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Stories/TravelsThe Book Tour Episode Twenty-Five (Final): An Author Looking for a StoryOn the last night of my book tour, I look for an interesting story and end up in a tricky situation2024-07-3011 min
Stories/TravelsThe Book Tour Episode Twenty-Four: Driving to the U.S.A. for Pizza with Michael "Crash" CaplanIn the early 1960s there was no place to eat pizza in Toronto (as far as we knew). The closest was across the border, in the U.S.A., but that wasn't too far away for "Crash" Caplan, a youth known for wrecking cars in terrible accidents.2024-06-2606 min
Stories/Travels#2 Those Absent on the Great Hungarian Plain: Tarzan, Udo and the Russians#2 Those Absent on the Great Hungarian Plain: Tarzan, Udo and the Russians by Jill Culiner2024-02-1509 min
Stories/Travels#1 Those Absent on the Great Hungarian Plain: The Hungarian CountThe Hungarian Count sells paintings in Toronto from the book Those Absent on the Great Hungarian Plain2024-02-1405 min
Stories/TravelsThe Book Tour Episode Twenty-Three: Romeo Invites Me To BreakfastThe Book Tour, New York City, the Old Barrymore House, Romeo2024-02-1313 min
Stories/TravelsThe Book Tour Episode Twenty-Two: The Lady in the Green HatPeople met while travelling by Greyhound bus across America on a book tour2023-11-2212 min
Stories/TravelsThe Book Tour Episode Twenty-One: SWAMITraveling through the USA by Greyhound, Strange characters,2023-10-1112 min
Stories/TravelsThe Book Tour Episode Twenty: Those Met on BusesTravelling up from Florida: the people met on buses; ecology: the Old South; dreamers.2023-06-1810 min
Stories/TravelsThe Book Tour Episode Nineteen: Traveller's BluesThe Book Tour Episode Nineteen: Traveller's Blues by Jill Culiner2023-01-1511 min
#badasswritersS5E2 || John Byrne Barry || Jill CulinerToday's episode features two authors: John Byrne Barry and Jill Culinar, who share their fascinating writing and publishing experiences and amazing tips.
John and I discuss:
When I Killed My Father: An Assisted-Suicide Family Thriller
Putting humour into difficult subjects
The importance of having hard conversations with your family
The necessary components of a good book blurb
Having the setting accomplish more than one thing
Character voice: what it is and how to get it right
Tips for crafting stories that deal with controversial or difficult topics
Jill and I discuss:
Being a member...2022-12-1353 min
Stories/TravelsThe Book Tour Episode Eighteen: Panama City, Pelicans, and Jim BikemanI travel to Panama City Florida and meet the famous Jim Bikeman2022-11-0710 min
Nash Holos Ukrainian Roots Radio PodcastNash Holos Nanaimo 2022-0209 Hour 1On Ukrainian Jewish Heritage, Myra reviews A contrary Journey by Jill Culiner, a biographical sketch of bohemian poet Velvel Zhbarzer • Feature interview: Ukrainian diplomat Andrii Telizhenko, banned by the US and Canada, joins me to discuss his diplomatic career and the volatile situation in Ukraine (Part 1) • Proverb of the Week • Other items of interest • Great Ukrainian Music!Featured artists in this edition: HighProfile • Ray St. Germaine • Euphoria • Antin Mukharsky • Millenia • Pikkardijska Tertsia • LoubistockHour 1 of this edition of Nash Holos Nanaimo is hosted by Pawlina, in English.(Part 2 is hosted by Oksana Poberezhnyk, in Ukrainian.)...2022-02-0957 minNash Holos Ukrainian Roots Radio PodcastNash Holos Vancouver 2022-0205On Ukrainian Jewish Heritage, Myra reviews A contrary Journey by Jill Culiner, a biographical sketch of bohemian poet Velvel Zhbarzer • Feature interview: Ukrainian diplomat Andrii Telizhenko, banned by the US and Canada joins me to discuss his diplomatic career and the volatile situation in Ukraine (Part 1) • Proverb of the Week • Other items of interest • Great Ukrainian Music!Featured artists in this edition: HighProfile • Ray St. Germaine • Euphoria • Antin Mukharsky • Millenia • Pikkardijska Tertsia • LoubistockJoin me - Pawlina - for the Vancouver edition of Nash Holos Ukrainian Roots Radio—every Saturday at 6pm PST on AM1320 CHMB and streaming at w...2022-02-0659 min
Stories/TravelsThe Book Tour Episode Seventeen: ScottyTraveling by bus in the south: Mobile, Alabama to Florida2021-12-1512 min
Stories/TravelsA Contrary Journey Chapter One: ParisThe beginning of my journey to find Velvel Zbarzher
Available from Claret Press
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Or https://boook.link/A-Contrary-Journey-with-Velvel-Zbarzher-Bard2021-10-1309 min
Stories/TravelsA Contrary Journey with Velvel Zbarzher, Bard published by Claret PressVelvel Zbarzher, rebel, songster, and glittering star of fusty inns, spent his life singing his Enlightenment poems to loyal audiences of poor workers and craftsmen in Austrian-Galicia, Romania, Vienna and Istanbul. His attacks condemning the religious stronghold resulted in banishment and itinerancy, but for Velvel and the other like the other reformers of his time, the compensations were great: heady stimulation, and an intellectual freedom prohibited in traditional life.
Come travel back to the mid-1800s, discover the life, the villages, the odours, sounds and traditions.
A Contrary Journey with Velvel Zbarzher, Bard by Jill Culiner
Published by Claret Press2021-10-0715 min
Stories/TravelsThe Book Tour Episode Sixteen: On to OklahomaStrange characters on the bus, Oklahoma's unsavoury history, the KKK, the Sooners, a breakfast invitation2021-09-0809 min
Speaking of Travel® With Marilyn BallJill Culiner Chooses Slow Travel As The Ultimate Journey Of Self-DiscoveryJill Culiner has crossed much of Europe on foot, travelled by bus, train, car and truck. Imagine having lived in a Hungarian mud house, a Bavarian castle, a Turkish cave dwelling, on a Dutch canal, and even in a haunted house on the English moors. Jill has lived this life. And her artistic work is exhibited in cultural centers, galleries and museums across Europe and Canada. Jill is truly a kindred-spirit who is a joy to talk to. Her stories reflect her love for life and are juicy tidbits we can all relate to. Her tales of th...2021-06-2446 min
Stories/TravelsThe Book Tour Episode Fifteen: Along the RoadLooking for the Perfect Setting and the Perfect Place to Live2021-04-2913 min
Stories/TravelsThe Book Tour Episode Fourteen: Looking for the Ideal Setting in NevadaI travel to Nevada to find the ideal place to set a story. Instead, I find Las Vegas, nuclear testing grounds, and assorted rubbish.2021-03-2812 min
Stories/TravelsFinding Home in the Footsteps of the Jewish FusgeyersThe Romanian Fusgeyers were the Jews who walked out of their country. One hundred and thirty years later, I crossed Romania in their footsteps before continuing on along the former immigrant trail across Europe, then to the gold and silver mining towns of Canada.2021-01-3029 min
Stories/TravelsThe Book Tour Episode Thirteen: The ex-HusbandA meeting with an ex thirty years later2021-01-2612 min
Stories/TravelsThe Book Tour Episode Twelve: Traveling with Mr. BleanyThe ups and downs of book talks2020-11-2209 min
Stories/TravelsThe Book Tour Episode Eleven: A Love Story...of sorts...The greasy-haired man is on his way to meet his new love...a woman he has never seen...2020-10-2607 min
Stories/TravelsThe Book Tour Episode Ten: Along the RoadIn Episode Ten, as I travel through Montana, I meet Sherry and hear her story.2020-10-0809 min
Stories/TravelsThe Book Tour Episode Nine: Livingstone, MontanaLivingstone Montana, then and now2020-09-1716 min
Stories/TravelsThe Book Tour Episode Eight: Travelling by Grehound— Grist for the Writer's MillThe rather strange people encountered on buses...2020-08-0815 min
Stories/TravelsBook Tour Episode Seven: Mitigated Success and Unmitigated Failure in Winnipeg and ReginaI travel on to Winnipeg and Regina to talk about my books but, as usual in my life, nothing goes as planned. Still, tomorrow is another day...2020-07-1712 min
Stories/TravelsThe Turkish Affair: Chapter OnePriceless artifacts are disappearing from the ancient Hittite site of Karakuyu in Turkey, and the site director has vanished. Called in to solve the mystery, archaeologist Renaud Townsend is hindered by both his inability to speak the language and the knowledge that the local police are corrupt. His attraction to translator Anne Pierson is immediate, although he is troubled by her refusal to talk about the past and her fear of public scandal. But when murder enters the picture, both Anne and Renaud realize that the risk of falling in love is not the only danger. Full audiobook available here...2020-07-1040 min
Stories/TravelsThe Book Tour Episode Six: A Boomtown (Almost the Wild West)I go looking for the past in modern-day Thunder Bay and am directed to the mall2020-05-1709 min
Stories/TravelsThe Book Tour Episode Five: HalifaxAll about minimal success and many dull conversations2020-05-0509 min
Stories/TravelsThe Book Tour Episode Four: From Montreal to HalifaxThe meeting with Ruben, Rivière du Loup, and odd conversations2020-03-1908 min
Stories/TravelsThe Book Tour Episode Three: On the Road...finallyThe first talks in Ottawa...not at all what anyone would call success...2019-12-2009 min
Stories/TravelsThe Book Tour Episode Two: An Interesting EncounterIn Toronto, after arranging the book tour, I meet a homeless man and his dogs2019-07-2610 min
Stories/TravelsThe Book Tour— Episode One: How It All BeganAfter winning the Tanenbaum prize for my non-fiction book, I began a book tour in Canada and the USA. Although this is not always a success story, it's an amusing one. This chapter is about how the idea for a tour was born.2019-07-2412 min
Stories/TravelsLife in a Small French Village Episode Fourteen: The EndThe last chapter in this series describes the last village 'bad boy' and the changes in the traditional French village.2019-07-2117 min
Stories/TravelsDesert RoseMen love Rose Badger, and if the other inhabitants of dead-end Blake’s Folly, Nevada, don’t approve, she couldn’t care less. With a disastrous marriage far behind her, settling down is the last thing she intends to do. Isn’t life for fun? Doesn’t a stable relationship always mean predictability and boredom? Well… perhaps things might be different with Jonah Livingstone, but he is off limits for anything other than friendship. Even though, secretly, she’s deeply attracted to him, she knows he’s still entangled in a complicated past relationship. Besides, Rose has another secret life—one that she’ll ne...2019-02-0302 min
Stories/TravelsLife in a Small French Village Episode Thirteen: ParentsMiddle class parents and their children
Village parents and their children2018-12-1313 min
Stories/TravelsLife in a Small French Village Episode Twelve: The Evil EyeLocal superstitions, the evil eye, a village sorcerer, incantations2018-10-0513 min
Stories/TravelsLife in a Small French Village Episode Eleven: MurderChanges in the village, a local murder, and a submarine car2018-04-0316 min
Stories/TravelsLife in a Small French Village Episode Ten: MeatballsLife in a Small French Village Episode Ten: Meatballs by Jill Culiner2018-03-1417 min
Stories/TravelsMystery: Sad Summer in Biarritz Episode OneA Canadian woman, hopes to change her life by moving to Biarritz. Having escaped a devastating relationship with the mentally unstable Dominique, she is determined to make new friends and find the perfect mate. But in this summer resort frequented by couples and families, available singles are lonely people, too often embittered by romantic failure. And if the young artist Vinnie has promised entry into local society, he remains an illusive figure.
When Vinnie’s body surfaces at the Pointe des Fous new rumours circulate. Had he really been a fortune hunter, a seducer and blackmailer, or just a gentle, ov...2017-12-1431 min
Stories/TravelsA Swan's Sweet Song Chapter OneThe instant Sherry and Carston meet, there’s desire and fascination in the air…but they’re complete opposites. Smart-talking Sherry fought her way up from poverty to stardom as a country music singer. Now, she’s ever in the limelight, ever surrounded by clamoring fans, male admirers, and paparazzi, and her spangled cowboy boots carry her all across the country, from one brightly lit stage to the next. A renowned but reclusive playwright, Carston cherishes his freedom, the silence of his home in the woods, and his solitary country walks. Any long-term commitment is obviously out of the question: how abou...2017-12-0222 min
Experience Full Audiobook in Romance, ContemporaryA Swan's Sweet Song by J. Arlene Culiner | Free AudiobookListen to full audiobooks for free on :https://hotaudiobook.com/freeTitle: A Swan's Sweet Song
Author: J. Arlene Culiner
Narrator: Jill Culiner
Format: Unabridged
Length: 5 hrs and 50 mins
Language: English
Release date: 12-02-17
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
Genres: Romance, Contemporary
Summary:
The instant Sherry and Carston meet, theres desire and fascination in the airbut theyre complete opposites. Smart-talking Sherry fought her way up from poverty to stardom as a country music singer. Now, shes ever in the limelight, ever surrounded by clamoring fans, male admirers, and paparazzi, and her spangled cowboy boots carry her all across the country...2017-12-025h 50
Stories/TravelsLife in a Small French Village Episode Nine: MarriageLife in a Small French Village Episode Nine: Marriage by Jill Culiner2017-11-1012 min
Stories/TravelsFelicity's Power: Chapter OneThe evening Marek Sumner opened his door to the wild-looking Felicity Powers, he knew nothing would ever be the same again. But even love and passion couldn’t keep them together.
Years later, having lived in the world’s most dangerous places as a foreign aid worker, Felicity is back, still offering love, passion, and adventure. But why would Marek risk having his heart broken a second time? Now a well-known author, he loves his calm, solitary life in an isolated farmhouse. He and Felicity are just too different; their relationship could never work.
But Felicity is just as fascinating and...2017-09-2420 min
Stories/TravelsLife in a Small French Village Episode Eight- Neo-RuralsLife in a Small French Village Episode Eight- Neo-Rurals by Jill Culiner2017-08-3017 min
Unlock Audiobook in Romance, ContemporaryFelicity's Power by J. Arlene Culiner | Free AudiobookListen to full audiobooks for free on :https://hotaudiobook.com/freeTitle: Felicity's Power
Author: J. Arlene Culiner
Narrator: Jill Culiner
Format: Unabridged
Length: 5 hrs and 56 mins
Language: English
Release date: 07-06-17
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
Genres: Romance, Contemporary
Summary:
San Francisco, 1971: hippies in the streets, music and revolution in the air. The evening Marek Sumner opened his door to the wild-looking Felicity Powers, he knew nothing would ever be the same again. But even love and passion couldn't keep them together.
Forty-three years later, having lived in the world's most dangerous places as a foreign aid worker, Felicity...2017-07-065h 56
Let Your Ears Explore New Horizons With Free AudiobookSad Summer in Biarritz Audiobook by Jill CulinerListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 313714
Title: Sad Summer in Biarritz
Author: Jill Culiner
Narrator: Jill Culiner
Format: Unabridged
Length: 07:35:57
Language: English
Release date: 06-05-17
Publisher: Authors Republic
Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Suspense
Summary:
A Canadian woman, hopes to change her life by moving to Biarritz. Having escaped a devastating relationship with the mentally unstable Dominique, she is determined to make new friends and find the perfect mate. But in this summer resort frequented by couples and families, available singles are lonely people, too often embittered by romantic failure. And if the young...2017-06-057h 35
Get Your Favorite Full Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, SuspenseSad Summer in Biarritz by Jill CulinerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313714 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sad Summer in Biarritz Author: Jill Culiner Narrator: Jill Culiner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 35 minutes Release date: June 5, 2017 Genres: Suspense Publisher's Summary: A Canadian woman, hopes to change her life by moving to Biarritz. Having escaped a devastating relationship with the mentally unstable Dominique, she is determined to make new friends and find the perfect mate. But in this summer resort frequented by couples and families, available singles are lonely people, too often embittered by romantic failure. And if the young artist Vinnie has promised entry into...2017-06-0505 min
Get Your Favorite Full Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, SuspenseSad Summer in Biarritz by Jill CulinerPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313714to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Sad Summer in Biarritz
Author: Jill Culiner
Narrator: Jill Culiner
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 7 hours 35 minutes
Release date: June 5, 2017
Genres: Suspense
Publisher's Summary:
A Canadian woman, hopes to change her life by moving to Biarritz. Having escaped a devastating relationship with the mentally unstable Dominique, she is determined to make new friends and find the perfect mate. But in this summer resort frequented by couples and families, available singles are lonely people, too often embittered by romantic failure. And if the young artist Vinnie has promised entry into local...2017-06-057h 35
Stories/TravelsLife in a Small French Village Episode Seven: Madame Sawicki's DreamSorcery and witchcraft in the villages and the modern manifestations2017-04-1613 min
Stories/TravelsLife in a Small French Village Episode Six: The CaféLife in a Small French Village Episode Six: The Café by Jill Culiner2017-03-0512 min
Stories/TravelsLife in a Small French Village Episode Five: RolandLife in a Small French Village Episode Five: Roland by Jill Culiner2017-02-2012 min
Stories/TravelsLife in a Small French Village Episode Four: The NeighboursLife in a Small French Village Episode Four: The Neighbours by Jill Culiner2017-02-0916 min
Stories/TravelsLife in a Small French Village Episode Three: RocardLife in a Small French Village Episode Three: Rocard by Jill Culiner2017-01-3116 min
Stories/TravelsLife in a Small French Village Episode Two: DraculaLife in a small French village with a few strange local characters2017-01-2313 min
Stories/TravelsLife in a Small French Village Episode One: BananeLife in a Small French Village Episode One: Banane by Jill Culiner2017-01-2312 min