This week another double shot of poetry! (Sorry. I think that “double shot” thing stuck in my head from too much classic rock radio in my youth). We’re joined by Laurie D. Graham (Fast Commute) and Tolu Oloruntoba (Each One A Furnace). Oloruntoba’s last collection, The Junta of Happenstance, won the Governor General’s award for poetry which was exciting because we shared a publisher in Palimpsest Press! Enjoy the show.
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E287 with MARTHA SCHABAS
Hey all! Today’s guest is novelist and critic Martha Schabas (author of Various Positions). She joins me to talk about her latest novel, My Face In The Light. Check it out.
E286 with ELLIE SAWATZKY and ISABELLA WANG
Hey everyone! Back into the poetry this week (with more to come!). Today we talk with both Ellie Sawatzky (about None Of This Belongs to Me) and Isabella Wang (about Pebble Swing).
E285 with MICHAEL BARCLAY
Michael Barclay and I came up in music journalism around the same time. He started with ID Magazine in Guelph, while I was writing a Spectator column and just beginning with View Weekly. Given our ages and interests, it was pretty clear I’d love his books, and so far, I absolutely have – from Have Not Been The Same to The Never-Ending Present (for which I got to interview him) to the newest, Hearts on Fire. This one hits me right in the musical feels, focusing on the first five years of the new millennium, which happen to coincide with my first five years working at 93.3 CFMU FM.
Barclay’s book is great and he’s a good dude. Tune in.
E284 with STUART ROSS
Hey folks! Had a great time last weekend with the return of live GritLit events. I was able to attend two of them, and everything felt all weirdly familiar and wonderful (and fairly anxiety-free…unlike the Judas Priest show I attended two weeks ago, but that’s another story). For me though, the highlight was probably hanging with the cool GritLit folks afterward, fine people I haven’t seen in a while. Oh, and demonstrating ska dancing for the table. I suppose, if nothing else, it will be easy to remind Heather O’Neill where she met me before.
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I have seen cover concepts for River, Diverted. I have my first blurb for it, too (holy hell is it a good one – but it’s too early to share). October 2022!
Today’s show features the remarkable Stuart Ross. His newest is The Book Of Grief And Hamburgers, and it’s excellent. Tune in!
E283 with DAVID BERGEN
Hey all! Great show today with award-winning author David Bergen. Check out our chat as we discuss his latest novel, Out of Mind.
E282 with JENNIFER GILLIES from GRITLIT
It’s that time of year again. I got to goof around with the inestimable (is that the right word?) Jennifer Gillies, Artistic Director for the GritLit Readers and Writers Festival.
Yes, it’s in Hamilton, but don’t fear, listeners – a lot of it’s online and you can join the fun.
E281 with MARTHA WAINWRIGHT
Very excited to have Martha Wainwright on the show this week. She’s known as a musician and for her musical family (her mother Kate McGarrigle, her father Loudon Wainwright III, and of course her brother Rufus). Her memoir, Stories I Might Regret Telling You, is a excellent read. Check out our conversation.
E280 with DOROTHY ELLEN PALMER
Back on the show for a third time is Dorothy Ellen Palmer. She’s here to talk about her new book Kerfuffle. Check it out!
E279 with KATE CAYLEY
Hey folks! Today we chat with author Kate Cayley. Her collection Householders is available through Biblioasis. Check it out and give the show a listen.