Podcast and Radio Interviews
April 16, 2024 This week, Amy Tector is back on the podcast to discuss Honor the Dead, the third book in her captivating Dominion Archives Mysteries series, which is perfect for Louise Penny fans.
February 14, 2023 In this interview, Amy and I discuss The Foulest Things, writing a series and mysteries as a pantser, why she created the fictional Dominion Archives, incorporating art theft into her story, and much more. Amy's recommended reads are Prague Spring by Simon Mawer and Untangled by Lisa Damour.
February 7, 2023 Bill welcomes author Amy Tector back to the show to discuss her Dominion Archives mysteries, THE FOULEST THINGS and SPEAK FOR THE DEAD.
CBC’s All in a Day Book Club discusses The Honeybee Emeralds with Alan Neal
November 7, 2022 Do listeners like The Honeybee Emeralds? Listeners Denise Shannon, Heather Phaneuf and Ruth Lee all share their take on the next All In A Day Book Club book!
Interview with Sonali Karnick and Amy Tector - All in a Weekend, CBC
October 16, 2022 Archivist Amy Tector is coming home for the Knowlton Literary Festival to talk about her two debut novels. The Cowansville native talks about her job at Library and Archives Canada in Ottawa and how it inspired her mystery novels.
September 15, 2022 Amy Tector loved reading and writing since a child. She grew up in Quebec’s Eastern Townships. When her husband got a job being a NATO archivist, they lived the expat life for almost three years. In Belgium, Amy returned to her PhD and wrote 460 pages about the representation of disability in Canadian novels of the First World War. You may remember Amy from when we talked about her novel, The Honeybee Emeralds, E91.
September 5, 2022 Amy Tector is on the podcast this week to discuss her new novel, The Honeybee Emeralds. We chatted about capturing expat life and Parisian destinations, how to have a successful critique group (Amy's is twenty years in and counting!), her most exciting discoveries as an archivist, and much more.
July 15, 2022 Amy Tector talked to me about her debut novel, The Honeybee Emeralds which is a fantastic summer read. Amy holds a PhD in English literature from the Universite Libre de Bruxelles. She works at Canada’s national archives, Library and Archives Canada. She spent many years as an expat, living in Brussels and in The Hague, where she worked for the International Criminal Tribunal for War Crimes in Yugoslavia.
May 29, 2022 In this interview, Amy and I discuss The Honeybee Emeralds, the inspiration for the fictional necklace in the book, avoiding information dumps, the unique situation of living as an expat in a foreign country, her favorite and least favorite characters to write, and much more.
April 29, 2022 Today's fabulous bonus episode is an interview with debut author Amy Tector where we get to nerd out about research and archives! Amy's novel, THE HONEYBEE EMERALDS, released this week. We talk about her work as an archivist and how it has helped her writing career, how archival research is like a tangible connection to history, her journey to publication, signing a 3-book deal after her debut, sensitivity readers, giving yourself permission to be the writer you are, and yes, we even talk about finding the bones of a whale ear in her archive work!
April 1, 2022 Kathleen Foxx chats with Amy about THE HONEYBEE EMERALDS, research, critique groups, sensitivity readers, saving your shelved MS for later, her journey to publication, and more!
March 16, 2022 Natasha Hall talks to Amy about her article in Chatelaine Magazine and her tips and tricks for getting along with your partner.
March 14, 2022 Bianca Marais interviews Amy about The Honeybee Emeralds, traditionally publishing without an agent and working with a small press.
February 22, 2022 Bill Kenower interviews Amy about The Honeybee Emeralds, what inspired her to become a writer and what she’s learned along the way.