Podcast Episodes

Revisioning the Three Rs - Michaela Di Cesare's Successions

Season 6 Episode 81

In this episode, Linda revisits and revisions the three “Rs” – reading, writing, and arithmetic – to reformulate a new triad. Why? Because, in her interview with Michaela Di Cesare about her play Su…

Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago

"Now is the Time that Artists Must Get to Work" - Zilla Jones' The World So Wide

Season 6 Episode 80

As a result of Zilla Jones’ The World So Wide, slated for publication with Cormorant Books on April 26, 2025, Linda reflects on opera (specifically Verdi’s La Forza Del Destino) – historically an eli…

Published on 7 months ago

What We Oughta Know ... About Powerful, Internationally-Recognized & Accomplished Women

Season 6 Episode 79

In this first episode of Season 6 of Getting Lit With Linda, the host – Linda Morra – begins with a few important announcements: GLWL is now being supported by the Canada Council for the Arts! With t…

Published on 7 months, 2 weeks ago

Season 6: Happy International Women's Day Wishes + Teaser

Season 6

Happy International Women's Day - this is our Teaser for Season 6, in which a special guest joins Linda Morra to share our International Women's Day wishes with you, the listeners of Getting Lit With…

Published on 7 months, 3 weeks ago

The Nine Days Of/Before Christmas - and the Final One of Season 5

Season 5 Episode 78

n this 78th episode and the final one of season 5, Linda offers the “Nine Days of Christmas” with nine different book recommendations for the holidays. Who makes the cut? Well, we could say you need …

Published on 10 months, 2 weeks ago

"But I'm Holding a Pineapple" - An Open Letter to Ivan Coyote

Season 5 Episode 77

Linda writes an open letter to Ivan Coyote, in response to their book, Care Of: Letters, Connections, and Cures (published by McClelland & Stewart during the pandemic). This important volume of lette…

Published on 11 months ago

A Ghost Story Without Ghosts: Jenny Haysom's Keep

Season 5 Episode 76

In this episode, Linda converses with Jenny Haysom (2.48) about her novel Keep (published by Anansi). Featuring three main characters, the narrative is driven by the conflict that emerges when Harrie…

Published on 11 months, 2 weeks ago

Haunted by a Colonial Past - Michel Jean's Qimmik

Season 5 Episode 75

A bilingual episode/un épisode bilingue. Linda opens with her delight about having won the Women in Podcasting Awards in Education - she effusively thanks her listeners!

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Published on 1 year ago

What I Was Meant to Do - An Interview with Amanda Peters

Season 5 Episode 74

Linda opens with a word of thanks to her listeners who voted--because she is now a Finalist for the Women in Podcasting Awards.

This episode features an interview, which was live at Word on the Stree…

Published on 1 year ago

An Unconventional Love Story in a Brat Summer: Corinna Chong’s Bad Land

Season 5 Episode 73

Linda speaks with Corinna Chong about her novel, Bad Land, published by Arsenal Pulp Press and long-listed for the Giller Prize. Chong, originally from Calgary, lives in Kelowna, B.C. where she teach…

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago