February 8th, 2010 - The State of the Union
Two happily married authors who row, one cook who says Divorce Sucks, and a twice-married man makes his confession.
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[mp3 file: runs 48:46]
February 1st, 2010 - Ian Brown, David Carpenter, Vincent Lam
Ian Brown on his parenting memoir, The Boy in the Moon, about his severely disabled son. Vincent Lam on the miniseries adaptation of his story collection. David Carpenter on fishing and novellas.
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[mp3 file: runs 47:15]
January 25, 2010 - Polar Extremes
Norman Hallendy learns about stone structures in the Arctic, Ted Harrison paints Yukon, and Soraya Peerbaye finds empty place names in Antarctica.
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[mp3 file: runs 53:56]
January 18, 2010 - It's Complicated
John Bemrose on love triangles, Andrew Nikiforuk and Alanna Mitchell on writing about the planet, and Shelagh remembers PK Page.
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[mp3 file: runs 48:47]
January 11, 2010 - Dayjob Inspiration
Robert Rotenberg, defence lawyer and crime writer, plus Billeh Nickerson with McPoems, Kate Braid with construction-work writing, and Anthony Stewart, English professor and NOT a basketball player.
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[mp3 file: runs 49:13]
January 4, 2010 - All About You
The Ego Boom, Generation X, and Bonnie Burnard's new novel, Suddenly. Plus Diana Athill.
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[mp3 file: runs 49:17]
December 28th, 2009 - Mysteries
Mystery Books panel, Graydon Carter of Vanity Fair, Wayson Choy on the Jade Peony, Antanas Sileika
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[mp3 file: runs 53:50]
December 21st, 2009 - Two Cities
Deirdre Kelly on Paris Times Eight, Anne-Marie MacDonald on Fall On Your Knees, Tom Howell on Revolutionary Books.
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[mp3 file: runs 42:54]
December 14th, 2009 - Tom King
Tom King's new book is for children. It's called A Coyote Solstice Tale. Also on the show: Children's Book Panel, Dennis Lee, and Canada Reads nominee Nicolas Dickner.
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[mp3 file: runs 48:01]
December 7th, 2009 - The Fear Factor
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[mp3 file: runs 54:06]
November 30, 2009 - Food Writing
David Sax on delicatessens, Bal Arneson on Everyday Indian, Itah Sadu on literary delectables, plus a mother-and-daughter cookbook.
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[mp3 file: runs 50:23]
November 23, 2009
Linden McIntyre, plus Shani Mootoo and Kathryn Borel, and Award for Best Cheese Poem.
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[mp3 file: runs 49:13]
November 16, 2009 - Borderline Personalities
Catherine Gildiner, W. Paul Young, and Wendy Morton. Plus book reviews by Randy Boyagoda and Dwayne Morgan.
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[mp3 file: runs 53:24]
November 9, 2009 - Lorna Crozier and Jane Christmas
Books about mothers and daughters.
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[mp3 file: runs 50:29]
November 2, 2009 - Anne Murray
Anne Murray, Shinan Govani, Mark Leiren-Young, Word Report
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[mp3 file: runs 48:28]
October 26, 2009 - Douglas Coupland
Shelagh visits Douglas Coupland's house in Vancouver to hear about Generation A; also Rosanna Deerchild and Pierre Nepveu write about land and dispossession.
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[mp3 file: runs 47:23]
October 19, 2009 - Try To See It My Way
Jessica Grant on Come, Thou Tortoise; Linda Besner on choosing a title for her book; Norman Doidge on the Brain That Changes Itself.
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[mp3 file: runs 52:13]
October 12, 2009 - George Elliott Clarke & Co.
George Elliott Clarke discusses I&I; Julia Child talks food; Andy Jones and Darka Erdelji on folk-tales.
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[mp3 file: runs 47:53]
October 5, 2009 - The Eat, Shrink, Love Edition
Lori Lansens on The Wife's Tale, a panel discussion about great bookstores, and Aritha Van Herk on the fictional good marriage.
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[mp3 file: runs 48:37]
September 28th, 2009 - Your Number's Not Up Yet
Wayson Choy, Michael Turner, Jason Brown, Tom Howell.
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[mp3 file: runs 50:14]
September 21st, 2009 - The Peep Diaries
Hal Niedzviecki tells Shelagh why pop culture has become peep culture; Carlo Rota talks about the books he reads; Karen Solie talks Pigeon; Sara O'Leary reviews biographies.
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[mp3 file: runs 48:00]
September 14th, 2009 - The Year of the Flood
Margaret Atwood on her new novel, plus interviews with Itah Sadu and Robert Adams.
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[mp3 file: runs 52:25]
September 7, 2009 - New Season
On the first show of the new season, Shelagh reports on her trip to the Woody Point Writers Festival in Newfoundland, complete with an on-stage interview with Michael Crummey, one of the most talked-up authors of the new fall season. The show also stars Pasha Malla, currently on a writing retreat in Pierre Berton's childhood home, sci-fi mega-seller Robert Sawyer, and the mystery writer Joy Fielding, who answers personal questions put to her by our mysterious interrogator.
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[mp3 file: runs 48:15]
March 21 - Mystery Month #3
Jose Latour, Lisa Gabriele, and more.
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[mp3 file: runs 44:47]
March 28 - Mystery Month #4
Pat Capponi, Roy MacGregor, Sasenarine Persaud.
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[mp3 file: runs 46:38]
March 14 - Mystery Month #2
Gail Bowen, Anthony De Sa, Antanas Sileika.
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[mp3 file: runs 47:05]
March 7, 2009 - Mystery Month #1
Shelagh speaks with Linwood Barclay, and Peter Robinson tackles the Questionnaire.
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[mp3 file: runs 47:26]
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