Gina Buonaguro's guest appearances

Gina Buonaguro

The History of Literature

3 Books With Neil Pasricha

Happiness through Hardship

OwlTail

Did you know the benefits of reading are beyond educational? Today’s guest on “Happiness through Hardship” - The Podcast, Gina Buonaguro, an international author and editor who has co-authored six novels, written multiple articles and won five writing grants is going to share the importance of bibliotherapy and connections through books. Earning her BA in English from Villanova University and her MA in English from the University of British Columbia while on a Fulbright Scholarship, Gina now lives in Toronto though grew up in New Jersey.  Her most recent historical fiction novel, and first solo novel, "The Virgins of Venice," was released in December 2022. Gina's knowledge of women’s history and writing is evident and she’s here to discuss how books can be healing.SHOW NOTES2:00 - Gina talks about what sparked her love for writing4:20 - Gina and Caryn discuss accountability and the value of feedback9:33 - Bibliotherapy and healing through reading 13:36 - Gina and Caryn discuss the parallel between television and novels14:38 - Connecting hardship to fictional characters and the wisdom they provide21:35 - Incorporating books into parenting22:46 - Flash fiction 31:54 - Tips from Gina on making time for reading 34:34 - The Grateful GameCONNECT with GinaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/GinaBuWriter/Gina’s Website: https://ginabu.com/Gina’s Goodreads:https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/219059.Gina_BuonaguroGina’s Bookbub: https://www.bookbub.com/profile/gina-buonaguroGina’s latest book titled The Virgins of Venice: https://a.co/d/6a08BAICONNECT with uswww.CarynSullivan.com/podcast www.Instagram.com/prettywellness www.Facebook.com/PrettyWellness www.Twitter.com/PrettyWellnessTo Buy the Book: “Happiness through Hardship” - The Book:amzn.to/39PAjuTTo Donate a Book to a Cancer Center:www.CarynSullivan.com/bookTo Donate to Metastatic Breast Cancer (MBC) Research:The Cancer Couch Foundation is a privately funded, non-profit (501c3) organization that has funded $5 million dollars in metastatic breast cancer (MBC) research since our founding in 2016! 100% of donations and event proceeds are ​​​matched and go to fund MBC research at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center!www.thecancercouch.com/donations.html

Did you know the benefits of reading are beyond educational? Today’s guest on “Happiness through Hardship” - The Podcast, Gina Buonaguro, an international author and editor who has co-authored six novels, written multiple articles and won five writing grants is going to share the importance of bibliotherapy and connections through books. Earning her BA in English from Villanova University and her MA in English from the University of British Columbia while on a Fulbright Scholarship, Gina now lives in Toronto though grew up in New Jersey. Her most recent historical fiction novel, and first solo novel, "The Virgins of Venice," was released in December 2022. Gina's knowledge of women’s history and writing is evident and she’s here to discuss how books can be healing. SHOW NOTES 2:00 - Gina talks about what sparked her love for writing 4:20 - Gina and Caryn discuss accountability and the value of feedback 9:33 - Bibliotherapy and healing through reading 13:36 - Gina and Caryn discuss the parallel between television and novels 14:38 - Connecting hardship to fictional characters and the wisdom they provide 21:35 - Incorporating books into parenting 22:46 - Flash fiction 31:54 - Tips from Gina on making time for reading 34:34 - The Grateful Game CONNECT with Gina Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/GinaBuWriter/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/GinaBuWriter/</a> Gina’s Website: <a href="https://ginabu.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://ginabu.com/</a> Gina’s Goodreads:<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/219059.Gina_Buonaguro" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/219059.Gina_Buonaguro</a> Gina’s Bookbub: <a href="https://www.bookbub.com/profile/gina-buonaguro" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.bookbub.com/profile/gina-buonaguro</a> Gina’s latest book titled The Virgins of Venice: <a href="https://a.co/d/6a08BAI" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://a.co/d/6a08BAI</a> CONNECT with us <a href="http://www.CarynSullivan.com/podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.CarynSullivan.com/podcast</a> <a href="http://www.Instagram.com/prettywellness" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.Instagram.com/prettywellness</a> <a href="http://www.Facebook.com/PrettyWellness" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.Facebook.com/PrettyWellness</a> <a href="http://www.Twitter.com/PrettyWellness" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.Twitter.com/PrettyWellness</a> To Buy the Book: “Happiness through Hardship” - The Book: <a href="http://amzn.to/39PAjuT" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">amzn.to/39PAjuT</a> To Donate a Book to a Cancer Center: <a href="http://www.CarynSullivan.com/book" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.CarynSullivan.com/book</a> To Donate to Metastatic Breast Cancer (MBC) Research: The Cancer Couch Foundation is a privately funded, non-profit (501c3) organization that has funded $5 million dollars in metastatic breast cancer (MBC) research since our founding in 2016! 100% of donations and event proceeds are ​​​matched and go to fund MBC research at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center! <a href="http://www.thecancercouch.com/donations.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.thecancercouch.com/donations.html</a>

98. Gina Buonaguro: Healing, Connecting and the Power of Books

What happens when we let opportunities slip past us? And what if we let others talk us out of what looks like our best chance at love? In this episode, Jacke talks to historical romance novelist Gina Buonaguro (The Virgins of Venice) about the first half of Jane Austen's Persuasion (1817).Help support the show at patreon.com/literature or historyofliterature.com/donate. The History of Literature Podcast is a member of Lit Hub Radio and the Podglomerate Network. Learn more at www.thepodglomerate.com/historyofliterature. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What happens when we let opportunities slip past us? And what if we let others talk us out of what looks like our best chance at love? In this episode, Jacke talks to historical romance novelist Gina Buonaguro (<a href="https://amzn.to/3Ku0pHn" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Virgins of Venice</a>) about the first half of Jane Austen's Persuasion (1817).Help support the show at <a href="http://www.patreon.com/literature" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">patreon.com/literature</a> or <a href="https://www.historyofliterature.com/support/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">historyofliterature.com/donate</a>. The History of Literature Podcast is a member of Lit Hub Radio and the Podglomerate Network. Learn more at <a href="http://www.thepodglomerate.com/historyofliterature" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.thepodglomerate.com/historyofliterature</a>. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

503 Persuasion (Book One) (with Gina Buonaguro)

Ajay Agrawal

On the heels of launching my latest book,  Our Book of Awesome, I’m enjoying the fellowship of two authors in my life — one of whom I met 22 years ago when I was in my final year at Queen’s.   Bounding into my life at the time came a young professor named Ajay Agrawal. And I mean bounding! He was cold calling left, right and center,  dancing around the room, and extremely theatrical. As you listen to him you’ll see why I found him so captivating and clairvoyant.    Professor Ajay Agrawal has won Professor of the Year seven times! He’s like Canada’s Adam Grant. He is the co-author of the bestselling book, Prediction Machines: The Simple Economics of Artificial Intelligence, named one of the best tech books of the year by Forbes, The New York Times and The Economist. His latest book has just come out and it is called, Power and Prediction, also co-authored with Joshua Gans and Avi Goldfarb.   Ajay is a tenured professor at Rotman, a research associate at The National Bureau of Economic Research in Cambridge, Massachusetts, founder of the Creative Destruction Lab, a not-for-profit program that helps start-ups launch, and co-founder of Next Canada dedicated to the development and training of young entrepreneurs. He is also a recent winner of the  Order of Canada which is the highest civilian honor that Canada awards.   Over the years I've gotten a chance to meet Ajay's truly lovely partner in life: Gina Buonaguro. And, guess what? She's a writer too! Ajay focuses on the future. Gina focuses on the past. Gina is originally from New Jersey but has been living in Toronto for many years. She started at Villanova University, all the way up to the University of British Columbia on a Fullbright Scholarship.   Gina’s written dozens of articles, won five writing grants and is the co-author of six historical fiction books, including her latest, The Virgins of Venice.   You could not think of two books which are more different: The Virgins of Venice and Power and Prediction. One is a 500 year old historical fiction saga taking place in a convent with sexy nuns. And the other a deep dive into AI.   I was intrigued by the relationship dynamics between them, what their books really say, and how their writing processes work. So I invited them, together, to come on 3 Books. I also asked Leslie to join the conversation.    So the four of us sat down in Gina and Ajay’s living room and we discussed questions like: what is the fate of girls in 16th century Venice, what does it mean for a city to be excommunicated, why has Uber been so revolutionary, what is the point vs systems solution in AI, how can books be shared and read together, what is an Untouchable Day, how can we think about living a little more intentionally, how does AI manipulate us today and it goes on and on and on.   This is a wide ranging conversation that I think you will truly enjoy.   Let’s flip the page into Chapter 117 now…   What You'll Learn:   What does it mean for a city to be excommunicated?   Why has Uber been so revolutionary?   What is a point solution vs a system solution in AI?   What is holding AI back?   How can books be shared and read together?   What is a writer’s group?   What is the power of reading aloud to our kids?   How can we bring in more quiet into our busy urban lives?   What is an untouchable day?   How can we live intentionally?   How does AI manipulate us?   What are the challenges of raising kids in a tech centric world?   Why are young people finding social interactions so awkward these days?   What is the Chinese solution to screen time?   What is the tension between ideology and critical thinking?   How can we encourage more critical thinking?    How can we temper cancel culture?   What is the role of school today?     You can find show notes and more information by clicking here: https://www.3books.co/chapters/117   Leave us a voicemail. Your message may be included in a future chapter: 1-833-READ-A-LOT.     Sign up to receive podcast updates here: https://www.3books.co/email-list    3 Books is a completely insane and totally epic 15-year-long quest to uncover and discuss the 1000 most formative books in the world. Each chapter discusses the 3 most formative books of one of the world's most inspiring people. Sample guests include: Brené Brown, David Sedaris, Malcolm Gladwell, Angie Thomas, Cheryl Strayed, Rich Roll, Soyoung the Variety Store Owner, Derek the Hype Man, Kevin the Bookseller, Vishwas the Uber Driver, Roxane Gay, David Mitchell, Vivek Murthy, Mark Manson, Seth Godin, Judy Blume and Quentin Tarantino. 3 Books is published on the lunar calendar with each of the 333 chapters dropped on the exact minute of every single new moon and every single full moon all the way up to 5:21 am on September 1, 2031. 3 Books is an Apple "Best Of" award-winning show and is 100% non-profit with no ads, no sponsors, no commercials, and no interruptions. 3 Books has 3 clubs including the End of the Podcast Club, the Cover to Cover Club, and the Secret Club, which operates entirely through the mail and is only accessible by calling 1-833-READ-A-LOT. Each chapter is hosted by Neil Pasricha, New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Awesome, The Happiness Equation, Two-Minute Mornings, etc. For more info check out: https://www.3books.co

On the heels of launching my latest book, <a href="https://www.neil.blog/our-book-of-awesome-by-neil-pasricha" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Our Book of Awesome</a>, I’m enjoying the fellowship of two authors in my life — one of whom I met 22 years ago when I was in my final year at Queen’s. Bounding into my life at the time came a young professor named <a href="https://agrawal.ca/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ajay Agrawal</a>. And I mean bounding! He was cold calling left, right and center,  dancing around the room, and extremely theatrical. As you listen to him you’ll see why I found him so captivating and clairvoyant.  Professor Ajay Agrawal has won Professor of the Year seven times! He’s like Canada’s <a href="https://adamgrant.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Adam Grant</a>. He is the co-author of the bestselling book, <a href="https://www.predictionmachines.ai/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Prediction Machines: The Simple Economics of Artificial Intelligence</a>, named one of the best tech books of the year by Forbes, The New York Times and The Economist. His latest book has just come out and it is called, <a href="https://www.predictionmachines.ai/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Power and Prediction</a>, also co-authored with Joshua Gans and Avi Goldfarb. Ajay is a tenured professor at Rotman, a research associate at <a href="https://www.nber.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The National Bureau of Economic Research</a> in Cambridge, Massachusetts, founder of the <a href="https://creativedestructionlab.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Creative Destruction Lab</a>, a not-for-profit program that helps start-ups launch, and co-founder of <a href="https://www.nextcanada.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Next Canada</a> dedicated to the development and training of young entrepreneurs. He is also a recent winner of the <a href="https://greencollege.ubc.ca/ajay-agrawal-appointed-order-canada" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Order of Canada</a> which is the highest civilian honor that Canada awards. Over the years I've gotten a chance to meet Ajay's truly lovely partner in life: Gina Buonaguro. And, guess what? She's a writer too! Ajay focuses on the future. Gina focuses on the past. Gina is originally from New Jersey but has been living in Toronto for many years. She started at Villanova University, all the way up to the University of British Columbia on a Fullbright Scholarship. Gina’s written <a href="https://ginabu.com/travel-writing/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">dozens of articles</a>, won five writing grants and is the co-author of <a href="https://ginabu.com/novels/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">six historical fiction books</a>, including her latest, <a href="https://ginabu.com/the-virgins-of-venice/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Virgins of Venice</a>. You could not think of two books which are more different: <a href="https://ginabu.com/the-virgins-of-venice/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Virgins of Venice</a> and <a href="https://www.predictionmachines.ai/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Power and Prediction</a>. One is a 500 year old historical fiction saga taking place in a convent with sexy nuns. And the other a deep dive into AI. I was intrigued by the relationship dynamics between them, what their books really say, and how their writing processes work. So I invited them, together, to come on 3 Books. I also asked Leslie to join the conversation.  So the four of us sat down in Gina and Ajay’s living room and we discussed questions like: what is the fate of girls in 16th century Venice, what does it mean for a city to be excommunicated, why has Uber been so revolutionary, what is the point vs systems solution in AI, how can books be shared and read together, what is an Untouchable Day, how can we think about living a little more intentionally, how does AI manipulate us today and it goes on and on and on. This is a wide ranging conversation that I think you will truly enjoy. Let’s flip the page into Chapter 117 now… What You'll Learn: <ul> <li> What does it mean for a city to be excommunicated? </li> <li> Why has Uber been so revolutionary? </li> <li> What is a point solution vs a system solution in AI? </li> <li> What is holding AI back? </li> <li> How can books be shared and read together? </li> <li> What is a writer’s group? </li> <li> What is the power of reading aloud to our kids? </li> <li> How can we bring in more quiet into our busy urban lives? </li> <li> What is an untouchable day? </li> <li> How can we live intentionally? </li> <li> How does AI manipulate us? </li> <li> What are the challenges of raising kids in a tech centric world? </li> <li> Why are young people finding social interactions so awkward these days? </li> <li> What is the Chinese solution to screen time? </li> <li> What is the tension between ideology and critical thinking? </li> <li> How can we encourage more critical thinking?  </li> <li> How can we temper cancel culture? </li> <li> What is the role of school today? </li> </ul> You can find show notes and more information by clicking here: <a href="https://www.3books.co/chapters/117" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.3books.co/chapters/117</a> Leave us a voicemail. Your message may be included in a future chapter: 1-833-READ-A-LOT.   Sign up to receive podcast updates here: <a href="https://www.3books.co/email-list" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.3books.co/email-list</a> 3 Books is a completely insane and totally epic 15-year-long quest to uncover and discuss the 1000 most formative books in the world. Each chapter discusses the 3 most formative books of one of the world's most inspiring people. Sample guests include: Brené Brown, David Sedaris, Malcolm Gladwell, Angie Thomas, Cheryl Strayed, Rich Roll, Soyoung the Variety Store Owner, Derek the Hype Man, Kevin the Bookseller, Vishwas the Uber Driver, Roxane Gay, David Mitchell, Vivek Murthy, Mark Manson, Seth Godin, Judy Blume and Quentin Tarantino. 3 Books is published on the lunar calendar with each of the 333 chapters dropped on the exact minute of every single new moon and every single full moon all the way up to 5:21 am on September 1, 2031. 3 Books is an Apple "Best Of" award-winning show and is 100% non-profit with no ads, no sponsors, no commercials, and no interruptions. 3 Books has 3 clubs including the End of the Podcast Club, the Cover to Cover Club, and the Secret Club, which operates entirely through the mail and is only accessible by calling <a href="episodes/view/episodes/view/episodes/view/episodes/view/episodes/view/episodes/view/episodes/view/episodes/view/episodes/view/episodes/view/episodes/view/episodes/view/episodes/view/episodes/view/episodes/view/episodes/view/content/episodes/view/content/1-833-READ-A-LOT" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">1-833-READ-A-LOT</a>. Each chapter is hosted by Neil Pasricha, New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Awesome, The Happiness Equation, Two-Minute Mornings, etc. For more info check out: <a href="https://www.3books.co/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.3books.co</a>