About

The Podcast

The story of human history is the sum of the stories of individuals. In the literary series How I Wrote This, creator Pamela Hensley sits down with acclaimed novelists, essayists, playwrights, translators, and poets to learn more about their lives and the events that shaped their work. Season 2 features writers based in Berlin (or inspired by it). They include: Julia Franck, Ivana Sajko, Jonathan Garfinkel, Andrea Wulf, Jenny Erpenbeck, Behzad Karim Khani, Wiebke von Carolsfeld, and Shaena Lambert. Season 1 featured Montreal-based authors Heather O’Neill, Anita Rau Badami, Mikhail Iossel, Sean Michaels, Baharan Baniahmadi, Kim Thúy, Neil Smith, H. Nigel Thomas, and Michelle Syba. Season 3 is currently in production and will feature authors based in Brooklyn, USA.

All conversations are available to download, stream, replay, and share through this website. How I Wrote This is now part of the creative nonfiction collective Knockabout Media. Follow us on Spotify, Apple, Amazon Music, and iHeartRadio and if you like what you hear, please rate and review us so more people can discover the show.

The Host

Pamela Hensley is a writer and the Managing Editor of yolk literary journal. Previously she worked as an automotive engineer and management consultant in Germany, Japan, the US, and Canada.

The Studios

Episodes of How I Wrote This were recorded in Berlin with the support of Daniel Stern and at the Community Digital Arts Hub studio in Montreal. Many thanks to Tyler Rauman, Becca Redden and the whole team. Original music (Attention to Details) by Tyler Rauman.