For our 16th episode, I sit down with novelist, actor, director & professor Rod Carley to talk about the practices he incorporates into his day to channel his creativity. We discuss leadership, the creative process, released and upcoming novels, the joy of teaching, his journey as an artist and the real value of finding your authentic voice.
Rod Carley’s second novel, KINMOUNT, won the Silver Medal for Best Regional Fiction from the 2021 Independent Publishers Book Awards and was one of ten books long-listed for the 2021 Stephen Leacock Memorial Medallion for Humour. His first novel, A Matter of Will, was a finalist for the 2018 Northern Lit Award for Fiction. His short stories have appeared in Cloud Lake Literary, Blank Spaces Magazine, the non-fiction anthology 150 Years Up North and More, and HighGrader Magazine. Latitude 46 Publishing is releasing his new interconnected collection of short stories, GRIN REAPING, in the Summer of 2022.
Rod is a graduate of the Humber School for Writers and is currently the Artistic Director of the Acting for Stage and Screen Program for Canadore College. He recently directed All in the Timing for Theatre Canadore. He is also a part-time English professor at Nipissing University. Rod has directed over 125 productions to date, both nationally and internationally, ranging from the classics to the development of new Canadian work. He was the 2009 winner of TVO’s Big Ideas/Best Lecturer Competition. Rod was the first recipient of the Stratford Festival’s Jean Gascon Director’s Award and received four Tyrone Guthrie Awards over his career. Film/television acting credits include 3 seasons on Hard Rock Medical (TVO), Cardinal (CTV), and Carter (Sony Pictures).
He was inducted into the North Bay Musicians and Entertainers Hall of Recognition in 2015.
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