Esoterica's The Interview with Cara Robertson
In this episode, we meet with Cara Robertson, author of "The Trial of Lizzie Borden," which brings to life perhaps the the oldest true crime saga. Don't miss this.
Esoterica's The Interview with Oren Schneider
In this episode, we meet with Oren Schneider, who spent a lifetime documenting his grandfather’s story to write "The Apprentice of Buchenwald: The True Story of the Teenage Boy Who Sabotaged Hitler’s War Machine." Don't miss this!
Esoterica's The Interview with Nathan Greenfield
In this episode, we speak to Nathan Greenfield, author of "Hanged in Medicine Hat" about a prisoner-of-war camp during WWII. After two men were hanged by fellow prisoners, a shadow Nazi government was discovered at the camp. Want to hear more? Listen in!
Esoterica's The Interview with Jowita Bydlowska
In this episode, we chat with Jowita Bydlowska, author of "Possessed." Described by the Globe and Mail as "equal parts Harlequin romance, Gothic horror story and Camusian moral tale." You won't want to miss this!
Esoterica's The interview with Chelsea Wakelyn
In this episode we meet the author of "What Remains of Elsie Jane," a novel that examines the ceaseless labour of motherhood, the stigma of death by drug poisoning, and the allure of magical thinking in the wake of tragedy. Don't miss this!
Esoterica's The Interview with Andrew Brobyn on "Babble On"
In this episode we meet Brobyn, who will discuss his psycho-philosophical memoir, Babble On, where he navigates the consequences of his eccentric choices and struggles with profound ambivalence toward his own health and well-being. The prose and writing style mimics the feeling of being on an acid trip. Don't miss out!
Everybody has an interesting story to tell, everybody is interesting in a way…
See the full interview with David Michael at the link at bio.
The Interview with Luciano Wernicke, author of Dark Goals
The sinister side of soccer? In this episode, Esoterica meets with the author of Dark Goals: How History’s Worst Tyrants Have Used and Abused the Game of Soccer. You won't want to miss this!
Older women tend to disappear in Canadian literature, did you ever notice it before?
See the full interview with Terry Fallis at the link at bio.
Esoterica's The Interview with Publishing Exec Alison Maclean
In this episode, we meet Alison Maclean, an expert publishing executive and professor; a former vice-president at Wiley, she is now a publishing consultant in the UK. Tune in to her insights on the future of publishing.
Esoterica's The Interview with Author David Michael
A "Come from Away" for the heart, David Michael's novel, "Love Will Out," is set in the 1920s and 1930s in St. John’s, Newfoundland, where two people from different cultures are forced to use their wits to survive bigamy, violence, racism and fraud. Listen in!
A solo trip to Dublin in her 60s tests one woman’s fear of falling. What happens when she does fall?
Read Dublin Fall in Fall, a non-fiction essay, at the link in bio.
Being young and facing new feelings can be somewhat complicated. Being a young child and discovering sadness through music can be a whole experience.
This is Songs and the seeping Sadness, a non-fiction essay.
Read the full story at the link in bio.
Esoterica's The Interview with Author Carlyn Montes De Oca
In this episode, we meet with Carlyn Montes de Oca, author of Junkyard Girl, about her discovery, at age 57, that her parents, immigrants from Mexico, were
not her biological parents and that her entire extended family all knew the truth but never told her. Listen in:
Esoterica's The Interview with Howard Lovy
In this episode, Leah and Susan speak with Howard Lovy, a lifelong journalist with a speciality in Jewish journalism, and book editor. Howard will talk about his work as a developmental editor and what you need to know before you work with one. Listen in:
The Interview with best-selling novelist, Terry Fallis
In this episode, we speak with award-winning novelist, Terry Fallis. We'll ask Fallis about his writing process, going from 'no-one-will-return-my-calls' to eight bestsellers and his most recent book, Operation Angus. Stay tuned!
Esoterica's The Interview: Non-Fiction Episode
How do you make the truth interesting in an age of untruths? In this episode of The Interview, Leah Eichler and Susan Catto speak with Andrew Clark, author of two non-fiction books, one of which, "A Keen Soldier," was nominated for the Governor-General's award. His short fiction story, Chickamauga, appeared in Esoterica. Listen in at noon on Tuesday.
“No one quite understands how to address a miscarriage. Not the doctor when they demand proof that you were pregnant before offering any assistance to your physical pain. Not your mother when she tells you that you were lucky because a baby would have ruined your life. Not your friends when they say it doesn’t matter because you can always try again. We were alone in our grief, no one else understanding why the pain crippled us with so much force.”
For anyone who has ever been affected by infertility and miscarrage, Lillian Neal's story will hit home.
Three Minutes - Read it exclusively on Esoterica.
https://esotericamag.com/three-minutes/
Esoterica's Halloween Special With Horror Writer Bethany Browning
Esoterica speaks with horror writer Bethany Browning about her new short story, Cracker, available exclusively on Esoterica. WE also talks about how horror allows you to process grief. It can be funny, too.
“Listen. Mistakes were made. I understand that. I shouldn’t have pushed the button, and I could have done a better job of managing the unpleasantness that followed. But the question I have now is, that other button. The one to shut the whole thing down. Should I just push that button? Carl never said anything about that button…”
Maybe Talk to Carl is a thrilling, captivating, and hilarious science-fiction tale about a workplace accident that goes from bad to worse.
Read the full story now! https://esotericamag.com/maybe-talk-to-carl/
