Illa Fabulis

Illa Fabulis is a web project documenting the amazing lives, opinions and creative works of inspirational Canadian women. The goal of the project is to feature a variety of women, both well-known and up-and-coming, with an aim to highlight their accomplishments and document their unique stories. Interviews and portraits are housed on illafabulis.com and the Illa Fabulis monthly podcast features selections from the previous month’s interviews mixed with related music, readings and performances.

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Podcast #6 • POP Montreal, Sarah Shoucri, Tessa Smith

September 29, 2013

This month’s episode features highlights from the September POP Montreal Illa Fabulis interviews:

Sarah Shoucri • The publicist for the POP Montreal Festival talks about where she grew up in Montreal, how the city has changed and she shares with us some of her new music discoveries from the festival. http://illafabulis.com/interviews/sarah-shoucri/

Tessa Smith • Tessa coordinate’s the Puces POP artisan fair, performs in her band Brave Radar and co-runs the indie record label Fixture Records. She chats about lots of things, including the women who have mentored her over the years. http://illafabulis.com/interviews/tessa-smith/

Music Credits:

Colors • Foxtrott

Stay With Us • Seoul

Sternwall/ Field Guide/ A Spike • Brave Radar

The Illa Fabulis theme music is Summer Lightning written by Alex Hackett from the Pang Attack EP Phantom Forest

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Podcast #5 • Selin Murat, Cat Kidd, Miranda Campbell

September 2, 2013

This month’s episode features highlights from the previous month’s Illa Fabulis interviews:

Selin Murat • One of the founding documentary producers at Parabola Films, Selin talks about how she became interested in filmmaking and about the state of documentary in Canada today. http://illafabulis.com/interviews/selin-murat/

Cat Kidd • Cat is a writer and poet with a number of published works through Conundrum Press. She is also a spoken word performer who has toured her work all over the world. 

Miranda Campbell • After completing her PhD in Education, Miranda published her first book Out of the Basement which looks at youth involved in cultural production and creative entrepreneurship.

Music Credits:

“Hyena Subpeona” audio courtesy of Cat Kidd.

The Illa Fabulis theme music is Summer Lightning written by Alex Hackett from the Pang Attack EP Phantom Forest

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Podcast #4 • Risa Dickens, Marilis Cardinal, Music from Arbutus Records

April 28, 2013

This month’s episode features highlights from the previous month’s Illa Fabulis interviews:

Risa Dickens • One of the founders of Indyish.com, Risa works in web and is an arts advocate, musician and artist. She recently had an exhibit of her work for the Salon Data series at the Eastern Bloc gallery space in Montreal. http://illafabulis.com/interviews/risa-dickens/

Marilis Cardinal • Marilis handles press and PR for the Montreal indie label Arbutus Records. She selected the four songs we play in this episode, all from female-fronted bands on the Arbutus roster. Try to Be –Blue Hawaii, Genesis- Grimes, Turn Your Love Around –Topps, Oblivion – Grimes. http://illafabulis.com/interviews/marilis_cardinal/

Music Credits:

All songs from Arbutus bands: http://arbutusrecords.com

The Illa Fabulis theme music is Summer Lightning written by Alex Hackett from the Pang Attack EP Phantom Forest

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Podcast #3 • Maylee Todd, Joshna Maharaj, Sarah Maitland & Jen MacLeod, Sophie Hackett, Elizabeth Bachinsky

March 31, 2013

This month’s episode features highlights from the previous month’s Illa Fabulis interviews:

Maylee Todd • Maylee Todd is a performer, singer, songwriter and artist from Toronto.  On April 2 she will release her second solo album, Escapology, on Do Right Music.

Joshna Maharaj • A chef, writer and activist, Joshna is re-imagining the food served to patients in Ontario’s hospitals.

Sarah Maitland & Jen MacLeod • Two phenomenal women who run the Vancouver Writers’ Exchange—a non-profit organization that creates exciting literacy and publishing projects for at-risk and inner city kids.

Sophie Hackett • The AGO’s assistant photography curator talks about the art of photography, the film/digital debate and the history of women and the medium.

Elizabeth Bachinsky • An insightful and humorous chat with this lovely Canadian poet about her creative process and her most recent book of poems.

Music Credits:

All songs by Maylee Todd: http://mayleetodd.com/

I Tried
Baby’s Got It

The Illa Fabulis theme music is Summer Lightning written by Alex Hackett from the Pang Attack EP Phantom Forest

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