Jamie Tennant

My guest on this episode is Jamie Tennant. Jamie’s debut novel The Captain of Kinnoull Hill was published by Palimpsest Press in 2016. His second novel, River Diverted, also published by Palimpsest Press, was published in the fall of 2022. Jamie also hosts the weekly books and literature program/podcast Get Lit on CFMU, where he is also the Program Director.

Author Emily Saso said about River Diverted: “Nobody writes a charming monster quite like Jamie does.   Highly recommend if you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to chuck your North American life and move to Japan.”

Jamie and I talk about his early days as a theatre kid and as the singer in a band, about his relatively late start as a novelist, and about the kinds of lessons he has learned from interviewing authors every week on his show — which is something I can very much relate to.

 

Jamie Tennant: jamietennant.ca

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

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