Tag: Winnipeg
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Episode 10: To Market, to Mark-it
Hello listeners! This week’s episode is dedicated to the business of book markets. Three times a year, St. Vital Mall hosts a book sale to raise funds for the Children’s Hospital, and this is where I buy most of my books for the year! You can’t beat the deals (new hardcovers for less than $5, softcovers for…
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Episode 9: New year, new books!
Hello lovely listeners! Happy 2016 – I’m so happy to be back with more author interviews, book reviews, and other fun book things on the Literally, Katrina podcast! In today’s episode, I talk about some fantastic books I read over the holidays and I also review The Road to Atlantis, written by Canadian author Leo…
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2015 in review
Hello lovely readers, 2015 was a great year for Literally, Katrina – thank you so much for reading my posts and listening to my podcast! The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2015 annual report for this blog – check it out! Here’s an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was…
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Episode 8: It’s literally a cozy christmas
Hello listeners! In today’s episode of the Literally, Katrina podcast, we listen in on a chat the It’s Literally a Book Club had with local author Melinda Friesen (see photo above!), and I also reveal the winner of the #cozychristmas Instagram contest. It’s quite exciting! Take a listen: It was so great having Melinda join us!…
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Episode 5: The power of storytelling
Hello listeners, Episode 5 is here! In today’s episode, I chat with lovely Winnipeg author and actor Anita Daher about her book Wonder Horse, out this past spring (it’s precious). I also give a reader’s confession – have you ever stayed up all night to finish a book? I certainly have! But I’ll admit, it…
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Episode 1: The Winnipeg International Writer’s Festival
Hello readers and listeners! I am so excited to release the very first episode in the Literally, Katrina podcast series! In today’s episode, I chat with Charlene Diehl, Director of the Winnipeg International Writer’s Festival – Thin Air 2015 – as well as Méira Cook, one of Winnipeg’s own authors who will be speaking at…
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Bright lights and the big city….of Lockport
Hello readers, Today we’re taking a break from books (I know, how dare we cheat on books?!) to talk about Lockport. Lockport, you ask? Yes, friends, the cute little hamlet of Lockport, located 25 km north of Winnipeg. I visited a shop in town that is oh-so-cute, so I wanted to share some photos and…
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Are you proud to be Canadian?
Hello readers! This week, I’ll be reviewing a play I saw this week. I like theatre a lot (I’ll admit to being a huge fan of musicals!) – theatre is another form of storytelling and it was a pleasure to go see Proud, put on by Theatre Projects Manitoba. If you have a chance, check…
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