Meredith Hambrock

About this episode

Meredith Hambrock discusses her writing process, her latest book, and her experiences in television.

My guest on this episode is Meredith Hambrock. Meredith’s debut book was the novel Other People’s Secrets . She has been a finalist for the CBC Short Story Prize and worked extensively in television, most recently in the writers’ room for the Canadian Screen Award–winning sitcom Corner Gas Animated . Her most recent book is She’s a Lamb! , published by ECW Press in 2025. Booklist called the novel “a dive into the mind of a deeply delusional woman,” and said it is “audacious and darkly funny.”   Meredith and I talk about her habit of deleting entire manuscripts (not permanently) while they are in progress, about her love of dark comedy and her resistance to sticking to the rules of genre, and about her next book, which has a narrative hook so good, she had to make sure nobody else had thought of it already. This podcast is produced and hosted by Nathan Whitlock , in partnership with The Walrus . Music: "simple-hearted thing" by  Alex Lukashevsky . Used with permission. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Nathan Whitlock

Guest: Meredith Hambrock

Topics covered

• debut novel
• dark comedy
• writing process
• genre resistance
• television writing

Keywords

• Meredith Hambrock
• Other People’s Secrets
• She’s a Lamb!
• dark comedy
• writing process
• Corner Gas Animated
• CBC Short Story Prize

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ECW Press, CBC, Corner Gas Animated, The Walrus

Books & works: Other People’s Secrets, She’s a Lamb!

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