Website of Author Keith Maillard

Interviews

In 2006, when the University of British Columbia honoured me with the Dorothy Somerset Award (for the creative arts), they made this video interview. I began by talking about writing and teaching but, somewhat mysteriously, ended up talking about banjos.

ON COLLECTING BANJOS

I was interviewed by Erika Thorkelson on Episode 10 (March 19, 2013) of The Canadian Fiction Podcast (a series that is, unfortunately no longer going). I read a scene from Motet and discussed craft, character development, and writer’s block.
Episode 10, Canadian Fiction Podcast (March 19, 2013).

Keith Maillard, reading from Motet followed by interview with Erika Thorkelson.

Keith Maillard is the author of fifteen novels, one book of poetry, and two memoirs. He has won the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize and was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Literary Prize and the Governor General's Literary Awards. The Clarinet Polka was awarded the Creative Arts Prize by the Polish American Historical Association. Dementia Americana won the Gerald Lampert Award in 1995 for the Best First Book of Poetry Published in Canada.

Keith was born and raised in Wheeling, West Virginia, the inspiration for the fictional town of Raysburg which serves as the setting for many of his novels. He has been a musician, a contributor for CBC Radio, a freelance photographer, and a journalist. He teaches in the School of Creative Writing at the University of British Columbia.

Keith occasionally posts to Tumblr where he feels at home. If he has much to say, he is likely to say it on Blue Sky: @KeithMaillard.bsky.social

He always posts under his own name.