Here are all the interviews airing on May 23rd. As usual, we've removed the music and various garnishes that you'd hear in the broadcast version.

Shelagh speaks with: Anne Giardini, author of Advice for Italian Boys; Aritha Van Herk, who's been looking into family sagas in Canadian literature; and Sue Johnson, author of Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love. Songwriter Veda Hille pops up to talk about reading Tales from Moominvalley, the sixth book in the Moomin series by Finnish author, Tove Jansson.

By the way, the books mentioned by Aritha Van Herk are:

The Jalna series by Mazo de la Roche.
Disappearing Moon Cafe by Sky Lee.
Good to a Fault by Marina Endicott.