The Artsy Raven Podcast about Writing and Art with host JF Garrard JF Garrard

Christopher Canniff shares his journey through Ecuador,
Peru and Colombia, and how he began work on two novels, one of which became Poor Man's Galapagos. He also talks about how he ended up interviewing a WW2 British Commando for his book, Intervals of Hope.



Christopher Canniff is the author of Intervals of Hope (Blue Denim Press, October 2021), Poor Man's Galapagos (Blue Denim Press, 2015) and Abundance of the Infinite (Quattro Books, 2012). He mentored with MG Vassanji and David Adams Richards at the Humber School for Writers. He published in Descant Magazine and with Tightrope Books, and shortlisted in Matrix Litpop Awards for fiction and the Ken Klonsky Novella Contest (Quattro Books). He was President of the CAA Toronto Branch.



At time 21:00 he reads from Intervals of Hope.



Website & Socials

Please visit: christophercanniff.com and intervalsofhope.com.



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Fellow Canadian Suzanne Craig-Whytock shares how she
transitioned from being a writer to publisher, the goals for her publishing house DarkWinter Press and what writers can expect after their manuscript is submitted for publication.



Suzanne Craig-Whytock is the author of four novels: Smile, The
Dome (English version, 2019; international Arabic translation,
2022), The Seventh Devil, and The Devil You Know, all published by Bookland Press, two short story collections: Feasting Upon The Bones and At The End Of It All, both published by Potter’s Grove Press, and the humorous non-fiction publication What Any Normal Person Would Do. Her new novel Charybdis is due to be released this April by JC Studio Press in the United Kingdom. Suzanne is also the editor-in-chief of DarkWinter Literary Magazine, an Ontario, Canada-based online publication featuring short fiction and poetry, as well as the founder of DarkWinter Press, which publishes short story and poetry collections as well as novels and novellas from authors in Canada and around the world. DarkWinter Press’s most recent publication, In the Lair of the Kraken, by Canadian Author’s Association member Christopher Butt, debuted at #1 on Amazon’s Hot New Releases in Canadian Short Stories!



At time 16:30 she reads from latest novel, Charybdis



Website & Socials

Website: https://www.darkwinterlit.com/



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Sarah Haasz shares her career journey, how she ended up creating "Gangnam Project" and what inspires her work.



After 20 years as a Broadcast Executive for various
children's programming networks in Canada, Sarah Haasz has taken her robust industry experience directly to kids television production, creating original series and assisting producers in bringing their shows to fruition. Sarah recently wrapped “Gangnam Project”, the live action K-pop drama/comedy series she created and which she'll be talking about today. She also produced the Emmy-nominated “Circuit Breakers”, a live action anthology series for Apple TV, and “Step By Step Let’s Dance," a live action docu dance series for TVO Kids. Sarah is currently working with Cottonwood Media as a Creative Producer on their live action slate and sits on the board of the Youth Media Alliance.  



CBC Gem Gangnam Project page and videos: https://gem.cbc.ca/gangnam-project



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Writer Jesse Zimmerman discusses what inspired him to write, the difficulties of publishing and how he created his main character, "the Challenger" in his first book, Our Adventures with the Challenger.

At time 22:00 he reads from Our Adventures with the Challenger.

Jesse has always lived, worked, and studied in Toronto. Growing up, Jesse enjoyed fiction, particularly speculative fiction and fantasy, anything imaginative. He began writing at a very young age on a DOS computer, creating short stories and little novellas. In his teens he was particularly interested in fantasy, having fond memories of playing Dungeons and Dragons in the late 90s at Jane and Finch, the area he grew up in which led to the creation of the character, "the Challenger." Years later, as an adult, Jesse reimagined the Challenger and began writing stories about him, among other things, having been inspired by the mainstreaming of fantasy fiction in pop culture. The Challenger is a semi-comedic character, though prone to brooding like many famous heroes. Jesse put together numerous Challenger stories into one self-published book, Our Adventures With The Challenger, which he promotes in many ways, including placing copies in Little Free Libraries on lawns and porches throughout the Greater Toronto Area.

Author website: https://junctionlandlord.blogspot.com/2021/12/our-adventures-with-challenger.html

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Author Kit Daven unveils why AI serves as her creative ally, how to utilize AI as a valuable tool to seek feedback on her writing, and why the notion that writers should harbor any fear of AI should be dismissed.

Kit Daven’s heart beats for the eerie and the extraordinary in her tales. Even her sci fantasy series, which begins with The Forgotten Gemstone, unfolds in The Other Castle, and culminates in The Starry Rise, possesses demonly threads running through the trans-dimensional landscape. Her most recent work, The Arrest in Mannequin Row, steps out of the fantasy realm into an urban one, where the living and dead collide in a town beneath the lake waters. Kit enjoys spending her time with her husband and her feline familiars amidst the quiet hills of Hespeler, Ontario.

At time 19:00 she reads from Everyday is Halloween, a short fiction story about the dead coming back and deciding to stay in the world of the living.

Website & Socials

Website: https://www.kitdaven.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kitdaven2

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kitd.eagereye/

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Writer and editor Matthew Gordon shares how he juggles editing eight books at once while writing, researching and working; advice for surviving writing as a marathon and how he manages his time.

Matthew Gordon's short fiction has appeared in Amazing Stories, in High Shelf Press, in The Quilliad, and in The Exhibitionist. His non-fiction has appeared in The Huffington Post, The Sporting News, The Billfold and on RealGM.com. He has lived in Ontario, New York, Texas and Alberta. He now lives in his hometown of Toronto, Ontario.

At time 21:00 he reads Wound Salter, a short story.

Author website: https://matthewgordonbooks.blogspot.com/

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