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On The Shelf with Honora QuinnIt Was 1991. - Gentlemen of The Shade: My Own Private Idaho with Jen Sookfong LeeOn this week's special BONUS episode of On The Shelf, I got to speak with author, editor, and fellow podcast personality Jen Sookfong Lee about one of the hidden gems of her bibliography Gentlemen of The Shade: My Own Private Idaho. A short non-fiction book which details the life and legacy of Gus Van Sant's 1991 film of the same name. We dive into the book and movie at the core of this episode, of course, but also into Jen's life in writing thus far and how she has become the editor of the series this book belongs too. This...2024-10-0147 min

Have You Heard About...Superfan: How Pop Culture Broke My Heart (Jen Sookfong Lee)When I first read Jen Sookfong Lee's thoughtful memoir 'Superfan: How Pop Culture Broke My Heart,' I knew I'd have to have her on the show. A fellow Vancouverite, Jen's memoir explores what it was like growing up in a Chinese-Canadian household, cleverly set against the lens of pop culture. We chat about what it was like growing up wanting to see more of yourself on screen, how kids of immigrants can use pop culture as a tool to navigate the world around them, why we should be paying more attention to the culture that informs us...2024-08-2153 min $Can\'t Lit$ Can't Lit123 - Can't Lit - Triple Treat Book Launch!Welcome to the chaos of a book launch! Are all book launches like this? I hope so! The Triple Treat Book Launch took place on Sunday April 28th at beloved R&B Brewing. Jen Sookfong Lee was the host and books by Dina Del Bucchia (You're Gonna Love This), Daniel Zomparelli (Jump Scare) and Andrea Warner (The Time of My Life) were launched and feted and were sold by the amazing Iron Dog Books! Listen to Cynara Geissler read from Andrea's book while she recovers from surgery. Dina and Daniel read from their new books and also host three r...2024-05-011h 30 $Can\'t Lit$ Can't Lit121 - Can't Lit - Dina & Jen - What's the Point?Hello listeners! Dina & Jen are chatting about stuff. Again! This time they're in conversation about the point. What is it? Like, really, what's the point? From writing in general, to specific projects to what they think the point of their own work might be they get down and dirty in the bog of self-doubt and self-loathing, confusion, and some ways they get out of it. So get a tall glass of bog water by your side and listen to this episode! Transcript available here.2024-02-261h 06 $Can\'t Lit$ Can't Lit120 - Can't Lit - Dina & Jen - Lies Writers Have Told UsWelcome to 2024! WOW! Can you believe it? Feels like the future. Sort of. I don't even know. DIna and Jen catch up and talk about raccoons and aquatic mammals and dog poop! Then they get into the books and stuff by telling tales and discussing lies they've been told by other writers. The untruths, the blanket statements, the one and only way to write. Listen in to hear our iles! We're sure you've heard your own lies too.2024-01-2958 min

What Happened Next: a podcast about newish booksJen Sookfong LeeMy guest on this episode is Jen Sookfong Lee. Jen is the author of three acclaimed novels, four works for children, a collection of poetry, and two works of non-fiction, including Gentlemen Of The Shade, about the movie My Own Private Idaho, and her most recent book, Superfan: How Pop Culture Broke my Heart, which was published by McClelland and Stewart in 2023. Jen is also works as an acquiring editor for ECW Press, and is the co-editor, with Stacey May Fowles, of two essay anthologies, Whatever Gets You Through and Good Mom on Paper.Superfan is finalist...2024-01-1537 min

TELUS Talks with Tamara TaggartThe superfan generation: Jen Sookfong LeeEveryone has a relationship to pop culture. Whether you’re a casual fan or superfan of your favourite actor, musician or athlete, we all have interests that connect us. Throughout her life, Jen Sookfong Lee has seen how Canadian pop culture staples, such as Hockey Night in Canada, can create community across different walks of life. On this week’s episode, Jen discusses her memoir Superfan: How Pop Culture Broke My Heart and how pop culture reflects our society.2024-01-0933 min $Can\'t Lit$ Can't Lit119 - Can't Lit - Dina & Jen - CHAOSYes, it's true. We've been on an unplanned hiatus. But we're back and this episode is (basically) the chaos episode. We have no theme and we're talking about whatever we want! Britney, protests, IBS. This episode has it all! Listen now, if you dare! 2023-11-271h 05

ReframeablesReframing Trauma Through Pop Culture with Jen Sookfong LeePop culture is supposed to be light — downright breezy. Or, as we discovered in our conversation with celebrated Canadian author Jen Sookfong Lee, it can be something more: a bridge to navigating the complexities of intergenerational trauma, reckoning with one’s place in the world, and, perhaps most poignantly, facing the self. We hope you are able to take Jen’s pop culture wisdom and use it to help you reframe some of your own self-work — we did!Jen Sookfong Lee describes herself as one who “writes, edits, and sometimes sings badly on a podcast.” She is a familiar v...2023-10-1854 min $Can\'t Lit$ Can't Lit118 - Can't Lit - Nathan WhitlockHello! If you love summer, like Dina, you're probably sad it's coming to a close sooner rather than later. If you hate summer, like Jen, you're probably relieved! But no matter what the season, Can't Lit is here for you. And this month we talk to the one and only, author and podcaster (authors and podcasters, they're just like us because they are us!), Nathan Whitlock! We talk about his new novel, Lump (out now with Dundurn Press), guerrilla book marketing, dark humour and writing, the process of working with a sensitivity reader, and Jen compares Nathan to Jane A...2023-08-281h 37

The Balanced Creative1.14 - Show Me the Money! Making a living as a creative with guest Jen Sookfong LeeIn today’s episode of The Balanced Creative I am excited to chat with author editor extraordinaire, Jen Sookfong Lee about all things writing and money: Where does our ‘writing' income come from? What are all the ways we can make money from our books aside from just book sales? How can we get excited about money? You don't wanna miss this one! JEN SOOKFONG LEE was born and raised in Vancouver’s East Side, and she now lives with her son in North...2023-08-0741 min $Can\'t Lit$ Can't Lit117 - Can't Lit - Some of Our Favourite ThingsSummer is here and so are we! Dina and Jen get together IN PERSON! To catch up and chat about some of their favourite "books and stuff" things. Rosie is excited. They also talk about their health issues, the Barbie movie, Joyride, and why there should be pockets just for olives!2023-07-3156 min $Can\'t Lit$ Can't Lit116 - Can't Lit - Andrew F. SullivanHello listeners! We are here again with incredible guest, Andrew F. Sullivan! We love him, (and his dog and his wife) and his new novel, The Marigold. We talk about real estate monsters, writing horror, and so much more! We have a delightful time! And of course, your favourite Dina & Jen segments are here to make you feel and rage! Iggy wants you to listen to this episode.2023-05-291h 16

The Women Of Ill ReputeJen Sookfong Lee: SuperfanJen Sookfong Lee makes no apologies: she’s a superfan. That’s the name of her latest book, a deeply personal compilation of essays on how her life has been touched and affected by the likes of Anne of Green Gables, Princess Diana, Amy Tan, sensitive white boys like John Cusack, the Biebers, the Kardashians and, inevitably, Gwyneth. The truth is these icons resonate with all of us, even Wendy, who admits to knowing nothing about pop culture. Jen joins us to talk about all that, being Asian Canadian, a single mother, a more than decent writer, and an admi...2023-05-1638 min

Dear Lonely Writer29 - Not Everyone Will Understand Why You Do It, Do It Anyway with guest, JEN SOOKFONG LEEOn today’s episode of DEAR LONELY WRITER our host, Eden Boudreau talks with award winning author Jen Sookfong Lee about her latest memoir SUPERFAN: HOW POP CULTURE BROKE MY HEART, a TODAY SHOW recommended read and one of the most highly anticipated books of Spring 2023. They talk about this beautiful memoir, as well as breaking through cultural glass ceilings, imposter syndrome, circular writing structure and all things pop culture goodness. To learn more about Jen and her books, find her on socials: Twitter: @JenSookfongLee Instagram: @jenleefur Website: http://sookfong.com/ Don't forget to follow the show at: Twitter: @LonelyWriterPod Ins...2023-03-2036 min $Can\'t Lit$ Can't Lit113 - Can't Lit - Emily RiddleHello! This month we have the incredible writer, artist and library professional Emily Riddle! We talk about her wonderful poetry collection The Big Melt, tattoos, the importance of friendships, her luring people to Edmonton, and a lot of talk of snacks. As usual! There are some big laughs, and Emily saying some very insightful things, of course, Jen being very real in her emotion corner and Dina hates the horrible Spence Diamond ads on the radio. 2023-02-281h 06 $Can\'t Lit$ Can't Lit113 - Can't Lit - Emily RiddleHello! This month we have the incredible writer, artist and library professional Emily Riddle! We talk about her wonderful poetry collection The Big Melt, tattoos, the importance of friendships, her luring people to Edmonton, and a lot of talk of snacks. As usual! There are some big laughs, and Emily saying some very insightful things, of course, Jen being very real in her emotion corner and Dina hates the horrible Spence Diamond ads on the radio. 2023-02-2734 min $Can\'t Lit$ Can't Lit112 - Can't Lit - The Superfan Talk Show! Live!Hello listeners! And Happy New Year! This month we present a special treat: a recording of Jen's Vancouver launch of Superfan, at The Refinery on January 29th, 2023. Dina hosts, Jen reads, then Dina asks Jen some real hard hitting questions! And there are multiple special guests! Andrea Warner and Shawn Hitchins tell Jen their pop culture nightmares, and she does some pop culture therapy with them. David Ly and Doretta Lau are subjected to Dina's Superfan Quiz Show! And finally, out musical guests, A Giant Woman (Cynara Geissler and Hannah McGregor) treat everyone to the Gwyneth/Huey ukulele cover...2023-01-3052 min

thecommentary.caJen Sookfong LeeThe author and editor Jen Sookfong Lee discusses her new memoir Superfan: How Pop Culture Broke My Heart (McClelland & Stewart, 2023), with Joseph Planta. Superfan: How Pop Culture Broke My Heart by Jen Sookfong Lee (McClelland & Stewart, 2023). Click to buy this book from Amazon.ca: Superfan Text of introduction by Joseph Planta: I am Planta: On the Line, in Vancouver, British Columbia, at TheCommentary.ca. Jen Sookfong Lee joins me again. She’s just published a memoir, Superfan: How Pop Culture Broke My Heart. It’s a th...2023-01-2638 min

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These Mums WriteJen Sookfong Lee and Stacey May Fowles on why writing about creativity and motherhood matters more than everDoes being a mom mean you can't be a writer? How does motherhood enhance the creative process? Or challenge it? Jen Sookfong Lee and Stacey May Fowles are moms, award winning writers and the editors of a recently released anthology which explores these questions. Good Mom on Paper: Writers on Creativity and Motherhood was published in May, 2022, by Book Hug Press. In this episode Jen and Stacey share the challenges they have faced in the literary world as mom writers, how their writing has changed as a result of motherhood and wisdom for other navigating...2022-11-2151 min $Can\'t Lit$ Can't Lit109 - Can't Lit - Dina & Jen - Asking Each OtherHello! We are here for the last episode of summer! Dina and Jen go sans-guest, not sans-fards, and talk to each other about literally whatever they feel like! Both prepared questions the other had no idea about. Topics include: writing stuff, emotion stuff and fashion trend stuff! But what stuff? Better listen to find out!2022-08-2952 min $Can\'t Lit$ Can't Lit107 - Can't Lit - Francine CunninghamHello! It's short story month and we talk to the multi-talented poet, writer and all around lovely person, Francine Cunnnigham about her new short story collection, God Isn't Here Today (Invisible Publishing 2022), how she writes character, how darkness and humour work together and what she's got coming up next. Jen gives some emotionally astute advice/thoughts and Dina talks about HEMORRHOIDS! Find out more about Francine at https://www.francinecunningham.ca/.2022-05-301h 05

thecommentary.caJen Sookfong LeeThe author and editor Jen Sookfong Lee discusses the new collection she’s co-edited with Stacey May Fowles, Good Mom on Paper: Writers on Creativity and Motherhood (Book*hug Press, 2022), with Joseph Planta. Good Mom on Paper: Writers on Creativity and Motherhood edited by Stacey May Fowles and Jen Sookfong Lee (Book*hug Press, 2022). Click to buy this book from Amazon.ca: Good Mom on Paper Text of introduction by Joseph Planta: I am Planta: On the Line, in Vancouver, British Columbia, at TheCommentary.ca. Je...2022-05-2729 min $Can\'t Lit$ Can't Lit106 - Can't Lit Live! with Jason Purcell, Jónína Kirton & Tolu OloruntobaHappy Poetry Month! Sure, we waited until the end of the month to record out latest episode, but it's a pure poetry delight with three absolute superstar poets: Jason Purcell, Jónína Kirton and Tolu Oloruntoba. We talk about their new books, Purcell's Swollening (Arsenal Pulp Press), Kirton's Standing in a River of Time (Talonbooks) and Oloruntoba's Each One a Furnace. In addition to three stellar interviews Dina gets Jen, Jason, Tolu and Jónína to play a game of Name that Celebrity Poetry Book! Who will win?!2022-04-291h 58

Page Fright: A Poetry Podcast51. Mental Health Writing w/ Jen Sookfong LeeJen Sookfong Lee joins Andrew to talk community, winter, and mental health. Andrew gets Jen's permission to put a book down after 30 pages. It's a joy! ----- Listen to more episodes of Page Fright here. Follow the podcast on Twitter here. Follow the podcast on Instagram here. ----- Jen Sookfong Lee was born and raised in Vancouver’s East Side, and she now lives with her son in North Burnaby. Her books include The Conjoined, nominated for International Dublin Literary Award and a finalist for the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize, The Bet...2021-03-3149 min $Can\'t Lit$ Can't Lit093 - Can't Lit - Top Ten 2020We made it through 2020! Good for us! Dina & Jen decide to look back on what they liked about the year, in a loose, literary-adjacent way. What is in their top ten? Listen to find out! Thanks for listening. We love you.2020-12-3152 min $Can\'t Lit$ Can't Lit092 - Can't Lit - Dina & JenHello! In this episode Dina and Jen talk about writing in the year 2020. What's it like? Are we doing it? What's up with that? If you are or aren't writing we say good for you because everything is hard and also you deserve a break! 2020-11-3046 min