WRITING LIFE Series Two (13 Programs) DVD
This series highlights the life of each writer as seen by more than twenty articulate, diverse, and entertaining authors. In their own words, the writers detail the various aspects of what it is like to be a writer. The roller coaster ride of the creative process is addressed from many points of view with humour and poignancy.
RAY ROBERTSON has been called "one of the finest new writers to emerge in North America for some time". In this program, Ray Robertson talks about his life as a writer. In his office, his sacred spot, he shows us his Wall of Fame and offers us some insight into his creative process.
ELIZABETH RUTH's fiction has been widely published in literary journals and anthologies across Canada. In this program Elizabeth Ruth talks about the compromises and joys of being a full-time writer. In the intimate environment of her office, Ms. Ruth talks about the emotional backdrop of her enormously successful first novel.
ROBERT J. SAWYER has written fifteen science fiction novels and won twenty-four national and international writing awards. In this program, the author provides us with an entertaining and informative discussion of his writing methods and thoughts on science. This is a rare glimpse into the life of a best-selling science fiction writer.
STEVIE CAMERON is one of Canada's foremost investigative journalists and winner of numerous awards for political writing. Several of her books have been best-selers.
In this program Stevie Cameron talks about her new book which she is currently researching about the serial murders in Vancouver's East Side.
RUSSELL SMITH was born in Johannesburg, South Africa and grew up in Halifax, Canada. He studied French literature at Queen's, Poitiers and Paris (III). Since 1990 he has lived in Toronto. In this program, Russell Smith reads from his novel The Princess and The Whiskheads as well as invites us into his home and office to give us insight into his creative and writing process. As always, his conversation with Michael Glassbourg is both humourous and provocative.
SALLY COOPER is a bright new light on the literary scene. With her highly acclaimed novel Love Object, Cooper has been recognized as a wordsmith of the highest order. Her spoken word in this episode is as mesmerizing as the written word in her novellas we are intimately engaged by an explanation of her writing rituals.
DIANE BAKER MASON is a Toronto writer who has published fiction, opinion and poetry, and whose work has won awards in Canada, Australia and the United States. Her stories have appeared everywhere from respected literary journals to supermarket tabloids. In this program, Diane Baker Mason speaks with Michael Glassbourg about the intimacies of her life that have brought her to being a novelist.
ANTANAS SILEIKA is a freelance broadcaster, journalist and fiction writer. Critics have praised Sileika's work saying, "The anecdotes, extended scenes and burgeoning imagination that make up these stories are tightly composed and sharply focused. In this program, Sileika invites us into his office; a lush sanctuary where he regales us with many amusing anecdotes such as what his landlady says when he complains about the office having no windows. After a moment's thought, she replies, "You're a writer, imagine a window."
MORLEY TORGOV has been hailed for his sharply realized characters and his own special comic genius. His short pieces have appeared in the New York Times and are widely anthologized. While working full-time as a lawyer with a practice in Toronto, Morley Torgov has published a memoir and four novels, all of which explore Jewish life in small towns. In this program, Mr. Torgov invites us into his home office and regails us with the many stories from his life that have found their way into his humorous best-sellers.
WAYSON CHOY has been teaching Introductory Communications at Humber College for 27 years where he is acknowledged as a "Master Teacher", having influenced thousands of students' lives. Choy describes the necessity of finding one's familial history and relating those memories through the written word.
MARY-LOU SEITOUN is a graduate of the Theatre program at York University (Toronto), the Communications Studies program at Concordia University (Montreal) and the Humber School for Writers. As editor and co-owner of iMPACT from 1992-1996, Canada's national music magazine, she has interviewed numerous rock musicians and cultural icons. Mary-Lou's work has appeared in Elle Canada, Eye Weekly, the National Post, the Globe and Mail, as well as several independent publications and web zines. In this program, Mary-Lou Zeitoun reads from 13, her riveting novel about a feisty young teenager on the verge of womanhood.
TIM O'BRIEN - This spell-binding program includes a rare on-camera conversation with Michael Glassbourg during which Tim O'Brien speaks candidly about the elements in his life that led him both to Viet Nam and to writing. O'Brien also reads a stunning passage from his most recent novel July, July. Tim O'Brien is one of America's greatest writers. The brilliant In the Lake of the Woods was named best novel of l994 by Time and The New York Times. Going After Cacciato won the National Book Award, but equally stunning are The Things They Carried, If I Die in a Combat Zone, and July, July.
CORDELIA STRUBE is an accomplished playwright and the author of five novels. Strube has been described as writer who peels back the fast-food tabloid cynicism that shrink-wraps life and shows us the dark matter beneath. "She has a rare talent for painting beautiful losers and making you love characters who in real life would be unbearable". In this program, we visit Strube in her home office where she entertains us with acerbic wit and dark comedic humour as she describes her writing rituals and passionately regales us with the struggles and pleasures in the everyday life of the writer.
*Each program $149.95
*Any 5 for $129.95 each
*Any 10 for $99.95 each
*Complete Series only $79.95 each
*** Detailed descriptions of each program are available on our brochure
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