My Life In Books with Red Szell

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Join broadcaster Red Széll for My Life in Books, featuring one-on-one interviews with authors who discuss their life, works and three books that have resonated with them.

  1. FEB 2

    Mark Billingham

    With global sales figures of over six and a half million books, Mark Billingham is one of the most successful, and critically acclaimed, crime writers in the business. His Tom Thorne series has kept readers gripped for quarter of a century, with a combination of gritty realism, psychological depth, and consummate plotting. The 18th book in the series, What the Night Brings, sees DI Thorne investigating a cop-killer who appears to be feeding off a loss of faith in London’s Metropolitan Police – the very force Thorne has devoted his life to serve. And the cherry on the cake for those of us reading the audiobook is that What the Night Brings is narrated by Mark Billingham himself. Join Mark and Red as they discuss the importance of character, humour and empathy in detective fiction, and Mark’s role as rhythm guitarist in The Fun Lovin’ Crime Writers. About AMI AMI is a media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians with disabilities through three broadcast services — AMI-tv and AMI-audio in English and AMI-télé in French — and streaming platform AMI+. Our vision is to establish AMI as a leader in the offering of accessible content, providing a voice for Canadians with disabilities through authentic storytelling, representation and positive portrayal. To learn more visit AMI.ca and AMItele.ca. Find more great AMI Original Content on AMI+ Learn more at AMI.ca Connect with Accessible Media Inc. online: X /Twitter @AccessibleMediaInstagram @AccessibleMediaInc / @AMI-audioFacebook at @AccessibleMediaIncTikTok @AccessibleMediaIncEmail feedback@ami.ca Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    56 min

  2. JAN 19

    Michael Sheridan

    Michael Sheridan is a veteran foreign correspondent with over two decades experience reporting on Chinese affairs. His latest book, The Red Emperor: Xi Jinping and His New China, takes the reader from the impoverished, pariah state of Xi's youth in the 1950s to the military and economic superpower of today. The son of one of Chairman Mao’s right-hand men, the young Xi was cast into exile when his father fell from grace and has fought his way back to the top through guile, privilege and rigid adherence to Communist dogma. The portrait that emerges is of an absolute ruler in charge of a ruthless techno-security state, where super-rich family mafias vie for power amid murder, corruption and sex scandals. Join Michael and Red as they explore Xi’s seemingly inexorable rise to power, his strengths, weaknesses and the legacy he might leave. About AMI AMI is a media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians with disabilities through three broadcast services — AMI-tv and AMI-audio in English and AMI-télé in French — and streaming platform AMI+. Our vision is to establish AMI as a leader in the offering of accessible content, providing a voice for Canadians with disabilities through authentic storytelling, representation and positive portrayal. To learn more visit AMI.ca and AMItele.ca. Find more great AMI Original Content on AMI+ Learn more at AMI.ca Connect with Accessible Media Inc. online: X /Twitter @AccessibleMediaInstagram @AccessibleMediaInc / @AMI-audioFacebook at @AccessibleMediaIncTikTok @AccessibleMediaIncEmail feedback@ami.ca Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    56 min

  3. JAN 5

    Simon Elliott

    Septimius Severus was Rome’s Black emperor. Born in the blistering heat of what is now Libya, in 145 A.D., he died in the freezing cold of a British winter 66 years later. Now, in a groundbreaking new biography, The African Emperor, British historian Simon Elliott, examines the life and legacy of one of the greatest warrior emperors in history. The ruler of the Roman Empire when it was at the peak of its power, Severus visited, and fought in, every region of its vast territory, leaving behind a monumental legacy in the form of buildings such as Rome’s Forum Romanum, and the land walls that still define The City of London’s Square Mile. The portrait that emerges is of a ruthless man of action whose attitude is reflected in his deathbed advice to his two sons: ‘Be of one mind with your family, enrich the soldiers, and despise the rest.’ Join Simon and Red as they explore the extraordinary life and legacy of this most overlooked of Roman Emperors. About AMI AMI is a media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians with disabilities through three broadcast services — AMI-tv and AMI-audio in English and AMI-télé in French — and streaming platform AMI+. Our vision is to establish AMI as a leader in the offering of accessible content, providing a voice for Canadians with disabilities through authentic storytelling, representation and positive portrayal. To learn more visit AMI.ca and AMItele.ca. Find more great AMI Original Content on AMI+ Learn more at AMI.ca Connect with Accessible Media Inc. online: X /Twitter @AccessibleMediaInstagram @AccessibleMediaInc / @AMI-audioFacebook at @AccessibleMediaIncTikTok @AccessibleMediaIncEmail feedback@ami.ca Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    56 min

  4. 12/15/2025

    Amy Rosen

    Amy Rosen is one of Canada’s top food and travel writers. Not only has she built a reputation as a gifted journalist and TV presenter, but she is also the author of several successful cookbooks, and the entrepreneur behind Rosen’s Cinnamon Buns. Now, with the publication of her debut novel, Amy has rustled up the perfect rom-com for food lovers. Described as Briget Jones Diary meets Nora Ephron’s Heartburn, Off Menu is a mouthwatering blend of friendship, romance and French food, laced with homespun Jewish wit and wisdom, and topped off by a decidedly 21st century twist. Join Amy and Red as they explore our insatiable appetite for food and romance, and discover Amy’s top tip for livening up your Yuletide brussels sprouts! About AMI AMI is a media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians with disabilities through three broadcast services — AMI-tv and AMI-audio in English and AMI-télé in French — and streaming platform AMI+. Our vision is to establish AMI as a leader in the offering of accessible content, providing a voice for Canadians with disabilities through authentic storytelling, representation and positive portrayal. To learn more visit AMI.ca and AMItele.ca. Find more great AMI Original Content on AMI+ Learn more at AMI.ca Connect with Accessible Media Inc. online: X /Twitter @AccessibleMediaInstagram @AccessibleMediaInc / @AMI-audioFacebook at @AccessibleMediaIncTikTok @AccessibleMediaIncEmail feedback@ami.ca Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    56 min

  5. 12/01/2025

    Ji Hong Sayo

    Ji Hong Sayo is a Canadian Lao-Chinese author working out of Toronto. Angelhunting is the first book in his new series featuring Seamus Caron, a hard-boiled private eye with a criminal past. In cahoots with his childhood friend, now Homicide Chief, Sandra Blair, Seamus scrapes a living from Toronto’s mean streets. But when a client asks him to find a stolen briefcase, and Sandra seeks his help locating a missing body, Seamus is propelled into a deadly web of murder, drugs, and gang wars. Join Ji and Red as they discuss Westerns, film noir, hard boiled detective fiction, and poisonings! About AMI AMI is a media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians with disabilities through three broadcast services — AMI-tv and AMI-audio in English and AMI-télé in French — and streaming platform AMI+. Our vision is to establish AMI as a leader in the offering of accessible content, providing a voice for Canadians with disabilities through authentic storytelling, representation and positive portrayal. To learn more visit AMI.ca and AMItele.ca. Find more great AMI Original Content on AMI+ Learn more at AMI.ca Connect with Accessible Media Inc. online: X /Twitter @AccessibleMediaInstagram @AccessibleMediaInc / @AMI-audioFacebook at @AccessibleMediaIncTikTok @AccessibleMediaIncEmail feedback@ami.ca Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    56 min

  6. 11/17/2025

    Eimear McBride

    Eimear McBride has won multiple awards for her four novels to date. Through lyrical, experimental prose she explores her characters’ emotional landscapes, immersing the reader in their innermost thoughts. Her latest novel, The City Changes its Face, takes up where her second, The Lesser Bohemians, left off, and is an intense, fragmented examination of a passionate love affair arriving at its first test. Set over a long, rainy night in London, in December 1996, it follows 20-year-old Eily and 40-year-old Stephen as they retrace the course of their two-year relationship in search of what's gone wrong. Join Eimear and Red as they discuss exploring emotions through prose, reframing the past through art, and the poetry of audiobooks About AMI AMI is a media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians with disabilities through three broadcast services — AMI-tv and AMI-audio in English and AMI-télé in French — and streaming platform AMI+. Our vision is to establish AMI as a leader in the offering of accessible content, providing a voice for Canadians with disabilities through authentic storytelling, representation and positive portrayal. To learn more visit AMI.ca and AMItele.ca. Find more great AMI Original Content on AMI+ Learn more at AMI.ca Connect with Accessible Media Inc. online: X /Twitter @AccessibleMediaInstagram @AccessibleMediaInc / @AMI-audioFacebook at @AccessibleMediaIncTikTok @AccessibleMediaIncEmail feedback@ami.ca Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    56 min

  7. 11/04/2025

    Gina Goldhammer

    Gina Goldhammer has led an extraordinary life. The daughter of a high-ranking Cold War defector, she spent two decades as literary editor to former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, working with him on all his books, including his seminal work, Diplomacy. Now in her 70s, she has published her debut novel, Where Snowbirds Play, a keenly observed glimpse into the opulent world of 1990s Palm Beach, where the appointment of a young British graduate to run the new marine life institute exposes secrets, rivalries and financial scandal. By turns witty and poignant, the novel paints an unforgettable portrait of an enclave awash with money and ruled by a triumvirate of fearsome matriarchs determined to maintain the status quo at any cost. Join Gina and Red as they explore marine ecology, faith, ghost writing, and Henry Kissinger. About AMI AMI is a media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians with disabilities through three broadcast services — AMI-tv and AMI-audio in English and AMI-télé in French — and streaming platform AMI+. Our vision is to establish AMI as a leader in the offering of accessible content, providing a voice for Canadians with disabilities through authentic storytelling, representation and positive portrayal. To learn more visit AMI.ca and AMItele.ca. Find more great AMI Original Content on AMI+ Learn more at AMI.ca Connect with Accessible Media Inc. online: X /Twitter @AccessibleMediaInstagram @AccessibleMediaInc / @AMI-audioFacebook at @AccessibleMediaIncTikTok @AccessibleMediaIncEmail feedback@ami.ca Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    56 min

  8. 10/20/2025

    M. J. Arlidge

    M. J. Arlidge is a master builder of suspense. In his TV career he has written and produced screenplays for many prime-time crime and drama serials. And as an author he has found international success both as the creator of the Audible Original drama Six Degrees of Assassination, and as the writer of the hugely successful DI Helen Grace series of crime novels. The 13th book in the series, Into the Fire, has just been published, and sees Helen, now an ex-cop, investigating a case of people trafficking and modern-day slavery in the tough British port city of Southampton. Join Matt and Red as they discuss the psychology of crime, strong female protagonists, and the vitality of dialogue. About AMI AMI is a media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians with disabilities through three broadcast services — AMI-tv and AMI-audio in English and AMI-télé in French — and streaming platform AMI+. Our vision is to establish AMI as a leader in the offering of accessible content, providing a voice for Canadians with disabilities through authentic storytelling, representation and positive portrayal. To learn more visit AMI.ca and AMItele.ca. Find more great AMI Original Content on AMI+ Learn more at AMI.ca Connect with Accessible Media Inc. online: X /Twitter @AccessibleMediaInstagram @AccessibleMediaInc / @AMI-audioFacebook at @AccessibleMediaIncTikTok @AccessibleMediaIncEmail feedback@ami.ca Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    56 min
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