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Award-winning author J.B. MacKinnon returns to discuss his career in longform narrative nonfiction, the need for structure and intuition, how to keep a reader interested, his super-power and his Achilles heel as an author, and why writers need
Co-hosts Deborah Campbell & David Leach talk to literary journalist J.B. MacKinnon about his new book, The Day the World Stops Shopping: How Ending Consumerism Saves the Environment and Ourselves, including the motivation and research process f
Susan Olding joins Deborah Campbell and David Leach to discuss the art, ethics, and pitfalls of writing nonfiction stories about family members as well as other vulnerable subjects. How does an author balance a responsibility for their subjects
Susan Olding joins the podcast to discuss her new collection of essays, Big Reader (Freehand Books) and talk about the importance of reading to her life, the differences between the personal essay and the memoir, intuitive vs. engineered struct
Deborah Campbell & David Leach discuss the surreal experience of reading in the pandemic, as well as highlights from their favourite books & essays, including memoir, investigative journalism, essay collections and even a few (very long) novels
UVic writing prof David Leach talks to playwright and performer Jivesh Parasnam, co-founder of Rumble and Pandemic Theatres, about memory & the imagination, the problem with identity plays, Hindu philosophy, and the need for satire in our post-
David Leach and Deborah Campbell discuss working with and working as editors, including how to cultivate a positive writer-editor relationship, editing in the book and magazine industries, why David hates MS Word's "track changes" and Deborah's
Deborah Campbell and David Leach of UVic's Department of Writing debate the heaven and hell of revision, offer tips on getting perspective on your own first drafts and crafting good endings, and discuss how to kill your darlings while saving a
UVic screenwriting prof & multi-genre author Kathryn Mockler discusses memory in film, poetry, and fiction; art & the climate crisis; dreams and memory; and literary legacies in the time of global warming.Check out the website for the Watch Yo
UVic assistant professor Danielle Geller talks about her debut memoir Dog Flowers and discusses writing about family, exploring memory, her work as an archivist, sadness vs. trauma porn, identity in virtual worlds, and her early life as a leade
David Leach talks to Dr. Stephen Stephen Lindsay, professor of cognitive psychology at the University of Victoria, about his research into autobiographical memory, false memories, effective interviewing techniques and the scientific study of hu
Part 1 in a special series on memory, writing and the creative process. David Leach talks to Deborah Campbell about her use of memory as a nonfiction writer and literary journalist—as well as her ambivalence about memory, especially in our digi
University of Victoria writing professors David Leach and Deborah Campbell discuss the different practices of factchecking nonfiction at newspapers, magazines and book publishers.
UVic nonfiction professors David Leach and Deborah Campbell explore different approaches to structuring nonfiction projects and where form fits in the creative process.
UVic writing faculty Deborah Campbell and David Leach discuss tips and strategies for effective interviews when researching nonfiction projects.
UVic writing profs David Leach and Deborah Campbell discuss what makes some types of journalism "literary".
Deborah Campbell and David Leach discuss the meaning and origins of the much misunderstood literary genre known as "creative nonfiction".
University of Victoria writing professors Deborah Campbell and David Leach talk about the challenge of writing first drafts of nonfiction projects.
University of Victoria Writing faculty members David Leach and Deborah Campbell discuss the importance of "prewriting" to the writing process for nonfiction essays and manuscripts.
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