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Kristine Jensen on Wednesday Club, Love, Belonging, and Community|S5 EP212: Book Banter Podcast

Kristine Jensen discusses Wednesday Club, intergenerational friendship, and finding belonging in small-town America


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Hello My Happy People,


Welcome to the last month of Lovefest. We move into March with a different kind of love: not romance, but the steady, sustaining love of friendship, mentorship, and belonging.


Award-winning scriptwriter Kristine Jensen has spent her career shaping narratives across film, marketing, and documentary storytelling, earning three Telly Awards along the way. Now she brings that storytelling depth to her debut novel, Wednesday Club.


Inspired by the real handwritten minutes of her grandmother’s rural women’s club in South Dakota, Wednesday Club takes readers back to 1963. Sixteen-year-old Ivy Hanson is sent to live on her grandparents’ farm after her Hollywood-bound mother leaves her behind. Reluctantly serving as secretary to a group of older women who meet monthly to discuss current events, serve their community, and share the realities of rural life, Ivy slowly finds herself drawn into their world.


In this episode, Kristine shares how a box of forgotten notebooks that became the inspiration for her novel, what it took to write her first book while working full-time, and why stories about women and friendships matter.


This Lovefest episode celebrates the love that holds communities together and the quiet power of women who show up for one another.



Enjoy,

Dianne


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Season 5 Lovefest

Every Wednesday

February 4th - March 25th


February

4th - S5 EP 208 NOW STREAMING

E.K. Johnston, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author of Titan of the Stars


11th - S5 EP 209 NOW STREAMING

John Newton, YouTuber and Acclaimed Author of The Shadows of Time Series.


18th - S5 EP 210 NOW STREAMING

Jacque Gorelick, Freelance Writer and Debut Author of Map of the Heart


25th - S5 EP 211 NOW STREAMING

Monte Schulz, Owner of the Santa Barbara Writers Conference and Author of Undercity


March

4th - S5 EP 212  NOW STREAMING

Kristine Jensen, Award-Winning Writer and Author of Wednesday Club


11th - S5 EP 213 

Jeremy Clift, Award-Winning Author of Space Vault


18th - S5 EP 214

PODCAST TAKEOVER!

Sebastian Dureaux-Russell, Award -Winning Author of Burning with a Blue Flame with Special Guest Romance Author, D.S. Stephens


25th - S5 EP 215

Maria Jane, Award-Winning Romance Author of the Perfect Series

 



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