Natalie Sue’s debut novel “I Hope This Finds You Well” was an international bestseller. Now she’s back with another novel set to release in August! “You'll Love It Here” is a contemporary and thoughtful comedy about a career-oriented woman who gets forcefully put on leave. She becomes the building manager for her strange apartment building and ends up forming a connection with her tenants that she previously disliked.

Host Jacob Shymanski chats with Natalie about her unique writing style, her comedic inspirations and how she feels to be filed under the “chick lit” genre.

This episode was produced by Andrika De Lanerolle.

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Author Barry Walters’ latest book "Mighty Real" blurs the line between chronicle and memoir and explores the fascinating history of LGBTQ+ music from the underground dancefloors of the 1970s to the global charts of the 1990s.

Host Jacob Shymanski catches up with Barry to learn how LGBTQ+ musicians, music industry executives and fans reshaped the mainstream music scene. Barry also reflects on his daunting experience to record the 21-hour long audiobook.

This episode was produced by Andrika De Lanerolle.

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Host Jacob Shymanski and guest Red Szell explore the power of humour in storytelling and how humour can make challenging topics approachable in a way that nothing else can.

They cover a range of titles that utilize humour effectively, including:

Books mentioned in this episode include:

• “The Heroes” by Joe Abercrombie
• “Catch-22” by Joseph Heller
• “The Master and Margarita” by Mikhail Bulgakov
• “Molly the Maid” Series by Nita Prose
• “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy” by Douglas Adams
• “Gentleman Bastard” Series by Scott Lynch
• “Good Omens” by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
• “Educated: A Memoir” by Tara Westover
• “Candide” by Voltaire
• “Without Prejudice: My Life as a Gay Judge” by Harvey Brownstone
• “The Catcher in the Rye” by J. D. Salinger
• “Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death” by Kurt Vonnegut

This episode was produced by Andrika De Lanerolle.

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Kate Cayley’s “Property” is a 2026 finalist for the Amazon Canada First Novel Award.

The fictional novel follows troubled residents in a gentrifying neighbourhood where they navigate class and privilege, queer respectability and friendship. By the evening, tragedy strikes and someone has died.

Host Jacob Shymanski chats with Kate about the book’s themes and her narration for the audiobook.

This episode was produced by Andrika De Lanerolle.

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Paralympian Victoria Nolan’s 2014 memoir “Beyond Vision: The Story of a Blind Rower” is the inspiration behind the upcoming biopic “Blindly Victorious.”

Host Jacob Shymanski catches up with Victoria to learn about her journey with vision loss, her experience as a para-athlete and the process of bringing her lived experiences to the big screen.

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Host Jacob Shymanski and Red Széll reflect on authors who take big risks in their storytelling, everything from subject matter to writing styles and killing off significant characters.

Books mentioned in this episode include:

• “The First Law Series” and “The Heroes” by Joe Abercrombie

• “Brighton Rock” and “The End of the Affair” by Graham Greene

• “A Man Called Ove” by Fredrik Backman

• by Joe Abercrombie

• “The Road” and “Blood Meridian” by Cormac McCarthy

• “Flesh” by David Szlay

• “Game of Thrones” by George R.R. Martin

• “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes” and “The Adventure of the Empty House” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

• “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” by J. K. Rowling

• “The Satanic Verses” by Salman Rushdie

• “A Modest Proposal” by Jonathan Swift

• “One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich” by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

• “Patriot” by Alexei Navalny

• “The Master and Margarita” by Mikhail Bulgakov

• “Ball Four” by Jim Bouton and Leonard Shecter

This episode was produced by Andrika De Lanerolle.

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In 2025, music writer Niko Stratis released “The Dad Rock That Made Me a Woman,” a memoir-in-essays on transness, dad rock, and the music that saves us.

Host Jacob Shymanski catches up with Niko to learn about her journey as a trans woman through, her love for bands like Wilco, and her experience with narrating the audiobook.

This episode was produced by Andrika De Lanerolle.

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Host Jacob Shymanski and guest Red Széll explore the complex modern cultural significance of books. They examine books as status objects, books as a refuge of long-form content and the way the publishing industry culturally punches above its weight.

In the latter portion of the show, Jacob chats with Penny Leclair about her new book “Life with Jefferson: A Biography of a Guide Dog.”

This episode was produced by Andrika De Lanerolle.

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