HELL IS A WORLD WITHOUT YOU events, interviews, reviews, and more
HELL IS A WORLD WITHOUT YOU events, interviews, reviews, and more
Hello, sports journalist and religion podcaster Jason Kirk here. My exvangelical coming-of-age novel — Hell Is a World Without You — is good, according to a bunch of people linked below.
A best-seller according to USA Today’s booklist, Bookshop.org, IndieReader, and a handful of Amazon lists, it enabled me to pledge over $50,000 to LGBTQ charity the Trevor Project, with $46,000 already donated.
The book is available pretty much everywhere paperbacks, ebooks, and hardcovers are sold. Audiobook in the works.
If you’d like to talk about getting a review copy, doing an interview, hosting an event, or some other idea we haven’t tried yet, holler: jasonkirkbook at g mail dot com.
Upcoming IRL book events
After seven lovely and normal book-tour events, I’m pivoting to Shutdown Fullcast mode (though at each of these Fullcast events, I’ll certainly have books on hand, sign all books, and possibly also piggyback readings either before or after):
Indianapolis on May 24 (tickets on sale here)
Portland, Oregon on July 26 (tickets on sale soon)
Raleigh on August 24 (tickets on sale May 25)
More to come, one way or the other!
Completed IRL book events
Monday Night Garage in Atlanta with the Shutdown Fullcast:
Northstreet Taproom bar in Madison, Wisconsin with Mason Mennenga and Matt Brown: Audio on our Patreon
Pendleton Bookshop in Clemson, South Carolina with Anna Sandy Elrod, Shannon Finck, and Joshua Martin
A Novel Idea bookshop in Philadelphia with my kid
Ann Arbor with Jane Coaston and Ace Anbender. Video to come
St. Clare’s Episcopal Church, where I preached lol. Audio to come on our Patreon
The University of Alabama with profs Mike Altman and Van Newell. Video to come (unless it turns out the camera was full)
All of these things were awesome. Emily and I talked about them on Patreon.
Editorial book reviews
Book and Film Globe by Jake Harris
Columbia Daily Tribune by Aarik Danielsen
Dirtbag Christian by Jennifer C. Martin
Not the Sun by Andrew Klema
The Post-Evangelical Post by Blake Chastain
Sojourners by Tyler Huckabee
Does the TV Tropes page go here?
Public review roundups
Praise blurbs in general
Print interviews about the book
Action Cookbook with Scott Hines
Awful Announcing with Andrew Bucholtz
Channel 6 with Spencer Hall
Christianity Today with Bonnie Kristian
Grift of the Holy Spirit with Tony Ginocchio
Penguin Random House’s Hazlitt with Anthony Oliveira
Religion Dispatches with Mike Altman
Audio promo for — that’s right — the book
Big Screen Sports with Alex McDaniel and Kyle Bandujo
Casual Diehard with Jesse Spector
City Saint / Country Saint with Charles Star and L. Ron Mexico
Decent Christian Music Talk with Eric McClanahan, Josh Olson, and Kylan Savage
The Distraction with Drew Magary and David Roth
Evangelicalish with April Ajoy
Exvangelical with Blake Chastain
Focus on Your Own Family with Stephanie Warren
Fun Sexy Bible Time with Casey Haas and Matthew Pierce
Good Christian Fun with Kevin T. Porter and Caroline Ely
Hand in the Dirt with Michael Felder, Michael Surber, and Stephen Hartzell
HM Magazine’s BlackSheep Podcast with Mason Mennenga, Cullen Mack, and Justin Hunter
How Did You Get Here? with Jamie Howard
Lit Lit with Dani Burford and Andrew Klema
NPR’s SouthBound with Tommy Tomlinson
Readirect with Abigail Hewins and Emily Rojas
Trillbilly Worker’s Party with Tom Sexton
Unanimous Decision with Daniel Palmer
USA Today’s For The Watercooler with Caroline Darney and Matt Scalici
Veterans of Culture Wars with Zach Malm and David Lester
The Vinyl Preacher with Zach Parris
Waitin’ Since Last Saturday with Will Leitch
You Have Permission with Dan Koch
And of course the Vacation Bible School Patreon
Public Q&As about — you guessed it — the book
Once again, if you wanna talk about doing any of this sorta thing: jasonkirkbook at g mail dot com.