Hey folks! Today’s guest is David Ly, who I got to know a little in autumn ’22 when he joined John Wall Barger, Kim Conklin and I at my launch party for River, Diverted. He read from his collection Dream of Me As Water. Today he’s here to talk about his new novel, Not All Dragons. Dig it!
Wolsak and Wynn
E486 with BRAD SMITH
Hey folks! Back in January I had the pleasure of interviewing author Brad Smith live on stage at the Sharp Words book fair. Today we continue our conversation about his novel, Billy Crawford’s Double Play. Hope you enjoy it.
E460 with JESSICA POPESKI and NOELLE ALLEN
Hey folks! This week Jessica Popeski is here to talk about her poetry collection The Problem With Having A Body. For the locals, Noelle Allen from Wolsak & Wynn joins us to talk about the Author Tent at Supercrawl. I’ll be there off and on all weekend, but definitely Saturday, Sept. 13 at 4:30 pm when I’ll be having a conversation with Matt Bobkin and Adam Feibel, authors of In Too Deep: When Canadian Punks Took Over The World. You’ll find us in the tent at Colborne and James St. North!
E437 with JULIE SALVERSON
This week! We talk to author Julie Salverson about her new book A Necessary Distance: Confessions of a Scriptwriter’s Daughter. It’s a blend of memoir, confessional, investigative journalism, biography, and more. Enjoy the show.
E433 with PETER DARBYSHIRE
This week we have a great conversation with author Peter Darbyshire, about his reissued (and ongoing) Book of Cross series, especially the first one, The Mona Lisa Sacrifice since that’s the one I read hahaha. Tune in! And also read on…
Even if you’ve never actually listened to 93.3 FM or cfmu.ca the importance of local and independent media continues to expand. Here in Hamilton, local media has been hit so badly that, technically, CFMU/The Silhouette is the largest newsroom in Hamilton. I’m being serious. In a better world we’d have trained journalists and do more hard news (look for more of that, though, come September). In the meantime, we do the best we can with our amazing student staff and community/campus volunteers.
We are NOT owned by a hedge fund company that’ll cut us for lack of profit. We are NOT a talented, well-meaning blogger who simply can’t keep up the pace or afford to quit the day job. We have resources. We can do more. BUT NOT WITHOUT YOUR HELP.
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E411 with BEN BERMAN GHAN
Hey all! Fun interview with author Ben German Ghan, talking about his wildly inventive spec fic novel (if we have to classify it) The Years Shall Run Like Rabbits. Listen in!
E408 with TELLING TALES and SUPERCRAWL
Hey folks! This one’s for the locals (or the folks willing to travel). Two great events coming up. This weekend, we have the Author’s Tent at Supercrawl (Sept 13 – 15). Noelle Allen joins us to flesh out some of the details. Then we have Bailey Duff from the Telling Tales Festival, talking about their exciting event, focusing on lit for kids (Sept 21 & 22). Listen in! 😀
E403 with MARGARET NOWACZYK
This week we have my pal Margaret Nowaczyk back on the show, to talk about her collection Marrow Memory: Essays of Discovery. Enjoy!
E380 with DAVID NEIL LEE
Hey everyone! Back once again with David Neil Lee, to talk about the third in his creepy Lovecraftian YA trilogy! Thoroughly enjoyed The Great Outer Dark. If any of those previously-applied adjectives interest you (or if you read the first two) you won’t be disappointed.
E371 with GARY BARWIN
One of our favourite return guests, uh, returns again! The excellent Gary Barwin is with us as the last interview of 2023. We talk about all kinds of things, but mostly his latest collection Imagining Imagining: Essays on Language, Identity and Infinity. Enjoy, and Happy New Year!