Talkingbooksandstuff's podcast

"After 19 years I have finally grasped the courage to fulfill my mums dying wish. I am writing her book she tried to do but became to ill to write it up and get it published. Well that time has come. It so far has been very hard for me as I'm reading about the hell my mum was in and she hide it from me, I thought I knew but really I knew nothing at all."   Check out our Patreon at https://www.patr...

Arthur Slade was raised on a ranch in the Cypress Hills of Saskatchewan. He is the author of twenty five novels for young readers including The Hunchback Assignments, which won the TD Canadian Children's Literature Award and Dust, winner of the Governor General's Award for Children's Literature. His lifetime of work has also received the prestigious Kloppenburg Award for Literary Excellence. All o...

Born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia. His parents moved from the Canadian province of Alberta to Vancouver in 1956. His mom played piano and guitar and dad played the accordion. He'd look at the record covers and read the liner notes. For him the album covers were art. Check out our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/talkingbooksandstuff1

Adrian Raeside was born in 1957 in Dunedin, New Zealand. He began drawing cartoons on washroom walls as a kid. After being expelled from his first (and last) art class at the age of 15, he moved with his parents to England, then to Canada. While there, he worked at various jobs, from loading grain ships in Thunder Bay, Ontario, to surveying on the West Coast. Illustrating his mother Joan Raeside's...

John Ivison is a Scottish Canadian journalist. He is an Ottawa-based political columnist for the National Post. Raised in Dumfries, Scotland, he worked as a reporter for The Scotsman newspaper in Edinburgh and as deputy business editor of Scotland on Sunday. He was educated at the University of Glasgow, McMaster University and the University of Western Ontario, where he earned a Masters of Arts in...

'Nathan Burgoine is a Canadian writer. His debut novel Light was a shortlisted Lambda Literary Award nominee in the Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror category at the 26th Lambda Literary Awards The novel was published by Bold Strokes Books in 2013. He lives in Ottawa, Ontario with his husband Daniel and their dog Coach. Subscribe to our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/talkingbooksandstuff1

Jason Schoonover —writer, adventurer, expedition leader, ethnologist, archaeologist, paleontologist, canoeist, naturalist, photographer and Fellow Emeritus, Stefansson Medalist, Citation of Merit awardee, and on the Honor Roll of the prestigious Explorers Club—was brought up on farms, and in villages and small towns in Saskatchewan, Canada, and cities like Saskatoon and Vancouver. This explains wh...

Voice over/narration for commercials, documentaries, audio books, is provided by author/actor, Edgar Lloyd, a top story teller at Audible.com

Born in Vancouver, Canada, Drew's varied career has provided a goodly dose of adventure, although none so great as the time since he was called into Ministry. Drew graduated from Concordia University in Montreal with a degree in English, then spent a couple of years trying to hone his talents as a comedy writer and performer and found there were enough jobs to suggest a career was possible -- but...

Jay Odjick is a writer, artist and television producer from the Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg community in Québec, Canada. He is best known for his creation Kagagi (the raven), part of a growing number of Indigenous superheroes created by Indigenous writers and artists.   Check the Patreon at  https://www.patreon.com/talkingbooksandstuff1

Paul Valdemar Horsdal, CM, commonly known as Valdy, is a Canadian folk and country musician whose solo career began in the early 1970s. He is known for "Rock and Roll Song", his first mainstream single. Valdy is the winner of two Juno Awards for Folk Singer of the Year and Folk Entertainer of the Year, and has received seven additional Juno nominations. His fourteen albums have achieved sales of n...

Anthony Bidulka is a Canadian writer of mystery, thriller and suspense novels. Bidulka's books have been nominated for Crime Writers of Canada Arthur Ellis Awards, Saskatchewan Book Awards, a ReLit award, and Lambda Literary Awards   Check the Patreon at  https://www.patreon.com/talkingbooksandstuff1 .

Kelly Hrudey is a Canadian former National Hockey League ice hockey goaltender. He is a current hockey broadcaster with Sportsnet as an analyst for Hockey Night in Canada and the Calgary Flames as a commentator. During his NHL career, Hrudey played for the New York Islanders, Los Angeles Kings, and San Jose Sharks.   Check the Patreon at  https://www.patreon.com/talkingbooksandstuff1

Allan Kehler is a highly sought-after motivational speaker. He is a best-selling author, and sheds light on the prevalent issues of addictions, stress, and mental wellness.   Peek at our Patreon at  https://www.patreon.com/talkingbooksandstuff1

Bryan Cox is a Saskatoon comedian, voice over artist and broadcaster. His "Hey, Get Off My Lawn" radio feature and podcast features celebrity interviews and reaches over a million ears Worldwide every week. But there is more to Bryan's story   Check out the Patreon at  https://www.patreon.com/talkingbooksandstuff1

Joanne Paulson was born, raised, educated and injected with ink in Saskatoon. She started writing stories at age 5, and by Grade 6, was wondering how she was going to turn that love of English, words and writing into something that could actually support her. War correspondent! She thought...   Check the Patreon at  https://www.patreon.com/talkingbooksandstuff1

In the small prairie town of Purdue, SK lays a hidden treasure, Crawford's Books. We meet with Ralph Crawford and talk about his store, which has made national attention.     Subscribe to the patreon at https://www.patreon.com/talkingbooksandstuff1

Native of St. Louis, Missouri, Viets has a degree in journalism and became a longtime popular media figure in St. Louis. She was a regular columnist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch for twenty-five years, her columns focusing mostly on local issues and human-interest fare. She also hosted the local light-news television program Viets Beat, for which she won Emmy Awards in 1989 and 1990. After movin...

We meet with Alan Bradley over Skype   Check put my patreon at  https://www.patreon.com/talkingbooksandstuff1

We meet with Maureen Haddock

Dennis sits in on Meg Tilly at Village Books in Bellingham, WA

Dennis chats with Canadian novelist Joy Fielding

Content Warning: Domestic Abuse   Dennis interviews Kamal Dhillon  

Listen to our chat with Kim, a librarian from central Florida .

 Enjoy this chat with Canada's foremost mystery writer --'- Gail Bowen.