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stellar couches and a peculiar book title
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Whenever I meet someone for the first time who asks me what the title of my book is I find myself reluctant to tell them.
Cadillac Couches, it’s a bit of a weird one. Nobody gets it. How could they? Don’t get me wrong I love the title and hold it dear to my heart. My heroine Annie Jones loves her couch and calls it The Cadillac. More explanation on page 205:
“The Cadillac Couches. It was the name I had secretly
always thought would be perfect for a band. Everyone spends
all this time with their butts happily planted on their sumptuous
couches dreaming their dreams. Couches can be vehicles
for transcendental visions. Mostly though, in reality, dreamers
drive trusty bangers, not Cadillacs.”
I had the ultimate pleasure the other night watching a DVD episode of David Simon and Eric Overmyer’s wonderful drama Treme about New Orleans and the music culture of the city post-Katrina. First of all, the groovy violinist Annie Talarico names her band Bayou Cadillac, cosmically on the same page as my Annie Jones. Then DJ Davis, one of my favourite on screen characters ever––a grandiose noodler and music fan of the best kind––gets to go visit Blueberry-Hill-singing Fats Domino! And in Fats’ house, Fats sits on a real, honest-to-goodness Cadillac Couch, custom-made for him with the license plate: FATS. Watch the video to hear Fats sing.
If you google Cadillac Couches along with finding links to my book you also get links to many photos of couches made out of Cadillacs…
What larks Annie Jones and Isobel Sparks could conjure on an actual Cadillac Couch.
Cadillac Couches wins Gold Medal!
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Cadillac Couches on CBC Radio’s The Next Chapter!
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Fellow wild swimmer Shelagh Rogers chats with music guy Vish Khanna on CBC Radio’s The Next Chapter about Cadillac Couches! They talk Dylan, Hawksley, Ani, roadtrips, Edmonton and coming of age and picking up your own axe in life…
Click here to listen to the interview, scroll to the 28 minute mark.
I Love This Review!
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Reading About the City You Live in…
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A fellow Edmontonian reviews Cadillac Couches:
http://nicolebasaraba.com/book-review-cadillac-couches-by-sophie-watson/
Interview with CBC Music Book Club
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Had a great chat with CBC’s Vish Khanna via Skype. We discussed everything from Hawksley, to female relationships, windy Dublin, bad men and more… And then, Vish cold called Hawksley Workman to ask him how he feels about featuring in Cadillac Couches!
Click on the link below to have a listen. (Make sure you click on the text rather than the arrow in the article.)
CBC Music Blog Part 3
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Vish wants to know how far you’ve travelled for a gig?
http://music.cbc.ca/#/blogs/2013/1/Whatcha-Readin-Crossing-the-country-with-Cadillac-Couches
CBC Music Book Club: Second Installment
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New video introducing Cadillac Couches!
Cadillac Couches featured on CBC’s Music Book Club
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Vish Khanna is giving away 5 free copies of Cadillac Couches!
My Swim on the Wild Side in The Globe & Mail
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CJSW Podcast!
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Cover Story
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when I was younger and weirder
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Turn Up the Volume, Crank Down the Windows
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Lovely review of Cadillac Couches in the Coastal Spectator!
Open Book Toronto Interview
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Click here to read my answers to The Proust Questionnaire:
http://www.openbooktoronto.com/news/proust_questionnaire_with_sophie_b_watson
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Watch the trailer for a taster of Cadillac Couches!