Co-hosted by Mike Thorn and Miriam Richer. Discussions between writers about all things related to craft, process, and technique.
Craftwork
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Co-hosted by Mike Thorn and Miriam Richer. Discussions between writers about all things related to craft, process, and technique.
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June 1, 2026
Shakespearean Themes, Wang WPS Mishaps, & Stephen King's Revisions w/ Caroline Bicks
<p>In this interview, we chat with Caroline Bicks about combatting AI in the classroom, words clanging on readers' ears, the uniquely portable magic of fiction, and so much more. </p><p><a href="https://carolinebicks.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Caroline Bicks</a> is the author of several academic books, including Cognition and Girlhood in Shakespeare’s World and Midwiving Subjects in Shakespeare’s England. After she was named the University of Maine’s inaugural Stephen E. King Chair in Literature, she became the first scholar to be granted extended access by Stephen King to his private archive. In her most recent book, Monsters in the Archives: My Year of Fear with Stephen King, Bicks documents her exploration of King’s early drafts and hand-written revisions, and her conversations with King about those changes. Her popular writing has appeared in the Modern Love column of the New York Times and McSweeney’s Internet Tendency. She is the co-host of the Everyday Shakespeare podcast.</p><p>Books, plays, stories, and poems mentioned in this episode:</p><ul><li>The Wizard of Oz — L. Frank Baum </li><li>I Know a Place: Rest Stop and Other Dark Detours — Nat Cassidy </li><li>"Cherrylog Road" — James Dickey </li><li>"The Boogeyman"; Carrie; Cell; "Children of the Corn"; Christine; Cujo; Danse Macabre; "The Dark Man"; The Dead Zone; Insomnia; It; "Jerusalem's Lot"; Lisey's Story; The Long Walk; Misery; Night Shift; "Night Surf"; On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft; Pet Sematary; Rage; 'Salem's Lot; The Shining; The Stand; "Strawberry Spring" — Stephen King </li><li>Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life — Anne Lamott </li><li>Edward II — Christopher Marlowe </li><li>North Woods — Daniel Mason </li><li>A Swim in the Pond in the Rain — George Saunders </li><li>Hamlet; Henry IV, Part I; Henry IV; Part II; Henry V; Henry VI, Part I; Henry VI, Part II; Henry VI, Part III; Macbeth; Richard II; Richard III; Romeo and Juliet — William Shakespeare </li><li>Charlotte's Web — E. B. White </li><li>Our Town — Thornton Wilder </li><li>How Fiction Works — James Wood </li></ul>
May 17, 2026
Ghostwriting, Cold War Propaganda, & Coming Back from a Five-Week Coma w/ Luke Francis Beirne
<p>In this interview, we chat with Luke Francis Beirne about literature versus entertainment, Atlantic Canadian textures, a literary marriage proposal, and so much more. </p><p><a href="https://www.lukefrancisbeirne.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"> Luke Francis Beirne</a> was born in Ireland in 1995 and now lives on Wolastoqey land in Saint John, New Brunswick. Beirne has published three novels with Baraka Books, Foxhunt, Blacklion and Saints Rest. His stories, essays, and reviews have appeared in outlets such as Counterpunch, NB Media Co-op, Hamilton Arts & Letters, Honest Ulsterman, and CrimeReads. </p><p>Books mentioned in this episode: </p><ul><li>Monsters in the Archives: My Year of Fear with Stephen King — Caroline Bicks </li><li>The Last Thing He Wanted — Joan Didion </li><li>The Quiet American — Graham Greene </li><li>The Maltese Falcon — Dashiell Hammett </li><li>The Outsiders — S. E. Hinton </li><li>The Bamboo Blonde; In a Lonely Place — Dorothy B. Hughes </li><li>Hatchet — Gary Paulsen </li><li>How Fiction Works — James Wood </li></ul>
April 8, 2026
Gut Feelings, Sonic Recursion, & Raspberry Cordial w/ Cassidy McFadzean
<p>In this interview, we chat with Cassidy McFadzean about skewing prepositions, trusting the reader, opting for vibes over plot, and so much more. </p><p><a href="https://cassidymcfadzean.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Cassidy McFadzean</a> is the author of three books of poetry, most recently Crying Dress (House of Anansi, 2024). Her fiction has appeared in Joyland, The Walrus, Hazlitt, and Dead Writers (Invisible Publishing, 2025). Cassidy was born in Regina, earned an MFA in poetry from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, an MFA in fiction from Brooklyn College, and now lives in Toronto. She was the 2024-2025 Writer-in-Residence at Sheridan College, and is the 2025-2026 Poet-in-Residence at Arc Poetry Magazine.</p><p>Books mentioned in this episode: </p><ul><li>The Weak Spot — Lucie Elven </li><li>Bird by Bird — Anne Lamott </li><li>Slows: Twice — T. Liem </li><li>Anne of Green Gables; Chronicles of Avonlea; Emily of New Moon; The Story Girl — Lucy Maud Montgomery </li><li>Fever Dream — Samanta Schweblin </li><li>Rock Crystal — Adalbert Stifter </li><li>The Ice Palace — Tarjei Vesaas</li></ul>
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