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First she has to prepare a special dinner for the Bishop in a house with no running water and then it seems she has to take on communications for the whole parish.</p> <p>Episode four: Chokecherry prepares for a visit from the Bishop.</p> <p><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://cbc.ca/radio/newplayer_mp3.swf" width="200" height="20"><br /> <param name="movie" value="http://cbc.ca/radio/newplayer_mp3.swf" /><br /> <param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" /><br /> <param name="FlashVars" value="mp3=http%3A//podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/betweenthecovers_20090428_13968.mp3&bgcolor1=e1eded&bgcolor2=e1eded&buttoncolor=1b457f&buttonovercolor=000000&slidercolor1=ffffff&slidercolor2=ffffff&showvolume=1&sliderovercolor=1b457f" /><br /> </object></p> <p>Episode five: Becky wonders if she’ll survive the church boys league. </p> <p><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://cbc.ca/radio/newplayer_mp3.swf" width="200" height="20"><br /> <param name="movie" value="http://cbc.ca/radio/newplayer_mp3.swf" /><br /> <param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" /><br /> <param name="FlashVars" value="mp3=http%3A//podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/betweenthecovers_20090429_13969.mp3&bgcolor1=e1eded&bgcolor2=e1eded&buttoncolor=1b457f&buttonovercolor=000000&slidercolor1=ffffff&slidercolor2=ffffff&showvolume=1&sliderovercolor=1b457f" /><br /> </object><br /> <br /> Each episode of <em>Between the Covers</em> is between 15 and 17 minutes.</p> <p>If you missed previous podcasts you can download them at the <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/betweenthecovers/podcast.html"><em>Between the Covers</em> podcasts</a>. If you’re interested in readings of other Canadian books, check out the <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/betweenthecovers/hearareading.html">Hear A Reading</a> page on the <em>Between the Covers</em> site.<br /> </p> <p class="entry-footer"> <span class="post-footers">Posted by Kimberly Walsh at 12:00 AM</span> <span class="separator">|</span> <a class="permalink" href="http://www.cbc.ca/wordsatlarge/blog/2009/04/shenanigans_and_misdirection_f_1.html">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/wordsatlarge/blog/2009/04/shenanigans_and_misdirection_f_1.html#comments">Comments (0)</a> | <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/wordsatlarge/blog/2009/04/shenanigans_and_misdirection_f_1.html#trackback">TrackBacks (0)</a> </p> <br /> <hr> </div> </div> </div>  <h2 class="date-header">April 22, 2009</h2> <a id="a038913"></a> <div class="entry" id="entry-38913"> <h3 class="entry-header">Necessity is the mother of invention in episode three of Chokecherry</h3> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="entry-body"> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/62821877@N00/2808284949/" target="_blank"><img align="left" hspace="5" alt="Dishes" src="http://www.cbc.ca/wordsatlarge/images/2009/btc_chokecherry3.jpg" width="250" height="248" /></a>In Norma Hawkins’ novel <em>Chokecherry</em> (Oberon), a town full of inventive characters takes on mother nature.</p> <p> It’s the 1950s in Saskatchewan. Eminently practical, the folk in the parish of Chokecherry have weathered the vagaries of the mail service, stock prices and climate shift. </p> <p>As the new minister’s wife, Becky is trying to measure up, but wonders how to keep a clean house with no water.</p> <p><em>Corner Gas</em> star Janet Wright narrates this <em>Between The Covers</em> podcast.</p> <p><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://cbc.ca/radio/newplayer_mp3.swf" width="200" height="20"><br /> <param name="movie" value="http://cbc.ca/radio/newplayer_mp3.swf" /><br /> <param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" /><br /> <param name="FlashVars" value="mp3=http%3A//podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/betweenthecovers_20090422_13966.mp3&bgcolor1=e1eded&bgcolor2=e1eded&buttoncolor=1b457f&buttonovercolor=000000&slidercolor1=ffffff&slidercolor2=ffffff&showvolume=1&sliderovercolor=1b457f" /><br /> </object></p> <p>Each episode of <em>Between the Covers</em> is between 15 and 17 minutes.</p> <p>If you missed previous podcasts you can download them at the <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/betweenthecovers/podcast.html"><em>Between the Covers</em> podcasts</a>. If you’re interested in readings of other Canadian books, check out the <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/betweenthecovers/hearareading.html">Hear A Reading</a> page on the <em>Between the Covers</em> site.</p> <p><em>(Photo credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/62821877@N00/" target="_blank">QueenofTarts</a> from Flickr)</em></p> <p class="entry-footer"> <span class="post-footers">Posted by Kimberly Walsh at 12:00 AM</span> <span class="separator">|</span> <a class="permalink" href="http://www.cbc.ca/wordsatlarge/blog/2009/04/necessity_is_the_mother_of_inv.html">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/wordsatlarge/blog/2009/04/necessity_is_the_mother_of_inv.html#comments">Comments (0)</a> | <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/wordsatlarge/blog/2009/04/necessity_is_the_mother_of_inv.html#trackback">TrackBacks (0)</a> </p> <br /> <hr> </div> </div> </div>  <h2 class="date-header">April 20, 2009</h2> <a id="a038707"></a> <div class="entry" id="entry-38707"> <h3 class="entry-header">Eleanor Wachtel talks to a panel of authors in the second of a special series, Dreaming Australia: Changing Visions of a Country</h3> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="entry-body"> <p>Listen here:<br /> <br /> <object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://cbc.ca/radio/newplayer_mp3.swf" width="200" height="20"><br /> <param name="movie" value="http://cbc.ca/radio/newplayer_mp3.swf" /><br /> <param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" /><br /> <param name="FlashVars" value="mp3=http%3A//podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/writersandco_20090419_14300.mp3&bgcolor1=e1eded&bgcolor2=e1eded&buttoncolor=1b457f&buttonovercolor=000000&slidercolor1=ffffff&slidercolor2=ffffff&showvolume=1&sliderovercolor=1b457f" /><br /> </object></p> <p><img align="left" hspace="5" alt="Australia" src="http://www.cbc.ca/wordsatlarge/images/2009/WAL_australia.jpg" width="175" height="251" />In the movie <em>Australia</em>, Hugh Jackman as the drover is rugged and true, the Aboriginal characters are noble and mystical and Nicole Kidman is an adaptable Brit. On <em>Writers & Company</em>, three writers discuss the myths and the magic of Australia and puncture the stereotypes in a special series about the country.</p> <p>Christos Tsiolkas, Chloe Hooper and John Clarke joined Eleanor Wachtel in a studio at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in Melbourne.</p> <p>Next week, more from Australia with acclaimed author David Malouf, whom The Weekend Australian praised as “Australia’s finest writer.”</p> <p>To find out more about Wachtel’s trip for <em>Writers & Company</em>, <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/writersandcompany/australian_writers.html">read her essay</a> about her experiences in Australia.</p> <p>Aired April 19, 2009, on <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/writersandcompany/"><em>Writers & Company</em></a>. [runs 52:43]<br /> <br /> <em>Writers & Company</em> airs on Thursdays at 11:00 p.m. (11:30 in Newfoundland) and on Sunday afternoons (times vary across the country). You can also <a href="ttp://www.cbc.ca/podcasting/index.html?arts#writersandcompany/">listen to the show as a podcast</a>.</p> <p class="entry-footer"> <span class="post-footers">Posted by Kimberly Walsh at 12:00 AM</span> <span class="separator">|</span> <a class="permalink" href="http://www.cbc.ca/wordsatlarge/blog/2009/04/eleanor_wachtel_talks_to_a_pan.html">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/wordsatlarge/blog/2009/04/eleanor_wachtel_talks_to_a_pan.html#comments">Comments (1)</a> | <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/wordsatlarge/blog/2009/04/eleanor_wachtel_talks_to_a_pan.html#trackback">TrackBacks (0)</a> </p> <br /> <hr> </div> </div> </div>  <h2 class="date-header">April 16, 2009</h2> <a id="a038637"></a> <div class="entry" id="entry-38637"> <h3 class="entry-header">Shelagh Rogers in conversation with Jean Vanier about his memoir</h3> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="entry-body"> <p>Listen here:</p> <p><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://cbc.ca/radio/newplayer_mp3.swf" width="200" height="20"><br /> <param name="movie" value="http://cbc.ca/radio/newplayer_mp3.swf" /><br /> <param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" /><br /> <param name="FlashVars" value="mp3=http%3A//podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/nextchapter_20090411_14186.mp3&bgcolor1=e1eded&bgcolor2=e1eded&buttoncolor=1b457f&buttonovercolor=000000&slidercolor1=ffffff&slidercolor2=ffffff&showvolume=1&sliderovercolor=1b457f" /><br /> </object></p> <p><img align="left" hspace="5" alt="Our Life Together" src="http://www.cbc.ca/wordsatlarge/images/2009/vanier_life.jpg" width="175" height="263" />On <em>The Next Chapter</em>, Jean Vanier discusses his epistolary memoir, <a href="http://www.harpercanada.com/books/9781554684113/Our_Life_Together/index.aspx" target="_blank"><em>Our Life Together: A Memoir in Letters</em></a> (HarperCollins).</p> <p>There’s more about books on the <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/thenextchapter/podcast.html/">podcast of <em>The Next Chapter</em></a>: former pop music critic Eric Siblin talks to Shelagh about his book The Cello Suites and author S. Randy Boyagoda stops by to chat about his visit with Mavis Gallant in Paris.</p> <p>First aired April 11, 2009 on <em>The Next Chapter</em>. [runs 37:18]</p> <p>Catch <em>The Next Chapter</em> on Saturdays at 3 p.m. EST (3:30 NT) on CBC Radio One, or listen online.</p> <p class="entry-footer"> <span class="post-footers">Posted by Kimberly Walsh at 11:18 AM</span> <span class="separator">|</span> <a class="permalink" href="http://www.cbc.ca/wordsatlarge/blog/2009/04/shelagh_rogers_in_conversation_1.html">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/wordsatlarge/blog/2009/04/shelagh_rogers_in_conversation_1.html#comments">Comments (0)</a> | <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/wordsatlarge/blog/2009/04/shelagh_rogers_in_conversation_1.html#trackback">TrackBacks (0)</a> </p> <br /> <hr> </div> </div> </div>  <h2 class="date-header">April 15, 2009</h2> <a id="a038494"></a> <div class="entry" id="entry-38494"> <h3 class="entry-header">Corner Gas star Janet Wright reads Chokecherry, a novel about life with a man of the cloth</h3> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="entry-body"> <p>Listen here:</p> <p><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://cbc.ca/radio/newplayer_mp3.swf" width="200" height="20"><br /> <param name="movie" value="http://cbc.ca/radio/newplayer_mp3.swf" /><br /> <param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" /><br /> <param name="FlashVars" value="mp3=http%3A//podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/betweenthecovers_20090415_13965.mp3&bgcolor1=e1eded&bgcolor2=e1eded&buttoncolor=1b457f&buttonovercolor=000000&slidercolor1=ffffff&slidercolor2=ffffff&showvolume=1&sliderovercolor=1b457f" /><br /> </object></p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sherlock77/13752733/" target="_blank"><img align="left" hspace="5" alt="Pic_143" src="http://www.cbc.ca/wordsatlarge/images/2009/btc_chokecherry2.jpg" width="250" height="169" /></a>Eccentric characters spice up parish life in the second episode of Norma Hawkins’ novel, also available in the <em>Between the Covers</em> podcast. </p> <p><em>Chokecherry</em> (Oberon) is set in 1950s Saskatchewan, where a new minister and his wife are trying to decipher local behaviour. At the moment, Geoff and Becky feel a little like aliens first landing on earth. Everyone assumes they already know the rules.</p> <p>Each episode of <em>Between the Covers</em> is between 15 and 17 minutes.</p> <p>If you missed previous podcasts you can download them at the <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/betweenthecovers/podcast.html"><em>Between the Covers</em> podcasts</a>. If you’re interested in readings of other Canadian books, check out the <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/betweenthecovers/hearareading.html">Hear A Reading</a> page on the <em>Between the Covers</em> site.</p> <p><em>(Photo credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sherlock77/" target="_blank">Sherlock77 (James)</a> from Flickr)</em></p> <p class="entry-footer"> <span class="post-footers">Posted by Kimberly Walsh at 12:00 AM</span> <span class="separator">|</span> <a class="permalink" href="http://www.cbc.ca/wordsatlarge/blog/2009/04/corner_gas_star_janet_wright_r.html">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/wordsatlarge/blog/2009/04/corner_gas_star_janet_wright_r.html#comments">Comments (0)</a> | <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/wordsatlarge/blog/2009/04/corner_gas_star_janet_wright_r.html#trackback">TrackBacks (0)</a> </p> <br /> <hr> </div> </div> </div>  <h2 class="date-header">April 13, 2009</h2> <a id="a038377"></a> <div class="entry" id="entry-38377"> <h3 class="entry-header">Eleanor Wachtel talks to Alexis Wright in the first of a special series, Dreaming Australia: Changing Visions of a Country</h3> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="entry-body"> <p>Listen here:<br /> <br /> <object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://cbc.ca/radio/newplayer_mp3.swf" width="200" height="20"><br /> <param name="movie" value="http://cbc.ca/radio/newplayer_mp3.swf" /><br /> <param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" /><br /> <param name="FlashVars" value="mp3=http%3A//podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/writersandco_20090412_14159.mp3&bgcolor1=e1eded&bgcolor2=e1eded&buttoncolor=1b457f&buttonovercolor=000000&slidercolor1=ffffff&slidercolor2=ffffff&showvolume=1&sliderovercolor=1b457f" /><br /> </object></p> <p><img align="left" hspace="5" alt="Carpentaria" src="http://www.cbc.ca/wordsatlarge/images/2009/wright_carpentaria.jpg" width="175" height="265" />Eleanor Wachtel traveled to Australia in March to interview a number of writers, including writer and activist Alexis Wright.</p> <p>This week’s guest is one of the country’s best-known aboriginal authors. Wright’s novel, <a href="http://books.simonandschuster.com/Carpentaria/Alexis-Wright/9781416593102" target="_blank"><em>Carpentaria</em></a> (Simon & Schuster), has won numerous awards, including Australia's premier literary prize, the Miles Franklin Award.</p> <p>The story is set in the Gulf country of north-western Queensland and tells the interconnected tales of the inhabitants of the fictional town of Desperance.</p> <p>To find out more about Wachtel’s trip for <em>Writers & Company</em>, <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/writersandcompany/australian_writers.html">read her essay</a> about her experiences in Australia.</p> <p>Next week, the series continues with three diverse and entertaining writers: Commonwealth Book Prize-winner Christos Tsiolkas, political satirist John Clarke and novelist and journalist Chloe Hooper.</p> <p>Aired April 12, 2009, on <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/writersandcompany/"><em>Writers & Company</em></a>. [runs 52:40]<br /> <br /> <em>Writers & Company</em> airs on Thursdays at 11:00 p.m. (11:30 in Newfoundland) and on Sunday afternoons (times vary across the country). You can also <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/podcasting/index.html?arts#writersandcompany/">listen to the show as a podcast</a>.</p> <p class="entry-footer"> <span class="post-footers">Posted by Kimberly Walsh at 12:00 AM</span> <span class="separator">|</span> <a class="permalink" href="http://www.cbc.ca/wordsatlarge/blog/2009/04/eleanor_wachtel_talks_to_alexi_1.html">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/wordsatlarge/blog/2009/04/eleanor_wachtel_talks_to_alexi_1.html#comments">Comments (0)</a> | <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/wordsatlarge/blog/2009/04/eleanor_wachtel_talks_to_alexi_1.html#trackback">TrackBacks (0)</a> </p> <br /> <hr> </div> </div> </div>  <h2 class="date-header">April 09, 2009</h2> <a id="a038290"></a> <div class="entry" id="entry-38290"> <h3 class="entry-header">Shelagh Rogers talks with Meg Federico about her book on caring for her aging mother</h3> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="entry-body"> <p>Listen here:</p> <p><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://cbc.ca/radio/newplayer_mp3.swf" width="200" height="20"><br /> <param name="movie" value="http://cbc.ca/radio/newplayer_mp3.swf" /><br /> <param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" /><br /> <param name="FlashVars" value="mp3=http%3A//podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/nextchapter_20090404_13952.mp3&bgcolor1=e1eded&bgcolor2=e1eded&buttoncolor=1b457f&buttonovercolor=000000&slidercolor1=ffffff&slidercolor2=ffffff&showvolume=1&sliderovercolor=1b457f" /><br /> </object></p> <p><img align="left" hspace="5" alt="Welcome to The Departure Lounge" src="http://www.cbc.ca/wordsatlarge/images/2009/federico_welcome.jpg" width="175" height="266" />This week on <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/thenextchapter/podcast.html"><em>The Next Chapter</em></a>, Shelagh Rogers talks to Meg Federico about her poignant, and hilarious memoir, <a href="http://www.randomhouse.ca/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780385666848" target="_blank"><em>Welcome to The Departure Lounge</em></a> (Doubleday).</p> <p>Federico finds out first hand that being part of the “sandwich generation” can be quite a handful. When her fiercely independent eighty-one year old mother and her new husband both suddenly require full-time help, Federico finds that their behaviour is as troubling as out-of-control teens. For example, forbidden from drinking, they try to smuggle in cases of scotch, and sex toys arrive in the mail. </p> <p>Federico is a freelance writer. Her work has appeared in the National Post, The Globe and Mail, Halifax Daily News and she has produced documentaries for CBC Radio. She lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, with her own growing family. </p> <p>Also on the show, Rogers talks to historian Stephen Kimber about the idea of truth in non-fiction, and gossip queen Lainey Lui gives an update on the books she’s currently reading. </p> <p>First aired Saturday, April 4, 2009, on <em>The Next Chapter</em>. </p> <p>Catch <em>The Next Chapter</em> on Saturdays at 3 p.m. EST (3:30 NT) on CBC Radio One, or listen online.</p> <p class="entry-footer"> <span class="post-footers">Posted by Kimberly Walsh at 12:00 AM</span> <span class="separator">|</span> <a class="permalink" href="http://www.cbc.ca/wordsatlarge/blog/2009/04/shelagh_rogers_talks_with_meg_1.html">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/wordsatlarge/blog/2009/04/shelagh_rogers_talks_with_meg_1.html#comments">Comments (0)</a> | <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/wordsatlarge/blog/2009/04/shelagh_rogers_talks_with_meg_1.html#trackback">TrackBacks (0)</a> </p> <br /> <hr> </div> </div> </div>  <h2 class="date-header">April 07, 2009</h2> <a id="a038142"></a> <div class="entry" id="entry-38142"> <h3 class="entry-header"> Join us for chuckles and groans in the opening chapter of Chokecherry</h3> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="entry-body"> <p><img align="left" hspace="5" alt="Chokecherry" src="http://www.cbc.ca/wordsatlarge/images/2009/btc_chokecherry1.jpg" width="175" height="233" /><em>Corner Gas</em> star Janet Wright begins reading a novel about the joys and frustrations of life with a man of the cloth in this week’s <em>Between The Covers</em> podcast.</p> <p>The opening reading of <em>Chokecherry</em> (Oberon) takes us to 1950s Saskatchewan, where a new pastor and his wife arrive in their first parish. In her first novel, Norma Hawkins drew on her own experiences as a minister’s wife to offer this rich tapestry of triumph and tribulation. </p> <p>After attending a writers' workshop led by W.O. Mitchell, Hawkins published dozens of short stories and articles over several decades of writing.</p> <p><em>Chokecherry</em> concerns a fictional Anglican pastor named Geoffrey Hastings and his new bride Becky. They are trying to cope with Geoffrey’s new assignment in the community of Chokecherry, three hours north of Saskatoon by bus. It’s a poor parish, consisting of only 500 people, but spread over a fair distance. The pair can scrape together enough money to buy an old car, but can’t always find enough for groceries</p> <p>Episode one: Geoff and Becky get a new car but who’s going to drive?</p> <p><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://cbc.ca/radio/newplayer_mp3.swf" width="200" height="20"><br /> <param name="movie" value="http://cbc.ca/radio/newplayer_mp3.swf" /><br /> <param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" /><br /> <param name="FlashVars" value="mp3=http%3A//podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/betweenthecovers_20090407_13960.mp3&bgcolor1=e1eded&bgcolor2=e1eded&buttoncolor=1b457f&buttonovercolor=000000&slidercolor1=ffffff&slidercolor2=ffffff&showvolume=1&sliderovercolor=1b457f" /><br /> </object></p> <p>Each episode of <em>Between The Covers</em> is between 15 and 17 minutes.</p> <p>If you missed previous podcasts you can download them at the <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/betweenthecovers/podcast.html"><em>Between the Covers</em> podcasts</a>. If you’re interested in readings of other Canadian books, check out the <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/betweenthecovers/hearareading.html">Hear A Reading</a> page on the <em>Between the Covers</em> site.</p> <p class="entry-footer"> <span class="post-footers">Posted by Kimberly Walsh at 12:00 AM</span> <span class="separator">|</span> <a class="permalink" href="http://www.cbc.ca/wordsatlarge/blog/2009/04/_join_us_for_chuckles_and_groa_1.html">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/wordsatlarge/blog/2009/04/_join_us_for_chuckles_and_groa_1.html#comments">Comments (2)</a> | <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/wordsatlarge/blog/2009/04/_join_us_for_chuckles_and_groa_1.html#trackback">TrackBacks (0)</a> </p> <br /> <hr> </div> </div> </div>  <h2 class="date-header">April 06, 2009</h2> <a id="a038060"></a> <div class="entry" id="entry-38060"> <h3 class="entry-header">Eleanor Wachtel talks to Ann Wroe about the vision, politics and poetry of Percy Bysshe Shelley</h3> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="entry-body"> <p>Listen here:<br /> <br /> <embed src="http://odeo.com/flash/audio_player_tiny_gray.swf" quality="high" width="145" height="25" name="audio_player_tiny_gray" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="always" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="valid_sample_rate=true&external_url=http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/writersandco_20090405_13866.mp3" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed></p> <p><img align="left" hspace="5" alt="Being Shelley" src="http://www.cbc.ca/wordsatlarge/images/2009/wroe_being.jpg" width="175" height="261" />In her book <a href="http://www.randomhouse.ca/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780307482136" target="_blank"><em>Being Shelley: The Poet’s Search for Himself</em></a> (Vintage), author Ann Wroe looks at one one of England’s greatest poets. Shelley's rebel spirit has been re-examined throughout the years and he's currently viewed as an icon of liberation. </p> <p>Being Shelley examines the life of the poet, rather than the man. Wroe explores his visionary writing through the four questions that consumed and coloured everything he wrote.</p> <p>Wroe is the author of <em>Pontius Pilate</em>, a finalist for the Samuel Johnson Prize, <em>A Fool and His Money</em> and <em>The Perfect Prince</em>. She received her doctorate in medieval history from Oxford and is a senior editor at The Economist.</p> <p>Eleanor Wachtel spoke to Ann Wroe from the CBC’s London studio.</p> <p>Aired April 5, 2009, on <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/writersandcompany/"><em>Writers & Company</em></a>. [runs 52:40]<br /> <br /> <em>Writers & Company</em> airs on Thursdays at 11:00 p.m. (11:30 in Newfoundland) and on Sunday afternoons (times vary across the country). You can also <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/podcasting/index.html?arts#writersandcompany/">listen to the show as a podcast</a>.</p> <p class="entry-footer"> <span class="post-footers">Posted by Kimberly Walsh at 12:00 AM</span> <span class="separator">|</span> <a class="permalink" href="http://www.cbc.ca/wordsatlarge/blog/2009/04/eleanor_wachtel_talks_to_ann_w.html">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/wordsatlarge/blog/2009/04/eleanor_wachtel_talks_to_ann_w.html#comments">Comments (0)</a> | <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/wordsatlarge/blog/2009/04/eleanor_wachtel_talks_to_ann_w.html#trackback">TrackBacks (0)</a> </p> <br /> <hr> </div> </div> </div>  <h2 class="date-header">April 03, 2009</h2> <a id="a037979"></a> <div class="entry" id="entry-37979"> <h3 class="entry-header">Hear episodes 16 to 20 of the 2009 Canada Reads winner The Book of Negroes</h3> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="entry-body"> <p>The <em>Between The Covers</em> podcast is presenting this year’s <em>Canada Reads</em> winner. </p> <p>Toronto actress Kim Roberts reads an abridged version of Lawrence Hill’s epic novel <em>The Book of Negroes</em>. She’s narrating the story of Aminata Diallo, a young West African girl who was sold into slavery and brought to the indigo plantations of South Carolina. </p> <p>After defying the plantation owner and losing her infant son, Aminata is sold to a Jewish indigo inspector who takes her to Charles Town. Here she learns to read and keep books in English. </p> <p>The Lindos are relatively kind to her, encouraging Aminata to take up her midwifery skills again — but she is still a slave. </p> <p>Each episode of <em>Between The Covers</em> is between sixteen and seventeen minutes. You can download the next few episodes right here. And join the <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/canadareads/bookclub"><em>CBC Book Club</em></a> to participate in discussions about the <em>Canada Reads</em> winning title and discover more about the author and the novel.</p> <p>Episode 16: A smallpox epidemic takes the lives of many close to Aminata.</p> <p><embed src="http://odeo.com/flash/audio_player_tiny_gray.swf" quality="high" width="145" height="25" name="audio_player_tiny_gray" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="always" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="valid_sample_rate=true&external_url=http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/betweenthecovers_20090325_13512.mp3" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed><br /> <br /> Episode 17: A church choir transports Aminata back to her time aboard ship.</p> <p><embed src="http://odeo.com/flash/audio_player_tiny_gray.swf" quality="high" width="145" height="25" name="audio_player_tiny_gray" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="always" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="valid_sample_rate=true&external_url=http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/betweenthecovers_20090325_13513.mp3" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed><br /> <br /> Episode 18: Aminata tastes freedom for the first time.</p> <p><embed src="http://odeo.com/flash/audio_player_tiny_gray.swf" quality="high" width="145" height="25" name="audio_player_tiny_gray" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="always" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="valid_sample_rate=true&external_url=http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/betweenthecovers_20090325_13514.mp3" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed><br /> <br /> Episode 19: Aminata settles in Canvas Town as the resident teacher and baby catcher.</p> <p><embed src="http://odeo.com/flash/audio_player_tiny_gray.swf" quality="high" width="145" height="25" name="audio_player_tiny_gray" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="always" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="valid_sample_rate=true&external_url=http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/ betweenthecovers_20090325_13515.mp3" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed><br /> <br /> Episode twenty: Aminata is given the job of recording the names in The Book of Negroes.</p> <p><embed src="http://odeo.com/flash/audio_player_tiny_gray.swf" quality="high" width="145" height="25" name="audio_player_tiny_gray" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="always" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="valid_sample_rate=true&external_url=http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/ betweenthecovers_20090325_13516.mp3" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed><br /> <br /> If you missed previous podcasts you can download them at <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/betweenthecovers/podcast.html"><em>Between the Covers</em> podcasts</a>. If you’re interested in readings of other Canadian books, check out the <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/betweenthecovers/hearareading.html">Hear A Reading</a> page on the <em>Between the Covers</em> site. </p> <p class="entry-footer"> <span class="post-footers">Posted by Kimberly Walsh at 12:00 PM</span> <span class="separator">|</span> <a class="permalink" href="http://www.cbc.ca/wordsatlarge/blog/2009/04/hear_episodes_16_to_20_of_the.html">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/wordsatlarge/blog/2009/04/hear_episodes_16_to_20_of_the.html#comments">Comments (0)</a> | <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/wordsatlarge/blog/2009/04/hear_episodes_16_to_20_of_the.html#trackback">TrackBacks (0)</a> </p> <br /> <hr> </div> </div> </div>  <a id="a037980"></a> <div class="entry" id="entry-37980"> <h3 class="entry-header">Episode 11 through 15 of The Book of Negroes: Aminata becomes a slave in America</h3> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="entry-body"> <p>The <em>Between The Covers</em> podcast continues with a reading of this year’s <em>Canada Reads</em> winner. </p> <p>The Book of Negroes follows Lawrence Hill’s indomitable heroine Aminata Diallo after she is kidnapped from her village in West Africa. </p> <p>After a long sea voyage and a disastrous revolt at sea, Aminata and the other surviving slaves arrive in America. They are sold off, and Aminata is parted from those she cares for most.</p> <p>Each episode of <em>Between The Covers</em> is between sixteen and seventeen minutes. You can download the next few episodes right here. Join the <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/canadareads/bookclub"><em>CBC Book Club</em></a> to participate in the celebration about the <em>Canada Reads</em> winning title, and look for news about new book discussions in coming months.</p> <p>Episode 11: Aminata and Foomba end up at an indigo plantation.</p> <p><embed src="http://odeo.com/flash/audio_player_tiny_gray.swf" quality="high" width="145" height="25" name="audio_player_tiny_gray" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="always" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="valid_sample_rate=true&external_url=http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/ betweenthecovers_20090318_13224.mp3" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed></p> <p>Episode 12: Aminata learns how to make indigo dye.</p> <p><embed src="http://odeo.com/flash/audio_player_tiny_gray.swf" quality="high" width="145" height="25" name="audio_player_tiny_gray" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="always" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="valid_sample_rate=true&external_url=http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/ betweenthecovers_20090318_13225.mp3" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed></p> <p>Episode 13: Aminata is reunited with Chekura.</p> <p><embed src="http://odeo.com/flash/audio_player_tiny_gray.swf" quality="high" width="145" height="25" name="audio_player_tiny_gray" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="always" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="valid_sample_rate=true&external_url=http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/ betweenthecovers_20090318_13226.mp3" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed></p> <p>Episode 14: Aminata marries against the wishes of the plantation owner.</p> <p><embed src="http://odeo.com/flash/audio_player_tiny_gray.swf" quality="high" width="145" height="25" name="audio_player_tiny_gray" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="always" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="valid_sample_rate=true&external_url=http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/ betweenthecovers_20090318_13228.mp3" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed></p> <p>Episode 15: Aminata arrives in Charlestown and the next stage of her life.</p> <p><embed src="http://odeo.com/flash/audio_player_tiny_gray.swf" quality="high" width="145" height="25" name="audio_player_tiny_gray" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="always" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="valid_sample_rate=true&external_url=http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/ betweenthecovers_20090318_13229.mp3" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed></p> <p>If you missed previous podcasts you can download them at <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/betweenthecovers/podcast.html"><em>Between the Covers</em> podcasts</a>. If you’re interested in readings of other Canadian books, check out the <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/betweenthecovers/hearareading.html">Hear A Reading</a> page on the <em>Between the Covers</em> site.</p> <p class="entry-footer"> <span class="post-footers">Posted by Kimberly Walsh at 12:00 AM</span> <span class="separator">|</span> <a class="permalink" href="http://www.cbc.ca/wordsatlarge/blog/2009/04/episode_11_through_15_of_the_b.html">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/wordsatlarge/blog/2009/04/episode_11_through_15_of_the_b.html#comments">Comments (0)</a> | <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/wordsatlarge/blog/2009/04/episode_11_through_15_of_the_b.html#trackback">TrackBacks (0)</a> </p> <br /> <hr> </div> </div> </div>  <h2 class="date-header">April 02, 2009</h2> <a id="a037923"></a> <div class="entry" id="entry-37923"> <h3 class="entry-header">Shelagh Rogers heads to Toronto’s Parkdale neighbourhood to chat with Pat Capponi about her latest detective fiction novel, The Corpse will Keep.</h3> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="entry-body"> <p>Listen here:</p> <p><embed src="http://odeo.com/flash/audio_player_tiny_gray.swf" quality="high" width="145" height="25" name="audio_player_tiny_gray" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="always" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="valid_sample_rate=true&external_url=http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/walstream_20090402_13823.mp3" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed></p> <p><img align="left" hspace="5" alt="The Corpse Will Keep" src="http://www.cbc.ca/wordsatlarge/images/2009/capponi_corpse.jpg" width="175" height="285" /><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/thenextchapter"><em>The Next Chapter</em></a> wraps up a month-long series on mystery novels with a look at Pat Capponi's <a href="http://www.harpercollins.ca/books/9781554681006/The_Corpse_Will_Keep/index.aspx" target="_blank"><em>The Corpse Will Keep</em></a> (Harper Collins). </p> <p>Shelagh Rogers met up with Capponi in the author's downtown Toronto neighbourhood, Parkdale, to talk about the author's inspiration for this latest mystery. The novel features Inspector Dara Leoni and a crew of misfit sleuths. </p> <p>Leoni's current case takes her from homeless shelters in Parkdale to the upscale neighbourhood of Rosedale, as a charge of extortion expands to include kidnapping and murder. </p> <p>Capponi has written several best-selling non-fiction books, most notably <a href="http://www.penguin.ca/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9780141005102,00.html" target="_blank"><em>Upstairs in the Crazy House</em></a> (Penguin), which details her own experiences with homelessness and mental illness. She is now a leading mental health care advocate and has been awarded the Order of Ontario. <em>The Corpse Will Keep</em> is her second work of detective fiction. </p> <p>Also on the show, Shelagh Rogers speaks to Roy MacGregor about his popular <em>Screech Owls</em> mystery series for kids (McClelland & Stewart), and Sasenarine Persaud about his poetry collection, <em>In a Boston Night</em> (TSAR Publications). </p> <p>First aired Saturday, March 28, 2009, on <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/thenextchapter/podcast.html"><em>The Next Chapter</em></a>. [runs 17:46] </p> <p>Catch <em>The Next Chapter</em> on Saturdays at 3 p.m. EST (3:30 NT) on CBC Radio One, or listen online. </p> <p class="entry-footer"> <span class="post-footers">Posted by Rosie Fernandez at 12:00 AM</span> <span class="separator">|</span> <a class="permalink" href="http://www.cbc.ca/wordsatlarge/blog/2009/04/shelagh_rogers_heads_to_toront.html">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/wordsatlarge/blog/2009/04/shelagh_rogers_heads_to_toront.html#comments">Comments (0)</a> | <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/wordsatlarge/blog/2009/04/shelagh_rogers_heads_to_toront.html#trackback">TrackBacks (0)</a> </p> <br /> <hr> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div id="right" class="clearfix">   <div class="module programDescription clearfix"> <p><img src="/wordsatlarge/images/words_at_large.gif" alt="Words At Large" style="border:0px;"/>Words at Large is CBC’s online destination for Canadians who love books. 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