Thursday, September 28, 2006
The Writers' Show - Writers’ Show - 3 - John Lent
John Lent's most recent book So It Won't Go Away is a sequel to his story sequence, Monet's Garden, shortlisted for the BC Book Prizes' 2006 Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize. He talks about publishing with small presses. The show includes music by John Lent from the CD Shadow Moon. Find out more on the website Lent Fraser Wall. John Lent is the Regional Dean of English in the North Okanagan.
Topics: the joy of writing; publishing with small presses; reviews; the state of fiction reviewing in Canada; the writer's inspiration. Links: B.C. Book Prizes. The Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize is one of the prizes given each year. Thistledown Press; creative writing programs at Okanagan University College.
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The Writers' Show - Writers’ Show - 2 - Anne Fleming
Anne Fleming's Pool-Hopping and Other Stories was short-listed for the Governor-General's Award, the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize and the Danuta Gleed Award. In this program she reads from Anomaly, her first novel, and discusses writing scenes, what she cut and why. She teaches at UBC Okanagan.
Topics: Point of view. Rewriting scenes. The trouble with titles, the story of trip across Canada, stopping at every phone booth. Editors. Agents. The role of the ukelele in the writing process. Links: The Governor General's Awards; The Writers' Union of Canada Danuta Gleed Award; the literary magazine, The New Quarterly; B.C. publisher, Raincoast Books; The National Magazine Awards.
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