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Having "turned pro" 35 years ago, he has fifteen full-length books, 100+ published stories and 15 major anthology appearances to his name. He has also written for the radio and stage.

Miguel A. Fenrich is a Saskatchewan writer, photographer, and storyteller who engages the questions of our time by tackling thought-provoking topics while educating and entertaining via genre fiction novels. He is the author of Blue: A Novel, owner of Battleford's newset publishing company Supernova Press, and finished his first body of photographic work in 2020 titled Prairie Perspectives.  He cu...

Raised on country music and Rock 'n' roll, and with a consistent professional career spanning multiple decades as a multi-award-winning solo recording artist, Heidi is well known in the music industry. Heidi has also produced and performed the highly acclaimed sold-out Passion of Amy Winehouse, along with headlining many successful show bands, covering multiple genres. This musical history has inf...

Eric Alper is a Canadian music correspondent, blogger, radio host and former director of media relations, at eOne Music Canada based in Toronto, Ontario. Since 2016, Alper has run a music public relations company, That Eric Alper, and is the host of @ThatEricAlper show on SiriusXM.

Lynn Johnston is a Canadian cartoonist and author, best known for her newspaper comic strip For Better or For Worse. She was the first woman and first Canadian to win the National Cartoonist Society's Reuben Award. 

Michael Gates has worked in the cultural resource field in the Yukon for more than 40 years. He was the curator of collections for Parks Canada in Dawson City for 20 of them. He has written numerous technical papers on museology and cultural resource management, hundreds of articles and three books on Yukon history. 

Dennis talks again with Maureen Jennings

Rik is a vocalist, guitarist, and member of the Canadian rock band Triumph. 

Derek Hayes has a passion for old maps and what they can reveal about the past. He is the author of the best-selling Historical Atlas of the Pacific Northwest, which sold over 30,000 copies; the Historical Atlas of Canada, and Canada: An Illustrated History, and other fascinating historical books. Renowned historian, he brings colourful past to life through stunning maps, rare historical documents...

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 children's books got him his start in the art business....

Dennis interviews Radio Rick Lewis

Tamar Glouberman has spent much of her life working as an outdoor guide. That career has given her opportunities to work and travel in exotic places such as the Galapagos, Zambia and Peru, but she's most grateful that it's allowed her to enjoy many adventures in remote areas of North America, among wild rivers and grizzly bears. When she's not off exploring the wilderness, she can often be found i...

When Bambi Sommers started writing romance thrillers, she felt like she'd come home. Years in a career which included writing ads for radio and television, along with loads of press releases, coupled with her voracious reading led her in the direction of her own stories. Diving into them with heart and humor, characters continue to take shape for each book and she continually hopes you'll find ent...

Matt had always wanted to become a novelist, but held off too concerned about the prospect of failure. After a meeting with author David Baldacci, Matt asked him at 39, if he was too old to write his first novel. David, stopped mid-signature, looked up and him and said, "Oh, hell no. The industry could use some good young writers!" Upon hearing those words, Matt didn't know if he should be more ex...

dee Hobsbawn-Smith is equally at home writing essays, poetry, novels, short fiction, and journalism. Her award-winning writing is at times influenced by her earlier career in the food industry as a Red Seal chef, educator, Slow Food member and locavore advocate, editor, and mentor. Her work has appeared in literary journals, newspapers, magazines, websites, on the airwaves, and in numerous antholo...

Jake Vaadeland is a self taught multi-instrumentalist and songwriter from Saskatchewan, Canada. His traditional sound and unique style could be defined as a blend of Bluegrass and 50s Rockabilly, with Jake also specializing on guitar and banjo in addition to his impressive vocals. Jake strives to write and play with a focus on storytelling and messages that he hopes his audience can relate to, all...

Tara McGuire is a writer, voice-over actor, and former broadcaster. She is a graduate of The Writer's Studio at Simon Fraser University and holds an MFA from The School of Creative Writing at The University of British Columbia. She also holds an Honours Diploma in Radio Journalism from the British Columbia Institute of Technology. Tara's first volume-length work: Holden After and Before, is a hybr...

Tree Abraham is a book designer, illustrator, writer, & maker of things. Born in Ottawa, based in Brooklyn.

Cary Fagan is a Canadian writer of novels, short stories, and children's books. His novel, The Student, was a finalist for the Toronto Book Award and the Governor General's Literary Award. Previously a short-story collection, My Life Among the Apes, was longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and his widely praised adult novel, A Bird's Eye, was shortlisted for the 2013 Rogers Writers' Trust Fi...

Laura Kalpakian is the author of sixteen novels and four collections of short fiction published in the US and the UK. Recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Fiction, and nominated for the 2007 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, her work has garnered acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic. Her short stories have appeared in the Iowa Review, Prairie Schooner, and the US,...

 Angus Addley Part 2

Angus Addley Part 1

Scott Blackburn is an English instructor and a 2017 graduate of the Mountainview MFA program. He lives in High Point, North Carolina with his wife and two children. When he is not writing and teaching, Scott enjoys training in combat sports such as boxing, Muay Thai, and Ju-jitsu, in which he holds a black belt. His debut novel, IT DIES WITH YOU, released on June 7, 2022. Scott has also contribute...

Beautifully shot guitar photos, documenting the legendary instruments of B.B. King, Kurt Cobain, St. Vincent, the Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, and more than one hundred and fifty icons of rock. Lisa S. Johnson is taking the world of fine art photography on a rock and roll ride with her keen eye for detail. Johnson's work conjures the abstract yet possesses a sensual and ethereal aura, illustrating the i...

Connor Jackson is an avid fan of video games and fantasy/sci-fi stories. Inspired by such tales, and tired of encountering stories that import real-world politics and agendas into their narratives and development, he finally decided to write a fantasy story of his own in the hopes of telling a captivating tale that anyone, from any group or walk of life, can enjoy. Connor lives in British Columbia...