Love Hurts: Hayley Gene Penner on People You Follow

Hayley Gene Penner and Anne T. Donahue

Love Hurts: Hayley Gene Penner on People You Follow

Hayley Gene Penner and Anne T. Donahue

9:00pm

Thursday, October 29, 2020

45 mins

Singer-songwriter Hayley Gene Penner tells all in her harrowingly honest memoir, People You Follow. Join her for a brutally honest yet humorous look at the dark, intimate truths we spend our lives running from, in this intimate interview. Like a map of beautiful mistakes, Hayley’s stories of questionable sexual encounters, artistic aspirations and emotional abuse trace her coming of age in the music industry. Described by Lena Dunham as “a journey down the rabbit hole of LA’s most subtly toxic industry,” this is one trip you won’t want to miss.

Interviewer: Anne T. Donahue

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Singer-songwriter Hayley Gene Penner tells all in her harrowingly honest memoir, People You Follow. Join her for a brutally honest yet humorous look at the dark, intimate truths we spend our lives running from, in this intimate interview. Like a map of beautiful mistakes, Hayley’s stories of questionable sexual encounters, artistic aspirations and emotional abuse trace her coming of age in the music industry. Described by Lena Dunham as “a journey down the rabbit hole of LA’s most subtly toxic industry,” this is one trip you won’t want to miss.

Interviewer: Anne T. Donahue

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Featured Authors

Hayley Gene Penner grew up sharing the stage with her father, renowned children's entertainer, Fred Penner. She writes with some of the biggest artists and producers in the music industry. Her debut album, and her memoir's namesake, People You Follow, were both released in 2020. She splits her time between Winnipeg and Los Angeles.

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Anne T. Donahue is a writer and person from Cambridge, Ontario. Her first book, Nobody Cares, came out in September 2018, and her second, Small Tornadoes, will be out sometime in 2022. Follow her on Instagram and Twitter at @annetdonahue where she communicates mostly in Succession screencaps. 

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9:00pm

Thursday, October 29

45 mins

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People You Follow: A Memoir by , Nobody Cares by ,
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