- 06.08.2020
Rod Reads KINMOUNT
Kinmount is the last place Dave Middleton wants to revisit. But Dave has taken the gig – directing an amateur production of Romeo and Juliet for an eccentric producer in farm country.
Kinmount is the last place Dave Middleton wants to revisit. But Dave has taken the gig – directing an amateur production of Romeo and Juliet for an eccentric producer in farm country.
While self isolating Rod reads A Matter of Will from the safety of his home.
While self isolating Rod reads A Matter of Will from the safety of his home.
Rod’s new novel, KINMOUNT, is being released in the fall of 2020 by Latitude46 Publishing!
KINMOUNT Synopsis
Dave Middleton is in for the ride of his life. Kinmount is the last place he wants to revisit. But Dave has taken the gig – directing an amateur production of Romeo and Juliet for an eccentric producer in farm country. And there his quixotic troubles begin. From cults to karaoke, anything that can go wrong does. Add in a pesky ghost and a precocious parrot and the stage is set. In one hilarious chapter after another, Dave becomes the reluctant emissary of truth in a comic battle between artistic integrity and censorship.
A Matter of Will is now available to purchase as an audio book, narrated by Rod Carley, at audible.ca.
Rod reads A Matter of Will at LitLive on Sunday June 2, 2019, at the Staircase Theatre in Hamilton.
Rod will be doing a reading and signing of A Matter of Will at LitLive on Sunday June 2nd, 2019 in Hamilton at 7:30 pm at the Staircase Theatre, 27 Dundurn Street North. Call 905 529 3000 for more information.
Rod’s non-fiction short story, A Farewell to Steam, was featured in Latitude 46 Publishing’s latest anthology, 150 Years Up North And More, published in March 2018.
Rod is currently in the final editing stages of his second novel.
In the fall of 1996, while between theatre directing gigs, I was employed by a telemarketing call centre in Toronto to sell long distance phone packages to small businesses over the phone. During my eight month tour of duty I was indoctrinated into the high pressure world of telephone sales and the fight for survival in that wild and woolly call centre. It was an opportunity to meet and study the people who worked in those ridiculously stressful jobs which I equated with a military unit. The pressure was intense. You had to make 150 to 200 cold calls per day. You had to get at least three sales a day, five days a week, for a total of 15 sales a week to get your commission. If you fell short, if you got 14 sales, you didn’t get your commission. It was all or nothing. In order to hit your 15 sales there was pressure to slam (con a customer by switching their telephone service without their knowledge or authorization).
Sudbury-based publishing company Latitude 46 will be launching five new books. One of them is by Rod Carley of North Bay. It will be his first novel. The title is “A Matter of Will”. Rod Carley joined us in studio for a chat about the book.
A Matter of Will is released at Latitude 46 Publishing’s fall book launch at Verdicchio Ristorante in Sudbury. Big thanks to Heather Campbell & Laura Stradiotto.
BOOK CLUBS! Rod is available for readings and signings, both in person and on-line. Contact him here to arrange your reading.
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