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E179 - Nancy Lynn Jarvis - Georgie
March 23, 2024 20:33 - 30 minutes - 28.4 MBToday, I have a great time reading the short story, Georgie, written by Nancy Lynn Jarvis. Nancy Lynn Jarvis wore many hats before she started writing. After earning a BA in behavioral science from San Jose State University, she worked in the advertising department of the San Jose Mercury News, as a librarian, as the business manager for Shakespeare/Santa Cruz, and as a realtor. She has written seven Regan McHenry Real Estate Mysteries; a stand-alone novel Mags and the AARP Gang about a gr...
E178 - Allan Hudson, excerpt from his novel, Vigilantes
March 14, 2024 23:21 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBAllan Hudson was born in Saint John, New Brunswick. Growing up in South Branch, he was encouraged to read from an early age by his mother, a school teacher. He lives in the seaside community of Cocagne with his wife, Gloria. He has enjoyed a lifetime of adventure, travel and uses the many experiences as ideas for his writing. He is an author of action/adventure novels, historical fiction and a short story collection. His short stories, The Ship Breakers, and In the Abyss, received Honourable...
E177 - Spy Girls - Joanna Vander Vlugt (first chapter)
March 06, 2024 18:28 - 28 minutes - 26.1 MBA CIA action officer is released from prison. A Chief Justice is murdered, and the Law Society is scrutinizing Jade Thyme’s conduct. Jade’s life can’t get much worse until she is coerced into finding an elusive double agent. Tangled in lies and political agendas, high speed chases and sticky bombs, can Jade outplay a dangerous Hungarian assassin before her own life is terminated? On today's episode, Joanna reads the first chapter from her novel, Spy Girls, which is available for pre-order o...
E176 - Heather L. Barksdale - Arriving Through Time (novel excerpt)
February 26, 2024 00:12 - 32 minutes - 29.4 MBHeather L. Barksdale was born in Waterville, Maine. Her adventure into travel started young when her parents packed up the two-year-old and drove across the country to Seattle, Washington. They then flew to Fairbanks, Alaska to live until she was eight years old. She would move several more times throughout the years, living in places as different as Larimore, North Dakota, and Keflavik, Iceland. As a military brat, her experience with travel grew throughout the years and her passion for r...
E175 - Donalee Moulton - Moist
February 18, 2024 21:16 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBDonalee Moulton's first mystery book Hung out to Die was published in 2023. Her historical mystery, Conflagration, will be published in 2024. Donalee's short story Swan Song appeared in Cold Canadian Crime and Black Cat Weekly. It will appear in the Mystery Most International anthology in 2024. Her second short story was published this spring in Black Cat Weekly. Her short story “Moist” originally appeared in After Dinner Conversation. Donalee is also the author of The Thong Principle:...
E174 - J.E. (Jayne)Barnard - Bow Tide
February 10, 2024 22:05 - 53 minutes - 49.2 MBJ.E. (Jayne) Barnard is best known for her Falls Mystery novels of women's wilderness suspense from Dundurn Press, winner of the CWC Award of Excellence and finalist for the CWA Debut Dagger, and for the Maddie Hatter Adventures fantasy series, winner of the BPAA Alberta Book of the Year and twice nominated for the Prix Aurora. Between work on upcoming novels and short stories, she devotes almost equal time to editing, mentoring, and literary juries. She migrates annually between the Alberta ...
E173 - Andrew Welsh Huggins, The Whole Story
February 03, 2024 06:15 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBAndrew Welsh-Huggins is a Shamus, Derringer, and International Thriller Writers-award nominated mystery author of eleven books with more in the works. His latest novel, The End of the Road, was named one of the best thrillers of the first half of 2023 by Library Journal and called by Kirkus, “A crackerjack crime yarn chockablock with miscreants and a supersonic pace.” Andrew's seven-volume (with an eighth on the way) Andy Hayes series features a former Ohio State and Cleveland Browns quar...
E172 - Ardelle Holden - Killing Imaginary Friends
January 27, 2024 18:06 - 37 minutes - 33.9 MBArdelle Holden is the author of The Samantha Bowers Mysteries. Her latest novel is an Oliver Frampton Mystery and is being released on Tuesday, January 30, 2024. If you like suspenseful, emotional, coming-of-age angst, you’ll love Ardelle Holden’s gripping story of Olly’s imaginary friends who torment and frustrate his life until, at twenty, Oliver discovers what really happened when he was eight. Vancouver Island is Ardelle's home. She enjoys the glorious sunsets over Quennell Lake and Mou...
E171 - W.L. Hawkin - Writing With Your Muse
January 20, 2024 23:25 - 35 minutes - 32.3 MBE171 - W.L. Hawkin loves to travel to the locations where her novels are situated so she can soak up that sensory landscape. A graduate of Trent University in Ontario, having completed a B.A. in Indigenous Studies, Wendy is a prolific author. Her Hollystone Mysteries are based on a coven of witches who solve murders. She is a member of the Crime Writers of Canada, the Federation of B.C. Writers, ALLi, the Writers Union of Canada and many more organizations. If you would like to learn more ...
E170 - C.J.Papoutsis - Murder at the Acropolis
January 14, 2024 01:40 - 46 minutes - 42.3 MBDespite being a captive of the Civil Service for thirty-five years, C.J. has always been a writer. She lives in Victoria BC in a crooked old building on a crooked street where she stares out the window at the sea waiting for stories and poems to smack her on the head. C.J. finds humour in the unlikeliest places. She laughs at the wrong times and says things she probably shouldn’t. Life has provided C.J. with a palette of strange, wonderful characters and unique situations; many find their wa...
E169 - Judy Penz Sheluk, Plan D
January 05, 2024 20:16 - 27 minutes - 25.6 MBToday, I have the pleasure of reading the short mystery story Plan D, written by Judy Penz Sheluk. Plan D first appeared in The Whole She-Bang 2 (Sisters in Crime Toronto) in 2014 and was reprinted in The Best Laid Plans: 21 Stories of Mystery & Suspense in June 2020 (Superior Shores Press). A former journalist and magazine editor, Judy Penz Sheluk is the bestselling author of Finding Your Path to Publication and Self-publishing: The Ins & Outs of Going Indie, as well as two mystery series...
E168 - Mother Always Kept A Gun, C.J. Papoutsis
December 23, 2023 01:14 - 48 minutes - 44.7 MBMother Always Kept A Gun is a short story written by C.J. Papoutsis in 2007. It was also accepted in the Blood on the Holly Crime Writers of Canada anthology. I have memories of critiquing this story with C.J., in coffee shops and at each other's homes. We still critique each other's work today. It's amazing the work that goes into a short story. I hope you enjoy it. Thank you C.J. for sharing your story with SAM Magazine. There is some language in this story which may not be suitable for a...
E167 - The Parrot and Wild Mushroom Stuffing, Joanna Vander Vlugt
December 14, 2023 22:42 - 42 minutes - 38.9 MBThe Parrot and Wild Mushroom Stuffing is a short story I wrote under my then pseudonym, J.C. Szasz. It was accepted in the Blood on the Holly Crime Writers of Canada anthology. The inspiration for this story came to me when my youngest daughter, a teenager at the time, worked part-time in the meat department of a grocery store. She would come home and vent about the very stressed shoppers, some yelled at her, while others hug her. I wrote this story in 2007. I'm happy to see that it has stoo...
E166 - JP McLean, Scorch Mark
November 18, 2023 21:17 - 42 minutes - 39.2 MBJP (Jo-Anne) McLean is the author of ten books in the urban fantasy and thriller genres. She is an Eric Hoffer and Global Book Award winner and was a finalist in the Wishing Shelf Book Awards, the Chanticleer International Book Awards, and the Independent Author Network Awards. She is a B.R.A.G. medallion honoree and three-time Literary Titan award winner. Reviewers call her books addictive, smart, and fun. Raised in Toronto, Ontario, JP now lives with her husband on Denman Island, which is...
E165 - Natural Consequences, Laurie Wood
November 03, 2023 22:06 - 43 minutes - 39.5 MBTRIGGER WARNING: the fictional short story being read on today’s podcast deals with suicide. If you, or someone you love, need to talk about suicide, please reach out to Talk Suicide Canada at 1-833-456-4566, and in the United States, please call or text the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline 988. Today, I read Laurie Wood’s short story, Natural Consequences, which is from the Sisters in Crime Canada West anthology, Women of a Certain Age. Laurie is the author of the Heroes of the Tundra series, set...
E164 - The Torchman’s Tale, Edward M. Lerner
October 27, 2023 23:23 - 41 minutes - 38.1 MBToday's short story is from a prolific author of acclaimed short fiction, Edward M. Lerner. I have the pleasure of reading Edward's short story, The Torchman's Tale, which can be found in his anthology, The Best of Edward M. Lerner. Edward has also just released his latest novel, On the Shoals of Space-Time. On Edward’s website, it is written Edward is the perpetrator of science fiction and techno-thrillers. While you probably know Edward from his SF novels, including the InterstellarNet se...
E163 - Herd Maintenance by Winona Kent
October 20, 2023 16:48 - 22 minutes - 20.8 MBJoanna Vander Vlugt reads Winona Kent's story, Herd Maintenance, from Winona's anthology Ten Stories That Worried My Mother. Winona Kent was born in London, England and grew up in Regina, Saskatchewan, where she completed her BA in English at the University of Regina. After moving to Vancouver, she graduated from UBC with an MFA in Creative Writing. More recently, she received her diploma in Writing for Screen and TV from Vancouver Film School. Winona’s debut novel Skywatcher was a finali...
E162 - SAM Magazine, Egyptian Queen
October 05, 2023 05:30 - 38 minutes - 35.3 MBJoanna Vander Vlugt briefly explains what has occurred and how the JCVArtStudio podcast has changed from an interview to a short story podcast, in support of SAM Magazine. In today's podcast Joanna reads her short story Egyptian Queen, published in 2006 in the Crime Writers of Canada anthology, Dead In the Water, by Rendezvous Press. Joanna is the author of the Jade & Sage thriller series in which her heroine Jade Thyme is a prosecutor who finds herself embroiled with drug dealers and espio...
E161 - Charlotte Morganti, The End Game
September 23, 2023 14:45 - 44 minutes - 30.8 MBIf you check out author Charlotte Morganti’s website, you’ll see that she, “like the protagonist in one of her novels,” is a recovering lawyer. In addition to her law degree, she holds an MFA in creative writing. She’s an active member of the Canada West chapter of Sisters in Crime, a collegial group of writers of mostly crime fiction, and Crime Writers of Canada. Charlotte writes fiction (mysteries, both dark and light), and the personal essay or review. Her short stories have been publishe...
E160 - Kalee Boisvert, Make Money Your Thing
September 09, 2023 17:32 - 57 minutes - 39.7 MBKalee Boisvert has been in the financial industry for over 15 years, but her love of money started very young. Growing up in a single parent household, she watched her mom struggle with finances and wished there was something she could do to help. Around this time, she realized she needed to find her own way to save and earn if she wasn’t going to allow her circumstances to define her. And so, her own journey to financial literacy began. Today, as a single mom and financially independent wo...
E159 - 2022 CBCA Winners, Isis Henriquez and Natasha Silva
September 06, 2023 19:42 - 48 minutes - 33.4 MBToday's episode is the fourth and final in a series of podcasts I’m doing in my capacity as the Official Podcast Host for the 2022 Canadian Book Club Award winners. Today, I talk with poet Natasha Silva, author of North Star Heart; and Isis Maria Henriquez, the author of Mangos and Snowflakes. Their books were the winners of the 2022 Canadian Book Club Awards in their categories. Natasha Silva is a dual citizen of Portugal and Canada. She graduated from UBC’s School of Creative Writing, and...
E158 - Kim Herdman Shapiro, The Raven’s Cry
September 02, 2023 17:53 - 42 minutes - 29.5 MBKim Herdman Shapiro with me and we’re going to talk about the first novel in her Wynter Island cozy mystery series, The Raven’s Cry. Kim Herdman Shapiro worked as a journalist in Canada for many years, with experience in both print and broadcast journalism. Her book, Gelato with the Pope, highlights her time as a syndicated travel columnist in the Nineties. In addition to her travel column, she has written feature articles for numerous publications, edited a monthly children’s publication i...
E157 - Susan Calder, Spring Into Danger
August 26, 2023 17:30 - 53 minutes - 36.9 MBSusan Calder is a Calgary writer who grew up in Montreal. Spring Into Danger is her fifth novel and the fourth book in her Paula Savard Mystery series. Susan’s short stories and poems have won contests and appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies. She has worked as an insurance claims examiner and served on the boards of the Alexandra Writers’ Centre Society, Crime Writers of Canada, and When Words Collide Festival for Readers and Writers. Susan is a co-chair for Boucheron World Myster...
E156 - Francesca Maria, They Hide: Short Stories to Tell in the Dark
August 22, 2023 16:19 - 43 minutes - 29.6 MBFrancesca Maria writes dark fiction surrounded by cats near the Pacific Ocean. She is the creator of the Black Cat Chronicles, a true horror comic book series narrated by a mystical black cat. Her short story collection, They Hide: Short Stories to Tell in the Dark is out now, published by Brigid’s Gate Press. Her short stories and essays can be found in Crystal Lake Publishing's Shallow Waters series and anthologies and Death’s Garden Revisited. You can find her at Francesa Maria and on Twi...
E155 - Tony Ollivier, The Tokyo Diversion
August 22, 2023 16:15 - 46 minutes - 32.2 MBTony Ollivier is the author of the David Knight, high concept thriller series. The first book was released on March 2020, The Amsterdam Deception, and on Wednesday, August 9, 2023, the second novel in his series, The Tokyo Diversion, a fast-paced international thriller that starts in Tokyo. I never knew Tokyo had so many dispensing machines. A child of the 60s, Tony voraciously read every science fiction and adventure book he could. He lives in Vancouver with his wife. Tony works in Compet...
E154 - Donalee Moulton, Hung Out to Die
August 21, 2023 00:26 - 50 minutes - 34.7 MBDonalee's mother knew she was going to be a writer in grade two. When asked to write a sentence using a specific word, like “tree” or “house” and provide one line for each sentence, one line, apparently, would not do. Donalee's first sentence ran off the line, down the margin, along the bottom of the page, and over onto the next page. A story, after all, is as long as a story needs to be. As a communications professional, Donalee worked with words to shape messages for clients, wonderfu...
E153 - 2022 CBCA Winners, Tony Ollivier, Kate Gately, Sophie Sullivan
August 21, 2023 00:23 - 1 hour - 49 MBSeason 6 begins with an all-star Canadian cast of authors. Today's episode is the third in a a series of podcasts I’m doing in my capacity as the Official Podcast Host for the 2022 Canadian Book Club Award winners. I’m excited to feature three fiction authors this morning, Sophie Sullivan, author of The Rules for Faking It: A Romantic Comedy; Tony Ollivier, the author of The Amsterdam Deception and soon to be released, The Tokyo Diversion; and Kate Gately, the author of Tides of the Sovereig...
E152 - 2022 CBCA, Craig Colby, Katelyn E. Kenealy, Jane Enright
August 21, 2023 00:01 - 1 hour - 60.3 MBThis episode is how you end a season! Craig Colby is an executive producer, writer and director, and his productions have appeared on Discovery, ESPN+, TSN, BBC, CTV, and Netflix to name a few. Craig talks about the connections, trauma, and new beginnings behind each cap from the Toronto Maple Leafs to the Pittsburgh Steelers in his memoir, All Caps. https://www.colbyvision.net/craigcolby Katelyn E. Kenealy is the winner of numerous awards, including Woman of Achievement 2022, Young Prof...
E151 - Sara Desai, To Have and To Heist
August 21, 2023 00:01 - 37 minutes - 26 MBSara Desai is a multi-published romance author. She has been a been a lawyer, radio DJ, marathon runner, historian, bouncer and librarian. She wrote her first novel when she was three years old. Sara’s diverse romantic comedy books have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, People, Oprah Magazine, Marie Claire, Pop Sugar, Bustle, Buzzfeed, Booklist, Hello Giggles, Publishers’ Weekly, Kirkus, Library Journal, Frolic, USA Today, Woman’s World, and Hello! Canada. Today we talked about her latest r...
E150 - Martha Anne Toll, Three Muses
August 21, 2023 00:01 - 59 minutes - 40.7 MBMartha Anne Toll is the author of the novel, Three Muses, (her debut novel) which was shortlisted for the Gotham Book Prize and won the Petrichor Prize for Finely Crafted Fiction. It has received glowing reviews from the Washington Post, Vulture, Kirkus Starred Review, and many more. Martha is a book reviewer and author interviewer at NPR Books, the Washington Post, Pointe Magazine, The Millions, and elsewhere. She brings a long career in social justice to her work covering writers of colo...
E149 - W.L. Hawkin, To Kill a King
August 21, 2023 00:00 - 58 minutes - 40.1 MBW.L. Hawkin, writes “edgy urban fantasy with a twist of murder” from Vancouver Island, B.C. Her novels—To Charm a Killer, To Sleep with Stones, To Render a Raven, and To Kill a King each stand alone but form the Hollystone Mysteries series. This coven of West Coast witches, and their eccentric friends, solve murders using ritual magic and a little help from the gods. Although she’s an introvert, in each book her characters go on a journey where Hawkin’s travelled herself. She researches all...
E148 - Roger Leslie, Light Come Out of The Closet
August 21, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 49 MBDr. Roger Leslie is a scholar in the fields of success and education. Through major literary houses, medium and small presses, and his own publishing house, Leslie has published fiction and nonfiction books in multiple genres: historical fiction, inspirational self-help, spirituality, writing and publishing, movie references, teaching and librarianship, biography, history, and a memoir. Roger has won numerous national awards including the ForeWord Book of the Year, The Ben Franklin Award, ...
E147 - Yvonne Maximchuk, Murder Rides a Gale Force Wind
August 21, 2023 00:00 - 24 minutes - 17 MBMulti-published author, Yvonne Maximchuk is with me in the studio. Many readers are familiar with Yvonne's paintings, pottery and books. Yvonne is an artist of the Broughton Archipelago, where her new novel, Murder Rides A Gale Force Wind; an Island Mystery, is situated. Throughout the eight years of writing this book, Yvonne drew on the complex and rich beauty of her home environment, the Broughton Archipelago and used it as the framework on which to hang the story. Tales from neighbour Bil...
E146 - 2022 CBCA Children’s Authors, Kelly Shuto and D.F. Whibley
August 20, 2023 23:59 - 1 hour - 41.4 MBKelly Shuto and D.F. Wibley were the 2022 Canadian Book Club Award Winners. They are the first two authors to kick off my summer series as Official Podcast Host for the 2022 Canadian Book Club Award winners. I've included the link if you want to find more information about the Canadian Book Club Awards, presented by the Self Publishing Agency . Kelly Shuto is a kindergarten and grade one teacher on the West Coast of British Columbia, Canada. She has two boys who are active in sports and...
E145 - Ling Ge, short story author
August 20, 2023 23:59 - 26 minutes - 18.2 MBLing Ge is a Pushcart nominee who studies creative writing and works as a statistician in Toronto. In her literary work, she uses a combination of Eastern and Western styles. Her work has appeared in the Spadina Literary Review, Ribbons, the Rising Phoenix Review, and the Wales Haiku Journal. Today, we talked about Ling’s writing life, her short story She Left as if She Never Came, which can be found online at Ricepaper Magazine. Ling wants to write about unrealized beauty, unrealized issu...
E144 - Scott Overton, Augment Nation
August 20, 2023 23:59 - 54 minutes - 37.1 MBScott Overton was a well-known radio morning host for more than 30 years in Ontario, Canada. Scott has now built a second career as an author. His radio-themed debut novel Dead Air was shortlisted for a Northern Lit Award in 2012, and his science fiction/thriller novels The Primus Labyrinth, Naïda, and The Dispossession of Dylan Knox have been well-received too, with readers most often comparing them to the work of Michael Crichton. Robert J. Sawyer, Hugo award-winning author says about Sc...
E143 - D.C. Gomez, The Traitor
August 20, 2023 23:58 - 56 minutes - 39 MBD. C. Gomez is an award winner, USA Today Best-selling Author, public speaker, mentor and podcaster. She writes in multiple genres from Urban Fantasy, Contemporary Lit, YA, Children’s Books, and even Devotionals. She has a quirky and at times dark sense of humor that can be seen across her different books. When she is not creating new stories, D. C. is working on her podcast, Inside the Minds of Authors. The podcast features upcoming and popular authors with new episodes each Friday. These ...
E142 - Hannah Mary McKinnon, The Revenge List
August 20, 2023 23:58 - 1 hour - 43.6 MBProlific author Hannah Mary McKinnon joins me today. Hannah was born in Manchester, UK to British & Swiss parents. Her family moved to Switzerland, and Hannah loved the mountains, chocolate, and cheese…or mountains of chocolate and cheese. After completing commercial studies in Geneva, she worked as a PA for DuPont. A year later she moved to Neuchâtel and became the Purchasing Manager for a high-tech company that made motors for industrial and space applications. While working, she returne...
E141 - Marian O’Shea, Out of Ireland
August 20, 2023 23:57 - 57 minutes - 39.6 MBAuthor Marian O’Shea Wernicke joins me today. She is the author of the stellar and beautiful novel, Out of Ireland. Marian was born and raised in an Irish Catholic family in St. Louis, Missouri. She is the author of the novel Toward That Which is Beautiful, a finalist in both Literary Fiction and Romance Fiction in the 2021 Independent Book Awards, and a finalist in Multicultural Fiction in the 2021 American Fiction Awards. The 2021 Catholic Press Association awarded the novel an Honorable M...
E140 - David A. Bowles, Sheriff of Starr County
August 20, 2023 23:57 - 35 minutes - 24.2 MBDavid A. Bowles is the fifth generation of his family to be born in Austin Texas. Both parents were from pioneer settlers. His great grandmother, Elnora Van Cleve was the first child born in Austin on April 14, 1841. His award-winning series, the Westward Sagas is based on her family and their one-hundred-year journey from Pennsylvania to Texas. David and his dog Becka, enjoy Texas from October-May. When the last bluebonnet has lost its bloom, they pack up the RV and head for cooler weather ...
E138 - Daniele Cybulskie, How to Live Like a Monk
August 20, 2023 23:57 - 51 minutes - 35.1 MBDanièle Cybulskie has been researching and writing about the Middle Ages for over a decade. She is the author of The Five-Minute Medievalist and is a featured writer at Medievalists.net. A former college professor and specialist in medieval literature and Renaissance drama, her work has been published across international magazines, spanning topics from The Hundred Years’ War to Roman togas. Her mission is to make history fun, entertaining, and engaging, as well as to draw attention to our s...
E137 - Amy Tector, Speak for the Dead
August 20, 2023 23:56 - 46 minutes - 32.1 MBAmy Tector has spent more than 20 years plumbing the secrets squirrelled away in archives — whether it's uncovering a whale's ear (true story) in a box of old photographs, or working in The Hague for the United Nations' International Criminal Tribunal for War Crimes in the former Yugoslavia, she has been privy to hidden records and extraordinary secrets. Amy’s debut novel, THE HONEYBEE EMERALDS was published in spring 2022. Her second novel, THE FOULEST THINGS, is the first in a loose trilog...
E136 - Mark Everglade, Inertia
August 20, 2023 23:56 - 58 minutes - 40.1 MBMark Everglade has spent his life studying social conflict. He runs the website www.markeverglade.com where he reviews cyberpunk media and interviews other great authors. He also runs Cyberpunk Day, October 10, each year with a group dedicated to bringing dystopian fiction to a new generation. His short stories have been featured beside legendary authors like Cory Doctorow, Walter Jon Williams, and Dr. Rudy Rucker. Today, we talked about his latest novel, Inertia, as well as music, the ban...
E135 - Hank Phillippi Ryan, The House Guest
August 20, 2023 23:56 - 1 hour - 41.7 MBHANK PHILLIPPI RYAN is the USA Today bestselling author of 14 psychological thrillers, winning the genre's most prestigious awards: five Agathas, five Anthonys, and the coveted Mary Higgins Clark Award. She’s also an investigative reporter for Boston's WHDH-TV, winning 37 EMMYs. National book reviewers call her “a superb and gifted storyteller.” Her newest is the page-turning standalone THE HOUSE GUEST – a story of psychological manipulation exploring the dark heart of marriage and friendshi...
E134 - Stephanie Ellis, Reborn
August 20, 2023 23:56 - 58 minutes - 39.8 MBStephanie Ellis writes dark speculative prose and poetry and has been published in a variety of magazines and anthologies. Her longer work includes the novel, The Five Turns of the Wheel and the novellas, Bottled and Paused. Her short stories can be found in the collections, The Reckoning, and As the Wheel Turns. Her poetry has been published in the HWA Poetry Showcase Volumes VI, VII and VII, as well as other publications. She has also co-written a collection of found poetry, Foundlings, w...
E133 - Joe Goldberg, Rebellious Son
August 20, 2023 23:55 - 1 hour - 44.6 MBJoe Goldberg has been a CIA covert action officer, corporate intelligence director, international political consultant, and currently he is a college instructor and author. His work at the CIA garnered 3 Exceptional Performance Awards. In the private sector, as leader of Corporate Intelligence at Motorola, Joe received the Meritorious Award recognizing a single individual who has made significant contributions to the intelligence profession. He has consulted on numerous international presid...
E132 - Eileen Cook, Build Better Settings
August 20, 2023 23:55 - 59 minutes - 41.2 MBEileen Cook is a multi-published, award-winning author. Her novels have been published in nine languages and optioned for film and TV. She spent most of her teen years wishing she was someone else or somewhere else, which is great training for a writer. She’s an instructor/mentor with The Creative Academy and Simon Fraser University Writer’s Studio Program, where she loves helping other writers find their unique story to tell. She was a keynote speaker at the Surrey International Writers' Co...
E131 - Kev Harrison, Below
August 20, 2023 23:55 - 44 minutes - 30.8 MBKev Harrison is a British author of dark fiction, living on the outskirts of Lisbon, Portugal. His novella, Below, is out now, while his earlier novella, The Balance, is available from Lycan Valley Press. His debut collection, Paths Best Left Untrodden, is out now from Northern Republic. His short fiction has been featured in a number of anthologies and magazines, as well as on podcasts such as Tales to Terrify and The Other Stories from Hawk and Cleaver. When not writing dark tales, Kev can...
E130 - Debra Purdy Kong, A Gold Satin Murder
August 20, 2023 23:55 - 1 hour - 41.6 MBDebra Purdy Kong was a criminology student and spent many hours writing about criminal behaviour for term papers. When she received her diploma from Douglas College, she realized that she’d rather write crime fiction than work for the Criminal Justice System, a decision she’s never regretted. While learning the craft of writing through courses, conferences, workshops, books, and critique groups, she worked as a secretary for accountants, academics, lawyers, and others. When she left full tim...
E129 - Jonathan Whitelaw, The Bingo Hall Detectives
August 20, 2023 23:54 - 1 hour - 47.7 MBJonathan Whitelaw is an author, award-winning journalist and broadcaster. He’s worked the frontline of Scottish politics, before he moved into journalism. The subjects he’s covered have varied from breaking news, the arts, culture, sports, radioactive waste, music and fashion. He’s a reviewer for the BBC and STV. We talk about his third novel, The Bingo Hall Detectives, a fast-paced, intriguing, laugh-out-loud cozy. As well, I find out why Jonathan and his family moved from Scotland to Edmon...