Writer's Block

Episode 53 - Writer’s Block On our December 2019 episode of CJSW Writer’s Block, we have guest host Courtney Dingreville chatting with Calgary poet Rosemary Griebel, and we have an in-depth interview recorded at the Banff Centre with acclaimed American author Jennifer Haigh about her novel Heat & Light, writing about the working class, and the power of story.

On our November 2019 episode of CJSW Writer’s Block, we have an in-depth interview with Jaclyn Dawn about her funny and poignant debut novel, The Inquirer, set in a small town somewhere in Alberta, and we also chat with Wendy McGrath, about Broke City, the final novel in her Santa Rosa prairie gothic trilogy, both published by Newest Press.

On our October 2019 episode of CJSW Writer’s Block, we have an in-depth interview with Peter Midgley about his new book of poetry Let Us Not Think of Them as Barbarians, and Calgary mystery writer J.E. Barnard delves into the second volume of her Falls Mysteries series, Where the Ice Falls.

CJSW Writer’s Block – July 2019 For our July episode we chat with trailblazing food writer, and legendary New York Times restaurant critic Ruth Reichl about her new memoir, Save Me the Plums, in which she chronicles her ground-breaking 10-year tenure as editor-in-chief of Gourmet. The unparalleled powerhouse (also chef and bestselling author of Garlic and Sapphires, Tender at the Bone, Comfort Me...

On our June episode of Writer’s Block, we have a feature interview with the legendary Guy Gavriel Kay about his latest novel, A Brightness Long Ago, and we also chat with Calgary author Naomi K. Lewis about her new memoir Tiny Lights for Travellers.

For our May episode we have a feature interview with Edmonton writer Carissa Halton about her creative nonfiction memoir, Little Yellow House, which is shortlisted for the Robert Kroetsch City of Edmonton Book Prize. Shortlisted authors also include many fine Calgary writers who have been featured on Writer’s Block in past episodes. Congratulations to Calgary’s Mike Kerr, Roberta Rees, Chris Turne...