Graeme Gibson, the Canadian writer and avid ornithologist and conservationist who died this last September at the age of 85, and his partner, author and poet Margaret Atwood, met in 1970 in Toronto, when both were associated with the fledgling Canadian independent publisher, the House of Anansi, founded by poet Dennis Lee and writer David Godfrey i…

In “Vancouver Biotech Startup Launches World’s First Book Pill,” the eighth and final podcast in the debut series of 128 Sterling, host Noah Richler reveals details of the development and testing of a revolutionary new platform for literature, the edible book pill. He speaks to the writer-scientists behind the book pill’s invention, to Inuit claimi…

Noah Richler talks to Walter Kirn about Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter (a.k.a. Clark Rockefeller), imposter and convicted murder, and subject of Walt’s book Blood Will Out. Noah also speaks to Katherena Vermette about the people, places, and stores that make up her Governor General's Literary Awards shortlisted debut novel, The Break. Actress Janet …

In “School’s In,” host Noah Richler talks to publisher Sarah MacLachlan; Sunday Times columnist Lynn Barber, author of the acclaimed memoir (and movie), An Education; Russian-American graphic illustrator Dasha Tolstikova about her memoir, A Year Without Mom; Newfoundland author Lisa Moore about her first young adult novel, Flannery; and Métis write…

In this month of the American elections and literary contests, Noah Richler presents an anthology of lost things from fights to old ways and mystery itself, with original contributions by Craig Davidson, Andray Domise, Kevin Patterson, Russell Smith, Kathleen Winter (who also provides the music), Cybèle Young and singer Patricia O’Callaghan.…

Authors Guy Vanderhaeghe, David Frum, and Walter Kirn discuss the upcoming U.S. Presidential Election with Noah Richler by examining the two candidates as they relate to Jack London's "The Iron Heel," Robert Penn Warren’s "All the King's Men," and Sinclair Lewis's "It Can't Happen Here.” Actress Janet Green (a.k.a. Janet Porter) reads Lynn Crosbie’…

Noah Richler talks to Anosh Irani, whose novel The Parcel has been nominated for the Governor-General's and Writers' Trust Awards; to Teva Harrison, author of In-Between Days, a memoir of her cancer in words and pictures; and to Patti Laboucane-Benson at the Edmonton centre for the rehabilitation of indigenous offenders that was the inspiration of …

Noah Richler and Christy Ann Conlin discuss the challenges and pleasures of being a writer in rural Canada — away from the city and cosmopolitan centres. How many people, really, does a writer have to know? Christy Ann Conlin also reads from her latest novel, "The Memento," published by Doubleday Canada.…

In the premiere of 128 Sterling, host Noah Richler asks film producer Nicholas Rose and authors Marina Endicott and Alain Farah, "what is the Great Canadian Book or Novel that will make a great and distinctively Canadian TV miniseries or film?" Noah’s introductory editorial and musing discusses the late Austin Clarke and makes his case for Austin’s…

In 128 Sterling, author and broadcaster Noah Richler looks to fellow writers in Canada and abroad to explain not themselves, but the world as it is — the circus of the American election, the perils and punishments of school, the appeal of impostors, the state of being in between, CanLit, and more. This trailer provides a quick glimpse of what to ex…

Bill Richardson, winner of the Stephen Leacock medal for humour and former CBC Radio personality, delivers a “fresh and frisky” poetic take on transitioning into life as a retiree and living through the golden years.In their frank and witty delivery, Richardson’s illustrated retirement rhymes for the hoary-headed do not just playfully reveal the in…

We wanted to know more about Griffin nominee Shane Book's work in film, so we sat down to talk with him about his short film Praise and Blame, in which an internationally acclaimed dissident poet from Belarus with a frozen waffle obsession has a past that threatens to engulf him.על ידי House of Anansi

On the heels of the announcement of Shane Book's Griffin Prize nomination for his new collection Congotronic, Damian Rogers met with him to chat about immigrant mentality, bespoke Hammer pants, and anxiety at Woolco.על ידי House of Anansi

On the release of his seventeenth poetry collection Sequence, Damian Rogers met with the Griffin Poetry Prize-winning poet A. F. Moritz at the Royal Ontario Museum to chat about science fiction, the eternal moment, and finding inspiration in a fast food restaurant.על ידי House of Anansi