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Writing the Coast: BC and Yukon Book Prizes Podcast Writing the Coast: BC & Yukon Book Prizes podcast
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Welcome to Writing the Coast! This is the weekly podcast where we chat with the authors and illustrators of the books who make up the shortlist of the annual BC and Yukon Book Prizes. On the episodes you'll hear host and podcast coordinator Megan Cole chat with the folks who are creating some of BC and Yukon's best books. We'll also check in with the literary community in our region. For more information about the BC and Yukon Book Prizes visit: https://bcyukonbookprizes.com/
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Season 5 Episode 32: Jackie Hoffart talks about how Massy Arts supports and reflects community
ABOUT THIS EPISODE:
In this episode, host Megan Cole talks to Jackie Hoffart. Jackie is the admin and events coordinator at Massy Arts Society. In their conversation, Jackie talks about why they wanted to work with Massy Arts Society, and what some of their favourite memories of working with Massy have been. They also talk about how important community is to the society.
Visit BC and Yukon Book Prizes: https://bcyukonbookprizes.com/
About Massy Arts Society: https://massyarts.com/
Massy Voices video archive: https://massyarts.com/category/voices/
ABOUT MEGAN COLE:
Megan Cole the Director of Programming and Communications for the BC and Yukon Book Prizes. She is also a writer based on the territory of the Tla'amin Nation. Megan writes creative nonfiction and has had essays published in Chatelaine, This Magazine, The Puritan, Untethered, and more. She has her MFA in creative nonfiction from the University of King's College and is working her first book. Find out more about Megan at megancolewriter.com
ABOUT THE PODCAST:
Writing the Coast is recorded and produced on the territory of the Tla'amin Nation. As a settler on these lands, Megan Cole finds opportunities to learn and listen to the stories from those whose land was stolen.
Writing the Coast is a recorded series of conversations, readings, and insights into the work of the writers, illustrators, and creators whose books are nominated for the annual BC and Yukon Book Prizes. We'll also check in on people in the writing community who are supporting books, writers and readers every day. The podcast is produced and hosted by Megan Cole. -
Season 5 Episode 31: Kyeren Regehr on the legacy of one of Victoria's beloved reading series
ABOUT THIS EPISODE:
In this episode, host Megan Cole talks to Kyeren Regehr. Kyeren is a poet and artistic director of Planet Earth Poetry. In their conversation, Kyeren talks about some of her favourite memories from the audience and as the artistic director of Planet Earth Poetry, she also shares some of the vast array of events and programs run about Planet Earth Poetry.
Visit BC and Yukon Book Prizes: https://bcyukonbookprizes.com/
About Planet Earth Poetry: https://planetearthpoetry.com/
Planet Earth Poetry livestream archive: https://www.youtube.com/@planetearthpoetry5525
ABOUT KYEREN REGEHR:
Kyeren Regehr’s collection Cult Life, was a finalist for the 2021 ReLit Awards and The Victoria Butler Book Prize; Disassembling A Dancer won the Raven Chapbooks contest. Since 2008, her poetry has been published in dozens of literary periodicals and anthologies in Canada, Australia, and the USA, and thrice longlisted for the CBC Poetry Awards. Kyeren holds a BFA and MFA in Writing and served as an editor on the poetry board of Canada's iconic literary periodical, The Malahat Review. Kyeren is the Artistic Director of Planet Earth Poetry, one of Canada's longest running reading series, now in its 28th season. She lives and writes with gratitude on the unceded lands of the W̱SÁNEĆ people.
ABOUT MEGAN COLE:
Megan Cole the Director of Programming and Communications for the BC and Yukon Book Prizes. She is also a writer based on the territory of the Tla'amin Nation. Megan writes creative nonfiction and has had essays published in Chatelaine, This Magazine, The Puritan, Untethered, and more. She has her MFA in creative nonfiction from the University of King's College and is working her first book. Find out more about Megan at megancolewriter.com
ABOUT THE PODCAST:
Writing the Coast is recorded and produced on the territory of the Tla'amin Nation. As a settler on these lands, Megan Cole finds opportunities to learn and listen to the stories from those whose land was stolen.
Writing the Coast is a recorded series of conversations, readings, and insights into the work of the writers, illustrators, and creators whose books are nominated for the annual BC and Yukon Book Prizes. We'll also check in on people in the writing community who are supporting books, writers and readers every day. The podcast is produced and hosted by Megan Cole. -
Season 5 Episode 30: Hope Lauterbach celebrating and creating space for BIPOC writers
ABOUT THIS EPISODE:
In this episode, host Megan Cole talks to Hope Lauterbach. Hope is the founder and creative director of Unbound Reading Series. In their conversation, Hope talks about creating a space that honours and creates community around black storytelling, and writing. She also talks about what inspired the Unbound Reading Series.
Visit BC and Yukon Book Prizes: https://bcyukonbookprizes.com/
About Unbound Reading Series: https://hopeadrift.ca/unbound/
Unbound Reading Series Instagram: https://hopeadrift.ca/unbound/
ABOUT HOPE LAUTERBACH:
Hope Lauterbach is a Zambian Canadian writer and poet, a 2021 graduate of The Writer’s Studio at Simon Fraser University and founder of Unbound, a reading series and growing collective that celebrates Black writers. Her work has been commissioned for the Fraser Valley Literary Festival, and appears in Contemporary Verse 2, emerge 21: The Writer’s Studio anthology, and Pearls. Hope currently resides in that place between sleep and awake.
ABOUT MEGAN COLE:
Megan Cole the Director of Programming and Communications for the BC and Yukon Book Prizes. She is also a writer based on the territory of the Tla'amin Nation. Megan writes creative nonfiction and has had essays published in Chatelaine, This Magazine, The Puritan, Untethered, and more. She has her MFA in creative nonfiction from the University of King's College and is working her first book. Find out more about Megan at megancolewriter.com
ABOUT THE PODCAST:
Writing the Coast is recorded and produced on the territory of the Tla'amin Nation. As a settler on these lands, Megan Cole finds opportunities to learn and listen to the stories from those whose land was stolen.
Writing the Coast is a recorded series of conversations, readings, and insights into the work of the writers, illustrators, and creators whose books are nominated for the annual BC and Yukon Book Prizes. We'll also check in on people in the writing community who are supporting books, writers and readers every day. The podcast is produced and hosted by Megan Cole. -
Season 5 Episode 29: Susan Sanford Blades talks about how she started the Wild Prose Reading Series
ABOUT THIS EPISODE:
In this episode, host Megan Cole talks to Susan Sanford Blades. Susan is the author of Fake It So Real, a past finalist for the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize, and the organizer and host of the Wild Prose Reading Series. In their conversation, Susan talks about how a need for community following the pandemic lockdowns inspired the Wild Prose Reading Series. She also talks about her hopes for the future of the series.
Visit BC and Yukon Book Prizes: https://bcyukonbookprizes.com/
About The Wild Prose Reading Series: https://www.susansanfordblades.com/wild-prose-reading-series
About Fake It So Real: https://bcyukonbookprizes.com/project/fake-it-so-real/
ABOUT SUSAN SANFORD BLADES:
Susan Sanford Blades lives on the traditional territory of the lək̓ʷəŋən speaking people, the Esquimalt and Songhees Nations (Victoria, Canada). Her debut novel, Fake It So Real, won the 2021 ReLit Award in the novel category and was a finalist for the 2021 BC and Yukon Book Prizes’ Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize. Her short fiction has been anthologized in The Journey Prize Reader: The Best of Canada’s New Writers and has been published in literary magazines across Canada as well as in the United States and Ireland. Her fiction has most recently been published in Gulf Coast, The Malahat Review and The Masters Review.
ABOUT MEGAN COLE:
Megan Cole the Director of Programming and Communications for the BC and Yukon Book Prizes. She is also a writer based on the territory of the Tla'amin Nation. Megan writes creative nonfiction and has had essays published in Chatelaine, This Magazine, The Puritan, Untethered, and more. She has her MFA in creative nonfiction from the University of King's College and is working her first book. Find out more about Megan at megancolewriter.com
ABOUT THE PODCAST:
Writing the Coast is recorded and produced on the territory of the Tla'amin Nation. As a settler on these lands, Megan Cole finds opportunities to learn and listen to the stories from those whose land was stolen.
Writing the Coast is a recorded series of conversations, readings, and insights into the work of the writers, illustrators, and creators whose books are nominated for the annual BC and Yukon Book Prizes. We'll also check in on people in the writing community who are supporting books, writers and readers every day. The podcast is produced and hosted by Megan Cole. -
Season 5 Episode 28: Jesse Donaldson and Erika Dyck on harm reduction and Pink Floyd
ABOUT THIS EPISODE:
In this episode, host Megan Cole talks to Jesse Donaldson and Erika Dyck. Jesse and Erika are the authors of The Acid Room: Psychedelic Trials and Tribulations of Hollywood Hospital, which was a finalist for the 2023 Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Prize. In their conversation Jesse and Erika talks about how they ended up working together on The Acid Room, the characters in the book, and Pink Floyd.
Visit BC and Yukon Book Prizes: https://bcyukonbookprizes.com/
About The Acid Room: Psychedelic Trials and Tribulations of Hollywood Hospital: https://bcyukonbookprizes.com/project/the-acid-room/
ABOUT JESSE DONALDSON:
Jesse Donaldson is an author and journalist whose work has appeared in VICE, The Tyee, The Calgary Herald, the WestEnder, the Vancouver Courier, and many other places. His first book, This Day In Vancouver, was a finalist for the Bill Duthie Booksellers’ Choice Award (BC Book Prizes). He is also the author of the first two volumes in the 49.2 Series, Land of Destiny: A History of Vancouver Real Estate, and Fool’s Gold: The Life and Legacy of Vancouver’s Town Fool. He lives in Vancouver.
ABOUT ERIKA DYCK:
Erika Dyck is a Professor and a Canada Research Chair in the History of Health & Social Justice at the University of Saskatchewan. She is the author of Psychedelic Psychiatry (2008); Facing Eugenics (2013); co-author of Managing Madness (2017), and co-editor of Psychedelic Prophets (2018).
ABOUT MEGAN COLE:
Megan Cole the Director of Programming and Communications for the BC and Yukon Book Prizes. She is also a writer based on the territory of the Tla'amin Nation. Megan writes creative nonfiction and has had essays published in Chatelaine, This Magazine, The Puritan, Untethered, and more. She has her MFA in creative nonfiction from the University of King's College and is working her first book. Find out more about Megan at megancolewriter.com
ABOUT THE PODCAST:
Writing the Coast is recorded and produced on the territory of the Tla'amin Nation. As a settler on these lands, Megan Cole finds opportunities to learn and listen to the stories from those whose land was stolen.
Writing the Coast is a recorded series of conversations, readings, and insights into the work of the writers, illustrators, and creators whose books are nominated for the annual BC and Yukon Book Prizes. We'll also check in on people in the writing community who are supporting books, writers and readers every day. The podcast is produced and hosted by Megan Cole. -
Season 5 Episode 27: Otoniya Okot Bitek on maps, cartography, and Heart of Darkness
ABOUT THIS EPISODE:
In this episode, host Megan Cole talks to Otoniya J. Okot Bitek. Otoniya's book A is for Acholi won the 2023 Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize. In their conversation Otoniya talks about how she became fascinated by maps and cartography, where she finds magic in writing, and she talks about mullet poems.
Visit BC and Yukon Book Prizes: https://bcyukonbookprizes.com/
About A is for Acholi: https://bcyukonbookprizes.com/project/a-is-for-acholi/
ABOUT OTONIYA J. OKOT BITEK:
Otoniya J. Okot Bitek is a poet and scholar. Her collection of poetry, 100 Days (University of Alberta, 2016), was nominated for several writing prizes including the 2017 BC Book Prize, the 2017 Pat Lowther Award, the 2017 Alberta Book Awards and the 2017 Canadian Authors Award for Poetry. It won the 2017 IndieFab Book of the Year Award for poetry and the 2017 Glenna Luschei Prize for African Poetry. From the fall of 2020 to the spring of 2021, Otoniya had the privilege of being the Ellen and Warren Tallman Writer-in-Residence and one of the SFU Jack and Doris Shadbolt Fellows. She has recently moved to Kingston, Ontario, to live on the traditional territory of the Haudenosaunee and Anishinaabe people. Otoniya is an Assistant Professor at Queen’s University, Kingston.
ABOUT MEGAN COLE:
Megan Cole the Director of Programming and Communications for the BC and Yukon Book Prizes. She is also a writer based on the territory of the Tla'amin Nation. Megan writes creative nonfiction and has had essays published in Chatelaine, This Magazine, The Puritan, Untethered, and more. She has her MFA in creative nonfiction from the University of King's College and is working her first book. Find out more about Megan at megancolewriter.com
ABOUT THE PODCAST:
Writing the Coast is recorded and produced on the territory of the Tla'amin Nation. As a settler on these lands, Megan Cole finds opportunities to learn and listen to the stories from those whose land was stolen.
Writing the Coast is a recorded series of conversations, readings, and insights into the work of the writers, illustrators, and creators whose books are nominated for the annual BC and Yukon Book Prizes. We'll also check in on people in the writing community who are supporting books, writers and readers every day. The podcast is produced and hosted by Megan Cole.
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Inspiring and relevant conversations
Excellent podcast! The interviews include authors from many genres and go behind the scenes in the publishing world.
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This podcast is worth listening to and supporting. It is a rare forum for BC writing and thought. I wish there were more like it.