In this episode, we'll talk with author and University of Windsor faculty member, Heidi Jacobs about her new novel inspired by the historic Daniel Defoe novel, Moll Flanders. We'll also hear a clip of Christian Laforet of Adventure Worlds Press reading from his new novel at the ChiSeries Reading at Windsor's premier downtown music venue, the Phog Lounge.

Born and raised in Edmonton, Alberta, Heidi L.M. Jacobs completed her Bachelor’s and Masters’ degrees in English at the University of Alberta. She also holds a Mater’s of Library and Information Science from Western University, and a PhD in English from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She is currently the English and History Librarian at the University of Windsor and Co-Director of the Centre for Digital Scholarship. And she’s a superb writer. Her new novel is Molly of the Mall: Literary Lass & Purveyor of Fine Footwear: Her History and Misadventures, released just this spring by NeWest Press.