Four books + two blue mugs

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For today's books column on Dahlia Kurtz' program on CJOB, I plan to talk about these five books:

Aqueduct: Colonialism, Resources, and the Histories We Remember by Adele Perry (ARP Boooks)
Dopamine Blunder: poems by Lori Cayer (Tightrope Books)
Jane Dying Again by Deborah Schnitzer (Unlimited Editions)
The Shadow Over Portage and Main, edited by Keith Cadieux and Dustin Geerart (Great Plains Publications)
Arctic Comics, edited by Nicholas Burns (Renegade Arts Entertainment)

(You'll notice that there are only four books in the picture. It's only that it's difficult to take a picture of a PDF...)

Or, put another way, one experimental novel, one book of non-fiction, one collection of poetry, one anthology of weird fiction, and a comic book set in the north. Three Winnipeg presses, one from Canmore, and one from Toronto.

The segment is part of a monthly books column I do, which so far is great fun. You can listen live or check it out after-the-fact here, by selecting June 2 and 2 pm, though you'll have to fastforward to 2:30, which is when I'm on the air.

Four books + lion dance ornament.

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For tomorrow's books column on Dahlia Kurtz' program on CJOB, I plan to talk about these four books:

The Evolution of Alice by David Alexander Robertson (Highwater Press)
Shopping Cart Pantheism by Jeanne Randolph (ARP Books)
Bee Time: Lessons from the Hive by Mark L. Winston (Harvard University Press)
A Knock on the Door: The Essential History of Residential Schools by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (University of Manitoba Press)

Or, put another way, one novel and three non-fiction books. Four Winnipeg presses and one based in Cambridge, publishing books by two Winnipeggers, one non-resident, and a multi-author government report.

Speaking of which, Shelagh Rogers just blurbed A Knock on the Door:

 "A Knock on the Door is a book that I hope every Canadian will read, and read deeply. The transformation of this country begins with acknowledging what happened after that knock on the door. Acknowledging, understanding the implications, and then resolving to do something for positive change. It's right that the TRC Calls to Action are included, for we are all called to action."—Shelagh Rogers, O.C., Honorary Witness to the work of the TRC.

The segment is part of a monthly books column I'm doing, which so far is great fun. You can listen live or check it out after-the-fact here, by selecting February 26 and 2 pm.

Five books + a celadon cup

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For tomorrow's books column on Dahlia Kurtz' CJOB program, I plan to talk about these five books:

Laura Reeves' Guide to Useful Plants by Laura Reeves (Prairie Shore Botanicals)
Wish You Were Here: Hand-Tinted Postcards from Winnipeg's Halcyon Days by Stan Milosevic (Great Plains Publications)
The Road to Atlantis by Leo Brent Robillard (Turnstone Press)
After Light by Catherine Hunter (Signature Editions)
Why Would Elephants Rather Play Tag? by Silvina Rocha and Meyi (Doubledutch Books)

Or, put another way, two novels, one kids' book, and two non-fiction books with lotsa pictures. Five Winnipeg presses publishing books by three Winnipeggers and two non-residents.

I should note that while I was working with an ARC of Leo Brent Robillard's book, it is now out in the world and has a much more colourful cover.

I should also note that I've included a celadon cup, which came with its own loose tea strainer and cover, that I bought while teaching ESL in South Korea back in 1998. 

The segment is part of a monthly books column I'm doing, which so far is great fun. You can listen live or check it out after-the-fact here, by selecting January 14 and 2 pm.

Five books + a teacup

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For this month's books column on Dahlia Kurtz' CJOB program, I talked about these five books:

Lost & Found: Signposts for Steering Through the World by Laura Lamont & Jess Dixon (JackPine Press)
Connectomics by Alison Calder (JackPine Books)
Let Us Be True by Erna Buffie (Coteau Books)
Too Far Gone by Chadwick Ginther (Turnstone Press)
Questions I Asked My Mother by Di Brandt w/an afterword by Tanis MacDonald (Turnstone Press)

Or, put another way, two novels & three books of poetry. Three by Saskatchewan publishers & two by a Winnipeg publisher. Two chapbooks & three trade books.

The segment is part of a monthly books column I'm doing, which so far is great fun. You can listen in here, by selecting December 17 and 2 pm.

Creamer, sugar bowl + books

Some of the books I'll be chatted with Dahlia Kurtz about today on CJOB 680:

If I Fall, If I Die by Michael Christie (M&S)
The Illegal by Lawrence Hill (Harper Collins)
A short history of Crazy Bone by Patrick Friesen (Mother Tongue)
The Optimistic Environmentalist by David R. Boyd (ECW Press)
InvisiBill by Maureen Fergus (Tundra Books )

Or, put another way, two novels, one non-fiction book, one picture book, and one collection of poetry. (I could keep going: Two books by former Winnipeggers, one by current Pegger, two by BC island-types...)

This segment is part of a monthly books column I'm doing, which so far is great fun.

(The creamer and sugar bowl are from a set given me by my mother-in-law Dorothy. Which I haven't yet used, shamefully...)

five books + an egg cup

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Some of the MB authored/published books I chatted with Dahlia Kurtz about July 9 on CJOB 680:

The Significance of Moths by Shirley Camia (Turnstone Press)
Lessons from a Nude Man by Donna Besel (Hagios Press)
Infinitum by GMB Chomichuk (Chizine Publications)
Betty: The Helen Betty Osborne Story by David Alexander Robertson & Scott Henderson (Portage & Main Press)
City Beautiful by Randy Turner (Winnipeg Free Press)

Or, put another way, two graphic novels, one non-fiction book, one book of short stories, and one collection of poetry.


This segment is part of a monthly books column I'm doing, which so far is great fun. The most surprising thing is that two eight-minute segments = a half hour of radio. Or that sixteen minutes would go by so quickly...



(The egg cup was painted by the girl at one of those ceramic-painting places.)

Six books + a plate

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Some of the MB authored/published books I'll be chatting with Dahlia Kurtz about at 2:30 pm on CJOB 680:

Ghost Most Foul by Patti Grayson (Coteau Books)
Wonder Horse by Anita Daher (Rebelight Publishing Inc.)
Life Among the Qallunaat by Mini Aodla Freeman (University of Manitoba Press)
A Daytripper's Guide to Manitoba by Bartley Kives (Great Plains Publications)
Monologue Dogs by Meira Cook (Brick Books)
The Significance of Moths by Shirley Camia (Turnstone Press)

Or, put another way, two YA books, two non-fiction books, and two collections of poetry.

The books for a new monthly books column, which should be great fun. The plate is just decorative but is one of my grandmother's.