Many thanks to River Street Writing for this Power Q & A with A TOWN WITH NO NOISE author Karen Smythe about the reason why she decided to write about the Holocaust  in Norway: “My novel began as a book about the hidden lives of wealthy retired people living in a fictional small town in Ontario that had transitioned from agricultural to a winery- and tourist-based economy. When one character with a past in wartime Germany emerged, threads opened up that I turned into storylines about the responsibility to remember and be accountable for atrocities in World War 2.”

To read the entire interview, click here: Power Q & A, River Street Writing