Hey folks! I’m out of town so I’ll get straight to it: Hamilton’s own Nichole Fanara is with us to talk about her collection In The Moment. Hope you enjoy!
CanLit
E220 with DUSTIN COLE
Hey folks!
Today we speak with Dustin Cole about his debut novel, Notice, available via Nightwood Editions. Enjoy!
GET LIT E76 with GENEVIEVE SCOTT
The lifespan of a novel is still a mysterious thing to me. The little bumps that come along when someone goes on the CBC and mentions your work (thanks, Terra Lightfoot), or when some fella says something on a Facebook page, or when you get shortlisted for awards. This weekend I’ll be doing my part to sell one or two by traveling to Windsor, ON for a reading at Biblioasis. A great chance to meet up with my publisher/editor Aimee at Palimpsest too. Details below the show link!
This week’s show features Goose Lane author Genevieve Scott. We talk about her great book, Catch My Drift. Hope you enjoy…!
GET LIT E74 with MICHAEL BARCLAY
I could only hope to write a book like The Never-Ending Present.
I have been a music journalist for a quarter century (ouch). When I’m on, I’m on; I’ve been doing it long enough that I should be decent at it by now, so that’s not me being cocky. My article on Simply Saucer, Revelation Rock, was nominated for a National Magazine Award (I was beat by Macleans Magazine’s Brian D. Johnson, so I didn’t feel too bad – if you’re gonna lose, lose to someone as talented and experienced as that). Writing a rock book has always been of interest to me, but I’ve never made it happen. I was approached by ECW once, to write a Robbie Williams bio. For real. It didn’t happen because someone else had already done it. Robbie Williams for cryin’ out loud.
Anyway, point is, despite my experience, I could only hope to write a book as well-written, well-researched and well-rounded as Michael Barclay‘s The Never Ending Present: The Story of Gord Downie and the Tragically Hip. You don’t even have to be a Hip fan to read the book, that’s how engaging it is. Michael dropped into the studio this week, and it was fun to sit with a colleague and talk about the book, the band, and more.
(Also, for the record: the night of the final Hip show, I was watching it at a party, with food, a swimming pool, a fire, camping, etc…in the country…in the backyard of a house formerly owned by Neil Peart. CanRock Bonus + 10000 points).
Enjoy!
GET LIT E41 with PASHA MALLA
Hey everyone!
Fresh from the north, so no time to write much this week! Hope you enjoy these final days of summer.
Today’s show features Pasha Malla. Born in the Maritimes, Malla currently lives here in Hamilton, ON. We talk about writing in general, and about his novel Fugue States in specific. Enjoy!