Literary podcast exploring the creative process through author interviews, book launches, and storytelling.
I have the privilege of speaking with three-time Pushcart nominee Bill Gaythwaite about his short story collection, A Place In The World. Continue reading Twenty Years to Publication: Writing through rejection
In this episode, I have the honour of chatting with Minelle Mahtani to discuss her memoir, May It Have A Happy Ending.Continue reading Finding Her Voice As Her Mother Literarily Lost Hers
In this episode, I’m joined by award-winning Cree Métis storyteller and multidisciplinary artist Arnolda Dufour-Bowes to discuss her latest children’s book, “Maggie Lou Meets Her Match.” Continue reading Telling Indigenous Stories of Joy and Creativity
This moving episode with Halina St James is a conversation about intergenerational trauma, an exploration of a mother-daughter relationship, the Second World War, family secrets, and love as seen in her novel, The Golden Daughter. Continue reading WW2, A Daughter, And A Box of Letters: The Golden Daughter
In this episode, I have the privilege of speaking with Eddie Kawooya, author of the Ace and the Misfits series. We talk about how immigrant kids can foster friendships and a sense of purpose through sports.Continue reading Ace and the Misfits: Writing about African children in the diaspora
Summer Brenner and I discuss being Jewish in the South, caring for her schizophrenic brother, and dealing with her father’s suicide.Continue reading Writing at 80, being Jewish in the South, & family complexities
A glimpse into my chat with Adedayo Agarau, author of The Years of Blood, a poetry collection that explores trauma, memory, anxiety, and immigration.Continue reading When Rituals Become Wounds: Poetry, Anxiety, and the Questioning of God
In this episode with Saad Omar Khan, we discuss depression, faith, unrequited love, and the connections between these in Drinking the Ocean.Continue reading Drinking the Ocean: Depression, faith and politics
What do math and art have in common? In this episode, we explore the intersection points between these two and how one helps the other.Continue reading Is Math More Creative Than We Think?
In Episode 28, I’m joined by Kate Jenks Landry, author of A Summer Without Anna, to discuss the hardship children face when a family member is sick.Continue reading When Sickness Comes: Children Navigating Hard Times