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Interview - Emily A. Weedon and Hemo Sapiens

Interview - Emily A. Weedon and Hemo Sapiens

Update: 2025-09-24
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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.
 
 

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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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Interview - Emily A. Weedon and Hemo Sapiens

Interview - Emily A. Weedon and Hemo Sapiens

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