23 episodes

Tor Books, in partnership with Literary Hub, presents Voyage Into Genre! Every other Wednesday, join host Drew Broussard for conversations with Tor authors discussing their new books, the future, and the future of genre. Oh, and maybe there'll be some surprises along the way...
Tor Presents: Voyage Into Genre is a Lit Hub Radio podcast.

Tor Presents: Voyage Into Genre Tor Books

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    • 4.4 • 14 Ratings

Tor Books, in partnership with Literary Hub, presents Voyage Into Genre! Every other Wednesday, join host Drew Broussard for conversations with Tor authors discussing their new books, the future, and the future of genre. Oh, and maybe there'll be some surprises along the way...
Tor Presents: Voyage Into Genre is a Lit Hub Radio podcast.

    2024 Tour Announcement!

    2024 Tour Announcement!

    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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    • 1 min
    Bonus Ep: Recommendations!

    Bonus Ep: Recommendations!

    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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    • 25 min
    Kristen Simmons / Johnny Compton

    Kristen Simmons / Johnny Compton

    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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    • 1 hr 1 min
    V. E. Schwab / Lina Rather / Oliver Darkshire

    V. E. Schwab / Lina Rather / Oliver Darkshire

    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.

    Lina Rather (A Season of Monstrous Conceptions) takes us back to the days after the Great Fire with deep research on midwifery and Sir Christopher Wren, and what it means to wander (literally or literarily) a city of such immense history as London.

    Oliver Darkshire (Once Upon a Tome) shares a bit of insight into the life of an antiquarian bookseller, a bookshop's life in a city like London, and why it is important that we hold onto and celebrate the things we love.


    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
    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    • 1 hr 2 min
    S. L. Huang / Julia Vee & Ken Bebelle

    S. L. Huang / Julia Vee & Ken Bebelle

    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 in on a little secret about the book...

    Julia Vee & Ken Bebelle (Ebony Gate) talk about how they came to write together, why they wanted to root their series on the West Coast, and the joys of writing fun action sequences.

    No third interview! Because we don't cross picket lines! But Drew does muse briefly on why this current joint strike is existentially important for all creative industries.


    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

    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    • 55 min
    S.L. Coney / Ruthanna Emrys / Alexis Pauline Gumbs

    S.L. Coney / Ruthanna Emrys / Alexis Pauline Gumbs

    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 about nature and a good good dog, and what we learn as we grow up.

    Ruthanna Emrys (A Half-Built Garden) explains what she means by 'diaperpunk,' how she created her alien species, why it is important to add children to adventure narratives, and the possibilities we can find in genre.

    Alexis Pauline Gumbs (Undrowned) offers reflective wisdom on how to put humanity back in sync with the natural world, of which we are (no matter how hard we try) a part.


    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
    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    • 59 min

Customer Reviews

4.4 out of 5
14 Ratings

14 Ratings

TheLadyBruce ,

Love this podcast!!

It’s so nice to see a podcast cover genre fiction in such great depth! The host is funny and well-spoken and the interviews are so insightful. Would recommend to book lovers everywhere!

danievelynnn ,

10/10 would recommend!

This show has great energy. Genuine, fun, thoughtful author interviews, with little thematic segments curated for each ep - something a little different from other literary podcasts. Highly recommend!

Drewsof ,

I might be biased but...

I made this podcast! And I made it because I wanted to share amazing conversations, the coolest authors, and special guest thinkers who will turn your ideas of genre on their head. Or explode them. Or mash ‘em up into a great big ball of… genre.

Anyway. I’m proud of the show and think it sounds great!

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