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A WRITER'S LIFEA WRITER'S LIFE ERIN STEELEHow do addiction and memoir writing intersect? In this episode, we sit down with Erin Steele, author of Sunrise Over Half-Built Houses, as she shares how her eclectic upbringing, personal battles, and vivid memories shaped her writing journey.Erin reflects on identity, compassion, and the stigma of addiction, offering a fresh perspective on trauma, vulnerability, and the cycles of life choices. She opens up about the delicate balance of honesty and privacy in memoir writing, revealing the cathartic power of storytelling to transform isolation into connection.Erin Steele is a writer, low-key philosopher and insatiably...2025-02-241h 09
A WRITER'S LIFEA WRITER'S LIFE LINDA QUENNECCurious how family stories shape a writer's voice? Join us with Linda Quennec as we explore her novel Fishing for Birds. Influenced by her grandmother’s life and British Columbia’s coast, Linda's work reflects her rich heritage. She shares her journey from student to writer, inspired by family tales and classic stories.We'll discuss the highs and lows of writing, from rejection to creating memorable characters like Kate, Nora, and Rachel. Linda also talks about tackling themes of grief and how her academic background influences her writing. If you’re into writing or love a great s...2024-09-0540 min
A WRITER'S LIFEA Writer's Life Barbara BlackBarbara Black’s newest book, Little Fortified Stories, published by Caitlin Press in 2024, is now available in stores. In this episode, Barbara delves into her creative process and shares how a literary workshop in Lisbon, complete with port wine and tiny notebooks, inspired this compelling collection of microfiction and flash fiction.We explore how memory influences creativity, examining how experiences that feel like amnesia can play a crucial role in storytelling. Barbara, a versatile artist whose talents span writing, editing, and performance, has journeyed from North Vancouver’s natural beauty to the stages of classical and jazz musi...2024-08-211h 01
A WRITER'S LIFEA WRITER'S LIFE 📚 TARA GILBOY Fantasy is fun to write and creating magic is so fabulous! Tara Gilboy is the author of Unwritten and the sequel Rewritten published by Jolly Fish Press. Tara spills the beans about her writing journey and she has great tips on how to write fantasy. https://taragilboy.com/for-kids/https://a.co/d/1DwZMbzhttps://www.facebook.com/taragilboy.Unwritten/https://twitter.com/taramgilboy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Eembeddedtimeline%7Ctwterm%5Escreen-name%3Ataramgilboy%7Ctwcon%5Es2https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17243098.Tara_Gilboyhttps://darlingaxe.co...2023-07-1853 min
A WRITER'S LIFEA WRITER'S LIFE 📚 Michelle Barker.So much fun with Michelle Barker! We spoke about her life as a writer, and she has an incredible amount of insight about writing and editing. I loved reading her latest novel My Long List of Impossible Things published by Annick Press 2019. A brilliant historical YA that asks: how do you choose between survival and doing the right thing?https://a.co/d/8gpdff7https://michellebarker.ca/https://www.facebook.com/MichelleBarkerAuthor/https://www.annickpress.com/Contributors/B/Barker-Michellehttps://www.siwc.ca/presenters/barker-michelle/...2023-07-1756 min
A WRITER'S LIFEA WRITER'S LIFE 📚 JENNIFER L. BUTLERIf you love BC history you'll love hearing this interview with Jennifer L. Butler. Jennifer is the great-granddaughter of Mame and Duke Wastell, who bought and named Telegraph Cove in 1912. Butler's book Boom & Bust: The Resilient Women of Historic Telegraph Cove, published by TouchWood Edition truly is a treasure, and a must read. Jennifer and I spoke about some of her many fascinating jobs, life in Telegraph Cove, and so much more. https://www.touchwoodeditions.com/https://jenniferlbutlerauthor.com/https://www.amazon.ca/Boom-Bust-Resilient-Historic-Telegraph/dp/1771512989https://www.amazon.ca/Boom-Bust-Resilient-Historic-Telegraph/dp/1771512989S...2023-02-1357 min
A WRITER'S LIFEA WRITER'S LIFE 📚 BARBARA BLACKI love Barbara Black's work, and we had such a wonderful conversation. We spoke about music, puppets, favourite books and Barbara read from her book Music from a Strange Planet, a striking and genre-bending debut short story collection published by Caitlin Press, 2021. https://www.barbarablack.ca/https://www.instagram.com/bblackwrites/https://www.facebook.com/barbarablackwriterhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSf6wfF1zx0-GbnPcZSK8vQhttps://caitlin-press.com/our-books/music-from-a-strange-planet/Send us a textSupport the show2022-11-2248 min
A WRITER'S LIFEA WRITER'S LIFE 📚 Eufemia FantettiEufemia Fantetti, was a delight to talk with, and what fun we had . We spoke about life in Italy, cultural differences, and mental illness. Eufemia talked about what it was like for her to write her second book My Father, Fortune-tellers & Me: A Memoir released by Mother Tongue Publishing, in 2019. https://www.eufemiafantetti.comhttps://twitter.com/eufemiafantetti?lang=enhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuSvRhwUS44&t=1shttp://www.mothertonguepublishing.com/page31/2019-new-books.htmlhttps://a.co/d/1mb3tDnhttps://a.co/d/7YibEc0ht...2022-11-211h 09
A WRITER'S LIFEA WRITER'S LIFE 📚 HOLLY ANNA ROSEI had the absolute pleasure of interviewing Holly Anna Rose. We had a lovely conversation about writing, she spoke about her writing process, and I was amazed at her story telling skill. I have a new favourite author! If you would like a copy of her story 'The Girl of Peace' by donation, for the SPCA, please email Holly's mom. darcystottwellness@gmail.comSend us a textSupport the show2022-10-1417 min
A WRITER'S LIFEA WRITER'S LIFE 📚 Caroline AddersonLast spring I spoke with Caroline Adderson, who is the author of five novels, and many books for young readers. We spoke about when she joined the youth program, Katimavik. I loved hearing about why, and how she became a writer. Caroline is the Program Director of the Writing Studio at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, which runs for five weeks every May. I learned about The Shoe Project, and of course hearing her read, and talk about her lates novel A Russian Sister Published by Harper Collins Canada, 2020 it was fascinating. Caroline is not just a gif...2022-08-1254 min
A WRITER'S LIFEA WRITER'S LIFE 📚 Katherine FawcettWhat a fun conversation I had with Katherine Fawcett, we talked about her favourite books growing up, naturally we spoke about writing, we laughed a lot and I must say I was spellbound listening to one of her stories from her latest book of short stories ' The Swan Suit' published by Douglas and McIntyre (2020) the book is enchanting, a little wicked and truly magical. Katherine Fawcett who is a Squamish-based author. Her latest book, The Swan Suit published by Douglas and McIntyre (2020) was a finalist for the ReLit award. She's also the author of The Littl...2022-07-2551 min
A WRITER'S LIFEA WRITER'S LIFE 📚 DANIEL PAISNERThis was an intriguing and fun interview, and I’d be lying if I didn’t say I was a little intimidated. Daniel Paisner is an amazing writer and a well-established Ghost writer, New York magazine once called him “the world’s most prolific ghost,” His bio reads, Daniel Paisner is a journalist, author and podcaster, with more than 70 books to his credit, including 17 New York Times best-sellers. He is the “voice” of Serena Williams, Steve Aoki, John Kasich, Whoopi Goldberg, Denzel Washington, Ray Lewis, Ron Darling, Gilbert Gottfried, Anthony Quinn . . . We talked a bit about his early c...2022-07-1653 min
A WRITER'S LIFEA WRITER'S LIFE 🌃 BEDTIME STORIES. THE PATH BY HEIGE S. BOEHMHeige's writing is influenced by the stories of her parents who grew up in Nazi Germany, and who at the end of the war, found themselves in East Germany. They escaped with their first two children to West Berlin in 1961, and Heige was born in Euskirchen West Germany on November 11, 1964. Ten years later the family immigrated to Vancouver, Canada, where they lived at the Sylvia Hotel for the first few months.In 1983 Heige's father was murdered in Texas. It was her desire to know his stories, and to understand him, that inspired her first novel. Heige spent 10...2022-07-1113 min
A WRITER'S LIFEA WRITER'S LIFE 📖 CRYSTAL D. MAYOCrystal D. Mayo is a Native New Yorker, an actress and storyteller. Her repertoire of writing spans from memoirs and poetry to children’s literature. Her literary contributions have been published in the Bronx Memoir Project Volumes 3, 4, and 5 III, IV and V. She most recently performed one of her memoirs entitled, "Teaching Me A Lesson" at the Caveat theater in NYC with the Generation Women ensemble. Additional anthologies she is a contributor to, are, The African Voices tribute to (en·tuh·zaa·kee shaang·gay ) Ntozake Shange and Our Voices Our Stories, an anthology of Writings Advancing, Celebrating, Embracing and Emp...2022-07-0555 min
A WRITER'S LIFEA WRITER'S LIFE 🌃 BEDTIME STORIES. HEIGE S. BOEHMHeige's writing is influenced by the stories of her parents who grew up in Nazi Germany, and who at the end of the war, found themselves in East Germany. They escaped with their first two children to West Berlin in 1961, and Heige was born in Euskirchen West Germany on November 11, 1964. Ten years later the family immigrated to Vancouver, Canada, where they lived at the Sylvia Hotel for the first few months.In 1983 Heige's father was murdered in Texas. It was her desire to know his stories, and to understand him, that inspired her first novel. Heige spent 10...2022-06-1606 min
A WRITER'S LIFEA WRITER'S LIFE 📖 BONNIE NISHBonnie Nish, is the Executive Director of Word Vancouver and Pandora’s Collective Outreach Society. Bonnie has a Masters in Arts Education from Simon Fraser University and a Ph.D. in Language and Literacy Education from UBC. Bonnie’s research interest is focused on how those recovering from trauma, specifically Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries (MTBI), are affected by the kind of care they receive in terms of recovery using poetic inquiry and life writing. Bonnie has been widely published worldwide in such places as The Ottawa Arts Review, The Danforth Review, Haunted Waters Press, Illness Crisis & Loss Journal...2022-06-0342 min
A WRITER'S LIFEA WRITER'S LIFE 📖 DAVID WISEMAN David Wiseman lived and worked in Oxfordshire most of his adult life but in recent years he has spent more time in Canada and became a permanent resident there in 2016. He currently lives on the unceded territories of the Mi'kmaq people in Nova Scotia in Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia.Lifelong interests include maps, reading, writing, travel and photography. And for the last 25 years, genealogy.In 2009 in conjunction with close friend Neil Evans he produced The Further Bank, a memoir of photographic expeditions around the landscape of the upper Thames. A Habit Of Dying wa...2022-03-031h 07
A WRITER'S LIFEA Writer's Life 📖 Tanya Bellehumeur-AllattTanya Bellehumeur-Allatt, her essays and poems have appeared in Best Canadian Essays 2019 and Best Canadian Essays 2015, The New Quarterly, Grain, EVENT, Prairie Fire, Malahat Review, subTerrain, carte blanche, Antigonish Review, Room, The Masters Review Anthology X (forthcoming), Queens Quarterly (forthcoming), Syncopation Literary Journal (forthcoming) and The Toronto Star, among other publications. She holds an MA from McGill University and an MFA in Creative Writing from UBC. Tanya’s poetry collection Chaos Theories of Goodness. published with (Shoreline, Press will be out this coming spring ( 2022) She is the author of Peacekeeper’s Daughter: Middle East Memoir, it was published this fall by...2021-12-0750 min
A WRITER'S LIFEA Writer's Life 📚 Short Story Saturday: Christina Alagaratnam Christina Alagaratnam is a writer from South London.She studied at the University of Westminster and graduated with a BA in English Literature & Creative Writing in 2014 and with an MA in Creative Writing the following year. Christina’s plays have been performed at the Brighton and London fringe festivals to four star reviews. She also had a performance of her play 'Face to Face' performed at Linklaters law firm, for a special diversity event.Last year, Christina published a short story called ‘Sanctuary’ on Amazon Kindle. She also launched her own podcast called, ‘The Night...2021-11-1110 min
A WRITER'S LIFEA Writer's Life 📖 Bill ArnottBill Arnott is the bestselling author of the suspense/thriller series The Gamble Novellas, all-ages Allan’s Wishes: Illustrated Edition, poetry collection Forever Cast in Endless Time, column-series Bill Arnott’s Beat, award-winning travel memoir Gone Viking: A Travel Saga, and the travelogue sequel Gone Viking II: Beyond Boundaries. He’s been awarded for prose, poetry, songwriting, and for his Gone Viking expeditions has been granted a Fellowship at London’s Royal Geographical Society. When not trekking the globe with a small pack, weatherproof journal and laughably outdated camera phone, Bill can be found on Canada’s west coast, making mus...2021-08-2857 min
A WRITER'S LIFEA Writer's Life 📖 Claire Finlayson.Claire Finlayson lives and writes on the beautiful Sunshine Coast of BC. After a 25-year career working as a jewellery designer, she now writes full time. She has been writing for as long as she can remember, as an essayist and occasionally as a journalist. Her passion is narrative non-fiction Dispatches from Ray’s Planet, A Journey through Autism, published by Caitlin Press, is her first book. Claire served for ten years on the board of directors of Sechelt’s Festival of the Written Arts, the last three years as vice president. The Festival, Canada’s longest running...2021-08-1044 min
A WRITER'S LIFEA Writer's Life 📖 RC WeslowskiRC Weslowski is the author of My Soft Response to the Wars, his debut poetry collection with Write Bloody North Publishing. RC is also a broadcaster, a podcaster, voice actor and clown plus Co Founder and Artistic Director for Hullabaloo: BC's Youth Spoken Word Festival. RC is the 2016 recipient of the Sheri-D Wilson Golden Beret Award and former Poet of Honour for both the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word and the Victoria Spoken Word Festival. RC is also Co Founder of Mashed Poetics a spoken word and music mash-up event that recently celebrated its 50th event since 2009. RC is also...2021-07-2752 min
A WRITER'S LIFEA Writer's Life📚Short Story Saturday. Richard TillRichard Till reads his poetry to audiences large and small at public venues in the UK, Alberta and BC. His poetry has a strong focus on nature but can veer off into pieces on social justice, war and irony. But for a few travel articles he has rarely been published but his poem The 6th of June received a $500 first prize (which came in handy at the time). He describes his attempts at retirement as an abject failure. He still practices his trade as a metalworker and is known to take on projects ranging from m...2021-07-1814 min
A WRITER'S LIFEA Writer's Life 📖 Meaghan Marie HackinenMeaghan Marie Hackinen is a writer and ultra-endurance cyclist from British Columbia's West Coast. Her two-wheeled adventures have taken her from Haida Gwaii to Mexico’s high plateaus, across Canada and the United States, and from North Cape to Tarifa along some of Europe’s highest paved roads. Meaghan is a Trans Am Bike Race, NorthCape4000, and Paris-Brest-Paris brevet finisher, as well as the 2019 24-Hour World Time Trial Champion and current course record holder in the Women’s Division. Meaghan’s writing explores relationships, experiences on the road, and encounters with wild places. She is the author of South...2021-06-2440 min
A WRITER'S LIFEA Writer's Life 📖 Tanya BotejuTANYA BOTEJU is a teacher and writer living on unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations (Vancouver, BC). Part-time, she teaches English to clever and sassy young people. The rest of her time, she writes and procrastinates from writing. Her novel, Kings, Queens, and In-Betweens (Simon & Schuster, 2019), was named a Top Ten Indie Next Pick by the American Booksellers Association, as well as selected for the American Librarian Association 2020 Rainbow List. Her next YA novel, Bruised (Simon & Schuster, 2021), has been selected as a Gold Standard book by the Junior Library Guild. In both teaching and writing...2021-06-0753 min
A WRITER'S LIFEA Writer's Life📚Short Story Saturday. Meaghan Marie HackinenMeaghan Marie Hackinen is a writer and ultra-endurance cyclist from British Columbia's West Coast. Her two-wheeled adventures have taken her from Haida Gwaii to Mexico’s high plateaus, across Canada and the United States, and from North Cape to Tarifa along some of Europe’s highest paved roads. Meaghan is a Trans Am Bike Race, NorthCape4000, and Paris-Brest-Paris brevet finisher, as well as the 2019 24-Hour World Time Trial Champion and current course record holder in the Women’s Division. Meaghan’s writing explores relationships, experiences on the road, and encounters with wild places. She is the author of...2021-05-1514 min
A WRITER'S LIFEA Writer's Life 📖 Daniel KallaBorn, raised, and still residing in Vancouver, Daniel Kalla spends his days––sometimes nights, working as an Emergency Department Physician at St. Paul’s Hospital for the past twenty years. He has been the Emergency Department Head since 2013. He is a clinical associate professor at the University of British Columbia.Daniel is the author of twelve published novels, which have been translated into thirteen languages. He has had two novels options for film, and his Shanghai trilogy is being developed for a TV series. In his twelfth novel, Lost Immunity, Daniel tackles the issue of vaccine hesitancy and th...2021-05-1036 min
A WRITER'S LIFEA Writer's Life 📚 Short Story Saturday. Debbie BatemanDebbie Bateman is a graduate of The Writer's Studio and a former teaching assistant in that program. Her work has appeared in Phoebe, Qwerty, and the "Shy Anthology" published by the University of Alberta Press. Two of her stories will be included in "You Look Good for Your Age", an anthology edited by Rona Altrows, coming out from the University of Alberta Press in May 2021. An earlier version of the story she will read from today was published in Issue 59 of descant. Debbie is currently querying publishers for her first short story collection and working on her second.2021-05-0818 min
A WRITER'S LIFEA Writer's Life 📚Short Story Saturday. Natasha J. RosewoodNatasha J. Rosewood Before immigrating to BC from the UK, Natasha traveled and worked internationally as a flight attendant, amassing five languages and acquiring extensive metaphysical knowledge. Since 1995, Natasha has evolved from spirit healer to Corporate Energy Dynamics Consultant. Her other skills include Author, Screenwriter, Intuitive Reader, Manifestation Coach, Ghostbuster, Past Life Regressionist, Speaker, Workshop Facilitator, Fundraiser, TV and radio personality. “My intention is to help my clients experience joy.” Her three books: Aaagh! I Think I’m Psychic (And You Can Be Too), Aaagh! I Thought You Were Dead (And Other Psychic Adventures)...2021-05-0125 min
A WRITER'S LIFEA Writer's Life 📖 Rosella LeslieRosella Leslie is an active member of BC’s writing community having served as a member and director of the Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts. She was a founding member of the Quintessential Writer’s Group and has recorded oral histories for the Sechelt Community Archives. Her writing has appeared in numerous magazines and newspapers, including Western People Magazine and The Leader. She writes both fiction and non-fiction and is the author of The Sunshine Coast: A Place to Be, and has co-authored Bright Seas, Pioneer Spirits: The Sunshine Coast, and Sea Silver: Inside British Colu...2021-04-2845 min
A WRITER'S LIFEA Writer's Life 📚 Short Story Saturday. Montana Rogers.Montana Rogers is a writer and educator. She received her undergraduate degree in Creative Writing & Literature from Wheaton College in Massachusetts, USA. After graduation, she was awarded a Fulbright grant to teach English in Bulgaria and spent two years working and living in a small city in the Balkan Mountains. She graduated from Simon Fraser University's The Writer's Studio in 2019 and began publishing her work that same year. Her short stories and flash fiction have appeared in The Sea Letter, Dream Noir, Reflex Fiction, Verity LA, and other journals. Currently, she is querying her first novel and at work...2021-04-2411 min
A WRITER'S LIFEA Writer's Life 📚 Short Story Saturday. Jenn AshtonJenn Ashton is an award-winning author and visual artist living in North Vancouver, BC. She is the author of the prize-winning article “Siamelaht” in British Columbia History (52.4 Winter 2019) Her debut novel People Like Frank, and Other Stories from the Edge of Normal was published by Tide Water Press in 2020. Jenn is currently working on numerous projects, including a book about the history of her family in the lower mainland. Jenn just completed a year as a teaching assistant at Simon Fraser University's Writers Studio. She is the writer in residence at British Columbia History Magazine, and is studying at...2021-04-1711 min
A WRITER'S LIFEA Writer's Life 📚Short Story Saturday. Isabella MoriIsabella Mori is a mother, grandmother, wife, friend, sister. She also writes: poetry, novels, short stories and non-fiction, and has published two books of and about poetry, A bagful of haiku – 87 imperfections, and isabella mori’s teatable book. She has published and blogged over 1,000 articles online and in traditional media, is currently working on The Writers Studio certificate at Simon Fraser University, and has recently won the 2018 Cecilia Lamont first prize in poetry. Isabella Mori lives in Vancouver in a way-too-big house, enjoys being surrounded by houseplants, and takes long walks. She grew up in Germany in a chaotic artis...2021-04-1708 min
A WRITER'S LIFEA Writer's Life 📖 Danial NeilDanial Neil was born in New Westminster, British Columbia and grew up in North Delta. He began writing in his teens, journaling and writing poetry. He made a decision to be a writer in 1986 and took his first creative writing course in Langley with Alive magazine editor, Rhody Lake. While working for the City of Delta, he authored the motto, Ours to Preserve by Hand and Heart for the city’s coat of arms in 1988. Danial worked steadily at his craft. His short story Grace was published in the 2003 Federation of BC Writers anthology edited by...2021-04-1249 min
A WRITER'S LIFEA Writer's Life 📚Short Story Saturday. Del LoboDel Lobo lives on the Sunshine Coast and is a student of the Creative Writing Program at the University of Guelph. Her stories have appeared in Canadian Stories and an Anthology titled Constellations. She has recently completed a full-length novel.Send us a textSupport the show2021-04-1007 min
The Story King PodcastHistorical Fiction with Author Heige BoehmSeason 5: Episode 5
Today's conversation is with author of Secrets in the Shadows, Heige Boehm.
Heige's writing is influenced by the stories of her parents who grew up in Nazi Germany, and who at the end of the war found themselves in East Germany. They escaped with their first two children to West Berlin in 1961, where Heige was born in 1964.
She spent 10 years researching and writing Secrets in the Shadows.
Follow her online and remember to order a copy of her book.
https://www.heigeboehm.ca
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Spoken LabelHeige Boehm (Spoken Label, April 2021)Latest up from Spoken Label is the wonderful Heige Boehm, author of 'Secrets in the shadows'. Heige is described as "Heige's writing is influenced by the stories of her parents who grew up in Nazi Germany, and who at the end of the war, found themselves in East Germany. They escaped with their first two children to West Berlin in 1961, and Heige was born in Euskirchen West Germany on November 11, 1964. Ten years later the family immigrated to Vancouver, Canada, where they lived at the Sylvia Hotel for the first few months. In 1983 her father was murdered in Texas. It...2021-04-0538 min
A WRITER'S LIFEA Writer's Life 📚 Short Story Saturday. Mary DuffyMary Duffy is a transplant from the east to the west coast of Canada where she works as a librarian. Her poetry has been published in various journals and anthologies including Quills, Leafpress, Blueprint Review, High Altitude Poetry, The Return of the Downtown Eastside Poets, The Soul of Vancouver and online at the Globe and Mail. Her poetry comes from connection with community - whether that be the Red Island Newfoundland community from which she was resettled as a child or the community of poetry she has found here in Vancouver through events created by groups such as Pandoras Collective...2021-04-0313 min
A WRITER'S LIFEA Writer's Life 📖 Stella HarveyStella Harvey was born in Cairo, Egypt and moved to Calgary as a child with her family. Stella founded the Whistler Writers Group, which each year produces the Whistler Writers Festival and other literary programming under her direction. For her substantial contribution to the literary arts in Whistler, Stella won the Champion of Arts and Culture Award given by the Whistler Chamber of Commerce. Stella is a fiction writer whose short stories have appeared in The Literary Leanings Anthology, The New Orphic Review, Emerge Magazine and The Dalhousie Review. Her non-fiction has appeared in Pique Newsmagazine, The Question and...2021-03-3053 min
A WRITER'S LIFEA Writer's Life 📚 Short Story Saturday. Montana RogersMontana Rogers is a writer and educator. She received her undergraduate degree in Creative Writing & Literature from Wheaton College in Massachusetts, USA. After graduation, she was awarded a Fulbright grant to teach English in Bulgaria and spent two years working and living in a small city in the Balkan Mountains. She graduated from Simon Fraser University's The Writer's Studio in 2019 and began publishing her work that same year. Her short stories and flash fiction have appeared in The Sea Letter, Dream Noir, Reflex Fiction, Verity LA, and other journals. Currently, she is querying her first novel and at work...2021-03-2709 min
A WRITER'S LIFEA Writer's Life 📖 Jenn AshtonJenn Ashton is an award-winning author and visual artist living in North Vancouver, BC. She is the author of the prize-winning article “Siamelaht” in British Columbia History (52.4 Winter 2019) Her debut novel People Like Frank, and Other Stories from the Edge of Normal was published by Tide Water Press in 2020. Jenn is currently working on numerous projects, including a book about the history of her family in the lower mainland. Jenn just completed a year as a teaching assistant at Simon Fraser University's Writers Studio. She is the writer in residence at British Columbia History Magazine, and is studying at...2021-03-2445 min
A WRITER'S LIFEA Writer's Life 📖 Betty KellerBetty Keller is an author, playwright, historian editor and mentor. She has helped launch many writers careers, including mine. Betty is the original founding member of the Festival of the Written Arts in Sechelt. Betty has written seventeen books and served as one of B.C.'s most prolific book editors. She has won many awards, including this year’s George Woodcock Lifetime Achievement Award for an outstanding literary career in British Columbia. https://quintessentialwriters.com/keller.htmlhttp://www.vpl.ca/library/news/2021/george-woodcock-lifetime-achievement-awardSend us a textS...2021-03-0940 min
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The Night Writer2x01. Secrets In The Shadows: Interview With Author Heige BoehmIn this opening episode of Series 2, we chat to historical author Heige Boehm. She has just released her debut novel, Secrets in the Shadows. Secrets in the shadows is a story about two boys, Michael and Wolfie who are growing up in nazi Germany and are indoctrinated into the Hitler youth. As they rise higher up the ranks, we see their eyes start to open to the absolute horror of the world they’re living in and helping to create. Heige’s work is influenced by her own parents, who grew up in Nazi Germany and then at the end of...2021-02-2534 min
Digital Voices with Beau TiffanyGuest Heige BoehmHeige is an author, her writing is influenced by the stories of her parents who grew up in Nazi Germany, and who at the end of the war found themselves in East Germany. They escaped with their first two children to West Berlin in 1961, and Heige was born in Euskirchen West Germany on November 11, 1964. Ten years later the family immigrated to Vancouver, Canada, where they lived at the Sylvia Hotel for the first few months. In 1983 her father was murdered in Texas. It was her desire to know his stories, and to understand him, that inspired the novel Secrets in...2021-01-2658 min