Life in a Small French Village

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Born in New York, raised in Toronto, Jill Culiner has lived in several cars, one closet, a Hungarian mud house, a Bavarian castle, a Turkish cave dwelling, in a haunted house on the English moors, in the Sahara desert, on a Greek island, in several French villages and has worked as a go-go girl, bel…

Jill Culiner


    • Jul 30, 2024 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 49 EPISODES


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    The Book Tour Episode Twenty-Five (Final): An Author Looking for a Story

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2024 11:05


    On the last night of my book tour, I look for an interesting story and end up in a tricky situation

    The Book Tour Episode Twenty-Four: Going for Pizza with Crash Caplan

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2024 6:53


    The Book Tour Episode Twenty-Four: Going for Pizza with Crash Caplan by Jill Culiner

    #2 Those Absent on the Great Hungarian Plain: Tarzan, Udo and the Russians

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2024 9:55


    #2 Those Absent on the Great Hungarian Plain: Tarzan, Udo and the Russians by Jill Culiner

    #1 Those Absent on the Great Hungarian Plain: The Hungarian Count

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2024 5:10


    The Hungarian Count sells paintings in Toronto from the book Those Absent on the Great Hungarian Plain

    The Book Tour Episode Twenty-Three: Romeo Invites Me To Breakfast

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2024 13:55


    The Book Tour, New York City, the Old Barrymore House, Romeo

    The Book Tour Episode Twenty-Two: The Lady in the Green Hat

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2023 12:03


    People met while travelling by Greyhound bus across America on a book tour

    The Book Tour Episode Twenty-One: SWAMI

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2023 12:37


    Traveling through the USA by Greyhound, Strange characters,

    Episode 20: Those Met on Buses

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2023 10:58


    Travelling up from Florida: the people met on buses; ecology: the Old South; dreamers.

    The Book Tour Episode Nineteen: Traveller's Blues

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2023 11:10


    The Book Tour Episode Nineteen: Traveller's Blues by Jill Culiner

    The Book Tour Episode Eighteen: Panama City, Pelicans, and Jim Bikeman

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2022 10:18


    I travel to Panama City Florida and meet the famous Jim Bikeman

    pelicans eighteen panama city book tour panama city florida bikeman
    The Book Tour Episode Seventeen: Scotty

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2021 12:40


    Traveling by bus in the south: Mobile, Alabama to Florida

    A Contrary Journey Chapter One: Paris

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2021 9:29


    The beginning of my journey to find Velvel Zbarzher Available from Claret Press Paperback https://payhip.com/b/o7M23 Ebook https://payhip.com/b/HmK5C Or https://boook.link/A-Contrary-Journey-with-Velvel-Zbarzher-Bard

    A Contrary Journey with Velvel Zbarzher, Bard published by Claret Press

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2021 15:42


    Velvel Zbarzher, rebel, songster, and glittering star of fusty inns, spent his life singing his Enlightenment poems to loyal audiences of poor workers and craftsmen in Austrian-Galicia, Romania, Vienna and Istanbul. His attacks condemning the religious stronghold resulted in banishment and itinerancy, but for Velvel and the other like the other reformers of his time, the compensations were great: heady stimulation, and an intellectual freedom prohibited in traditional life. Come travel back to the mid-1800s, discover the life, the villages, the odours, sounds and traditions. A Contrary Journey with Velvel Zbarzher, Bard by Jill Culiner Published by Claret Press

    The Book Tour Episode Sixteen: On to Oklahoma

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2021 9:41


    Strange characters on the bus, Oklahoma's unsavoury history, the KKK, the Sooners, a breakfast invitation

    The Book Tour Episode Fifteen: Along the Road

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2021 13:13


    Looking for the Perfect Setting and the Perfect Place to Live

    Episode Fourteen: Looking for the Ideal Setting in Nevada

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2021 12:58


    I travel to Nevada to find the ideal place to set a story. Instead, I find Las Vegas, nuclear testing grounds, and assorted rubbish.

    Finding Home in the Footsteps of the Jewish Fusgeyers

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2021 29:46


    The Romanian Fusgeyers were the Jews who walked out of their country. One hundred and thirty years later, I crossed Romania in their footsteps before continuing on along the former immigrant trail across Europe, then to the gold and silver mining towns of Canada.

    The Book Tour Episode Thirteen: The ex-Husband

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2021 12:10


    A meeting with an ex thirty years later

    The Book Tour Episode Twelve: Traveling with Mr. Bleany

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2020 9:44


    The ups and downs of book talks

    The Book Tour Episode Eleven: A Love Story...of sorts...

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2020 7:24


    The greasy-haired man is on his way to meet his new love...a woman he has never seen...

    The Book Tour Episode Ten

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2020 9:50


    In Episode Ten, as I travel through Montana, I meet Sherry and hear her story.

    The Book Tour Episode Nine

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2020 16:14


    Livingstone Montana, then and now

    The Book Tour Episode Eight: Travelling by Grehound— Grist for the Writer's Mill

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2020 15:27


    The rather strange people encountered on buses...

    Book Tour Episode Seven: Mitigated Success and Unmitigated Failure in Winnipeg and Regina

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2020 12:06


    I travel on to Winnipeg and Regina to talk about my books but, as usual in my life, nothing goes as planned. Still, tomorrow is another day...

    The Turkish Affair: Chapter One

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2020 40:35


    Priceless artifacts are disappearing from the ancient Hittite site of Karakuyu in Turkey, and the site director has vanished. Called in to solve the mystery, archaeologist Renaud Townsend is hindered by both his inability to speak the language and the knowledge that the local police are corrupt. His attraction to translator Anne Pierson is immediate, although he is troubled by her refusal to talk about the past and her fear of public scandal. But when murder enters the picture, both Anne and Renaud realize that the risk of falling in love is not the only danger. Full audiobook available here: https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Turkish-Affair-Audiobook/B08CBH8XQC

    The Book Tour Episode Six: A Boomtown (Almost the Wild West)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2020 9:07


    I go looking for the past in modern-day Thunder Bay and am directed to the mall

    The Book Tour Episode Five

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2020 9:27


    All about minimal success and many dull conversations

    The Book Tour Episode Four: From Montreal to Halifax

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2020 8:13


    The meeting with Ruben, Rivière du Loup, and odd conversations

    The Book Tour Episode Three: On the Road...finally

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2019 9:15


    The first talks in Ottawa...not at all what anyone would call success...

    The Book Tour Episode Two: An Interesting Encounter

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2019 10:58


    In Toronto, after arranging the book tour, I meet a homeless man and his dogs

    The Book Tour— Episode One: How It All Began

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2019 12:23


    After winning the Tanenbaum prize for my non-fiction book, I began a book tour in Canada and the USA. Although this is not always a success story, it's an amusing one. This chapter is about how the idea for a tour was born.

    Life in a Small French Village Episode Fourteen: The End

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2019 17:43


    The last chapter in this series describes the last village 'bad boy' and the changes in the traditional French village.

    Desert Rose

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2019 2:21


    Men love Rose Badger, and if the other inhabitants of dead-end Blake’s Folly, Nevada, don’t approve, she couldn’t care less. With a disastrous marriage far behind her, settling down is the last thing she intends to do. Isn’t life for fun? Doesn’t a stable relationship always mean predictability and boredom? Well… perhaps things might be different with Jonah Livingstone, but he is off limits for anything other than friendship. Even though, secretly, she’s deeply attracted to him, she knows he’s still entangled in a complicated past relationship. Besides, Rose has another secret life—one that she’ll never give up for any man. The last person geologist Jonah Livingstone expected to meet in a semi-ghost town is Rose Badger. She’s easy-going, delightfully spontaneous, and Jonah is certain their attraction is mutual. But Rose is always surrounded by a crowd of admirers and doesn’t seem inclined to choose a favorite. Though Jonah has also suffered a failed marriage, he can’t help being drawn to Rose—and he dares to hope she may feel the same for him. But is Jonah too independent to settle into a permanent relationship again? He’s leading his own very private life, as well…and secrets are an excellent protection against love. Will he do what it takes to hold on to his desert rose?

    Life in a Small French Village Episode Thirteen: Parents

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2018 13:16


    Middle class parents and their children Village parents and their children

    Life in a Small French Village Episode Twelve: The Evil Eye

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2018 13:56


    Local superstitions, the evil eye, a village sorcerer, incantations

    Life in a Small French Village Episode Eleven: Murder

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2018 16:06


    Changes in the village, a local murder, and a submarine car

    Life in a Small French Village Episode Ten: Meatballs

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2018 17:38


    Life in a Small French Village Episode Ten: Meatballs by Jill Culiner

    Mystery: Sad Summer in Biarritz Episode One

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2017 31:41


    A Canadian woman, hopes to change her life by moving to Biarritz. Having escaped a devastating relationship with the mentally unstable Dominique, she is determined to make new friends and find the perfect mate. But in this summer resort frequented by couples and families, available singles are lonely people, too often embittered by romantic failure. And if the young artist Vinnie has promised entry into local society, he remains an illusive figure. When Vinnie’s body surfaces at the Pointe des Fous new rumours circulate. Had he really been a fortune hunter, a seducer and blackmailer, or just a gentle, over-sensitive man, a loser in love and friendship? The police have concluded his death was accidental, but doesn’t everything point to murder? Or is the narrator over-reacting? Perhaps loneliness and isolation have made her suspicious, for love is as unattainable as ever, and threatening letters from Dominique are arriving with increasing frequency. Sad Summer in Biarritz, is a mystery, a story of the desperately lonely search for love, and a satirical portrait of French nouveau riche society in the 1980s. https://www.audiobooks.com/audiobook/sad-summer-in-biarritz/313714

    A Swan's Sweet Song Chapter One

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2017 22:16


    The instant Sherry and Carston meet, there’s desire and fascination in the air…but they’re complete opposites. Smart-talking Sherry fought her way up from poverty to stardom as a country music singer. Now, she’s ever in the limelight, ever surrounded by clamoring fans, male admirers, and paparazzi, and her spangled cowboy boots carry her all across the country, from one brightly lit stage to the next. A renowned but reclusive playwright, Carston cherishes his freedom, the silence of his home in the woods, and his solitary country walks. Any long-term commitment is obviously out of the question: how about a quick and passionate fling? But when their names are linked in the scandal press, Sherry’s plans to become an actress are revealed. Is their budding relationship doomed?

    Life in a Small French Village Episode Nine: Marriage

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2017 12:52


    Life in a Small French Village Episode Nine: Marriage by Jill Culiner

    Felicity's Power: Chapter One

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2017 20:06


    The evening Marek Sumner opened his door to the wild-looking Felicity Powers, he knew nothing would ever be the same again. But even love and passion couldn’t keep them together. Years later, having lived in the world’s most dangerous places as a foreign aid worker, Felicity is back, still offering love, passion, and adventure. But why would Marek risk having his heart broken a second time? Now a well-known author, he loves his calm, solitary life in an isolated farmhouse. He and Felicity are just too different; their relationship could never work. But Felicity is just as fascinating and joyful as ever, and that wonderful sexy magic is still there too. Can love be better the second time around? Felicity's Power by J. Arlene Culiner (The Wild Rose Press) http://www.amazon.com/Felicitys-Power-J-Arlene-Culiner-ebook/dp/B00TZABHQW https://www.audible.com/pd/Romance/Felicitys-Power-Audiobook/B072FVMTHH

    Life in a Small French Village Episode Eight- Neo-Rurals

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2017 17:24


    Life in a Small French Village Episode Eight- Neo-Rurals by Jill Culiner

    Life in a Small French Village Episode Seven: Madame Sawicki's Dream

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2017 13:50


    Sorcery and witchcraft in the villages and the modern manifestations

    Life in a Small French Village Episode Six: The Café

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2017 12:50


    Life in a Small French Village Episode Six: The Café by Jill Culiner

    Life in a Small French Village Episode Five: Roland

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2017 12:32


    Life in a Small French Village Episode Five: Roland by Jill Culiner

    Life in a Small French Village Episode Four: The Neighbours

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2017 16:47


    Life in a Small French Village Episode Four: The Neighbours by Jill Culiner

    Life in a Small French Village Episode Three: Rocard

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2017 16:49


    Life in a Small French Village Episode Three: Rocard by Jill Culiner

    Life in a Small French Village Episode Two: Dracula

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2017 13:46


    Life in a small French village with a few strange local characters

    Life in a Small French Village Episode One: Banane

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2017 12:56


    Life in a Small French Village Episode One: Banane by Jill Culiner

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