by PDR-Kellie | Nov 5, 2015 | Alberta, Books, Firelight Interview Series, Poetry, Writers, Writing Life
I met Calgary poet Micheline Maylor in a monastery overlooking the Qu’Appelle Valley in Saskatchewan. Sage Hill, of course. Every morning, early, I’d wander out to the lounge to get a cup of coffee and she’d be there, awake and writing. Then, when I...
by PDR-Kellie | Oct 8, 2015 | Books, Fiction, Firelight Interview Series, Manitoba, Nature, Recommended, Writers, Writing Life
I first encountered Donna Besel in Flin Flon, Manitoba. She was up north with a couple other writers giving readings, and I remember how she spoke of her growing understanding of her work being rooted in the boreal forest landscape. Since I’d started writing my...
by PDR-Kellie | Sep 3, 2015 | Firelight Interview Series, Ontario, Process, Writers, Writing Life
I met Jael Richardson on the first day of school – grad school, that is. During our first semester, we took the drama workshop together with inimitable playwright David Young, who opened his fabulous home, in Toronto’s Annex, with its backyard Japanese...
by PDR-Kellie | Jul 30, 2015 | Contemplations, Fiction, Firelight Interview Series, Process, Toronto, Writers, Writing Life
I can’t quite remember how I met Trevor Corkum, but it was online and shortly after we began communicating we discovered a bunch of connections: we both went to Trent U., in Peterborough, Ontario, at the same time, and we had a mutual friend unrelated to our...
by PDR-Kellie | Jul 2, 2015 | Books, Firelight Interview Series, Ontario, Poetry, Toronto, Writers
Andrea Thompson made a name for herself as a spoken word artist long before ‘poetry slam’ became a household phrase. Now, she’s turned her talent with words to the long form, with the release of her first novel, Over Our Heads. Who are you? I’m a...
by PDR-Kellie | Jun 4, 2015 | Books, British Columbia, Firelight Interview Series, Process, Short Stories, Writers, Writing Life
This month’s Firelight Interview is with author Julie Paul. Her second collection of short stories, The Pull of the Moon, was chosen by the Globe and Mail as one of the best 100 books of 2014. “This is writing of emotional veracity with an edge, of humour...
