DiscoverAll Things Japanese with John Ota#10 Halloween Special: Spooky Japan with Rui Umezawa, Author of Strange Light Afar
#10 Halloween Special: Spooky Japan with Rui Umezawa, Author of Strange Light Afar

#10 Halloween Special: Spooky Japan with Rui Umezawa, Author of Strange Light Afar

Update: 2021-10-26
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“Please,” It whispered. “Let me in.”  

Please join us for a special podcast episode on Horrors and Ghost Stories from Japan. Our special guest is Rui Umezawa - Toronto novelist, as well as a storyteller, essayist, children and YA writer. Rui is the author of Strange Light Afar: Tales of the Supernatural from Old Japan, selected for the CBC Best Books of the Year 2015. In this episode, John and Rui dissect scary folktales from Japan rooted in the Shinto tradition as well as why you should be wary even when venturing to the washroom in your own home...

Check out Rui Umezawa’s Strange Light Afar in your favourite local bookstores or online on House of Anansi, Indigo, or Amazon

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#10 Halloween Special: Spooky Japan with Rui Umezawa, Author of Strange Light Afar

#10 Halloween Special: Spooky Japan with Rui Umezawa, Author of Strange Light Afar

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