Tim Blackett & Friends
Tim Blackett, Tik-Tokker and Author of Grandview Drive, interviews his greatest literary heroes and some of his best friends about the process of writing, the act of creating art, and about being alive.
Episodes
I got to chat with Kathryn about her debut collection of stories, Anecdotes. We talked about genre and they ways she likes to blend fiction with reality and poetry and video, and also: how she doesn't give a damn about genre.
Join us as we talk about reading, writing, and the artist's process.
In anticipation of his latest novel, Prairie Edge--due to release as of Today, April 16, 2024!--Conor Kerr sits down to chat about it, along with the rest of his work.
We chat about genre--the fact that he has now published poetry, short fiction, and a novel--and his life as a prairie writer AND a Metis writer, but maybe the most interesting convo came out of our discussion around reconciliation and what that might Actually look ...
Join me as I chat with Chelsea Wakelyn about her novel, What Remains of Elsie Jane (published in 2023). We get into her unusual way of getting published, the pros & Cons of writing autofiction, and in the Penultimate Segment, she has to identify songs included in the book based on 6 second snippets.
After a brief (3 months!) Hiatus, Tim Blackett & Friends is back with episode 3, an interview with Jessica Johns about her novel, Bad Cree. We chat about the book, about writing, about love stories and horror stories, and the joys of solving Jigsaw Puzzles!
Sheila Heti joins the show! I still can't believe it. We talked about the interviewing process, autofiction and creating art from one's life, and writing novels as a "game," and much more, including Friends OFF with Sheila Heti, and a haphazard Penultimate segment feature Sheila the AI Bot.
Included as this month's bonus audio archive material is some "off-the-record" chatter that she and I kept up after the episode ended. It's les...
Emily Austin, author of Everyone in this Room Will Someday Be Dead and the forthcoming, Interesting Facts about Space, joins the pod for our first episode. It's full of technical difficulties and poor sound quality, but we snuck some fun little tidbits, and a few writerly tips in there as well.
Let me know what you think of my sweet Intro diddy!
Author (and Book-Tokker), Tim Blackett, Interviews his writing heroes about the process of writing, the act of creating art, and the joys and struggles of being alive.
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