How being a 'sickly child' made Wayne Johnston a better writer

Wayne Johnston is a master storyteller. He’s been writing books for forty years, with the history, politics and people of Newfoundland figuring large in his works. His new novel is The Novice of Holloway Hall. He joins the show to talk about the books that have shaped him and his career. Plus, acclaimed English author Jeanette Winterson answers the Proust Questionnaire. 

Books discussed on this week's show include:

Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes

Salome by Oscar Wilde

Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson

As You Like It by William Shakespeare

One Aladdin Two Lamps by Jeanette Winterson

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