Jill Culiner

Stories/Travels

Society EN ↓ 49 episodes

Born in New York, raised in Toronto, Jill Culiner has lived in several cars, one closet, a Hungarian mud house, a Bavarian castle, a Turkish cave dwelling, in a haunted house on the English moors, in the Sahara desert, on a Greek island, in several French villages and has worked as a go-go girl, belly dancer, fortune teller, translator, newspaper deliverer, radio broadcaster, contemporary artist, photographer, actress and writer. She has written two mysteries, Sad Summer in Biarritz, and Death by Slanderous Tongue. Her other books are: Finding Home In the Footsteps of the Jewish Fusgeyers, win...

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Jill Culiner

Episodes

The Book Tour Episode Six: A Boomtown (Almost the Wild West) 17.05.2020 9:07

I go looking for the past in modern-day Thunder Bay and am directed to the mall

The Book Tour Episode Five: Halifax 05.05.2020 9:27

All about minimal success and many dull conversations

The Book Tour Episode Four: From Montreal to Halifax 19.03.2020 8:13

The meeting with Ruben, Rivière du Loup, and odd conversations

The Book Tour Episode Three: On the Road...finally 20.12.2019 9:15

The first talks in Ottawa...not at all what anyone would call success...

The Book Tour Episode Two: An Interesting Encounter 26.07.2019 10:58

In Toronto, after arranging the book tour, I meet a homeless man and his dogs

The Book Tour— Episode One: How It All Began 24.07.2019 12:23

After winning the Tanenbaum prize for my non-fiction book, I began a book tour in Canada and the USA. Although this is not always a success story, it's an amusing one. This chapter is about how the idea for a tour was born.

Life in a Small French Village Episode Fourteen: The End 21.07.2019 17:43

The last chapter in this series describes the last village 'bad boy' and the changes in the traditional French village.

Desert Rose 03.02.2019 2:21

Men love Rose Badger, and if the other inhabitants of dead-end Blake’s Folly, Nevada, don’t approve, she couldn’t care less. With a disastrous marriage far behind her, settling down is the last thing she intends to do. Isn’t life for fun? Doesn’t a stable relationship always mean predictability and boredom? Well… perhaps things might be different with Jonah Livingstone, but he is off limits for an...

Life in a Small French Village Episode Thirteen: Parents 13.12.2018 13:16

Middle class parents and their children Village parents and their children

Life in a Small French Village Episode Twelve: The Evil Eye 05.10.2018 13:56

Local superstitions, the evil eye, a village sorcerer, incantations

Life in a Small French Village Episode Eleven: Murder 03.04.2018 16:06

Changes in the village, a local murder, and a submarine car

Life in a Small French Village Episode Ten: Meatballs 14.03.2018 17:38

Life in a Small French Village Episode Ten: Meatballs by Jill Culiner

Mystery: Sad Summer in Biarritz Episode One 14.12.2017 31:41

A Canadian woman, hopes to change her life by moving to Biarritz. Having escaped a devastating relationship with the mentally unstable Dominique, she is determined to make new friends and find the perfect mate. But in this summer resort frequented by couples and families, available singles are lonely people, too often embittered by romantic failure. And if the young artist Vinnie has promised entr...

A Swan's Sweet Song Chapter One 02.12.2017 22:16

The instant Sherry and Carston meet, there’s desire and fascination in the air…but they’re complete opposites. Smart-talking Sherry fought her way up from poverty to stardom as a country music singer. Now, she’s ever in the limelight, ever surrounded by clamoring fans, male admirers, and paparazzi, and her spangled cowboy boots carry her all across the country, from one brightly lit stage to the n...

Life in a Small French Village Episode Nine: Marriage 10.11.2017 12:52

Life in a Small French Village Episode Nine: Marriage by Jill Culiner

Felicity's Power: Chapter One 24.09.2017 20:06

The evening Marek Sumner opened his door to the wild-looking Felicity Powers, he knew nothing would ever be the same again. But even love and passion couldn’t keep them together. Years later, having lived in the world’s most dangerous places as a foreign aid worker, Felicity is back, still offering love, passion, and adventure. But why would Marek risk having his heart broken a second time? Now a...

Life in a Small French Village Episode Eight- Neo-Rurals 30.08.2017 17:24

Life in a Small French Village Episode Eight- Neo-Rurals by Jill Culiner

Life in a Small French Village Episode Seven: Madame Sawicki's Dream 16.04.2017 13:50

Sorcery and witchcraft in the villages and the modern manifestations

Life in a Small French Village Episode Six: The Café 05.03.2017 12:50

Life in a Small French Village Episode Six: The Café by Jill Culiner

Life in a Small French Village Episode Five: Roland 20.02.2017 12:32

Life in a Small French Village Episode Five: Roland by Jill Culiner

Life in a Small French Village Episode Four: The Neighbours 09.02.2017 16:47

Life in a Small French Village Episode Four: The Neighbours by Jill Culiner

Life in a Small French Village Episode Three: Rocard 31.01.2017 16:49

Life in a Small French Village Episode Three: Rocard by Jill Culiner