{"id":2439,"date":"2026-03-25T13:04:01","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T13:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jamietennant.ca\/?p=2439"},"modified":"2026-03-25T13:04:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T13:04:01","slug":"e488-with-matthew-j-trafford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jamietennant.ca\/index.php\/2026\/03\/25\/e488-with-matthew-j-trafford\/","title":{"rendered":"E488 with MATTHEW J. TRAFFORD"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hey everyone! Today we talk with author <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/arsenalpulp.com\/Contributors\/T\/Trafford-Matthew-J\">Matthew J. Trafford<\/a><\/strong> about his collection, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/arsenalpulp.com\/Books\/R\/Runs-in-the-Blood\">Runs in the Blood<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the personal front, I&#8217;ve submitted a manuscript which is exciting. Details to come. I&#8217;m also going to appear live on the CBC this weekend! If you&#8217;re up early on Saturday, March 28, tune in to 99.1 FM or online to hear <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/listen\/live-radio\/1-193-fresh-air\">Fresh Air <\/a><\/strong>with Ismaila Alfa. At about 7:18 am (oh, so specifically-timed) I&#8217;ll be on talking about community radio, Hamilton music, and the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/junoawards.ca\/events\/junofest\/?gad_source=1&amp;gad_campaignid=23646528475&amp;gbraid=0AAAAAD1hQqIX5va8vkI1ocDHo9fokgpug&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQjwj47OBhCmARIsAF5wUEE6NDCAVOOZnl5l1o0OOPP9f7UGApbmcvuHdataTiIlmCPmqt3LrScaAvZsEALw_wcB\">JUNOs<\/a><\/strong>. Also, it&#8217;s a live event, with performers and other interviews, and the public is welcome. It&#8217;s at <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/meritbrewing.ca\/\">Merit Brewing<\/a><\/strong> on James St. N., 6 &#8211; 9 am.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>FInally&#8230;as you may already know, GET LIT is winding down. E500 will be my final episode (somethin else book-related will return in 2027 but it hasn&#8217;t taken form yet). If you&#8217;re in the Hamilton area, you can be part of E500! We&#8217;ll be recording the last show <em>live at the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gritlit.ca\/\">GritLit Festival<\/a><\/strong>. <\/em>Which is exciting! Details <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gritlit.ca\/festival-events\/get-lit\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Yes, recorded in April to air in June. Welcome to my life hahahaha)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-soundcloud wp-block-embed-soundcloud\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"GET LIT E488 with Matthew J Trafford March 26 by James Tennant\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F2288979335&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=750&#038;maxwidth=500\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey everyone! Today we talk with author Matthew J. Trafford about his collection, Runs in the Blood. On the personal front, I&#8217;ve submitted a manuscript which is exciting. Details to come. I&#8217;m also going to appear live on the CBC this weekend! If you&#8217;re up early on Saturday, March 28, tune in to 99.1 FM [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2439","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-blog","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jamietennant.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jamietennant.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jamietennant.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jamietennant.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jamietennant.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2439"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.jamietennant.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2439\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2440,"href":"https:\/\/www.jamietennant.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2439\/revisions\/2440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jamietennant.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jamietennant.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jamietennant.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}