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WAM Sept 28-29 Liner Notes - Infinitely More

This week on Liner Notes husband and wife gospel duo, Gerald Flemming & Allison Lynn have combined forces to become INFINITELY MORE. Blending Gospel, Praise & Worship, Country, and Jazz, Infinitely More wants to create a fresh new sound for the ancient ch

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Greed, Power and Lust - a new book from Bill Rowe

The premiers: Joey and Frank is a new book from Bill Rowe. The subtitle is Greed, Power and Lust. which will give you a pretty strong hint that this is no dry political science tome...Rowe's book is chock a block with the good, the bad and the bizarre fro

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The Wonderful Dogfish Racket - Tom Dawe

Tom Dawe is a godfather of Nfld letters. One of the co-founders of breakwater books, founding editor of the literary journal Tickleace. he's a lifetime member of the Writer's Alliance and part of the NLAC Hall of Honour. he's won provincial and national a

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Ben Pittman - Sertentine Lake

There's a brand new theatre company in the province about to stage a brand new play...but the talent behind Talonvanish Productions are old hands at providing top shelf entertainment. Writer Director Ben Pittman has worked with a number of community theat

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Don McKellar - The Grand Seduction

The Grand Seduction makes its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival tonight. The film was made on the Bonavista peninsula last summer and stars Taylor Kitsch, Brendan Gleeson, Gordon Pinsent as well as Mary Walsh and other well know

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Liner Notes - Lorne Warr

From one rock to another: Lorne Warr of Bowen Island maintians his connection to Newfoundland through music. Lorne has just released a new CD. He speaks with host Angela Antle.

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Boyd Sharpe - Mixed martial arts

Boyd Sharpe is a huge fan of mixed martial arts. Such a huge fan that he decided he wanted to make a documentary film about it. However; on the way to making that film, tons of people told him they wanted to train to fight a professional Mixed Martial A

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Ed Jones - Salt cod cookbook

For all the ways that cod influenced Newfoundland culture...you could never accuse us of being too creative with the cooking of the stuff. Maybe it's because we had to put so much effort into the catching of the damn things. Ed Jones has never be

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Seamus Heaney: Remembering Mike Boyle

The tributes to nobel prize winning poet Seamus Heaney are pouring in from all over the world. Writers, Presidents, and rock stars are weighing in with their favourite Heaney poem or turn of phrase. Indeed everyone who loves Heaney's poems feel like they

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WAM Aug 17-18 Liner Notes - Ralph O'Brien

Ralph O'Brien has been a main stay in the Newfoundland and Labrador folk scene since the 70's. Over the years he's played in many bands and acted as a mentor to some of the biggest acts from this province - but - it was only last month that he released h

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WAM Aug 03-04 Booker Prize winning author Anne Enright

I remember the first time I heard Anne Enright read. It was the year she won the Booker prize and I was in my kitchen probably cleaning up after breakfast listening to The Sunday Edition. Michael Enright was interviewing this lovely Irish author named Ann

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WAM June 29-30 Chef Andrew Parsons

Andrew Parson's is a passionate chef. The 24 year old Newfoundlander first connected with food in a meaningful way when his nan let him butter the bread that jiust came out of the oven. Who wouldn't....? There were a few career detours through Boston P

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WAM May 04-05 Krista Jameson

Krista Jameson is one of the people behind a new series of videos called "All Around the Table" that focus on the traditions of keeping gardens in Newfoundland. Krista works for the Food Security Network and she's joined us this morning. Link to the R

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WAM April 27-28 Sheldon Smithens

If you've got a barn or basement full of great stuff - you're in luck. That dynamic duo - the "Canadian Pickers" - are making a return visit to our province. They'll be filming in June. Sheldon Smithens is one half of "Canadian Pickers".

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WAM April 20-21 Alan Doyle

Great Big Sea are on the great big road, touring great big North America in support of their new cd, XX. That's twenty years, not XX strength booze in a jug. XX is a two-disc collection capturing many musical highlights from the band's career, plus s

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WAM April 20-21 David Kelleher-Flight

Praised by Opera News for his "flawless diction and flexible lyric baritone," St. John's singer David Kelleher-Flight will, tonight, tread the boards of the venerable New York City Center theater in his New York City Opera debut. David graduated from M

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WAM April 20-21 Michael Massie and Lisa Moore

Cuts to College of the North Atlantic's Visual Arts Program in Stephenville raise the ire of students past. The College lost more than 100 jobs across all disciplines and areas of operation across the province, including the entire Visual Arts Program, a

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WAM April 20-21 Mark Callanan and James Langer

An anthology of contemporary poets offers an opportunity to gauge the progress gained or themes explored by writers from a somewhat similar time. Breakwater Books this week will launch their Book of Contemparary Newfoundland Poetry. It includes work fr

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WAM April 20-21 Tanya Shirley

Tanya Shirley is a Jamaica-born poet whose debut collection of poems, She Who Sleeps With Bones, was a Jamaican best-seller in 2009. Her poems have been anthologized and she currently teaches at the University of the West Indies in Mona, Jamaica. Tany

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WAM April 13-14 Claire Wilkshire

Claire Wilkshire is a freelance writer, editor, translator and teacher. Now she is a novelist. Breakwater Books recently launched Claire's first novel, Maxine, a book about writing and about discovery. I spoke with Claire this week.

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WAM April 13-14 Joan Sullivan

I received a press release from MUN recently that said "As of April 1, Newfoundland and Labrador's oldest magazine, the Newfoundland Quarterly, officially became a public engagement unit of Memorial University." The Quarterly has been around for many y

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WAM April 13-14 Chad Pelley

Chad Pelley is one busy award-winning writer. His short stories have been published all across the country, added to textbooks, and anthologizes. He runs the literary blog Salty Ink, and his debut novel, Away From Everywhere, was a Coles Best-seller and i

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WAM April 6-7 Noreen Golfman

Perhaps there was a moment of silence at your local cinema last night. If there wasn't, there should have been. For many people, Roger Ebert was the movies. He was the first film critic to win the Pulitzer Prize. His reviews appeared in over 200 newspa

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WAM April 6-7 Mayor Dennis O'Keefe

At least 16 cruise ships are expected to rumble into St. John's Harbour this year. Thats a lot of tourists, and the hope, of course, is that they arrive looking to lighten their wallets. A rousing welcome never hurts, and with that in mind, the city of

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WAM April 6-7 Lori Deeley

It's been a rough few weeks for staff and students at the College of the North Atlantic . More than 100 jobs are being axed as a result of the recent provincial budget. That means classes and programs are being cut, including the Visual Arts Progra

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