All Write in Sin City

In this episode, we'll talk with author and University of Windsor faculty member, Heidi Jacobs about her new novel inspired by the historic Daniel Defoe novel, Moll Flanders. We'll also hear a clip of Christian Laforet of Adventure Worlds Press reading from his new novel at the ChiSeries Reading at Windsor's premier downtown music venue, the Phog Lounge. Born and raised in Edmonton,...

This episode launches our mobile studio, and we talk to an Essex County native who writes for money and for love, and a powerful speculative fiction writer. We recorded this show in the cozy library at All Saints’ Church in downtown Windsor. Essex County native Van Waffle drops by from his home in Waterloo to talk about his writing. Van makes his living writing freelance for various nature and hea...

This podcast is a wide-ranging, extended conversation with M.L. Liebler, an internationally known and widely published Detroit poet, university professor, literary arts activist and arts organizer, and also an editor. M.L.’s work has received many awards, but most recently, Heaven Was Detroit, the anthology that he edited about the history of the Detroit music scene from jazz to hip-hop and beyond...

On this episode, we talk with two of Windsor’s favorite genre authors Christian Laforet and Ben Van Dongen. These authors have a special relationship: They’re friends, they’re both genre authors, and they are both publishers at Adventure Worlds Press, based here in Windsor.  Christian and Ben have worked hard at hand-selling books, and they’ve been successful at it. Today, they’ll both talk about...

This episode of All Write in Sin City features Windsor poet Vanessa Shields. She talks about her new book of poetry, now in production with Windsor-based publisher Palimpsest Press. She also shares her process for writing poetry, and talks a bit about her new venture, Gertrude’s Writing Room, a place where writers of all ages and interests can come hone their craft and get inspired.   We’ll also f...

New York Times bestselling author Elly Blake stops by to talk about her Frostblood trilogy in our first show. We also feature  Sarah, Irene and Kim telling the short story about how All Write in Sin City began,  and we reveal the Spring List of Recommended local books, curated by Juniper Books in Windsor.  Elly Blake’s books, Frostblood, Fireblood, and Nightblood, are widely available, and you can...