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In this episode, we are joined by internationally best-selling Canadian thriller author, Amy McCulloch! Amy is also the author of eight novels for children and teens. Not only is she a successful author—she is also the youngest Canadian woman to climb Mt. Manaslu in Nepal! A lifelong adventurer, Amy draws inspiration from her real-world experiences to write her fiction. Her latest thriller, Runner 13, is out now from Penguin Random House Canada. In this episode, we discussed Amy's newest novel, Runner 13, her journey to becoming an author, her previous career in the publishing industry, the real-life adventures and experiences that inspire her thriller novels, working with three editors, and more! We had a great time talking with Amy and could have asked after her marathon and mountain-climbing stories all day—don't miss out on this exciting episode. Learn more on Amy's website and check out Amy's books on Kobo.

Friends this episode is full of wisdom! Grab an iced coffee and get your steps in. J.M Frey shares the extraordinary journey of her latest novel "Time and Tide," a sapphic Regency romance that made the New York Times Best Romance Books of the Year list after a 16-year path to publication.• From idea to New York Times recognition: how a visit to the Jane Austen Center sparked a time-slip romance concept• Why traditional publishing requires patience—Time and Tide went through 17+ drafts before publication• Fan fiction as valuable training ground for developing voice, taking critique, and understanding story structure• After 327 rejections on her newest manuscript, why Frey is embracing self-publishing• The importance of finding joy in writing again when creativity becomes a commodity• How returning to fan fiction helped reignite creative passion and productivityCheck out Time and Tide from Wattpad Books, distributed by Penguin Random House Canada, and visit jmfry.net to explore all of Jess's books, including her worldbuilding guide for fantasy writers.Bio:J.M. Frey is an author, voice actor, and lapsed academic. She writes queer speculative fiction and fantasy, both fabulist cozy romances and high fantasy epics. Her life's ambition is to step foot on every continent – only three left! She lives in Toronto where she is surrounded by houseplants, because she is allergic to anything with fur. She is also allergic to chocolate. But not wine.TIME AND TIDE: New York Times Best Romance Books of 2024Just a twenty-first century gal with nineteenth-century problems…When Sam's plane crashes catastrophically over the Atlantic, it defies all odds for Sam to be the sole survivor, but it seems impossible that she's rescued by a warship in 1805. With a dashing sea captain as her guide, she begins to find her footing in a world she'd only seen in movies.Then Sam is betrayed. At the mercy of the men and morals of the time and without the means to survive on her own, she's left with no choice but to throw herself on the charity of the captain's sisters. She resigns herself to a quiet life of forever hiding her true self. What she doesn't expect is that her new landlady is Margaret Goodenough—the world famous author whose yet-to-be-completed novel will contain the first lesbian kiss in the history of British Literature, and a clever woman. Clever enough to know her new companion has a secret.As the two women grow ever closer, Sam must tread the tenuous line between finding her own happiness in a place where she doesn't think she'll ever fit in, and possibly accidentally changing the course of history.About Victoria:Hey there, I'm Victoria! As a writer and developmental editor, I specialize in helping busy writers bring their publishing dreams to life without the overwhelm. Editing doesn't have to feel like pulling teeth—it's the magic that transforms your story from “meh” to masterpiece!Here's how I can help:

Welcome to the Peaks Island Radio podcast, where I talk with islanders and people of interest to the island about arts, culture, current events, and more. In this episode, I speak with Adrian Sutherland, an Indigenous Roots Rocker from Attawapiskat. I discovered Adrian's latest album, Precious Diamonds, on Bandcamp and was immediately captivated by its freshness and depth of feeling. As his website says: "One listen to Adrian Sutherland and you'll know he's unlike anyone else...he melds rock, roots, folk and blues, drawing inspiration from his life, the land, and his language and culture. Adrian's sophomore solo album Precious Diamonds was recorded in Nashville with former GRAMMY winner Colin Linden, and released in 2024. It won Best Americana Album from the 2025 World Entertainment Awards in Los Angeles, is nominated at the 2025 JUNO Awards, and was selected one of the “Top 100 Albums of 2024” by CKUA Radio. It features two songs in Cree, making the first time Adrian is making music in his first language. Lead single Notawe (Father) reached #1 on the internationally recognized Indigenous Music Countdown, and was named one of the “Top 100 Songs of 2023” by CBC Music. Adrian is presently writing a book for Penguin Random House Canada about his extraordinary life in the North. One of the only professional recording artists who lives in a remote fly-in First Nation, he carries authentic and insightful first-hand perspective on many important issues. During this time of reconciliation, Adrian is hopeful for Canadians to walk together in love and respect.Adrian and I cover a lot of ground in this conversation, touching on his rise in music along with the challenges he faced, what it is like to live on his ancestral lands while also having a recording career, and the many social issues Adrian is passionate about. For more on Adrian Sutherland and to support his work, please check out the links below:Adrian SutherlandTrack Premiere: Adrian Sutherland “My Rebel Spirit” – Americana UKAdrian Sutherland: Precious Diamonds, Cree Confessions - SOCAN Words and MusicYou can also follow Adrian Sutherland on social media at @attaboyadrian on all platforms.Thanks for listening to Peaks Island Radio. For more conversations like this, please click here:Listen to Peaks Island Radio To support the podcast, click here: Support Peaks Island Radio

Gregory welcomes back two-time Governor General Award-winner and He-Man fan extraordinaire David A. Robertson to talk about the challenge of maintaining a good work/life balance as founder of a new children's book imprint for Indigenous authors under Penguin Random House Canada.David also discusses his newest book All The Little Monsters, about his struggle with anxiety and impostor syndrome, even as an internationally celebrated writer. Find more of David's work at https://www.darobertson.ca/Transition clips are from Masters of the Universe (1987) - https://youtu.be/raYkZH8KVyY?si=Yg18jj4E3XV0I-myFollow the gang on Instagram:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/gmbchomichuk/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/chasingartwork/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/lradchenka/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠GMB Chomichuk's online store: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.gmbchomichuk.ca⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Chasing Artwork's online store: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.chasingartwork.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Production: Dan VadeboncoeurTitles: Jesse Hamel & Nick Smalley

Jessie Boulard Episode 033: December 28, 2024 Jessie Boulard is an award-winning illustrator applying her skills to social issues. We will talk about passion projects plus art education and more. About Jessie Boulard: Jessie is a Canadian non-status Indigenous Mixed-Blood of the Anishinaabe First Nation Freelance Illustrator who received her Honours Bachelor of Applied Arts in Illustration from Sheridan College. She is known for her strong line work and love of textures. Believing that art is more than just a form of expression, Jessie uses her skills to convey important issues as well as personal growth. Jessie is currently living in Southern Ontario, Freelancing and building Lux Arts; A Nomadic Community Art Studio for all ages. Jessie previously worked at Niagara College for 8 years teaching Illustration in the Graphic Design program. Currently Jessie's passions have moved her towards exploring the symbiotic relationship humans and nature share. She is working on a series of pieces depicting this relationship and looking forward to showcasing her work. Clients include Penguin Random House Canada, Tundra Book Group, eOne Entertainment, TBDoc Productions Inc., CRAVE, CANADALAND, LTBB of Odawa Indians, Superfriendly, The Writers' Union of Canada, Hour Detroit, CBC News, THIS Magazine, Studio M, Walmart, Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan, Inc., The Walrus, CONTINUE MEDIA Inc., Canadian Geographic, Boathouse Brands In 2022, Jessie won The One Award (San Diego): Silver Medal for Social Impact for Anishinaabe Cooking Resources Initiative Jessie Boulard's Links: Website: https://www.jessieboulard.com Echo Chernik Links: Website: https://www.EchoChernik.com Illustration: https://www.echo-x.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/echoxartist Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/echochernik Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/echochernik Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/profile/echox/created

This time we discussed Heavenly Tyrant, book two of the Iron Widow series, written by Xiran Jay Zhao and narrated by Rong Fu. Thank you to Libro.fm ALC Program and Penguin Random House Canada for providing audio review copies of Heavenly Tyrant for today's episode. Heavenly Tyrant [Libro.fm] Iron Widow [Libro.fm] Everfair [Libro.fm] Kinning [Libro.fm]

Molly Peacock is the author of eight volumes of poetry. Earlier titles include The Analyst: Poems and Cornucopia: New & Selected Poems. She joins us today to talk about her latest collection, The Widow's Crayon Box. She also recently wrote a non-fiction book about a half-century friendship, A Friend Sails in on a Poem, published by Windsor-based Palimpsest Press. As a poetry activist, Peacock was the co-founder of Poetry in Motion on New York's subways and buses, the founder of The Best Canadian Poetry series, and the creator of The Secret Poetry Room at Binghamton University.  The Widow's Crayon Box is published by Penguin Random House Canada.https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/773911/the-widows-crayon-box-by-molly-peacock/9781324079439

We're delighted to present our conversation with the remarkable Benjamín Labatut for Episode 81, in which we primarily discuss his 2023 non-fiction novel The MANIAC, its primary figure John von Neumann, the madness and magic of fiction, and the limits and future of science and the human mind.    Run, don't walk to buy Benjamín's two English-language books:  When We Cease to Understand the World  The MANIAC   Extra special thanks to Cameron Waller of Penguin Random House Canada (@cameronsbookshelf) for (a) putting us onto Benjamín's work in a personal way, and (b) making this conversation with Benjamín possible.    Contact Dave & Matt:  Email - concavityshow@gmail.com Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/concavityshow/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/ConcavityShow Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/concavityshow Threadless Merch Store - https://concavityshow.threadless.com/

My guest on this episode is Jordan Abel. Jordan is the author of The Place of Scraps (which won the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize), Un/inhabited, Injun (winner of the Griffin Poetry Prize) and NISHGA, which won the Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize and the VMI Betsy Warland Between Genres award and was a finalist for the Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction, the Wilfrid Eggleston Award for Nonfiction, and the Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Prize. Jordan is an Associate Professor in the Department of English and Film Studies at the University of Alberta where he teaches Indigenous Literatures, Research-Creation, and Creative Writing. Jordan's most recent book is Empty Spaces, which was published by McClelland & Stewart in 2023, and was shortlisted for the Amazon First Novel Award. In its review of Empty Spaces, the Boston Globe called it “a singular, incantatory work.” Jordan and I talk about how being in academia has enriched his creative work, and why, all the same, he doesn't always feel he belongs there, and about how he was shocked that his agent and publisher would take a chance on a book as strange and difficult as Empty Spaces, and about how odd it is that his published work to date has been so dark and serious, when he doesn't see himself that way at all. (We do a lot of laughing in this episode, FYI.)   Empty Spaces by Jordan Abel at Penguin Random House Canada. Music: "simple-hearted thing" by Alex Lukashevsky. Used with permission. Contact Nathan Whitlock at nathanwhitlock.ca/contact

Dr. Chris Honey is Professor and Head of the Division of Neurosurgery at the University of British Columbia.  He obtained his medical degree from the University of Toronto and his doctoral degree from Oxford University as a Canadian Rhodes Scholar. He completed his Royal College training in neurosurgery in Vancouver in 1995 and became a diplomat of the American Board of Neurological Surgeons in 2000. He has completed an additional year of training at Harvard Medical School and is a Scholar in Surgical Leadership. His research is focused on the treatment of movement disorders and pain. He headed the world's first trial of DBS for spasmodic dysphonia and published the results in 2021. He was the first physician to recognize and successfully treat hemi-laryngopharyngeal spasm (HELPS syndrome) in 2014. He discovered and successfully treated the first person in the world with VANCOUVER syndrome in 2019. He has made fundamental changes to the understanding of human pain pathways. In this episode, get a first-hand listen to some of the ways in which Chris' entire medical perspective expanded through his experiences with patients, both personally and culturally. Patrick and Chris very briefly touch into the politics of medicine in British Columbia but don't hang out there very long before they get into the delicate nature of brain surgery, the medical discoveries Chris and his team have pioneered, what and who compelled Chris to write his book, his superpower, and his kryptonite! Chris feels brain surgery was his calling and it's certainly evident in the passion and knowledge he brings to the conversation and his ongoing work. In deep appreciation of excellence, Chris expresses the joy for the team he now works with, shares his journey in athletics and the shift he has made from competitor to collaborator.  Dr. Honey's book, The Tenth Nerve, published by Penguin Random House Canada, is now available at Indigo, local bookstores and drchrishoney.com. It is an homage to seven patients who taught him more about medicine than any lecture or textbook.

On today's episode: We've spoken in the past about the huge role audiobook producers have over the final product of a project. So many small decisions on their part come together to shape what we end up spending hours eagerly consuming. Our guest this week, Caleb Stoll, is the technical director of the audiobook program at Penguin Random House Canada. He's involved in many of the stages of production for the audiobooks they produce out of their studios in Toronto. From the technical aspects of sound recording, engineering sessions and directing narrators, Caleb is well placed to shine some light on the behind the scenes of the audio book world.

Widely recognized as one of the finest and most influential authors writing in English today, Zadie Smith speaks about her acclaimed latest novel, The Fraud, with her internationally-renowned Canadian contemporary, Madeleine Thien. This event was presented in 2023 in partnership with UBC School of Creative Writing and the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, and with the support of Penguin Random House Canada.

Today Jackie and her guest will be exploring a question about vulnerability in writing. Jackie is on the precipice of writing her second book, To You Who Wonders, an advice column meets memoir partly inspired by this podcast. It seemed fitting to answer this question as a way to celebrate the announcement of this next book!They write:I am an aspiring author working on a non-fiction book about work and motherhood that will include stories from my personal life. I enjoyed your memoir so much and I found at times your courageous willingness to share your stories so inspiring. I'm wondering if you could share any advice for writers who would like to share their stories but often find themselves always holding back, softening certain details or struggling to decide which stories to reveal vs conceal. How did you stay so brave during your writing process? And how does it feel to have your stories out there after publication? Thank you so much! - DallasTune in to hear jackie explore this topic with her amazing guest this week Bhavna Chauhan an Editorial Director at Doubleday Canada, Penguin Random House Canada. She was also the editor that worked with Jackie on her bestselling memoir, The Measure of My Powers, and is a wealth of knowledge and a true expert in the field.We hope that you get something helpful out of this conversation. If anything, know that you're not alone. You see, we all struggle, mourn, yearn, question, laugh and cry. No matter our age, background, or titles, at our core, we are all not so different, You & I.This podcast is produced by More Good Media. Episode Resources:Jackie Kai Ellis: Website / Instagram Bhavna Chauhan: LinkedIn You & I Podcast: WebsiteResources on finding trusted professional help can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this month's episode, we hear from Daniella Levy-Pinto, Manager at the National Network for Equitable Library Service, and Sarah Smith-Eivemark, Associate Director of Retail Marketing and Partnerships at Penguin Random House Canada about the latest collaboration project between their organizations and its impact on accessibility. Further reading - 5 Ingredients Mediterranean by Jamie Oliver: https://bnccatalist.ca/viewtitle.aspx?ean=9780525612902 - Billy and the Giant Adventure by Jamie Oliver; illustrated by Mónica Armiño: https://bnccatalist.ca/viewtitle.aspx?ean=9781774884140 Lean more about: - National Network for Equitable Library Service (NNELS): https://nnels.ca/ - World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO): https://www.wipo.int/portal/en/index.html - Accessible Books Consortium (ABC): https://www.accessiblebooksconsortium.org/ - Braille Institute: https://brailleinstitute.org/ - Marrakesh Treaty: https://www.wipo.int/marrakesh_treaty/en/

Entrepreneur, publisher, art collector, fundraiser, philanthropist and now author Salah Bachir shares stories from his life and his new memoir ‘First to Leave the Party: My Life With Ordinary People…Who Happen to be Famous' involving Paul Newman, Elizabeth Taylor, Marlon Brando, Joan Rivers, Doris Day, Cesar Chavez, Diahann Carroll, Andy Warhol and many more! ‘First to Leave the Party: My Life With Ordinary People…Who Happen to be Famous' is published by Penguin Random House Canada and is available wherever you get your books or go to https://salahbachir.com/ TORONTO LEGENDS is hosted by Andrew Applebaum at andrew.applebaum@gmail.com All episodes available at https://www.torontolegends.ca/episodes/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Rob and Ryan welcome  Riane LaPaire and Leah Brochu from the National Network for Equitable Library Services and Sarah Smith-Eivemark from Penguin Random House Canada to discuss their recent partnership to provide braille editions of two new books from cooking legend Jamie Oliver. They discuss the books, how the partnership came about, the funding that allowed the partnership to happen and the importance of accessible publishing. Show Transcript https://atbanter.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/at-banter-podcast-episode-358-5-ingredients-braille-advocates.pdf Show Notes 5 Ingredients Mediterranean: Simple Incredible Food by Jamie Oliver https://www.indigo.ca/en-ca/5-ingredients-mediterranean-simple-incredible-food/9780525612902.html Billy and the Giant Adventure https://a.co/d/cjpm5I8 National Network for Equitable Library Service https://nnels.ca/welcome-nnels Rob's Recipe Recommendation https://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/chicken-recipes/crispy-paprika-chicken/ AT Banter is brought to you by Canadian Assistive Technology, providing sales and training in Assistive Technology and Accessibility with over 30 years of knowledge and experience. Visit them online at www.canasstech.com or call toll-free 1-844-795-8324. Need repairs on your device? Chaos Technical Services offers service and support on almost any piece of Assistive Technology, while also providing parts and batteries. Visit them online at www.chaostechnicalservices.com or call 778-847-6840.

My guest on this episode is Evan Munday. Evan is the author and illustrator of the Silver Birch-shortlisted Dead Kid Detective Agency series, the fourth and most recent volume of which, Connect the Scotts, was published by ECW Press in 2018. Munday works as publicity manager for children's books at Penguin Random House Canada. In its review of Connect the Scotts, the School Library Journal wrote that “fans of the series will be thrilled with another spectral mystery glinting with subtle mirth.” Evan and I talk about the days when he was very frequently spotted at Toronto book events, and why those days are mostly over. (Spoiler: it's age and kids; it's almost always age and kids.) We talk about the as-yet unpublished fifth instalment of the Dead Kid Detective Agency Series, and why it is as yet unpublished, and why being a full-time writer simply does not fit Evan's guilt-ridden  personality.   Evan Munday's Dead Kid Detective Agency series: ecwpress.com Music: "simple-hearted thing" by Alex Lukashevsky. Used with permission. Contact Nathan Whitlock at nathanwhitlock.ca/contact

My guest in this episode is Alicia Elliott. Alicia is a Mohawk writer living in Brantford, Ontario, whose essays have been nominated for multiple National Magazine Awards. She is also a recipient of the RBC Taylor Emerging Writer Award. Alicia's first book, the essay collection A Mind Spread Out On The Ground, was a national bestseller, and was nominated for the Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction. It also won the Forest of Reading Evergreen Award.   The New York Times Book Review called that collection “raw” and “unflinching”, the Globe and Mail called it “a tour de force” and Booklist called it "required reading.”   Alicia and talk about her upcoming first novel, about the slightly unreal-sounding process of writing and publishing her first book, and about how she has handled the occasionally complicated reality of being a high-profile Indigenous writer. (We also talk very briefly about the Vanderpump Rules reunion.)   Alicia Elliott's author page at Penguin Random House Canada. Music: "simple-hearted thing" by Alex Lukashevsky. Used with permission. Contact Nathan Whitlock at nathanwhitlock.ca/contact

Welcome back lovelies! This week we are sitting down with the fabulous Andrea Werhun ( @weenerwoman on Instagram) . She is a writer, performer, producer, publisher, and sex worker from Toronto, Canada. She wrote the sex work memoir art book, Modern Whore: A Memoir, published by Penguin Random House Canada, and co-wrote, produced, and starred in the award-winning short film adaptations, Modern Whore and Last Night at the Strip Club. She has produced, co-written, and co-starred in the short film, Thriving: A Dissociated Reverie, which made its debut at the Sundance Film Festival in 2023, about a Black non-binary sex worker with dissociative identity disorder. She is currently the Bimbo-in-Chief of Literal Bimbos, a DIY zine made by and for sex workers.  This episode we: breakdown our favourite parts of Andrea's book “Modern Whore” as though she isn't familiar with it, discuss her experiences in sex work, unpack the process of writing her fabulous book, and learn about her exciting future endeavours! Lastly, we have Andrea tackle some of your many listener questions.  Episode Trigger warning: s*xual assu*lt  Don't forget to RATE, REVIEW and SUBSCRIBE to 50 PLUS A TIP Podcast and as always, have a wonderful week and happy wh0re-ing

Laura Pratt is a journalist, writer, and editor. Her second book, Heartbroken: Field Notes on a Constant Condition, was published in early 2023 by Penguin Random House Canada. She has written for numerous Canadian magazines and her articles have appeared in Canadian Living, Toronto Life, Maclean's, and Chatelaine. Her first memoir, The Fleeting Years, was published in 2004. She is a 2020 graduate of the University of King's College's creative nonfiction MFA. She won an honourable mention in Prairie Fire's 2020 CNF contest and was shortlisted for The Fiddlehead's 2019 CNF contest. She lives in Toronto and has served as a judge at the National Magazine Awards for several years. Follow Laura on: Linkedin Instagram Facebook http://www.laurapratt.ca/about/

Niamh talks with David about his work as an author and public speaker and how working with children and educators has enriched these roles. They also speak about land acknowledgements and how this relatively new practice can be as meaningful as possible. David A. Robertson (he, him, his) was the 2021 recipient of the Writers' Union of Canada Freedom to Read Award as well as the Globe and Mail Children's Storyteller of the Year. He is the author of numerous books for young readers including When We Were Alone, which won the 2017 Governor General's Literary Award and the McNally Robinson Best Book for Young People Award. His first adult fiction novel, The Theory of Crows, was published in 2022 and is a national bestseller. He is a member of Norway House Cree Nation and currently lives in Winnipeg. https://www.darobertson.ca/ Socials: https://www.instagram.com/davidrobertsonwriter/ https://www.facebook.com/davidalexanderrobertson https://twitter.com/davealexrobertshttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4c-JdBeOtersuESpkl0NmwDavid's Podcast – Kiwewhttps://www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-podcasts/425-kiwew Indigenous-authored imprint at Penguin Random House Canada article -https://www.cbc.ca/books/david-a-robertson-to-develop-and-lead-indigenous-authored-imprint-at-penguin-random-house-canada-1.6599328 "I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do." - Edward Everett Hale Authors mentioned - Richard Van Camp Cherie Dimaline Julie Flett Waubgeshig Rice Eden Robinson Monique Gray Smith Jael Richardson Reading For The Love Of It conference More on Literacy Quebec: What's Literacy? is a podcast for English-speaking listeners and learners interested in everything and anything to do with literacy in Quebec and beyond. Our hosts, Niamh Devaney and Jeff Taylor from⁠⁠⁠ Literacy Quebec⁠⁠⁠ explore community building, lifelong learning, and multiple types of literacy through their interviews with a range of special guests. Subscribe, share our podcast, and write to us at podcast@literacyquebec.org, call us at 514-508-6805. Subscribe to our YouTube Channel and follow us on Facebook and Instagram @LiteracyQuebec Special thanks: Podcast ⁠⁠⁠Theme Music ‘No Math' by Cú: Jaan Eerik Priks & Brian Francis Devaney --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/literacy-quebec/message

Welcome to the Shelf Care Interview, an occasional conversation series where Booklist talks to book people. This Shelf Care Interview is sponsored by Penguin Random House Canada. In this episode of the Shelf Care Interview, Sarah Hunter talks to Paul Gilligan, the author and artist of PLUTO ROCKET: NEW IN TOWN. Paul Gilligan writes and draws the syndicated comic strip Pooch Cafe with Andrews McMeel, which runs in over 250 newspapers around the world and has been twice nominated by the National Cartoonists Society for Best Strip. In addition to being the author and illustrator of PLUTO ROCKET, he works in animation and has shows in development with Guru Animation and the Cartoon Network. Paul is based in Toronto, Ontario.

As this is the third episode in the mini-series of episodes on the theme of agency and finding agency with your writing, we spend the most time talking about Geffen Semach's experience working as a Literary Agent's Assistant and then cover the multiple roles they have held in the literary business. We also talk about audiobooks, and Geffen's current role as Publishing Coordinator for Audiobooks at Penguin Random House Canada. And I use our time wisely, as they just completed editing the lovely issue called, Ley Line, for Room and I, at the time of recording, was in the final throes of copyediting the Ghosts issue Room, and clearly in need of a bit of a pep talk to keep going. Episode show notes and transcript are available at rachelthompson.co/podcast/76

About Today's Show Welcome to episode 6, Season 5 of #SenecaProud Podcast! In this episode, I speak with three professors who have created a regular, weekly online roundtable that has proven to be something quite special.  Borne out of the need for connection we all felt during the COVID lockdowns, these weekly roundtables have become an opportunity for Seneca Faculty of the Arts to connect, share common experiences as educators, and simply hold space for each other, and for themselves, and as such have become tremendously popular.  In this episode we learn how the professors manage to do week after week, what they talk about, and how you might want to set up one such forum for your workplace, department, or for whatever group you have in mind. And fun fact, our guests today are each bronze recipients of the CICan (Colleges and Institutes Canada) Leadership Excellence Award for Faculty as a result of the positive contribution their Roundtables have provided.   In this episode we also talk about: The key difference between a meeting, and a Roundtable (ca you guess?) How ChatGPT is impacting the teaching landscape Best practices to help YOU can start your own weekly online Roundtable Lots more! About our Guests, Erin Dolmage, Mary Trant, Jamie Zeppa, and Erin Dolmage Erin Dolmage is a Professor in the Seneca @York School of English and Liberal Studies, Faculty of Arts and a Ph.D. Candidate in History at York University in Toronto. She had done extensive work with the Métis in British Columbia, working with Elders and Family History researchers. She co-authored a chapter in the edited collection Contours of a People. She collaborated on “Bodies of Water, Not Bodies of Women: Canadian Media Images of the Idle No More Movement” in Active History. For Seneca Press, alongside her students, she collaborated on A Celebration of Indigenous Culture at Seneca. She was an editorial consultant on the book Two Dead White Men - Duncan Campbell Scott, Jacques Soustelle and the Failure of Indigenous Policy, 2022.  Erin has been co-hosting a weekly roundtable for the Faculty of Arts alongside Mary Trant and Jamie Zeppa and has been acting as the Academic Integrity Chair for Seneca York King since 2022. Mary Trant has been faculty at Seneca since 1990, and currently teaches General Education courses in the School of English and Liberal Studies at Newnham campus.  Her favourite Gen.Ed. courses to teach are the Psychology of Creativity, the Psychology of Happiness, Group Dynamics, and Brain and Behaviour. Jamie Zeppa has taught writing and literature at Seneca since 2004. During her time at the college, she worked with colleagues to develop curriculum for the University of Centra Asia. She also helped to develop COM 101, the composition course taken by most Seneca students, and is engaged in a research project assessing the transfer of writing skills from COM to other courses. Before Seneca, she worked as a freelance writer and editor and taught corporate communications. She has written a memoir (Beyond the Sky and the Earth: A Journey into Bhutan) and a novel (Every Time We Say Goodbye), both published by Penguin Random House Canada. This Podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Google Podcasts! #SenecaProud Podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, which means it's available pretty much wherever you get your podcasts.   Click here to subscribe. While you're there, please give us a rating and leave a comment.  It really helps get our podcast found. Thanks for listening!   Pat Perdue

D and L Coffee Service Inc. presents Small Bites Radio the #1 listed “Food Radio show Philadelphia” and #1 listed “Food Radio show South Jersey”. Our newest episode is now out with a fantastic lineup! #SmallBitesRadio has been named #14 out of the Top 30 Best Hospitality Shows on the planet for 2020, 2021, and 2022, #23 Top Philadelphia Lifestyle Influencer in 2021 and 2022, and nominated by Metro Philly Newspaper as 2022's Best of Philly Arts & Entertainment. We're thrilled to welcome YouTube superstar with over 1.6 million subscribers and bestselling author of Hot Thai Kitchen - Pailin Chongchitnant. Pailin will talk about her new cookbook ‘Sabai: 100 Simple Thai Recipes for Any Day of the Week' published by Appetite by Random House. Sabai: The state of being when you're at ease. Comfortable. Relaxed. Pailin Chongchitnant knows that a busy schedule can make learning new recipes seem intimidating--whether you're familiar with the cuisine or not. In her second book, Pai will empower you to make Thai food part of your everyday routine, with a compilation of authentic and straightforward recipes, like Beef Laab or Green Curry Chicken with Winter Melon, that are quick to make and delicious to eat. From prepping, to cooking, to eating, the dishes in this book can be done sabai sabai, as the saying goes. Pai takes you through every recipe with her signature level of detail and warm, encouraging style. And she's thought of plenty of shortcuts, tips, and tricks to get dinner on the table, no matter how hectic the day has been. There are even QR codes linking to her YouTube videos on tips, techniques, and more to support you every step of the way. Also Anna Olson, a professionally trained chef and the internationally known host of Food Network Bake With Anna Olson, as well as the Oh Yum with Anna Olson channel on YouTube which has over 1.3 million subscribers joins us. She will talk about her newest cookbook Anna Olson's Baking Wisdom: The Complete Guide: Everything You Need to Know to Make You a Better Baker (with 150+ Recipes) published by Random House. Inside Baking Wisdom lies the answer to every baking question you've ever had (and many you haven't yet), plus over 150 perfected recipes—both savory and sweet—for bakers of all skill levels. Get inside Anna's baking brain, as she shares a career's worth of experience to build a true masterclass in baking. In this incredible baking compendium, you will learn the hows and whys of baking through her flawless techniques, patient advice and literally hundreds of photos. This is an all-encompassing guide, guaranteed to make you a better baker. Then it is Gesine BP - Gesine Bullock-Prado, a pastry chef, author of six books, baking instructor at King Arthur Flour: The Baker's Store and Baking Education Center, Stonewall Kitchen and online at Craftsy.com, has been the contributing food editor of both Runner's World and Food & Wine, co-hosted Cooking Channel's Unique Sweets, is a regular on America's top-rated morning show the Today Show and on NPR's NPR All Things Considered, host of Baked in Vermont on the Food Network and was a main judge of Food Network's Best Baker in America. She also judged America's Test Kitchen's Next Generation. She is the owner and baking instructor at Sugar Glider Kitchen where classes sell out within 5 minutes and is working towards getting her Vermont Master Gardener Certification in 2023. She also released her latest cookbook ‘My Vermont Table: Recipes for All (Six) Seasons' published by Countryman Press. Vermont―arguably the OG farm-to-table state―is celebrated through 100+ recipes and stories from celebrated pastry chef Gesine Bullock-Prado. When Gesine Bullock-Prado left her Hollywood life in 2004 and moved to Vermont, she fell in love with the Green Mountain State's flavors and six unique seasons. Spring, summer, fall, and winter all claim their place at this table, but a true Vermonter holds extra space for maple-forward mud season―that time of year before spring when thawing ice makes way for mucky roads―and stick season, a notable period of bare trees and gourds galore prior to winter. In My Vermont Table, Bullock-Prado takes readers on a sweet and savory journey through each of these special seasons. Oh Canada, we'll have on the program Chef Dale Mackay. Touring the world as Gordon Ramsay's right-hand at his Michelin-starred restaurants, the first Top Chef Canada winner and AAA Five Diamond Award winning Chef Dale MacKay is gearing up for a huge 2023 as he competes in the new season of Bravo's Top Chef: World All-Stars. Padma Lakshmi, Tom Colicchio, and Gail Simmons are back hosting Season 20 of the Emmy, James Beard Foundation and Critics' Choice Award-winning series which features 16 winners and finalists from 11 different Top Chef versions around the world competing for the ultimate World All-Stars title. This time the chefs will return to the kitchen to battle it out throughout London before moving on to the grand finale in Paris. This epic showdown marks the first time the flagship edition of Top Chef has gone abroad for an entire season. Originally from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, MacKay's culinary career began as a fry cook in Vancouver, B.C. He then moved to London, England, where he began working at Gordon Ramsay's Claridge's, followed by stints in other Michelin-starred Ramsay restaurants in London, Tokyo, and New York City. He eventually returned to Vancouver to become the executive chef at Chef Daniel Boulud's Lumière restaurant, where the restaurant was awarded the AAA Five Diamond Award under his direction. You'll enjoy listening to Susan Everett Gravely, the Founder and the CEO of VIETRI., a lifestyle brand of Italian artisan-crafted dinnerware and home and garden accessories. VIETRI is now America's largest Italian ceramics importing company, partnering with numerous Italian manufacturers in various regions throughout Italy. VIETRI serves a customer base of over 2,000 specialty retailers and department stores in all 50 states and internationally. In her debut cookbook, ‘Italy on a Plate: Travels, Memories, Menus' published by VIETRI Publishing, Susan Gravely celebrates 40 years as Founder and Creative Director of VIETRI. With a foreword by Frances Mayes, author of Under the Tuscan Sun, Italy on a Plate is an exploration into what makes Italy so magical: its staggering beauty, unparalleled style, artistic legacy, and incredible food. The close friends Gravely has made during her years of Italian travels have graciously shared their homes and their favorite family recipes, and this book gives a culinary tour of Italy's flavors with recipes you will enjoy with loved ones for years to come. Happy to talk to Christine Flynn the proprietor of Good Earth Food and Wine and a partner at The Good Earth Farm. She is executive chef and partner at iQ Food Co., a restaurant group, a celebrated chef, writer, food stylist and photographer, and Christine's work has also appeared in The New York Times, WIRED, and Bon Appétit Magazine. She is a chef partner with Zing Pantry Shortcuts and her Buzz Hot Honey is available nationally. We'll talk about her National Bestselling cooking ‘A Generous Meal: Modern Recipes for Dinner' published by Penguin Random House Canada. In A Generous Meal, Christine Flynn shows us—contrary to popular belief—that you don't need a lot of time, money, or know-how to make good food. A simple potato can transform a so-so day into something special, a soup can warm you in more ways than one, and baking a chocolate cake is just another way of shouting, “I love you!” at the top of your lungs. A Generous Meal is a modern cookbook of over 100 recipes that anyone—from a novice to an experienced chef like Christine—can use to whip up restaurant-quality meals with ease. Last, but certainly not least will be fellow Philadelphia area foodie personality Amaris Pollock co-host of Food Farms And Chefs. Hosts Amaris Pollock & Gene Blum bring new and exciting guests on the show, introducing their listeners to the farmers that grow the ingredients we consume to the restaurants & event planners that provide entertaining & dynamic foods, beverages, and opportunities on a weekly basis! Tune in on Tuesdays at 6 P.M.* on WWDB AM 860 AM & WPEN 97.5 HD2 in the PA, DE, & SouthernNew Jersey; or if you live in NY, CT, & Northern New Jersey, tune in at 1 P.M.* to WMLD 103 7 FM or you can stream their show anytime. You say you STILL NEED MORE!!! The Small Bites team consists of many segment producers and correspondents. Expect culinary tips and events from celebrity Chef Barbie Marshall who was awarded the title of Pennsylvania's most influential chef by Cooking Light Magazine, Season 10 Hell's Kitchen Finalist and appeared on Season 17 Hell's Kitchen All Stars. You'll be provided with latest food news and happenings from John Howard-Fusco who has been featured in the Courier-Post South Jersey (a Gannett newspaper), as a contributor for NJ Monthly Magazine, and a New York Times recognized blogger for Eating in South Jersey. The latest trends and food concepts from Chef Beth Esposito the Chef/Owner of Pink Garlic Private Events and Butcher's Pantry in the Reading Terminal Market and has been spotlighted on Rachael Ray Show, The Food Network programming, multiple appearances on Fox 29 Good Day, and many more television and radio outlets. Enjoy a funny joke from legendary joke teller Jackie “The Joke Man” Martling, the former head writer for “The Howard Stern Show”. Last but not least we also have freelance writer William Knowles, the personality behind “Around Town” for Bluejeanfood.com doing coverage and blog posts about events. Listen to Small Bites with Donato Marino and Derek Timm of Bluejeanfood.com worldwide on Simplecast, iHeartRadio,TuneIn, Stitcher Radio, PodOmatic, Player FM, iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Audible, Amazon Music, and many more distribution partners. https://bluejeanfood.com/smallbitesradio/ D & L Coffee Services has an expert staff of highly qualified, certified, and experienced office, technical, and sales personnel. D & L Coffee Services are able to provide your business, home, or special event the absolute best from the beans they sell, vendors they work with, Italian delicacies available for delivery, catering on-site for any sized affair, hands-on barista training, equipment available for purchase, and maintenance/repair services for your espresso and coffee machines. You can stop by their warehouse at 7000 HOLSTEIN AVE, SUITE 3, Philadelphia, PA 19153 during business hours or call the office at 215-365-5521 for an appointment, consultation, or any questions. #FoodRadioShowPhiladelphia #FoodRadioShowSouthJersey #TopPhiladelphiaLifestyle #FoodRadioShow #TopHospitalityShow #FoodShow #TopListed #BestFood #BestPod

Superfan: How Pop Culture Broke My Heart is a memoir, written and narrated by Jen Sookfong Lee, that traces her life journey contrasted through the lens of pop culture. Thank you to Libro.fm ALC Program and Penguin Random House Canada for providing a review copy of Superfan: How Pop Culture Broke My Heart for this episode Review & discussion with Shachi, Lisa, and Scott. Superfan [Libro.fm]   The Conjoined [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] My Life as a Goddess [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 42] You Can't Be Serious [Libro.fm] / [Audible] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Episode 130] Minor Feelings [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] No Time Like the Future [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

Brian speaks to Laura Platt. Laura is a long-time journalist, writer and editor. She writes for Canadian magazines and edits books. Her first memoir "The Fleeting Years" was published in 2004. She's a 2020 graduate of the University of King's College's creative nonfiction MFA. She won an honorable mention in Prairie Fire's 2020 CNF contest and was shortlisted for The Fiddlehead's 2019 CNF contest. She has served as a judge at the National Magazine Awards for several years. Her book "HeartBroken" is a work of creative non-fiction, published this month by Penguin Random House Canada.

Former crime reporter Tamara Cherry — who now works as a specialist-for-hire on trauma-informed practices — joins Jonathan Goldsbie to consider what allegations swirling around Leah McLaren's memoir have taught us about what could be called “trauma-indifferent” writing. They also look at how publication bans on the identities of victims can sometimes serve to re-victimize them, and how Canada seems to be on the verge of finally addressing that.This episode contains discussions of sexual assault.Links:I was sexually assaulted when I was 16. Penguin Random House Canada published a memoir by one of my assailants claiming it was consensual – Zoe Charlotte Greenberg on Mediummy response – Leah McLaren on SubstackA Statement from Penguin Random House Canada – PenguinRandomHouseCA on TwitterTrauma survivors and the media: A qualitative analysis – Journal of Community Safety and Well-BeingShe wanted to tell you about her sex assault. The court has finally let her – Toronto StarVictim Identity and Privacy – Justice Committee report on Improving Support for Victims of Crime Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Author and professor Carrie Jenkins joins us this week to discuss her newest book, Sad Love: Romance and the Search for Meaning, and some of the principle themes in it. She goes into detail about questioning the relationship between happiness and love, eudaimonic love, "lovecrafting," and more.Carrie Jenkins is an author and philosophy professor who lives and works on the unceded territories of the Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh, and Musqueam First Nations. Carrie's first novel, Victoria Sees It, was published in 2021 by Penguin Random House Canada, and shortlisted for the Frye Academy Award XIII and the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize. Her non-fiction books include What Love Is and What It Could Be (Basic Books, 2017) and Sad Love: Romance and the Search For Meaning (Polity, 2022). If this show is helpful to you, consider joining our amazing community of like-minded listeners at patreon.com/Multiamory. You can also get access to ad-free episodes, group video discussions, bonus episodes, and more! Treat yourself to some stories to turn you on or help you drift off to sleep with an extended 30-day free trial at DipseaStories.com/multiQuality lube is essential for good sexual experiences. Try our absolute favorite, Uberlube and get 10% off plus free shipping with promo code MULTIOrder a sexy gift box from our sponsor, Like a Kitten, and get 20% off with our code MULTI at LikeAKitten.com/multi Get a free month of Feeld's Majestic membership and explore open-minded online dating with our link: multiamory.com/feeld Multiamory was created by Dedeker Winston, Jase Lindgren, and Emily Matlack.Our theme music is Forms I Know I Did by Josh and Anand.Please send us your feedback and questions to info@multiamory.com, find us on Instagram @Multiamory_Podcast, tweet at us @Multiamory, check out our Facebook Page, visit our website Multiamory.com. We are a proud member of the Pleasure Podcasts network.

We've always been here, writes Ann-Marie MacDonald. And so have the moors. She calls her new book the queerest she's ever written. But what is queer? Isn't everybody different? Fayne, published by Penguin Random House Canada, is placed in the late 1800's and is full of love, diversity, and magyk. There's also a fascination with pudding! The book is huge! So huge, we feared it might be a chore to read. It definitely was not. Maureen was a bit intimidated to talk to her. After all, Ann-Marie MacDonald is a playwright, author, actress, even a tv host! And now she's written a new, huge book. If you thought Fall on Your Knees was good, check out Fayne, published by Penguin Random House Canada and on sale now. She calls it her queerest book ever, and it's full of magyk, love and learning too. Turns out she's not intimidating at all. Unless brains, opinions, and a sense of humour put you off! We love writing and would love for you to read what we write. Sign Up for our Substack Newsletter.

John Allore, co-author of the Canadian bestselling true crime book "Wish You Were Here" joins Roberta to discuss his multi-decade search for the truth about his sister Theresa's murder. Theresa Allore was a student at Champlain college when she disappeared on November 3rd, 1978. Five months later , Theresa's body was discovered in a creek a few kilometers from the college. The police declared Theresa's death a drug overdose. In 2001, John Allore, still troubled by the mysteries surrounding his sisters death, reached out to his ex-girlfriend true crime journalist Patricia Pearson. Together they reinvestigated Theresa's death and discovered a truly disturbing string of similiar murders and ultimately the serial killer they believer could be responsible for Theresa's murder. "Wish You Were Here" is published by Penguin Random House Canada. Buy your copy here: https://a.co/d/fklnzbfThe Roberta Glass True Crime Report is produced by Ati Abdo MacDonaldMany thanks to the Patreon supporters who made this episode possible: Kay Be, Toni Woodland, Danbit, Earoist, Evan Scott, Holly from Dallas, Kenny Haines, Devon Ann, Meredith, Maureen P and Toni NatalieSupport Roberta's work: https:///patreon.com/robertaglasstruecrimereporthttps://buymeacoffee.com/robertaglasshttps://venmo.com/robertaglass

D and L Coffee Service Inc. presents Small Bites Radio the #1 listed “Food Radio show Philadelphia” and #1 listed “Food Radio show South Jersey”. Small Bites on Wildfire Radio returns this Sunday, April 10th at 635pm EST with a fantastic lineup! #SmallBitesRadio has been named #14 out of the Top 35 Best Hospitality Shows on the planet for 2020, 2021, and 2022 as well as being named #18 Top Philadelphia Lifestyle Influencer in 2021 and 2022. We are thrilled to welcome “America's Favorite TV Chef”, QVC mainstay, Pennsylvania native and best-selling author Eric Theiss to talk about the launch of his new book, Lovin' Your Air Fryer: 110 Fast & Easy Recipes for Mornin' to Late Night Munchin' from Post Hill Press. Seen regularly as the Copper Chef Eric's love for cooking, teaching and "culinary inventing" is as approachable as his energetic personality. His straightforward, no-nonsense approach to cooking has helped millions of people be successful in the kitchen with fresh ideas on food that range from everyday meals to comfort-food creations and special occasion masterpieces. With nearly 1,000,000 cookbooks sold, Eric is excited to launch Lovin' Your Air Fryer, a new series of books that will surpass readers and get them asking, "You can make THAT in an air fryer?" Then we'll chat with Jon Henderson the Executive Producer of Good Time Tricycle Productions. He will discuss an inaugural event that Bourre_ac Bourré is kicking off to celebrate the warm weather by hosting the Chili Knockout & Spicy Food Fest at The Orange Loop outdoor arena OLA on S. New York Avenue on Saturday, May 21 between 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. The event is presented by Good Time Tricycle-famous for its The Downbeach Seafood Festival and The Atlantic City Beer and Music Festivals. This newest Fest is dedicated to exploring all things flavorful, hot, and spicy. The interactive chili cook off will feature 20 plus regional restaurants competing for the best chili recipe at the Jersey shore awarded by festival attendees. Restaurants will also offer a variety of five-alarm dishes, a Hot Sauce and Artists' Village, a pepper eating contest, signature cocktails, local brews to wash it all down, and much more including live music, professional fire breathers and local artists. There will be a $5,000 Winner-Take-All Cash Prize available to the restaurant with the most votes. First prize takes home $2,500, while the additional $2,500 will be donated to the charity of the winner's choice. Sounds like a great time to Do Atlantic City. Last but not least we'll be joined by 2022 Philly Chef Conference hosted by Drexel University - Food and Hospitality Management #Chef participant Suzanne Barr, Chef and author of ‘My Ackee Tree: A Chef's Memoir of Finding Home in the Kitchen' from Penguin Random House Canada. Suzanne Barr is one of Canada's most respected chefs with a flair for fresh comfort food and a passion for local community, food security, and advocacy for BIPOC and LGBTQ2+ communities. She was the owner of the popular restaurant Saturday Dinette, head chef of True True Diner, and is the founder of the Dinettes Program, which trains young, marginalized women in the kitchen. My Ackee Tree tells the story of a woman who is always on the move, always seeking; who battles the stereotypes of being a Black female cook to become a culinary star in an industry beset by dated practices and landlords with too much power. From the ackee tree in front of her childhood home, through New York City, Atlanta, Hawaii, the Hamptons, and France, Suzanne takes us on her unpredictable journey, and at every turn, she finds light and comfort in the kitchen. At the 2022 Philly Chef Conference she is joined by other industry professionals such as Brett Anderson, Erik Bruner-Yang, Louisa Chu, Daniel Giusti, Jeff Gordinier, Rachel Gurjar, Jenn Harris, Joseph Hernandez, Shanika Y. Hillocks, Aaron Hutcherson, Eric Kim, Simon Kim, Kat Kinsman, Omar Mamoon, Helen Rosner, Kevin Sintumuang, Audarshia Townsend, Stephanie Willis, and many others. The conference is an annual event designed to convene the regional food community and to showcase the latest food and beverage ideas and techniques through educational lectures, panel discussions and demonstrations. It brings together the best chefs, food producers and personalities and links established food and hospitality professionals with aspiring students and young industry professionals at Drexel University. You say you STILL NEED MORE!!! Don't forget we still have our regular weekly segments from author, Courier-Post nightlife correspondent and The New York Times recognized blogger John Howard-Fusco for foodie news of the week, Chef Barbie Marshall who is a Chef Gordon Ramsay Hell's Kitchen Season 10 finalist and has appeared on Season 17 of FOX Hell's Kitchen #AllStars as well named Pennsylvania's most influential chef by Cooking Light will delight us with her observation of the week, highly acclaimed and respected Vegan Chef Christina Martin will delight with her ‘Healthy Bite' of week giving nourishing and wholesome advice, and a joke of the week from legendary joke teller Jackie “The Joke Man” Martling of The Howard Stern Show fame. D & L Coffee Services Inc. and Bluejeanfood.com hope you will use the TuneIn app to listen worldwide or also catch Small Bites Radio syndicated on KGTK 920AM, KITZ 1400AM, KSBN 1230AM, KBNP 1410AM, iHeartRadio, Salem Radio Network, ScyNet Radio, Stitcher Radio, PodOmatic, Indie Philly Radio, Player FM, iTunes, Pandora, and TryThisDish Radio which is the only independently owned and operated international chef-driven foodie and lifestyle radio network in the world. https://bluejeanfood.com/smallbitesradio/ D & L Coffee Services has an expert staff of highly qualified, certified, and experienced office, technical, and sales personnel. D & L Coffee Services are able to provide your business, home, or special event the absolute best from the beans they sell, vendors they work with, Italian delicacies available for delivery, catering on-site for any sized affair, hands-on barista training, equipment available for purchase, and maintenance/repair services for your espresso and coffee machines. You can stop by their warehouse at 7000 HOLSTEIN AVE, SUITE 3, Philadelphia, PA 19153 during business hours or call the office at 215-365-5521 for an appointment, consultation, or any questions. #FoodRadioShowPhiladelphia #FoodRadioShowSouthJersey #TopPhiladelphiaLifestyle #FoodRadioShow #TopHospitalityShow #FoodShow #TopListed #BestFood #BestPod

In this episode we talk to the inimitable Jenny Heijun Wills and touch on some of the themes that - we feel - go to the very core of our stories and our storytellings as adoptees. Consent and access. Fact and fantasy. The challenges of charting our way through the stories people expect - often even demand of us since we were children - to aim for something that serves us: the nuanced narratives we deserve to have, and which we are allowed to create and invent. Jenny Heijun Wills is a multi-award winning creative writer and scholar, whose most notable contribution is the Writers' Trust Non-Fiction Prize-winning book titled Older Sister. Not Necessarily Related, published by Penguin Random House Canada in 2019. She is Professor of English at the University of Winnipeg and is currently writing two novels. ​For more on Jenny, head to: ​https://www.jennyheijunwills.com/ Twitter: @JennyHeijun IG: @jennyheijunwills

Adrian Sutherland joins Gregg Tilston and Karim Kanji on this episode of Welcome To The Music! Adrian Sutherland is a roots-rock recording artist with heart from Attawapiskat First Nation on the James Bay. He's a singer, songwriter, musician, writer, speaker, and advocate. He's a father of four, grandfather to four, a traditional knowledge keeper, and respected cultural leader, fluent in Mushkegowuk Cree. The fascinating frontman and founder of all-Cree rockers Midnight Shine, Adrian released four albums with the band before shifting his attention to solo projects in 2019. After building his own recording studio in a sea-can out of necessity during the pandemic, Adrian completed tracking for When The Magic Hits, and scored his first television series (Unsettled by Jennifer Podemski for APTN and TVO). He is presently writing his first book for Penguin Random House Canada about growing up in Attawapiskat – a remote and sometimes-harsh place he still chooses to call home. Adrian cares deeply about many causes, and is using his music and voice to share first-hand perspective on issues facing First Nations like contaminated water, housing shortages, food insecurity, addiction, and mental health. At a time of growing awareness about Reconciliation, Adrian is hopeful for Canadians to better understand one another, and take further steps together. Photo: Judy Sutherland

Mark has a conversation with Sarah Kades and Adrienne Kerr about how their relationship as a writing and editing team, about Sarah's recent release, Kiss Me in the Rain and about their pathways into the writing and publishing world. Prior to the interview, Mark shares a word about this episode's sponsor: Stark Publishing and his books for writers. In their conversation, Mark, Sarah, and Adrienne talk about: How Sarah got into writing and how Adrienne got into editing The first book that Adrienne edited and the intriguing story behind it Sarah's first experience with a nurturing editor and how that led to a positive experience ensuring she stuck with writing The importance of having a solid connection and relationship with an editor who understands your goals How Adrienne and Sarah first met and the huge faux pas Sarah made trying to connect with Adrienne The airport pickup story and how Sarah and Adrienne bonded in the car on the way to the conference hotel The way the two helped one another at mutually critical junctures in their lives A bit about the novel Kiss Me in the Rain and the elements Sarah likes to include in her novels How the setting in Kiss Me in the Rain is a character in the novel Earning your right to criticize as an editor Sarah's writer voice and confidence growing stronger by working with Adrienne Keeping in mind a book in a series as a stand-alone story for readers of that book as well as the readers of the entire series And more... After the conversation Mark reflects on the importance of a solid writer/editor relationship as well as the value of being specific when offering both positive and negative feedback.   Sarah's Website Adrienne's Website Kiss Me in the Rain Mark's Books for Writers Findaway Voices SelfPubCon 2021: The Writing Craft Conference (ALLI) - The Craft of Writing Short Books The 2021 NaNoWriMo Writing Tools Storybundle Patreon for Stark Reflections The Relaxed Author Buy eBook Direct Buy Audiobook Direct Publishing Pitfalls for Authors An Author's Guide to Working with Libraries & Bookstores Wide for the Win Mark's Canadian Werewolf Books This Time Around (Short Story) A Canadian Werewolf in New York Stowe Away (Novella) Fear and Longing in Los Angeles Fright Nights, Big City Sarah Kades writes action adventure thrillers with strong environmental themes as Sarah Kades and socially responsible narrative nonfiction as Sarah Graham. She is passionate about culture, landscapes, knowledge accessibility, the arts and Momma Earth. She loves writing books that remind us of the natural nature within each of us, a re-wilding to our true, authentic, best awesome self! She has studied in the United States, Canada and Scotland, and for the last twenty years her day job has been as an archaeologist and Indigenous Knowledge studies and engagement facilitator. In 2020, she received her first literary arts grant and was a two-time Energy Futures Lab Banff Summit storyteller. When she is not writing you can find her running, bumping into her next adventure or trying to figure out where in the garden to put the makeshift wood fired pizza oven.   Adienne Kerr has more than twenty years of experience in book publishing, with expertise in retail, sales, acquisitions, and editing. As Senior Editor at Penguin Random House Canada from 2009 to 2015, she acquired and edited thirty national bestsellers and in 2011, The Canadian Booksellers Association named her Editor of the Year. ​Since 2016 as a freelance editor Adrienne has worked with publishers, literary agents, and private clients. She speak at events such as the Surrey International Writers' Festival, Calgary's When Words Collide, and the Ontario Writers' Conference and lectures on publishing topics at Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada.     The introductory, end, and bumper music for this podcast (“Laser Groove”) was composed and produced by Kevin MacLeod of www.incompetech.com and is Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

Born and raised in South-Central Trinidad, John Orpheus is a multi-cultural musical artist and published author. Earlier this year Penguin Random House published his memoir called SAGA BOY which was published by Penguin Random House Canada. Later, Milkweed Press in the US released his book Stateside. With the book done, John decided to return to music and release a companion album also entitled SAGA KING. Both the book and the album are based on the same themes: searching for home, family, love and a fly coat to wear when you get there. In this episode we chatted about: - touring with Liam Gallagher and Beady Eye - why he tried his hand at stand up comedy and how he learned to master it - why he's able to appreciate different musical genres - the meaning of his different personas - and so much more including a musical segment and the always popular Lost Venues! Image by Danielle LeSage

Celina Caesar-Chavannes is a business consultant, best-selling author and coach. She currently serves as the Sr. Advisor, EDI Initiatives and Adjunct Lecturer at Queen's University and her forthcoming book, “Can you hear me now?” published by Penguin Random House Canada, is available now. She was the former Member of Parliament for Whitby, Parliamentary Secretary to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Parliamentary Secretary for International Development. She has been featured in O Magazine, Vice News, Chatelaine, Huffington Post and every other major media platform in Canada.   Stay connected with Celina online: Website: https://www.celinacc.ca/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamcelinacc/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iamcelinacc Twitter: https://twitter.com/iamcelinacc   Don't forget to subscribe and leave a review!   Stay connected with us online: Facebook- http://bit.ly/2CkjhqV Instagram- http://bit.ly/2OszRfs Twitter- http://bit.ly/2RU9tcz Youtube- http://bit.ly/MakiniSmithYoutube LinkedIn- http://bit.ly/2IZZZIm Website- http://bit.ly/2PvRRSu Books- http://bit.ly/MakiniSmith Subscribe to our newsletter if you love the value and free stuff! http://bit.ly/2AVKNJM Send feedback/questions to info@awalkinmystilettos.com Submit guest suggestions HERE info@awalkinmystilettos.com  

In February of 2020, the man slowly awoke from a deep sleep. Not a deep sleep like he had been out all night, but a deep sleep like he had been in a coma. Actually, a medically induced coma that lasted for over a week. The fifty-seven year old man had been completely unconscious for nine days. And if he was arousing from a nightmare, the reality he awoke to was much worse. As his eyes opened, the man noticed he couldn’t move. Not because his body wasn’t working, but because his body was strapped down to the patient bed with six large leather straps in an ICU room that didn’t quite look familiar.If this wasn’t enough to strike serious fear into his already anxious mind, he noticed the nurses surrounding him were speaking a foreign language. Last the man remembered, he was in a hospital in Toronto, with his family nearby. But now, (whenever ‘now’ was) he was in a totally different hospital - in a totally different country strapped down to bed with the only people around him speaking Russian.These were the confusing and dire circumstances the man awoke to, quickly escalating his anxious and fragile thoughts to anger, fear, and unadulterated panic. Confusion, dreadful apprehension, and hopelessness had been his unwanted companions - and yet despite his best efforts, they were only gaining in size and scope. As he began wrestling with thoughts of self-harm the man could only describe this decent in madness as a trip to Hell.This was not the life of someone who had 1.4 million twitter followers, 1.3 million Instagram followers, 860,000 Facebook followers, 207,000 Reddit followers, and who the New York Times would proclaim as being “The most influential public intellectual in the Western world right now” - Especially for someone who had dedicated his life and career to better understand the human mind, and to practically help others with psychological disorders.But it was painfully obvious now - Jordan B. Peterson, the famed Canadian professor of psychology, clinical psychologist, and Youtube personality, couldn’t keep his own mind from fracturing. Like the most broken and miserable of people, he too was at a total loss. And after months of entrusting his mental and physical health to psychologists, psychiatrists, and the best that medicine could offer, he was now completely dependent upon the only two forces that mattered in his life. His family and his faith in God. The former, were un-mistakingly known and present. But the latter was invisible, nebulous, and shrouded in deep mystery. No matter how much Dr. Peterson relied upon his close friends and family, they were only human, and could only provide so much. Jordan needed healing and relief that his family - indeed, humanity could not fully provide.Who and what God and faith were to Jordan was unclear. But that he wanted and was desperate for him, now more than ever, was definitely not.  JORDAN’S LIFEJordan Bernt (Bair-ent) Peterson was born June 12th, 1962 in Edmonton, Alberta Canada, and grew up in the nearby small town of Fairview. His mother Beverly, was a librarian at the campus of Grande Prairie Regional College. His father, Walter was a school teacher. The small framed Jordan would be the eldest of his parent’s three children.With nothing much to do in the small town, everyone knew each other quite well. Jordan became friends with a girl across the street named Tammy Roberts. She was only eight years old, but it seemed they had a crush on each other. The 11 year old Jordan would tell his father that he was going to marry her one day. But first, he had to finish high school in which he started in 1975.When he graduated from Fairview High School four years later, Jordan entered the college that employed his mother to study political science and English Literature in hopes to one day become a corporate lawyer. But during this time, he read George Orwell’s “The Road to Wigan Pier” - a book that wrestled with the bleak life of those working in the industrial age of north England and the place that Socialism could have in alleviating their miserable circumstances. Orwell’s book impacted Jordan greatly. He would later transfer to the University of Alberta and graduate in 1982 with a B.A. in political science. Just after this, Jordan visited Europe for a year where he took a studious approach in understanding the psychological origins of recent European totalitarianism. This led him to not only become a student of history but of psychology where he delved into the writings of Jung, Nietzsche, and Dostoevsky.Two years after receiving his first B.A., Jordan then received his second from the University of Alberta in psychology in 1984. He then moved to Montreal for further schooling at McGill University. And it was during this stint that Jordan married his lifelong friend and neighbor, Tammy shortly before earning his Ph.D in clinical psychology in 1991. The newly weds soon welcomed their first child and daughter Mikhaila in 1992 and their second child and son, Julian in 1994. Mikhaila suffered greatly from an autoimmune disease at a very young age and was “diagnosed with juvenile idiopathic arthritis at 7, severe depression at 10, and idiopathic hypersomnia at 21.” By the time she was only 17 years old, the young woman had to undergo a hip and ankle replacement. (https://carnivoremd.com/mikhaila-peterson-on-curing-autoimmune-disease-and-depression-with-the-carnivore-diet/)In this busy time of raising a young family, with the added stress of one child suffering a severe autoimmune disease, Jordan and Tammy moved to the United States so Jordan could teach and research at Harvard University. After five years, they then returned to Canada where he would  join the faculty of psychology at the University of Toronto in 1998. He has remained there since.Among being a husband, father, teacher, and clinical psychologist, Jordan soon became an author. In 1999, he published his first book, Maps of Meaning. It was a collection from his many lectures that explored the connection between psychology, philosophy, mythology, religion and neuroscience. And as time past, Jordan grew in both his practice and knowledge. His time at the University of Toronto allowed him to find his voice and compile his thoughts in a world that was changing faster than ever before - and where extreme political ideologies were growing, largely unchallenged. Jordan began to make a name for himself in late 2010 for what seemed to be his conservative views to the cultural changes sweeping across the western world.JORDAN’S RISE TO FAMEBut it wasn’t until 2016 that Jordan really began to become a known figure on a international scale. In May, of 2016 a certain bill was introduced under Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government. It was an Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code, otherwise known as (Bill C-16). Passing in the House and Senate, the new bill became law upon receiving Royal Assent on June 19th 2017, which came into force immediately. The bill’s aim was to prevent violence and discrimination against individuals on the basis of their gender identity or their gender expression by penalizing or even criminalizing citizens for not using the preferred chosen pronouns of the afore mentioned.  Incensed that the new bill would legally require compelled speech, Jordan began to boldly, and clearly speak out for free speech and against any law that either stifled or compelled it. Having a rich knowledge of totalitarianism, and knowing this bill was politically driven, Jordan put out a series of Youtube videos condemning the bill, which poured over into a general critique of political correctness and identity politics. His videos quickly garnered millions of views, stirring the hornets nest of the far left, but resonating and gaining support with far more people from a variety backgrounds. This put him at odds with the extreme progressives whose cultural and political foes usually came from conservative and or religious sects. And oddly, Jordan was neither of these. He might have held some views that leaned further right than left, but he always classified himself as a classic liberal, and he wasn’t speaking from a pulpit. Indeed, Jordan held to objective morality, but his own personal views on religion were nebulous and were far from fitting into a traditional systematic theology. Instead of speaking from a political or religious platform, Jordan spoke from an academic one, being a highly regarded psychologist, whose articulation and deep thinking formed an scholastic hybrid of philosophy, psychiatry, and history that challenged, as well as encouraged, many in unfamiliar ways.JORDAN’S FANS AND FOESEven though bill C-16 was ultimately passed, Jordan and his critique served as a public bulwark against extreme ideologies that usually sneak in legislation largely unnoticed and worse, unchallenged. But Jordan was not a one-trick pony. He seemed to take any invitation to speak and could give lectures on a variety of topics ranging from religion, mythology, and history, to philosophy, totalitarianism, and neuroscience. He also encouraged healthy masculinity and by doing so, found himself at odds with the current feminist doctrine of “toxic masculinity”. His prior stance on rejecting compelled speech for the transgendered created another group of political enemies. Jordan was also one of the few public figures taking on the front of the identity politic of “white privilege”. But Jordan’s courage to speak out against mainstream social issues was not done without a cost.  A staff member at Penguin Random House Canada, (by whom he was published) summarily accused Jordan of being "an icon of hate speech and transphobia" as well as "an icon of white supremacy”. (https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/nov/24/jordan-b-peterson-book-deal-triggers-penguin-rando/). By all his political adversaries, Jordan was generally dismissed as an “angry white man.”But despite the many political, philosophical, and controversial overtones of Jordan’s content, much of his advice was very practical, down to earth, and irrefutably good. In a word, Jordan challenged everyone, (both his private clients and those millions publicly listening to his lectures), to become better people by accepting more responsibility. Stand up straight. Make your bed. Beautify at least one room in your house. Discipline your children. Tell the truth. Work hard and be grateful in times of suffering were just some of his overall messages that attracted many and various types of people. Although Jordan had unintentionally amassed a large following of younger men, his audience was made up of men and women, theists and atheists, religious and secular, as well as those on the political right and left. All found Jordan’s insight and advice to be thought-provoking at least, and life changing at best.Continuing to appear on countless shows, podcasts, interviews, debates, and lectures, Jordan’s fame was growing widespread. In 2018, he took a break from his teaching and clinical duties to work on his 2nd book, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos. The groundwork had been laid for the self-help book to quickly become a bestseller in several countries. And it was. Being promoted with a world tour, Jordan would eventually sale more than 5 million copies. He had been in the public eye for years, but now his popularity was soaring and his ideas, both the simple and complex, the practical and the philosophical, were not only being welcomed, but tried and found true by many. After the book tour, it seemed Jordan was at the pinnacle of his success. But little did he know that by very beginning of 2019, the next year his life, and the lives of his loved ones would start to unravel.JORDAN’S FAMILY HEALTHBut unknown by Jordan, things may have started to go wrong as early as 2016. He stopped taking an anti-anxiety agent that he had been on for 20 years because of a recent change in his diet that he thought had rendered them of little to no use. But soon after in 2017, Jordan became very anxious and could not warm his body. He always felt physically cold no matter how many layers he covered himself with. His blood pressure also became dangerously low causing him to nearly black out when rising up from a sitting position. And on top of this all, Jordan suffered from complete insomnia. And sleep is the one thing that anxious and depressed people need and crave as its the only time to allow their mind to rest. With all these aliments, Jordan’s  family physician soon prescribed a benzodiazepine - which greatly helped with the insomnia and lessened the other symptoms as well. Under the assumption that benzodiazepines were relatively harmless, Jordan continued to take them for the next three years. While this change of medicine seemed like a good decision at the time, being coupled with the success of his book and his world tour, it might have precipitated his severely impaired health that started in January of 2019. The year started in Zurich, Switzerland, where Jordan’s daughter Mikhaila, underwent surgery to replace much of her ankle that was originally replaced over a decade earlier. And while it wasn’t a life-risking surgery, Jordan noticed an abnormal fear within himself begin to rise.No sooner, had Jordan seemed to emotionally recover from his daughter’s stint in the infirmary, only two months later, in early March, his wife Tammy prepared to undergo surgery to remove her kidney cancer. Although the cancer was fairly common and completely treatable, there was always a risk. This only heightened Jordan’s troubled and anxious thoughts, and the surgery thankfully went as planned, but 6 weeks later, Tammy’s diagnosis changed for the worse. She was actually being afflicted a rare malignancy “which had a one year fatality rate of near 100 percent.” (Peterson, 12 more rules, Overture xvi).With this news, Jordan was now dying inside - his mind and body was racked with fear. As their 30th wedding anniversary approached, Jordan could not fathom living without his lifelong friend and wife. Two weeks later, Tammy underwent another surgery to remove the rest of her kidney and the nearby lymphatic system. The procedure seemed to stop the cancer from growing but introduced another fatal predicament of her now impaired lymphatic system leaking fluid - up to a gallon in a single day. Tammy and Jordan immediately traveled to Philadelphia to begin more testing and treatment options when only being there 4 days, the draining completely and somewhat miraculously stopped. Thankfully, while Tammy recovered to wholeness remarkably fast, Jordan’s descent was nearly beginning.JORDAN’S HEALTHIn the midst of being with his daughter and wife through all their surgeries and recoveries, Jordan asked his doctor to prescribe a higher dosage of the benzodiazepines, as he was in an unusually stressful time in his already stressful life. But all this did was make his anxiety worse. As another attempt to treat his constant depression and severe distress, Joran’s Dr. took him off of the benzodiazepines to try a new drug, Ketamine. Jordan said the few times he took the anesthetic / psychedelic, it felt like a 90 minute trip to Hell. Soon after jettisoning the Ketamine, Jordan then went into acute benzodiazepine withdrawal. The physical pain, and mental anguish were unbearable. Jordan now suffered from uncontrollable restlessness, extreme anxiety, thoughts of self harm and even suicide.After learning about the dangers of sudden benzodiazepine withdrawal, a close friend and physician started Jordan on the benzodiazepines once again in hopes of a controlled and slow withdrawal. While this helped with the more immediate symptoms, he was far from healthy, and after about three months, it was clear that Jordan was not improving nor really cutting back on benzodiazepines. He then traveled to an American clinic that specialized in benzodiazepine withdrawal which after 3 and a half months there, with ultimately nothing to show for, Jordan and his family began to look elsewhere. So, by December of 2019, after nearly a year of mental trauma and physical decline, Jordan left the states and checked himself into a local hospital in Toronto. He was there for about a month, in which once again, the help he received was very limited. Besides finding no real answers in Toronto, Jordan contracted double-pneumonia. By this time - he was delirious. And then it went dark.  The next thing Jordan remembered was waking up in Moscow. Out of desperation, his family had moved him there from the Toronto hospital. The facility in Moscow had placed Jordan in a medically induced coma to undergo the worst of the withdrawal symptoms. On January 14th, he was taken off of anesthetic and intubation and a week later moved to an ICU for neurological rehabilitation. Here, Jordan, practiced basic motor skills like walking up stairs and learning to sit and type. By February 7th, 2020 Jordan was slowly getting better, so the family decided to relocate to the warm weather in Florida, but that was just as COVID 19 became a worldwide pandemic. By May, three months after leaving Russia, Jordan was becoming worse and had returned to the original medication that had been forcefully stopped in Russia. Jordan was defeated.  With no hope and nothing to lose, Jordan and his family decided to move to a Serbian clinic that practiced “a novel approach to the problem of benzodiazepine withdraw.” (xxi).Finally, five months later, after nearly two years of battling severe depression, anxiety and benzodiazepine withdrawal, Jordan emerged from his ordeal, not fully recovered, on Oct 19, 2020 to inform his Youtube audience of all that had befell him and his family. Slowly and carefully, he began to complete his third book, 12 more rules, which was published March 2, 2021. Since then, Jordan’s life has started to look like it did before, (as he has been busy engaging in more interviews, podcasts, and shows), but looks are almost always deceiving. Jordan was not the same - nor will he be the same as before this trying crisis of health.His traumatic experience is still being processed, not only because it just happened, but sadly, as of writing this, the remnant effects remain a very real part of his life now.It might be easy for onlookers to forget his dire circumstances, but it will not be easy nor even possible for Jordan to forget - even if he wanted to. Going through an ordeal like that is never forgotten. One, never simply “gets over it”. While there is healing and newness, traumatic events like that changes everyone for better or worse. This is evidently seen, in Jordan’s wife Tammy. Because of her near death experience, Jordan confessed that she has begun “attending to some issues regarding her own spiritual development.” And no doubt Jordan has and will do the same.But exactly what that will look like, no one knows. It seems Jordan himself doesn’t even know. With his health crisis still too close to put behind him, Jordan did an interview on March 1st - (not even two months ago). Regarding the person of Jesus and his faith in Him, Jordan soberly contemplated: "..."Jordan expressly stated what saved him in this ordeal - “The love I have for my family; the love they have for me; the encouragement they have delivered, along with my friends; [and] the fact that I still had meaningful work I could struggle through during the abyss.” (xxiii). But it should leave us asking - What is the love of family, and friends, and the drive to produce meaningful work without the One who is love and gives meaning to all things?___________________________________VIDEO CLIPS:1. Jordan Peterson, Oct 19, 2020 - Peterson put out a YouTube video (Return Home) giving an update on his health and his future plans for work. 2. Jordan Peterson cries talking about Jesus Christ (short clip) Mar 11, 20213. Jordan B Peterson's Recent Comments on God and Christianity, Mar 9, 20214. Genders, Rights and Freedom of Speech, Oct 26, 20165. Return Home, Oct 19, 2020 Jordan B Peterson, 6. If You Hate Jordan Peterson Watch This Video, It Will Change Your Mind, Jul 3, 20187. #1355 Joe Rogan Reacts to Jordan Peterson Checking Himself Into Rehab, Sep 20, 20198. Peterson Family Update - Feb 7, 2020

Welcome to the #SPAITGIRL Talk Show with Yvette Le Blowitz Episode 97 - Can You Hear Me Now? with Celina Caesar-Chavannes, Best Selling Author Celina Caesar-Chavannes is a Transformative Leader, Organisational Psychology, Strategy & EDI Consultant. She is an International speaker, best selling author and entrepreneur and prior politician.   She is an Executive Coach and helps business leaders with the tools, techniques and motivation to transform and maximise their potential, establish a vision for moving forward, develop a plan for implementation and ultimately, meet personal and professional goals. Celina Caesar-Chavannes became the first Black person elected to represent the federal riding of Whitby, Ontario in Canada. At the time she hadn't really thought about the fact that Ottawa wasn't designed for someone like her and as a result she found herself both making waves and breaking down and she paid the price for speaking up for her community and holding firm to her principles. Celina has now written both a memoir and leadership book: Can You Hear Me Now? published by Penguin Random House Canada and it is a funny, self-aware, poignant, confessional and fierce look at how failing badly and screwing things up completely are truly more powerful lessons in how to conduct a life than extraordinary success. Celina is on a mission to help build a world where inclusion is real in all of her brilliance and boldness. EP.97 - Can You Hear Me Now? with Celina Caesar-Chavannes  - her personal story - what inspired her to write her book - what is transformational leadership - what are her self care rituals - tips on how to become confident speaker - how to be your true authentic self - how to share your own story, vulnerabilities, mistakes and all - why making time to fill your own cup up is key to your mental health - a real insight of issues facing black women and young teenage girls in Canada Plus we talk about so much more of course.... ----- Grab a copy of - Can You Hear Me Now, Celina Caesar-Shavannes, Best Selling Author  by searching for it - via our #spaitgirl affiliated online book store - Booktopia  *click here ----- Hashtag #spaitgirlpodcast //#spaitgirl + tag @spaitgirl - to share when you listen to this podcast episode ---------- TUNE INTO this Episode 97 available on Apple, Spotify, Google, Libysn + more or search for #spaitgirl on any podcast app  -------- Available to watch on Youtube Channel - Spa it Girl or Yvette Le Blowitz  ------ Stay in contact with our Podcast Guest: Celina Caesar-Chavannes  Website: www.celinacc.ca Instagram: @iamcelinacc ---- IN SUPPORT - Little Random Act of Kindness  After you tune into this episode I would LOVE for you to - subscribe to the #spaitgirl podcast show with Yvette Le Blowitz - leave a 5* rating and review - tell a friend, family member, or anyone you meet along the way too. ---------- Subscribe to #spaitgirl Website: www.spaitgirl.com Instagram: @spaitgirl ------ Stay In Touch with Podcast Host  Yvette Le Blowitz  Instagram @yvetteleblowitz ------- For Your Chance To Be Featured at www.spaitgirl.com Email: info@spaitgirl.com with your proposal  Be Social - Hashtag #spaitgirl to share what you are up to --------- Please note - Affiliated Links included in this spaitgirl.com blog post includes affiliated links with Amazon.com and booktopia.com.au- should you order any books from Amazon.com or Booktopia.com.au via the links contained in this blog post spaitgirl.com will receive a small paid commission fee from the online book stores. 

On Season 2, Episode 1 of the Adoptee Thoughts Podcast, Jenny Heijun Wills, and host, Melissa Guida-Richards discuss Jenny's Memoir Older Sister, Not Necessarily Related (now available in paperback) and the intricacies of reunion with birth family.    Jenny Heijun Wills is the author of Older Sister, Not Necessarily Related (McClelland & Stewart, Penguin Random House Canada, 2019), which won the 2019 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Non-Fiction Prize and the 2020 Eileen McTavish Sykes Best First Book Award. She is also the co-editor of Adoption & Multiculturalism: Europe, The Americas, and the Pacific (University of Michigan Press, 2020).   Purchase her memoir here and follow Jenny on Instagram.     _________   To read more of the work by your host Melissa Guida-Richards, check out guida-richards.com, or the podcast's website adopteethoughts.com.   My book is now available for preorder and in stores on October 5th!

This episode was created from my heart for you. ♥Celina Caesar (like the salad) Chavannes (Sh-van)Celina Caesar-Chavannes is a business consultant, coach and international speaker. She currently serves as the Sr. Advisor, EDI Initiatives and Adjunct Lecturer at Queen's University and her forthcoming book, “Can You Hear Me Now?” published by Penguin Random House Canada, will be available on February 02, 2021. She was the former Member of Parliament for Whitby, Parliamentary Secretary to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Parliamentary Secretary for International Development. During her term as a Member of Parliament, Celina was awarded several distinctions including a feature in the April 2018 edition of O (Oprah Winfrey) Magazine entitled, “What would you stand up for and named Chatelaine Magazine's Woman of the Year (2019). She has a Bachelor of Science, an MBA in Healthcare Management and an Executive MBA from the Rotman School of Management.She can be followed on all social media platforms @iamcelinaccBook - https://www.celinacc.ca/book/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit debcrowe.substack.com

Karen McKay from the Centre for Equitable Library Access tells us about CELA’s recent partnership with Penguin Random House Canada. She also discusses the finalists for the National Book Critics Circle Award’s fiction category.  From the January 29, 2021 episode.

Today on NOW with Dave Brown, we have our weekly news panel with Michelle McQuigge and Meagan Gillmore. We discuss the consequences of people jumping the queue for COVID-19 vaccinations. We take a closer look at the Game Stop Stock saga that has people talking about how activist day trading and option trading are impacting the market and economy as a whole. And, we explore the impact the pandemic has had on friendships. In the second hour of the show, entertainment critic Michael McNeely shares his coverage of this year’s virtual Sundance Film Festival. And, Karen McKay from the Centre for Equitable Library Access tells us about CELA’s recent partnership with Penguin Random House Canada. This is the January 29, 2021 episode.

How effective are coronavirus detection dogs? Jeff Ryman explains in his lifestyle report. John Biehler of The App Show joins us with our end-of-the-week App News; he details the latest iPhone software update. We learn more about an exciting new documentary from our friends at our Ottawa Bureau. Presenter, Chris Vallee tells us all about it! On the Chatty Bookshelf, Ryan Hooey continues discussion on the collaboration between Centre for Equitable Library Access and Penguin Random House Canada.

On the Chatty Bookshelf, Ryan Hooey continues discussion on the collaboration between Centre for Equitable Library Access and Penguin Random House Canada.

CELA and Penguin Random House Canada announced a new partnership last week. We get the lowdown with Karen McKay and Theresa Power CELA.

Not every Vet goes on to work in a vet clinic or in a large animal practice. What else do Veterinarians go on to do after graduation? We find out with Dr. Danielle Jongkind. What is Seasonal Affective Disorder, and how does it affect the blind and low vision community? We learn more with Frances Wong. CELA and Penguin Random House Canada announced a new partnership last week. We get the lowdown with Karen McKay, communications manager for CELA. Community Reporter Julie Martin highlights Nova Scotia‘s new opt out program for organ donation. During our Parenting Talk, Lucia Bellafante opens the conversation on dealing with the news that your child will not receive a driver’s license. It’s time for the January Book Club Meeting! Today we review the novel Stay With Me, written by Ayobami Adebayo.

We chat about the history of U.S. Presidents and their pets with Historian Andrew Hager from the Presidential Pet Museum. Producer Dawn Dickinson previews The Guardian This Week with an article about a boom in communal living. Community reporter Shaini Saravanamuthu in Montreal fills us in about three national social events put on by Balance for Blind Adults. Coming up in the second hour of the show, Tech expert Marc Aflalo shares some tips on how to manage our online passwords. For our accessibility story roundup, we chat about how the Centre for Equitable Library Access and Penguin Random House Canada are pleased to announce a collaborative partnership. This partnership will dramatically increase access to reading materials for Canadians with print disabilities. Dave Brown shares the details. Our colleague Karen Magee tells us about a support group for Black parents of children with disabilities. This is your January 21, 2021 episode.

For our accessibility story roundup, we chat about how the Centre for Equitable Library Access and Penguin Random House Canada are pleased to announce a collaborative partnership. This partnership will dramatically increase access to reading materials for Canadians with print disabilities. Dave Brown shares the details. From the January 21, 2021 episode.

This week on HBR News we talk about John Cleese's recent discovery that he the predicted launch of a COVID vaccine, Jordan Peterson's new book causes massive ripples at Penguin Random House Canada, and more!

After a very tense intro during which Jesse berates Katie for not being there when he needed her most, the hosts discuss a Vice News story about staffers at Penguin Random House Canada so overwhelmed by the existence of Jordan Peterson's new book that they broke down crying, and Guardian staffers so overwhelmed by the existence of a debate over certain claims about sex and gender that they drove columnist Suzanne Moore out. Show notes/Links: Vice World News: Penguin Random House Staff Confront Publisher About New Jordan Peterson Book - https://www.vice.com/en/article/g5bv3x/penguin-random-house-staff-confront-publisher-about-new-jordan-peterson-book (https://www.vice.com/en/article/g5bv3x/penguin-random-house-staff-confront-publisher-about-new-jordan-peterson-book) UnHerd: Why I had to leave The Guardian - https://unherd.com/2020/11/why-i-had-to-leave-the-guardian/ (https://unherd.com/2020/11/why-i-had-to-leave-the-guardian/) The Guardian: Women must have the right to organise. We will not be silenced - https://www.theguardian.com/society/commentisfree/2020/mar/02/women-must-have-the-right-to-organise-we-will-not-be-silenced (https://www.theguardian.com/society/commentisfree/2020/mar/02/women-must-have-the-right-to-organise-we-will-not-be-silenced) Suzanne Moore's Substack: https://suzannemoore.substack.com/p/pull-up-a-chair (https://suzannemoore.substack.com/p/pull-up-a-chair) The Guardian: The Guardian view on the Gender Recognition Act: where rights collide - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/oct/17/the-guardian-view-on-the-gender-recognition-act-where-rights-collide (https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/oct/17/the-guardian-view-on-the-gender-recognition-act-where-rights-collide) The Guardian U.S.: Why we take issue with the Guardian’s stance on trans rights in the UK - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/nov/02/guardian-editorial-response-transgender-rights-uk (https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/nov/02/guardian-editorial-response-transgender-rights-uk) Advertisers: Bidets! http://hellotushy.com/barpod (http://hellotushy.com/barpod) Dental stuff! https://www.getquip.com/barpod (https://www.getquip.com/barpod) HR services for your small business! https://www.bambee.com/blockedandreported (https://www.bambee.com/blockedandreported)

After a very tense intro during which Jesse berates Katie for not being there when he needed her most, the hosts discuss a Vice News story about staffers at Penguin Random House Canada so overwhelmed by the existence of Jordan Peterson's new book that they broke down crying, and Guardian staffers so overwhelmed by the existence of a debate over certain claims about sex and gender that they drove columnist Suzanne Moore out. Show notes/Links:Vice World News: Penguin Random House Staff Confront Publisher About New Jordan Peterson Book - https://www.vice.com/en/article/g5bv3x/penguin-random-house-staff-confront-publisher-about-new-jordan-peterson-book UnHerd: Why I had to leave The Guardian - https://unherd.com/2020/11/why-i-had-to-leave-the-guardian/The Guardian: Women must have the right to organise. We will not be silenced - https://www.theguardian.com/society/commentisfree/2020/mar/02/women-must-have-the-right-to-organise-we-will-not-be-silencedSuzanne Moore's Substack: https://suzannemoore.substack.com/p/pull-up-a-chairThe Guardian: The Guardian view on the Gender Recognition Act: where rights collide - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/oct/17/the-guardian-view-on-the-gender-recognition-act-where-rights-collide  The Guardian U.S.: Why we take issue with the Guardian’s stance on trans rights in the UK - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/nov/02/guardian-editorial-response-transgender-rights-uk Advertisers:Bidets! http://hellotushy.com/barpod Dental stuff! https://www.getquip.com/barpod HR services for your small business! https://www.bambee.com/blockedandreported  This is a public episode. Get access to private episodes at www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

Jordan Peterson's new book is set to be published by Penguin Random House Canada, but earlier this week, several employees of the publishing house resisted this decision in emotional confrontations with the management, citing Peterson as "an icon of hate speech and transphobia”. On this episode of The Daily Objective, Nikos and guest Brendan O'Neill, Editor of Spiked,  discuss this turn of events regarding Peterson's book, and its philosophical and cultural implications.Sign up here to join upcoming events live via Zoom: https://www.meetup.com/London-Ayn-Rand-Meetup/Consider supporting our work by becoming a member: https://aynrandcentre.co.uk/membership/

I veckans avsnitt av Panelen samtalar Torbjörn Hållö, Arvid Åhlund och Erik Hörstadius om IVO:s hårda kritik av regionernas hantering av covidsjuka på äldreboenden, Joe Bidens nya laguppställning till Vita huset och ilskan och sorgen som anställda på Penguin Random House Canada uppvisat i samband med nyheten om att förlaget ska ge ut Jordan Petersons nya bok. Programledare: Erik Thyselius.

As a journalist in the ‘90s, John Stackhouse spent many years living overseas meeting and interviewing interesting people. Many of them were his fellow Canadians. He discovered that expats are keen to help their home country. When he returned, however, he found people were concerned over the number of people leaving the country—the perceived “brain drain.” John says that's the wrong way to think about it. Canada's diaspora is not a brain drain, it's brain circulation. As people wear their maple leaves around the world, they're building networks of insight and goodwill for Canada. But Canada doesn't seem ready to take advantage of that network. There's no system for connecting with that network; no way for organizations here to ask their foreign compatriots what's happening in their local market.  John recognizes the importance of networks and points out some prominent ones that are reshaping our society for the 21st Century. He says the global experience our expats are gaining will be critical in the coming decades. We just need a strategy for Canada's “11th province” to join the Confederation.  Find John on LinkedIn @John Stackhouse and Twitter @StackhouseJohn.  Listen to John's take on the pandemic on his podcast, RBC Disruptors. Find John's new book, Planet Canada, at Penguin Random House Canada. Listen to our other podcasts at conferenceboard.ca/insights/podcasts. You can find all of our research here: conferenceboard.ca/. 

It would be fair say that we’re fascinated by audiobooks and learning about their production, distribution, and everything else involved in the process. Last month we interviewed Jamie Dupras and Jeff Guillot from Deyan Audio in Los Angeles, but for this month’s podcast episode, we brought the conversation to Canada. Ann Jansen, Director of Audiobook Production at Penguin Random House Canada, and David Caron, Co-Publisher at ECW Press, joined BookNet Canada Research Associate Shimona Hirchberg for a conversation about the state of the audiobook industry in Canada and what’s on the horizon for this rapidly evolving chapter of publishing. Links: -BookNet Canada's Press Play: Audiobook Use in Canada 2020: https://www.booknetcanada.ca/press-play-audiobook-use-in-canada-2020 -ECW Press' office land acknowledgment: https://ecwpress.com/pages/about-us -Longest audiobook Ann has ever worked on, First Snow, Last Light by Wayne Johnston: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/549668/first-snow-last-light-by-wayne-johnston/9780735272576 -Longest audiobook David has ever worked on, Membering by Austin Clarke: https://ecwpress.com/products/membering -Audiobook on about diversity and inclusion that PRHC licensed, The Authenticity Principle by Ritu Bhasin: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/605932/the-authenticity-principle-by-written-and-read-by-ritu-bhasin/9780771009747 -Audiobook PRHC is about to co-publish with Dundurn Press, Seven by Farzana Doctor: https://www.dundurn.com/books/Seven -Audiobook Ann was recently directing remotely, Dearly by Margaret Atwood: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/647306/dearly-by-margaret-atwood/9780771012969 -Backlist books PRHC has worked on or is currently working on: Funny Boy by Shyam Selvadurai: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/163908/funny-boy-by-shyam-selvadurai/9780771001758 Halfbreed by Maria Campbell: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/610927/halfbreed-by-maria-campbell/9780771024092 Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/113915/fugitive-pieces-by-anne-michaels/9780771058820 Lives of the Saints by Nino Ricci: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/153652/lives-of-the-saints-by-nino-ricci/9780385696050 Richard Wagamese’s books: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/authors/32220/richard-wagamese -Titles part of ECW’s Bespeak list: Policing Black Lives by Robin Maynard, narrated by Marcia Johnson: https://ecwpress.com/products/policing-black-lives Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars by Kai Cheng Thom, narrated by Adri Almeida: https://ecwpress.com/products/fierce-femmes-and-notorious-liars In Search of April Raintree by Beatrice Mosionier, narrated by Michaela Washburn: https://ecwpress.com/products/in-search-of-april-raintree Jonny Appleseed by Joshua Whitehead: https://ecwpress.com/products/jonny-appleseed Islands of Decolonial Love by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, narrated by Tantoo Cardinal: https://ecwpress.com/products/islands-of-decolonial-love

Amy Black from Penguin Random House Canada joins the Mojo Moments podcast to discuss the mojo of the publishing world, books to check out this summer, and why the written word is built to endure anything. Find more information about this episode, and the transcript, at http://bit.ly/publishingmojo

This episode was a live recording from our Toronto event in partnership with Timbuk2. Panelists Ryan Bolton (Photographer), Lindsey Rebeiro (Artist Representative) and Colin Jaworski (Art Director/Graphic Designer) will be sharing their stories about how they got to their respective careers in the creative industries. About Ryan: Ryan Bolton is an award-winning, Toronto based photographer with a passion for telling stories. He has traveled around the world working with renowned clients like Apple, Red Bull, Spotify, WayHome Festival, Intrepid Travel, Universal Music, Me to We, the JUNO Awards, the Red Cross. His work has been published in Vice, Toronto Star, Fortune magazine, Applied Arts and Billboard magazine. About Lindsey: Lindsey is an artist representative who has been in the industry for over 10 years. Over the years she has been fortunate enough to work alongside some of the best in the business. Starting out as a stills producer and gradually moving on to her current role as rep she continues to strive for innovation and quality. She currently represents awarding winning photographers/directors and is based out of Toronto. About Colin: Colin Jaworski is currently the marketing and advertising designer at Penguin Random House Canada. He has collaborated with top photographers, illustrators, stylists, and editors to create innovative layouts on a monthly basis covering a range of topics from fashion, real estate, news, and politics. Colin's experience has lead him to work with the likes of Boston Magazine, MIT Technology Review, Rue La La, and The Improper Bostonian.

In 2019, the semi-prose podcast team had a live episode recording  at the Festival's 40th edition with two of their hosts: Kristina Chin and Max Arambulo. Their guest author was Cherie Dimaline who discussed her new novel, Empire of Wild, which features a legendary Métis creature called the Rogarou. This is a sneak peek of the episode. You can listen to the whole thing over at semi-prose. semi-prose is a podcast from Penguin Random House Canada.

Kagan is a Toronto comics forefather, having founded RAID Studio with Ben Shannon, Cameron Stewart and Chip Zdarsky. He continues to be a fount of knowledge for artists coming up through the local scene, opening his studio for weekly life drawing nights. His latest book, Draw People Everyday from Penguin Random House Canada, comes from these life drawing sessions and the techniques he has picked up after years of drawing the human form. Kagan is probably best known for his magnum opus, Infinite Kung Fu – a mash-up of Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest 1970s kung fu movies with blaxploitation, zombie horror and spaghetti western films. He also teamed with Chip Zdarsky on the scifi romp Kaptara about a gay space explorer that crash lands on a planet right out of a Playmates action figure catalogue.Kagan gives Aaron the inside scoop on all this, including the status of Kaparta and why it stopped. Plus, he reveals an exciting new project that will mark his return to comics after a long hiatus. If that doesn't float your boat, find out what it was like for him to be a courtroom illustrator for some of the most high profile cases in Canada, including The Toronto 18, serial killer Russell Williams and disgraced former CBC Radio host Jian Ghomeshi. This episode is sponsored by Hairy Tarantula.@kaganmcleod@KaganMcLeodKagan's WebsiteBuy Draw People Every DayYouTube Review of Draw People Every DayBuy Kaptara Vol. 1: Fear Not, Tiny AlienBuy Infinite Kung FuInfinite Kung Fu TrailerInfinite Kung Fu Launch Party VideoThe History of Rap VideoThe History of Rap PosterSponsorsHairy Tarantula

Mark first came to Aaron's notice on the Cartoonist Kayfabe YouTube channel. The hosts Jim Rugg (Street Angel) and Ed Piskor (X-Men Grand Design, Hip-Hop Family Tree) did an episode showcasing picture books that spotlighted Mark's underrated classic, “Who Needs Donuts?” On this episode of Speech Bubble, Mark explains the bizarre story of how the book got its non sequitor title among other unlikely tales from his life as a prolific cartoonist for The Village Voice, The Washington Post and other equally high profile American publications of record, including The New York Times Book Review.In all three of the publications named here, Mark wrote and drew long-running comic strips – the most well-known of which was arguably McDoodle Street, which developed quite a cult following in the pages of The Village Voice among the miscreants living in 1970s New York. He tells Aaron that inspiration for the content of such a thing came on long meandering walks through the city streets at all hours of the night where he would just let his mind wander into all manner of dreamy tangents. Later, in his rent-controlled apartment – where he once heard the music of Kris Kristofferson wafting through the floor boards – he would draw what he saw. What came out was often a Where's Waldo-esque acid trip where every inch of the panels were covered in a warped-ly detailed cityscape with sight gags strewn throughout. Maybe this was at least partially due to the fact that both Mark's parents were gag cartoonists themselves. In fact, growing up he sometimes found himself playing in the backyard with the real Dennis the Menace (son of the strip's creator Hank Ketcham).In addition, to its busy pages, McDoodle Street gained attention for its biting social commentary and satirism. A combination Mark was later asked to repeat when targeting America's seat of power for his Washingtoon Strip in the Washington Post and then his Boox Strip for the New York Times Book Review. Though special in their own right, these two strips never quite captured the imagination like McDoodle St., which ended abruptly, without explanation. Mark offers that explanation here and in the pages of the newly published McDoodle Street collection from The New York Review of Comics and Penguin Random House Canada, which he came to the Toronto Comics Art Festival to promote at the time of this interview. This episode of Speech Bubble is sponsored by Hairy Tarantula.Mark's websiteMark's Wikipedia entryCartoonist Kayfabe – Show and Tell 04: Picture Books feat. Who Needs Donuts?The publisher of the re-issued MacDoodle St. New York Review of ComicsPenguin Random House CanadaYellow Yellow reissued by Drawn and QuarterlyMark Alan Stamaty on Bullseye with Jesse ThornMark Alan Stamaty on All of It with Alison StewartMark Alan Stamaty on Leonard Lopate At Large on WBAISponsorHairy Tarantula

Tonight, we gather to honour the Doug Ford Government a year into their historic mandate. Our hosts hand out the much-coveted Douggie Awards to those who have shown tremendous achievements in spin, bootlicking and dramatically miming the hunt for beer in convenience stores. Join us for this unforgettable evening.   This episode is sponsored by Penguin Random House Canada. 

Today we’re launching our second annual pride month celebration. This episode is especially important for a few reasons. One of them being, this week marks one year since I came out as transgender here on the podcast. It’s also very important to me because we were joined by Amanda Jette Knox to talk about trans exclusion in the LGBT community. Amanda is an award-winning writer, LGBTQ advocate and public speaker from Ottawa, Canada. Her work has been featured in both national and international publications, including O Magazine, Chatelaine (SHAT-uh-lane), and Upworthy. She’s also the author of the upcoming book, “Love Lives Here: A Story of Thriving in a Transgender Family” which will be available this summer from Penguin Random House Canada. I’m so excited to have this opportunity for a lot of reasons. Most importantly, though, is the recent news about trans exclusions in healthcare and government protections in the United States. Being excluded from the general public is hard enough, but there’s been a movement for exclusion in the LGBT community as well. Luckily, advocates like Amanda are standing up and saying enough is enough in a movement recognized online by the handle, L with the T. That, and more, today on Our Fractured Minds.

This week's episode is a twofer. First, Aaron's got a short interview with writer, comics scribe (Star Trek: Waypoint, Jem and the Holograms) and geek girl personality Sam Maggs live from Fan Expo Canada spotlighting the launch of her new book, Girl Squads: 20 Female Friendships that Changed History, which comes out Oct. 2, 2018 from Penguin Random House Canada and Quirk Books. Then, Aaron comes back to the studio and sits down with comic industry journalist and editor Megan Purdy, founder of Women Write About Comics, Bleating Heart Press and The MNT and co-editor of The Toronto Comics Anthology: Osgoode as Gold and Called Into Being: A Celebration of Frankenstein, which is on Kickstarter as of the release of this episode.Both the women featured here work very hard to amplify female, non-binary and other minority voices in comics and in the comic convention scene. With Sam, Aaron talks about the ways comic shops and comic conventions are changing to become more welcoming to women and other minorities, while Aaron and Megan discuss the fraught history publishers and industry journalists have in showcasing minority voices and representing points of view that aren't white and male. Meanwhile, you'll learn about how Sam Maggs navigates wearing so many hats in pop culture fandom and why Aaron and Megan both fear the Canada Goose. This podcast is sponsored by Hairy Tarantula's Hairoween Party from Oct. 26-28, 2018 at 3456 Yonge St.More Sam Maggs@SamMaggs - Twitter@sammaggs - InstagramSam's WebsiteOrder Girl SquadsMarvel Fearless Fantastic! Female Super Heroes Save the World – released Dec. 18, 2018Sam's Moderating HighlightsSam's Hosting HighlightsMore Megan Purdy@themeganpurdy - Twitter@themeganpurdy - InstagramThe MNTThe MNT on PatreonWomen Write About ComicsBleating Heart PressT.O. ComixCalled Into Being Kickstarter (runs until Oct. 18, 2018)SponsorHairy TarantulaCoupon CodesEnter these codes at checkout when you shop online and we'll get some money to support the podcast.Geeky t-shirts – Riptapparel.com – 10% OFF – NEVERSLEEPSLast minute gifts – Giftagram.com -- $15 OFF -- NEVERSLEEPS15

This episode features an interview with Canadian author Terry Fallis. who is a two-time winner of the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour, the winner of CBC Canada Reads for "the essential novel of the decade" the winner of the CBA Libris Author of the Year Award for 2013, and someone who has had a 6-part mini-series based on his first novel appear on CBC Television.   Prior to his personal update, Mark delivers this episode's Tongue Twister, which is something Stephen King fans might be familiar with: the mantra that Bill practices when working on his stutter. "Amidst the mists and fiercest frosts, With barest wrists, and stoutest boasts, He thrusts his fists against the posts, And still insists he sees the ghosts" The Tongue Twister segment is sponsored by Findaway Voices. Learn more about how they can help authors control their audiobook production and distribution at www.starkreflections.com/findaway   For his personal update Mark shares how he has been overwhelmed with tasks and a growing list of unfinished projects, and talks through 3 things that have helped him deal with the feeling of being overwhelmed 1) Unplugging and Recharging 2) Listing the Things Making You Feel Overwhelmed 3) Listing the Small Surprise Accomplishments Already Achiveved   In their chat, Mark and Terry discuss: The process of writing a novel and then sending query packages and sample chapters to agents and editors, followed by the “radio silence” from the industry that Terry experienced (not even generating an automated rejection letter) What led to his deciding to try both self-publishing the novel as well as releasing it as a free podcast novel in 2007 How some of the little things along the way (a suggestion from his wife, a single response from one agent, a bookseller who wanted to host a book launch party, comments from the podcast audience, a single box of ten copies of the self-published books sitting in a box by his desk), could lead to a dramatically defining moment in Terry's career as an author The “you've written a satirical novel of Canadian politics – what were you thinking?” line that keeps coming up How listening to Terry's podcast was all it took for Mark to become hooked on Terry's first novel THE BEST LAID PLANS The New York Times article about Scott Sigler and his podcast novels that had inspired Terry to begin podcasting his first novel Why Terry is convinced that more physical books have been sold via the process of giving away the audio/podcast version for free The chills Terry gets when thinking about doing his very first book signing The factors that led to Terry deciding to enter his first self-published novel into the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour (which included that the award didn't have a clause that said self-published novels couldn't be entered) Details about being nominated for and then winning the Leacock Medal for Humour Terry's email to the only agent who had bothered to reply to his original query (who is still his agent to this day, ten years later) The Canada Reads win and how that likely created the climate for the book to be optioned for film and television, where it was made into a 6 part television movie as well as a staged musical What it was like being in full control versus having to hand complete creative control over to the film production folks How impressed Terry was by the script writers for the series, Susan Coyne and Jason Sherman Why Terry believes that the New York Times called him to comment about a recent disagreement between Trudeau and Trump The effective use of humor in addressing serious issues, content and situations – in particular, the important elements of feminism and women's rights in Terry's novel POLES APART How Terry used his own experience as an identical twin when writing the novel ONE BROTHER SHY A bit of a teaser about Terry's work in progress, IF AT FIRST YOU SUCCEED The fact that Terry's publisher, Penguin Random House Canada, has, for his first six novels, allowed him to begin to release his weekly serialized podcast for his novels in the month prior to each novel's release How doing the reading/recording for the podcast has helped with Terry preparing sections for public readings of his novels; as well as being a great editing/proofreading tool The value that Terry places in booksellers, in particular the independent booksellers who have supported his career from the very beginning Terry's favorite advice for authors about writing with authenticity and passion. “It's hard to write your best work when you're not writing about something that you care about.”   Links of Interest: Terry's Website Terry's Twitter Account: @TerryFallis Terry's Author Facebook Page Findaway Voices Mark's Stark Publishing Survey    

Alex McGill is a senior publicist at Penguin Random House Canada and the co-founder of gf, a PR collective that focuses on a highly personal, collaborative approach to public relations.A graduate of Concordia University's creative writing program, Alex writes poetry and short stories. Her current favourite genres to read are autofiction, personal essay, and experimental prose.In this chapter of the Word Weaver Podcast we chat about all things books: how words have influenced her from a young age, the catharsis of poetry, and a behind the scenes look at what goes on in the PR department at a major publishing house.Alex and I also chat about social media for writers and authors, the resurgence of print as a medium, and her advice on what it takes to stand out from the noise as a word weaver.Show Notes: http://louiseclairejohnson.com/podcastInstagram: http://instagram.com/wordweaverpodcastAlex McGill's Instagram: http://instagram.com/alexjmcgill

In this episode, Ardo and Yash make the second attempt at episode 2 better than ever. Need a list of books to help combat white supremacy by equipping you with knowledge? They got you. They chat news like The Hate U Give getting a 16th printing and Ardo’s trip to the Harry Potter store. The duo also have an interview with the Marketing and Publicity Coordinator at Penguin Random House Canada, Sylvia Chan, and she plays a game with them. Lastly, they talk about what they’ve been reading! The logo was designed by Nick Hanover. The theme song and break music is from Haris Qureshi’s song Give AF. You can find his album here. Everything mention in the episode can be found on Goodreads. You can also find the podcast on Twitter and Instagram at @PutABlurbOnIt.

LGBTQ activist David France joins us for an extended conversation following a screening of his Oscar-nominated and Peabody Award–winning documentary How to Survive a Plague, and returns after the event for a book signing. This event is co-presented by Penguin Random House Canada.

Publishers opening their own physical bookstores seems to be all the rage these days. We sit down with two Canadian publishers—House of Anansi and Penguin Random House Canada—to talk about their new shops and why they've decided to take the plunge into brick-and-mortar.