Fiction: Cynthia Flood,
Bill Gaston,
Anne Fleming,
John Lent, Almeda Glenn Miller,
Tom Wayman
Creative non-fiction: Rita Moir
Fiction: Caroline Adderson,
Anne DeGrace,
Leona Gom,
Steve Guppy,
George K. Ilsley,
Kathy Page,
Adam Lewis Schroeder,
Carol Windley
Agent: Morty Mint
Book prizes: Bill Schermbrucker
Children's: Vivien Bowers
Creative non-fiction:
Lynne Van Luven
Fiction: Pauline Holdstock,
Andrea MacPherson,
Terence Young
Publisher: Diane Morriss
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Drama: Lucas Myers
Fiction: Angie Abdou, John Gould,
Kristjana Gunners, Pearl Luke Literary, Nature: Dick Cannings,
Don Gayton,
Terry Glavin,
Katherine Gordon
Literary, Memoir:
Patrick Lane,
Eileen Delehanty Pearkes,
Bill Schermbrucker, Alan Twigg
Poetry/Fiction: Rhea Tregebov
Season Five
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Editor: Mary Schendlinger
Literary essays:
Theresa Kishkan
Fiction: Audrey Thomas
Mystery: Vicki Delany
Non-fiction:
Mark Forsythe,
Ian McAllister, Edith Iglauer,
John Vaillant
Poetry: George Bowering,
Baba Brinkman
School program:
Trevor Owen
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Vicki Delany: "A stand-alone mystery gives more scope for great dramatic events, the resolution of lifelong conflicts, reconciliation with enemies. "
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Show #41: Vicki Delany
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About In the Shadow of the Glacier, Margaret Cannon of The Globe & Mail wrote, "Vicki Delany has a great narrative voice, fine, well-developed characters and a real eye for the small details that keep a novel in place." In the first thirty minutes of the show, Vicki Delany explains styles within the mystery genre and stories from the road. Music is Night on Bare Mountain, Mussorgsky.
In the second half, readings recorded for Authors Aloud, the voices of Canadian literature. Readings are by poets Robert Hilles, John Pass, Rhea Tregebov and Terence Young, as well as by John Gould, a writer of very short fiction, and novelists Kristjana Gunnars and Caroline Adderson.
Music in the second half is Oliver Schroer, Canadian composer and fiddler, from his CDs, Camino and Whirling.
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Edith Iglauer: Peter Gzowski said, "We hate you here in Canada." And I said why. And he said "Because you got there first."
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Show #39: Edith Iglauer
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Edith Iglauer, author of Fishing with John, turned 91 this March. Bill Schermbrucker talked to her at her home in Garden Bay, B.C. She was a staff writer and frequent contributor to The New Yorker magazine, and is the author of, among other books, Inuit Journey and Dennison's Ice Road. About Bill (William) Shawn editing Fishing with John she said, "He didn't have to do much. I really write my own stuff."
Topics: Her New York life, her childhood, her life in B.C., her current project, a memoir. Greetings from Lynne Van Luven, Mary Schendlinger and Geist. Music is Bill Gallaher's ballad "Fishing with John" from the CD Outlaws and Heroes available through Bill Gallaher's website.
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Baba Brinkman: "Everything I write is song lyrics, it's just that my songs are rap songs ... the beat is within the words, it's inherent in the words. " |
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Baba Brinkman is a literary rap artist, with a B.A. with Honours from Simon Fraser University and an M.A. in Medieval and Renaissance English Literature from the University of Victoria. His thesis drew parallels between the worlds of rap music and literary poetry. He is the author of The Rap Canterbury Tales, published by Talon Books. Brinkman was born in the West Kootenays of B.C., and raised in the midst of the province's tree-planting sub-culture.
Nelson-Before-Nine host Randy Morse interviews Baba Brinkman about his artistic evolution and experience with Talon Books. Audio editing credit: Kelley Humphries.
The music is Aaron Nazrul from the CD "The Butterfly Man," produced by Baba Brinkman and available at Cdbaby.
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Conservationist and photographer Ian McAllister is known around the world for The Great Bear Rainforest, published by Harbour Publishing. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including, along with his wife, Karen, Time Magazine's "Hero for the Planet" award. The Last of the Wild Wolves won the B.C. Booksellers' Choice Award, a B.C. Book Prize. Topics include: Editorial help from Mary Schendlinger, Show #35; Howard White at Harbour; covers of the American and Canadian editions; the continuing threats to the unique biosphere of the coastal rainforest.
The music is Michael Franti & Spearhead, "Skin on the Drum," from the CD Rock the Nation.
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John Vaillant: "My real problem is with structure, organization & flow ...[the editor ] said,
you keep turning around on yourself, you keep spiraling back. He was encouraging me to be much more linear."
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Show #37: John Vaillant
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John Vaillant, a journalist living in Vancouver, wrote the seminal story for "The New Yorker" that led to the writing of The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness and Greed, published first by Norton in the U.S. and then, with a different edit, by Knopf Canada. The Golden Spruce won the Governor General's award for English non-fiction in 2005. Topics: his learning curve at "The New Yorker", the influence of his agent, the development of an article into a book-length manuscript, working with Louise Dennys at Knopf Canada, what he learned about his writing and himself as a writer. "I feel like most of my life I was dodging my destiny until I started writing." Music is Tom Waits' "What's He Building" & "Colossal Head," Los Lobos.
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Show #36 - Mark Forsythe, Theresa Kishkan, Trevor Owen of WIER
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Mark Forsythe
The Trail of 1858:
British Columbia's Gold Rush Past
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A grab-bag show that includes conversations about how a concept for a book is developed, why you might want to read (or write) personal essays, and what kids are up to who call themselves "Wierdos."
Theresa Kishkan was nominated for the Hubert Evans Non-fiction Prize, B.C. Book Prizes, for Phantom Limb.
The music is Bach's Cello Suite #3, Prelude, performed by David Kenedy and then by Boris Pergamenschikow. To learn more about the guests, click on their names.
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Mary Schendlinger: "Editing takes place in a publishing context...Is it going to be in Geist? The Reader's Digest?
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Show #35 - Mary Schendlinger
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Senior editor at Geist Magazine, published in Vancouver, Mary Schendlinger also draws comics under the name Eve Corbel, teaches writing and editing at UBC and SFU, and edits books for Harbour Publishing and others.
Topics: types of editing, from developmental, structural, to copyediting; writing Geist buys; finding an editor; the term "creative non-fiction." If you're a writer, check out The Writer's Toolbox on the Geist site. If you're a teacher, take a look at Geist in the Classroom.
Luanne Armstrong, writer and friend, is the interviewer. Music is "I'm Like a Bird," Nelly Furtado, from her album Whoa, Nelly!
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George Bowering: "When I started writing poetry... it was with a group of people. It was not a communal, but joint, effort that we were in
together, finding a way to write poems, a way to write the world."
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Show #34 - George Bowering
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George Bowering, a prolific writer, is a poet, novelist, editor, professor and historian, as well as the first Poet Laureate of Canada. Born and raised in B.C., he has earned an international reputation and now lives in Vancouver.
Linda Lee Crosfield, poet and friend, is the interviewer.
Topics: small presses - Pooka, Above Ground Press; about chapbooks; creating restraints in writing - "alphabet" poems, for example; Bowering reads his tribute poems to Matt Cohen, Fred Wah, and P.K. Page; excerpt from the commendation from The Griffin Trust for Excellence in Poetry.
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News
Talking to BC book writers, and others, about their work, the how and the why, was a terrific time and I thank everyone, in the plural, for their cooperation and willingness to share tips with other writers and tell the truth about their experiences from concept through publication and the aftermath. I gained insight into the hard work writing is (and how lazy I am) and was filled with admiration many times. These conversations add up to a cross-section of writing in B.C. I missed talking with some excellent writers, due to time constraints and other factors that had nothing to do with the quality of the work or my respect. Thanks to Bill Schermbrucker, Linda Crosfield, Luanne Armstrong and Irene Mock for their fine interviews. Best from here, Holley Rubinsky October 26, 2008
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Literary Links & Friends of the Show
Thanks to Otter Books, Nelson's locally owned book store, for having been the show's sponsor. 250.352-3434. Otter Books
Hear the voices of Canadian literature: www.authorsaloud.com
A website that's a resource for writers and readers: Gail Anderson-Dargatz
Mary Novik's website is also strong and informative: Mary Novik.
Writers in Electronic Residence links professional writers with schools, online: www.wier.ca |
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About The Writers' Show
Guests of the show are nationally published writers, or others in publishing, who are based in British Columbia, Canada.
Credits: Announcer for Shows #12 through #20: Dick Woolf. Show #21 forward: Bill Metcalfe. Research: Shelley Ross. Technical assistance: Eric Moon. Theme music: "Wild Honey" played by Boot, from the CD Nordic Roots 2. Interviewers: Luanne Armstrong, Linda Crosfield, Irene Mock
Holley Rubinsky is a fiction writer living in the interior of B.C. Her books are Beyond This Point, McClelland & Stewart, 2006; At First I Hope for Rescue, Knopf Canada, 1997; Rapid Transits and Other Stories, Polestar, 1991. |
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