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Hey folks! Got to drive right into my wheelhouse (wait, is that how the idiom works?) and talk to some fellow music journalists again. Today we feature  Matt Bobkin  and  Adam Feibel , discussing their book  In Too Deep: When Canadian Punks Took Over The World . It features everyone from Avril to Alexisonfire (and other non-A-related artists). Enjoy!

Hey all! This week we talk to my pal (and friend of the show) Mark Sampson , who surprised me with the cosmic horror darkness of Lowfield . Check it out, and listen to our conversation on GET LIT!

Hey folks! This week we speak to author Danny Jacobs  about his novel  The Ignis Psalter . I called it "horror-adjacent" but it's also been called "part lyric fairy tale, part small town gothic." Listen in.

Hey folks! I first read Russel Smith back in the '90s when he released How Insensitive . Now he joins GET LIT to talk about his latest novel, Self Care . Listen in!

Hey folks! Double shot of interviews today with PEI poet  Steven Mayoff  ( Swinging Between Water and Stone ) and Alberta-by-way-of-Tokyo artist  Laurier Tiernan  ( Fifty-Five Ways To Survive ). Enjoy the show!

Hey folks! Today's show features author  Karen Smythe  who was last here waaay back on  E49 . We chat about her newest novel,  A Town With No Noise .

Hey folks! Today's program features author  Heather Ramsay.  We talk about her novel,  A Room In The Forest . Enjoy.

Hey folks! I'm back in town and diving into interviews once again. First up, the poet known as  MA|DE.  It's a collaborative voice, created by poets Mark Laliberte and Jade Wallace. We talk about a bunch of things (it was supposed to be half a show, but it wound up a full one) including their latest collection,  ZZOO .

Hey folks! I'm still hiding out in Toronto. Well, that's not true. I'm cat-sitting for a friend (who's been on the show, but that's the only clue I'll give) and visiting with folks I haven't seen in a long while. In the days, though, I'm writing, working on turning a manuscript from junk into gold. So far we're at bronze, which ain't such bad progress. Today's show is with author  Giles Blunt , wh...

Hey folks! Today we're joined by author  Blaine Newton  as we discuss his collection of short stories,  Rag Pickers . Good stuff. Enjoy!

Hey everyone! Had a great conversation with author  Noël Stark  about her new romance novel,  Love Camera Action . Listen in!  

Hey folks! Grandfather of the Treaties: Finding Our Future Through the Wampum Covenant is a fascinating and important book. To be honest, it feels like information we could all use for living in this part of the world and existing alongside the original peoples of this land. I chat with author Daniel Coleman and illustrator Rick Hill about it. Enjoy the show!

Hey folks! This week we're joined by best-selling thriller author Robert Rotenberg . Listen in as we talk about the latest Ari Greene novel, One Minute More .

Hey folks! We are joined once again by mystery author (amongst other things)  Melodie Campbell . We talk about her latest,  The Silent Film Star Murders . Check it out.

Hey all! The name  Max Kerman  might be familiar to you from other artistic endeavours. Max is the front man for  Arkells , the immensely popular rock band from Hamilton. They're set to perform another enormously successful  Rally  show here in town soon. Max and I go back a ways and it's always great to chat with him. We talk about the band a tiny bit, but mostly about his #1 non-fiction bestsell...

Doubling up today! First we'll chat with Dave Pomfret about his novel  Lilly , and then we are joined by Keith Hazzard to talk about his newest,  Brief Lives .

Hey folks!  Catherine Bush  returns to the program to talk about her collection of short stories,  Skin . Catch her at  The City & The City Books (181 Ottawa St. N., Hamilton) on June 17th at 7 pm.

Hey folks! This week I spoke with  Jeff Apter , Australian music journalist and author. Probably could have talked for hours, given my history (and semi-current status) as a rock write. We discuss his recent book,  Carl Perkins – The King of Rockabilly . Enjoy!

Hey all! Just got back from an incredible trip to Europe. I'm lucky to be able to do these things, lucky to have friends to draw us there (us being my family), and lucky that I could still continue to GET LIT while I was away. This week we chat with Hamilton-based author  Maxie Dara  about her novel, the first "S.C.Y.T.H.E. Mystery,"  A Grim Reaper's Guide To Catching A Killer . Enjoy!

Hey all!  Greg Rhyno 's back on the show this week to talk about the second Dame Polara mystery,  Who By Water . Enjoy!

Hey folks! Greetings from Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam. This week we talk to Sara Flemington about her novel, R.I.P. Scoot . Check out the show (and the book)!

Hey folks! I'm headed off on some adventures soon so I'll keep it brief. Today's show features author Tim Welsh, talking about his cool and fairly wild novel  Ley Lines . Check it out!

Hey folks! Poets in the house today. My pal  Chris Bailey  joins us to talk about  Forecast: Pretty Bleak , followed by the excellent  Tolu Oloruntoba , discussing his latest,  Unravel . Listen in.