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BookCon 2026: ‘Heated Rivalry’ author Rachel Reid and show creator Jacob Tierney are in conversation for the first time

BookCon 2026: ‘Heated Rivalry’ author Rachel Reid and show creator Jacob Tierney are in conversation for the first time

The first panel at BookCon drew lines of fans an hour before its start. Fans have shown up in style. I spotted dozens of iterations of t-shirts with the faces of actors Hudson Williams and Connor Storie plastered on them. Boston Raiders, Montreal Metros, and New York Admirals jerseys are in abundance, too. 3,000 fans are here, waiting to see Rachel Reid and Jacob Tierney in conversation for the first time. But while this may be the first public conversation between the Heated Rivalry author and show creator on a grand stage, it’s clear that these two have been in perfect sync since their first Zoom call. Moderated by former Teen Vogue editor-in-chief Versha Sharma, Reid and Tierney took to the stage at BookCon for a session called “Game Changing TV: Heated Rivalry.” The conversations spanned across their entire collaboration, from their very first DM to the music that makes the show, to how their lives have changed since the show aired. Tierney, whose knack for comedy shines through, discussed how the show moved at …

The view from Professor Dominic Tierney, author of The Right Way to Lose a War – Spotlight

The view from Professor Dominic Tierney, author of The Right Way to Lose a War – Spotlight

To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. Accept Manage my choices One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Try again Spotlight © France 24 Issued on: 21/03/2026 – 20:23 14:58 min From the show Reading time 1 min Dominic Tierney, the author of The Right Way to Lose a war, published in 2015, looking at US conflicts from Korea, to Vietnam, Iraq, to Afghanistan and the lessons taken from them. Dominic is professor of political science at Swarthmore College and a senior fellow at the foreign policy reserach institute. By: Video by: Source link

Heated Rivalry director Jacob Tierney: ‘Here’s what I can reassure everyone about season two’

Heated Rivalry director Jacob Tierney: ‘Here’s what I can reassure everyone about season two’

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Heated Rivalry director Jacob Tierney has assured fans that the second season of the hit ice hockey romance “will not change” its approach after the runaway success of the first series. The Canadian show has become a phenomenon since its release by Crave in the US and Canada last year. It landed in the UK on HBO in January and has continued to grow its audience by over 100 per cent since the final episode aired in December. Based on the Game Changers book series by Canadian author Rachel Reid, Heated Rivalry follows rival players Shane Hollander (Hudson Williams) and Ilya Rozanov (Connor Storrie), two of the biggest stars in Major League Hockey. What begins as a secret fling grows into a years-long affair as they struggle to navigate their true feelings for each other. Along with the story itself, the …