The author Bill Stenson discusses his new fiction collection Half Brothers and Other Stories (Mother Tongue Publishing, 2021), with Joseph Planta.

Half Brothers and Other Stories by Bill Stenson (Mother Tongue Publishing, 2021). Click to buy this book from Mother Tongue: Half-Brothers

Text of introduction by Joseph Planta:

I am Planta: On the Line, in Vancouver, British Columbia, at TheCommentary.ca.

Bill Stenson joins me again. The writer and educator has just published a new collection, Half Brothers and Other Stories. It contains four short stories and a novella. These are stories set in the Cowichan Valley, where he joins me from today. I’ll ask him about this part of British Columbia, and what Island life means to him. I’ll ask him about reading and its part in writing, and more. Bill Stenson won the Great BC Novel contest with his novel Ordinary Strangers. He first appeared on this program when it was published in 2018. His work has been published in various publications. He was a teacher of English and creative writing in high schools, the Victoria School of Writing, and the University of Victoria. The website for more is at www.billstenson.com. This new book is from Mother Tongue Publishing. Please welcome back to the Planta: On the Line program, Bill Stenson; Mr. Stenson, good morning.

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