That Kind of Meta: The Double Life of Benson Yu - An Interview with Kevin Chong
In this episode, Linda chats with Kevin Chong about his novel The Double Life of Benson Yu (Simon & Schuster) shortlisted for the 2023 Giller Prize. It's a "meta" novel, in some ways - a concept that Linda explains in this episode - but it also had Linda thinking about the social media platform, Me…
The Other Problem that Has No Name - The Passenger Seat by Vijay Khurana
Perhaps strangely, Linda applies Betty Friedan’s 1963 feminist critique of patriarchal society The Feminine Mystique, and specifically the text “The Problem That Has No Name,” to The Passenger Seat by Vijay Khurana. An Australian/British author, Khurana wrote this very fine debut novel about the re…
Ring-Side Seats in a High-Stakes Environment: Brian Stewart’s On the Ground
On a lovely fall afternoon in October, Linda drove up to possibly one of the most charming spots in Quebec, just off-island of Montreal —Hudson, on the unceded territory of the Kanien’keha:ka. Hudson has much to commend to it, but, in this instance, it was StoryFest, the annual literary program h…
The Miracles of Change & Second Chances: Madeleine Thien's "Alchemy"
Why should we pay attention to scars or scar tissue? After the original injury heals and its pain recedes, should we ignore what’s left behind? In this episode, Linda mulls over these questions while considering Madeleine Thien's "Alchemy," from her collection, Simple Recipes. Don't know Thien's wo…
2026 - Season 7 Teaser
Announcing our seventh season! We will be somewhat delayed this year, with a start date in the late spring, but we haven't forgotten about you, our dear listeners or authors - we will begin very soon! For now, some of our future guests - specialists of the life and literature of author, Jane Rule -…
Puzzling Jigsaw Pieces: An Interview with Brittany Penner about her memoir, Children Like Us
Welcome back to Season 7 of Getting Lit with Linda, where we learn to love literature one book at a time!
In this episode, Linda interviews the Métis writer, Brittany Penner about her memoir, Children Like Us (Random House Canada). It's elegantly written and carefully crafted, and, in spite of the …
Four (+) Equals One - Arjun Basu's The Reeds
Anyone who knows Linda also knows that she has a very passionate love-hate relationship with the city of Montreal. While on some days, she is bursting with pride for all that is wonderful about the city, on other days, she is less keen. But she’s not alone in her ardour, as the litany of authors wh…
How We Talk about Our Power in the World: or Paying Close Attention in the Immediate Biosphere
In this interview, award-winning poet, Farah Ghafoor talks to Linda about Shadow Price (House of Anansi), shortlisted for the Trillium Prizes this year (check out our social media for pics from the event!). Since Ghafoor invites her readers to pay closer attention to our immediate biospheres, Linda…
It Was All a Gift - Interview with Shani Mootoo (Dedication to Pinky)
In this episode, Linda speaks about Shani Mootoo's Starry Starry Night (Book*hug Press), an auto-fictional work that confirms her exceptional talent, in its sophisticated narration and vivid delineation of scenes from a childhood in Trinidad. Mootoo traces the early life of Anju, roughly based on M…
Not That Mr. Rogers - Michael Healey's Rogers v. Rogers
If you carry around the cultural baggage Linda does, when you hear the name Mister Rogers, you’ll immediately conjure up the image of that nice, congenial television personality, who developed a children’s program that lasted for over thirty years. If you’re thinking of that Mr. Rogers as part of t…
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