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]
June 27, 2009 - Ocean Ranger
Lisa Moore on her novel, February, and Mike Heffernan on his non-fiction book, Rig. Plus, How Poetry Can Change Your Life.
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[mp3 file: runs 53:48]
June 20, 2009 - The Square Peg Edition
Books about talking squirrels and extreme sports, and other items that kick against the categories.
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[mp3 file: runs 49:40]
June 13, 2009 - Deep Economy
John Demont tells a story of coal, and the lives it ruled, in Coal Black Heart; plus, Depressing Moments in Canadian Literature, a panel on money books, and Joel Yanofsky on 'Fire the Canon'
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[mp3 file: runs 51:30]
June 6 - Writing History
Adrienne Clarkson on her book about Norman Bethune, and Robert Arthur Alexie on his book, Porcupines and China Dolls
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[mp3 file: runs 48:42]
May 30, 2009 - Best Friends
Erika Ritter on human attitudes to pets and wild beasts, Hannah Sung on the graphic novel Skim, Tom Howell on poetry.
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[mp3 file: runs 49:26]
May 23, 2009 - Dish It Out & Take It
Anne Giardini discusses Advice for Italian Boys; Aritha Van Herk on family sagas; Sue Johnson on Hold Me Tight.
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[mp3 file: runs 47:25]
May 16th - Here, There, and Everywhere
Michael Kusugak, Mark Kingwell, Paul Quarrington, and Joel Thomas Hynes.
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[mp3 file: runs 46:48]
May 9 - Going Ashore
Mavis Gallant speaks to Shelagh about her new collection of old stories.
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[mp3 file: runs 48:54]
Bonus - Mavis Gallant - the extended interview
A longer version of the interview that aired on May 9th.
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[mp3 file: runs 33:04]
May 2 - Think Big
David Suzuki on The Big Picture, Steven Galloway on The Cellist of Sarajevo, and David Gilmour on the three most talented Canadian writers he's met.
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[mp3 file: runs 45:48]
April 25 - The Political is Personal
Michael Ignatieff on his family; Andrew Cohen on Lester B Pearson; Jo Saul on Fictional Therapy.
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[mp3 file: runs 45:11]
April 18 - Remembrance of Things Past
Dan Hill on his memoir; Bill Richardson; Brian O'Dea.
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[mp3 file: runs 46:18]
April 11th - Rolling Back the Rock
Eric Siblin on Bach; Jean Vanier on a life in letters.
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[mp3 file: runs 37:18]
April 4th - Everybody's All Over These... Memoirs!
Meg Federico, Joan Barfoot, Steven Kimber, Robert Priest
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[mp3 file: runs 48:01]
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]
February 28th - Lit Awards
A special show in which Shelagh introduces and interviews the winners of this year's CBC Literary Awards. Plus, Gail Anderson-Dargatz.
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[mp3 file: runs 47:56]
February 21st - Poetic License
Terry Sawchuk, the toughest goalie that ever played in the NHL, inspires the poetry of Randall Maggs. Jeremiah, the gloomiest prophet that ever was, inspires Adam Sol. Also, Fictional Therapy and more.
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[mp3 file: runs 49:14]
February 14th - Singles Awareness Day
Heartbreaking scenes from Canadian literature, Lynn Crosbie's Liar, our Rejection Slip special, and Aritha van Herk on Can-Lit love stories.
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[mp3 file: runs 48:26]
February 7th - Winnipeg Heat
Shelagh pays homage to the hot Can-Lit city of Winnipeg, with features on David Bergen, Carol Shields, and Andrew Davidson.
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[mp3 file: runs 44:11]
January 31st - Mother Knows Best
Mothers (and authors) Debbie Travis, Abigail Carter, Lisa Moore, and Joan Clark. Also on the program, Duane Andrews and S. Randy Boyagoda discuss books by Kenneth J. Harvey.
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[mp3 file: runs 49:15]
January 24th - Present, Past, and Future
Mariko and Jillian Tamaki talk about their hit graphic novel, Skim. Bill Waiser and Ernest Hillen look back on Canadian stories that still matter today. Joel Yanofsky conjectures about whether a novel-writer would make a good prime minister.
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[mp3 file: runs 47:58]
January 17th - Malcolm Gladwell, MG Vassanji
Gladwell on the social underpinnings of success, Vassanji on getting to know India, and poetry correspondent Tom Howell on whether poets are political enough.
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[mp3 file: runs 50:14]
January 3rd - Lions in Winter
Farley Mowat, Alistair MacLeod, Austin Clarke, Gordon Pinsent
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[mp3 file: runs 48:53]
January 10th - Stubborn Memories
Russell Wangersky's fiery memoir, Jo Saul's Fictional Therapy, and Leila Nadir's Baghdad memories.
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[mp3 file: runs 48:12]
Mysteries and Wonder
Isa Milman finds a surprise at a cemetery in Saskatchewan, the Mystery Books panel picks favourites, and David Adams Richards talks about Canada Reads.
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[mp3 file: runs 47:55]
The Festivus Edition
Bonnie Stern treats Shelagh to one of her Friday night dinners, Gerry Bowler talks about Santa Claus, Brian Francis discusses his novel Fruit, and Tom Howell reports on Canadian Christmas poetry.
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[mp3 file: runs 41:17]
December 6th - Don Cherry and Michel Tremblay
Shelagh talks with Don Cherry, Lorna Jackson, Aislinn Hunter, and Michel Tremblay.
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[mp3 file: runs 47:57]
November 22nd - Mars and Venus edition
Rebecca Eckler on chick-lit for teens, Todd Babiak on lad-lit's demise, Susan Pinker on the Sexual Paradox, Tom Howell on poetry.
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[mp3 file: runs 47:26]
November 15th - Native Life, Aboriginal Ideas
Richard Wagamese's memoir One Native Life tells a story of rediscovering Cree culture. John Ralston Saul alleges that Canada is a metis nation. James Harvey answers le Questionnaire.
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[mp3 file: runs 49:57]
Episode 7 - November 8th, 2008
Deborah Ellis speaks about her interviews with the children of soldiers; David Adams Richards on his lighter side; Victor Dwyer on the Giller nominees.
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[mp3 file: runs 52:09]
Episode 3 - Margaret Atwood, Smart Cookies
Margaret Atwood speaks about the debts we owe, and the Scrooge in all of us. (n.b. broadcasted music and Shyam Selvadurai's commentary are omitted from this podcast)
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[mp3 file: runs 43:39]
Episode 2 - Miriam Toews, Joseph Boyden
Shelagh finds out how two authors are following their breakthrough books with stories that examine family ties. Also, Canadian politicians try to be more poetic.
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[mp3 file: runs 50:48]
October 18th - Patrick Lane
Shelagh talks with Patrick Lane about his first novel, Red Dog Red Dog. Randy Boyagoda drops by to explain the international reception for Lawrence Hill's Book of Negroes.
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[mp3 file: runs 44:39]
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