Category: Interviews

April 23, 2020

Authors in Quarantine – Ian Rogers

With this this series, I am hoping to capture how this cultural moment is affecting our speculative fiction authors and how our authors are surviving during the COVID-19 outbreak Spec Can: What have you been up to during the COVID-19 outbreak? Ian Rogers: During the COVID-19 outbreak I’ve been been trying to adapt to the “new normal” and keep busy....

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April 10, 2020

An Interview with Dr. Kelly McGuire About Pandemic and Outbreak Narratives

In light of the current COVID 19 pandemic, I wanted to interview Dr. Kelly McGuire, a professor and chair of the Women and Gender Studies Department at Trent University who has taught courses on epidemic and outbreak narratives and who researches medical history among her many research interests.  Interviewer: Derek Newman-Stille   Spec Can: Could you tell us a little...

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April 4, 2020

Interview with Marie Bilodeau and Kerri Elizabeth Gerow about Wishstamp

By Derek Newman-Stille Spec Can: What inspired you to begin Wishstamp? KEG: It was all her idea. MB: I stayed up too late one night and drafted a business plan for no reason except it sounded like fun! KEG: And then she realized she needed an artist. MB: She’s easy to win over with chocolate. Spec Can: Okay, wait, can...

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November 4, 2016

Speculating Canada on Trent Radio Episode 72: An Interview with A.C. Wise

On this episode of Speculating Canada, I Interview the fabulous A.C. Wise about The Ultra Fabulous Glitter Squadron Saves The World Again. We discuss trans narratives, femininity and femme identity, Lovecraftian fiction, monstrosity, unspeakable horrors, weird literature, horror literature, resistant texts, diversity, representation in literature, making our fiction match the diversity of our own world, memory, the power of speculative...

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November 2, 2016

Speculating Canada on Trent Radio Episode 71: An Interview of Regina Hansen

On this episode of Speculating Canada, I interview the brilliant Regina Hansen to talk about the interrelationship between academia and speculative writing, on the ideas of haunting, and on notions of place and identity.  You can listen to this episode of Speculating Canada on Trent Radio at the link below This audio file was originally broadcast on Trent Radio, and...

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September 25, 2016

Speculating Canada on Trent Radio Episode 69: A Chat with Mark Shainblum

On this episode of Speculating Canada on Trent Radio, I invite Mark Shainblum back to talk about Canadian Superheroes. This time, we were able to do our interview at Ad Astra. You can listen to this episode of Speculating Canada on Trent Radio at the link below. This audio file was originally broadcast on Trent Radio, and I would like...

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June 14, 2016

Speculating Canada on Trent Radio Episode 67: A Discussion About The Queer Coll(i/u)sions Conference with Cait P. Jones

In this episode of Speculating Canada on Trent Radio, Cait P. Jones and I discuss the Queer Coll(i/u)sions conference we co-organized. You can listen to this episode of Speculating Canada on Trent Radio at the link below. This audio file was originally broadcast on Trent Radio, and I would like to thank Trent Radio for their continued support. I would...

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June 7, 2016

Speculating Canada on Trent Radio Episode 66:

In this episode of Speculating Canada on Trent Radio, I have a chance to do an audio interview with Julie Czerneda. I have previously interviewed Julie in text format, but wanted a chance to share her spoken words with you. Julie and I discuss the boundary between science fiction and fantasy, the power of SF to teach, developing fantasy worlds,...

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June 3, 2016

Speculating Canada on Trent Radio Episode 64: An Interview with Cindy Gervais

In this episode of Speculating Canada on Trent Radio, Cindy Gervais from Sir Sandford Fleming College who had a unique activity for her students. Cindy had her students imagine a trip to Mars and envision what they would need to bring with them on their voyage in order to explore cultural significance. You can listen to this episode of Speculating...

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February 18, 2016

An Interview with A.C. Wise

By Derek Newman-Stille. After reading A.C. Wise’s “The Ultra Fabulous Glitter Squadron Saves the World Again”, I could see that she had some great insights that would make for a fascinating interview. I hope that your enjoy our interview and all of A.C. Wise’s brilliant points. Spec Can: To begin our interview, could you tell readers a little bit about...

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