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Kate interviewed by BookLife
Posted on March 4, 2019
As my established readers might know, my debut novel Transference was a finalist for the 2017 BookLife Prize, BookLife being the indie arm of Publisher’s Weekly. While I did not wind up winning, I had a great experience and was happy to talk when BookLife reached back out to me for an update ahead of their 2018 […]
#ResistanceReads on KGNU
Posted on November 28, 2018
Boulder’s KGNU community radio has a regular Resistance Radio program on Monday mornings, and this last Monday, 11/26, they broadcast and interview about our Colorado #ResistanceReads! Listen below to me and O.E. Tearmann talk about reading as a political act and our fundraiser for local charities. Thanks to KNGU news director, Maeve Conran for having […]
Kate talks #ResistanceReads with Westword
Posted on November 25, 2018
Teague Bohlen over at Denver’s Westword interviewed me last week about our Colorado #ResistanceReads project. Here’s a sample: Westword: So whose brainchild is Colorado #ResistanceReads? Where did the idea come from, and what in America today prompted its need now? Jonuska: The idea was mine and sprouted from something I think about often, and that’s the power […]
Kate writes about Narrative Generosity on the Town Crier
Posted on May 31, 2018
I was asked to take part in a project about “narrative generosity” over at The Town Crier, the online edition of The Puritan literary magazine. Honestly, I was thrilled because the topic gave me the opportunity to discuss a subject that’s been rolling around in my head for quite some time: immersion as empathy. Here’s […]
Colorado Book Review on Transference
Posted on January 17, 2018
Wow. I’m bowled over by the review of Transference over at Colorado Book Review, self described as “a coalition of editors, librarians, industry professionals, and published authors banded together to review works of fiction and non-fiction.” Their anonymous reader gave Transference 4 out of 5 stars and said: Kate Jonuska has a keen, witty, unique voice that […]
Talking writing and Transference on ‘Beyond the Trope’
Posted on January 12, 2018
I was interviewed on the podcast Beyond the Trope, where we talked about Denver, writing, literary versus genre fiction, and self publishing. Enjoy! And check out Beyond the Trope’s archive of podcasts, which includes interviews with much cooler, much more famous writers like Diana Gabaldon and Gail Carriger, or support their Patreon if you can. […]
Kate speaks at Ignite Boulder 34!
Posted on January 2, 2018
Unrelated to fiction, but definitely on the list of issues about which I’m most passionate, I spoke at the Ignite Boulder 34 event in December 2017 about medication shaming. As someone who does rely on prescription medications to live my best life, I wanted to confront the idea that taking prescriptions is a sign of […]
Transference featured in the Denver Post
Posted on October 30, 2017
My novel Transference was chosen as a Staff Pick over at the Denver Post and was featured with the headline: Kate Jonuska’s “Transference” has delightfully despicable characters who earn their laughs I love it! And she very much loved the book, saying it might be “a good place to start a conversation about whether it matters if […]
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