{"id":3244299,"date":"2016-11-10T13:55:26","date_gmt":"2016-11-10T17:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?p=3244299"},"modified":"2016-11-10T13:55:26","modified_gmt":"2016-11-10T17:55:26","slug":"lunchbox-interview-robin-maharaj-robert-norsworthy-qwerty-reads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/specialty\/lunchbox\/lunchbox-interview-robin-maharaj-robert-norsworthy-qwerty-reads","title":{"rendered":"The Lunchbox Interview: Robin Maharaj &#038; Robert Norsworthy (QWERTY Reads)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBox-QwertyReads.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3239182\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/specialty\/lunchbox\/the-lunchbox-interview-ryan-gaio-naomi-k-lewis-qwerty-reads\/attachment\/lunchbox-qwertyreads\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBox-QwertyReads.png\" data-orig-size=\"1400,1400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"LunchBox-QwertyReads\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBox-QwertyReads-800x800.png\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3239182\" src=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBox-QwertyReads-300x300.png\" alt=\"LunchBox-QwertyReads\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBox-QwertyReads-300x300.png 300w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBox-QwertyReads-100x100.png 100w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBox-QwertyReads-768x768.png 768w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBox-QwertyReads-800x800.png 800w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBox-QwertyReads.png 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Stories live somewhere between the real and the unreal, and use both to their advantage.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>My guests today are <strong>Robin Maharaj<\/strong> and <strong>Robert Norsworthy<\/strong>, two writers involved in the upcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/qwertymagazine\/\"><strong>QWERTY Reads<\/strong><\/a> event on November 17. Robin is a writer-in-residence at UNB, having returned to his alma mater after 25 years and several books and short stories later. Robert is a Managing Editor at <a href=\"https:\/\/qwertymagazine.wordpress.com\/\"><strong>QWERTY Magazine<\/strong><\/a>, responsible for not only keeping words in order but also the transformation of QWERTY to an online-only publication. We talked about the pathways of writing, overcoming writer&#8217;s block and where the stories come from.<\/p>\n<p><strong>QWERTY Reads<\/strong> is coming up on <strong>November 17th<\/strong> at <strong>The Wilser&#8217;s Room <\/strong>at<strong> 7pm<\/strong>. Robin Maharaj is one of several guests for the evening, which includes reviews and interviews. Issue 35 of <a href=\"https:\/\/qwertymagazine.wordpress.com\/\"><strong>QWERTY Magazine<\/strong><\/a> will launch its new website with a brand new online-only issue at the same time.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_65\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20161110%20-%20Interview%20-%20Robin%20Maharaj%20-%20Robert%20Norsworthy%20-%20QWERTY%20Reads%20-%20INTERVIEW%20EXTRACTED.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('65','http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20161110%20-%20Interview%20-%20Robin%20Maharaj%20-%20Robert%20Norsworthy%20-%20QWERTY%20Reads%20-%20INTERVIEW%20EXTRACTED.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/powerpress\/play_audio.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" width=\"23px\" height=\"24px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" 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