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Schedule
Between The
Covers
May 2008
April 28 - May 16
A RECIPE FOR BEES
by Gail Anderson-Dargatz
Published by Knopf Canada
A scintillating second novel by the award-winning writer of Cure for Death by Lightning. A RECIPE FOR BEES is told by an elderly woman on the eve of her forty-eighth wedding anniversary. Augusta Olsen remembers the pivotal moments of her own youth and marriage as she waits to hear news about her son-in-law’s brain surgery. The life of this old beekeeper unfolds like the workings of her own hives - practical but sensuous, rich in both humor and frustration.
Read by Marilyn Norry. Produced by Heather Brown.
May 19 - 30
LAST SEEN
by Matt Cohen
Published by KNopf Canada
Grief is transformed to magic in this tale of two brothers. Matt Cohen’s novel is a darkly comic portrait of a man who despairs after his brother dies - - and of the curious woman who tries to bring them both back to life.
Read by R.H.Thomson. Produced by Heather Brown.
Podcast schedule
You can download several episodes each week from the Between The Covers podcast. In May you can hear:
May 5 - June 6
WHAT THE BODY REMEMBERS
by Shauna Sing Baldwin
Published by Knopf Canada
It’s a revealing and dramatic look at life in pre-partition India through the eyes of a Sikh woman. Roop is a second wife who struggles to survive in a polygamous marriage. This conflict is set against a backdrop of escalating tensions as India moves towards independence. Baldwin, who was born in Montreal and grew up in India, won a $10,000 Canadian Literary Award for the first chapter of this novel.
Produced by Ann Jansen. Read by Madhuri Bhatia.
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