Interviews
Six Questions for PS I Love You
The last couple of years have provided for one wild ride for Kingston’s “distorto-indie rock duo” PS I Love You (Paul Saulnier and Benjamin Nelson). The band was catapulted from the relative obscurity of our local music landscape by their highly acclaimed 2011 release Meet Me At the Muster Station, which afforded them international tours, [...]
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Six Questions for Pelt
I first heard Pelt during half time at the opening bout of The Kingston Derby Girls two years ago. I had heard the name before but had yet to see this band, and to be honest, I was there to check out the roller derby, so the rockin’ show these talented folks put on was [...]
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The Five People You (Want to) Meet in Kingston
The final exam in my first year French class included a 15 minute conversational interview, where the challenge was to wow the prof with a long-winded response to a single question. The questions were, as you’d expect, very open ended. And as luck would have it, I drew the age old noodle scratcher: if you [...]
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Six Questions for Jason Anderson
Jason Anderson has been the Kingston Canadian Film Festival’s Director of Programming since 2009. He regularly writes about movies and the arts for such publications as The Grid, the Toronto Star, the Globe and Mail, Cinema Scope and Artforum.com. His writing has also been published by The Walrus, Toronto Life, Chatelaine, Toro, Entertainment Weekly and [...]
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Six Questions for Rebecca Anweiler
I have seen Rebecca around town at various functions. She tells me we bumped into each other at a past Kingston AIDS Walk for Life. Which is apparently how her ReelOut story began. ReelOut Queer Film + Video Festival is now in it’s 13th year in Kingston staring on January 26thto February 5th. This year, [...]
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Best of 2011: Six Questions for Steven Heighton
In the wake of Writers Fest, our readers were treated to numerous interviews with the likes of Michael Lista, Sarah Tsiang, Diane Schoemperlen and of course, Steven Heighton. As luck would have it, many folks interested in Heighton’s work were attracted to our interview, which went on to record a very high level of traffic. [...]
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Best of 2011: Six Questions for Ted Hsu
Over the next two weeks, Kingstonist will be counting down our best posts from 2011. The list includes a diverse mix of topics that are near and dear to the hearts of our volunteer contributors. Rest assured, we’re already working on some interesting stories for 2012, but we’re suckers for best of and top 10 [...]
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Six Questions for Diane Schoemperlen
Diane Schoemperlen will be the Writer in Residence at Queen’s University for the Winter 2012 term. Frequenting the city of Kingston at literary events, such as the Kingston WritersFest, poetry readings, and the university campus, it seemed high time to ask Diane what she is up to! An established novelist, Governor General Award winner, and [...]
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Six Questions for Bill Fitsell
John Walter (Bill) Fitsell is a local author who is widely considered as the dean of Canadian hockey historians. The founding president of the Society for International Hockey Research, Fitsell also serves as the historian for the International Hockey Hall of Fame. A former Whig-Standard columnist, he has also written four books including: Hockey’s Captains, [...]
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Six Questions for Sarah Tsiang
Sarah Yi-Mei Tsiang was launching her children’s book, Dogs Don’t Eat Jam, when I first met her, though I had interviewed her over the phone about a week prior. She was telling parents and children that the most important lessons in life were “how to burp and how to make the perfect snowball.” Yet, her verses voice [...]
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