Tor Presents: Voyage Into Genre

Latest Episodes:

Kemi Ashing-Giwa and CJ Leede Oct 23, 2024

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For the final episode of this season, it's a Tor Nightfire spooky-season double-header! Kemi Ashing-Giwa (This World is Not Yours) and CJ Leede (American Rapture) drop in to talk about being scared, scaring others, and the power of horror to—just maybe—change the world.

Tor Presents: Voyage into Genre is a co-production with Lit Hub Radio

Hosted by Drew Broussard

Audio engineering + production by Stardust House Creative

Music by Dani Lencioni of Evelyn

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Terry J. Benton-Walker & Sarah Henning Oct 09, 2024

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Just in time for spooky season, it's a Tor Teen episode of Voyage into Genre with two thrilling authors: Terry J. Benton-Walker and Sarah Henning! They chat with host Drew Broussard about writing scary stories for young people, modeling grief for their readers, and the joys of loving world-building.

Terry J. Benton-Walker: The White Guy Dies First and Blood Justice

Sarah Henning: The Lies We Conjure

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Zen Cho & Freya Marske Sep 25, 2024

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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 engineering + production by Stardust House Creative

Music by Dani Lencioni of Evelyn

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O.O. Sangoyomi & Rita Woods Aug 28, 2024

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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 by Drew Broussard

Audio engineering + production by Stardust House Creative

Music by Dani Lencioni of Evelyn

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Suyi Davies Okungbowa & Brenda Peynado Aug 14, 2024

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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 by Stardust House Creative

Music by Dani Lencioni of Evelyn

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Ananda Lima & L. M. Sagas Jul 31, 2024

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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 genre stories, and writing some anthropomorphic but decidedly not human characters.

Tor Presents: Voyage into Genre is a co-production with Lit Hub Radio

Hosted by Drew Broussard

Audio engineering + production by Stardust House Creative

Music by Dani Lencioni of Evelyn

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Voyage into Genre LIVE feat. Andrea Hairston, Veronica Roth, Rebecca Thorne, & Nghi Vo! Jun 12, 2024

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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 moderating) as well as the final stop at Greenlight Books (with P. Djeli Clark moderating).

And stay tuned for Season Four—new episodes will launch July 31!

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2024 Tour Announcement! Feb 28, 2024

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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!

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Bonus Ep: Recommendations! Nov 01, 2023

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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!!

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Kristen Simmons / Johnny Compton Oct 18, 2023

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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 Spite House) talks about his favorite thing in fiction, about the real-life inspirations for his spite house, and about why it isn't actually so easy to just leave a haunted house.
Drew ends the season with a bit of art: a Robert Frost poem, for these dark times.

For a full episode transcript, click here.

Tor Presents: Voyage into Genre is a co-production with Lit Hub Radio

Hosted by Drew Broussard

Audio engineering + production by Stardust House Creative

Music by Dani Lencioni of Evelyn

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