September 2012

Katrina Onstad, Leonard Cohen's novels, Grace O'Connell

  "If parenthood is uninvited, what does it do to these people?"-- Katrina Onstad.  In this episode: * Katrina Onstad on Everybody Has Everything* Colleen Brown on...

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Richard Ford, remembering David Rakoff

  "I want to be the guy who writes the line that causes you to have a new awareness."-- Richard Ford.  In this episode: * Richard Ford...

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Shelagh's extended conversation with Richard Ford

Richard Ford is arguably one of the great American writers of his generation.  He has written novels and short stories, and is perhaps best known for...

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Mystery writer Louise Penny interviews Shelagh...

Before she became an award-winning mystery writer, Louise Penny had a career as a CBC Radio host.  It's a skill set she's kept in her back...

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Kamal Al-Solaylee, John Meisel

  "Once you taste that, going back into the closet is almost impossible."-- Kamal Al-Solaylee.  In this episode: * Kamal Al-Solaylee on Intolerable* James Bunton from...

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Shelagh's extended conversation with Kamal Al-Solaylee

Kamal Al-Solaylee was born into an affluent, cosmopolitan family in Yemen in the 1960s.  From a very early age, he knew he was gay.  As his...

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Shelagh's extended conversation with John Meisel

To live well into your 80s is a feat.  To experience that much life with joie de vivre is extraordinary.  And John Meisel is certainly...

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Everybody loves Tomato Soup Cake!

On our season premiere, Shelagh spoke with the author Brian Francis about his blog Caker Cooking, which celebrates "the best of the worst of mangiacake cuisine". ...

Brian Francis, Leanne Shapton, Jo Saul on "50 Shades..."

  "Part of my job in life is to inform people that, yes, you are caker."-- Brian Francis.  In this episode: * Brian Francis on his...

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Kim Thuy, Rudy Wiebe, Adrienne Clarkson (Encore)

  "I never felt that I arrived here as an immigrant.  I arrived here almost like an adoptive child."-- Kim Thuy.  In this episode: * Kim Thuy...

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Shelagh's extended conversation with Kim Thuy (Encore)

On its booksleeve, Kim Thuy's novel Ru is described as "a lullaby for Vietnam and a love letter to a new homeland". The novel begins after...

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