Use the links below to download a file.
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
 Download Giles Slade * "Drunk Mom" review (June 17, 2013)
[mp3 file: runs 00:53:17]
TNC Special: New Aboriginal Writing
Shelagh's conversation with Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm and Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair about new aboriginal writing.
Download TNC Special: New Aboriginal Writing
[mp3 file: runs 00:40:48]
TNC Special: Richard Van Camp
Shelagh's extended conversation with Richard Van Camp, author of "Godless But Loyal to Heaven".
Download TNC Special: Richard Van Camp
[mp3 file: runs 00:35:48]
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
Download Richard Van Camp * new aboriginal writing (June 10, 2013)
[mp3 file: runs 00:50:11]
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
Download Claire Messud * Cathi Bond (June 3, 2013)
[mp3 file: runs 00:49:53]
TNC Special: Susan Musgrave
Shelagh's conversation with Susan Musgrave, author of "Given".
Download TNC Special: Susan Musgrave
[mp3 file: runs 00:45:07]
TNC Special: Guy Gavriel Kay
Shelagh's extended conversation with Guy Gavriel Kay, author of "River of Stars".
Download TNC Special: Guy Gavriel Kay
[mp3 file: runs 00:41:30]
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
Download Guy Gavriel Kay * Susan Musgrave (May 27, 2013)
[mp3 file: runs 00:49:18]
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.
Download TNC Special: What's Graham Greene e-reading?
[mp3 file: runs 00:07:17]
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
Download Shyam Selvadurai * if you like David Sedaris...
[mp3 file: runs 00:49:44]
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"
Download Shannon Moroney * searching for Hawksley Workman (May 20, 2013)
[mp3 file: runs 00:46:16]
TNC Special: Shannon Moroney
Shelagh's extended conversation with Shannon Moroney, author of "Through the Glass".
Download TNC Special: Shannon Moroney
[mp3 file: runs 00:50:53]
TNC Special: Tanis Rideout
Shelagh's extended conversation with Tanis Rideout, author of "Above All Things".
Download TNC Special: Tanis Rideout
[mp3 file: runs 00:25:04]
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"
Download Tanis Rideout * Saleema Nawaz (May 6, 2013)
[mp3 file: runs 00:52:43]
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.
Download TNC Special: Joseph Boyden and Richard Wagamese
[mp3 file: runs 00:35:53]
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"
Download Joseph Boyden and Richard Wagamese (April 29, 2013)
[mp3 file: runs 00:53:40]
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
Download Don Gillmor * review of Alice Munro (April 22, 2013)
[mp3 file: runs 00:49:50]
TNC Special: Colin McAdam
Shelagh's extended conversation with Colin McAdam, author of "A Beautiful Truth".
Download TNC Special: Colin McAdam
[mp3 file: runs 00:31:47]
TNC Special: George Elliott Clarke
Shelagh's extended conversation with the poet George Elliott Clarke, author of "Red".
Download TNC Special: George Elliott Clarke
[mp3 file: runs 00:42:46]
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
Download George Elliott Clarke * Colin McAdam (April 15, 2013)
[mp3 file: runs 00:50:25]
TNC Special: William Whitehead
Shelagh's extended conversation with William Whitehead, author of "Words to Live By".
Download TNC Special: William Whitehead
[mp3 file: runs 00:36:29]
TNC Special: Meg Tilly
Shelagh's extended conversation with Meg Tilly, author of "A Taste of Heaven".
Download TNC Special: Meg Tilly
[mp3 file: runs 00:29:45]
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
Download Meg Tilly * William Whitehead (April 8, 2013)
[mp3 file: runs 00:53:14]
TNC Special: Annabel Lyon
Shelagh's extended conversation with Annabel Lyon, author of "The Sweet Girl".
Download TNC Special: Annabel Lyon
[mp3 file: runs 00:29:51]
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
Download Annabel Lyon * Political Satire panel (April 1, 2013)
[mp3 file: runs 00:50:31]
TNC Special: Alan Bradley
Shelagh's extended conversation with Alan Bradley about his novel "Speaking From Among the Bones", his latest Flavia Deluce mystery.
Download TNC Special: Alan Bradley
[mp3 file: runs 00:45:07]
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
Download Alan Bradley * Cancon alternative to Ian Rankin's Rebus (March 25, 2013)
[mp3 file: runs 00:49:36]
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"
Download Dave Hugelschaffer * Gordon Lightfoot book (March 18, 2013)
[mp3 file: runs 00:50:01]
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
Download Maureen Jennings * Twitter Smackdown (March 11, 2013)
[mp3 file: runs 00:53:01]
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
Download TNC Mystery Special (March 4, 2013)
[mp3 file: runs 00:53:25]
TNC Special: Susan Swan
Shelagh's extended conversation with Susan Swan, author of "The Western Light".
Download TNC Special: Susan Swan
[mp3 file: runs 00:40:02]
Susan Swan * Leonard Cohen bio (February 25, 2013)
Susan Swan on "The Western Light" * Andrew Kaufman on "Born Weird" * George Elliott Clarke on his day job in the Toronto traffic control centre * David Gilmour reviews "I'm Your Man: The Life of Leonard Cohen" by Sylvie Simmons * Patrick Ledwell on "I Am
Download Susan Swan * Leonard Cohen bio (February 25, 2013)
[mp3 file: runs 00:51:34]
TNC Special: Stephen Marche
Shelagh's extended conversation with Stephen Marche about his novel, "Love and the Mess We're In"
Download TNC Special: Stephen Marche
[mp3 file: runs 00:28:38]
Stephen Marche * Writers on mental illness (February 18th, 2013)
Stephen Marche on "Love and the Mess We're In" * Luke Doucet on "Porno" by Irvine Welsh * Lynne Van Luven and Lenore Rowntree on "Hidden Lives: coming out on mental illness" * Randy Boyagoda reviews "The Bukowski/Purdy Letters 1964-1974"
Download Stephen Marche * Writers on mental illness (February 18th, 2013)
[mp3 file: runs 00:48:07]
Donna Morrissey * Kevin O'Leary (11 February 2013)
Donna Morrissey on "The Deception of Livvy Higgs" * Marjorie Celona on "Y" * Kevin O'Leary on "Cold Hard Truth: On Business, Money and Life" * Gail Vaz-Oxlade takes the Proust Questionnaire * Giles Blunt ("Until the Night") recalls the job he should never
Download Donna Morrissey * Kevin O'Leary (11 February 2013)
[mp3 file: runs 00:53:34]
TNC Special: Thomas King
Shelagh's extended conversation with Thomas King, author of "The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America".
Download TNC Special: Thomas King
[mp3 file: runs 00:48:17]
Thomas King * Priscila Uppal (February 4, 2013)
Thomas King on "The Inconvenient Indian" * Will Whitwham from the band The Wilderness of Manitoba on "Three Day Road" by Joseph Boyden * Ing Wong-Ward says if you liked "A Cook's Tour" by Anthony Bourdain, you'll love "The Devil's Picnic" by Taras Grescoe
Download Thomas King * Priscila Uppal (February 4, 2013)
[mp3 file: runs 00:49:35]
Literary Smackdown #10: Is it better to write with or without music?
There are as many ways to write as there are writers. So, The Next Chapter and Canada Writes created Literary Smackdown, a forum for authors to debate which way works best. In this tenth instalment, Cathy Marie Buchanan and Andrew Kaufman face off in a
Download Literary Smackdown #10: Is it better to write with or without music?
[mp3 file: runs 00:13:11]
Tamas Dobozy * Music Smackdown (January 28, 2013)
Tamas Dobozy on "Siege 13" * Amelia Curran on "Gold" by Chris Cleave * Literary Smackdown with Cathy Marie Buchanan and Andrew Kaufman: Is it better to write with or without music? * Deirdre Kelly on "Ballerina: Sex, Scandal, and Suffering Behind the Symb
Download Tamas Dobozy * Music Smackdown (January 28, 2013)
[mp3 file: runs 00:50:59]
TNC Special: Lorna Crozier
Shelagh's extended conversation with Lorna Crozier, author of "The Book of Marvels". Recorded on stage at the Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts in Seychelt, British Columbia.
Download TNC Special: Lorna Crozier
[mp3 file: runs 00:37:49]
Richard Wagamese * Lorna Crozier * Neil Pasricha (January 21, 2013)
Richard Wagamese on "Indian Horse" * Sarah Tsiang on "Desperately Seeking Susans" * Lorna Crozier on "The Book of Marvels" * Neil Pasricha, author of "The Book of Awesome", answers the Proust Questionnaire
Download Richard Wagamese * Lorna Crozier * Neil Pasricha (January 21, 2013)
[mp3 file: runs 00:50:02]
Gerry Dee * Jane Urquhart (January 14, 2013)
Gerry Dee on "Teaching: It's Harder Than It Looks" * Shakura S'Aida on The Vampire Huntress Legend series by L.A. Banks * Antanas Sileika says if you liked "Birdsong" by Sebastian Faulks, you'll love "Three Day Road" by Joseph Boyden * Jane Urquhart on "A
Download Gerry Dee * Jane Urquhart (January 14, 2013)
[mp3 file: runs 00:49:40]
TNC Special: Eden Robinson
Shelagh's extended conversation with Eden Robinson, author of "The Sasquatch at Home" and "Monkey Beach".
Download TNC Special: Eden Robinson
[mp3 file: runs 00:36:03]
Eden Robinson * Lisa Moore (January 7, 2013)
Eden Robinson on "The Sasquatch at Home" * Jason Collett on "A Fair Country" by John Ralston Saul * Randy Boyagoda on the life and work of Josef Škvorecký * Shauna Singh Baldwin on "The Selector of Souls" * Lisa Moore on "February"
Download Eden Robinson * Lisa Moore (January 7, 2013)
[mp3 file: runs 00:49:57]
David Bergen * Amanda Lang (December 31, 2012)
David Bergen on "The Age of Hope" * Julie Wilson on "Seen Reading" * Donna Morrissey on her short-lived day job at a factory * Amanda Lang on "The Power of Why" * Robert J. Sawyer answers the Proust Questionnaire
Download David Bergen * Amanda Lang (December 31, 2012)
[mp3 file: runs 00:48:44]
TNC Special: Douglas Gibson
Shelagh's extended conversation with Douglas Gibson about Hugh MacLennan's novel "Two Solitudes". It's a contender for Canada Reads 2013.
Download TNC Special: Douglas Gibson
[mp3 file: runs 00:19:06]
Gordon Pinsent * Douglas Gibson (December 24, 2012)
Gordon Pinsent on "Next" * Our Mystery Book Panel recommends great holiday reads * Douglas Gibson on "Two Solitudes" by Hugh MacLennan
Download Gordon Pinsent * Douglas Gibson (December 24, 2012)
[mp3 file: runs 00:49:37]
TNC Special: Gordon Pinsent
Shelagh's extended conversation with Gordon Pinsent about his memoir "Next". Recorded in front of a live audience at the 2012 International Festival of Authors in Toronto.
Download TNC Special: Gordon Pinsent
[mp3 file: runs 00:39:57]
Sandra Martin * Adam Gopnik (December 17, 2012)
Sandra Martin on "Working the Dead Beat" * Marielle Rivard from the Souljazz Orchestra on "The Shock Doctrine" by Naomi Klein * Jacob Richler on "My Canada Includes Foie Gras" * Naomi Duguid on "Burma" * Mairlyn Smith on "Healthy Starts Here" * Adam Gopni
Download Sandra Martin * Adam Gopnik (December 17, 2012)
[mp3 file: runs 00:43:29]
Rick Mercer * Neil Young bio (December 10, 2012)
Rick Mercer on "A Nation Worth Ranting About" * Emma Donoghue, author of "Astray", answers the Proust Questionnaire * Vish Khanna reviews "Waging Heavy Peace" by Neil Young * Our Children's Book Panel -- Michele Landsburg and Ken Setterington -- recommend
Download Rick Mercer * Neil Young bio (December 10, 2012)
[mp3 file: runs 00:52:14]
TNC Special: Jian Ghomeshi
Shelagh's extended conversation with Jian Ghomeshi, author of "1982". Recorded in front of a live audience at Harbourfront Centre in Toronto as part of the 2012 International Festival of Authors.
Download TNC Special: Jian Ghomeshi
[mp3 file: runs 00:28:05]
Jian Ghomeshi * Kathy Reichs (December 3, 2012)
Jian Ghomeshi on "1982" * Kim Izzo on "The Jane Austen Marriage Manual" * Jen Sookfong Lee on the rise of fan fiction * Kathy Reichs on "Bones Are Forever"
Download Jian Ghomeshi * Kathy Reichs (December 3, 2012)
[mp3 file: runs 00:49:28]
Linda Spalding * Margaret Atwood (November 26, 2012)
Linda Spalding on "The Purchase" * Chilly Gonzales on "The German Genius" by Peter Watson * Margaret Atwood on "The Happy Zombie Sunrise Home", the serial she's co-writing with Naomi Alderman and publishing on Wattpad * Richard Lemm on "Riptides: New Isla
Download Linda Spalding * Margaret Atwood (November 26, 2012)
[mp3 file: runs 00:50:13]
TNC Special - Jack Hodgins
Shelagh's extended conversation with Jack Hodgins, author most recently of "The Master of Happy Endings".
Download TNC Special - Jack Hodgins
[mp3 file: runs 00:39:34]
Alix Ohlin * Jack Hodgins (November 19, 2012)
Alix Ohlin on "Inside" * Dave Vertesi from Hey Ocean! on "Whole Earth Discipline" by Stewart Brand * Master Class with Jack Hodgins * Marina Nemat on her day jobs at MacDonald's and Swiss Chalet * Randy Boyagoda reviews "Nobody Rides for Free" by John Fra
Download Alix Ohlin * Jack Hodgins (November 19, 2012)
[mp3 file: runs 00:47:56]
Mariko Tamaki * Waubgeshig Rice (November 12, 2012)
Mariko Tamaki on "(You) Set Me on Fire" * Samantha Nutt answers the Proust Questionnaire * Waubgeshig Rice on "Midnight Sweatlodge" * Méira Cook on her poem "The Devil's Advocate" * Treasa Levasseur says if you like "Chicken Soup for the Soul", you'll lov
Download Mariko Tamaki * Waubgeshig Rice (November 12, 2012)
[mp3 file: runs 00:49:47]
|
