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Puzzling Jigsaw Pieces: An Interview with Brittany Penner about her memoir, Children Like Us
Season 7 Episode 96
Welcome back to Season 7 of Getting Lit with Linda, where we learn to love literature one book at a time!
In this episode, Linda interviews the Métis …
12 hours ago
2026 - Season 7 Teaser
Announcing our seventh season! We will be somewhat delayed this year, with a start date in the late spring, but we haven't forgotten about you, our d…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
The Miracles of Change & Second Chances: Madeleine Thien's "Alchemy"
Season 6 Episode 95
Why should we pay attention to scars or scar tissue? After the original injury heals and its pain recedes, should we ignore what’s left behind? In th…
4 months ago
A Story of Unfitting: Susan Swan's Memoir, Big Girls Don't Cry
Season 6 Episode 94
Our warmest wishes for the season – and a reminder that this is the last interview for the podcast (there may be one smaller episode at the year’s en…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Ring-Side Seats in a High-Stakes Environment: Brian Stewart’s On the Ground
Season 6 Episode 93
On a lovely fall afternoon in October, Linda drove up to possibly one of the most charming spots in Quebec, just off-island of Montreal —Hudson, on t…
5 months ago
Taking Out the Imperial Trash - Jovanni Sy's A Taste of Empire
Season 6 Episode 92
Linda AND students of Bishop's University interview the award-winning Montreal-based playwright, Jovanni Sy, in this episode of Getting Lit With Lind…
5 months, 1 week ago
The Other Problem that Has No Name - The Passenger Seat by Vijay Khurana
Season 6 Episode 91
Perhaps strangely, Linda applies Betty Friedan’s 1963 feminist critique of patriarchal society The Feminine Mystique, and specifically the text “The …
6 months ago
Digital Trespassing: Human Rights in the Digital Age-- An Interview with Dr. Wendy Wong
Season 6 Episode 90
Linda met Dr. Wendy Wong at a conference in Kelowna, organized by Dr. Karis Shearer (1:25) and hosted by SpokenWeb (1:20), when Dr. Wong spoke about …
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Equity on a Bookshelf: An Interview with Stephanie Sinclair, Publisher of McClelland & Stewart
Season 6 Episode 89
Does anyone remember that series, New Canadian Literature (NCL), produced by McClelland & Stewart? In this interview, Linda discusses the very much n…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
The Truth About Memoirs
Season 6 Episode 88
In this episode, Linda examines the resurgence of the memoir, and what readers expect - and what she expects - when we pick one up. While the first p…
7 months, 1 week ago