosts to discuss moon glasses, demon research and detachable bodies!

Very funny and talented writer and podcaster Jen Sookfong Lee joins the co-ghosts to discuss moon glasses, demon research and detachable bodies!

SpokenWeb is a monthly podcast produced by the SpokenWeb team as part of distributing the audio collected from (and created using) Canadian Literary archival recordings found at universities across Canada. To find out more about Spokenweb visit: spokenweb.ca . If you love us, let us know! Rate us and leave a comment on Apple Podcasts or say hi on our social media @SpokenWebCanada.Guest Bios: Hannah McGregor is an Assistant Professor of Publishing at Simon Fraser University, where her research focuses on podcasting as scholarly communication, systemic barriers to access in the Canadian publishing industry, and the history of middlebrow periodicals. Her work can be found in various journals including Participations, Modernism/modernity Print+, the Journal of Modern Periodical Studies, and Studies in Canadian Literature; she is also the co-editor of the book Refuse: CanLit in Ruins (Book*hug 2018). Hannah is the co-creator of Witch, Please, a feminist podcast on the Harry Potter world, and the creator of the weekly podcast Secret Feminist Agenda, which is currently undergoing an experimental peer review process with Wilfrid Laurier University Press. She is also the host of the monthly SpokenWeb Podcast, an experimental collaborative research podcast created through the SSHRC-funded SpokenWeb partnership.andrea bennett is a National Magazine Award–winning writer and editor. Their writing has been published by The Atlantic, the Globe and Mail, The Walrus, Maisonneuve, Hazlitt, Vice, Reader's Digest, Vogue Italia, Quill & Quire, and many other outlets. andrea's first book of poetry, Canoodlers, came out with Nightwood Editions in 2014. Their Moon Travel travel guide to Montréal is now available, as is their guide to Québec City. Their first book of essays, Like a Boy but Not a Boy, is forthcoming with Arsenal Pulp Press in Fall 2020. Katherine McLeod researches and teaches Canadian literature through sound, performance, and archives. Her recent publications include a chapters in the books Public Poetics: Critical Issues in Canadian Poetry and Poetics, Moving Archives (Wilfrid Laurier UP), and CanLit Across Media: Unarchiving the Literary Event (MQUP), which she also co-edited with Jason Camlot. Currently, she is an Affiliate Assistant Professor in the Department of English at Concordia University, where she researches CBC Radio recordings and where she is organizing SpokenWeb's Ghost Reading Series. Follow the site she curates for Montreal readings at WherePoetsRead.ca and @poetsread.Jen Sookfong Lee's books include The Conjoined, nominated for the International Dublin Literary Award and a finalist for the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize; The Better Mother, a finalist for the City of Vancouver Book Award; The End of East, and Gentlemen of the Shade. Jen teaches writing at The Writers' Studio with Simon Fraser University and co-hosts the podcast, Can't Lit.Episode Resources: bennett, andrea. Excerpt from “The People's Poetry.” The essay appears in the book Like a Boy But Not A Boy: Navigating Life, Mental Health, and Parenthood outside the Gender Binary to be published by Arsenal Pulp Press, fall 2019.Camlot, Jason and Katherine McLeod. "SGW Poetry Remix" MP3 file, 12 Dec 2018.MacEwen, Gwendolyn. “Dark Pines Under Water.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaHTMxvxNGcMacEwen (a performance)." Resurfacing: Women Writing across Canada in the 1970s. Mount Allison University & Université de Moncton, 26-28 April 2018.--- "Performing the Archive: A Remix." Performed with Jason Camlot. Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival, Montreal, 5 May 2019.MacEwen, Gwendolyn. “Dark Pines Under Water.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaHTMxvxNGc---  Reading with Phyllis Webb at Sir George Williams University, Nov 18 1966. https://montreal.spokenweb.ca/sgw-poetry-readings/gwendolyn-macewen-at-sgwu-1966/--- "Past and Future Ghosts." Afterworlds. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1987.McLeod, Katherine. "(Un)Covering the Mirror: Performative Reflections in Linda Griffiths's Alien Creature: A Visitation from Gwendolyn MacEwen and Wendy Lill's The Occupation of Heather Rose." Theatre and Autobiography: Writing and Performing Lives in Theory and Practice. Eds. Sherrill Grace and Jerry Wasserman (Talon, 2006). 89-104.--- "An Archival Remix" Performance by Katherine McLeod and Emily Murphy. Toronto: Modernist Studies Association, 18 Oct 2019.Music:“Flamenco Rhythm” by Sunsearcher: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Sunsearcher"Soothe", “At Our Best Alone,” “A Certain Lightness,” “The Bus At Dawn,” “Slow Slow Sky” all from https://www.sessions.blue/

Over the past 2.333 years there have been some amazing and super sweet guests on Fainting Couch Feminists! This episode is an audio highlight reel, featuring snippets from some of the best convos had on the show—like, ever! We've got insight from: Anne T. Donahue, Lisa Taddeo, Vivek Shraya, Alexandra Bischoff, Soraya Chemaly, Morgan Brayton, Jen Sookfong Lee, Stacey May Fowles, Mozhdah Jamalzadah, Anna Mehler Paperny, Megan Jones, and Jocelyn Tennant. They talk about bodies, anger, grief, politics, men, love, depression, pop culture, sex...and obviously lots more! Tuning in is A+ highly recommended.

Much of my thinking about abundance, canonicity, publishing, and artificial scarcity comes from Richard Nash’s “What Is the Business of Literature?” On the topic of media coverage, best-of lists, and what gets left out (and why!) you should read this excellent twitter thread by the brilliant Jen Sookfong Lee. That’s it! Two links! That’s all … Continue reading Episode 4.9 Abundance

We're still talking about sexual assault because it's still happening. And although the #MeToo movement has motivated us to have important conversations about sexual violence and trauma, we hardly ever talk about the aftermath of sexual assault. How do survivors navigate their lives post-trauma? What helps them "heal" and "move on"? These questions are central to Jen Sookfong Lee and Stacey May Fowles' new anthology—Whatever Gets You Through: Twelve Survivors On Life After Sexual Assault—as well as to this week's episode. Tune in to hear writers and survivors Stacey and Jen chat with Mica about what has helped them recover (everything from online make-up tutorials to baseball!), why the language we use to describe sexual assault can be misleading, and what we can all do to make the world a kinder space for survivors.

This week, Liberty and María Cristina discuss Miracle Creek, The Binding, Alice's Island, and more great books. This episode was sponsored by Libro.fm, ThirdLove, and The Fall of Crazy House.  Pick up an All the Books! 200th episode commemorative item here. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or iTunes and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. Books discussed on the show: Miracle Creek by Angie Kim The Binding by Bridget Collins Alice's Island: A Novel by Daniel Sánchez Arévalo Magical Realism for Non-Believers: A Memoir of Finding Family by Anika Fajardo How To Make Friends with the Dark by Kathleen Glasgow Pilu of the Woods by Mai K. Nguyen Amnesty: Book 3 in the Amberlough Dossier by Lara Elena Donnelly Flowers over the Inferno (A Teresa Battaglia Novel) by Ilaria Tuti, Ekin Oklap (translator) What we're reading: The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie: A Flavia de Luce Mystery by Alan Bradley Murder by Milkshake: An Astonishing True Story of Adultery, Arsenic, and a Charismatic Killer by Eve Lazarus More books out this week: The Beneficiary: Fortune, Misfortune, and the Story of My Father by Janny Scott The Mister by E.L. James Swimming for Sunlight by Allie Larkin The Velvet Rose by Susan Holmes McKagan A Change of Time by Ida Jessen, Martin Aitken (Translator) Monsters I Have Been by Kenji C. Liu The Raven's Tale by Cat Winters Permission by Saskia Vogel When You Learn the Alphabet (The Iowa Prize in Literary Nonfiction) by Kendra Allen August Isle by Ali Standish The Parrot's Perch: A Memoir by Karen Keilt The Better Sister: A Novel by Alafair Burke City of Flickering Light by Juliette Fay Thomas and Beal in the Midi: A Novel by Christopher Tilghman Before She Was Found by Heather Gudenkauf Whatever Gets You Through: Twelve Survivors on Life after Sexual Assault by Jen Sookfong Lee and Stacey May Fowles The Rose by Tiffany Reisz No Country for Old Gnomes: The Tales of Pell by Kevin Hearne and Delilah S. Dawson The Murmur of Bees by Sofia Segovia and Simon Bruni The Death and Life of Aida Hernandez: A Border Story by Aaron Bobrow-Strain Old Baggage by Lissa Evans Feast Your Eyes: A Novel by Myla Goldberg An Anatomy of Beasts by Olivia A. Cole The Meaning of Birds by Jaye Robin Brown Before We Were Wicked by Eric Jerome Dickey The Limits of the World by Jennifer Acker Southern Lady Code: Essays by Helen Ellis Roar by Cecelia Ahern Lost Without the River: A Memoir by Barbara Hoffebeck Scoblic Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out? by Bill McKibben The House of the Pain of Others: Chronicle of a Small Genocide by Julián Herbert The Next Great Paulie Fink by Ali Benjamin Upon a Burning Throne by Ashok K. Banker Perihelion Summer by Greg Egan Winds of Marque by Bennett R. Coles Diary of a Murderer: And Other Stories by Young-Ha Kim, Krys Lee Normal People: A Novel by Sally Rooney Dark Constellations by Pola Oloixarac, Roy Kesey (translator) Under the Table: A Novel by Stephanie Evanovich The Human Swarm: How Our Societies Arise, Thrive, and Fall by Mark W. Moffett Eating the Sun: Small Musings on a Vast Universe by Ella Frances Sanders The Department of Sensitive Crimes: A Detective Varg Novel by Alexander McCall Smith Down from the Mountain: The Life and Death of a Grizzly Bear by Bryce Andrews Relight My Fire by Joanna Bolouri The Time Collector: A Novel by Gwendolyn Womack Autumn Light: Season of Fire and Farewells by Pico Iyer Hitler's Last Plot: The 139 VIP Hostages Selected for Death in the Final Days of World War II by Ian Sayer and Jeremy Dronfield The Question Authority by Rachel Cline

Summary:   "Sassy girl." It's December at Pop This! and that can only mean one thing: it's time to fight about the worst holiday movie ever made. That's right folks, join Andrea and Lisa for their 4th annual episode dedicated to arguing about Love Actually vs. The Holiday. Also discussed: the Christmas songs of Sia, Gremlins, and plaid in Hallmark movies.    Show notes:   Zoe Whittall's classic dad quote on twitter   Cynara Geissler   Pop This! Poltergeist with Cynara Geissler   Pop This! Love Actually vs. The Holiday 1 (2015)   Pop This! Love Actually vs. The Holiday 2 (2016)   Pop This! Love Actually vs. The Holiday 3 (2017)   The Most Problematic Men of Love Actually, Ranked (Flare)   Keira: 'I'd rather look like big Beth Ditto' (Metro UK)   The Definitive Ranking of All The Turtlenecks in 'Love Actually' (Buzzfeed)   Cameron Diaz Has Retired From Acting (Variety)   'Gremlins': The Underrated Christmas Movie (Tribeca)   Shag the movie   Doesthedogdie.com   Cynara on Twitter   Recommendations:   Andrea: The Animals of Chinese New Year by Jen Sookfong Lee    Lisa: Dogs (Netflix)  Cynara: Everyday is Christmas by Sia   Music credits:    "Glockenspiel Beat" by Podington Bear From Free Music Archive CC BY 3.0   Theme song "Pyro Flow" by Kevin Macleod From Incompetch CC BY 3.0 Intro bed:"OLPC" by Marco Raaphorst Courtesy of Free Music Archive CC BY-SA 3.0 NL Pop This! Links: Pop This! on TumblrPop This! on iTunes (please consider reviewing and rating us!) Pop This! on Stitcher (please consider reviewing and rating us!) Pop This! on Google PlayPop This! on TuneIn radioPop This! on TwitterPop This! on Instagram Logo design by Samantha Smith Pop This! is two women talking about pop culture. Lisa Christiansen is a broadcaster, journalist and longtime metal head. Andrea Warner is a music critic, author and former horoscopes columnist. Press play and come hang out with your two new best friends. Pop This! podcast is produced by Andrea Gin and recorded at the Vancouver Public Library's wonderful Inspiration Lab.  

It may be Poetry Month, but we pull a short story switcheroo! Daniel is the guest, along with Carleigh Baker. Jen Sookfong Lee is your guest host. Dina is up to the same old tricks. In this whopper of an episode we talk about Daniel's book of short stories Everything Is Awful and You're a Terrible Person, and Carleigh's Bad Endings. Other topics covered include: reviews, Canada Reads, putting biographical stuff into fiction, and a ban on summer literary events. 

When Daniel's away Dina gets to co-host with podcast guest host superstar Jen Sookfong Lee! They talk to complete talent and delight Eden Robinson. Be prepared for so much boisterous laughter. Their conversation touches on her new novel, Son of a Trickster, otters and other animals, humour, swearing, dietary restrictions and Dina talks about her Danielversary. 

Happy holidays, listeners! This episode has singing, laughing, shouting, seasonal stories, book recommendations, suggestions for places to donate this holiday season from many guests from Can't Lit past: Jen Sookfong Lee, Ben Rawluk, Adèle Barclay, Sheryda Warrener, Elee Kraljii Gardiner, Carleigh Baker, Anthony Casey & Anakana Schofield. Daniel has a broken water pipe, Dina is sometimes quiet, and it all happens during a snowstorm! xoxo  

Dina and Daniel invited Jen Sookfong Lee and Anakana Schofield into a literary pop-up shop and recorded Can't Lit Live! In our first live episode we talk about their books, The Conjoined and Martin John, Lionel Shriver, shirts, and of course go on so many tangents in front of an audience. We play a special game: Who Said This in an Interview: Anakana or Jen? and Dina gets Daniel and their guests to share their rage! Do things get out of hand? You tell us. 

To celebrate this festive season Dina and Daniel rented a snowy chalet and invited past Can’t Lit guests to join them by the fire to chat, eat and drink. A lot. Jen Sookfong Lee, Jordan Abel, Sean Cranbury, Billeh Nickerson and Aaron Chapman discuss important holiday stuff, like how to ruin poems for the holidays, hangovers, holiday traditions, eggnog, holiday movies and TV, the Nutcracker, stealing Christmas trees, curling, cats eating tinsel, veal, poetry as gifts, grilled cheeses and many more weird tangents. We also go over what we can’t with for Christmas. And there are so many F-bombs. Happy holidays and cheers, from all of us at Can’t Lit!

Can't Lit's endless summer of great guests continues. Dina and Daniel invite Jen Sookfong Lee over for bourbon and book talk. We get into Jen's two novels and Dina's rage, plus we tell tales from bad literary events and share terrible things people have said to us at Q&As. 

This week, with very special guest Jennifer Lee.. Mind Grapes: Alli enjoyed some end of summer live entertainment with Bard on the Beach's production of The Tempest. Jen gets an advanced look at If I Stay. Sam remains inspired by the Book Camp authors and reads The End of East by Jen Sookfong Lee. Class Z(ed): Jen and Sam were the leads for Vancouver Public Library's Teen Writing and Book Camp this year. They talk about pulling off a week-long event for over 100 tweens and teens, the challenges of large-scale planning, and the rewards that come with creating a unique, safe, and creative space for a group of talented and enthusicastic young writers. Please rate and review us on iTunes, buy buttons from our wonderful store, donate to our show, or share us with your librarian or nerdy friends!

Colleen Clarke, Publicity Manager at Random House Canada, speaks with Jen Sookfong Lee about her new book The End of East.