by PDR-Kellie | Sep 29, 2016 | Alberta, Books, Fiction, Guest Posts, Mixed Tape, Music, Process, Reading, Recommended, Writers, Writing Life
This week, writer Rea Tarvydas shares the songs that power her brand new short story collection. Read and give a listen! Music is a big deal for me as a writer. I use it in different ways. Sometimes it’s to condition me into a piece of writing and, in that instance,...
by PDR-Kellie | Apr 7, 2016 | Fiction, Guest Posts, Mixed Tape, Music, Nova Scotia, Process, Writers, Writing Life
Halifax writer Stephanie Domet shares her roots-flavoured song-list from her novel Fallsy Downsies. Read and listen! Fallsy Downsies was born in an old bank vault turned secret after-hours drinking room below a pub that no longer exists, in a small town in rural Nova...
by PDR-Kellie | Feb 25, 2016 | Guest Posts, Mixed Tape, Music, Poetry, Process, Writers, Writing Life
Today, Ian Williams gives us his collection of songs that helped him write his Griffin Poetry Prize-shortlisted collection, Personals. Rock on. I was living in the States while writing Personals, thinking about Canada, thinking about distances. If this playlist is...
by PDR-Kellie | Jan 21, 2016 | Contemplations, Creativity, Manitoba, Mixed Tape, Music, Process, Writers
Today, Winnipeg-based writer and film-maker Erna Buffie launches my new series, Mixed Tape (read about it and its sister project, CanLit Collections) with a meditation on the role music played in her debut novel Let Us Be True, and a song-list. Says Erna: The...
by PDR-Kellie | Nov 19, 2015 | Contemplations, Manitoba, Music, Nature, outdoors, Seasons, The Pas, Winter
Last year, I worked for awhile with a guy who grew up in The Pas. We talked often about the danger of the place (not because of the people, but because of the sheer power of the surrounding wilderness). It was taking me awhile, I confessed, to get accustomed to the...
by PDR-Kellie | Oct 1, 2015 | Events, Music, Novel, Ontario, Recommended, Swarm, Travel, Writing Life
You have to hear this song. I mean, really. Really. Take a minute out of your busy life, click play, and listen. Because it’s so good. [youtube width=”430″ height=”325″]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BA1J0JMRAQk[/youtube] I had tears in my...
