On today’s show, we talk to Kirsteen MacLeod. Kirsteen is a long-time journalist and author whose work has spanned a wide variety of subjects. In early 2021, she turned her journalist’s lens on something she’d been thinking about for many years: the idea of retreat. Examining it from a spiritual, artistic, geographical, religious, practical, and social perspective, Kirsteen wrote a comprehensive take on the idea of solitude just when we were all experiencing it ourselves. In Praise of Retreat: Finding Sanctuary in the Modern World is a book for anyone thinking about their creative and spiritual practices, and is especially helpful for the writer often scrambling to find moments of solitude to engage in their craft. Kirsteen joins us today to talk about the creative process, the business of writing, and the sometimes fuzzy lines between fiction and nonfiction.
Transcript coming soon.
Find Kirsteen at the links below.
Website: https://www.kirsteenmacleod.ca/
You can find Kirsteen’s latest book, In Praise of Retreat: Finding Sanctuary in the Modern World, at https://ecwpress.com/products/in-praise-of-retreat
If you're interested in writing nonfiction, the University of King's College MFA in Creative Nonfiction might be for you. Find out more at ukings.ca/area-of-study/master…creative-nonfiction/.
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