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This week, we are reframing fiction as truth-telling with novelist, playwright, and clothing line creator Claudia Dey. You'll hear our conversation filled with so many truths born of fiction, creating constraints to create, and the companionship of language. We talk about Claudia's newest novel Daughter, and Hamlet, and theatre school memories of Claudia's play Trout Stanley. We also get into how we can't waver from value systems in terms of what we put out in the world. For Claudia, that shows up in her books and her clothing brand. For us here, it's tied to who we bring on the show.Claudia Dey is a bestselling novelist, playwright, and essayist based in Toronto. She has written the novels Stunt, Heartbreaker, and Daughter, as well as the plays Beaver, The Gwendolyn Poems, and Trout Stanley. Other writing of hers has appeared in The Paris Review, The Believer, Toro, and The Globe and Mail. Claudia is also the co-founder of the clothing line Horses Atelier.Links:DaughterHorses AtelierFor more from Claudia, follow her on Instagram and take a look at her websiteWe love hearing from our listeners! Leave us a voice message, write to the show email, or send us a DM on any of our socials.If our conversations support you in your own reframing practice, please consider a donation on our Patreon, where you can also hear bonus episodes, or tipping us on Ko-fi. Subscribe to the Reframeables Newsletter. Follow us on TikTok, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube too.
Karma Brown looks at the evolution of the women's movement in her novel What Wild Women Do; Claudia Dey explores the intricacies of father-daughter relationships in her novel Daughter; why R.H. Thompson loves being part of a good story; and everything you need to know about the 2023 Scotiabank Giller Prize.
Claudia Dey's wry, furious new novel about a disfunctional family in thrall to their fickle patriarch, tallies the cost borne by women to produce one great literary man
Claudia Dey is the author of the novel Daughter, available from Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. Dey's previous novel, Heartbreaker, was a Northern Lit and Trillium Book Award finalist. It was named a best book of the year by multiple publications and is being adapted for television. Her plays have been produced internationally and nominated for the Governor General's, Dora Mavor Moore, and Trillium Book Awards. Dey has worked as a film actress, a guest artist at the National Theatre School, and an adjunct professor at the University of Toronto. Her fiction, interviews, and essays have appeared in The Paris Review ("Mothers as Makers of Death"), McSweeney's, Literary Hub, Hazlitt, and The Believer. *** Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly literary podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. Available where podcasts are available: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, etc. Subscribe to Brad Listi's email newsletter. Support the show on Patreon Merch @otherppl Instagram TikTok Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com The podcast is a proud affiliate partner of Bookshop, working to support local, independent bookstores. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Claudia Dey's novel Daughter is a stark and beautiful portrait of the complicated dynamic between a young artist and her father. Dey joins us to talk about creating the distinct voice of the novel, complicated family relationships, writing a novel that's true and more. I'm a Fan by Sheena Patel is a visceral look at one young woman's descent into the world of social media obsession with a sharp look at today's internet culture and what it means to exist online. Patel joins us to talk about the absurdity of internet fame, unlikable female characters, combining memes with literature and more. Listen in as these authors speak separately with guest host Jenna Seery. This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Jenna Seery and mixed by Harry Liang. Follow us here for new episodes Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays). Featured Books (Episode): Daughter by Claudia Dey I'm a Fan by Sheena Patel Heartbreaker by Claudia Dey Still Born by Guadalupe Nettel I Love Dick by Chris Kraus Motherhood by Sheila Heti Minor Feelings by Cathy Park Hong Life with Picasso by Françoise Gilot Intimacy by Hanif Kureishi
On this episode of the Richard Crouse Show we'll meet award-winning country artist Jason McCoy. He has racked up multiple CCMA and CMA awards along with a Gold album and CMA Global Artist Award (Nashville CMA). As the creator and front man of the best-selling band in Canadian Country Music history, The Road Hammers, Jason embarked on a journey through the Country Rock genre and guided the band to unprecedented success throughout Canada and the United States. Along the way, the band earned a Canadian Platinum-certified album, secured three CCMA Band of the Year awards, and a JUNO award. Jason McCoy joins me today to talk about being inducted into the Canadian Country Music Hall Of Fame and much more. Then, we'll meet Claudia Dey. She is a best-selling author, playwright, actor and the co-designer of women's clothing brand Horses Atelier. Her books have been listed as one of the Most Anticipated Books by Entertainment Weekly, The Millions, Publishers Weekly (starred review) and BuzzFeed. Her latest book is “Daughter,” a searing and hypnotic tour de force about a woman, long caught in her charismatic father's web, who strives to make a life—and art—of her own.
On this episode of the Richard Crouse Show we'll meet award-winning country artist Jason McCoy. He has racked up multiple CCMA and CMA awards along with a Gold album and CMA Global Artist Award (Nashville CMA). As the creator and front man of the best-selling band in Canadian Country Music history, The Road Hammers, Jason embarked on a journey through the Country Rock genre and guided the band to unprecedented success throughout Canada and the United States. Along the way, the band earned a Canadian Platinum-certified album, secured three CCMA Band of the Year awards, and a JUNO award. Jason McCoy joins me today to talk about being inducted into the Canadian Country Music Hall Of Fame and much more. Then, we'll meet Claudia Dey. She is a best-selling author, playwright, actor and the co-designer of women's clothing brand Horses Atelier. Her books have been listed as one of the Most Anticipated Books by Entertainment Weekly, The Millions, Publishers Weekly (starred review) and BuzzFeed. Her latest book is “Daughter,” a searing and hypnotic tour de force about a woman, long caught in her charismatic father's web, who strives to make a life—and art—of her own.
In this episode, fashion-insider, host Kristen Cole sits with the wildly brilliant multi-hyphenates Claudia Dey and Heidi Sopinka, founders and designers of HORSES Atelier, and accomplished authors, to indulge in some favorite fashion in fiction. Kristen gets to geek out over the fashion and prose in *must-reads* Heartbreaker by Claudia Dey and Utopia by Heidi Sopinka, and some all-time fashion moment classics in C.S. Lewis, J.D. Salinger, and Roald Dahl; while Claudia and Heidi nerd out over fashion in Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan novels, Orlando by Virginia Woolf, James Salter's Light Years and everyone's favorite, Anne of Green Gables. The women discuss: "fashion as a form of autobiography", the role of vintage in their friendship, design and ethos and the HORSES values set around beauty, utility, wildness and endurance. They also talk about the cosmic founding of the brand, favorite spots in Toronto "like Brooklyn without Manhattan", their atelier practice, what's on their mood boards, prairie dresses, punk dressing, wildness and rebellion, Simone de Beauvoir, Judy Chicago, swans, donkeys, amazing cocktails, dressing their characters, creativity, connecting to life through observation, clothing as "soft armor", and what they are both reading now. "Fashion can be seen as frivolous, but it's also profound and emotional." -HORSES. Kristen also touches on what she's reading (and hopes to be beach-reading soon), NYC sample sales, Palm Beach retail, fashion in context, the perfect summer necklace, the dangers of working in SoHo... and more.
Today's episode is a Mother's Day special featuring an audio montage from Dear Seekers' past conversations with five writers who mother- Victoria Chang, Claudia Dey, Harriet Alida Lye, Chidiogo Akunyili-Parr and Heidi Sopinka.Subscribe on Substack to gain early access to all of our podcast conversations, plus exclusive essays and letters.Leave us a review or comment on Spotify or Apple podcast.Connect with us on Instagram at Dear Seekers. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Tornano i Libri a Colacione, la rubrica di Tutto Esaurito su Radio 105! Questa settimana: Heartbreaker di Claudia Dey e Invisibili di Caroline Criado Perez.→ Scopri come funziona l'editoria! http://www.edday.it → Leggi? Ti aspetto su BookBlister! http://www.bookblister.com → Scrivi? Ti aspetto su https://www.berettamazzotta.it
Tornano i Libri a Colacione, la rubrica di Tutto Esaurito su Radio 105! Questa settimana: Heartbreaker di Claudia Dey e Invisibili di Caroline Criado Perez.→ Scopri come funziona l’editoria! http://www.edday.it → Leggi? Ti aspetto su BookBlister! http://www.bookblister.com → Scrivi? Ti aspetto su https://www.berettamazzotta.it
Tornano i Libri a Colacione, la rubrica di Tutto Esaurito su Radio 105! Questa settimana: Heartbreaker di Claudia Dey e Invisibili di Caroline Criado Perez. → Leggi? Ti aspetto su BookBlister! http://www.bookblister.com → Scrivi? Ti aspetto su https://www.berettamazzotta.it
L'ultimo romanzo pubblicato da Black Coffee è stato definito una stella nera che brilla di umorismo mordace e seducente originalità. È vero: l'autrice canadese Claudia Dey nel suo "Heartbreaker" racconta una realtà nella quale è surreale entrare ma è impossibile - o quasi - uscire. Sia per chi la vive che per chi la legge. La McMusa ne racconta uno spaccato.La sigla è dei Drunken Rollers, le musiche di Monplaisir.
Kitchen Windows is a side-project of the Sunday Night Dinner podcast. In this time of Covid-19 and social isolation, it’s a chance to have a brief look into the kitchens of writers, musicians, chefs, artists and health-care superstars. What can they see out their window? What are they cooking for comfort? Who are they with? How do they spend their days? Claudia Dey is a writer and the co-founder of the design studio and clothing brand Horses Atelier. Her latest novel is Heartbreaker. Don Kerr is a musician and record producer. He played in the Rheostatics for a number of years, and he’s the drummer and lead singer of the band, Communism. Their song, Take Care of Each Other should be the anthem of the pandemic. Dove and Austin are their sons. You can find Claudia’s gorgeous store, Horses Atelier, at: horsesatelier.com The song “Take Care of Each Other” is from Communism’s album Get Down Get Together, and features Don on drums and vocals; Kevin Lacroix on bass and vocals; and Paul Linklater on guitar and vocals. Kurt Swinghammer rocks the guitar in their live shows. You can find more information about Sistering, a shelter that supports under-housed women at: sistering.org All other music written and performed by JJ Ipsen.
Shakura DicksonShakura is a Toronto based actor and playwright. Most Recently, she appeared in Mirvish Productions’ presentation of Dear Evan Hansen, and appears in Factory Theatre’s Trout Stanley.Twitter: @shakooksTrout Stanley It’s the eve of twins Sugar and Grace Ducharme’s 30th birthday and the 10th anniversary of their parents’ deaths, the local Scrabble Champ Stripper has gone missing, and mysterious drifter Trout Stanley arrives looking for love…and a lake. Experience the wild, touching, and hysterically funny play that took New York by storm from Governor General’s Award-nominated playwright and novelist, Claudia Dey, returning to Factory’s Mainspace 14 years after its Toronto premiere at Factory. A story of Northern Proportions, Trout Stanley is about the secrets that bind us and finding love wherever you can. And snails.www.factorytheatre.ca Twitter: @factorytoronto Tickets: https://www.factorytheatre.ca/2019-20-season/trout-stanley/
Photo of Jason by Lauren Koyln I first stumbled Jason Logan’s work through the social media channels of Horses Atelier, a clothing line run by Canadian writers Claudia Dey and Heidi Sopinka, who happens to be Jason’s
Gen and Jette talk about Toronto-based author Claudia Dey's latest novel, Heartbreaker. "An isolated town. The remains of a mysterious cult. And a woman who disappears." Show Notes: If you're in Toronto, hit up Book City. Do you remember who shot JR? This podcast was born at Page One Cafe. We miss David Bowie. Ajax is awesome. How's your Canadian geography these days? Go listen to Claudia Dey's Heartbreaker playlist and immerse yourself in the novel.
Pony Darlene Fontaine is 15 years old, on the phone with her best friend watching Teen Psychic when her mother, Billie Jean Fontaine, leaves her bedroom for the first time in months. Billie Jean walks out of the front door, gets in her truck, and vanishes. The Territory, population 400, is a settlement founded decades ago by a charismatic cult leader, and it has been cut off from the world ever since. The residents of this strange town think the year is 1985. They crimp their hair, wear shoulder pads, listen to Whitesnake on their Walkmans, and have no contact with anyone from the outside world. Except for Billie Jean, the first stranger they took in as their own. And now, Pony fears, Billie Jean has become the first resident to leave. Heartbreaker is a novel about the deeply moving relationship between a mother and a daughter—and about the dark secrets they kept from one another. When Billie Jean disappears, Pony and her father frantically try to piece together memories from the months leading up to her disappearance and make sense of her actions. The search for Billie Jean takes us on a high-voltage ride through the complex impulses of the human heart. Told through three unforgettable points of view––Billie Jean’s daughter, her killer dog, and her mysterious friend––Claudia Day's novel is as devastating as it is touching and funny. With electrifying prose, it gradually reveals a portrait of a woman who must keep secrets and reinvent herself in order to survive, and a daughter who will do whatever it takes to untangle those mysteries to find her beloved mother.
Author Claudia Dey talks about her haunting new novel Heartbreaker, which is out now via Harper Collins, her interest in music and fashion design, how her own role as a mother and wife may have inspired her work, and much more! Supported by Pizza Trokadero, the Bookshelf, Planet Bean Coffee, and Grandad's Donuts.
I had long heard about Claudia Dey, one of the two best dressed Torontonians, with the other being her best friend Heidi Sopinka. But it wasn't until I started doing my homework for this interview and met Claudia in her beautiful and charismatic home that I came to realize that Claudia is truly an interestingly oppositional woman. She is gentle yet firm, child-like yet serious, chaotic yet orderly, dark yet joyful. Even herself, Claudia admits that she is always drawn to people who embrace the beauty of being multidimensional and contrary.It's safe to say Claudia's life is first and foremost amongst hats and books. Her essays have been published in The Paris Review, The Believer alongside many other elegant magazines. With the success from her first Novel, Stunt - being one of Globe & Mail and Quill & Quire Books of the Year 2008, Claudia's second novel Heartbreaker has been listed as one of the most anticipated novels in 2018.During our conversation, Claudia expresses her relationship with a hat that was given to her by her mother when she was a teen; explains why she thinks writer is an "invisible profession"; and shares the art of being an artist.Connect with us on Instagram and Spotify. Leave us a review/comment on i-tune.For a chance to be included in the next episode, share your questions, comments or stories by recording something with your phone and send the MP3 file to hey@dearseekers.comMusic:Friday Morning by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100224Artist: http://incompetech.com/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Having performed from her hometown of Brantford, Ontario to Singapore, Melody has enjoyed moving from dramatic to comedic roles for over the last twenty years. Soon after graduating with a BFA from York University’s Theatre Performance program she began work with now Artistic Director of the Tarragon Theatre, Richard Rose on the Manitoba Theatre Centres’ The Glass Menagerie. Melody then became one of a core group of actors with Necessary Angel Theatre Company. The group dedicated themselves to bringing new Canadian plays to life, (It’s All True, Swollen Tongues, and The Piper). Having worked with many of Canada’s most respected theatre companies, Melody has originated many memorable theatre roles such as Sugar in Claudia Dey’s Trout Stanley for Factory Theatre, Olive/Eva in Jason Sherman’s It’s All True for Tarragon Theatre and a Dora win for the titular role of Mercy in Little Mercy’s First Murder/Tarragon-Shaw Festival. Other favourites include: Assassins for Talk is Free/Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, 7 Stories/ Theatre Calgary/CanStage (Betty Mitchell award nomination), In the Next Room Tarragon/MTC, Florence Gibson's I Think I Can YPT/National Arts Centre, Our Town/Two Planks and a Passion (Merrit Award nomination), Blithe Spirit/Soulpepper. Logging 8 Dora nominations for acting over the years Melody also co created the musical Mimi with Rick Roberts and Allen Cole for the Tarragon Theatre in 2009.www.melodyjohnson.ca Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Melody-Johnson-214058295823079/ Tickets to Person of Interest: http://www.tarragontheatre.com/show/person-of-interest/Stageworthy:http://www.stageworthypodcast.com Twitter @stageworthyPod Facebook: http://facebook.com/stageworthyPod
Playwright, author and Globe and Mail columnist Claudia Dey joins Mandy in the bathroom at Jane Bond in Waterloo after Claudia's reading from her new book, How to Be a Bush Pilot! So much fun! I HEART MISS CLAUDIA DEY xo