Hi folks! Today’s episode features an interview with author Sofi Papamarko. Her collection Radium Girl is great, so check it out and give us a listen!
fiction
E243 with MICHELLE BUTLER HALLETT
Hi everyone, hope you’re still having a great summer – and catching up on reading. Today’s guest is Michelle Butler Hallett. Her latest novel is Constant Nobody, one of my favourite reads so far this summer. Tune in to hear us talk all about it!
E238 with GLENN DIXON
Hey folks! Today we talk with author Glenn Dixon. I truly enjoyed Bootleg Stardust – especially for the musical elements, which is kind of right up my alley (I mean, Almost Famous is one of my favourite movies. And I’ve worked in the music biz / music biz-adjacent for, uh…a long time). Enjoy.
E237 with RUFUS HICKOK
Hey everyone! Join us this week as we talk to Hamilton-based author Rufus Hickok. His book is The Paris Bureau: How a Brooklyn Journalist Survived Jazz Age Paris with Help from Ernest Hemingway, Ezra Pound and his Family, and that title explains it all. Very interesting stuff – enjoy!
E236 with ROB WINGER
Join us today for an interview with poet Rob Winger. We discuss his newest collection, It Doesn’t Matter What We Meant.
E235 with PATRICIA ROBERTSON
Hey all! Tune in for our conversation with Patricia Robertson. Her thought- provoking collection Hour of the Crab is also well worth your time. Enjoy!
E234 with GARY BARWIN
What can I say about Gary Barwin? Amazing author and poet, entertaining reader, fellow Hamiltonian, and the first-ever guest on GET LIT! Gary’s newest novel, Nothing The Same, Everything Haunted: The Ballad of Motl the Cowboy, is something else (in the best possible way). Read it, and check out our conversation about it on today’s episode.
E233 with REBECCA SALAZAR
Hey all! We’re back to poetry today and chatting with Rebecca Salazar. Her new collection is sulphurtongue, and it’s superb. Was going to squeeze two interviews into one show, but once Rebecca and I got talking, it was too interesting to cut short. Check it out.
E231 with KLIPH NESTEROFF and comedian JON ROBERTS
Hey folks! Kliph Nesteroff is our guest this week. Kliph has done campus radio, worked for the CBC, been a stand-up comedian, and even published a remarkable blog about comedy history.
Kliph was born in B.C. (where I first met him) but now lives in L.A. His first book, The Comedians: Drunks, Thieves, Scoundrels and the History of American Comedy, has done exceptionally well and is a fabulous read. So is his latest, We Had A Little Real Estate Problem: The Unheralded Story of Native Americans and Comedy.
As a white settler, Kliph isn’t super keen on speaking for indigenous folks. In the book he handles this extremely well, but on the publicity circuit, he hasn’t always been comfortable. To that end, I’ve included a second interview with comedian Jon Roberts, who appears in the book. We talk about his career, Kliph’s book, and more. Hope you enjoy!
E229 with JENNIFER GILLIES from GRIT LIT
Hey all!
So, first off, some news about me for a change. My novel RIVER, DIVERTED has been scheduled for fall 2022 thanks to the good peoples (read: Aimee) at Palimpsest Press! Super excited and can’t wait to share more info as it comes.
Today we have our annual catch-up with Jennifer Gillies from the GritLit Readers & Writers’ Festival. We talk about this year’s fest, coming up April 15 – 18. Remember, it’s all digital this year, so if something appeals to you, you don’t have to be in the Hamilton area to get there 😀