Thomas Wharton - Wolf, Moon, Dog
Joining me for this episode is award-winning and bestselling author Thomas Wharton. Thomas and I have a chat about his latest novel, Wolf. Moon. Dog. An imaginative novel about the many fabled lives of a dog named Wolf. Chocked full of historical and fictional references, following the many lives of man’s best friend through the ages. We also have a chat about how to determine if your fictional writing is better suited for a short story or a full-blown novel. Have a listen to this fun and fascinating chat. Enjoy!
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BIO:
Thomas Wharton has been published worldwide. His first novel, Icefields, won the 1996 Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book Canada and the Caribbean and was also a 2008 CBC Canada Reads pick. His next book, Salamander, was shortlisted for the 2001 Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction and was also a finalist for the Roger's Writers' Trust Fiction Prize the same year. In 2006, Wharton's collection of stories, The Logogryph, was shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award. His latest novel, The Book of Rain, was a finalist for the 2023 Atwood Gibson Writer's Trust Fiction Prize and the 2024 Georges Bugnet Award for Fiction. He currently lives near Edmonton, Alberta.
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