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North by Northwest is now available as a podcast which you can listen to online or take with you as an mp3.  The link is on the right hand side of this page.

To enter to be in Studio 2 for a studio session taping with singer and songwriter Dan Mangan at 12:30 on Feb 10th send an email explaining why you'd like to be there to  nxnw @ cbc.ca  The deadline to enter is Feb. 7

To reserve seats to be in the audience for the Canada Reads Book Club on Feb 24th send an email to: canadareadsinvancouver@cbc.ca .   Jen Sookfong Lee and Simi Sara will be my guests for the event and we'll be talking about books we'd choose to suggest to visitors who want to understand Canada.  Bring your own suggestions too!  Also, you could win a trip for two to Toronto to meet the winner of Canada Reads 2010 and CBC host Jian Gomeshi at a taping of Q!


Saturday Feb 6
A visit to the Selkirk College Contemporary Music and Technology Program in Nelson. Listen to a conversation
Evelyn White on her book about black heritage on Salt Spring Island. Every Goodbye Ain't Gone. Listen to a conversation

Sunday Feb 7
Alan Twigg and Turning up the Volumes Listen to a conversation
June Goldsmith celebrates the music of Chopin. Listen to a conversation
Gary Ho on how his meeting with a Buddist Nun changed his life. His book is called Challenges. Listen to a conversation
Jerry Wasserman reviews Robert Lepage's latest work Blue Dragon. To reserve a free seat to hear Jerry Wasserman in conversation with Robert Legpage at UBC on Feb 11 at 2 pm call 604-822-2678 Listen to a conversation


January 30
Sarah Goldberg is an actor from West Vancouver who is currently realizing a dream and appearing on stage at the Old Vic in London, England. Listen to a conversation
Ron Hamilton is a painter, carver, poet, story teller and scholar.  His work is part of a show of Nuuchaanulth Ceremonial Curtains
on at the Belkin Gallery at UBC. Listen to a conversation
Children of Celebrities have a new cd titled Stereo Bang Bang.

January 31
36-24-36 is a documentary film from three Kitimat teenagers which explores issues of body image and eating disorders.  It premieres Monday Feb 1 at Mount Elizabeth Secondary School Theatre in Kitimat at 7 pm. Listen to a conversation
Best Before is a play that blurs the lines between theatre and video gaming.  The world premiere production is on now as part of the Push Fesitval in Vancouver. Listen to a conversation
The Sojourners have a new cd.
John Lent is a writer, educator, editor, singer and songwriter.  He's been named Poet Laureate of the Okanagan for 2010.  His latest collection of poetry is titled Cantilevered Songs. Listen to a conversation



Saturday Jan 23
Playwright Marie Clements' new play, The Edward Curtis Project, is on now at Presentation House Theatre in North Vancouver. Listen to a conversation
John Wynne is a sound artist whose installation about the Gitxsan language is showing at the Museum of Anthropology in Vancouver. Listen to a conversation
Jeremy Hiebert is a photographer whose debut show, called Looking into Ice, is at the Summerland Art Gallery. Listen to a conversation


Sunday   Jan 24
PuSh Festival preview with CBC Drama Producer Kathleen Flaherty.
Jill Barber is an award winning singer songwriter. Listen to a conversation
Charlie Ross is reviving his One Man Lord of the Rings as a fundraiser for Intrepid Theatre in Victoria. Listen to a conversation
Kagan Goh is the son of poet Goh Poh Seng who passed away last week. Listen to a conversation



Saturday Jan 16
High on Ice - Fort St. John's annual winter festival. John McKinnon is one of the sculptors. Listen to a conversation
Nettie Wild  is a documentary film maker being featured in a retrospective by Pacific Cinematheque. Listen to a conversation
PK Page Tribute Poet, visual artist, Canadian icon. She died at the age of 93 in Victoria. Jay Ruzesky talks about her legacy. Listen to a conversation
Vancouver Welcomes the World with Rick Cluff

Sunday Jan 17
Edgar Dunning is perhaps the oldest working newspaper columnist in Canada and was the voice of Neibourly News on CBC. He turned 100 earlier this month. Listen to a conversation
A tribute to Jim Rimmer - book designer, type founder and publisher. Ryan Mah talks about Jim's influence. Listen to a conversation  Denise Carson Wild owns Paper Ya and she remembers Jim Rimmer. Listen to a conversation
Marilyn Bowering Victoria poet and writer pays tribute to PK Page. Listen to a conversation
Bruce Ruddell is the creator and composer of the play Beyond Eden, the story of a turning point in Bill Reid's life. Listen to a conversation




Saturday Jan 9
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf is on now at The Cultch. Meg Roe and Craig Erickson speak with Sheryl about their roles.
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James Lamb is a Vancouver based singer and songwriter working on a new CD. Listen to a conversation

Sunday Jan 10
Bob Wagner is a self taught pianist from Quesnel.
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Colin and Julie Angus are adventurers and authors of Rowed Trip.
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Bill Terry gardener and blue poppy lover and author of Blue Heaven: Encounters with the Blue Poppy.

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Ashok Mathur author of A Little Distillery in Nowgong.
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