Greg Bechtel's guest appearances

Greg Bechtel

The Skiffy and Fanty Show

Signal Boost

Writing the Coast: BC and Yukon Book Prizes Podcast

CrWCast

Alasdair Stuart

Bill Richardson

Valerie Mason-John

Luke Skywalker

Aaron Chapman

Scott Lynch

Stephen Graham Jones

Tommy Chong

James Baldwin

Don Bluth

Charles Stross

Kathryn Bigelow

David Robertson

Michael Lee

Nalo Hopkinson

OwlTail

ABOUT THIS EPISODE:In this episode, host Megan Cole talks to Greg Bechtel, the Berton House Writer-in-Residence, who arrived in Dawson City on in December 2019 and has been there ever since. In their conversation Greg talks about how being at the Berton House has impacted his writing and how he's feeling about leaving Yukon after a year.ABOUT GREG BECHTEL:Greg Bechtel’s debut story collection, Boundary Problems, won the Alberta Book of the Year Award for trade fiction and was a finalist for the ReLit Award, the William L. Crawford Fantasy Award, and the City of Edmonton's Robert Kroetsch Book Prize. Since 2011, he has taught English Literature, Creative Writing, and Writing Studies at the University of Alberta, where he completed his PhD on Canadian syncretic fantasy.Since January 2020, Greg has been serving as Writer in Residence at the Berton House Writers' Retreat in Dawson City, Yukon, where he was originally scheduled to remain for three months while working on a new novel about amnesia, climate refugees, ghost-possession, and polyamorous relationships set in a future Edmonton. When the global pandemic hit and lockdowns began in March, he offered to stay on until it was safe to bring in new writers from outside the territory. As of the writing of this bio in February 2021, he is still there.ABOUT MEGAN COLE:Megan Cole the Director of Audience Development for the BC and Yukon Book Prizes. She is also a writer based in Powell River, British Columbia. She also works at the Powell River Public Library as the teen services coordinator where she gets to combine her love for books and writing with a love for her community. Megan has worked as a freelance journalist and is working on a memoir which tackles themes of gender and mental health. Find out more about Megan at megancolewriter.comABOUT THE PODCAST:Writing the Coast is recorded and produced on the traditional territory of the Tla'amin Nation. As a settler on these lands, Megan Cole finds opportunities to learn and listen to the stories from those whose land was stolen.Writing the Coast is a recorded series of conversations, readings, and insights into the work of the writers, illustrators, and creators whose books are nominated for the annual BC and Yukon Book Prizes. We'll also check in on people in the writing community who are supporting books, writers and readers every day. The podcast is produced and hosted by Megan Cole.

ABOUT THIS EPISODE: In this episode, host Megan Cole talks to Greg Bechtel, the Berton House Writer-in-Residence, who arrived in Dawson City on in December 2019 and has been there ever since. In their conversation Greg talks about how being at the Berton House has impacted his writing and how he's feeling about leaving Yukon after a year. ABOUT GREG BECHTEL: Greg Bechtel’s debut story collection, Boundary Problems, won the Alberta Book of the Year Award for trade fiction and was a finalist for the ReLit Award, the William L. Crawford Fantasy Award, and the City of Edmonton's Robert Kroetsch Book Prize. Since 2011, he has taught English Literature, Creative Writing, and Writing Studies at the University of Alberta, where he completed his PhD on Canadian syncretic fantasy. Since January 2020, Greg has been serving as Writer in Residence at the Berton House Writers' Retreat in Dawson City, Yukon, where he was originally scheduled to remain for three months while working on a new novel about amnesia, climate refugees, ghost-possession, and polyamorous relationships set in a future Edmonton. When the global pandemic hit and lockdowns began in March, he offered to stay on until it was safe to bring in new writers from outside the territory. As of the writing of this bio in February 2021, he is still there. ABOUT MEGAN COLE: Megan Cole the Director of Audience Development for the BC and Yukon Book Prizes. She is also a writer based in Powell River, British Columbia. She also works at the Powell River Public Library as the teen services coordinator where she gets to combine her love for books and writing with a love for her community. Megan has worked as a freelance journalist and is working on a memoir which tackles themes of gender and mental health. Find out more about Megan at <a href="http://megancolewriter.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megancolewriter.com</a> ABOUT THE PODCAST: Writing the Coast is recorded and produced on the traditional territory of the Tla'amin Nation. As a settler on these lands, Megan Cole finds opportunities to learn and listen to the stories from those whose land was stolen. Writing the Coast is a recorded series of conversations, readings, and insights into the work of the writers, illustrators, and creators whose books are nominated for the annual BC and Yukon Book Prizes. We'll also check in on people in the writing community who are supporting books, writers and readers every day. The podcast is produced and hosted by Megan Cole.

S2 Episode 42: Greg Bechtel talks about being at the Berton House for over a year

For our first guest speaking event of 2021, our VP External Bree interviewed Dr. Greg Bechtel about speculative fiction.Dr. Bechtel is an Assistant Lecturer at the University of Alberta. His first story collection, Boundary Problems, won the Alberta Book of the Year Award for trade fiction, and was a finalist for the William L. Crawford Fantasy Award, the ReLit Award, and the City of Edmonton Robert Kroetsch Book Prize.Listen in on their conversation about contemporary spec-fic, the nature of the community it creates, and it’s place in the literary world. This interview was followed by an audience question period. If you want to know more about our guest or any of the works/media discussed in this episode, we’ve linked them below. Dr. Bechtel’s website: http://gregbechtel.ca/ Greg Bechtel’s Boundary Problems: https://www.audreys.ca/?searchtype=keyword&amp;qs=Greg+Bechtel&amp;qs_file=&amp;q=h.tviewer&amp;using_sb=status&amp;qsb=keyword Greg Bechtel’s Our Villains, Ourselves: On SF, Villainy, and … Margaret Atwood?: https://ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/wordhoard/article/view/7195/5893 C.J. Lavigne’s In Veritas: https://www.glassbookshop.com/?searchtype=keyword&amp;qs=In+Veritas&amp;qs_file=&amp;q=h.tviewer&amp;using_sb=status&amp;qsb=keyword Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone’s This is How You Lose the Time War: https://www.glassbookshop.com/?searchtype=keyword&amp;qs=This+is+How+You+Lose+the+Time+War&amp;qs_file=&amp;q=h.tviewer&amp;using_sb=status&amp;qsb=keyword Premee Mohamed’s Beneath the Rising: https://www.audreys.ca/?searchtype=keyword&amp;qs=Beneath+the+Rising&amp;qs_file=&amp;q=h.tviewer&amp;using_sb=status&amp;qsb=keyword R.F. Kuang’s The Poppy War: https://www.audreys.ca/?searchtype=keyword&amp;qs=The+Poppy+War&amp;qs_file=&amp;q=h.tviewer&amp;using_sb=status&amp;qsb=keyword Tamsyn Muir’s Gideon the Ninth: https://publishing.tor.com/gideontheninth-tamsynmuir/9781250313195/ Charlie Jane Anders’ Never Say You Can’t Survive: How To Get Through Hard Times by Making Up Stories: https://www.tor.com/2020/05/12/never-say-you-cant-survive-how-to-get-through-hard-times-by-making-up-stories/ N. K. Jemisin’s The Broken Earth Trilogy: https://www.audreys.ca/?searchtype=keyword&amp;qs=The+Broken+Earth+Trilogy&amp;qs_file=&amp;q=h.tviewer&amp;using_sb=status&amp;qsb=keyword N. K. Jemisin’s 2018 Hugo Award Acceptance Speech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lFybhRxoVM Lindsay Ellis’ Dear Stephenie Meyer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8O06tMbIKh0 Saleema Nawaz’s Songs for the End of the World: https://www.audreys.ca/?searchtype=keyword&amp;qs=Songs+for+the+end+of+the+world&amp;qs_file=&amp;q=h.tviewer&amp;using_sb=status&amp;qsb=keyword  Candas Jane Dorsey’s Black Wine: https://www.audreys.ca/?searchtype=keyword&amp;qs=Candas+Jane+Dorsey&amp;qs_file=&amp;q=h.tviewer&amp;using_sb=status&amp;qsb=keyword Overly Sarcastic Productions’ Miscellaneous Myths: Momotaro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXs3g2AcUc4 Rachel Swirsky’s If You Were a Dinosaur, My Love: https://apex-magazine.com/if-you-were-a-dinosaur-my-love/ 

For our first guest speaking event of 2021, our VP External Bree interviewed Dr. Greg Bechtel about speculative fiction.Dr. Bechtel is an Assistant Lecturer at the University of Alberta. His first story collection, Boundary Problems, won the Alberta Book of the Year Award for trade fiction, and was a finalist for the William L. Crawford Fantasy Award, the ReLit Award, and the City of Edmonton Robert Kroetsch Book Prize.Listen in on their conversation about contemporary spec-fic, the nature of the community it creates, and it’s place in the literary world. This interview was followed by an audience question period. If you want to know more about our guest or any of the works/media discussed in this episode, we’ve linked them below. Dr. Bechtel’s website: <a href="http://gregbechtel.ca/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://gregbechtel.ca/</a> Greg Bechtel’s Boundary Problems: <a href="https://www.audreys.ca/?searchtype=keyword&amp;qs=Greg+Bechtel&amp;qs_file=&amp;q=h.tviewer&amp;using_sb=status&amp;qsb=keyword" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.audreys.ca/?searchtype=keyword&amp;qs=Greg+Bechtel&amp;qs_file=&amp;q=h.tviewer&amp;using_sb=status&amp;qsb=keyword</a> Greg Bechtel’s Our Villains, Ourselves: On SF, Villainy, and … Margaret Atwood?: <a href="https://ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/wordhoard/article/view/7195/5893" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/wordhoard/article/view/7195/5893</a> C.J. Lavigne’s In Veritas: <a href="https://www.glassbookshop.com/?searchtype=keyword&amp;qs=In+Veritas&amp;qs_file=&amp;q=h.tviewer&amp;using_sb=status&amp;qsb=keyword" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.glassbookshop.com/?searchtype=keyword&amp;qs=In+Veritas&amp;qs_file=&amp;q=h.tviewer&amp;using_sb=status&amp;qsb=keyword</a> Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone’s This is How You Lose the Time War: <a href="https://www.glassbookshop.com/?searchtype=keyword&amp;qs=This+is+How+You+Lose+the+Time+War&amp;qs_file=&amp;q=h.tviewer&amp;using_sb=status&amp;qsb=keyword" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.glassbookshop.com/?searchtype=keyword&amp;qs=This+is+How+You+Lose+the+Time+War&amp;qs_file=&amp;q=h.tviewer&amp;using_sb=status&amp;qsb=keyword</a> Premee Mohamed’s Beneath the Rising: <a href="https://www.audreys.ca/?searchtype=keyword&amp;qs=Beneath+the+Rising&amp;qs_file=&amp;q=h.tviewer&amp;using_sb=status&amp;qsb=keyword" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.audreys.ca/?searchtype=keyword&amp;qs=Beneath+the+Rising&amp;qs_file=&amp;q=h.tviewer&amp;using_sb=status&amp;qsb=keyword</a> R.F. Kuang’s The Poppy War: <a href="https://www.audreys.ca/?searchtype=keyword&amp;qs=The+Poppy+War&amp;qs_file=&amp;q=h.tviewer&amp;using_sb=status&amp;qsb=keyword" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.audreys.ca/?searchtype=keyword&amp;qs=The+Poppy+War&amp;qs_file=&amp;q=h.tviewer&amp;using_sb=status&amp;qsb=keyword</a> Tamsyn Muir’s Gideon the Ninth: <a href="https://publishing.tor.com/gideontheninth-tamsynmuir/9781250313195/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://publishing.tor.com/gideontheninth-tamsynmuir/9781250313195/</a> Charlie Jane Anders’ Never Say You Can’t Survive: How To Get Through Hard Times by Making Up Stories: <a href="https://www.tor.com/2020/05/12/never-say-you-cant-survive-how-to-get-through-hard-times-by-making-up-stories/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.tor.com/2020/05/12/never-say-you-cant-survive-how-to-get-through-hard-times-by-making-up-stories/</a> N. K. Jemisin’s The Broken Earth Trilogy: <a href="https://www.audreys.ca/?searchtype=keyword&amp;qs=The+Broken+Earth+Trilogy&amp;qs_file=&amp;q=h.tviewer&amp;using_sb=status&amp;qsb=keyword" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.audreys.ca/?searchtype=keyword&amp;qs=The+Broken+Earth+Trilogy&amp;qs_file=&amp;q=h.tviewer&amp;using_sb=status&amp;qsb=keyword</a> N. K. Jemisin’s 2018 Hugo Award Acceptance Speech: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lFybhRxoVM" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lFybhRxoVM</a> Lindsay Ellis’ Dear Stephenie Meyer: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8O06tMbIKh0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8O06tMbIKh0</a> Saleema Nawaz’s Songs for the End of the World: <a href="https://www.audreys.ca/?searchtype=keyword&amp;qs=Songs+for+the+end+of+the+world&amp;qs_file=&amp;q=h.tviewer&amp;using_sb=status&amp;qsb=keyword" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.audreys.ca/?searchtype=keyword&amp;qs=Songs+for+the+end+of+the+world&amp;qs_file=&amp;q=h.tviewer&amp;using_sb=status&amp;qsb=keyword</a> Candas Jane Dorsey’s Black Wine: <a href="https://www.audreys.ca/?searchtype=keyword&amp;qs=Candas+Jane+Dorsey&amp;qs_file=&amp;q=h.tviewer&amp;using_sb=status&amp;qsb=keyword" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.audreys.ca/?searchtype=keyword&amp;qs=Candas+Jane+Dorsey&amp;qs_file=&amp;q=h.tviewer&amp;using_sb=status&amp;qsb=keyword</a> Overly Sarcastic Productions’ Miscellaneous Myths: Momotaro: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXs3g2AcUc4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXs3g2AcUc4</a> Rachel Swirsky’s If You Were a Dinosaur, My Love: <a href="https://apex-magazine.com/if-you-were-a-dinosaur-my-love/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://apex-magazine.com/if-you-were-a-dinosaur-my-love/</a>

Episode 08: Speculating Fiction with Dr. Greg Bechtel

Rhonda Parrish

Peter Tieryas

In today’s episode of Signal Boost, Jen talks to to Rhonda Parrish and Greg Bechtel, the co-editors of Edge Publishing’s anthology Tesseracts 21: Nevertheless. They discuss how each got involved with this collection of optimistic speculative fiction stories, how the theme was impacted by the 2016 US election, how persistence, specifically, became a dominant message, […]

Signal Boost #42: Rhonda Parrish & Greg Bechtel (co-ed. Tesseracts 21: Neverthless) & Peter Tieryas (Mecha Samurai Empire)