Author: melissaannekuipers

This week, radio station CMFU out of MacMaster University, aired an interview I did with Jamie Tenant, host of the show Get Lit. It was awesome to hang out with Jamie, also a Hamilton author, in the studio, and chat a little about The Whole Beautiful World, as well as my writing journey. You can listen to the podcast of the interview on Jamie’s blog here.

I and two other Brindle & Glass authors did an interview with 49th Shelf this week. You can read some of my thoughts along with the responses of Sue Bedford and Shekhar Paleja here, or you can hear us live tomorrow night at Ben McNally Books in Toronto!

In the busyness of gritLIT a few weeks ago, I neglected to post about this: I am honoured to receive first place in gritLIT’s non-fiction competition. The winning essay, “How to Crochet a Mourning Shawl,” examines some of the history of crochet, and my experiences with this hobby, my relationship with my mothers and mourning her death, and women’s work in the domestic sphere.

Next Wednesday, May 16th, I will be joining two other Brindle & Glass authors to read from our books at Ben McNally Books in Toronto. I’ll be reading first, followed by Sue Bedford reading from her memoir It’s Only the Himalayas, and then Sekhar Paleja’s memoir An Extraordinary Destiny.  The reading begins at 6:00pm. Learn more about the event here.

I didn’t get the chance to post this earlier, but here is my interview with Annette Hamm, discussing my book and the gritLIT literary festival.