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Check out our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/talkingbooksandstuff1 Collective Voice is an integrated Grade 9 program combining the subjects of Social Studies, English Language Arts, and Arts Education. The focus of the program is learning in community, investigating the roots of inequality and injustice, and empowering students to find their voice and share it! Collective Voice students share...

Check out our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/talkingbooksandstuff1   Antony Botting was born in London, England. Graduating from the University of Hull with a Masters in International Law, he now works in the field of anti-slavery for a local council.

Check out our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/talkingbooksandstuff1 Author Bill Waiser is a western Canadian historian. He has published over a dozen books–-many of them recognized by various awards. A World We Have Lost: Saskatchewan Before 1905 won the 2016 Governor General's Literary Award for Non-Fiction. Bill is a frequent public speaker and contributor to radio, television and print media...

Check out our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/talkingbooksandstuff1   The author of THE KINCAID STRANGE NOVELS (Random House Canada), a paranormal mystery series about a voodoo practitioner living in Seattle with the ghost of a grunge rocker, she has a BSc and Msc from Simon Fraser University in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry and a PhD in Zoology from the University of British Columbia. Her...

Check out our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/talkingbooksandstuff1   Joseph Kertes (born 1951) is a writer who escaped from Hungary with his family to Canada after the revolution of 1956. He studied English at York University and the University of Toronto, where he was encouraged in his writing by Irving Layton and Marshall McLuhan. Kertes founded Humber College's distinguished creative writin...

Check out our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/talkingbooksandstuff1   Jim Beaver is an American character actor, best known for his leading roles on the TV series Deadwood (2004) and Supernatural (2005). Born in Laramie, Wyoming a minister's son, he was raised in and around Irving, Texas, a suburb of Dallas. Following high school and a year of college, he joined the Marines.

Check out our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/talkingbooksandstuff1   BWL Publishing Inc. is a Canadian publisher of popular fiction actively working with International and Canadian authors to publish their fiction in a worldwide marketplace. Nancy is the author of multiple books including young adult and adult series novels and stand alone novels. Nancy is a proud Albertan and lives near Balza...

Check out our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/talkingbooksandstuff1   Summer Success is a United Way initiative that takes an upstream approach in helping vulnerable children move towards grade level reading by tackling their summer learning loss. When Jayce's kids fell behind in reading the Summer Success program helped them improve their skills – and their confidence.

Check out our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/talkingbooksandstuff1   Comedians come in all shapes and sizes...Steve Bluestein comes in one shape. Funny. His talent has been honed from years of pounding the boards in Las Vegas, Atlantic City, Reno, Tahoe and countless comedy clubs across the nation. Born in Boston his heart was always in New York, where he moved directly after graduating from E...

Check out our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/talkingbooksandstuff1   Mary A. Joyce has worked for two major metropolitan area newspapers as a writer, columnist, artist, Sunday magazine editor and feature editor. She has written a number of books. She is the editor of the Sky Ships over Cashiers website that features reports of UFO sightings in Cashiers, North Carolina.

Check out our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/talkingbooksandstuff1 Paul Barthel, a native of Chicago, he grew up in Illinois and Wyoming. A Chef entrepreneur and restaurant owner who worked behind the scenes in kitchens for over thirty years in both large venues and small restaurants. A dedicated Animal Rights advocate who pushed to establish an Illinois law recognizing pets in domestic law. H...

Check out our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/talkingbooksandstuff1   Tommy John Ehman has the heart and soul of a songwriter, a desire and a passion to perform and a deep enthusiasm for music that has driven him over a long career that has produced 6 studio albums, 10 radio singles, airplay from coast to coast across Canada and placing on major Canadian radio charts. He's played everything fro...

Check out our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/talkingbooksandstuff1   Yvonne Rediger was born in Saskatchewan, lived and worked in northern Manitoba, Alberta, New Brunswick, Saskatchewan and for the last twelve years on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Her first novel "The Shape of Us", urban fantasy, VIC Shapeshifter series was released in 2016.

Check out our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/talkingbooksandstuff1   Ted Barris (born July 12, 1949 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian writer, journalist, professor and broadcaster. He writes a weekly column, "The Barris Beat", and is a regular contributor to The Globe and Mail and the National Post. His non-fiction works focus on Canada's military heritage. Barris has authored 17 books.

Check out our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/talkingbooksandstuff1   Wilson Large is a producer and editor, known for Dark Darkness (2012), Bloody Mary (2006) and Midnight Money (2006).

Jennings was born and grew up in Birmingham, England. Jennings emigrated to Canada with her mother when she was seventeen. She studied psychology and philosophy at the University of Windsor, and an MA in English Literature at the University of Toronto. Jennings initially taught at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, and later practised as a psychotherapist. Jennings is best known as the author of the...

Amy Jo Ehman was born in Saskatoon and grew up on the family farm 150 kms away from there. She studied at the University of Saskatchewan and became a news reporter at the Star-Phoenix as well as CBC, working both radio & TV. She has written the books Prairie Feast: A Writer's Journey Home for Dinner and Out of Old Saskatchewan Kitchens.   Check out our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/talkingboo...

Rob Vanstone , has lived in Regina, and is a football enthusiast. He was appointed Assistant Sports Editor in 1995 and was named sports columnist one year later. He is now the Leader Post's Sports Co-ordinator and columnist. Vanstone has spent much of his time writing about the Saskatchewan Roughriders and Regina Pats. Check out our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/talkingbooksandstuff1

Dennis reads his favorites, some books from past guests, and some authors he would love to have on the show.   Check out our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/talkingbooksandstuff1

Joan Havelange may reside in Russell, MB. but she calls the little town of Corning, Saskatchewan home. Married and moved to Windthorst before moving up to Northern Manitoba for 22 years. You may be asking, but yes, she is still a Rider fan. Check out our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/talkingbooksandstuff1

Karl Arthur Marlantes (born December 24, 1944) is an American author and Vietnam War veteran. He has written three books: Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War (2010), What it is Like to go to War (2011), and Deep River (2019). Check out our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/talkingbooksandstuff1

Spencer Kope started writing while serving in the Navy. He first began by penning down short stories before starting his very first novel while he was in the Persian Gulf aboard the USS Lasalle in 1984. In his book, Collecting the Dead, we are introduced to agent Magnus Craig who has been working for the FBI Tracking Unit for more than 5 years.   Check out our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/ta...

Judah Tyreman mowed lawns and raked leaves for two years to bankroll the Sesula Mineral & Gem Museum that opened in Radisson, Sask., in 2016. Thieves broke into the museum on March 11, 2018 vandalizing its displays and making off with as much as $8,000 worth of items from its collection. Judah is now sharing his story with his new book, 'Reviving the Art of Innovation: Using your Sense to make a D...

Bellingham ComiCon was launched in 2009 with the support of many Northwest convention dealers. Long time friends and colleagues Bill Wormstedt (Center Con) and Richard Finn (Portland Comic Book Show) both lent their expertise during the inception of the show. Check out our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/talkingbooksandstuff1

Elinor Florence grew up on a Saskatchewan grain farm, a former World War Two training airfield near North Battleford. After earning her English degree at the University of Saskatchewan, she studied journalism at Carleton University. She launched her career at her hometown newspaper The Battlefords Advertiser-Post , followed by The Western Producer in Saskatoon, The Red Deer Advocate in Alberta, T...