Hey folks! It’s been a long time since I last talked to author Zoe Whittall. Listen in to the great conversation with her about her latest, No Credit River.
Zoe Whittall
GET LIT 73 with MICHAEL REDHILL
The ReLit Awards are awards that celebrate Canada’s independent presses. They’re pleased to have announced this year’s shortlists, and I’m pleased to say I’m on one of them! The Captain of Kinnoull Hill was “long shortlisted” for best novel (other categories include short fiction and poetry). What the hell am I doing on a shortlist with Zoe Whittall? So strange. Very happy and touched by this…huge thanks to my publisher, Palimpsest Press.
Our guest this week was also shortlisted for a little prize, and he won it, too. We talk with Michael Redhill about his Scotiabank Giller Prize-winning novel Bellevue Square. He’ll be in Hamilton on April 14 as part of this year’s Grit Lit Festival. See you there – and until then, hope you enjoy the show.
GET LIT 43 with ZOE WHITTALL + NEWS
I’m doing a reading from The Captain of Kinnoull Hill at an upcoming LitLive. I will be doing a show about the reading series, to air in two weeks, and I’ll post more info then. For now: come out and support me if you’re in the Hamilton area! It’s at the Staircase Theatre on the evening of Sunday, October 1st.
This week’s show ties in to so many things. We talk with Zoe Whittall about her novel, the Giller-shortlisted The Best Kind of People. We had a great and somehow spoiler-free conversation, for all the folks who are just picking up the book. Many people around here are doing just that, as the book was chosen for the Common Reading program at McMaster (as well as the same program at Guelph U) and for the Hamilton Reads program at the Hamilton Public Library.
Enjoy the show!