Writer's Range

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Synopsis

Writers Range is a podcast produced by Banff Centre Radio, at The Banff Centre. Join host Mojo Anderson as she meets and chats up authors from around Canada and the globe, exploring the creative process behind the minds we love to read.

Episodes

  • Ep 16: Emilie Zoey Baker

    13/04/2016 Duration: 24min

    On this episode, Australian poet Emilie Zoey Baker talks to Mojo about her mission as a poet and how she intends to get young people hooked on thrill of crafting poems. #writersrange

  • Ep 15: Candace Savage

    11/03/2016 Duration: 26min

    On this episode Mojo talks to Saskatchewan-based author and naturalist Candace Savage who talks about her book, Geography of Blood, and about how landscapes can inspire creativity. #writersrange

  • Ep 14: Mary-Rose MacColl

    16/02/2016 Duration: 20min

    On this episode Mojo talks to best-selling Australian author Mary-Rose MacColl about her novel, In Falling Snow, and why she leaves home to write. #writersrange.

  • Ep 13: Daniel Hahn

    18/01/2016 Duration: 26min

    In this episode, Mojo Anderson talks to award-winning, UK-based translator Daniel Hahn about the often misunderstood craft of literary translation. #writersrange

  • From the Archive: George Elliott Clarke

    07/01/2016 Duration: 25min

    With news of George Elliot Clarke's appointment as Canada's seventh parliamentary poet laureate, we reach into our archive to share this gem of an interview with you. In this interview from 2014, Clarke talks about his work, the state of contemporary poetry, and the inspiration he draws from his connection to home. #writersrange

  • Ep 12: Susan Orlean

    07/12/2015 Duration: 24min

    On this episode host Mojo Anderson sits down with celebrated literary non-fiction writer, Susan Orlean who talks about everything from travel to her connection to home and where she finds the ideas that inspire her writing. #writersrange

  • Ep 11: Jennifer Kingsley

    23/11/2015 Duration: 26min

    On this episode, Mojo talks to writer and naturalist Jennifer Kingsley about the experiences that inspired her book, Paddlenorth: Adventure, Resiliencence and Renewal in the Arctic Wild, which won the 2015 National Outdoor Book Award for non-fiction. #writersrange

  • Ep 10: Ian McAllister

    09/11/2015 Duration: 27min

    On this episode Mojo talks to writer, photographer and conservationist Ian MacAllister about his work in British Columbia's endangered Great Bear Rainforest. #writersrange

  • Ep 09: John Vaillant

    27/10/2015 Duration: 27min

    On this episode, Vancouver-based writerJohn Vaillant talks to Mojo about his novel Jaguar's Children and how his connection to nature has honed his skills as a writer. #writersrange

  • Ep 08: Alexandra Fuller

    13/10/2015 Duration: 33min

    (Explicit Language warning) On this episode of Writer's Range, recorded in front of a studio audience, memoirist Alexandra Fuller talks about her childhood in Zimbabwe, her work, and the role of the writer with host Mojo Anderson. #writersrange

  • Ep 07: John Freeman

    17/09/2015 Duration: 26min

    Book critic, author and editor, John Freeman, discusses the launch of his literary publication, "Freeman's." #writersrange

  • Ep 06: Bernadette McDonald

    09/09/2015 Duration: 26min

    On this episode Mojo interviews writer and outdoor enthusiast Bernadette McDonald, who talks about her love of mountain culture and the stories behind her book, Freedom Climbers. #writersrange

  • Ep 05: Helen Mort

    25/08/2015 Duration: 26min

    On this episode, British Poet Helen Mort reads some of her poetry and talks to Mojo about how her experiences in the Canadian rockies influenced her writing. #writersrange

  • Ep 04: Geoff Dyer

    12/08/2015 Duration: 33min

    On this episode, Mojo speaks with British writer Geoff Dyer. Geoff Dyer writes everything from essays to travelogues, novels and more, and his work has been described as “genre-defying” for the way in which he bends traditional forms of writing into highly original works. In this interview he talks about both his roots and his varied approaches to his craft. #writersrange

  • Ep 03: Eli Horowitz

    06/08/2015 Duration: 32min

    On this episode, Mojo Anderson talks to visionary writer and award-winning designer Eli Horowitz about the future of ebooks and reinventing the novel. #writersrange

  • Ep 02: Richard Wagamese

    28/07/2015 Duration: 23min

    On this epsiode, award winning-Ojibway author Richard Wagamese who believes storytelling has the power to heal emotional wounds. Host Mojo Anderson speaks with Richard not just about storytelling, but ]also his deep connection to landscape, and the role libraries played in his growth. #writersrange

  • Ep 01: Ann-Marie MacDonald

    22/07/2015 Duration: 28min

    Canadian author Ann-Marie MacDonald (Adult Onset, Fall on Your Knees) explores how her writing is influenced by domestic life, by geography and place, and the mysteries of her internal landscape. #writersrange

  • John Burnside on judging the Booker Prize

    29/05/2015 Duration: 06min

    Mojo Anderson talks to celebrated Scottish writer John Burnside about being a part of the jury for the 2015 Man Booker Prize. This prestigious literary award is presented annually to the book deemed to be the best original novel written in the English language and published in the UK. #writersrange

  • Preview Writer's Range - The Podcast

    28/04/2015 Duration: 02min

    Writer's Range is a podcast produced by Banff Centre Radio, at The Banff Centre. Join host Mojo Anderson as she meets and chats up authors from around Canada and the globe, exploring the creative process behind the minds we love to read. #writersrange