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Elizabeth Ruth, Daniel David Moses (September 30, 2013)

Elizabeth Ruth on "Matadora" - Elise LeGrow on her bedside book - Jen Sookfong Lee on fantasy in literary fiction - Elisabeth de Mariaffi on "How to Get Along With Women" - Daniel David Moses on "A Small Essay on the Largeness of Light"

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Greg Malone, Michael Crummey (September 23, 2013)

Greg Malone on "Don't Tell the Newfoundlanders" - Amelia Curran on "Moving Pictures" by Terry Pratchett - Michael Crummey on "Under the Keel" - Pamela Yaye says if you liked "50 Shades of Grey" by E.L. James, you'll love "Blush" by Lauren Jameson

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TNC Special: Michael Crummey

Shelagh's extended conversation with Michael Crummey about "Under the Keel", his first collection of poetry in ten years.

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TNC Special: Greg Malone

Shelagh's extended conversation with Greg Malone, author of "Don't Tell the Newfoundlanders: The True Story of Newfoundland's Confederation with Canada." Recorded on stage at the Writers at Woody Point Literary Festival in Gros Morne, NL. August 2013.

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TNC Special: The Monkey's Paw

Shelagh's extended visit to The Monkey's Paw book store in Toronto. Her tour guide was store owner Stephen Fowler.

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TNC Special: Ruth Ozeki

Shelagh's extended conversation with Ruth Ozeki, author of "A Tale for the Time Being".

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Ruth Ozeki, The Monkey's Paw

Ruth Ozeki on "Tales for the Time Being" - Lynn Miles on "The Art of Racing in the Rain" by Garth Stein - Shelagh tours The Monkey's Paw book store - Iain Reid on "A Moveable Feast" by Ernest Hemingway and "That Summer in Paris" by Morley Callaghan

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TNC Special: Lauren B. Davis

Shelagh's extended conversation with Lauren B. Davis, author of "The Empty Room".

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Lauren B. Davis, 1950s Mothers and Daughters (September 9, 2013)

Lauren B. Davis on "The Empty Room" - Stephen Fearing on "A Good Man" by Guy Vanderhaeghe - Lorri Neilsen Glenn and Sheila Norgate on "Untying the Apron" - Charles MacPherson on "The Butler Speaks" - Frank O'Dea answers the Proust Questionnaire

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TNC Special: Monica Kidd

Shelagh's extended conversation with Monica Kidd, author of "Handfuls of Bone".

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Lisa Moore, Monica Kidd (September 2, 2013)

Lisa Moore on "Caught" - Jarvis Church on "One Shot" by Lee Child - Monica Kidd on "Handfuls of Bone" - Andrew Pyper says if you liked "Lonesome Dove" by Larry McMurtry, you'll love "The Last Crossing" by Guy Vanderhaeghe

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Children's Book Panel - Summer 2013

The members of The Next Chapter's Children's Book Panel, Michele Landsberg and Ken Setterington, recommend summer reading for youngsters and teens.

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TNC Special: Alison Wearing and her dad

Shelagh's extended conversation with Alison Wearing and her dad, Joe Wearing, about Alison's memoir "Confessions of a Fairy's Daughter: Growing Up with a Gay Dad".

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Alison Wearing and her dad * Allen Smutylo (June 24, 2013)

Alison Wearing and Joe Wearing on Alison's memoir "Confessions of a Fairy's Daughter" * Allen Smutylo on "The Memory of Water" * Our Children's Book Panel recommends summer reading for youngsters and teens

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Giles Slade * "Drunk Mom" review (June 17, 2013)

Giles Slade on "The Big Disconnect" * Conrad Black, author of "Flight of the Eagle", answers the Proust Questionnaire * Our Mystery Book Panel recommends summer reading you can't put down * Antanas Sileika reviews "Drunk Mom" by Jowita Bydlowska

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TNC Special: New Aboriginal Writing

Shelagh's conversation with Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm and Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair about new aboriginal writing.

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TNC Special: Richard Van Camp

Shelagh's extended conversation with Richard Van Camp, author of "Godless But Loyal to Heaven".

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Richard Van Camp * new aboriginal writing (June 10, 2013)

Richard Van Camp on "Godless But Loyal to Heaven" * Inez Jasper on "Baby's Best Chance" * Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm and Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair on new aboriginal writing * James Bartleman answers the Proust Questionnaire

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Claire Messud * Cathi Bond (June 3, 2013)

Claire Messud on "The Woman Upstairs" * Anakana Schofield on "Malarky" * Cathi Bond on "Night Town" * Ing Wong-Ward says if you liked "Bared to You" by Sylvia Day, you'll love "S.E.C.R.E.T." by L.M. Adeline

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TNC Special: Susan Musgrave

Shelagh's conversation with Susan Musgrave, author of "Given".

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TNC Special: Guy Gavriel Kay

Shelagh's extended conversation with Guy Gavriel Kay, author of "River of Stars".

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Guy Gavriel Kay * Susan Musgrave (May 27, 2013)

Guy Gavriel Kay on "River of Stars" * Kiran Ahluwalia on "Indira: The Life of Indira Nehru Ghandi" by Katherine Frank * Susan Musgrave on "Given" * Robert J. Wiersema reviews "A Crowbar in the Buddhist Garden" by Stephen Reid

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TNC Special: What's Graham Greene e-reading?

Shelagh sits down with actor Graham Greene and finds out what books he has loaded onto his e-reader.

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Shyam Selvadurai * if you like David Sedaris...

Shyam Selvadurai on "The Hungry Ghosts" * Christina Martin on "Still Alice" by Lisa Genova * Brian Francis on David Sedaris and Jonathan Goldstein * Jane Urquhart answers the Proust Questionnaire * Graeme Greene tells us what he's e-reading

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Shannon Moroney * searching for Hawksley Workman (May 20, 2013)

Shannon Moroney on "Through the Glass" * Charlie A'Court on the Calvin and Hobbes series by Bill Watterson * Vish Khanna reviews "Cadillac Couches" by Sophie B. Watson * George Szanto on "Bog Tender"

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TNC Special: Shannon Moroney

Shelagh's extended conversation with Shannon Moroney, author of "Through the Glass".

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TNC Special: Tanis Rideout

Shelagh's extended conversation with Tanis Rideout, author of "Above All Things".

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Tanis Rideout * Saleema Nawaz (May 6, 2013)

Tanis Rideout on "Above All Things" * Susanna Kearsley on "The Firebird" * Victor Dwyer says if you liked "Quiet" by Susan Cain, you'll love "We So Seldom Look on Love" by Barbara Gowdy * Saleema Nawaz on "Bone and Bread"

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TNC Special: Joseph Boyden and Richard Wagamese

Shelagh's extended conversation with Joseph Boyden and Richard Wagamese about storytelling as redemption. Recorded on stage at Royal St. George's College in Toronto.

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Joseph Boyden and Richard Wagamese (April 29, 2013)

Joseph Boyden and Richard Wagamese on storytelling as redemption * Miranda Hill on "Sleeping Funny" * David Gilmour reviews "Whore" by Nelly Arcan * Sheri-D Wilson on "Goddess Gone Fishing for a Map of the Universe"

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Don Gillmor * review of Alice Munro (April 22, 2013)

Don Gillmor on "Mount Pleasant" * Corin Raymond on "Titus Groan" by Mervyn Peake * Antanas Sileika reviews "Dear Life" by Alice Munro * Ayelet Tsabari on "The Best Place on Earth" * Jen Sookfong Lee reviews books by Rick Mercer and Lloyd Robertson

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TNC Special: Colin McAdam

Shelagh's extended conversation with Colin McAdam, author of "A Beautiful Truth".

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TNC Special: George Elliott Clarke

Shelagh's extended conversation with the poet George Elliott Clarke, author of "Red".

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George Elliott Clarke * Colin McAdam (April 15, 2013)

* George Elliott Clarke on "Red" * Old Man Luedecke on "Mr. Fortune's Maggot" by Sylvia Townsend Warner * Colin McAdam on "A Beautiful Truth" * Becky Blake, winner of the 2013 CBC Short Story Prize

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TNC Special: William Whitehead

Shelagh's extended conversation with William Whitehead, author of "Words to Live By".

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TNC Special: Meg Tilly

Shelagh's extended conversation with Meg Tilly, author of "A Taste of Heaven".

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Meg Tilly * William Whitehead (April 8, 2013)

* Meg Tilly on "A Taste of Heaven" * Cathy Marie Buchanan on "The Painted Girls" * William Whitehead on "Words to Live By" * Anita Rau Badami on her day job in a china shop * Brian Brett answers the Proust Questionnaire

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TNC Special: Annabel Lyon

Shelagh's extended conversation with Annabel Lyon, author of "The Sweet Girl".

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Annabel Lyon * Political Satire panel (April 1, 2013)

Annabel Lyon on "The Sweet Girl" * Jarvis Church on "Dream Boogie" by Peter Guralnick * Terry Fallis and Linda Svendsen on political satire in Canada * Jo Saul on "Bring Up the Bodies" by Hilary Mantel and "Louis Riel" by Chester Brown

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TNC Special: Alan Bradley

Shelagh's extended conversation with Alan Bradley about his novel "Speaking From Among the Bones", his latest Flavia Deluce mystery.

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Alan Bradley * Cancon alternative to Ian Rankin's Rebus (March 25, 2013)

Alan Bradley on "Speaking From Among the Bones" * Ken Campbell on "Selling the Dream" * Treasa Levasseur on "Standing in Another Man's Grave" by Ian Rankin and "Until the Night" by Giles Blunt * Lorne Elliott on "John Paul's Rock" by Frank Parker Day

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Dave Hugelschaffer * Gordon Lightfoot book (March 18, 2013)

Dave Hugelschaffer on "Whiskey Creek" * Buck 65, aka Rich Terfry, on "You Can't Win" by Jack Black * Vish Khanna reviews "Writing Gordon Lightfoot" by Dave Bidini * Giles Blunt answers the Proust Questionnaire * Peggy Blair, author of "The Poisoned Pawn"

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Maureen Jennings * Twitter Smackdown (March 11, 2013)

Maureen Jennings on "Beware This Boy" * Hilary Davidson on "Evil in All Its Disguises" * Lilian Nattel on her day job as an accountant * Literary Smackdown with Brian Francis and C.S. Richardson: To tweet or not to tweet * Margaret Cannon says if you like

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TNC Mystery Special (March 4, 2013)

Michael McKinley on "The Penalty Killing" * Alan Bradley on the creation of his 12-year-old sleuth Flavia de Luce * Peter Robinson answers the Proust Questionnaire * Pat Capponi on "The Corpse Will Keep" * Linwood Barclay on his day job running a cottage

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