This week: Zen Cho (The Friend Zone Experiment) and Freya Marske (Swordcrossed) talk with host Drew Broussard about the romance/romantasy boom, what 'low stakes' really means, and writing well-communicated stories about miscommunication. ** Tor Presents: Voyage into Genre is a co-production with Lit Hub Radio Hosted by Drew Broussard Audio engineer…

This week: O.O. Sangoyomi (Masquerade) and Rita Woods (The Last Dreamwalker) talk with host Drew Broussard about unearthing histories and making them reverberate, blurring genre distinctions, and the relationships between mothers and children in both life and fiction. ** Tor Presents: Voyage into Genre is a co-production with Lit Hub Radio Hosted b…

This week: Suyi Davies Okungbowa (Lost Ark Dreaming) and Brenda Peynado (Time's Agent) talk with host Drew Broussard about bleak futures, grounding stories in the present, and what it means to have hope in strange times. ** Tor Presents: Voyage into Genre is a co-production with Lit Hub Radio Hosted by Drew Broussard Audio engineering + production …

The voyage continues! Another season of Voyage into Genre kicks off with a refreshed format—so make a little more room on the ship, as we welcome two authors at once! Ananda Lima (Craft: Stories I Wrote For the Devil) and L.M. Sagas (Cascade Failure + Gravity Lost) talk with host Drew Broussard about embracing genre, the political importance of gen…

The first-ever Voyage into Genre live tour is in the books—and what a tour it was! Intrepid authors Andrea Hairston, Veronica Roth, Rebecca Thorne, and Nghi Vo spent a whirlwind week traveling from Seattle to New York with stops every night along the way. We're pleased to share excerpts from their tour kick-off at Third Place Books (with TJ Klune m…

Tor Publishing Group and Lit Hub are thrilled to present an evening of fantasy at a LIVE version of our popular Voyage Into Genre podcast. Join Andrea Hairston, Nghi Vo, Rebecca Thorne, and Veronica Roth on an epic road trip across the US beginning May 13! For tour stops, ticket information, and more, click here!…

A little end-of-season treat: some recommendations from the Tor authors who appeared on the 2023 season of Voyage into Genre! Books, music, movies, and even a new podcast rec courtesy of the Brooklyn Public Library!!By Tor Books

It's the last week of the season and we're getting into the big Fs: feelings, fear, friendship, family. Fun! ITINERARY: Kristen Simmons (Find Him Where You Left Him Dead) discusses the difference between Eastern and Western ghosts, why teenagers deserve real fiction, and inventing a terrifying game for her characters to play. Johnny Compton (The Sp…

This week, we travel to the Big Smoke! It's London across time and relative dimensions in space, with magic and monsters and the mystery of antiquarian book-selling. ITINERARY: V.E. Schwab (The Fragile Threads of Power) talks about the joy of revisiting old friends on the page, the complicated ethics of power, and why it is that London calls to her…

It's time to break out your best 1960s-Batman graphics -- because it's an action-packed episode about ACTION! ITINERARY: S. L. Huang (The Water Outlaws) explains the historical roots of Water Margin, muses on what being a stunt performer brings to writing, interrogates the ethical questions humanity has grappled with for centuries, and lets us all …

This week, we're getting our hands dirty -- it's a nature ep! Sort of! Featuring eldritch coming-of-age stories, first contact tales, and how we might re-envision ourselves as a part of this planet's ecosystem instead of somehow outside of it. ITINERARY: S.L. Coney (Wild Spaces) talks about the present-tense of their novella, the power of writing a…

Our voyage this week takes us into the waters of fundamentalism, from a space station with the last(?) vestiges of humanity to a city in a world much like ours except for the cults and the anti-gods floating around before coming back around to our world and the mystery cult around a guy called Jesus. ITINERARY: Emily Tesh (Some Desperate Glory) on …

Looks like Team Genre is blasting off again! This season kicks off with an examination of hope, from a magical circus between the World Wars to a conversion camp in Montana to a globe-trotting optimist. No matter how down you might feel about the world these days, this episode will give you a little more pep in your step. ITINERARY: J.R. Dawson (Th…

What's that sound back there, in the back of your mind? Could it be... YES!Voyage into Genre is back for another trip! Episodes air every other week beginning Weds Aug 9 -- and this season's line-up is better than ever. Maybe you can even hear a couple of guests in the static...By Tor Books

For the last episode of this season, it's time to think about collections -- story collections! Even more specifically, multi-author anthologies of new (or new-to-the-readership) work! So let's take a trip to China, to Africa, and to Pasedena, CA for some thoughts on collection and curation. ITINERARY: Regina Kanyu Wang (The Way Spring Arrives and …

It's time to go long and think about epics! But actually, we're thinking about the people who make up those epics. It's the best of both worlds really: you get the big space battles and also the interpersonal conflicts, the questions of morality and justice alongside mistakes and goofs. How like life! ITINERARY: Neon Yang (The Genesis of Misery) ta…

It's time to go back to school, which means we're reading to figure out who we are! Let's get thinking about the books -- and the people -- that shape us and teach us and define us. ITINERARY: Sunyi Dean (The Book Eaters) talks about whether its possible to be a good person, letting go of perfection, and her book-devouring vampires. (Recorded live …

Today is a true journey into the unknown, for me anyway: romance fiction. In the space of two books, I go from not thinking it was for me to absolutely adoring what Alexandra Rowland dubs “fealty and feelings” novels — so let’s go, let’s get into it, let’s get our hearts messy! And we’ll think a bit about the politics of romance, too… CW: some disc…

Strap on your shiny sunglasses: we’re headed to near-future Delhi, an upscale apartment block where no one touches one another, and then right back here to this most pivotal moment for humanity. ITINERARY: Samit Basu (The City Inside) talks about being told your book is a dystopia when you didn’t write it that way and what it means to be on social …

It's haunted house day on our voyage -- hope you packed your flashlights... ITINERARY: Sarah Gailey (Just Like Home) explains why under the bed is the scariest place in the house, defying the pull of easy narrative, and why you should have empathy for haunted houses. T. Kingfisher (What Moves the Dead) talks about the fascinating world of fungi, hi…

Voyage into Genre is back for season two! Host Drew Broussard welcomes a new batch of Tor authors with new books, new locations, and new surprise guests! Have your tickets ready and step right this way. New episodes every other Wednesday, starting July 27th. if you're enjoying the show, give us a review! tell your friends! and please stand clear of…

ITINERARY: Ryka Aoki talks about why Light From Uncommon Stars blends genres, about how writing poetry helps with writing food, and why Lindsey Stirling is awesome. Andrea Hairston talks about finding hope in Master of Poisons, the genius of Michael Ende, and how theater (and physics) affect her writing. Tor Books Editorial Director Claire Eddy tal…

ITINERARY: S. Qiouyi Lu talks about fast-food surveillance, writing in different genres, re-examining history, and aer mosaic novella In the Watchful City. Silvia Moreno-Garcia talks about coming back to a novel (that's coming back into print), why characters are more interesting than world-building, and how Germán Robles helped inspire Certain Dar…

ITINERARY: Charlie Jane Anders talks about her essay collection Never Say You Can't Survive, how to write in dark times, the retrospective opportunities offered by a story collection, and gleefully smashing the bounds of 'genre' distinctions in her new YA trilogy. Becky Chambers talks about her fridge-meal novella A Psalm for the Wild-Built, the pl…

ITINERARY Nghi Vo talks about fan-fiction, how she came to write her Gatsby retelling The Chosen and the Beautiful, and how humanity is rooted in storytelling. Shelley Parker-Chan talks about retelling history in She Who Became the Sun, why she doesn't think too much about craft, and why she needed to get out of the world of diplomacy and politics.…

ITINERARY Bethany C. Morrow talks about how A Chorus Rises sprang from a need to correct some assumptions, writing a follow-up that isn't a sequel, how weird family can be, and re-thinking what 'world-building' actually means. TJ Klune talks about Flash Fire's teens and superheroes and teen superheroes, responding to the real world in fiction, and …

ITINERARY Edinburgh, Scotland (20xx) to talk to T. L. Huchu about The Library of the Dead, the dystopias around us, scientific magic, and making up a new music craze. Cairo, Egypt (1912) to talk to P. Djèlí Clark about A Master of Djinn, counterfactuals, returning to a world, and the writer's toolkit. New York, USA (2021) for a quick city stroll wi…

We're going on a voyage... a VOYAGE INTO GENRE! Beginning July 14th, join host Drew Broussard for conversations with Tor Books authors about their latest work, the future, and the future of genre. Follow @torbooks / @tordotcompub / @tornightfire to make sure you don't miss a thing! Music by Evelyn Production and Engineering by Stardust House Creati…

If you love film. If you love crew. If you love culture. If you love history. You will love John Simmons, ASC. Part One of a candid conversation with the legendary Cinematographer. Who was his mentor, and what he thinks of the term mentor when describing himself. His cinematic spirit of protest. The first job out of Film School, and what caused Car…

You want to talk Hair. In Hollywood. Talk to Carla "Joi" Farmer. Fresh off the filming of Coming to America 2, and in the middle of production on Will Smith's "King Richard project" detailing the father of the tennis legends Venus and Serena Williams, Carla Joi knows the culture of hair. A veteran hair stylist with over 20 + years in the industry, …

Richard Vialet, one of the DP of the new Starz series, P-Valley, joins the Film Crew Love Podcast. Richard discusses: His initial interest, and subsequent apprehension with #PValley, his reflection and realization on what ultimately excited him. The culture and vibe of his sets, and being diligent regarding the male gaze on a strip club set. His co…

A veteran Director of Photography with a deep love for cinema and culture Tommy Maddox joins the Film Crew Love podcast. In the midst of this era of introspection, reawakening, and relevance Tommy shares: Why being the Cinematographer of #Snowfall is personal for him. His admiration, appreciation, and friendly rivalry with Spike Lee. His talented c…

Trivia. What crew member is first in and last out on: #Insecure #WrinkleInTime #StraightOuttaCompton #TheSoloist #TrainingDay And Upcoming Amazon #UndergroundRailroad series Directed by Barry Jenkins just to name a few..? Location Manager Alison Taylor. Twenty Five years and counting, a three time California Location Award winner, Alison Taylor joi…

A crew is only as diverse as a production manager's rolodex. Heidi McGowan, is the veteran Production Manager of ABC's hit show, #Blackish The crew reflects her diverse taste. Heidi joins the Film.Crew.Love podcast to discuss her career as African American Production Manager. She discusses how she has learned and grown in her position in Hollywood,…

When you need a "set vet", Go Get Paul. When you need an AD who works with "Blacks, Asians, and Kids..." Go Get Paul. Paul Lindsay is a veteran Assistant Director, with extensive credits in Movies and Television. He joins the Film Crew Love podcast to discuss his experiences from working on sets from "Us" to "Malcolm X" and all the skills and knowl…

What person does a hit show like HBO's Insecure and ABC's How To Get Away With Murder have in common? Courtney Franklin A veteran Assitant Director who recently transitioned to Production Manager, Courtney is one of the rising stars behind the scenes in Hollywood, and is a consistent presence in the Directors Guild of America. She joins the Film Cr…

Tep + Episode = #Tepisode Personal opinions on professional matters. What is a show that Tep passed on working on, that he often thinks about? A weekly personal reflection or projections with Assistant Director Imhotep "Tep" Coleman

Shawn "Pip" Pipkin has stories to tell. And not! A veteran Assitant Director, and woman of color, her expertise, insight, and congeniality are in high demand in the television and film industry. She joins the Film Crew Love podcast to discuss: Her most rewarding/challenging projects. Her favorite people to work with in front and behind the camera. …

Tep +Episode = #Tepisode Personal opinions on professional matters. What has been Tep's favorite show to work on up to this point? A weekly personal reflection or projection with Assitant Director Imhotep "Tep" Coleman

Episode 3 - Todd A. Dos Reis, ASC Veteran Director of Photography Todd A. Dos Reis joins the Film Crew Love podcast to discuss his process of filmmaking, his visual medium preferences, and the people and projects that inspire him. Currently one of seven African-American members of the prestigious American Society of Cinematographers (ASC), Todd dis…

Lean on Me. New Jack City. Friday. Dead Presidents. Girls Trip. Baby boy. Just to name a few of the credits of a career of a veteran Assitant Director/Production Manager that has spanned 5 decades in the Directors Guild. Dwight Williams is a DGA Frank Capra Award winner that has ran sets, led crews, and built budgets for some of the leading project…

The pilot episode of Film Crew Love Podcast gets real with: Assistant Director Anderson Vilien Discussing his: Strengths/Weaknesses? Preference for TV/Film/Music Videos/Commercials? The job that got away? Which project had him ready to walk away? And of course: Who's underrated? Who's overrated? Who's properly rated? And much more.. All Film. All C…

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