P120 They Lived Ever After

About this episode

This episode explores stories and true accounts about resilience, creativity, and the significance of fairy tales during challenging times.

They Lived Ever After Stories and true accounts about the resilience of the human spirit, the importance of fairy tales, and creativity as a wellspring in troubling times. Una Suseli O'Connell: They Lived Ever After Medwyn McConachy: Vasilysa and the Coloured Stones Graem Castell: By Way of Beachy Head Mohamad Kebbewar: Fragmented From the Anthology, Off the Map: Vancouver writers with lived experience of mental health issues: Kate Bird: Shelter Venge Dixon: Linus Go to WritersRadio.ca and li...

People in this episode

Guests: Una Suseli O'Connell, Medwyn McConachy, Graem Castell, Mohamad Kebbewar

Topics covered

• resilience of the human spirit
• importance of fairy tales
• creativity in troubling times
• mental health
• storytelling

Keywords

• resilience
• fairy tales
• creativity
• mental health
• storytelling
• human spirit
• Vancouver writers

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: They Lived Ever After, Vasilysa and the Coloured Stones, By Way of Beachy Head, Fragmented, Off the Map

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