For nearly as long as there have been podcasts, there have been podcasts about stories. Three recently launched podcasts take a slightly different approach to the writing life.
Excerpt from Spark: Alice Kuipers on Writing for Kids & Young Adults
Excerpt from Because Somebody Asked Me To: Observations on History, Literature, and the Passing Scene
Agony Editor: Writing comes from within, not from a fancy notebook
I’m sorry to tell you that no notebook, pen, or grammatical chant will improve your productivity or motivate you to write.
Excerpt from Crooked Teeth: A Queer Syrian Refugee Memoir
Tales from the shortlist: Q&As with the Canadian finalists for the Carol Shields Prize for Fiction
Ahead of the May 13 announcement of this year’s winner, Q&Q caught up with Eleanor Catton, Claudia Dey, and Janika Oza to find what significance the prize has for them and what stories they sought to tell in their shortlisted novels.
Excerpt from Ascenti: Humans Opening to AI
Cynthia Flood on writing: Excerpt from Off the Record
Caroline Adderson on kidlit: Excerpt from Off the Record
Rebecca Hirsch Garcia on her debut collection and ECW’s BIPOC writers mentorship program
Rebecca Hirsch Garcia was one of the first-round mentees in spring 2021, and she was paired with in-house ECW editor Jen Albert.
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