Parul Bavishi and Matt Trinetti, founders of the London Writers Salon, join Lisa Dickson to talk about the wonderful impact of the Writers' Hour and the special alchemy that blooms in a community that fosters peer motivation and joy.

Links:

Matt’s Blog, GiveLiveExplore: https://www.giveliveexplore.com/

Matt’s TEDx: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9gh1FpoZqI

Parul at Story Grid: https://sgshowrunners.com/parul-bavishi/

Parul’s Site, Publishing Uncovered: https://www.publishinguncovered.com/

London Writers’ Salon: https://londonwriterssalon.com/

Writers' Hour: https://writershour.com/

LWS Podcast: https://community.londonwriterssalon.com/c/the-lws-podcast/

Join the Community: https://londonwriterssalon.com/#membership

LWS Membership Bursaries: https://londonwriterssalon.com/#scholarship-apply

The Four Tendencies: https://gretchenrubin.com/books/the-four-tendencies/intro/

The Daily Stoic: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/545426/the-daily-stoic-by-ryan-holiday-and-stephen-hanselman/

Music Credits: (All under Creative Commons Licence from freemusicarchive.org.)

"If We Knew All the Laws of Nature" by Robert Farmer

"Wind on My Legs" by Monplaisir

"Twinkle Twinkle" by David Mumford

"Which That is This" by Dr. Turtle

"Spirit World (Instrumental)" by Josh Woodward

In Part Two of our conversation with actor and playwright Amelia Sargisson, we talk about seeking an active, motivating kind of love, and hear a story about how noisy students “flipped the script” and made fizzy rebels of some theatre patrons.

Music Credits:

Intro/Outro: “Umlungu” by John Bartmann,

“Phase IV” by lo-fi is sci-fi.

Links:

Amelia's Twitter: https://twitter.com/akathesarge?lang=en

Talk is Free Theatre: https://www.tift.ca/

The Art of Catching Pigeons by Torchlight (2009): http://www.suburbanbeast.ca/the-art-of-catching-pigeons-by-torchligh/

Stratford's 2018 Paradise Lost: https://www.stratfordfestival.ca/WhatsOn/PlaysAndEvents/Production/Paradise-Lost

Stratford's 2019 Othello: https://www.stratfordfestival.ca/WhatsOn/PlaysAndEvents/Production/Othello

Brit Marling's "I Don't Want To Be the Strong Female Lead": https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/07/opinion/sunday/brit-marling-women-movies.html

Keith Jarrett's Köln Concert (1975): https://www.ecmrecords.com/catalogue/143038750696

Theater of War: https://theaterofwar.com/about

Amelia Sargisson, actor and playwright, joins Lisa Dickson and her co-hosts, Jessica Riddell and Shannon Murray, to talk about playing Eve and Desdemona, and finding ways to “flip the script” for women in order to make more space for “fizzy rebels.”

Music Credits:

Intro/outro: “Something” (Bonus Track) by Kai Engel,

“Off to Osaka” by Kevin MacLeod,

“Home at Last” by John Bartmann.

Links:

Amelia's Twitter: https://twitter.com/akathesarge?lang=en

Talk is Free Theatre: https://www.tift.ca/

The Art of Catching Pigeons by Torchlight (2009): http://www.suburbanbeast.ca/the-art-of-catching-pigeons-by-torchligh/

Stratford's 2018 Paradise Lost: https://www.stratfordfestival.ca/WhatsOn/PlaysAndEvents/Production/Paradise-Lost

Stratford's 2019 Othello: https://www.stratfordfestival.ca/WhatsOn/PlaysAndEvents/Production/Othello

Brit Marling's "I Don't Want To Be the Strong Female Lead": https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/07/opinion/sunday/brit-marling-women-movies.html

Keith Jarrett's Köln Concert (1975): https://www.ecmrecords.com/catalogue/143038750696

Theater of War: https://theaterofwar.com/about

Erin Shields, award-winning playwright, actor, and educator, joins Lisa Dickson and her cohost, Jessica Riddell, to talk about building paradise in the Canadian landscape, who her literary travel companions are, and where hope may be found.

Music Credits: 

Intro/Outro: “Memorized” by Josh Woodward

“Phase IV” by lo-fi is sci-fi

“Waves” by Sergey Chereminisov

(CC BY Creative Commons License)

Links for Erin Shields's works:

“Here We Are” (read by Erin Shields) https://www.crowstheatre.com/whats-on/view-all/here-we-are

Paradise Lost (Book), Playwrights Canada Press https://www.playwrightscanada.com/Books/P/Paradise-Lost2

Paradise Lost, Stratford Festival https://www.stratfordfestival.ca/WhatsOn/PlaysAndEvents/Production/Paradise-Lost

If We Were Birds (Book), Playwrights Canada Press https://www.playwrightscanada.com/Books/I/If-We-Were-Birds

Erin’s Book Recommendations:

Toni Morrison, Beloved, Penguin/Random House Press https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/117647/beloved-by-toni-morrison-introduction-by-a-s-byatt/9780307264886

Virginia Woolf, The Waves Free e-book: https://www.gutenberg.ca/ebooks/woolfv-thewaves/woolfv-thewaves-00-h.html

Hardcopy, Penguin/Random House Press: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/538974/the-waves-by-virginia-woolf/9780241372081

Erin Shields, award-winning playwright, actor, and educator, joins Lisa Dickson and her cohost, Jessica Riddell, to talk about the impact of theatre, the work of adaptation, the conversations between the past and the present, and imagination in the classroom.

Music Credits:

Intro/Outro: “Somewhere Nice” by John Bartmann

“No Cadillac” by Loyalty Freak Music

“Week Thirty-Six” by Ben von Wildenhaus

(CC BY Creative Commons License)

Links for Erin Shields's works:

“Here We Are” (read by Erin Shields) https://www.crowstheatre.com/whats-on/view-all/here-we-are

Paradise Lost (Book), Playwrights Canada Press https://www.playwrightscanada.com/Books/P/Paradise-Lost2

Paradise Lost, Stratford Festival https://www.stratfordfestival.ca/WhatsOn/PlaysAndEvents/Production/Paradise-Lost

If We Were Birds (Book), Playwrights Canada Press https://www.playwrightscanada.com/Books/I/If-We-Were-Birds

Erin’s Book Recommendations:

Toni Morrison, Beloved, Penguin/Random House Press https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/117647/beloved-by-toni-morrison-introduction-by-a-s-byatt/9780307264886

Virginia Woolf, The Waves Free e-book: https://www.gutenberg.ca/ebooks/woolfv-thewaves/woolfv-thewaves-00-h.html

Hardcopy, Penguin/Random House Press: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/538974/the-waves-by-virginia-woolf/9780241372081

Sarah deLeeuw, award-winning poet and essayist and professor at UBC and UNBC in the Northern Medical Program where she holds a Canada Research Chair in Humanities and Health Inequities, joins Lisa Dickson and her cohost, Shannon Murray, to delve into her creative practice and explore ideas of empathy, beauty, and hope, and the necessity of paying particular attention to the absent and the overlooked.

Music Credits:

Intro/Outro: “Summer Pride” by Loyalty Freak Music

Additional music in order of appearance:

“No Rocking in the Jazz Hands Zone” by Peter Gresser

“Action” by Monplaisir

“Binderweed (Instrumental Version)” by Axeltree

Sarah’s Books mentioned in the episodes:

Outside, America Harbour Publishing https://harbourpublishing.com/collections/sarah-de-leeuw

Geographies of a Lover, NeWest Press https://newestpress.com/books/geographies-of-a-lover

Where It Hurts, NeWest Press https://newestpress.com/books/where-it-hurts#:~:text=Where%20It%20Hurts%20is%20a,to%20be%20observant%20and%20aware.

Skeena, Caitlin Press https://caitlin-press.com/our-books/skeena/

Sarah’s Book Recommendations and Mentions:

Peter Auster's Why Write? https://www.amazon.ca/Why-Write-Paul-Auster/dp/1886224153

M. Nourbese Philip's Zong https://www.nourbese.com/poetry/zong-3/

Sarah deLeeuw, award-winning poet and essayist and professor at UBC and UNBC in the Northern Medical Program where she holds a Canada Research Chair in Humanities and Health Inequities, joins Lisa Dickson and her cohost, Shannon Murray, to talk about how the stories we tell about the landscape and our bodily experiences have material effects on our lives and wellbeing.

Music Credits:

Intro/Outro: “Umlungu” by John Martmann

Additional music in order of appearance:

“No Rocking in the Jazz Hands Zone” by Peter Gresser

“No Cadillac” by Loyalty Freak Music

Sarah’s Books mentioned in the episodes:

Outside, America Harbour Publishing https://harbourpublishing.com/collections/sarah-de-leeuw

Geographies of a Lover, NeWest Press https://newestpress.com/books/geographies-of-a-lover

Where It Hurts, NeWest Press https://newestpress.com/books/where-it-hurts#:~:text=Where%20It%20Hurts%20is%20a,to%20be%20observant%20and%20aware.

Skeena, Caitlin Press https://caitlin-press.com/our-books/skeena/

Sarah’s Book Recommendations and Mentions:

Peter Auster's Why Write? https://www.amazon.ca/Why-Write-Paul-Auster/dp/1886224153

M. Nourbese Philip's Zong https://www.nourbese.com/poetry/zong-3/

Founder and Artistic Director of Method Contemporary Dance Society, Shelby Richardson explores the potential of dance as a hopeful, empathetic medium of expression and connection.

Method Contemporary Dance Society: https://www.methoddance.ca/

Shelby's TEDxUNBC talk, "The Choreography of Communication: Movement and Social Engagement": https://youtu.be/XdC0MhU6URs

Music Credits (from freemusicarchive.org):

Komiku: The Wind

Hutchings/Shakespeare: Doubt

Kai Engel: Interception

Axletree: Dragon Country

Josh Woodward: Spirit World

Founder and Artistic Director of Method Contemporary Dance Society, Shelby Richardson talks about establishing a professional dance company, building a culture of dance in the north and the ways that dance creates connection and conversation between artists and audiences.

Method Contemporary Dance Society: https://www.methoddance.ca/

Shelby's TEDxUNBC talk, "The Choreography of Communication: Movement and Social Engagement": https://youtu.be/XdC0MhU6URs

Music Credits (from freemusicarchive.org):

Robert Farmer: If We Knew All the Laws of Nature

Kevin Hutchings/William Shakespeare: Doubt

Doctor Turtle: Over the Water, Humans Gather

David Mumford: Night Without Sleep

Josh Woodward: Spirit World

We continue our discussion with Shannon Murray, professor at the University of Prince Edward Island, and Jessica Riddell, professor at Bishop's University. This time, we ask what it means to go hand in hand into the world of our own making, how we put the "fortunate" in the Fortunate Fall and how storytelling can help us to shape and to negotiate the discomforts of change and transformation.