Interviews The Miramichi Reader

Bill Arnott’s Showcase Interview: Bestselling Author Jeanne Ainslie

July 25, 2022 by Bill Arnott

Jeanne Ainslie (BSc Hons, MSc) is a published author and experienced editor. Her first novel ANGELA, published by Dell, sold over 61,000 copies. A COUNTRY GIRL, published by Blue Moon is the sequel to ANGELA and sold out its first printing in less than six months.

The Cora Siré interview

July 14, 2022July 11, 2022 by Nathaniel G. Moore

Cora Siré is the author of five books, including Fear the Mirror recently published by Véhicule Press. Her fiction, essays, and poetry have appeared in anthologies and magazines in Canada, the US, Mexico, and Europe.

The Michelle Wamboldt Interview

July 5, 2022July 3, 2022 by Wanda Baxter

An in-person interview with Michelle Wamboldt on March 18, 2022 at the Lahave Bakery, recorded by Wanda Baxter for The Miramichi Reader.

Bill Arnott’s Showcase Interview: Author Allan Hudson

June 27, 2022 by Bill Arnott

Author Allan Hudson is one of those unique, present-day coworker friends I've yet to meet in person. A country separates us geographically but connects us as well. That, and our shared love of reading, writing, contributing to The Miramichi Reader, and waving a supportive flag for our creative community.

The Angela Yen Interview

July 5, 2022June 25, 2022 by Nathaniel G. Moore

Angela Yen is a Designer and Art Director from Vancouver, BC and is currently based in Brooklyn, New York. Yen specializes in branding, entertainment marketing and cover art design.

The Sheila Murray Interview

July 5, 2022June 15, 2022 by Nathaniel G. Moore

Sheila Murray is interviewed about her first novel, Finding Edward, from Cormorant Books.

Bill Arnott’s Showcase Interview: Author-Painter-Publisher Lorette C. Luzajic

June 13, 2022 by Bill Arnott

Lorette Luzajic is a Canadian powerhouse. Author, publisher and visual artist, in the world of creative arts, this multitalented Torontonian does it all!

The Brent Van Staalduen Interview

June 6, 2022 by James M. Fisher

An interview with the author of Cut Road, the fourth fiction book from Brent Van Staalduen, a masterful exploration of the loss and scars that conflict always leaves behind.

Bill Arnott’s Showcase Interview: Fitness Guru & Author-Adventurer Angela deJong

May 30, 2022 by Bill Arnott

Bill Arnott interviews Angela de Jong, author of Reality Fitness: An Incremental, Achievable, & Sustainable Weight Loss Method.

The Shelley A. Leedhal Interview

June 14, 2022May 23, 2022 by Nathaniel G. Moore

Shelley A. Leedahl is the author of thirteen books, including the short story collection Listen, Honey (DC Books), four previous poetry collections; an adult and a juvenile novel; creative nonfiction; and the illustrated children's books The Bone Talker and The Moon Watched It All. She writes for commercial markets and has worked as a radio advertising copywriter in AB and SK. She lives in Ladysmith on Vancouver Island. Go (Radiant Press) is her latest poetry collection.

Bill Arnott’s Showcase Interview: Mountain Climber and Naturalist Dr. D. L. Stephen

July 3, 2022May 18, 2022 by Bill Arnott

Hi Showcasers, or maybe I should say yodelayheehoo, as today we head for the hills! In fact the Canadian Rockies, with mountain climber and naturalist Dr. D. L. (Donna) Stephen. My introduction to Donna was when I read Edward Feuz Jr.: A Story of Enchantment, her beautiful biographical travel memoir, an account of the Rockies and years of climbing with one of the country’s preeminent alpinists.

The K. R. Wilson Interview

April 25, 2022 by James M. Fisher

K.R. Wilson was born in Calgary and lives in Toronto. An Idea About My Dead Uncle, the winner of the 2018 Guernica Prize for Literary Fiction, grew out of the journey he and his wife made to China to adopt their daughter, and the research into Chinese history and culture that it inspired.

The Tawahum Bige Interview

June 14, 2022April 4, 2022 by Nathaniel G. Moore

With World Poetry Month (April) beating a path to our door once more, I wanted to engage in a dialogue with Tawahum Bige about all things poetry and the universe with someone who has a screaming new book baby entering this cruel world quite soon.

The Mary Germaine Interview

June 14, 2022March 21, 2022 by Nathaniel G. Moore

An interview with poet Mary Germaine, author of "Congratulations, Rhododendrons".

The John Foden interview

February 21, 2022 by James M. Fisher

John Payton Foden is a Toronto-based writer. His novel Magenta is a harrowing journey into war-torn Sarajevo, and into the blackest reaches of the human condition. The novel follows a journalist, Silva, as she and her team make their way deep into a city under siege, in order to recover the body of Thierry, an award-winning filmmaker who has been killed there.