Literally, Katrina

Literally, Katrina


Latest Episodes

Episode 15: Life, Fire, Prose
April 04, 2016

Hello listeners! I can’t believe today is the day – we’ve reached the end of Season 1 of the Literally, Katrina podcast! It’s been an incredible ride reading amazing books and chatting with extremely talented writers over the past

Episode 14: Yann Martel on The High Mountains of Portugal
March 21, 2016

Hello lovely listeners! Yann Martel, author of brilliant award-winning novel Life of Pi (if you didn’t read the book, you may have seen the Oscar-winning film) was in Winnipeg last week promoting his new book The High Mountains of Portugal. A novel

Episode 13: Mennonite Girls Can Cook!
March 07, 2016

Hello listeners! On this week’s episode, I have the absolute pleasure of interviewing Charlotte Penner, contributor to the bestselling cookbook, Mennonite Girls Can Cook. Charlotte and I chat about the origins of the Mennonite Girls Can Cook group,

Episode 12: Canadian Policing in the 21st Century
February 22, 2016

Hello listeners! This week’s episode takes us away from fiction and into the world of policing in Canada. I interview Winnipeg’s own Bob Chrismas, a staff sergeant with the Winnipeg Police Service, and we talk about his book Canadian Policing

Episode 11: Barking from the Front Porch with Gerald Sliva
February 08, 2016

Hello listeners! In today’s episode, I chat with local author Gerald Sliva about his compilation of short stories and musings, Barking from the Front Porch. We talk small towns, being Ukrainian, and good farm-grown Prairie food – Gerald’s book

Episode 10: To Market, to Mark-it
January 25, 2016

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&

Episode 9: New year, new books!
January 11, 2016

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 ho

Episode 8: It’s literally a cozy christmas
December 21, 2015

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

Episode 7: panel time!
December 07, 2015

Hello listeners! On this week’s episode, I chat with an amazing group of fellow classmates about the writing process and what it’s like to be a first-time author. I also chat a little bit more about the #cozychristmas contest that’s goin

Episode 6: #CozyChristmas
November 23, 2015

Hello listeners, Episode 6 of the Literally, Katrina podcast is here along with the snow! I personally love this time of year, and to honour the holiday season and the fact that Literally, Katrina i