Justin Hocking News Today

Inspired by Robert Louis Stevenson’s short story, The Body Snatcher, the in-demand Canberra actor and videographer, Craig Alexander, has embarked on his first feature film, Snatchers, to be shot exclusively in Canberra during April.

On today's episode, we welcome Joshua James Amberson, author of the new book Staring Contest: Essays About Eyes, from Portland’s Perfect Day Publishing. Joshua’s writing includes the novel How to Forget Almost Everything, a series of chapbooks from Two Plum Press, and the long-running zine series Basic Paper Airplane.

Memory is the theme of Oregon Humanities’ current Dear Stranger letter exchange. They’re accepting submissions through October 31.