We sat down with Caroline Adderson in the waning days of summer at her home in leafy Kerrisdale to chat about her new book of short stories (currently long-listed for the Giller Prize) and the notion of happiness itself!
In addition to being one the country’s most highly regarded authors (of five novels and two previous collections of short stories) she also created Vancouver Vanishes, originally a Facebook group dedicated to the documentation and preservation of the histories contained in the many early Vancouver houses that have fallen to the wrecker’s ball in the last decade. It eventually became a book and continues in its online form. Caroline also participated in the first VR Media video production; an on-site interview in support of the Vancouver Vanishes project.
Her new collection of short stories is fantastic. We can’t recommend it enough. It is being deservedly well-reviewed via all the regular literary channels and we wish her luck with the Giller! We hope you enjoy the chat!