Sep 22, 2015 | Featured Media Audio, His Whole Life, Press Coverage, Reader Resources
Shelagh Rogers did an on-stage interview with me about His Whole Life for The First Chapter, her CBC Radio books program. We spoke on a beautiful Saturday afternoon at the Woody Point Writers’ Festival in Woody Point, Newfoundland. Listen to our...
Sep 9, 2015 | His Whole Life, Press Coverage, Reader Resources
The Globe and Mail interviewed me about His Whole Life and about which books have meant the most to me. The first question they asked was why I wrote my new novel (later I got to talk about big-band music, Pauline Kael’s fearless movie reviews, and a sexy...
Aug 12, 2015 | His Whole Life, Postings, Press Coverage, Reader Resources
CBC Books runs a series of short interviews in which authors ask the questions. For instance, Alexi Zentner asks, “What’s your worst writing habit?” My answer: “Rewriting the first page so often it becomes pathetic.” You can read the...
Aug 12, 2015 | His Whole Life, Postings, Press Coverage, Reader Resources
“Hay explores power of regret in new novel.” Peter Robb’s article in the Ottawa Citizen, based on an interview with me, gives the background for His Whole Life. He writes, “Hay grapples with profound emotions in her books. That is why she...
Dec 19, 2012 | Alone in the Classroom, News Item, Postings
Trevor Cole’s excellent website has over one hundred author readings, recorded and framed by Trevor himself. The readings are blessedly short, five minutes or so in length. You can listen without having to trek to a public reading, you can extricate yourself...