Ryan Fitzpatrick and I update each other on our 2020 reading (this was recorded in August, so it’s not quite up to date) as I finish the #95books Challenge early. Subscribe to the podcast: iTunes | Stitcher | GooglePlay | SoundCloud Music by Patrick Short (aka Electric Candles), who is better known as Kindest Cuts Photography by Michael Sanders of Electric Monk Media Art […]
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Reading #95books in 2019 with Ryan Fitzpatrick
My guest on the podcast today is regular Ryan Fitzpatrick, co-creator of the #95books reading challenge, and we talk about our reading in 2019, reading in general, and plans for 2020. Ryan’s website contains his reading list for 2019, and all of the other years we’ve been doing the #95books challenge. My list of books […]
Recent Reading and Playing of Zelda With Ryan Fitzpatrick
Ryan Fitzpatrick and I talk about the #95books challenge, where we are at with our reading, how Skype sucks, and the storyline in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, which is my current obsession. Writing the Wrong Way with Jonathan Ball, PhD · Recent Reading And Playing Of Zelda With Ryan Fitzpatrick
Joining a Literary Community with Ryan Fitzpatrick
My #95books co-creator Ryan Fitzpatrick and I both didn’t read the books we were supposed to read (although we have both read 95 books so far in 2019) and so instead of our reading we discuss how new writers can try to connect with their larger literary communities. Subscribe to the podcast: iTunes | Stitcher | GooglePlay | SoundCloud
Gail Scott on the re-release of Heroine and Playing with Perspective in the Novel
The legendary Gail Scott sits down with me to discuss her classic novel HEROINE, which is getting re-released by Coach House Books in a new edition with a foreword by Eileen Myles. We also discuss Scott’s under-appreciated novel THE OBITUARY, also from Coach House Books. Subscribe to the podcast: iTunes | Stitcher | GooglePlay | SoundCloud
Literary Horror and Dangerous Books with Gregoire Courtois, author of The Laws of the Skies
French author Grégoire Courtois’s first novel to be translated into English is The Laws of the Skies, a brilliant, malicious and perverse horror novel in which numerous six-year-olds die mercilessly in the woods. The story begins simply, with a group of first graders and a handful of supervising adults heading into the woods on a […]
Recent Reading for the #95Books Challenge with Ryan Fitzpatrick
Ryan Fitzpatrick and I discuss our #95books reading, and spend a lot of time with Nikki Reimer’s MY HEART IS A ROSE MANHATTAN. You may also be interested in my essay-review of Nikki Reimer’s DOWNVERSE. In this podcast, we talk about the following books: Kayla Czaga’s DUNK TANK Saidiya Hartman’s WAYWARD LIVES, BEAUTIFUL EXPERIMENTS: INTIMATE HISTORIES OF SOCIAL […]
Refuse CanLit! #95books Reading Update with Ryan Fitzpatrick
Ryan Fitzpatrick and I co-created the #95books reading challenge (www.95books.com) and throughout 2019 we are going to do regular podcasts where we discuss the best of the books we’ve read so far. We also plan to discuss at least one book we’ve both read and today that book is Refuse: CanLit in Ruins (eds. Hannah […]
Best Screenwriting Books
Since I read #95books every year, and write screenplays, people often ask me what screenwriting books I recommend. This page archives my top recommendations. I will update this page regularly to reflect my reading around the topic. Sign up below and I will email you free format samples so you can see the basic differences […]
You Can Read #95books This Year — 2018 Reading Roundup with Ryan Fitzpatrick
The #95books reading challenge is simple: commit to reading 95 books over 12 months. I offer a free ebook called You Can Read #95books This Year that you can download through this link, which offers my best tips to help you read more. (Even if you feel like #95books is overkill, you can still use those […]