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Schedule
Between The
Covers
June 2009
June 8- 26
OPEN ARMS
By Marina Endicott
Published by Douglas and McIntyre
Funny and clear-eyed, Marina Endicott’s tantalizing first novel follows the willful Bessie as she leaves the Maritimes for a reunion with her ex-rock band mother in Saskatchewan. Once there, she struggles with her place in an eccentric and expanding family. When her mother disappears again, Bessie and her grandmother are hot on her trail and pick up the threads of what connects the three women across generations.
Read by Tabitha St.Germain. Produced by Heather Brown.
June 29- July 17
MEMORY BOOK
By Howard Engel
Published by Penguin
Canada’s loveable private eye Benny Cooperman becomes his own client in a most puzzling mystery. A vicious blow to the head has given Benny a condition both rare and challenging. He has ‘alexia sine agraphia’, a condition shared by author Howard Engel.
Benny can write but he cannot read. And his memory is no hot shakes either. Stuck in a hospital room with people he only occasionally remembers, Benny must piece together what happened to him and figure out why.
Read by Ron Halder and Donna White. Produced in Vancouver by Heather Brown.
PODCAST schedule
You can download several episodes each week from the Between The Covers podcast. At the moment you can hear:
June 3- July 17
OPEN ARMS
By Marina Endicott
Published by Douglas and McIntyre
Funny and clear-eyed, Marina Endicott’s tantalizing first novel follows the willful Bessie as she leaves the Maritimes for a reunion with her ex-rock band mother in Saskatchewan. Once there, she struggles with her place in an eccentric and expanding family. When her mother disappears again, Bessie and her grandmother are hot on her trail and pick up the threads of what connects the three women across generations.
Read by Tabitha St.Germain. Produced by Heather Brown.
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