A Town With No Noise featuring Karen Smythe

About this episode

In this episode, the hosts interview author Karen Smythe about her literary works and her latest novel, A Town Without Noise.

Karen Smythe’s previous books include the novel This Side of Sad (Goose Lane Editions, 2017), the story collection Stubborn Bones (Polestar/Raincoast, 2001), and the critical study Figuring Grief: Gallant, Munro, and the Poetics of Elegy (McGill-Queen’s University Press, 1992). Her family background is Norwegian and German/Irish. She lives with her husband in Guelph, Ontario. Her newest release is the novel A Town Without Noise published by Windsor’s Palimpsest Press. https://palimpsest...

People in this episode

Hosts: Kim, Irene, Sarah

Guest: Karen Smythe

Topics covered

• literature
• book discussion
• author interview
• novels
• story collections
• critical studies

Keywords

• Karen Smythe
• A Town Without Noise
• literature
• novels
• book discussion
• Guelph
• Palimpsest Press

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Goose Lane Editions, Polestar/Raincoast, McGill-Queen’s University Press, Windsor’s Palimpsest Press

Books & works: This Side of Sad, Stubborn Bones, Figuring Grief: Gallant, Munro, and the Poetics of Elegy, A Town Without Noise

Places: Guelph, Ontario

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