Definitely Not Famous: More Extra than Ordinary

★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ Buy The Last Logging Show: Bookshop.org , Amazon , Kobo Chasing Smoke: Bookshop.org, Amazon , Kobo In this episode of Definitely Not Famous, host Rebecca Hogue speaks with Aaron Williams about his memoirs Chasing Smoke , which recounts his work as a wildland firefighter, and The Last Logging Show , which follows his family’s history in the old-growth logging ind...

The Illogical Adventure - on Kobo The Illogical Adventure - on Amazon Support Rebecca on Patreon Writing The Illogical Adventure focuses on the craft challenges and ethical questions involved in co‑writing a memoir with two distinct voices. Rebecca continues her conversation with James MacDuff, who—alongside his wife, Mirriam Mweemba—coauthored The Illogical Adventure. What began as James’s solo M...

The Illogical Adventure - on Kobo The Illogical Adventure - on Amazon Support Rebecca on Patreon In this episode, Rebecca speaks with Halifax lawyer and lifelong traveler James McDuff about the extraordinary love story at the heart of The Illogical Adventure: A Memoir of Love and Fate , which he co‑wrote with his wife, Mirriam Mweeba. James recounts how a chance encounter in Cape Town at the end o...

South Away - Amazon link South Away - Kobo link Shifting Gears - Amazon link Shifting Gears - Kobo Link Support this podcast on Patreon In this episode of Definitely Not Famous , host Rebecca Hogue interviews Meaghan Hackinen, an ultra-distance cyclist and author of two memoirs, South Away and Shifting Gears . Meaghan shares how her cycling journey began with a solo ride along British Columbia's H...

Educator and advocate Marian Dodds joins host Rebecca J. Hogue to discuss Tizita — A Memoir of Perseverance and Enchantment , tracing her path from second‑wave feminist organizing in the BC Teachers’ Federation to three years volunteering with CUSO in Ethiopia. She reflects on the status‑of‑women work that reshaped classrooms and contracts, the challenge of transliteration in place names, and the...

Buy Louisbourg or Bust on Amazon . Buy Captain Solitude on Amazon . Buy Captain Solitude on Kobo . In this episode, Rebecca J. Hogue sits down with RC Shaw (Ryan Shaw), author of Louisbourg or Bust and Captain Solitude , to explore the adventurous and reflective world of memoir writing. Ryan shares how honesty and vulnerability shape his stories of bikepacking and surfing along Nova Scotia’s rugge...

Amazon Kobo Bookshop.org In this episode of Definitely Not Famous , host Rebecca Hogue interviews Janet Lee , co‑author of Always Ask for Help , a memoir about Arnie Stewart , an adult who lived most of his life unable to read or write. The conversation traces Arnie’s extraordinary journey from a childhood marked by poverty, hunger, and shame in Cobalt, Ontario, to adulthood where he survived thro...

Welcome to Definitely Not Famous: More Extra than Ordinary. I’m Rebecca Hogue, the producer and host for this podcast. My goal with Definitely Not Famous is to elevate and promote memoir authors who have More Extra than Ordinary stories to tell.  If you want to recommend an author for me to interview, or you are an author and want me to interview you, there are forms available on the Definitely No...