A WRITER'S LIFE
A Writer’s Life with Heige S. Boehm, author of Secrets in the Shadows (Ronsdale Press, 2019), features insightful conversations with writers. In each episode, we explore life behind the pen, delving into the creative processes, challenges, and joys that shape their work, as well as discussing their latest books. Perfect for readers looking to discover new writers or learn more about their favourite authors—and you just might pick up some great writing tips along the way. Whether you're an aspiring writer or an avid reader, A Writer’s Life offers inspiration and a behind-the-scenes look at the writing journey. Fostering understanding through stories, one episode at a time.
Episodes
41 episodes
A WRITER'S LIFE ERIN STEELE
How 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 ...
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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1:09:20
A WRITER'S LIFE LINDA QUENNEC
Curious 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 herita...
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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A Writer's Life Barbara Black
Barbara 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 wit...
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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1:01:02
A 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 ...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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53:05
A 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 &nb...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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56:00
A WRITER'S LIFE 📚 JENNIFER L. BUTLER
If 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: T...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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57:59
A WRITER'S LIFE 📚 BARBARA BLACK
I 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 debu...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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48:43
A WRITER'S LIFE 📚 Eufemia Fantetti
Eufemia 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 Fath...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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1:09:41
A WRITER'S LIFE 📚 HOLLY ANNA ROSE
I 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 l...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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17:05
A WRITER'S LIFE 📚 Caroline Adderson
Last 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 ...
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Season 2
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Episode 15
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54:31
A WRITER'S LIFE 📚 Katherine Fawcett
What 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 b...
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Season 2
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Episode 14
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51:14
A WRITER'S LIFE 📚 DANIEL PAISNER
This 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 prolifi...
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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53:41
A WRITER'S LIFE 🌃 BEDTIME STORIES. THE PATH BY HEIGE S. 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, and Heige was born in E...
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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13:06
A WRITER'S LIFE 📖 CRYSTAL D. MAYO
Crystal 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 publi...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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55:24
A WRITER'S LIFE 🌃 BEDTIME STORIES. HEIGE S. 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, and Heige was born in E...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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6:18
A WRITER'S LIFE 📖 BONNIE NISH
Bonnie 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...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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42:13
A 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 p...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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1:07:51
A Writer's Life 📖 Tanya Bellehumeur-Allatt
Tanya 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,
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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50:57
A 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 y...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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10:17
A Writer's Life 📖 Bill Arnott
Bill 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 ...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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57:08
A 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 occasional...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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44:10
A Writer's Life 📖 RC Weslowski
RC 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:...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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52:15
A Writer's Life📚Short Story Saturday. Richard Till
Richard 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 r...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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14:01
A Writer's Life 📖 Meaghan Marie Hackinen
Meaghan 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...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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40:51
A Writer's Life 📖 Tanya Boteju
TANYA 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 an...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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