Alix Ohlin

On this episode of What Happened Next, I speak with Alix Ohlin. Alix is the author of three novels and three short story collections. Alix as been shortlisted twice for the Giller Prize, among many other award nominations, and she chairs the creative writing program at the University of British Columbia. Alix’s most recent book is the collection We Want What We Want, published by House of Anansi in 2021. Esquire said that We Want What We Want is “Shot through with dark humour and keen powers of observation.” The Toronto Star called the stories in the collection “stunning” and said that “Alix Ohlin is a magician.”

 

Alix and I talk about the culture shock she experienced when she first became part of the Canadian literary world, the weird and intense experience of launching her career by publishing two books simultaneously, and why, if she were absolutely forced to do so, she would say she is a short-story writer first.

 

Alix Ohlin: alixohlinauthor.com

Music: "simple-hearted thing" by Alex Lukashevsky. Used with permission.

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