A Mouth Full of Salt | The Reem Gaafar interview
In order to effectively manage time leading up to the publication of the book, questions were sent to Reem Gaafar in March 2025, and her responses were provided in writing.
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Episode 10: I Read Somewhere That
Lots of great info this week! How to grow your writerly pumpkin patch this fall! Plus, an exclusive chat with wonderful author Linwood Barclay, as well as can you plot your book using an online template? I’ll share the skinny about an amazing writer, D.J. McIntosh, who did just that! Plus, a crucial tip from a top agent about what to focus on in the book world!
Episode 9: I Read Somewhere That
Episode 9 of Lisa de Nikolits’ popular new podcast, “I Read Somewhere That.”
I Read Somewhere That: Episode 6
I take a look at what Amazon was going to be called before they settled on the moniker that changed our lives forever and, what was their original product? Plus, have Amazon changed their (already dubious) review processes? I chat about a controversial tweet about books needing a timeout, Canada’s non-fiction crisis, whether you should write a memoir or not and finally, should you write every day?
Bill Arnott’s Beat: Editors and Publishing
[dropcap]I[/dropcap] fired two editors before I even began. One was hurt. The other relieved. The former sent me a gushing email as though we’d broken up after years of union, shared offspring and pets rather than the brief intro we’d had over coffee. The latter wished me well in a way that made it clear …
Bill Arnott’s Beat: An Emerita in New West
I was meeting with powerhouse writer, publisher, Laureate Emerita Candice James in the literary city of New Westminster, BC’s former capital. Silver Bow Press is the company she runs, having taken over a four-title-a-year publisher and grown production to twenty new books a year – novels and poetry. Next year she anticipates bringing thirty select books to print. The list of submissions is extensive, the majority of it exceptional work from established authors.
The Mariam Pirbhai Interview
[dropcap]Mariam [/dropcap]Pirbhai is the author of the short story collection Outside People and Other Stories (2017, Inanna Publications). In my review, I stated that “Outside People is an exceptional group of short narratives that are appealing, insightful and a treat to read.” Since this was Ms Pirbhai’s first published work of creative fiction, I wanted …
