Podcast appearances and mentions of johanna schneller

Welcome to the Kobo ReWriting Life Podcast! Alongside your regularly scheduled Kobo Writing Life podcast episode releases, we will also be featuring some highlights from our backlist. For the fourth episode of this series, we're happy to share this episode featuring Robert Harris from November 2016. Originally hosted at Kobo's former headquarters in Toronto (don't worry, we're still in Toronto; we've just moved!), this interview features author Robert Harris in conversation with journalist Johanna Schneller, as well as Pieter Swinkels, former Chief Content Officer at Kobo. This interview offers some insights into Robert's research process and writing routine, and we also get to hear all about his inspiration for Conclave, amongst much more! Find out more on Robert's website, follow Johanna Schneller on X/Twitter, and check out Robert's books on Kobo.

Why does the serious man movie always get the nod? On the eve of the Oscars, Johanna Schneller says some things don't change. Hence Oppenheimer getting the glory and Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie getting snubbed. Wendy and Mo have different thoughts on the movie, but really? Barbie was huge! We talk to Johanna about Girl Power, why we love celebrities, and why Mean Girls may go on forever. But don't worry, there are lots of reveals about getting famous people to open up. Johanna is one of the top entertainment journalists in the world. We read her in the Globe & Mail, but also Vanity Fair, GQ, IN Style. She's profiled Brad Pitt, Robert Downey Jr., Liam Neeson, Julia Roberts. She's a screenwriter, with 4 major adapted screenplays, hosted The Filmmakers for CBC and TVO's Saturday Night at the Movies! She's co-written books about Toronto mayor Rob Ford, and transgender cyclist Kristen Worley. And, most recently The Last Doctor: Lessons in Living from the Front Lines of Medical Assistance in Dying. Johanna is married to writer Ian Brown, they have two children, including their son Walker, who was born with a rare and serious genetic disorder. You Can watch this episode on YouTube. A Transcription of this episode is located on our episode page. We love writing and would love for you to read what we write. Sign Up for our Substack Newsletter. If you would like to support the show, we do have partner opportunities available. Please email Wendy and Maureen at womenofir@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A feature interview with Dr. Jean Marmoreo, the co-author (along with journalist Johanna Schneller) of "The Last Doctor: Lessons in Living from the Front Lines of Medical Assistance in Dying." As one of the first practitioners of MAiD, Marmoreo talks about the thoughtful and human stories behind Canada's evolving laws and values around medical assistance in dying.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When aliens attack, an Indigenous hamlet just beneath the arctic circle seems like the perfect place to body snatch. But nestled between the stunning mountains and frigid waters are a rag-tag squad of teen girls armed with weapons and killer gateway horror knowledge. This week, we're joined by a special 14-year-old guest to review a film made by, of and for the native tribes of Nunavut. Also - an upcoming cannibal movie features the worst phony American accent of all time and Anna and The Apocalypse makes drops on Shudder. Articles mentioned in this episode: "Slash/Back shows how Indigenous creators get things done despite 'unlimited barriers'" by Jackson Weaver for CBC News "Slash/Back's debut in the otherworldly hamlet of Pangnirtung, Nunavut, was its most important yet, director says," by Kelly Grant for The Globe and Mail "‘I can't die, I haven't made this movie yet!': Nyla Innuksuk's life-or-death fight to make Slash/Back," by Johanna Schneller for The Globe and Mail

Host Piya Chattopadhyay breaks down the ballot box questions ahead of Quebec's provincial election with columnists Yves Boisvert and Emilie Nicolas, Kent Monkman questions the canon of Candian art, Dr. Jean Marmoreo and journalist Johanna Schneller navigate the complexity of MAID, and we launch our new brain game: That's Puzzling! Discover more at https://www.cbc.ca/1.6602297

A must read before discussing your end-of-life wishes with loved ones and doctors. In The Last Doctor, Dr. Jean Marmoreo, a MAiD provider, and author Johanna Schneller offer amazing stories about  life, death, dignity and the complexities of the Canadian medical and political systems - on this week's No Nonsense. 

An early delivery of their son catches Ian Brown and his wife Johanna Schneller by surprise. Their son Walker is born with a rare genetic disorder, which went undetected in the womb. His condition will impact everything from walking to talking to eating. And life changes, completely.

Johanna Schneller has created a name for herself as as an entertainment journalist writing for the Globe and Mail as well as Toronto Star. She's a television movies host, a subject (in part) of a stage play, the longtime partner of writer/journalist/broadcaster Ian Brown - and she's been a good friend for at least a decade. I trust this woman's taste in film. Here she is with Louis and I chatting A Fish Called Wanda and Tootsie.

This week, Johanna Schneller, host of CBC's 'The Filmmakers', returns to discuss another one of her favourites, 1986's 'Heartburn'. Based on the novel by Nora Ephron, this movie stars Meryl and Jack Nicholson. We discuss their on-screen relationship, as well Johanna's history with the film, including living on the Upper East Side of New York and seeing where they filmed it. And just wait until you hear Emily's opinions on brunette Meryl and Danita's take on whether or not Jack is charming. Also, that Carly Simon song is A JAM. Let us know what you think of the episode at whataboutmeryl@gmail.com and make sure to like/follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram and listen/subscribe to us on iTunes, SoundCloud, and Stitcher. Be sure to check out the upcoming slate of Meryl films coming to Hollywood Suite!

Episode 85 of the KWL Podcast contains an interview with Scacchi Koul conducted by Johanna Schneller about Scacchi's new book One Day We'll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter. Please note that this interview contains adult language which might not be appropriate for all listening audiences. In the interview, Johanna and Scaachi talk about: The story behind Scacchi's Twitter profile picture How Scacchi inherited her sense of humor from her father and the role humor has played in her life How men always get to be “complicated” while women are “difficult” The sixth grade writing assignment that might have been the spark to Scacchi's writing career How “sitting in a room pouring out bitterness” might be the only possible job she could have based on her skill set How most of the content of the book is taboo to her family The topic of “shaking up complacent white media” and a discussion about the fiery debate in the Canadian literary community over race, representation and free speech after a short column titled “Winning the Appropriation Prize” was published in early May The right amount of time required before writing something; the concept of comedy being just tragedy after time. Scacchi's concern over having just the right balance of humor for this book and the interesting back and forths between writer and editor The use of “being arranged” as a verb when referring to arranged marriages How The Walrus was a magazine that changed Scaachi's life and made her want to be a writer, and how, with recent events, all that has changed in a significant way The writers who mattered to Scaachi How Scaachi went into writing because she thought it might help other people feel less lonely   Scaachi Koul's Website: scaachi.com/odwabdanotwm Scaachi Koul on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Scaachi Scaachi Koul at BuzzFeed - scaachi.koul@buzzfeed.com   Other Links of Interest:  The Appropriation Prize Controversy

In a special *mini* episode, Johanna Schneller, columnist for the Toronto Star/Globe & Mail/Metro, joins us again to talk about what else? More Meryl! She discusses her interview at the Royal Ontario Museum in 2009, how it happened, and an amazing letter addressed to her signed by Streep herself. We also talk about Em's missed opportunity to meet her :(Don't forget to check us out on iTunes, SoundCloud, and Stitcher and like/follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram! We'll be back to our regular scheduled program next monday with Kramer vs. Kramer!

Ian Brown is a noted, award winning journalist, broadcaster and author. He is the recipient of countless awards for his non-fiction writing including the book, The Boy In The Moon: A Father’s Search For His Disabled Son, which chronicles his relationship with his son Walker, a boy living with a rare genetic disorder. Getting a chance to sit down and discuss a double-movie bill with Ian is a rare treat if not even a bit intimidating I’ve known of Ian for many years, dating back to my Harbourfront Author Festival Days when when I first encountered Ian holding court with a number of his peers regaling them with stories of his exploits and adventures. Since then I’ve gotten to know Ian somewhat better through his writings, his many stints as an on-air CBC host and through my friend Johanna Schneller, Ian’s longtime-companion and wife. His charm, his wit, his mass appeal is all here to hear in this podcast when Ian joins us to talk about his choice of movies for his double-bill - Truffaut’s Stolen Kisses and Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction.

We break away from the Meryl Box in honour of our special guest, Movie/TV Columnist (Globe & Mail, Metro, Toronto Star) Johanna Schneller! She joins us to talk 2002's meta-comedy 'Adaptation' and discuss Meryl's take on author Susan Orlean, Chris Cooper's sexiness, and Nicolas Cage embodying Charlie Kaufman's writer's block (not to mention his weight problem, which Meryl points out hilariously). Make sure to follow and like us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram and subscribe to us on iTunes, SoundCloud, or Stitcher.

Executive Vice President of Publisher Relations and Content at Kobo, Pieter Swinkels introduces a live on stage at Kobo “Kobo in Conversation” interview of Robert Harris about his latest book, Conclave. (As an interesting aside, Pieter was, at one time, Robert's publisher in the Netherlands). Robert is interviewed by Toronto pop culture columnist, film journalist and television personality, Johanna Schneller. In the interview Johanna and Robert discuss: Brexit and how, though the public events surrounding Brexit are possible fodder for a forthcoming Robert Harris novel, he prefers to wait perhaps 10 or 20 years after such an event, because after such time, you can more properly see the patterns a lot more easily when you're not as involved in them The research involved in writing about a papal conclave, the oldest, most secretive election in the world, starting with the request for permission to see the places that aren't normally open to the public The overwhelming majesty of the setting of the Sistine Chapel and the Apostolic Palace The bunker-like setting that the cardinals are sequestered in and the similarities to an Agatha Christie cottage mystery setting The enormous power of the internet when it comes to researching a book such as this one, and how the entire process of gathering that research being hugely sped up The writing routine that Robert Harris employs, starting with research How this particular novel was written between January and July of this past year Harris's daily writing routine of starting sometime around 7 or 8 AM and then finishing at about half past noon, and his belief that one can do only about four hours or so of hard creative work A reference to the Stephen King quote about the “boys in the basement” who are hard at work for a writer when the writer is not sitting at their writing desk Harris's strong belief in deadlines and how the fear and adrenaline helps him produce A look into one of Harris's earliest books, the non-fiction title Selling Hitler, an investigation of the “Hitler Diaries” scandal, which was published in 1986, and how it led to the author's evolution into writing novels   Kobo Writing Life Director Mark Lefebvre then talks about something Robert Harris mentioned in the interview – the concept of the deadline and how he saw that fear and adrenaline as important elements in the creative process for him as a writer. Lefebvre talks about his own experience writing to deadline on his own non-fiction works and then considers the concept of NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) and that 30 day deadline to write a prescribed number of words (50,000). He talks about the critical nature of that imposed “deadline” and how it can help a writer actually sit down and get words written.   LINKS OF INTEREST Robert Harris's website Johanna Schneller on Twitter Robert's books on Kobo

Kobo recently held a special event in downtown Toronto for some of its best customers, avid readers and fans of Michael Connelly. Special guests had a chance to meet one another for cocktails and snacks, mingle, get books signed, and listen to an on-stage interview with Michael Connelly, who was interviewed by by Johanna Schneller. Some of the fascinating things you'll find out in this entertaining interview with Michael Connelly include: How Michael's mother gave him his first book to read, how, as a child he was introverted and loved to read and earned the nickname "the book addict" The perspective that a writer's job is often being "the observer" Michael's role as a journalism and crime reporter, including the months he spent interviewing survivors of the Delta 191 Crash (131 people died and 29 people survived) and the quote from one of the survivors that still sticks with Michael today The first two books that Michael wrote, which he considered part of the learning process before crafting his third novel, which was the one he knew was good enough and was sent off to be published (and which ended up winning the Edgar Award for best first novel The advice from Michael's agent and editor to keep his head down and write his next novel, which allowed him to have his second novel already turned in by the time the first novel (The Black Echo) came out How Michael waited until several novels had been published before quitting his day job Michael's thoughts on the 150 newspapers that ran stories on then president Bill Clinton walking out of a bookstore carrying his novel The Concrete Blonde Having an iconic actor like Clint Eastwood involved in the creation of the movie Blood Work, based on one of Michael's novels The "fourth wall" mention in The Crossing of the movie version of The Lincoln Lawyer Reflections on being one of the guest authors (along with Stephen J. Cannell, James Patterson, and Dennis Lehane) who makes semi-regular appearances on the ABC television series Castle as one of Richard Castle's poker buddies The mosaic by which Michael's most popular character, Hieronymus “Harry” Bosch is, in many ways, similar to the complex and multi-compositional paintings by the famous painter of the same name Michael's approach towards writing every single day, particularly when he is going through the process of a first draft The casting of Titus Welliver in the lead role as Harry Bosch in the Bosch series, Michael's role in suggesting him, and the manner by which Welliver may not "look" like the outer Harry Bosch Connelly has written about, but how he definitely looks like the "inner" Harry Bosch and how he very effectively displays the angst and internal turmoil that makes Bosch who he is Collaborative writing and Michael's reflections on having done that in the past (both in text writing as well as in working on the Bosch series) Where Michael writes most often and the answer to the question of whether he prefers a typewriter or a computer when writing a novel How Michael knows the beginning and has a really good sense of the end when he sits down to write the first draft of a novel, and the intriguing discovery process that the writing becomes for him The fact that Michael is a major re-writer, who usually writes three drafts of a novel How he knows whether a novel will be a "Haller" or a "Bosch" novel The aural inspirational process that Michael uses to write. How Michael has aged Harry in real time, leading to natural progressions, such as his recent retirement The reason why Harry Bosch continues to remain alone and single, despite many highs and lows of relationships over the years Kobo Writing Life Director Mark Lefebvre then talks about Michael's mention of one of his sources of inspiration by connecting with lawyers and police officers. He reflects on how a writer who is open to connecting with and listening to professionals not only has the resources to create better writing, but also brings a sense of community to the overall writing and overall proces Link to Michael Connelly's books on Kobo Michael Connelly's Website