All Write in Sin City
167 episodes - English - Latest episode: 13 days ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsLet's talk about writers and writing, right here in Sin City. Before we were the Motor City, one of the nicknames we were known by was "Sin City." Maybe that's why we've got so many great stories to tell. Our Windsor-Detroit region is full of inspiring poetry, first rate fiction, outstanding non-fiction, amazing writers, and exciting publishers. At All Write in Sin City, we aim to bring them to you. Check out our shows here, or take a listen wherever you listen to podcasts.
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Windsor Storytellers Collective and Wordz! An experimental spoken word special event
September 08, 2019 11:00 - 1 hour - 44.4 MBLast week on All Write in Sin City, we talked with Teajai Travis, Windsor activist, artist and writer and also the recipient of the 2018 City of Windsor Heritage Grant. One of his recent projects is the Windsor Storytellers Collective. He and two other artists recently kicked off their first experimental, collaborative spoken-word presentation at the Green Bean Cafe. Titled Wordz!, the sound and song art performance featured two poets reading spontaneous selections of poetry and a DJ, weav...
Searching for Stories in Family History with Teajai Travis
September 01, 2019 15:00 - 44 minutes - 30.9 MBTeajai Travis is a proud and mindful descendant of Afro-indigenous ancestors who survived slavery in the Americas and settled in North Buxton, Ontario prior to the American Civil War. Teajai’s relations spread across the North American continent, and abroad. Teajai researches and writes about his ancestors, specifically those in the Americas during a time of chattel slavery. He is inspired by the stories of his own family. A recipient of the 2018 City of Windsor Arts and Heritage Grant, Teaj...
Part Two of Anna Clark and The Poisoned City: Flint’s Water and the American Urban Tragedy
August 25, 2019 15:00 - 29 minutes - 20.2 MBHow did one of the shining cities on the hill in mid-century North America become the poster child for de-industrialization? In this All Write in Sin City, you’ll hear Part Two of a presentation by Anna Clark, talking about her award-winning book, The Poisoned City: Flint’s Water and the American Urban Tragedy. Anna continues her commentary about the Flint water crisis, and takes a look at possible structural causes, with additional insight provided by Flint-based writer and former journali...
Part Two of Anna Clark and The Poisoned City: Flint’s Water and the American Urban Tragedy
August 25, 2019 15:00 - 29 minutes - 20.2 MBHow did one of the shining cities on the hill in mid-century North America become the poster child for de-industrialization? In this All Write in Sin City, you’ll hear Part Two of a presentation by Anna Clark, talking about her award-winning book, The Poisoned City: Flint’s Water and the American Urban Tragedy. Anna continues her commentary about the Flint water crisis, and takes a look at possible structural causes, with additional insight provided by Flint-based writer and former journali...
Part One of Anna Clark and The Poisoned City: Flint’s Water and the American Urban Tragedy
August 18, 2019 18:00 - 25 minutes - 17.8 MBWhen the people of Flint, Michigan, turned on their faucets in April 2014, the water pouring out was poisoned with lead and other toxins. Through a series of disastrous decisions, the state government had switched the city’s water supply to a source that corroded Flint’s aging lead pipes. Anna Clark is a journalist in Detroit. The Poisoned City was named one of the year’s best books by the Washington Post, the San Francisco Chronicle, Kirkus Reviews, Audible, Amazon, the New York Public Li...
Part One of Anna Clark and The Poisoned City: Flint’s Water and the American Urban Tragedy
August 18, 2019 18:00 - 25 minutes - 17.8 MBWhen the people of Flint, Michigan, turned on their faucets in April 2014, the water pouring out was poisoned with lead and other toxins. Through a series of disastrous decisions, the state government had switched the city’s water supply to a source that corroded Flint’s aging lead pipes. Anna Clark is a journalist in Detroit. The Poisoned City was named one of the year’s best books by the Washington Post, the San Francisco Chronicle, Kirkus Reviews, Audible, Amazon, the New York Public Li...
Woodbridge Farm Readings with Award-Winning Author Alix Hawley and Poet Laureate Mary Ann Mulhern
August 10, 2019 19:00 - 34 minutes - 23.9 MBThis podcast features two outdoor readings from the Woodbridge Farm Writer's Retreat Reading Series in Kingsville, Ontario. Windsor Poet Laureate Mary Ann Mulhern reads selected poems from her seven books, and Alix Hawley reads from her award-winning historical fiction series about the life of Daniel Boone. Mary Ann Mulhern holds a Masters of Education and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Windsor. Mulhern wrote The Red Dress, her first book of narrative poetry, which focused on he...
Live at The Phog: Award-Winning Speculative Fiction Authors
August 04, 2019 17:00 - 30 minutes - 21.2 MBThis podcast features two award-winning speculative fiction authors reading to a live audience at Windsor’s Phog Lounge. Coming to us from London Ontario, Timothy S. Johnston is an award-winning writer of futuristic and contemporary mystery/thrillers. He has won multiple awards including the CYGNUS, the CLUE , and the Science Fiction Epic Award. In this episode, he reads from his lates award-winning novel, The War Beneath. Next is the Detroit-based author of over a dozen novels and countle...
A Conversation with Amazon First Novel Award Winner Casey Plett (Part Two)
July 28, 2019 17:00 - 18 minutes - 12.5 MBPart Two of last week's podcast, a live recording of a recent interview with award-winning fiction author Casey Plett, recorded at Biblioasis bookstore. Windsor poet Vanessa Shields is the interviewer. Casey Plett is the author of the short story collection A Safe Girl to Love and the novel Little Fish, which won this year's Amazon Canada First Novel Award and the Lamda Literary Award. It was also short-listed for the 2019 Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award and Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ ...
A Conversation with Amazon First Novel Award Winner Casey Plett (Part One)
July 21, 2019 17:00 - 37 minutes - 25.9 MBIn this podcast, you'll hear a live and lively recording of a special event in Windsor. Today, you’ll hear Part One of a recent interview with award-winning fiction author Casey Plett, recorded at Biblioasis bookstore. Windsor poet Vanessa Shields is the interviewer. Casey Plett is the author of the short story collection A Safe Girl to Love and the novel Little Fish, which won this year's Amazon Canada First Novel Award and the Lamda Literary Award. It was also short-listed for the 2019 C...
Folktellers Universe and the Trans Media Effect: with Josef Bastian and Steve Sadler from Folktellers
July 14, 2019 17:00 - 44 minutes - 30.8 MBThis episode was recorded in the cozy library at All Saints’ Church in downtown Windsor. It usually has the advantage of being quiet, intimate, and full of actual books, however today we shared the hallway with excited folks from the Arts Collective Theatre (ACT) company which also rents space from All Saints’. It’s all part of being embedded in the lively Windsor-Essex arts scene! Josef Bastian, the Detroit-based creator of the Folktellers universe brings his media partner Steve Sadler to...
Satire, RomCom and ChiSeries Reading
July 07, 2019 17:00 - 39 minutes - 26.9 MBIn this episode, we'll talk with author and University of Windsor faculty member, Heidi Jacobs about her new novel inspired by the historic Daniel Defoe novel, Moll Flanders. We'll also hear a clip of Christian Laforet of Adventure Worlds Press reading from his new novel at the ChiSeries Reading at Windsor's premier downtown music venue, the Phog Lounge. Born and raised in Edmonton, Alberta, Heidi L.M. Jacobs completed her Bachelor’s and Masters’ degrees in English at the University of Alb...
Writing for Love and Money
June 30, 2019 17:00 - 36 minutes - 25.1 MBThis episode launches our mobile studio, and we talk to an Essex County native who writes for money and for love, and a powerful speculative fiction writer. We recorded this show in the cozy library at All Saints’ Church in downtown Windsor. Essex County native Van Waffle drops by from his home in Waterloo to talk about his writing. Van makes his living writing freelance for various nature and health publications, but also writes poetry and fiction. We hear a sample of a novel underway. Au...
Heaven Was Detroit: Award-winning Motor City music history
June 16, 2019 17:00 - 40 minutes - 18.3 MBThis podcast is a wide-ranging, extended conversation with M.L. Liebler, an internationally known and widely published Detroit poet, university professor, literary arts activist and arts organizer, and also an editor. M.L.’s work has received many awards, but most recently, Heaven Was Detroit, the anthology that he edited about the history of the Detroit music scene from jazz to hip-hop and beyond won a PEN/Oakland award. Liebler brought the book to BookFest Windsor in October of 2018. This...
Exploring Adventure Worlds Press with Christian Laforet and Ben Van Dongen
June 09, 2019 17:00 - 35 minutes - 16.3 MBOn this episode, we talk with two of Windsor’s favorite genre authors Christian Laforet and Ben Van Dongen. These authors have a special relationship: They’re friends, they’re both genre authors, and they are both publishers at Adventure Worlds Press, based here in Windsor. Christian and Ben have worked hard at hand-selling books, and they’ve been successful at it. Today, they’ll both talk about how they approach the writing process for their respective genres. Christian specializes in hor...
Workshops and Workers Rights: Vanessa Shields and Cecil Foster
June 02, 2019 17:00 - 40 minutes - 18.6 MBThis episode of All Write in Sin City features Windsor poet Vanessa Shields. She talks about her new book of poetry, now in production with Windsor-based publisher Palimpsest Press. She also shares her process for writing poetry, and talks a bit about her new venture, Gertrude’s Writing Room, a place where writers of all ages and interests can come hone their craft and get inspired. We’ll also feature author Cecil Foster talking about his new book, They Call Me George, and how African Ca...
From Frost to Spring: Elly Blake and Juniper Spring Round Up
May 25, 2019 16:00 - 28 minutes - 12.9 MBNew York Times bestselling author Elly Blake stops by to talk about her Frostblood trilogy in our first show. We also feature Sarah, Irene and Kim telling the short story about how All Write in Sin City began, and we reveal the Spring List of Recommended local books, curated by Juniper Books in Windsor. Elly Blake’s books, Frostblood, Fireblood, and Nightblood, are widely available, and you can find out more and where to follow her on www.ellyblake.com. You can find the complete Spring...