November 16, 2009 - Borderline Personalities
Catherine Gildiner, W. Paul Young, and Wendy Morton. Plus book reviews by Randy Boyagoda and Dwayne Morgan.
November 9, 2009 - Lorna Crozier and Jane Christmas
Books about mothers and daughters.
November 2, 2009 - Anne Murray
Anne Murray, Shinan Govani, Mark Leiren-Young, Word Report
October 26, 2009 - Douglas Coupland
Shelagh visits Douglas Coupland's house in Vancouver to hear about Generation A; also Rosanna Deerchild and Pierre Nepveu write about land and dispossession.
October 19, 2009 - Try To See It My Way
Jessica Grant on Come, Thou Tortoise; Linda Besner on choosing a title for her book; Norman Doidge on the Brain That Changes Itself.
October 12, 2009 - George Elliott Clarke & Co.
George Elliott Clarke discusses I Julia Child talks food; Andy Jones and Darka Erdelji on folk-tales.
October 5, 2009 - The Eat, Shrink, Love Edition
Lori Lansens on The Wife's Tale, a panel discussion about great bookstores, and Aritha Van Herk on the fictional good marriage.
September 28th, 2009 - Your Number's Not Up Yet
Wayson Choy, Michael Turner, Jason Brown, Tom Howell.
September 21st, 2009 - The Peep Diaries
Hal Niedzviecki tells Shelagh why pop culture has become peep culture; Carlo Rota talks about the books he reads; Karen Solie talks Pigeon; Sara O'Leary reviews biographies.
September 14th, 2009 - The Year of the Flood
Margaret Atwood on her new novel, plus interviews with Itah Sadu and Robert Adams.
September 7, 2009 - New Season
On the first show of the new season, Shelagh reports on her trip to the Woody Point Writers Festival in Newfoundland, complete with an on-stage interview with Michael Crummey, one of the most talked-up authors of the new fall season. The show also stars Pasha Malla, currently on a writing retreat in Pierre Berton's childhood home, sci-fi mega-seller Robert Sawyer, and the mystery writer Joy Fielding, who answers personal questions put to her by our mysterious interrogator.
June 27, 2009 - Ocean Ranger
Lisa Moore on her novel, February, and Mike Heffernan on his non-fiction book, Rig. Plus, How Poetry Can Change Your Life.
June 20, 2009 - The Square Peg Edition
Books about talking squirrels and extreme sports, and other items that kick against the categories.
June 13, 2009 - Deep Economy
John Demont tells a story of coal, and the lives it ruled, in Coal Black Heart; plus, Depressing Moments in Canadian Literature, a panel on money books, and Joel Yanofsky on 'Fire the Canon'
June 6 - Writing History
Adrienne Clarkson on her book about Norman Bethune, and Robert Arthur Alexie on his book, Porcupines and China Dolls
May 30, 2009 - Best Friends
Erika Ritter on human attitudes to pets and wild beasts, Hannah Sung on the graphic novel Skim, Tom Howell on poetry.
May 23, 2009 - Dish It Out & Take It
Anne Giardini discusses Advice for Italian Boys; Aritha Van Herk on family sagas; Sue Johnson on Hold Me Tight.
May 16th - Here, There, and Everywhere
Michael Kusugak, Mark Kingwell, Paul Quarrington, and Joel Thomas Hynes.
Bonus - Mavis Gallant - the extended interview
A longer version of the interview that aired on May 9th.
May 9 - Going Ashore
Mavis Gallant speaks to Shelagh about her new collection of old stories.
May 2 - Think Big
David Suzuki on The Big Picture, Steven Galloway on The Cellist of Sarajevo, and David Gilmour on the three most talented Canadian writers he's met.
April 25 - The Political is Personal
Michael Ignatieff on his family; Andrew Cohen on Lester B Pearson; Jo Saul on Fictional Therapy.
April 18 - Remembrance of Things Past
Dan Hill on his memoir; Bill Richardson; Brian O'Dea.
April 11th - Rolling Back the Rock
Eric Siblin on Bach; Jean Vanier on a life in letters.
April 4th - Everybody's All Over These... Memoirs!
Meg Federico, Joan Barfoot, Steven Kimber, Robert Priest
March 21 - Mystery Month #3
Jose Latour, Lisa Gabriele, and more.
March 28 - Mystery Month #4
Pat Capponi, Roy MacGregor, Sasenarine Persaud.
March 14 - Mystery Month #2
Gail Bowen, Anthony De Sa, Antanas Sileika.
March 7, 2009 - Mystery Month #1
Shelagh speaks with Linwood Barclay, and Peter Robinson tackles the Questionnaire.
February 28th - Lit Awards
A special show in which Shelagh introduces and interviews the winners of this year's CBC Literary Awards. Plus, Gail Anderson-Dargatz.