Interview - Emily A. Weedon and Hemo Sapiens

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Tara chats with Emily Weedon, a Canadian author and screenwriter, currently living in Toronto. Her web series Chateau Laurier was the most awarded web series in 2023 and won a Canadian Screen Award. Her debut novel Autokrator reimagines gender and power in society against the backdrop of a dystopian world. Her new novel, Hemo Sapiens, will be released into the world on September 30, 2025 from Dundurn Press. It is an erotic noir thriller that reimagines vampires through a lens of female sexuality and anthropology. Books mentioned for Currently Reading: The Wolves of Eternity by Karl Ove Knausgård The Problem with Having a Body by Jessica Popeski All the Little Monsters: How I Learned to Live with Anxiety by David A. Robertson Runs in the Blood by Matthew J. Trafford https://toronto.thewordonthestreet.ca/ https://emilyweedon.com/ https://www.instagram.com/emily.weedon.creates/ https://canadareadsamericanstyle.podbean.com/e/interview-emily-a-weedon-and-autokrator/

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Tara chats with Emily Weedon, a Canadian author and screenwriter, currently living in Toronto. Her web series Chateau Laurier was the most awarded web series in 2023 and won a Canadian Screen Award. Her debut novel Autokrator reimagines gender and...

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