Esta Spalding, Melanie Florence and Kenneth Oppel
Esta Spalding and Melanie Florence embrace motherhood, Kenneth Oppel and Mouna Traoré dive back in time, Hawksley Workman and Michael Hingston get ready for the cold holiday season, and Judy Batalion shares the oddest job she's ever had.
On this episode: (1) Why Esta Spalding employed a 10-year-old editor (2) How Melanie Florence turned the stories of missing and murdered Indigenous women into a children's book (3) Why was Kenneth Oppel digging up dinosaur bones in Alberta? (4) How a family recipe became a Hawksley Workman song — then a storybook (5) Mouna Traoré reveals what she's reading on set (6) Judy Batalion on the oddest job she's ever had (7) Tired of Christmas chocolate? Try the Short Story Advent Calendar.